EFFAS CFR Comments to EFRAG on DCL ED Business Combinations Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment (June 2024)

Before commenting on the key points, the Commission would like to note that:
– whether or not successful, most business combinations are major events for most companies and very often have an important impact on future cash flows and on the creditworthiness and valuation of an entity.
– transparency is key in financial reporting. Therefore, financial markets – users of financial statements – need the factual information with regard to the performance of the acquired entity on time.
– to assess whether a business combination is successful or not, the initial targets of the acquisition and how achievable they are should be known from the outset.

EFFAS reply to ESMA Consultation on draft ITS specifying certain tasks of collection bodies and certain functionalities of the ESAP (March 2024)

We do not agree with the preferred approach presented (in particular paragraph 14, chapter 4 “Background and analysis” of the Consultation paper JC 2023 78, hereinafter referred to as 4.14). We do not agree with the assessment of the alternative approach in paragraph 4.16.
We agree that a “Europe-wide uniform minimum data quality” is the central success criterion so that the EU parliament’s goals, which are associated with the European Central Access Point, can be achieved at all.