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In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Treaty, the Council shall adopt a Community statistical programme which defines the approaches, the main fields and the objectives of the actions envisaged for a period not exceeding five years. The Community statistical programme shall constitute the framework for the production of all Community statistics. If necessary, it may be updated. The Commission shall prepare a report on the implementation of the programme at the end of the period covered by the programme. The Commission shall submit the guidelines for establishing the Community statistical programme for prior examination by the Statistical Programme Committee and, within the framework of their respective powers, by the European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres and the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.