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Journal
of
the
European
Union L
108/37
DECISIONS
COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 April 2012
amending Decision 2004/452/EC laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access
confidential data for scientific purposes
(notified under document C(2012) 2291)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/200/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
culture and Life Sciences in the Economy Unit, Direc
torate-General Joint Research Centre of the European
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Commission; Sustainable Production and Consumption
Union,
Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the
European Commission; Social Analysis Unit, Direc
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European
torate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European
of the European Commission have to be regarded as
statistics (
bodies fulfilling the required conditions and should

1 ) and in particular Article 23 thereof,
therefore be added to the list of agencies, organisations
and institutions referred to in Article 3(1)(e) of Regu
Whereas:
lation (EC) No 831/2002.
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
831/2002
of
17
May
2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
on Community statistics, concerning access to
accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical
confidential data for scientific purposes (
System Committee,

2 ) establishes,
for the purpose of enabling statistical conclusions to be
drawn for scientific purposes, the conditions under which
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
access to confidential data transmitted to the Union
authority may be granted and the rules of cooperation
Article 1
between the Union and national authorities in order to
facilitate such access.
The Annex to Decision 2004/452/EC is replaced by the text set
out in the Annex to this Decision.
(2) Commission
Decision
2004/452/EC
( 3 ) has laid down a
list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential
Article 2
data for scientific purposes.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
(3)
University of Johannesburg, South Africa; University of
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States of America;
President & Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts,
Done at Brussels, 18 April 2012.
United States of America; Economics of Climate
Change, Energy and Transport Unit, Directorate-General
For the Commission
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission;
Information Society Unit, Directorate-General Joint
Algirdas EMETA
Research Centre of the European Commission; Agri
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 Inclusion 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

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Israel
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
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States of America
President & Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts, United States of America
Economics of Climate Change, Energy and Transport Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission
Information Society Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission
Sustainable Production and Consumption Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Social Analysis Unit, Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission’

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