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AGREEMENT

between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics







THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’, and THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, hereinafter referred to as ‘Switzerland’, hereinafter together referred to as the ‘Contracting Parties’, DESIRING to improve the cooperation between the Community and Switzerland in the field of statistics and, to that end, to define through this Agreement the principles and conditions governing that cooperation; CONSIDERING that appropriate measures should be established in order to realise a gradual harmonisation and ensure the coherent evolution of the legal framework for the collection of data, the classifications, the definitions and the methodologies in statistics; WHEREAS common rules for the production of statistics within the area covered by the Community and Switzerland are to be set out; AGREEING that it is appropriate to base those rules on the legislation which is in force within the Community, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:







Article 1

Subject matter

1. This Agreement applies to the cooperation in the field of statistics between the Contracting Parties in order to ensure the production and dissemination of coherent and comparable statistical information for describing and monitoring all economic, social and environmental policies relevant for the bilateral cooperation.

2. To this end, the Contracting Parties shall develop and use harmonised methods, definitions and classifications as well as common programmes and procedures organising statistical work at appropriate administrative levels and in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Agreement.

3. The production of Contracting Parties' statistics shall conform to impartiality, reliability, objectivity, scientific independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality; it shall not entail excessive burdens on economic operators.

Article 2

Legal acts in the field of statistics

The Acts referred to in Annex A, as adapted by this Agreement, shall be binding upon the Contracting Parties.

Article 3

Joint Committee

1. A Committee composed of representatives of the Contracting Parties, to be known as the ‘Community/Switzerland Statistical Committee’ (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Committee), is hereby established.

It shall be responsible for the administration of this Agreement and shall ensure its proper implementation. For this purpose it shall make recommendations and take decisions in the cases provided for in this Agreement. The Joint Committee shall act by mutual agreement. A decision of the Joint Committee shall be binding upon the Contracting Parties.

2. The Joint Committee and the Statistical Programme Committee (SPC) established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom of 19 June 1989 shall organise their tasks for the purposes of this Agreement in combined meetings.

3. The Joint Committee shall adopt, by a decision, its rules of procedure which shall include, among other provisions, the procedures for convening meetings, appointing the Chair and laying down the Chair's terms of reference.

4. The Joint Committee shall meet as and when necessary. Either Contracting Party may request the convening of a meeting. The Joint Committee may decide to set up any subcommittee or working party that can assist it in carrying out its tasks.

5. A Contracting Party may at any time raise a matter of concern at the level of the Joint Committee.

6. Each decision shall state the date of its implementation. The decisions shall be submitted if necessary for ratification or approval by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures and shall be put into effect by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own rules.

Article 4

New legislation

1. This Agreement shall be without prejudice to the right of each Contracting Party, subject to compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, to amend unilaterally its legislation on a point regulated by this Agreement.

2. During the period preceding the formal adoption of new legislation, the Contracting Parties shall inform and consult each other as closely as possible. At the request of either Contracting Party, a preliminary exchange of views may take place in the Joint Committee.

3. As soon as a Contracting Party has adopted an amendment of its legislation, it shall inform the other Contracting Party.

4. The Joint Committee shall:

— either adopt a decision revising Annex A and/or Annex B or, if necessary, propose a revision of the provisions of this Agreement, so as to incorporate therein, if necessary on a basis of reciprocity, the amendments made to the legislation in question;

— or adopt a decision to the effect that the amendments to the legislation in question shall be regarded as being in accordance with the proper functioning of this Agreement;

— or decide any other measure to ensure the proper functioning of this Agreement.

Article 5

Statistical cooperation

1. The Community Statistical programme referred to in Chapter II of Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics, as from time to time adopted by Decisions of the European Parliament and of the Council, shall constitute the framework for the statistical actions to be carried out by Switzerland for the relevant time periods covered by each programme. All main fields and statistical themes of the Community Statistical programme shall be considered to be relevant for the Community/Switzerland statistical cooperation and shall be open for full participation by Switzerland.

2. A specific Community/Switzerland annual statistical programme shall be developed every year as a subset of, and in parallel with, the annual work programme drawn up by the Commission in accordance with the Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the specific relevant Community statistical programme. Each Community/Switzerland annual statistical programme shall be submitted for examination and approval to the Joint Committee. It shall indicate in particular those actions within the themes of the programme which are relevant and have priority for the Community/Switzerland statistical cooperation during the programme period.

3. Statistical information from Switzerland shall be transmitted to Eurostat for storage, processing and dissemination. To this end, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office shall work in close cooperation with Eurostat in order to ensure that data from Switzerland are transmitted properly and disseminated to the various user groups through the normal dissemination channels as part of the Community/Switzerland statistics.

The handling of statistics from Switzerland shall be governed by Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics.

4. The Joint Committee shall examine the progress made in the framework for Community/Switzerland statistical actions. It shall in particular assess whether the objectives, priorities and actions planned during the first three years of application of this Agreement have been achieved. It shall also assess whether the contents of Annex A adequately reflect the concept of relevance as mentioned in Article 1(1).

Article 6

Participation

1. Entities established in Switzerland shall be entitled to participate in specific Community programmes managed by Eurostat, with the same contractual rights and obligations as those of entities established in the Community. However, entities established in Switzerland shall not be entitled to receive any financial contribution from Eurostat.

2. Swiss national experts may be seconded to Eurostat. The costs associated with the secondment of Swiss national experts to Eurostat, including salaries, social security costs, provision for pensions, daily and travel allowances, shall be borne entirely by Switzerland.

3. Entities established in the Community shall be entitled to participate in specific programmes managed by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, with the same contractual rights and obligations as those of entities established in Switzerland.

Article 7

Other forms of cooperation

1. Transfer of technology in the field of statistics between the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and Eurostat may take place by mutual agreement.

2. The Contracting Parties may exchange any information in the field of statistics.

3. The statistical services of the Contracting Parties may exchange officials. The statistical services of the Member States of the Community may also exchange officials with Switzerland. The conditions under which these exchanges take place shall be agreed directly between the statistical services involved.

Article 8

Financial provisions

1. In order to cover the entirety of the costs of its participation, Switzerland shall contribute financially to the Community Statistical Programme on an annual basis from the entry into force of this Agreement.

2. The rules governing Switzerland's financial contribution are set out in Annex B.

Article 9

Non-discrimination

Within the scope of application of this Agreement, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination of grounds of nationality shall be prohibited.

Article 10

Fulfilment of obligations

The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of this Agreement and shall refrain from any measures which would jeopardise attainment of the objectives of this Agreement.

