10.4.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 98/11 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 March 2008 amending Decision 2004/452/EC laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes (notified under document number C(2008) 1005) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/291/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (2)  Commission Decision 2004/452[EC (*) has laid down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (3)  The Directorate for Research, Studies and Statistics (Direction de I’Animation de la Recherche, des Etudes et des Statistiques — DARES) in the Ministry of Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity, Paris, France, the Research Foun- dation of State University of New York (RFSUNY), Albany, USA and the Finnish Centre for Pensions, (Elake- turvakeskus — ETK), Finland have to be regarded as bodies fulfilling the required conditions and should therefore be added to the list of agencies, organisations and institutions referred to in Article 3(1)(e) of Regu- lation (EC) No 831/2002. Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statistics ('), and in particular Article 20(1) thereof, Whereas: (4 The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May Statistical Confidentiality, 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 32297 on Community Statistics, concerning access to confi- dential data for scientific purposes (?) establishes, for the purpose of enabling statistical conclusions to be HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: drawn for scientific purposes, the conditions under which access to confidential data transmitted to the Community authority may be granted and the rules of cooperation between the Community and national auth- Article 1 orities in order to facilitate such access. The Annex to Decision 2004/452[EC is replaced by the text set () O L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation out in the Annex to this Decision. (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). () OJ L 156, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by O] L 202, 7.6.2004, p. 1. () OJ L 133, 18.5.2002, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regu- Decision as last amended by Decision 2008/52/EC (O] L 13, lation (EC) No 1000/2007 (O] L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 7). 16.1.2008, p. 29).