Recital 1

(1)Decision No 716/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ³ established a Community programme to support specific activities in the field of financial services, financial reporting and auditing. On the basis of that Decision, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (the IFRS Foundation), which is the legal successor to the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF), and the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) benefited from Union co-financing in the form of operating grants until 31 December 2013.