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notes<br />

01 Basis of reporting<br />

<strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> A/S is a public limited company with its registered<br />

offi ce in Denmark. The annual report for the period 1<br />

January – 31 December <strong>2011</strong> comprises the consolidated fi nancial<br />

statements of <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> A/S and its subsidiaries (the<br />

Group) as well as separate fi nancial statements for the parent<br />

company, <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> A/S.<br />

The annual report has been prepared in accordance with<br />

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted<br />

by the EU and also complies with International Financial<br />

Reporting Standards issued by the IASB.<br />

The annual report has been prepared in accordance with<br />

Danish disclosure requirements for annual reports of listed<br />

and State-owned public limited companies, see the statutory<br />

order on adoption of IFRS issued pursuant to the Danish<br />

Financial Statements Act.<br />

The annual report is presented in Danish kroner (DKK), rounded<br />

to the nearest million, unless otherwise stated.<br />

The annual report has been prepared on the historical cost<br />

basis except that derivative fi nancial instruments, fi nancial<br />

instruments held for trading, fi nancial instruments classifi ed<br />

as available for sale and CO2 emissions allowances held for<br />

trading are measured at fair value.<br />

Non-current assets and disposal groups classifi ed as held for<br />

sale are stated at the lower of carrying amount before the reclassifi<br />

cation and fair value less costs to sell.<br />

The accounting policies described in note 40 in the complete<br />

annual report have been applied consistently to the fi nancial<br />

year and the comparative fi gures.<br />

Implementation of new standards<br />

and interpretations<br />

In <strong>2011</strong>, <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> implemented the following standards<br />

(IASs and IFRSs) and interpretations (IFRICs), which are<br />

relevant to <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> and will apply to reporting periods<br />

beginning on or after 1 January <strong>2011</strong>:<br />

• Revised IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures<br />

• Improvements to IFRSs May 2010<br />

The implementation has not had a material effect on the annual<br />

report for <strong>2011</strong>.<br />

New International Financial Reporting<br />

Standards and IFRIC Interpretations<br />

68 72 COnsOliDatED finanCial statEmEnts – <strong>DONG</strong> ENERGY GROUP <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />

<strong>2011</strong><br />

The IASB has issued the following new or amended standards<br />

and interpretations that have not yet become effective and are<br />

consequently not mandatory in connection with the preparation<br />

of <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>’s annual report for <strong>2011</strong>:<br />

adopted by the Eu<br />

• Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures<br />

<strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> has considered the effect of this fi nancial reporting<br />

standard. This amended standard is not expected to have a<br />

material effect on <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>’s fi nancial reporting.<br />

not adopted by the Eu<br />

• Amendments to IFRS 7 Disclosures - Offsetting Financial<br />

Assets and Financial Liabilities<br />

• IFRS 9 Financial Instruments<br />

• IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

• IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements<br />

• IFRS 12 Disclosures of Interests in Other Entities<br />

• IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement<br />

• IAS 27 Separate Financial Statements<br />

• IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures<br />

• Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying Assets: Disclosure<br />

(Amendments to IAS 12)<br />

• Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income<br />

(Amendments to IAS 1)<br />

• Amendments to IAS 19 Employee Benefi ts<br />

• Amendments to IAS 32 Offsetting Financial Assets and<br />

Financial Liabilities<br />

• IFRIC 20: Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a<br />

Surface Mine<br />

<strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> has started assessing the effect of these fi nancial<br />

reporting standards and expects that IFRS 10 and 11 will<br />

have limited effect on the fi nancial reporting. IFRS 10 and 11<br />

become effective on 1 January 2013.<br />

<strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> expects to implement the new standards and<br />

interpretations from their mandatory effective dates.

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