1.The NSIs, the other national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) shall endeavour to continuously innovate and develop new statistical outputs and insights on the basis of all available data sources and to use state-of-the-art technologies, with the aim of integrating them in the regular production of European statistics. For that purpose, the Commission (Eurostat) may initiate, in close cooperation with the ESS Committee, the development of new statistical outputs and insights across the ESS. Those statistical outputs and insights may be included in the annual work programme and implemented through individual statistical actions referred to in Article 14(1).
2.Statistics under development shall not be required to fulfil all the quality criteria laid down in Article 12(1).
3.The Commission (Eurostat) may disseminate European statistics under development with the agreement of the NSIs or other national authorities and shall explicitly indicate that those statistics are under development. NSIs and other national authorities may also disseminate European statistics under development produced by them.