L 86/170 Official Journal of the European Union 31.3.2009 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 251/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and the adaptations necessary after the revision of the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 (!) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics, and in particular Article 11(2) (b) and (e) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 (3 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community. For reasons of clarity and rationalisation that Regulation has been recast, with substantial amendments to various provisions. (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 on the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (°) must be modified in order to take account of those amendments. For the sake of clarity it should be replaced by this Regulation. (3) Itis necessary to specify the frequency of the compilation of the multiannual structural business statistics and the breakdown of the results for the production of structural business statistics in order to produce data comparable and harmonised between Member States. (4) It is necessary to adapt certain titles of the characteristics of Annex V following the revision of the statistical classifica- tion of products by activity (CPA). (5) 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 frequency of the compilation of multiannual statistics and the breakdown of results referred to in Articles 3 and 7 of Regulation (EC) 295/2008 shall be as specified in the series of data laid down in the Annex I to this Regulation. Member States shall produce these series of data for reference year 2008 and subsequent years. Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 is hereby repealed. It shall, however, continue to apply as regards the series of data to be transmitted for reference years up to and including 2007. Article 3 Annex V to Regulation No 295/2008 is amended as specified in the Annex II to this Regulation. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of 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, 11 March 2009 () OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13-59. ®) OJL14,17.1.1997, p. 1. () OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 81. For the Commission Joaquin ALMUNIA Member of the Commission