L 61/24 Official Journal of the European Union 11.3.2010 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 202/2010 of 10 March 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 6/2003 concerning the dissemination of statistics on the carriage of goods by road (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road ('), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas: (1) It is appropriate to exploit as fully as possible the stat- istical data on the carriage of goods by road, referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, while respecting the confidentiality of the individual data records. (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 833/2007 (3 ending the transitional period provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 makes available detailed origin-desti- nation data on national and also international road freight flows from 2008 onwards. (3) It is necessary to make national and international origin- destination data available to Member States in order to complete the statistical coverage of road transport at national level. (4)  Researchers and the scientific community in general should have access for scientific purposes to the data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) under Regu- lation (EC) No 1172/98, according to the principle laid down in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (}) on European statistics. (5)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 6/2003 (*) should therefore be amended accordingly. (6)  The measures provided for this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 6/2003 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 10 March 2010. () O] L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 1. () OJ L 185, 17.7.2007, p. 9. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO () OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164. () OJ L1, 4.1.2003, p. 45.