The parent company applies the Swedish Annual Accounts Act and
the Swedish Financial Reporting Board’s recommendation RFR 2,
Accounting
for Legal Entities, which essentially means that IFRS is
applied. In accordance with RFR 2, the parent company does not
apply
IAS 39 to the measurement of financial instruments and does
not capitalise development expenditure (IAS 38.57). Due to the link
between reporting and taxation, year-end appropriations and untaxed
reserves are reported in the parent company’s financial statements.