Article 11

Annexes

The Annexes shall form an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 12

Territorial application

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of Switzerland.

Article 13

Entry into force and duration

1. This Agreement shall be ratified or approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures. It shall enter into force on the first day of January of the year following the day on which the Contracting Parties notify each other that the procedures necessary to this end have been completed.

2. This Agreement shall be concluded for an initial period of five years. Unless written notice of termination is given six months before the expiration of this period, the Agreement shall be considered as renewed indefinitely.

3. Either Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement by a written notification to the other Contracting Party. This Agreement shall cease to be in force six months after the date of such notification.

Article 14

Authentic texts

1. This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

2. The Maltese language version shall be authenticated by the Contracting Parties on the basis of an Exchange of Letters. It shall also be authentic, in the same way as for the languages referred to in paragraph 1.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have hereunto set their hands.

Hecho en Luxemburgo, el veintiséis de octubre de dos mil cuatro.

V Lucemburku dne dvacátého šestého října dva tisíce čtyři.

Udfærdiget i Luxembourg den seksogtyvende oktober to tusind og fire.

Geschehen zu Luxemburg am sechsundzwanzigsten Oktober zweitausendundvier.

Kahe tuhande neljanda aasta oktoobrikuu kahekümne kuuendal päeval Luxembourgis.

'Εγινε στo Λουξεμβούργο, στις είκοσι έξι Οκτωβρίου δύο χιλιάδες τέσσερα.

Done at Luxembourg on the twenty-sixth day of October in the year two thousand and four.

Fait à Luxembourg, le vingt-six octobre deux mille quatre.

Fatto a Lussemburgo, addì ventisei ottobre duemilaquattro.

Luksemburgā, divi tūkstoši ceturtā gada divdesmit sestajā oktobrī.

Priimta du tūkstančiai ketvirtų metų spalio dvidešimt šeštą dieną Liuksemburge.

Kelt Luxembourgban, a kettőezer-negyedik év október havának huszonhatodik napján.

Magħmula fil-Lussemburgu fis-sitta u għoxrin jum ta' Ottubru tas-sena elfejn u erbgħa.

Gedaan te Luxemburg, de zesentwintigste oktober tweeduizendvier.

Sporządzono w Luksemburgu, dnia dwudziestego szóstego października roku dwa tysiące czwartego.

Feito no Luxemburgo, em vinte e seis de Outubro de dois mil e quatro.

V Luxemburgu dvadsiateho šiesteho októbra dvetisícštyri.

V Luxembourgu, dne šestindvajsetega oktobra leta dva tisoč štiri

Tehty Luxemburgissa kahdentenakymmenentenäkuudentena päivänä lokakuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljä.

Som skedde i Luxemburg den tjugosjätte oktober tjugohundrafyra.

Por la Comunidad Europea

Za Evropské společenství

For Det Europæiske Fællesskab

Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft

Euroopa Ühenduse nimel

Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα

For the European Community

Pour la Communauté européenne

Per la Comunità europea

Eiropas Kopienas vārdā

Europos bendrijos vardu

az Európai Közösség részéről

Għall-Komunità Ewropea

Voor de Europese Gemeenschap

W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej

Pela Comunidade Europeia

Za Európske spoločenstvo

za Evropsko skupnost

Euroopan yhteisön puolesta

På Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar

Für die Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Pour la Confédération suisse

Per la Confederazione svizzera

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ANNEX A

LEGAL ACTS IN THE FIELD OF STATISTICS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS

1. By virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, entered into force on 1 December 2009, the European Union shall replace and succeed the European Community.

2. The term ‘Member State(s)’ contained in the acts referred to in this Annex shall be understood to include Switzerland, in addition to its meaning in the relevant European Union acts.

3. The Statistical Programme Committee (SPC) referred to in Article 3(2) of this Agreement has been replaced by the European Statistical System Committee (ESS Committee) established by Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities ( 1 ).

4. The Community statistical programme referred to in Article 5(1) and (2), and in Article 8(1) of this Agreement has been replaced by the European statistical programme provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.

5. The Joint Committee notes that the rules governing the handling of statistics from Switzerland referred to in Article 5(3) of this Agreement are now provided for in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 without prejudice to more specific rules which are referred to in this Annex.

6. References to the ‘Nomenclature of the Economic Activities in the European Communities (NACE Rev. 1)’ shall, except where otherwise provided, be read as references to ‘Nomenclature of Economic Activities in the European Communities (NACE Rev. 2)’, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( 2 ). The referred code numbers shall be read as the corresponding converted code numbers in NACE Rev. 2.

7. Provisions laying down by whom the costs for carrying out surveys and the like shall be borne shall not apply for the purposes of this Agreement.

8. The Appendices shall form an integral part of this Annex.

ACTS REFERRED TO

I. BUSINESS STATISTICS

1. Structural business statistics

— 32008 R 0295: Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics (recast) (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13), as amended by: — 32009 R 0251: Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 170); — 32014 R 0446: Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2014 of 2 May 2014 (OJ L 132, 3.5.2014, p. 13). (a) Switzerland is exempted from the regional breakdown of the results; (b) Switzerland is exempted from the activity breakdown of the results at the 4-digit level of the NACE Rev. 2; (c) Switzerland is exempted from providing results for kind-of-activity units; (d) For Annex II (Industry), Switzerland is exempted from providing results for characteristics 15 42 0, 15 44 1 and 23 11 0; besides, Switzerland is permitted to transmit 2-yearly results for characteristics 21 11 0 and 21 12 0; (e) For Annex III (Trade), Switzerland is exempted from providing results for characteristics 17 32 0, 18 10 0, 18 15 0, 18 16 0 and 18 21 0; (f) For Annex IV (Construction), Switzerland is exempted from providing results for characteristics 15 44 1, 18 12 1, 18 12 2, 18 15 0, 18 16 0, 18 31 0, 18 32 0, 23 11 0 and 23 12 0; (g) For Annex VII (Pension funds), Switzerland is exempted from providing results for characteristic 48 61 0; (h) Annex VIII (Business services) is not applicable to Switzerland; (i) For Annex IX (Business demography), Switzerland is permitted to transmit results for all characteristics of series 9A, 9B, 9E, 9F and 9M only, having as first reference year 2015; besides, Switzerland is permitted to transmit results for those series within 23 months of the end of the reference year, except for results relating to deaths included in those series, that shall be transmitted within 35 months of the end of the reference year. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32009 R 0250: Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definitions of characteristics, the technical format for the transmission of data, the double reporting requirements for NACE Rev. 1.1 and NACE Rev. 2 and derogations to be granted for structural business statistics (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 1), as amended by: — 32013 R 0519: Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 74); — 32014 R 0439: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 439/2014 of 29 April 2014 (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 72); — 32015 R 1042: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1042 of 30 June 2015 (OJ L 167, 1.7.2015, p. 61).

