9.9.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 229/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1916/2000 of 8 September 2000 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs as regards the definition and transmission of information on structure of earnings (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs (), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas: (1)  In accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 implementing measures are necessary concerning the definition and breakdown of the infor- mation to be provided and the appropriate technical format for the transmission of the results. (2)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion delivered by the Statistical Programme Committee, established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (3, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Definition and breakdown of the information In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 Member States shall provide information on the variables listed in Annex I to the present Regulation. To this end, the definitions of the variables are laid down in Annex II to the present Regulation. Article 2 Technical format for the transmission of the results The appropriate technical format to be used for the transmis- sion of the results is laid down in Annex III to the present Regulation. Article 3 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 September 2000. () O] L 63, 12.3.1999, p. 6. () O] L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission