_EN | 21.5.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 128/51 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 772/2005 of 20 May 2005 concerning the specifications for the coverage of the characteristics and the definition of the technical format for the production of annual Community statistics on steel for the reference years 2003 to 2009 (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 48/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 December 2003 (!) and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Regulation (EC) No 48/2004 established a common framework for the production of annual Community statistics on steel for the reference years 2003 to 2009. (2)  Pursuant to point (a) of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 48/2004, implementing measures are necessary to specify the coverage of the characteristics required. (3)  Pursuant to point (b) of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 48/2004, implementing measures are necessary to define the technical format for the transmission of annual Community statistics on steel. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The specifications for the coverage of the characteristics shall be as laid down in the Annex I of this Regulation. 2. In these specifications, references to company accounts use the headings laid down in Article 9 and Article 23 of Council Directive 78/660/EEC (%) for the purposes of presen- tation of the balance sheet and the profit and loss account, respectively. Article 2 The technical format referred to in Article 6.2 of Regulation (EC) No 48/2004 shall be as laid down in Annex II to this Regulation. Article 3 Member states shall apply these specifications and this technical format with respect to reference year 2003 and subsequent years. Article 4 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, 20 May 2005. () O] L 7, 13.1.2004, p. 1. For the Commission Joaquin ALMUNIA Member of the Commission () O] L 222, 14.8.1978, p. 11.