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Reference documentation

Community Statistics and personal data protection

• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (pdf) 
• Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data 
• Commission Decision 97/281/EC on the role of Eurostat as regards the production of Community statistics
• Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (pdf)
• Commission Recommendation on the independence, integrity and accountability of the national and Community statistical authorities - COM (2005) 217 final, of 25 May (pdf)
• European Statistics Code of Practice (pdf) 
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on reduction of the response burden, simplification and priority-setting in the field of Community statistics- COM (2006) 693 final, of 11 November (pdf)
• Decision No 1578/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 on the Community Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012 (pdf)
• Decision 235/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (pdf)
• Decision 234/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Advisory Committee and repealing Council Decision 91/116/EEC (pdf)

Co-decision and Council rules of procedure

• Co-decision Guide
• Council decision laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (1999/468/EC) (pdf)
• Council Decision of 17 July 2006 amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2006/512/EC) (pdf)
• Council decision laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (Consolidated Version 23 july 2006) (pdf)
• Statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission concerning the Council Decision of 17 July 2006 amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2006/512/EC) (pdf) 
• Joint Declaration on Practical Arrangements for the Codecision Procedure (2007/C 145/5) (pdf)
• Comitology for non-jurists (pdf)
• Council Decision of 15 September 2006 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (2006/683/EC,Euratom) (pdf)
• Council Decision of 20 December 2007 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure (2007/881/EC, Euratom) (pdf)
• Council Decision of 8 December 2008 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure (2008/945/EC Euratom)  (pdf)
• Council Decision of 1 December 2009 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure (2009/937/EC, Euratom) (pdf)
• List of Council preparatory bodies (Council document 11301/1/08 REV 1 of 17 July 2008) (pdf)