Format and procedures for transmission
Article 2
1. The format set out in the Annex shall be used when data is transmitted from the NCBs to the ESS members. 2. When data is transmitted from the NCBs to the ESS members, the data and metadata shall be transmitted in accordance with the standards of the ESS and with the structure defined in the most recent version of the Eurostat Business Registers Recommendations Manual available from the Commission (Eurostat). 3. When data is transmitted from the NCBs to the ESS members, the NCBs shall follow the same naming conventions, structures and definitions of fields as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 192/2009. 4. The data and metadata transmitted pursuant to this Decision shall be exchanged in electronic form. 5. The data and metadata transmitted pursuant to this Decision shall be transmitted via the secure medium used for the transmission of confidential data, or via secured remote access.