L 244[6 Official Journal of the European Union 16.9.2009 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 839/2009 of 15 September 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 Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 (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 (3 certain international standards and interpretations that were in existence at 15 October 2008 were adopted. (20 On 31 July 2008, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published an Amendment to International Accounting Standard 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement titled Eligible Hedged Items, hereinafter ‘amendments to IAS 39". The amendments to IAS 39 clarify the application of hedge accounting to the inflation component of financial instruments and to the option contracts when they are used as a hedging instrument. (3)  The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that the amendments to IAS 39 meet 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 Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 Each company shall apply the amendments to IAS 39, 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 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, 15 September 20009. () 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.