BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. AND ... - BBVA
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. AND ... - BBVA
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2.3 RECENT IFRS PRONOUNCEMENTS<br />
a) ST<strong>AND</strong>ARDS <strong>AND</strong> INTERPRETATIONS EFFECTIVE DURING THE SIX MONTHS PERIOD ENDED<br />
JUNE 30, 2010<br />
The following modifications to the IFRS or their interpretations (IFRIC) came into force in the first half of<br />
2010. Their integration in the Group has not had a significant impact on these interim consolidated financial<br />
statements:<br />
Second IFRS annual improvements project<br />
The IASB published its second annual improvements project, which includes small amendments in the IFRS.<br />
These are mostly applicable for the annual period starting after January 1, 2010.<br />
The amendments are focused mainly on eliminating inconsistencies between some IFRS and on clarifying<br />
terminology.<br />
IFRS 2 Amended - Share-based payment<br />
The IASB published an amendment to IFRS 2 - "Share-based payment" on how a subsidiary is to account, in<br />
its individual financial statements, for share-based payment arrangements of the group (for both creditors<br />
and employees) in the event the payment is made with another Group subsidiary or the parent company.<br />
The amendments made clarify that the entity receiving the goods and services in a share-based payment<br />
transaction must, in its financial statements, account for said goods and services in accordance with IFRS 2,<br />
regardless of which group entity makes the payment or of the payment being made in shares or cash. Under<br />
IFRS 2, the Group includes the parent company and its subsidiaries, in line with that stipulated in IAS 27 -<br />
Consolidate and separate financial statements.<br />
Furthermore, the contents of IFRIC 8 - "Scope of IFRS 2” and IFRIC 11- “Group and Treasury Share<br />
Transactions" are incorporated into IFRS 2, thus nullifying them.<br />
IFRS 3 Revised – Business combinations, and Amendment to IAS 27 - Consolidated and separate<br />
financial statements<br />
The amendments to IFRS 3 and IAS 27 represent some significant changes to various aspects related to<br />
accounting for business combinations. They generally place more emphasis on using the fair value. Some of<br />
the main changes are: acquisition costs will be recognized as expense instead of the current practice of<br />
considering them at the greater the cost of the business combination; acquisitions in stages, in which at the<br />
time of the takeover the acquirer will revalue its investment at fair value or there is the option of valuing the<br />
non-controlling interests in the acquired company at fair value, instead of the current practice of only valuing<br />
the proportional share of the fair value of the acquired net assets.<br />
For the six months ended June 30, 2010, no significant business combination has required the application of<br />
the modifications established in the IFRS 3 and IAS 27 standards.<br />
IAS 39 Amended – Financial Instruments: Recognition and valuation. Eligible hedged items<br />
The amendment to IAS 39 introduces new requirements on eligible hedged items.<br />
The amendment stipulates that:<br />
• Inflation may not be designated as a hedged item unless it is identifiable and the inflation portion is a<br />
contractually specified portion of cash flows of an inflation-linked financial instrument, and the rest of<br />
the cash flows are not affected by the inflation-linked portion.<br />
• When changes in cash flows or the fair value of an item are hedged above or below a specified price<br />
or other variable (a one-side risk) via a purchased option, the intrinsic value and time value<br />
components of the option must be separated and only the intrinsic value may be designated as a<br />
hedging instrument.<br />
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