17.11.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 298/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1980/2003 of 21 October 2003 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 definitions and updated definitions (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living condi- tions (EU-SILC) (Y), and in particular Article 15(2)(c) 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)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/ 2003, implementing measures are necessary to harmo- nise definitions, in particular the operationalisation of the income definitions, the definitions on household members and former household members, and the time- table of the inclusion of the different income variables. (3)  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 definitions required by Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 on Community statistics on income and living conditions, in particular for the purpose of bringing into operation the income definitions given in Article 2(l) and (m) thereof, shall be as laid down in Annex L The conditions for delivering gross income data at component level as well as the timetable for inclusion of the different income components shall be as laid down in Annex II. Article 2 The definitions given in this Regulation, with the exception of that of former household members, and the delivery of income data, shall be applied to both cross-sectional and longitudinal components of Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Article 3 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, 21 October 2003. () OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission