22.11.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 304/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1358/2007 of 21 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 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 Standard (IFRS) 8 (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 (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 (3) certain international standards and interpretations that were extant at 14 September 2002 were adopted. (20 On 30 November 2006, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 8 Operating Segments, here- inafter ‘IFRS &'. IFRS 8 sets out the requirements for the disclosure of information about an entity’s operating segments. IFRS 8 replaces International Accounting Standard (IAS) 14 Segment reporting. (3)  The consultation with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) confirms that IFRS 8 meets the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002. (4 Regulation (EC) No 1725/2003 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 1725/2003: ‘International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 8 Operating Segments’, is inserted as set out in the Annex to this Regu- lation. Article 2 Each company shall apply IFRS 8 as set out in the Annex to this Regulation as from the commencement date of its 2009 financial year at the latest. 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, 21 November 2007. () O] L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1. () OJ L 261, 13.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 611/2007 (O] L 141, 2.6.2007, p. 49). For the Commission Charlie McCREEVY Member of the Commission