24.7.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 192/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1618/1999 of 23 July 1999 concerning the criteria for the evaluation of quality of structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  Whereas it is necessary that the Commission determines Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning structural business statis- tics (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98 (3), and in particular Article 12(vi) thereof, (1)  Whereas Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of business in the Community; (20  Whereas the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on these statistics and in particular on their quality and the burden on business; the criteria for the evaluation of quality of structural business statistics; (4)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The criteria for the evaluation of quality referred to in Article 7 of the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 are specified in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 July 1999. () O] L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 1. () O] L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1. For the Commission Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY Member of the Commission