Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2009
of 22 June 2009
amending Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technologyf1 and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 of 13 August 2004 implementing Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovationf2 provides details of the statistics requested, their breakdowns, periodicity, timeliness and methodological recommendations to produce harmonised Community data.
(2)
It is necessary to amend and update measures for monitoring innovation activities in order to respond to growing and rapidly evolving requirements in the environmental area.
(3)
It is necessary to minimise the burden on businesses while ensuring that the data collected are of good quality and meet information needs.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
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