commiss regul ec april implement council regul eec establish commun survei industri product text eea relev commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard council regul eec decemb establish commun survei industri product articl thereof regul eec measur adjust technic progress collect data process result laid commiss consult statist programm committe technic progress subsequ legisl act relat european busi statist system call adjust made survei coverag characterist adjust improv coverag statist provid member state increas burden econom oper statist data compil commun system satisfactori qualiti compar member state measur provid regul accord opinion statist programm committe set council decis eec euratom adopt regul articl field cover survei refer articl council regul eec identifi refer survei popul observ unit survei popul refer period enterpris princip activ secondari activ list section classif econom activ european commun nace rev set regul ec decemb amend council regul eec observ unit enterpris defin council regul eec statist unit observ analysi product system commun member state collect data statist unit observ unit long transmit enterpris data eurostat articl oblig unit survei popul suppli true complet inform call member state refer articl council regul eec limit survei popul observ unit produc product list prodcom list articl oblig member state adopt survei method design facilit collect data unit repres nation product nace class refer articl council regul eec implement member state adopt survei method design enabl collect data repres nation product nace rev class section articl member state exempt data collect refer articl council regul eec clarifi refer nation product product member state collect data product total nation product product total commun product product previou year data product collect exempt report member state provid document articl waiver member state oblig carri prodcom survei refer articl council regul eec extend case member state acquir data combin sourc method articl addit oblig provid inform request eurostat set articl council regul eec member state provid eurostat inform survei method sampl coverag purpos document complianc principl prodcom methodolog laid manual prodcom methodolog articl regul enter forc twentieth dai public offici journal european union regul bind entireti directli applic member state brussel april commiss joaquin almunia member commiss oj oj oj oj oj