— 32009 R 0251: Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and the adaptations necessary after the revision of the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 170), as amended by: — 32013 R 0519: Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 74); — 32014 R 0446: Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2014 of 2 May 2014 (OJ L 132, 3.5.2014, p. 13); — 32015 R 2112: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2112 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 4).

— 32010 R 0275: Commission Regulation (EU) No 275/2010 of 30 March 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the criteria for the evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics (OJ L 86, 1.4.2010, p. 1), as amended by: — 32014 R 0446: Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2014 of 2 May 2014 (OJ L 132, 3.5.2014, p. 13).

2. Short-term statistics

— 31998 R 1165: Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1), as amended by: — 32005 R 1158: Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 1); — 32006 R 1503 : Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006 ( OJ L 281, 12.10.2006, p. 15), as amended by: — 32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16); — 32009 R 0329: Commission Regulation (EC) No 329/2009 of 22 April 2009 (OJ L 103, 23.4.2009, p. 3); — 32009 R 0596: Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 (OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 14); — 32012 R 0461: Commission Regulation (EU) No 461/2012 of 31 May 2012 (OJ L 142, 1.6.2012, p. 26). (a) Switzerland is exempted from providing data at the 4-digit level of the NACE Rev. 2; (b) Switzerland is exempted from providing data for the variable 230 (Gross wages and salaries); (c) For Annex A (Industry), Switzerland is permitted to apply the quarter as reference period for the variables 110 (Production), 120 (Turnover), 121 (Domestic turnover) and 122 (Non-domestic turnover); (d) For Annex B (Construction), Switzerland is exempted from providing data for the variable 412 (Building permits: square metres of useful floor area or alternative size measure); (e) For Annex D (Other services), Switzerland is permitted to apply the year as reference period for the variable 310 (Output prices); besides, Switzerland is permitted to transmit data for the variable 310 within 10 months after the end of the reference period. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32001 R 0586: Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 of 26 March 2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of Main Industrial Groupings (MIGS) (OJ L 86, 27.3.2001, p. 11), as amended by: — 32007 R 0656 : Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 3).

— 32006 R 1503: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006 implementing and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards definitions of variables, list of variables and frequency of data compilation (OJ L 281, 12.10.2006, p. 15), as amended by: — 32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16); — 32012 R 0461: Commission Regulation (EU) No 461/2012 of 31 May 2012 (OJ L 142, 1.6.2012, p. 26).

— 32008 R 0472: Commission Regulation (EC) No 472/2008 of 29 May 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Revision 2 and, for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Revision 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period (OJ L 140, 30.5.2008, p. 5).

3. Business registers for statistical purposes

— 32008 R 0177: Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 6).

— 32009 R 0192: Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States (OJ L 67, 12.3.2009, p. 14).

— 32010 R 1097: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1097/2010 of 26 November 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and central banks (OJ L 312, 27.11.2010, p. 1).

II. TRANSPORT AND TOURISM STATISTICS

1. Statistics on carriage of goods by road

— 32012 R 0070: Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road (OJ L 32, 3.2.2012, p. 1), as amended by: — 32013 R 0517: Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1).

— 32001 R 2163: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2163/2001 of 7 November 2001 concerning the technical arrangements for data transmission for statistics on the carriage of goods by road (OJ L 291, 8.11.2001, p. 13), as amended by: — 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).

— 32003 R 0006: Commission Regulation (EC) No 6/2003 of 30 December 2002 concerning the dissemination of statistics on the carriage of goods by road (OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 45), as amended by: — 32010 R 0202: Commission Regulation (EU) No 202/2010 of 10 March 2010 (OJ L 61, 11.3.2010, p. 24).

— 32004 R 0642 : Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2004 of 6 April 2004 on precision requirements for data collected in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road ( OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 26) .

2. Statistics on road accidents

— 31993 D 0704: Council Decision 93/704/EC of 30 November 1993 on the creation of a Community database on road accidents (OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 63).

3. Rail transport statistics

— 32018 R 0643: Regulation (EU) 2018/643 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on rail transport statistics (OJ L 112, 2.5.2018, p. 1). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: (a) a total volume of goods transport of a least 500 000 000 tonne-km; (b) a total volume of passenger transport of at least 200 000 000 passenger-km. In article 4, paragraph 2, the thresholds referred to in points (a) and (b) shall read: Annex VIII is applicable for undertakings falling below the thresholds referred to in points (a) and (b).

— 32007 R 0332: Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2007 of 27 March 2007 on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics (OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 16).

4. Statistics on carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air

— 32003 R 0437: Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air (OJ L 66, 11.3.2003, p. 1), as amended by: — 32003 R 1358: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 of 31 July 2003 (OJ L 194, 1.8.2003, p. 9), as amended by: — 32013 R 0519: Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 74); — 32005 R 0546: Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2005 of 8 April 2005 (OJ L 91, 9.4.2005, p. 5).

— 32003 R 1358: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 of 31 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air and amending Annexes I and II thereto (OJ L 194, 1.8.2003, p. 9), as amended by: — 32005 R 0546: Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2005 of 8 April 2005 (OJ L 91, 9.4.2005, p. 5); — 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1); — 32007 R 0158: Commission Regulation (EC) No 158/2007 of 16 February 2007 (OJ L 49, 17.2.2007, p. 9).

5. Statistics on tourism

— 32011 R 0692: Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 17), as amended by: — 32013 R 0253: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 253/2013 of 15 January 2013 (OJ L 79, 21.3.2013, p. 5). (a) Switzerland shall transmit the data listed in Annex I, Section 2, Heading B, concerning the type of accommodation NACE 55.2 for all reference periods within 4 months after the end of the reference year; (b) Switzerland shall transmit the data listed in Annex I, Section 2, Heading B, concerning the type of accommodation NACE 55.3 for all reference periods within 4 months after the end of the reference year; (c) Switzerland shall transmit the data listed in Annex II within 12 months after the end of the reference period, together with a report on the quality of the data. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32011 R 1051: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 of 20 October 2011 implementing Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data (OJ L 276, 21.10.2011, p. 13), as amended by: — 32013 R 0081: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 81/2013 of 29 January 2013 (OJ L 28, 30.1.2013, p. 1).

III. FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS

1. Statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries

— 32009 R 0471: Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23), as amended by: — 32016 R 1724: Regulation (EU) 2016/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 266, 30.9.2016, p. 1); — 32016 R 2119: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2119 of 2 December 2016 (OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 66). (a) All provisions related to the customs scheme of Centralised Clearance are not relevant; (b) Article 2 Definitions: The statistical territory shall comprise the customs territory excluding customs warehouses and duty-free warehouses; Switzerland shall not be bound to compile statistics of trade between Switzerland and Liechtenstein; (c) Article 5(1) Statistical data: Statistical data referred to in Article 5(1)(e) shall be collected for the first time by 1 January 2016; The provisions of Article 5(1)(f) and (k) shall not apply; The classification referred to in Article 5(1)(h) shall be made at least down to the first six digits; For Switzerland, the provisions of Article 5(1)(m)(ii) and (iii) shall not apply; (d) Article 6 Compilation of external trade statistics: The provisions of Article 6 shall not apply for statistical data for which Switzerland is exempted from collecting pursuant to Article 5 of the Regulation thereof; (e) Article 7 Data exchange: The provisions of Article 7(2) shall not apply. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32010 R 0092: Commission Regulation (EU) No 92/2010 of 2 February 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards data exchange between customs authorities and national statistical authorities, compilation of statistics and quality assessment (OJ L 31, 3.2.2010, p. 4), as amended by: — 32016 R 1253: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1253 of 29 July 2016 (OJ L 205, 30.7.2016, p. 12).

— 32010 R 0113: Commission Regulation (EU) No 113/2010 of 9 February 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards trade coverage, definition of the data, compilation of statistics on trade by business characteristics and by invoicing currency, and specific goods or movements (OJ L 37, 10.2.2010, p. 1), as amended by: — 32016 R 2119: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2119 of 2 December 2016 (OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 66). (a) The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 4(2): ‘For Switzerland the “customs value” shall be defined within the respective national rules.’; (b) The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 7(2): ‘For Switzerland “country of origin” shall be taken to mean the country in which the goods originated within the meaning of the respective national rules of origin.’. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32012 R 1106: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).

IV. STATISTICAL PRINCIPLES AND CONFIDENTIALITY

1. Advisory bodies

— 32008 D 0234: Decision 234/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Advisory Committee and repealing Council Decision 91/116/EEC (OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 13).

— 32008 D 0235: Decision 235/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (OJ L 73, 15.3.2008, p. 17).

2. European statistics

— 32009 R 0223: Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164), as amended by: — 32015 R 0759: Regulation (EU) 2015/759 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 90).

3. Eurostat

— 32012 D 0504: Commission Decision 2012/504/EU of 17 September 2012 on Eurostat (OJ L 251, 18.9.2012, p. 49). The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Article 10(3) is not applicable to Switzerland.

4. Access to confidential data for scientific purposes

— 32013 R 0557: Commission Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16).

5. Acts of which the Contracting Parties shall take note

The Contracting Parties shall take note of the following recommendations which shall have no binding force:

— 52005 PC 0217: Commission Recommendation COM(2005) 217 of 25 May 2005 on the independence, integrity and accountability of the national and Community statistical authorities (OJ C 172, 12.7.2005, p. 22).

— 32009 H 0498: Commission Recommendation 2009/498/EC of 23 June 2009 on reference metadata for the European Statistical System (OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 50).

V. DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS

1. Labour force statistics

— 31998 R 0577: Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3), as amended by: — 32002 R 1991: Regulation (EC) No 1991/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 October 2002 (OJ L 308, 9.11.2002, p. 1); — 32002 R 2104: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002 of 28 November 2002 (OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 14); — 32003 R 2257: Regulation (EC) No 2257/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2003 (OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p. 6); — 32007 R 1372: Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42); — 32014 R 0545: Regulation (EU) No 545/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 163, 29.5.2014, p. 10). (a) For Switzerland, irrespective of the provisions of Article 2(4), the sampling unit is an individual and the information concerning the other members of the household may include at least the characteristics listed pursuant to Article 4(1); (b) In Article 7a(3) the sample used by Switzerland to collect information on ad hoc modules shall not be subject to the requirements regarding the relative standard error set out in Article 4(2a); (c) Article 7b is not applicable. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32000 R 1575: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1575/2000 of 19 July 2000 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the codification to be used for data transmission from 2001 onwards (OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 16).

— 32000 R 1897: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2000 of 7 September 2000 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the operational definition of unemployment (OJ L 228, 8.9.2000, p. 18).

— 32002 R 2104: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002 of 28 November 2002 adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1575/2000 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 as far as the list of education and training variables and their codification to be used for data transmission from 2003 onwards are concerned (OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 14).

— 32003 R 0246: Commission Regulation (EC) No 246/2003 of 10 February 2003 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2004 to 2006, to the labour force sample survey provided by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 3).

— 32005 R 0384: Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2005 of 7 March 2005 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2007 to 2009, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 61, 8.3.2005, p. 23). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Independently of the provisions of Article 1, Switzerland is exempted from carrying out the 2007 ad hoc module.

— 32007 R 0102: Commission Regulation (EC) No 102/2007 of 2 February 2007 adopting the specifications of the 2008 ad hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants, as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 and amending Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 (OJ L 28, 3.2.2007, p. 3), as amended by: — 32008 R 0391: Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2008 of 30 April 2008 (OJ L 117, 1.5.2008, p. 15). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Independently of the provisions of Article 2, Switzerland is exempted from providing the variables mentioned in columns 211/212, and for column 215 of the Annex.

— 32008 R 0207: Commission Regulation (EC) No 207/2008 of 5 March 2008 adopting the specifications of the 2009 ad hoc module on the entry of young people into the labour market provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2008, p. 4).

— 32008 R 0365: Commission Regulation (EC) No 365/2008 of 23 April 2008 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 112, 24.4.2008, p. 22).

— 32008 R 0377: Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters (OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57), as amended by: — 32009 R 1022: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2009 of 29 October 2009 (OJ L 283, 30.10.2009, p. 3); — 32013 R 0317: Commission Regulation (EU) No 317/2013 of 8 April 2013 (OJ L 99, 9.4.2013, p. 1).

— 32009 R 0020: Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/2009 of 13 January 2009 adopting the specifications of the 2010 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 7).

— 32010 R 0220: Commission Regulation (EU) No 220/2010 of 16 March 2010 adopting the programme of ad-hoc modules, covering the years 2013 to 2015, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 67, 17.3.2010, p. 1).

— 32010 R 0317: Commission Regulation (EU) No 317/2010 of 16 April 2010 adopting the specifications of the 2011 ad hoc module on employment of disabled people for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 97, 17.4.2010, p. 3).

— 32011 R 0249: Commission Regulation (EU) No 249/2011 of 14 March 2011 adopting the specifications of the 2012 ad hoc module on transition from work to retirement provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 67, 15.3.2011, p. 18).

— 32013 R 0318: Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 of 8 April 2013 adopting the programme of ad-hoc modules, covering the years 2016 to 2018, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 99, 9.4.2013, p. 11), as amended by: — 32014 R 1397: Commission delegated Regulation (EU) No 1397/2014 of 22 October 2014 (OJ L 370, 30.12.2014, p. 42).

— 32015 R 0459: Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/459 of 19 March 2015 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2016 ad hoc module on young people on the labour market provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 76, 20.3.2015, p. 6).

— 32016 R 0008: Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/8 of 5 January 2016 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2017 ad hoc module on self-employment (OJ L 3, 6.1.2016, p. 35).

— 32016 R 1851: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1851 of 14 June 2016 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 284, 20.10.2016, p. 1).

— 32016 R 2236: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2236 of 12 December 2016 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2018 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life (OJ L 337, 13.12.2016, p. 6).

— 32017 R 2384: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2384 of 19 December 2017 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2019 ad hoc module on work organisation and working time arrangements as regards the labour force sample survey pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 340, 20.12.2017, p. 35).

2. Structural statistics on earnings and labour costs

— 31999 R 0530: Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and labour costs (OJ L 63, 12.3.1999, p. 6), as amended by: — 31999 R 1726: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 of 27 July 1999 (OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 28), as amended by: — 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10); — 32005 R 1737: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 of 21 October 2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 11); — 32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1). (a) For the statistics on the structure and distribution of earnings, Switzerland shall collect the data required in Article 6(2) of this Regulation for the first time in 2010; (b) For the statistics on the level and composition of labour costs, Switzerland shall collect the data required in Article 6(1) of this Regulation in 2008 for some variables only and for the first time in 2012 for all variables; (c) For the year 2008, Switzerland shall be allowed: — to provide the information required in Article 6(1)(a) based on enterprises (instead of local units), at national level, according to NACE Rev. 1.1 at section and section aggregates level and without breakdown by size of the enterprise; — to forward the results within a period of 24 months from the end of the reference year (instead of 18 months as stated in Article 9). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32000 R 1916: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 of 8 September 2000 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs as regards the definition and transmission of information on structure of earnings (OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 3), as amended by: — 32005 R 1738: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 of 21 October 2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 32), as amended by: — 32009 R 1022: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2009 of 29 October 2009 (OJ L 283, 30.10.2009, p. 3); — 32013 R 0317: Commission Regulation (EU) No 317/2013 of 8 April 2013 (OJ L 99, 9.4.2013, p. 1); — 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).

— 32006 R 0698: Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 30), as amended by: — 32009 R 1022: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2009 of 29 October 2009 (OJ L 283, 30.10.2009, p. 3); — 32013 R 0317: Commission Regulation (EU) No 317/2013 of 8 April 2013 (OJ L 99, 9.4.2013, p. 1).

3. Statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)

— 32003 R 1177: Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1), as amended by: — 32005 R 1553: Regulation (EC) No 1553/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 6).

— 32003 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards definitions and updated definitions (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003, p. 1), as amended by: — 32006 R 0676: Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2006 of 2 May 2006 (OJ L 118, 3.5.2006, p. 3).

— 32003 R 1981: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the fieldwork aspects and the imputation procedures (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003, p. 23).

— 32003 R 1982: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the sampling and tracing rules (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003, p. 29).

— 32003 R 1983: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target primary variables (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003, p. 34), as amended by: — 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10); — 32013 R 0317: Commission Regulation (EU) No 317/2013 of 8 April 2013 (OJ L 99, 9.4.2013, p. 1); — 32015 R 2256: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2256 of 4 December 2015 (OJ L 321, 5.12.2015, p. 12).

— 32004 R 0028: Commission Regulation (EC) No 28/2004 of 5 January 2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the detailed content of intermediate and final quality reports (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 42).

— 32006 R 0315: Commission Regulation (EC) No 315/2006 of 22 February 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables relating to housing conditions (OJ L 52, 23.2.2006, p. 16).

— 32007 R 0215: Commission Regulation (EC) No 215/2007 of 28 February 2007 on implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables relating to over-indebtedness and financial exclusion (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 8).

— 32008 R 0362: Council Regulation (EC) No 362/2008 of 14 April 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2009 list of target secondary variables on material deprivation (OJ L 112, 24.4.2008, p. 1).

— 32009 R 0646: Commission Regulation (EC) No 646/2009 of 23 July 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2010 list of target secondary variables on intra-household sharing of resources (OJ L 192, 24.7.2009, p. 3).

— 32010 R 0481: Commission Regulation (EU) No 481/2010 of 1 June 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2011 list of target secondary variables on intergenerational transmission of disadvantages (OJ L 135, 2.6.2010, p. 38).

— 32010 R 1157: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1157/2010 of 9 December 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC), as regards the 2012 list of target secondary variables on housing conditions (OJ L 326, 10.12.2010, p. 3).

— 32012 R 0062: Commission Regulation (EU) No 62/2012 of 24 January 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2013 list of target secondary variables on well-being (OJ L 22, 25.1.2012, p. 9).

— 32013 R 0112: Commission Regulation (EU) No 112/2013 of 7 February 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2014 list of target secondary variables on material deprivation (OJ L 37, 8.2.2013, p. 2).

— 32014 R 0067: Commission Regulation (EU) No 67/2014 of 27 January 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2015 list of target secondary variables on social and cultural participation and material deprivation (OJ L 23, 28.1.2014, p. 1).

— 32015 R 0245: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/245 of 16 February 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2016 list of target secondary variables on access to services (OJ L 41, 17.2.2015, p. 11).

— 32016 R 0114: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/114 of 28 January 2016 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2017 list of target secondary variables on health and children’s health (OJ L 23, 29.1.2016, p. 40).

— 32017 R 0310: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/310 of 22 February 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables on material deprivation, well-being and housing difficulties for 2018 (OJ L 45, 23.2.2017, p. 1).

— 32018 R 0174: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/174 of 2 February 2018 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target secondary variables on intergenerational transmission of disadvantages, household composition and evolution of income for 2019 (OJ L 32, 6.2.2018, p. 35).

4. Statistics on migration and international protection

— 32007 R 0862: Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (OJ L 199, 31.7.2007, p. 23).

