L 139/6 Official Journal of the European Union 5.6.2009 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 460/2009 of 4 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee’s (IFRIC) Interpretation 16 (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 July 2002 on the application of international accounting standards ('), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof, Whereas: () By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 (%) certain international standards and interpretations that were in existence at 15 October 2008 were adopted. (20 On 3 July 2008, the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) published IFRIC Inter- pretation 16 Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation, hereinafter ‘TFRIC 16’. IFRIC 16 is an interpre- tation that provides clarification on how to apply the requirements of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 21 and IAS 39 in cases when an entity hedges the foreign currency risk arising from its net investments in foreign operations. (3)  The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that IFRIC 16 meets the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002. In accordance with Commission Decision 2006/505/EC of 14 July 2006 setting up a Standards Advice Review Group to advise the Commission on the objectivity and neutrality of the European  Financial ~Reporting Advisory  Group’s (EFRAG’s) opinions (*), the Standards Advice Review Group considered EFRAG's opinion on endorsement and advised the Commission that it is well-balanced and objective. (4)  Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Accounting Regu- latory Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008, International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee’s (IFRIC) Inter- pretation 16 Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation is inserted as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 Each company shall apply IFRIC 16, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, at the latest, as from the commencement date of its first financial year starting after 30 June 2009. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 June 2009. () O] L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1. () O] L 320, 29.11.2008, p. 1. For the Commission Charlie McCREEVY Member of the Commission () OJ L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 33.