L 128/20 Official Journal of the European Union 24.5.2003 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 May 2003 on the implementation of Decision No 507/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a set of actions relating to the trans-European network for the collection, production and dissemination of statistics on the trading of goods within the Community and between the Community and non-member countries (Edicom) (notified under document number C(2003) 1598) (2003/374[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  The measures set out in this decision are in accordance Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Decision No 507/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 concerning a set of actions relating to the trans-European network for the collection, production and dissemination of statistics on the trading of goods within the Community and between the Community and non-member countries (Edicom) ('), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas: (1) Decision No 507/2001/EC lays down the reference framework for an information network for the collec- tion, production and dissemination of statistics on the trading of goods within the Community and between the Community and non-member countries and entrusts the Commission with implementing it. (2)  The measures set out in this decision meet the aims and conditions established by Decision No 507/2001/EC and therefore qualify for Community funding. (3)  In order to meet the aims established by Decision No 507/2001/EC, part of the resources are directly allocated in the form of subsidies only to national authorities or organisms which are directly implicated in the collec- tion, production and dissemination of statistics on the trading of goods within the Community and between the Community and non-member countries. (4)  The Commission should therefore approve the annual work programme including the distribution of annual expenditure. () OJL 76, 16.3.2001, p. 1. with the opinion of the Committee on Statistics relating to the Trading of Goods between Member States and the Committee on Statistics relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-Member Countries, established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 (3, as last amended by Regulation (EC) 1624/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1172/95 (%, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 374/ 98 (), HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 For the 2003 work programme, the measures qualifying for Community funding are set out in Annex I up to the amounts stated in Annex II of this Decision. Atticle 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 May 2003. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission L 316, 16.11.1991, p. 1. () O] () OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 1. () OJ L 118,25.5.1995, p. 10. () OJ L 48,19.2.1998, p. 6. 5