Document ID: 32014R1311
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>11.12.2014&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 354/6</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1311/2014
of 10 December 2014
amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards the definition of an INSPIRE metadata element
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 7(1) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a> sets out the rules for implementation of all network services except for the services allowing spatial data services to be invoked.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The interoperability of spatial data services is characterised by the capability to communicate, execute or transfer data among them. A pre-requisite for the invocation of the spatial data services is the ability to access the relevant information. The Member States through the discovery services mandated in Directive 2007/2/EC, with rules for implementation in Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009, are making available the metadata elements mandated by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008<a>&#160;(<span>3</span>)</a>. The implementing rules for spatial data services in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010<a>&#160;(<span>4</span>)</a> introduces new metadata elements for spatial data services, consequently the definition of a metadata element in Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 needs to be updated to allow for the discovery and availability of the new metadata elements with the Member States discovery services.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 22 of Directive 2007/2/EC,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 point 7 is replaced by the following:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8216;7.</p></td><td><p>&#8220;INSPIRE metadata element&#8221; means a metadata element set out in Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No&#160;1205/2008 or in Part B of Annex V, Part B of Annex VI and Part B of Annex VII to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010<a>&#160;(<span>5</span>)</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 2014.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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( 1 ) OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1 .
( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services ( OJ L 274, 20.10.2009, p. 9 ).
( 3 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata ( OJ L 326, 4.12.2008, p. 12 ).
( 4 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services ( OJ L 323, 8.12.2010, p. 11 ).
( 5 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services ( OJ L 323, 8.12.2010, p. 11 ).’
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