Article 1
The purpose of this Regulation is to improve the exhaustiveness of GDP as a major component of the GNI of Member States as regards economic activity that falls within the production boundary of ESA 2010. This includes economic activity that is legal in itself but is not carried out in compliance with tax and social security regulations, as well as economic activity that is illegal according to national legislation, provided that all units involved enter the actions by mutual agreement, as laid down in ESA 2010 paragraph 1.79.