The Member States, in technical cooperation with the Commission, shall take all necessary steps for collecting annual statistical data with a view to drawing up coherent statistics on the structure and productive activity of industry in the Member States. This first collection of data shall be made in 1974, at the latest and shall relate to the preceding year.
[F1In the case of new Member States, these data shall be collected for the first time during the year of their accession and shall relate to the preceding year.]
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