Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Where a company has already presented its financial statements in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1004/2008, it needs not to resubmit its financial statements.

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, 9 September 2009.

For the Commission

Charlie McCreevy

Member of the Commission