BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen, dansk utgave)

(1) Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Union statistics on balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment.

(2) It is necessary to update the data requirements and definitions of Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 taking into account economic and technical changes, bringing them in line with international standards which provide the general rules for compiling statistics on balance of payments, international trade in services, and foreign direct investment.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Balance of Payments Committee.