L 202/20 Official Journal of the European Union 31.7.2008 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 747/2008 of 30 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the implementation of NACE Rev. 2 (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (!), and in particular Article 9(2)(a) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 established a common framework  for the systematic production of Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates. (2) It is necessary to adapt the definitions for the characte- ristics on research and development variables for the common module for inward statistics on foreign affiliates. (3) It is also necessary to adapt the activity breakdown levels following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 (). (4)  Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atticle 1 Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 is amended as follows: 1. Section 2 of Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation. 2. The table for the activity breakdown levels 1 and 2 referred to in Annex III is replaced by the table set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 3. The table for the activity breakdown level 3 referred to in Annex III is replaced by the table set out in Annex III to this Regulation. Atrticle 2 Member States shall apply Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 as amended by this Regulation: — as regards levels 1 and 2, from 1 January 2010 (for reference year 2010 and subsequent years), — as regards level 3, from 1 January 2008 (for reference year 2008 and subsequent years). Atrticle 3 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, 30 July 2008. () O L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 17. () OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (ECQ) No 295/2008 (O] L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13). For the Commission Joaquin ALMUNIA Member of the Commission