2008/595/EC: Commission Decision of 25 June 2008 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(2008) 3019) (Text with EEA relevance)

19.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/60
COMMISSION DECISION
of 25 June 2008
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(2008) 3019)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/595/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statistics (1), and in particular Article 20(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, concerning access to confidential data for scientific purposes (2) establishes, for the purpose of enabling statistical conclusions to be drawn for scientific purposes, the conditions under 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.
(2) Commission Decision 2004/452/EC (3) has laid down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes.
(3) The Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Direction de la Recherche, des Études, de l’Évaluation et des Statistiques — DREES) under the joint authority of the Ministry of Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity, the Ministry of Health, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service, Paris, France, has to be regarded as a body fulfilling the required conditions and should therefore be added to the list of agencies, organisations and institutions referred to in Article 3(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 831/2002.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistical Confidentiality,