— 32010 R 0216: Commission Regulation (EU) No 216/2010 of 15 March 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection, as regards the definitions of categories of the reasons for the residence permits (OJ L 66, 16.3.2010, p. 1).

— 32010 R 0351: Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2010 of 23 April 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection as regards the definitions of the categories of the groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship (OJ L 104, 24.4.2010, p. 37). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: For data items 1.2 (Groups of country of birth), 1.3 (Groups of country of previous usual residence), and 1.4 (Groups of country of next usual residence) in the Annex the first reference year applicable to Switzerland is 2011.

5. Statistics on job vacancies

— 32008 R 0453: Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 234).

— 32008 R 1062: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1062/2008 of 28 October 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards seasonal adjustment procedures and quality reports (OJ L 285, 29.10.2008, p. 3).

— 32009 R 0019: Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2009 of 13 January 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards the definition of a job vacancy, the reference dates for data collection, data transmission specifications and feasibility studies (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 3).

6. European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)

— 32007 R 0458: Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) (OJ L 113, 30.4.2007, p. 3).

— 32007 R 1322: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1322/2007 of 12 November 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for transmission, results to be transmitted and criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 5).

— 32008 R 0010: Commission Regulation (EC) No 10/2008 of 8 January 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the definitions, detailed classifications and updating of the rules for dissemination for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries (OJ L 5, 9.1.2008, p. 3).

— 32011 R 0110: Commission Regulation (EU) No 110/2011 of 8 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for the transmission of data, the results to be transmitted and the criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits (OJ L 34, 9.2.2011, p. 29).

— 32011 R 0263: Commission Regulation (EU) No 263/2011 of 17 March 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the launch of full data collection for the ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits (OJ L 71, 18.3.2011, p. 4).

7. Population and housing censuses

— 32008 R 0763: Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 14). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of the data as required by this Regulation.

— 32017 R 0543: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/543 of 22 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses as regards the technical specifications of the topics and of their breakdowns (OJ L 78, 23.3.2017, p. 13).

— 32017 R 0712: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/712 of 20 April 2017 establishing the reference year and the programme of the statistical data and metadata for population and housing censuses provided for by Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 105, 21.4.2017, p. 1).

— 32017 R 0881: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/881 of 23 May 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010 (OJ L 135, 24.5.2017, p. 6). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Article 7 (Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010) is not applicable. Switzerland shall however store the data and metadata for the 2011 reference year until 1 January 2035 and shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) about the changes or revisions to these data before they are implemented.

8. Demographic statistics

— 32013 R 1260: Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 39). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Articles 4 ‘Total population for specific Union purposes’, 5(2) ‘Frequency and reference time’, and 8 ‘Feasibility studies’ are not applicable.

— 32014 R 0205: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014 of 4 March 2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions (OJ L 65, 5.3.2014, p. 10).

9. Acts of which the Contracting Parties shall take note

The Contracting Parties shall take note of the following recommendation which shall have no binding force:

— 32009 H 0824: Commission Recommendation 2009/824/EC of 29 October 2009 on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) (OJ L 292, 10.11.2009, p. 31).

VI. ECONOMIC STATISTICS

1. Harmonised indices of consumer prices and house price index

— 32016 R 0792: Regulation (EU) 2016/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 11). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) Switzerland is exempted from the provisions concerning the development, production and dissemination of the harmonised index of consumer prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT); (b) Switzerland is exempted from the provisions concerning the development, production and dissemination of the house price index (HPI); (c) Switzerland is exempted from the provisions concerning the development, production and dissemination of the owner-occupied housing price index (OOH price index).

— 31996 R 1749: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 of 9 September 1996 on initial implementing measures for Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (OJ L 229, 10.9.1996, p. 3), as amended by: — 31998 R 1687: Council Regulation (EC) No 1687/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 12); — 31998 R 1688: Council Regulation (EC) No 1688/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 23); — 32007 R 1334: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2007 of 14 November 2007 (OJ L 296, 15.11.2007, p. 22).

— 31996 R 2214: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 of 20 November 1996 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices: transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP (OJ L 296, 21.11.1996, p. 8), as amended by: — 31999 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9); — 31999 R 1749: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1); — 32001 R 1920: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 of 28 September 2001 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 46); — 32005 R 1708: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 of 19 October 2005 (OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 9).

— 31998 R 2646: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98 of 9 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of tariffs in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 30).

— 31999 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9).

— 31999 R 2166: Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/1999 of 8 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of products in the health, education and social protection sectors in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (OJ L 266, 14.10.1999, p. 1).

— 32000 R 2601: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2601/2000 of 17 November 2000 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the timing of entering purchaser prices into the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (OJ L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 14).

— 32000 R 2602: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000 of 17 November 2000 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of price reductions in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (OJ L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 16), as amended by: — 32001 R 1921: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 of 28 September 2001 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 49).

— 32001 R 1920: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of service charges proportional to transaction values in the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 46).

— 32001 R 1921: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for revisions of the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 49).

— 32005 R 1708: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 of 19 October 2005 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the common index reference period for the harmonised index of consumer prices, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 9), as amended by: — 32015 R 2010: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2010 of 11 November 2015 (OJ L 295, 12.11.2015, p. 1).

— 32006 R 0701: Council Regulation (EC) No 701/2006 of 25 April 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the temporal coverage of price collection in the harmonised index of consumer prices (OJ L 122, 9.5.2006, p. 3).

— 32009 R 0330: Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2009 of 22 April 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) (OJ L 103, 23.4.2009, p. 6).

— 32010 R 1114: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1114/2010 of 1 December 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the quality of HICP weightings and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/97 (OJ L 316, 2.12.2010, p. 4).

2. Purchasing Power Parities

— 32007 R 1445: Regulation (EC) No 1445/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 establishing common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities and for their calculation and dissemination (OJ L 336, 20.12.2007, p. 1).

— 32011 R 0193: Commission Regulation (EU) No 193/2011 of 28 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1445/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the system of quality control used for Purchasing Power Parities (OJ L 56, 1.3.2011, p. 1).

— 32015 R 1163: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1163 of 15 July 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1445/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of basic headings used for Purchasing Power Parities (OJ L 188, 16.7.2015, p. 6).

3. European system of national and regional accounts

— 32013 R 0549: Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p. 1), as amended by: — 32015 R 1342: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1342 of 22 April 2015 (OJ L 207, 4.8.2015, p. 35). (a) Article 6 is not applicable; (b) Switzerland is permitted to compile data based on institutional units when the provisions of the Regulation refer to industry; (c) Switzerland is not bound by the country breakdown of exports and imports of services as required by the Regulation; (d) Chapter 19 of Annex A is not applicable; (e) Annex B is applicable with the derogations provided for in Appendix 1 to this Annex. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32014 R 0724: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2014 of 26 June 2014 on the interchange standard for the transmission of data required under Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 192, 1.7.2014, p. 38).

— 32015 R 1365: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1365 of 30 April 2015 on the transmission format for research and development expenditure data (OJ L 211, 8.8.2015, p. 1).

— 32016 R 2304: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2304 of 19 December 2016 on the modalities, structure, periodicity and assessment indicators of the quality reports on data transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 345, 20.12.2016, p. 27).

4. Harmonisation of gross national income at market prices

— 32003 R 1287: Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 of 15 July 2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) (OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 1).

— 32005 R 0116: Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 of 26 January 2005 on the treatment of repayments of VAT to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities, for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 6).

— 32005 R 1722: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1722/2005 of 20 October 2005 on the principles for estimating dwelling services for the purpose of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (OJ L 276, 21.10.2005, p. 5).

5. Statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment

— 32005 R 0184: Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 23), as amended by: — 32006 R 0602: Commission Regulation (EC) No 602/2006 of 18 April 2006 (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 10); — 32009 R 0707: Commission Regulation (EC) No 707/2009 of 5 August 2009 (OJ L 204, 6.8.2009, p. 3); — 32012 R 0555: Commission Regulation (EU) No 555/2012 of 22 June 2012 (OJ L 166, 27.6.2012, p. 22), as amended by: — 32013 R 0519: Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 74). — 32016 R 1013: Regulation (EU) 2016/1013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 144). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Annex I is applicable with the adaptations provided for in Appendix 2 to this Annex.

— 32006 R 0601: Commission Regulation (EC) No 601/2006 of 18 April 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the format and the procedure for the transmission of data (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 7), as amended by: — 32014 R 0228: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 228/2014 of 10 March 2014 (OJ L 70, 11.3.2014, p. 16).

— 32008 R 1055: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1055/2008 of 27 October 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards quality criteria and quality reporting for balance of payments statistics (OJ L 283, 28.10.2008, p. 3), as amended by: — 32010 R 1227: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1227/2010 of 20 December 2010 (OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 15).

VII. NOMENCLATURES

1. Statistical classification of economic activities

— 31990 R 3037: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (OJ L 293, 24.10.1990, p. 1), as amended by: — 31993 R 0761: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 761/93 of 24 March 1993 (OJ L 83, 3.4.1993, p. 1); — 32002 R 0029: Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2002 of 19 December 2001 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2002, p. 3); — 32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

2. Statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system

— 31993 R 0696: Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 of 15 March 1993 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community (OJ L 76, 30.3.1993, p. 1), as amended by: — 1 94 N: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 21 as adjusted by OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 1).

3. Classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

— 32003 R 1059: Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1), as amended by: — 32008 R 0176: Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 (OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 1); — 32011 R 0031: Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011 (OJ L 13, 18.1.2011, p. 3); — 32013 R 0517: Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1); — 32013 R 1319: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1319/2013 of 9 December 2013 (OJ L 342, 18.12.2013, p. 1); — 32014 R 0868: Commission Regulation (EU) No 868/2014 of 8 August 2014 (OJ L 241, 13.8.2014, p. 1); — 32016 R 2066: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 (OJ L 322, 29.11.2016, p. 1); — 32017 R 2391: Regulation (EU) 2017/2391 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 (OJ L 350, 29.12.2017, p. 1).

— 32008 R 0011: Commission Regulation (EC) No 11/2008 of 8 January 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) on the transmission of the time series for the new regional breakdown (OJ L 5, 9.1.2008, p. 13).

— 32012 R 1046: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1046/2012 of 8 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), as regards the transmission of the time series for the new regional breakdown (OJ L 310, 9.11.2012, p. 34).

— 32015 R 2381: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2381 of 17 December 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), as regards the transmission of the time series for the new regional breakdown (OJ L 332, 18.12.2015, p. 52).

4. Statistical classification of products by activity (CPA)

— 32008 R 0451: Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 65), as amended by: — 32014 R 1209: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014 of 29 October 2014 (OJ L 336, 22.11.2014, p. 1).

VIII. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

1. Statistics on milk and milk products

— 31996 L 0016: Council Directive 96/16/EC of 19 March 1996 on statistical surveys of milk and milk products (OJ L 78, 28.3.1996, p. 27), as amended by: — 32003 L 0107: Directive 2003/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 (OJ L 7, 13.1.2004, p. 40); — 32013 R 1350: Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 (OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p. 1). The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of the data as required by the Directive.

— 31997 D 0080: Commission Decision 97/80/EC of 18 December 1996 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products (OJ L 24, 25.1.1997, p. 26), as amended by: — 31998 D 0582: Council Decision 98/582/EC of 6 October 1998 (OJ L 281, 17.10.1998, p. 36); — 32005 D 0288: Commission Decision 2005/288/EC of 18 March 2005 (OJ L 88, 7.4.2005, p. 10); — 32011 D 0142: Commission Decision 2011/142/EU of 3 March 2011 (OJ L 59, 4.3.2011, p. 66). The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown as required in Annex I, table 1: Annual production of cow milk.

2. Economic accounts for agriculture

— 32004 R 0138: Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (OJ L 33, 5.2.2004, p. 1), as amended by: — 32005 R 0306: Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2005 of 24 February 2005 (OJ L 52, 25.2.2005, p. 9); — 32006 R 0909: Commission Regulation (EC) No 909/2006 of 20 June 2006 (OJ L 168, 21.6.2006, p. 14); — 32008 R 0212: Commission Regulation (EC) No 212/2008 of 7 March 2008 (OJ L 65, 8.3.2008, p. 5); — 32013 R 1350: Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 (OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p. 1).

3. Statistics on farm structure and on agricultural production methods

— 32008 R 1166: Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14), as amended by: — 32014 R 0715: Commission Regulation (EU) No 715/2014 of 26 June 2014 (OJ L 190, 28.6.2014, p. 8). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: For Switzerland, entry VI of Annex III to the Regulation shall not apply.

— 32009 R 1200: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods, as regards livestock unit coefficients and definitions of the characteristics (OJ L 329, 15.12.2009, p. 1), as amended by: — 32015 R 1391: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1391 of 13 August 2015 (OJ L 215, 14.8.2015, p. 11).

