# Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93, Article 1: Purpose

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Regulation establishes a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes in the Community.
Member States shall set up one or more harmonised registers for statistical purposes, as a tool for the preparation and coordination of surveys, as a source of information for the statistical analysis of the business population and its demography, for the use of administrative data, and for the identification and construction of statistical units.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/177/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-177/article-1
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