2020-12-09
The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Hanfa) issued this Regulation to standardize the content, structure, format, and submission procedures for issuers' annual reports. It mandates that issuers prepare financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards and submit them simultaneously as either a consolidated xHTML/PDF package or separate XML/XLS files, depending on RTS-ESEF applicability. The Regulation establishes SRPI and Hanfa's reporting system as the official submission channels, sets January 1, 2018 (and 2020 for amendments) as the start of the first reporting period, and repeals the 2011 Decision on annual financial statements.
1 REGULATION ON THE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF ISSUERS' ANNUAL REPORTS, AND THEIR FORMAT AND METHOD OF SUBMISSION TO THE CROATIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES SUPERVISORY AGENCY (Narodne novine, No. 114/2018 and 132/2020) Unofficial Consolidated Text
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS General Provisions Article 1. This Regulation prescribes the content and structure of issuers' annual reports, as well as their format and method of submission to the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency.
Definitions Article 2. Certain terms in this Regulation have the following meanings:
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE ANNUAL REPORT Article 3. (1) The issuer is required to prepare the annual report in accordance with Articles 462 and 463 of the Act. (2) The issuer is required to prepare annual financial statements according to the content and structure prescribed by a sub-legislative act published in Narodne novine, adopted on the basis of regulations governing business accounting and the application of financial reporting standards, or in accordance with the prevailing regulation adopted by the Minister of Finance upon the proposal of the Financial Reporting Standards Board, or in accordance with regulations or decisions adopted by Hanfa or the Governor of the Croatian National Bank, depending on which sub-legislative act applies to the issuer. (3) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article apply mutatis mutandis to issuers required to prepare consolidated reports.
2 FORMAT AND METHOD OF SUBMISSION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT Article 4. (1) When submitting the annual report, the issuer is required to simultaneously submit the following files, depending on what applies to the issuer:
3 (4) Hanfa publishes templates for submitting audited annual financial statements in XLS format on its website. Issuers may simultaneously use these XLS templates to create XML files. (5) The files from paragraph 1(1)(a) (xHTML), or paragraph 1(2)(a) and (b) (PDF and XLS) are submitted to Hanfa via SRPI, while the file from paragraph 1(1)(b) (XML), or paragraph 1(2)(c) (XML) is submitted to Hanfa's reporting system, all in accordance with Hanfa's regulation governing the content, format, and method of submitting prescribed information to Hanfa and SRPI, as well as the corresponding technical instruction published by Hanfa on its website. (6) An annual report is considered submitted to Hanfa only if submitted in the format and manner prescribed in paragraphs 1 to 5. (7) The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 6 apply mutatis mutandis to issuers required to prepare consolidated reports.
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS Cessation of Validity Article 5. Upon the entry into force of this Regulation, the Decision on the Format and Content of Issuers' Annual Financial Statements (Class: 011-02/11-04/09, Ref. No.: 326-01-11-01 dated March 31, 2011) ceases to be valid.
Entry into Force Article 6. (1) Issuers are required to prepare and submit their first annual reports in accordance with this Regulation for the reporting period beginning on January 1, 2018. (2) This Regulation enters into force on the eighth day following its publication in Narodne novine.
4 PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT TO THE REGULATION ON THE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF ISSUERS' ANNUAL REPORTS, AND THEIR FORMAT AND METHOD OF SUBMISSION TO THE CROATIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES SUPERVISORY AGENCY (Narodne novine No. 132/2020, adopted November 26, 2020, entered into force December 8, 2020) remaining after unofficial consolidation of the text
Final Provisions Article 3. (1) Issuers are required to prepare and submit their first annual reports in accordance with this Regulation for the reporting period beginning on January 1, 2020. (2) This Regulation enters into force on the eighth day following its publication in Narodne novine.