8.1.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 4/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 16/2004 of 6 January 2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables relating to the ‘intergenerational transmission of poverty’ THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the Euro- pean Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living condi- tions (EU-SILC) ('), and in particular Article 15(2)(f) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European Union levels. (2)  Pursuant to Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/ 2003, implementing measures are necessary concerning the list of target secondary areas and variables that shall be included every year in the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC. For the year 2005, the list of target secondary variables included in the module ‘Intergenera- tional transmission of poverty’ (particularly on parental education and occupation background and on childhood family environment as key domains of influence on adult social exclusion impacting on poverty risk during adult- hood) including the specification of variables codes and definitions is to be defined. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 The list of secondary target variables, the variables codes, and the definitions for the Module 2005 relating to the ‘Intergenera- tional transmission of poverty’ to be included in the cross- sectional component of Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) shall be as laid down in the Annex. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 6 January 2004. () OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission