Commission Regulation (EC) No 747/2008 of 30 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the implementation of NACE Rev. 2 (Text with EEA relevance)

31.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 747/2008
of 30 July 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the implementation of NACE Rev. 2
(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 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (1), and in particular Article 9(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates.
(2) It is necessary to adapt the definitions for the characteristics on research and development variables for the common module for inward statistics on foreign affiliates.
(3) It is also necessary to adapt the activity breakdown levels following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 (2).
(4) Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,