No L 24/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 1. 97 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 1996 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products (Text with EEA relevance) (97/80/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 96/16/EC of 19 March 1996 on statistical surveys of milk and milk products (*), and in particular Article 3 (2), Article 4 (2) and Article 6 (1) thereof, Whereas, following the replacement by Directive 96/16/EC of Directive 72/280/EEC, a parallel re-casting of Commission Decision 72/356/EEC of 18 October 1972 laying down implementing provisions for the statistical surveys on milk and milk products (%), as last amended by Decision 86/180/EEC (%), is appropriate as a means of guaranteeing the continuous development of statistics in harmony with prevailing economic conditions; Whereas experience acquired in applying Decision 72/356/EEC has shown that it is necessary to adopt more detailed explanatory notes concerning the products and tables; Whereas, with a view to improved integration of Com- munity statistics, it is opportune to look forward to complete coordination with the Prodcom list referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 on the establishment of a Community survey of industrial production (¥); Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, o L 78, 28. 3. 1996, p. 27. o L 246, 30. 10. 1972, p. 1. o L 138, 24. 5. 1986, p. 49. o L 374, 31. 12. 1991, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The list of milk products covered by the surveys referred to in Article 3 (2) of Directive 96/16/EC is set out in Annex I to this Decision. Article 2 Specimens of the tables to be used for transmitting the data referred to in Article 6 (1) of Directive 96/16/EC are set out in Annex II to this Decision. Article 3 The work programme referred to in Article 4 (2) of Direc- tive 96/16/EC is set out in Annex III to this Decision. Article 4 Decision 72/356/EEC is repealed with effect from 1 January 1997, References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision. Article 5 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996. For the Commission Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY Member of the Commission