Proposed Amendments to IFRS 6 and IFRS 1

Date recorded:

The Board approved amendments to IFRS 1 and IFRS 6 as exposed in April 2005. The amendment will clarify that an entity that both (a) adopts IFRSs for the first time before 1 January 2006 and (b) applies IFRS 6 before that date is exempted not only from providing comparative prior-period disclosures but also from applying the recognition and measurement requirements of IFRS 6 in the prior comparative period.

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