Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2018.
With regard to the following institutions, where those institutions apply an accounting year that is different from the calendar year, Annexes I and III to this Regulation shall apply from the beginning of the accounting year commencing after 1 January 2018:
(a) institutions subject to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002;
(b) credit institutions other than those referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 that prepare their consolidated accounts in conformity with the international accounting standards adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6(2) of that Regulation;
(c) credit institutions applying international accounting standards as applicable under Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 for the reporting of own funds on a consolidated basis pursuant to Article 24(2) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.