19.6.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 154/91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1228/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the series of data to be produced for insurance services statistics (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 statistics ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98(?), and in particular Articles 12(ii), (v) and (vii) thereof, (1) Whereas Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics on the structure, activity, performance and competitiveness of the insurance sector in the Community; (2)  Whereas it is necessary to specify the frequency for the compilation of the multi-yearly insurance services statistics; whereas it is necessary to specify the first reference vyear for the compilation of the results laid down in the Annex 5 to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/98; whereas it is necessary to specify the breakdown of the results for the production of Insurance services statistics; (3)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The frequency for the compilation of multi-yearly characteristics, the breakdowns of results and the first reference year for the compilation of the results referred to in Articles 4, 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 are specified in the series of data in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 1.  Member States shall produce these series for the data concerning the 1999 reference year and subsequent years for List A characteristics listed in paragraph 3, Section 4 of Annex 5 to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 and for the data concerning the 2003 reference year and subsequent years for List B characteristics listed in paragraph 4, Section 4 of Annex 5 to the said Regulation. 2.  Member States shall also produce these series for List A characteristics for the 1996, 1997 and 1998 reference years where this corresponds to existing national practices and for List B characteristics for the 2000, 2001 and 2002 reference years where this corresponds to existing national practices. Article 3 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, 28 May 1999. (Y OJ L 14,17.1.1997, p. 1. () OJ L 52,21.2.1998, p. 1. For the Commission Yves-Thibault de SILGUY Member of the Commission