(163) The confidential information which the Union and national statistical authorities collect for the production of official European and official national statistics should be protected.

European statistics should be developed, produced and disseminated in accordance with the statistical principles as set out in Article 338(2) TFEU, while national statistics should also comply with Member State law.

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council [16] provides further specifications on statistical confidentiality for European statistics.

_{[16] Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:TOC}