Article 4

The Commission shall indicate in its initiatives on the individual statistical actions referred to in Article 3 (2) (a) and (b): the reasons justifying the action envisaged, notably in the light of the aims of the Community policy concerned, the precise objectives for the action and an evaluation of the expected results, the procedures for implementing the action, its length and the role of the national authorities and the Community authority, the role of the relevant specialist committees, the means by which burdens on respondents will be minimized, a cost-effectiveness analysis which takes into account the financing costs of the action both for the Community and for the Member States, the international statistical recommendations to be observed in the fields covered.

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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.