2007/229/EC: Commission Decision of 11 April 2007 amending Decision 2004/452/EC laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes (notified under document number C(2007) 1546) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, access to information, confidentiality, scientific profession, statistical method

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 April 2007

amending Decision 2004/452/EC laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access
confidential data for scientific purposes

(notified under document number C(2007) 1546)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/229/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17
February 1997 on Community statistics (1), and in particular
Article 20(1) thereof,

(2)

(3)

Whereas:

Commission Decision 2004/452/EC (3) has laid down a
list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential
data for scientific purposes.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Devel-
opment (OECD), the Family and Labour Studies Division
of Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Econo-
metrics and Statistical Support to Antifraud (ESAF) Unit,
the
Directorate-General
Joint Research Centre
European Commission
the
Support
the
(SERA) Unit, Directorate-
European Research Area
General
European
the
Commission have to be regarded as bodies fulfilling the
required conditions and should therefore be added to the
list of agencies, organisations and institutions referred to
in Article 3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 831/2002.

Joint Research Centre

of
to

and

of

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May
2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97
on Community Statistics, concerning access to confi-
dential data for scientific purposes (2) establishes,
for
the purpose of enabling statistical conclusions to be
the conditions under
drawn for
which access to confidential data transmitted to the
Community authority may be granted and the rules of
cooperation between the Community and national
authorities in order to facilitate such access.

scientific purposes,

(1) OJ 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).

(2) OJ L 133, 18.5.2002, p. 7. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1104/2006 (OJ L 197, 19.7.2006, p. 3).

(4)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Statistical Confidentiality,

in this Decision are in
the Committee on

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2004/452/EC is replaced by the text set
out in the Annex to this Decision.

(3) OJ L 156, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 202, 7.6.2004, p. 1.
Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/81/EC (OJ L 28,
3.2.2007, p. 23).

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2007.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

BODIES WHOSE RESEARCHERS MAY ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

European Central Bank

Spanish Central Bank

Italian Central Bank

University of Cornell (New York State, United States of America)

Department of Political Science, Baruch College, New York City University (New York State, United States of America)

German Central Bank

Employment Analysis Unit, Directorate-General for Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities of the European
Commission

University of Tel Aviv (Israel)

World Bank

Center of Health and Wellbeing (CHW) of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton
University, New Jersey, United States of America

The University of Chicago (UofC), Illinois, United States of America

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Family and Labour Studies Division of Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Econometrics and Statistical Support to Antifraud (ESAF) Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission

Support
Commission’

to the European Research Area (SERA) Unit, Directorate-General

Joint Research Centre of

the European