A N N U A L R E P O R T A N D A C C O U N T S - CMVM
A N N U A L R E P O R T A N D A C C O U N T S - CMVM
A N N U A L R E P O R T A N D A C C O U N T S - CMVM
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements at 31 st December 2008<br />
NOTE TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT<br />
ON THE 31 ST OF DECEMBER 2008<br />
(VALUES EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS)<br />
1 - INTRODUCTION NOTE<br />
Teixeira Duarte - Engenharia e Construções, S.A. ("Teixeira Duarte" or "Company") has its registered head office in Porto Salvo, was<br />
incorporated on the 4 th of January 1934 with Construction as its core business.<br />
The entrepreneurial universe of Teixeira Duarte ("Group") is formed by the investee companies referred in Notes 4, 22 and 23. The Group’s<br />
main activities are: Construction; Cements; Concrete and Aggregates; Concessions and Services; Real Estate Development; Hotel Services<br />
Industry; Food Trade; Fuel Sales and Vehicles Sales.<br />
2 - MAIN ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />
The main accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the attached consolidated results statements are the followings:<br />
2.1 - Submission bases<br />
The consolidated results statements were prepared in accordance with the continuity principle, from the accounting books and records of<br />
the companies included in the consolidation, adjusted to the consolidation process, in order to be in accordance with the provisions of the<br />
International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the European Union, in force for the financial years started on the 1 st of January<br />
2008.<br />
The International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and the International<br />
Accounting Standards ("IAS") issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee ("IASC") and respective interpretations should be<br />
considered as included in these standards, issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee ("IFRIC") and Standing<br />
Interpretation Committee ("SIC"), respectively, their adoption approved by the European Union. The set of those standards and interpretations<br />
shall be henceforward generally known as "IFRS".<br />
Results statements were prepared according to the historical cost approach, except in what concerns investment properties and financial<br />
assets available for sale.<br />
New standards and its impact in the attached results statements<br />
In the year ended on the 31 st of December 2007, the IFRS 8 – Operational segments was approved by the European Union, which became in<br />
force for the financial years started after the 1 st of January 2009.<br />
During the financial year ended on the 31 st of December 2008 and until the approval date of these results statements, the following accounting<br />
standards and interpretations were approved by the European Union, its enforcing date corresponding to the financial years started on or after<br />
the following dates:<br />
Effective Date<br />
IAS 39/IFRS 7 – Reclassification of financial assets (Reviewed) 01-07-2008<br />
IFRIC 13 – Customer’s royalty programmes 01-07-2008<br />
IFRIC 14 – IAS 19 – The limit on an asset with defined benefits, minimum financing requirements and respective interaction 01-01-2008<br />
IFRS 8 – Operating Segments 01-01-2009<br />
IFRS 2 – Payments based on shares (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />
IAS 1 – Financial statements submission (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />
IAS 23 – Costs of loans obtained (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />
IAS 32/IAS 1 – Financial instruments with a put option and liabilities derived from a liquidation (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />
Improvements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (2007) 01-01-2009<br />
IFRS 1 / IAS 27 – Cost of an investment in a subsidiary, jointly controlled or associated entity 01-01-2009<br />
IFRIC 12 – Contracts regarding concession services 01-01-2010<br />
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