Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2553 of 21 September 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 as regards the 2022 update of the taxonomy for the single electronic reporting format (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2553of 21 September 2022amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 as regards the 2022 update of the taxonomy for the single electronic reporting format(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/ECOJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 38., and in particular Article 4(7) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 of 17 December 2018 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the specification of a single electronic reporting format (OJ L 143, 29.5.2019, p. 1). specifies the single electronic reporting format, as referred to in Article 4(7) of Directive 2004/109/EC, to be used for the preparation of annual financial reports by issuers. Consolidated financial statements included therein are prepared either in accordance with International Accounting Standards, which are commonly referred to as International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSs"), adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards (OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1)., or in accordance with IFRSs as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") which, based on Commission Decision 2008/961/ECCommission Decision 2008/961/EC of 12 December 2008 on the use by third countries’ issuers of securities of certain third country’s national accounting standards and International Financial Reporting Standards to prepare their consolidated financial statements (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 112)., are considered as equivalent to IFRSs adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002.(2)The core taxonomy to be used for the single electronic reporting format is based on the IFRS Taxonomy and is an extension of it. The IFRS Foundation annually updates the IFRS Taxonomy to reflect, amongst other developments, the issuance of new IFRS, the amendment of existing IFRS, the analysis of disclosures commonly reported in practice, or improvements to the general content or technology of the IFRS Taxonomy. Therefore, it is necessary to update the regulatory technical standards to reflect each annual update of the IFRS Taxonomy. In March 2022, the IFRS Foundation published the updated version of the IFRS Taxonomy. This update should therefore be reflected in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815.(3)Annexes I, II and VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 should be updated to reflect the 2022 update to the IFRS Taxonomy and provide additional guidance to issuers for tagging their financial statements. Although only parts of those Annexes need to be updated, it is necessary to replace those Annexes in their entirety to enhance, in particular, the readability for stakeholders of the applicable tables of the 2022 update. This replacement will facilitate implementation of the tagging requirements and the highest comparability of electronic financial statements drawn up in accordance with IFRS at Union and global level for end-users.(4)Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 should therefore be amended accordingly.(5)In order to allow enough time for the effective implementation of the new requirements by issuers, and to minimise compliance costs, the new taxonomy should apply to annual financial reports containing financial statements for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2023. However, issuers should be allowed to implement the new taxonomy for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2022.(6)This Regulation is based on the draft regulatory technical standard submitted to the Commission by the European Securities and Markets Authority.(7)This Regulation is a technical update to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 to reflect updates in the IFRS taxonomy and provide additional guidance to mark up IFRS financial statements. This Regulation does not constitute new policy or a substantial change to existing policy. ESMA has not conducted open public consultations on the draft regulatory technical standards on which this Regulation is based, nor analysed the potential related costs and benefits or requested the advice of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group established under Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84)., because that would have been highly disproportionate to the scope and impact of this amendment,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: