14.4.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 99/11 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 11 April 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) 1546) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/229/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statistics (!), and in particular Article 20(1) thereof, Whereas: Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May 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 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 authorities in order to facilitate such access. () OJ L 52,22.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). (» OJ L 133, 18.5.2002, p. 7. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2006 (O] L 197, 19.7.2006, p. 3). 2 G) Commission Decision 2004/452/EC (*) has laid down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Devel- opment (OECD), the Family and Labour Studies Division of Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Econo- metrics and Statistical Support to Antifraud (ESAF) Unit, Directorate-General ~Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the Support to the European Research Area (SERA) Unit, Directorate- General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission 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)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 831/2002. The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistical Confidentiality, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Decision 2004/452[EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision. () OJ L 156, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by O] L 202, 7.6.2004, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/81/EC (O] L 28, 3.2.2007, p. 23).