ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I A. Cooperation with the Joint Research Centre — Harmonisation of environmental measurement methods ( 1 ) . — Intercalibration of instruments ( 1 ) . — Standardisation of data formats. — Development of new environmental measurement methods and instruments. — Other tasks as agreed between the Executive Director of the Agency and the Director-General of the Joint Research Centre. B. Cooperation with Eurostat 1. The Agency shall use, as far as possible, information collected via the official Community statistical services. That results from the work of Eurostat and the national statistical services in collecting, validating and disseminating social and economic statistics, including national accounts and related information. 2. The statistical programme in the field of the environment shall be agreed between the Executive Director of the Agency and the Director-General of Eurostat and shall be submitted for approval to the Management Board of the Agency and the Statistical Programme Committee. 3. The statistical programme shall be conceived and implemented within the framework established by the international statistical bodies, such as the UN Statistical Commission, the Conference of European Statisticians and the OECD. ( 1 ) Cooperation in these areas shall also take account of the work carried out by the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements.