# Recital 129 *In force · Directive (EU) 2024/1640, OJ L, 2024/1640, 19.6.2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1640/oj/eng)* In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in order to lay down a methodology for the collection of statistics; establish the format for the submission of beneficial ownership information to the central register; define technical specifications and procedures necessary for the implementation of access to beneficial ownership information on the basis of a legitimate interest by the central registers; establish the format for the submission of the information to the centralised automated mechanisms; set out the technical specifications and procedures for the connection of Member States’ centralised automated mechanisms to BARIS; set out technical specifications and procedures necessary to provide for the interconnection of Member States’ central registers; and set out technical specifications and procedures necessary to provide for the interconnection of Member States’ centralised automated mechanisms. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.