L 280/22 Official Journal of the European Union 24.10.2007 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 October 2007 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(2007) 4672) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/678[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 University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, USA, has to be regarded as a body fulfilling the required conditions and should therefore be added to the list of Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 32297 of 17 agencies, organisations and institutions referred to in February 1997 on Community statistics ('), and in particular Article 3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 831/2002. Article 20(1) thereof, Whereas: (4)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistical Confidentiality, (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, concerning access to confi- dential data for scientific purposes () establishes, for the purpose of enabling statistical conclusions to be 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 Article 1 authorities in order to facilitate such access. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: The Annex to Decision 2004/452/EC is replaced by the text set () OJ L 52,22.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) out in the Annex to this Decision, 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 OJ L 202, 7.6.2004, p. 1. () OJ L 133, 18.5.2002, p. 7. Regulation as amended by Regulation Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/439/EC (O] L 164, (EC) No 1000/2007 (O] L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 7). 26.6.2007, p. 30).