
Article 1 
Member States shall supply on an annual basis a quality report drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down in the Annex.
Article 2 
Member States shall supply their quality report not later than 31 May every year.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
1. 
The quality report shall contain both quantitative and qualitative indicators of quality. The Commission (Eurostat) shall provide the results of the quantitative indicators for each Member State, calculated on the basis of data provided. Member States shall interpret and comment on them, in the light of their collection methodology.

2. 

— Every year, by the end of the first quarter, the Commission (Eurostat) shall supply the Member States with draft documents for quality reports, based on data sent the previous year, partially pre-filled with most of the quantitative indicators and other information available to the Commission (Eurostat).
— Every year, within two months of receiving the pre-filled quality report and not later than 31 May, Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) with the completed quality report.

3. 
The quality report shall contain quantitative and qualitative indicators covering all the quality criteria defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
