CELEX 32026L0470  ·  OJ L 2026/470  ·  26 February 2026Official Journal text
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Scope and first reporting year

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Check your scope and first reporting year

Eight answers at most, computed from the record in your browser. Nothing you type is sent or stored. A missing answer is named, never guessed.

1. Who is the entity?

The year the financial year starts, not the calendar year.

Relevant to the transitional years 2024 to 2026.

The figure in the financial statements. The test is more than EUR 450 million.

Average during the financial year, at the balance sheet date. The test is more than 1,000.

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Not legal advice; does not certify. This is a reading of Directive (EU) 2026/470 from your answers, not a filing decision or a compliance result.

What the reading can and cannot say

It reads the entity, the financial year, the two figures, the public-interest status and the national option. It returns a scope position with the provision behind it. It is not a filing decision, a compliance score or a legal opinion.

The readings

  • Scope incomplete. A required answer is missing. It names the answer, never a default.
  • In scope. Both figures are exceeded for a financial year starting in 2027 or later.
  • In scope for the transition year. A public-interest entity above 500 employees for 2024 to 2026.
  • Conditional on your Member State. The 2025-2026 exemption depends on the national measure.
  • Outside the threshold. At least one figure is at or below the test, or the year is before the test applies.
  • Third-country route. An EU subsidiary or branch under Article 40a, with two turnover tests.
  • Assurance provider. An audit firm has duties under Article 1, not a reporting duty.

Why the year matters

The directive does not replace the transitional population with the new threshold on one date. Article 5(2) of the CSRD as amended keeps a public-interest entity population for financial years 2024 to 2026, with a Member State option for 2025 and 2026, and sets the two-figure test for financial years starting on or after 1 January 2027. A single confident year would be wrong for most companies.

What it does with your answers

Nothing leaves the page. The check reads one static file, /seed/scope.json, and computes locally. There is no analytics call, no third-party script and no storage.