L 121/30 Official Journal of the European Union 6.5.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 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 labour costs (1), and in particular Article 11(iv) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 was implemented by Commission Regulations (EC) No 452/2000 () and (EC) No 72/2002 () which define the content and evaluation criteria of the report on quality to be forwarded to the Commission (Eurostat) after each reference period. (2)  The information supplied in the quality report must refer to certain variables. Those variables are defined in Commission Regulations (EC) No 1726/1999 (% and (EC) No 1916/2000 (). (3)  Changes in the quality evaluation measures of structural statistics on earnings and labour costs are necessary as a result of the amendments made to Regulations (EC) No 1726/1999 and (EC) No 1916/2000 by Regulations (EC) No 1737/2005 and (EC) No 1738/2005 respectively. For the sake of clarity, and in order to reduce the burden for the national statistical offices, it is also necessary to harmonise the quality evaluation of statistics on labour costs and earnings. (4  Regulations (EC) No 452/2000 and (EC) No 72/2002 should therefore be replaced by this Regulation. () OJ L 63,12.3.1999, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). 3 OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 53. () O L 15, 17.1.2002, p. 7. () OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 28. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 11). () OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 (O] L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 32). accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The content and evaluation criteria of the report on quality referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 are laid down in the Annex to this Regulation. The variables specified in the Annex to this Regulation are defined in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 and Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000. 2. The information laid down in the Annex shall be supplied subject to the derogations contained in Community legislation concerning structural statistics on earnings and labour costs, the labour force survey, structural business statistics and national accounts. Atrticle 2 The quality report shall be transmitted to Eurostat at the latest 24 months after the end of the reference period for which the data was collected, unless stated otherwise in the Annex. Atrticle 3 Regulations (EC) No 452/2000 and (EC) No 72/2002 are repealed. Atrticle 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.