31.12.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 394/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards IASs IFRS 1, IASs Nos 1 to 10, 12 to 17, 19 to 24, 27 to 38, 40 and 41 and SIC Nos 1 to 7, 11 to 14, 18 to 27 and 30 to 33 (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards (!), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof, Whereas: By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 (2, certain international standards and interpretations that were extant at 1 September 2002 were adopted. On 18 December 2003, the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) published 13 revised International Accounting Standards and gave notice of the withdrawal of IAS 15 Information reflecting the effects of changing prices. The purpose of the revision was the further improvement of the quality and consistency of the body of existing Inter- national Accounting Standards (IASs). In general, the objectives of this improvement project were to reduce or eliminate alternatives, redundancies and con- flicts within the standards, to deal with some convergence issues and to make improvements in the structure of exist- ing IASs. Furthermore, IASB decided to incorporate exist- ing interpretations into the improved standards in order to increase transparency and consistency and make the stan- dards more comprehensive. () OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1. (3 OJL261,13.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2237/2004 (OJ L 393, 31.12.2004, p. 1). 4 The consultation with technical experts in the field con- firms that the revised IASs meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002, and in particular the requirement of being conducive to the European public good. The adoption of the standards of the TImprovement projects’ implies, by way of consequence, amendments to other international accounting standards and interpreta- tions in order to ensure consistency between international accounting standards. Those consequential amendments are affecting International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) No 1, International Accounting Standards (IASs) Nos 7,12, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 41 and interpretation by the Standard Interpretation Committee (SIC) Nos 7, 12, 13, 21, 22, 25, 27 and 32. By adoption of those standards the interpretations by the Standard Interpretation Committee (SIC) Nos 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 14,18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 30 and 33 are superseded. Regulation (EC) 1725/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Accounting Regulatory Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 is amended as follows: 1. the International Accounting Standards (IASs) Nos 1, 2, 8, 10,16,17,21, 24,27, 28, 31, 33 and 40 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation;