22.10.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 27911 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1737/2005 of 21 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 as regards the definition and transmission of information on labour costs (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 on labour costs (') and in particular Article 11(ii) and (iii) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 of 27 July 1999 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs as regards the definition and trans- mission of information on labour costs (?) sets out imple- menting measures concerning the definition and breakdown of the information to be provided and the appropriate technical format for the transmission of the results as provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 530/1999. (2)  The labour cost survey for the reference year 2000 was the first survey based on Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999. The experience with this survey has demonstrated the need to improve the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999, in order to bring them into line with the corresponding provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 of 8 September 2000 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs as regards the definition and transmission of information on structure of earnings () and to improve the links between the data from the various surveys on earnings and on labour costs every second year. (3)  Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 should therefore be amended accordingly. (4  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 are replaced by the text in the Annexes to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 October 2005. (") 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 203, 3.8.1999, p. 28. For the Commission Joaquin ALMUNIA Member of the Commission () O L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 3.