On the 10th April the European Commission (EC) published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), its decision from the 18th March 2008 to release a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes. The decision have been released under Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom.

Some of the bodies that fulfill the required conditions and should be added to the list of agencies include:

• The Directorate for Research, Studies and Statistics (Direction de l’Animation de la Recherche, des Études et des Statistiques - DARES) in the Ministry of Labour, Labour Relations and Solidarity, Paris, France.
• The Research Foundation of State University of New York (RFSUNY), Albany, USA.
• The Finnish Centre for Pensions, (Eläketurvakeskus — ETK), Finland.

In the list of agencies, a number of economic and research bodies are also included:

• World Bank
• European Central Bank
• Spanish Central Bank
• Support to the European Research Area (SERA) Unit, Directorate General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.