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Author of the diploma thesis deals with the endorsement process of IFRS 9. In the first chapter, the author briefly describes the historical development of international accounting standards that have regulated or otherwise related to financial instruments and outlines the developments in the field. In the main chapter of the thesis, author discusses in detail the endorsement process, characterizes the bodies and institutions involved in the process, describes the endorsement process as such, analyses the criteria according to which the compliance of the new standard with EU law is assessed and describes how European institutions participate in preparing standards before their adoption by the IASB. Author shows how the described procedure and criteria are applied in the approval of IFRS 9. Lastly, author analyses on a sample of companies listed on the Prague Stock Exchange how these companies are considering the endorsement of IFRS 9 by the European Union and the obligation to report their financial instruments under IFRS 9 from 2018. |