Whereas, in particular, for the formulation, application, monitoring and assessment of the policies laid down in the Treaty, the Community must be able to base its decisions on statistics which are up-to-date, reliable, pertinent and comparable between the Member States;
ker mora biti Skupnost zlasti pri pripravi, izvajanju, spremljanju in ocenjevanju politik, določenih v Pogodbi, zmožna opreti svoje odločitve na statistične podatke, ki so ažurirani, zanesljivi, primerni in primerljivi med državami članicami;