Article 3

1. Each Member State shall designate a central agency and inform the Commission thereof within 15 days of the notification of this Decision. 2. The information referred to in Article 2 (2) shall be forwarded to the Commission through the central agency in each Member State. 3. The data referred to in Article 2 (2) (a) shall be presented according to the modes of expression and with the significant figures set out in the second and third columns of Annex II. 4. The information, covering a calendar year, shall be forwarded to the Commission at least every 12 months. 5. The Commission shall draw up annually a consolidated report based on the information referred to in Article 2 (2). The part of the draft of this report concerning the information supplied by a Member State shall be sent to the central agency of that Member State for verification. Any comments on the draft shall be included in the report. The final version shall be forwarded to the Member States. 6. The Commission shall assess the effectiveness of the procedure for the exchange of information and, within not more than three years of the notification of this Decision, shall submit proposals, where appropriate, to the Council with a view to improving the procedure and, if necessary, harmonizing the methods of measurement.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.