L 299/18 Official Journal of the European Union 27.10.2012 I (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, the Oslo Manual on innovation statistics, published jointly by the OECD and the European Commission Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European (Eurostat), should provide a reference framework. Union, (5)  For the sake of clarity, Commission Regulation (EC) No Having regard to Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European 753/2004 of 22 April 2004 implementing Decision No Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 concerning the 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the production and development of Community statistics on Council as regards statistics on science and technology () science and technology (') and in particular Article 3 thereof, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 of 13 August 2004 implementing Decision No Whereas: 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation (* should be (1) In order to take into account the developments in the repealed. area of statistics on science and technology, as well as requests for new and more detailed and frequent stat- . . . . . istics, new implementing measures of Decision No (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 1608/2003/EC should be laid down accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, (2)  Existing statistical support for decisions in current policy areas should be continued and additional requirements arising from new policy initiatives should be satisfied, with a view to making best use of available resources Article 1 and minimising the response burden. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: This Regulation lays down detailed rules concerning the () Regulation (EQ) No 223/2009 of the European production of European statistics on science and technology. Parliament and of the Council (%) on European statistics provides a reference framework, in particular with regard Article 2 to rules on access to administrative data sources and . . . . L S 1. This Regulation shall cover the following domains: statistical confidentiality. (a) statistics on research and development (R & D); (4) It is necessary to ensure that European statistics on science and technology are consistent with other inter- national standards. To that end, work carried out by the (b) statistics on government budget appropriations or outlays Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Devel- on research and development (GBAORD); opment (OECD) and other international organisations should be taken into account. In particular, the Frascati Manual on research and development statistics, the Canberra Manual on statistics on human resources (¢) innovation statistics; devoted to science and technology, the OECD Patent (d) statistics on human resources in science and technology, Statistics Manual, published by the OECD, as well as including gender and mobility statistics, statistics on () O] L 230, 16.9.2003, p. 1. () O L 118, 23.4.2004, p. 23. () O] L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164. () O] L 267, 14.8.2004, p. 32.