L 31/4 Official Journal of the European Union 3.2.2010 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 92/2010 of 2 February 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards data exchange between customs authorities and national statistical authorities, compilation of statistics and quality assessment (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 ('), and in particular Article 6(1), Article 7(3), Article 8(3) and Article 9(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics relating to the trading of goods with non- member countries. (2) It is necessary to specify the procedures for data exchange between customs authorities and national sta- tistical authorities in order to ensure the comprehensive compilation of external trade statistics. (3)  Provisions should be established on the compilation of monthly statistics in order to obtain harmonised and comparable results from all Member States, including rules for adjustments on delayed or incomplete records and data affected by confidentiality provisions. (4)  In order to be able to asses the quality of the statistics transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat), implementing measures are necessary concerning the modalities and structure of the quality report. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods with non- member countries, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Data exchange modalities between customs authorities and national statistical authorities 1. National customs authorities shall provide their national statistical authorities without delay and at the latest during the () O] L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23. month following the month the customs declarations were accepted or were subject to decisions by customs pertaining to them, with the records on imports and exports from customs declarations lodged with them. 2. With effect from the date of implementation of the mechanism for mutual data exchange by electronic means pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009, customs authorities shall provide daily copies of the data from customs declarations lodged with them to the customs authority of the Member State indicated on the record as: (a) the Member State of destination, on import; (b) the Member State of actual export, on export. The customs authority in the Member State of destination, on import, and the Member State of actual export, on export, shall forward the import and export records from these customs declarations without delay, and at the latest during the month following the month the customs declarations were accepted or were subject to decisions by customs pertaining to them, to their national statistical authorities. 3. The customs authorities shall provide the national sta- tistical authorities with revised records on imports and exports where statistical data already provided are amended or changed. 4. The customs authorities shall verify, at the request of the national statistical authorities, the correctness and completeness of the records on imports and exports provided by them. Article 2 Compilation of European statistics on imports and exports of goods 1. National statistical authorities shall compile monthly statistics from: (a) records on imports and exports provided by customs authorities pursuant to Article 1;