Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 of 13 August 2004 implementing Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation(Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007of 20 August 2007amending certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains implementing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2, 307R0973, August 21, 2007
Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2009of 22 June 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation(Text with EEA relevance), 309R0540, June 23, 2009
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004of 13 August 2004implementing Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technologyOJ L 230, 16.9.2003, p. 1., and in particular Article 3 thereof,Whereas:(1)Decision No 1608/2003/EC determined the individual statistical actions necessary in order to establish the Community statistics on science, technology and innovation.(2)It is necessary to adopt measures for the implementation of individual statistical actions as determined in Article 2 of Decision No 1608/2003/EC.(3)The individual statistical actions should take into account Decision No 2367/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the Community statistical programme 2003 to 2007OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 1. which specifically determined the work programme for the production and improvement of statistics on innovation for the period 2003 to 2007.(4)It is necessary to ensure the consistency of the Community statistics on innovation with other international standards, which entails taking into account the work carried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other international organisations.(5)In implementing Decision No 1608/2003/EC, regard should be had to the framework provided by Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community StatisticsOJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). when laying down provisions to cover access to administrative sources and statistical confidentiality.(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: