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19.8.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
214/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 August 2011
amending Decision 2004/452/EC laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access
confidential data for scientific purposes
(notified under document C(2011) 5777)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/511/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Fiscal Studies (Instituto de Estudios Fiscales — IEF),
Madrid, Spain, have to be regarded as bodies fulfilling
the required conditions and should therefore be added
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
to the list of agencies, organisations and institutions
Union,
referred to in Article 3(1)(e) of Regulation (EC)
No 831/2002.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
statistics ( 1 ) and in particular Article 23 thereof,
accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical
System Committee (ESS Committee),
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No
831/2002
( 2 ),
concerning access to confidential data for scientific
Article 1
purposes establishes, for the purpose of enabling stat
istical conclusions to be drawn for scientific purposes,
The Annex to Decision 2004/452/EC is replaced by the text set
the conditions under which access to confidential data
out in the Annex to this Decision.
transmitted to the Community authority may be granted
and the rules of cooperation between the Community
and national authorities in order to facilitate such access.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
(2) Commission
Decision
2004/452/EC
( 3 ) has laid down a
list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential
Done at Brussels, 17 August 2011.
data for scientific purposes.
For the Commission
(3)
Social Protection, Social Inclusion Strategy Unit, Direc
torate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and
Olli REHN
Inclusion of the European Commission and Institute for
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164.
( 2 ) OJ L 133, 18.5.2002, p. 7.
( 3 ) OJ L 156, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
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ANNEX
‘ANNEX
BODIES WHOSE RESEARCHERS MAY ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
European Central Bank
Spanish Central Bank
Italian Central Bank
University of Cornell (New York State, United States of America)
Department of Political Science, Baruch College, New York City University (New York State, United States of America)
German Central Bank
Employment Analysis Unit, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European
Commission
University of Tel Aviv (Israel)
World Bank
Center of Health and Wellbeing (CHW) of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton
University, New Jersey, United States of America
The University of Chicago (UofC), Illinois, United States of America
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Family and Labour Studies Division of Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Econometrics and Statistical Support to Antifraud (ESAF) Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission
Support to the European Research Area (SERA) Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission
Canada Research Chair of the School of Social Science in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies at York
University, Ontario, Canada
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, USA
Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego, USA
Directorate for Research, Studies and Statistics (Direction de l’Animation de la Recherche, des tudes et des Statistiques —
DARES) in the Ministry of Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity, Paris, France
The Research Foundation of State University of New York (RFSUNY), Albany, USA
Finnish Centre for Pensions, (Elketurvakeskus — ETK), Finland
Directorate for Research, Studies, Assessment and Statistics (Direction de la Recherche, des tudes, de l’valuation et des
Statistiques — DREES) in the Ministry of Labour, social dialogue and solidarity, the Ministry of Health, youth and
sports and the Ministry of Budget, public accounts and state reform, Paris, France
Duke University (DUKE), North Carolina, USA
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kansanelkelaitos — KELA), Finland
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Israel

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Federal Public Service Social Security, Belgium
Sabanci University, Tuzla/Istanbul, Turkey
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Directorate Economic Service and Structural Reforms, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the
European Commission
Social Protection, Social Inclusion Strategy Unit, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the
European Commission
Institute for Fiscal Studies (Instituto de Estudios Fiscales — IEF), Madrid, Spain’

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