1.4.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 86/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 275/2010 of 30 March 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the criteria for the evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics (1), and in particular Article 11(2)(j) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 established a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of European statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the European Union. (2)  For the purposes of comparing the benefits of the avail- ability of the data with the costs of collection and the burden on business, especially on small enterprises, a quality evaluation should be carried out in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 295/2008. It is therefore necessary to establish the quality evaluation criteria and the key indicators. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, () OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The criteria for the evaluation of quality and the contents of the quality reports to be provided by the Member States are laid down in the Annex. Article 2 The data and metadata supplied for quality reports shall be transmitted or uploaded in electronic format to the single entry point for data at the Commission (Eurostat) by any organisation designated by the national authorities. Trans- mission shall comply with an appropriate interchange standard specified by Eurostat. Article 3 The first quality report, for the data for the reference year 2008, shall be delivered by 31 March 2011. An extra 3 months for transmission of the quality reports for the reference year 2008 has been granted to Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania and the United Kingdom. Subsequent reports shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest 27 months after the end of the reference period for which the data were collected. Article 4 The Commission (Eurostat) shall evaluate the quality of the data transmitted and shall prepare and publish reports on the quality of European statistics. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.