Commission Regulation (EC) No 1322/2007 of 12 November 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for transmission, results to be transmitted and criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) of 25 April 2007 (1), and in particular Article 7(1) and 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 established a methodological framework to be used for compiling Statistics on a comparable basis for the benefits of the Community and time limits for the transmission and dissemination of statistics compiled in accordance with ESSPROS.
(2) Pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 458/2007, implementing measures relating to the formats for the transmission of data, the results to be transmitted and the criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries should be adopted.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The implementing measures required by Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 as regards the ESSPROS core system (for quantitative data and for qualitative information by scheme and detailed benefits) and as regards to the module on pension beneficiaries shall be as laid down in Annexes I and II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 November 2007.
For the Commission Joaquín ALMUNIA Member of the Commission