Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates

The main objective of Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics concerning the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (FATS Regulation) is to establish a common framework and statistical quality standards for the systematic production of comparable statistics on foreign affiliates.

EU Member States have to provide Eurostat with the information required under Regulation (EC) No 716/2007, its implementing and amending Commission Regulations and the guidelines of the FATS Recommendations Manual.

This report examines the most important aspects of the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 716/2007, as reported by Member States, and the measures taken by the Commission to ensure high-quality European statistics on the activities of foreign affiliates.

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