This Regulation establishes common rules for the collection and compilation of Community statistics on:

(a) immigration to and emigration from the Member State territories, including flows from the territory of one Member State to that of another Member State and flows between a Member State and the territory of a third country;

(b) the citizenship and country of birth of persons usually resident in the territory of the Member States;

(c) administrative and judicial procedures and processes in the Member States relating to immigration, granting of permission to reside, citizenship, asylum and other forms of international protection and the prevention of illegal immigration.