# Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland) (revoked)

EU Regulation No 223/2009 · adopted 11 March 2009

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-223/pdf/eur_20090223_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (8 June 2015) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-223/pdf/eur_20090223_2015-06-08_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 11 March 2009
on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities
(Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland) (revoked)
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## Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

## 1 Subject matter and scope

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## 2 Statistical principles

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## 3 Definitions

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## Chapter II: STATISTICAL GOVERNANCE

## 4 The European Statistical System

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## 5 National statistical institutes and other national authorities

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## 5a Heads of NSIs and statistical heads of other national authorities

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## 6 Commission (Eurostat)

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## 6a Director-General of the Commission (Eurostat)

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## 7 European Statistical System Committee

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## 8 Cooperation with other bodies

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## 9 Cooperation with the ESCB

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## 10 International cooperation

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## 11 European statistics Code of Practice

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## 12 Statistical quality

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## Chapter III: PRODUCTION OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS

## 13 European statistical programme

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## 14 Implementation of the European statistical programme

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## 15 Collaborative networks

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## 16 European approach to statistics

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## 17 Annual work programme

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## 17a Access, use and integration of administrative records

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## Chapter IV: DISSEMINATION OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS

## 18 Dissemination measures

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## 19 Public use files

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## Chapter V: STATISTICAL CONFIDENTIALITY

## 20 Protection of confidential data

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## 21 Transmission of confidential data

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## 22 Protection of confidential data in the Commission (Eurostat)

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## 23 Access to confidential data for scientific purposes

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## 24 Access to administrative records

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## 25 Data from public sources

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## 26 Violation of statistical confidentiality

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## Chapter VI: FINAL PROVISIONS

## 27 Committee procedure

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## 28 Repeal

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## 29 Entry into force

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## Signature

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-223
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