COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 April 2012
amending Decision 2004/452/EC laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes
(notified under document C(2012) 2291)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/200/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (1) and in particular Article 23 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 Union authority may be granted and the rules of cooperation between the Union 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)
University of Johannesburg, South Africa; University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States of America; President & Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts, United States of America; Economics of Climate Change, Energy and Transport Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; Information Society Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; Sustainable Production and Consumption Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission; Social Analysis Unit, Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission have to be regarded as bodies 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 European Statistical System Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2004/452/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 April 2012.