Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 is amended as follows:
International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation;
IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards is amended in accordance with the amendments to IFRS 7 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Each company shall apply the amendments referred to in Article 1 as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting after 30 June 2011.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 November 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso