Science and technology: production and development of Community statistics

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Commission Regulation 1450/2004/EC implementing Decision 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation.

CONTENT : This Regulation sets up the necessary measures for implementing Decision 1608/2003/EC with regard to Community innovation statistics. For these statistics, the list of statistical variables, the activities and sectors covered, the breakdowns of the results, the frequency, the deadlines for data transmission and the transitional period is described in the Annex. They may be revised at regular intervals.

Member States will acquire the necessary data using a combination of different sources such as sample surveys, administrative data sources or other data sources. The other data sources shall be at least equivalent in terms of quality or statistical estimation procedures to sample surveys or administrative data sources.

The Community innovation statistics listed in the Annex must be based on harmonised concepts and definitions, contained in the most recent version of the Oslo Manual.

Member States will transmit the aggregated statistics as listed in the Annex on a compulsory basis and the individual data records on a voluntary basis, to the Commission (Eurostat), using a standard transmission format to be determined by the Commission.

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 03/09/2004.