Financial Liabilities The IFRC’s financial liabilities are made of payables, loans and borrowings and financial liabilities associated with the ESSN
project (see below). These represent liabilities to third parties, which are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently
measured at amortised cost.
Financial liabilities are initially recognized at the fair value of the consideration received. In the case of financial liabilities
at amortised cost, the initial measurement is net of any directly attributable transaction costs.
Subsequent to initial recognition at fair value, when the substance of the contractual arrangement results in the IFRC having
an obligation to deliver either cash or another financial asset to the holder, the IFRC classifies its financial liabilities as
financial liabilities at amortised cost and measures them using the effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognized
in the Statement of Comprehensive Income either when the liabilities are derecognised or through the amortisation process.
A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled, or has expired. When
an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an
existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or modification is treated as a derecognition of the original
liability and the recognition of a new liability, and the difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognised in the
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.
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4.6 Financial instruments – Fair values and risk management (continued) Financial instruments are measured at either amortised cost or at fair value. Financial assets measured at fair value are
categorised into three hierarchy levels, where each level reflects the transparency of the inputs used to measure the value.
The financial instruments’ classification, hierarchy levels, and carrying values at 31 December are:
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