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FINANCIAL ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
Financial assets include investments, accounts and notes receivable,
short-term investments, including derivative instruments, and cash
and cash equivalents.
Financial liabilities include borrowings, other financing and bank
overdrafts, derivative instruments and accounts and notes payable.
The
accounting
treatment
of
finance
receivables
held
by Banque PSA Finance and the effect of related interest rate hedges
are dealt with in Fact Sheet 14 Finance Receivables and Fact Sheet 15
Interest Rate Hedges. The effect of changes in exchange rates on financial
assets and liabilities is dealt with in Fact Sheet 13 Foreign Currency
Transactions.
This Fact Sheet only deals with financial assets
whose accounting treatment changes under IFRS.
and
liabilities
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IFRS
The accounting treatment of financial assets and liabilities is dealt
with in IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement.
IAS
39
was
endorsed
by
the
European
Commission
on November 19, 2004, with the exception of certain provisions
on the use of the full fair value option and on the application of hedge
accounting to customer deposits in the accounts of retail banks.
None of the provisions of IAS 39 that have not been endorsed
by the European Commission apply to the Group.
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