SCHEDULE 1Consequential amendments and transitional provision relating to the adoption of international accounting standards in the United Kingdom

PART 3Amendments to EU Regulation

Amendments to Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories

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(1)

Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories F1as F2it forms part of retained EU law is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 3 (intragroup transactions), for point (3)(a) substitute—

“(a)

included in a consolidation in accordance with:

(i)

legislation of the United Kingdom that was relied upon immediately before F3IP completion day to implement Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC M1;

(ii)

UK-adopted international accounting standards, having the meaning given by section 474(1) of the Companies Act 2006; or

(iii)

in relation to a group the parent undertaking of which has its head office in a third country, the generally accepted accounting principles of a third country determined to be equivalent to—

(aa)

International Financial Reporting Standards by the Commission before F4IP completion day in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1569/2007 of 21 December 2007 establishing a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of accounting standards applied by third country issuers of securities pursuant to Directives 2003/71/EC and 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M2; or

(ab)

UK-adopted international accounting standards (within the meaning of section 474(1) of the Companies Act 2006) in accordance with regulations made by the Treasury after F4IP completion day under Regulation (EC) No. 1569/2007 of 21 December 2007 establishing a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of accounting standards applied by third country issuers of securities pursuant to Directives 2003/71/EC and 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;”.