L 131/26 Official Journal of the European Union 25.5.2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 782/2005 of 24 May 2005 setting out the format for the transmission of results on waste statistics (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics (1) and in particular Article 6(e) thereof, Whereas: (1) By virtue of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, the Commission is required to adopt the measures necessary for implementing that Regulation. () In accordance with Article 6(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, the Commission should set out the appro- priate format for the transmission of results by Member States. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382[EEC, Euratom (2), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The appropriate format for the transmission of results on waste statistics to the Commission (Eurostat) shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Member States shall use this format for the data on the 2004 reference year and subsequent years. Atrticle 2 Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data and metadata required by Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 in electronic form, in accordance with an interchange standard proposed by the Commission (Eurostat). Atrticle 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 May 2005. () O) L 332, 9.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2004 (O] L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 15). () OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. For the Commission Joaquin ALMUNIA Member of the Commission