4. Livestock and meat statistics

— 32008 R 1165: Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 1), as amended by: — 32013 R 1350: Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 (OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p. 1). (a) Switzerland shall not be bound by the following detailed categories of livestock statistics as required by Annex II to the Regulation: — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of animals for slaughter as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals aged over 1 year but under 2 years, female (heifers; animals that have not yet calved); — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of other as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals aged over 1 year but under 2 years, female (heifers; animals that have not yet calved); — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of animals for slaughter as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals of 2 years and over, female, heifers; — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of other as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals of 2 years and over, female, heifers; — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of pigs with a live weight of 50 kg or more but less than 80 kg as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows; — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of pigs with a live weight of 80 kg or more but less than 110 kg as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows; — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of pigs with a live weight of 110 kg or more as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows; — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of sows covered for the first time as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg and over, covered sows; — Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of gilts not yet covered as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg and over, other sows; (b) Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of young cattle as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics, bovine animals; (c) Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of lambs and others as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics, sheep; (d) Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of goats as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics; (e) Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of ducks and others as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics, poultry. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

5. Crop statistics

— 32009 R 0543: Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93 (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 1), as amended by: — 32013 R 1350: Regulation (EU) No 1350/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 (OJ L 351, 21.12.2013, p. 1); — 32015 R 1557: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1557 of 13 July 2015 (OJ L 244, 19.9.2015, p. 11).

IX. ENERGY STATISTICS

X. ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

1. Environmental economic accounts

— 32011 R 0691: Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1), as amended by: — 32014 R 0538: Regulation (EU) No 538/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 113). (a) Article 8 Derogations is not applicable; (b) Switzerland is permitted to compile data based on institutional units when the provisions of the Regulation refer to industry. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

— 32015 R 2174: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2174 of 24 November 2015 on the indicative compendium of environmental goods and services, the format for data transmission for European environmental economic accounts and modalities, structure and periodicity of the quality reports pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 17).

— 32016 R 0172: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/172 of 24 November 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specification of the energy products (OJ L 33, 10.2.2016 p. 3).

APPENDIX 1

Derogations from Annex B of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p. 1) referred to in the present Annex







Table Code and variable Detailed description of derogation Period covered by derogation/ transmission delay First transmission in 1 1Q P.3 – 5.a) Household final consumption expenditure (domestic concept) Breakdown by durability, current prices and previous year's prices and chain linked volumes, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted data 1995Q1-2023Q4 2024 2 1A P.3 – 5.a) Household final consumption expenditure (domestic concept) Breakdown by durability, current prices and previous year's prices and chain linked volumes, transmission at t+2 months 1995-2022 2024 3 1A P.3 – 5.a) Household final consumption expenditure (domestic concept) Breakdown by durability, current prices and previous year's prices and chain linked volumes, transmission at t+9 months 1995-2018 2020 4 1Q P.3 -5.a) Household final consumption expenditure (domestic concept) P.3 – 6. Final consumption expenditure of NPISHs Current prices and previous year's prices and chain linked volumes, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted data (to be provided as sum of 5.a and 6.) 1995Q1-2019Q4 2020 5 1A P.3 -5.a) Household final consumption expenditure (domestic concept) P.3 – 6. Final consumption expenditure of NPISHs Current prices and previous year's prices and chain linked volumes, transmission at t+2 months 1995-2018 2020 6 1Q P.31 – 7.a) Individual consumption expenditure P.32 – 7.b) Collective consumption expenditure Current prices and previous years' prices and chain-linked volumes, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted data (to be provided as sum of P.31 and P.32 until expiry of derogation) 1995Q1-2023Q4 2024 7 1A P.31 – 7.a) Individual consumption expenditure P.32 – 7.b) Collective consumption expenditure Current prices and previous years' prices and chain-linked volumes, transmission at t+2 months (to be provided as sum of P.31 and P.32 until expiry of derogation) 1995-2022 2024 8 1Q P.41 – 8.a) Actual individual consumption Current prices and previous years' prices and chain-linked volumes, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted data 1995Q1-2023Q4 2024 9 1A P.41 – 8.a) Actual individual consumption Current prices and previous years' prices and chain-linked volumes, transmission at t+2 months 1995-2022 2024 10 1Q P.51g – 9.a) Gross fixed capital formation AN_F6 breakdown, current prices and previous year's prices and chain-linked volumes, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted data (to be provided as AN.111+112 and AN.113+114+115+117 until expiry of derogation) 1995Q1-2023Q4 2024 11 1A P.51g – 9.a) Gross fixed capital formation AN_F6 breakdown current prices and previous year's prices and chain-linked volumes, transmission at t+2 months (to be provided as AN.111+112 and AN.113+114+115+117 until expiry of derogation) 1995-2022 2024 12 1Q EMP – 16. b) Employment in resident production units ESE - 16. c) Self-employed EEM - 16. d) Employees Total economy and A*10 breakdown, thousands of hours worked, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2019Q4 2020 13 1Q EMP – 16. b) Employment in resident production units Total economy, thousands of persons, seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2009Q4 2018 14 1Q EMP – 16. b) Employment in resident production units A*10 breakdown, thousands of persons, non-adjusted 1995Q1-2017Q4 2018 15 1Q EMP – 16. b) Employment in resident production units A*10 breakdown, thousands of persons, seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2019Q4 2020 16 1Q ESE - 16. c) Self-employed EEM - 16. d) Employees Total economy, thousands of persons, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2009Q4 2020 17 1Q ESE - 16. c) Self-employed EEM - 16. d) Employees Total economy, thousands of persons, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 2010Q1-2017Q4 2018 18 1Q ESE - 16. c) Self-employed EEM - 16. d) Employees A*10 breakdown, thousands of persons, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2024Q4 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 19 1Q EMP – 16. b) Employment of residents (national concept) ESE – 16. c) Self-employed (national concept) EEM – 16. d) Employees (national concept) Total economy, thousands of persons, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 2010Q1-2017Q4 2018 20 1Q EMP – 16. b) Employment of residents (national concept) ESE – 16. c) Self-employed (national concept) EEM – 16. d) Employees (national concept) Total economy, thousands of persons, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2009Q4 2020 21 1Q POP – 16. a) Total population EMP – 16. b) Employment of residents (national concept) ESE – 16. c) Self-employed (national concept) EEM – 16. d) Employees (national concept) Total economy, thousands of persons, non-seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2009Q4 2018 22 1A EMP – 16. b) Employment in resident production units ESE - 16. c) Self-employed EEM - 16. d) Employees A*10 breakdown, thousands of persons and thousands of hours worked, transmission at t+2 months 1995-2024 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 23 1Q B.2g + B.3g – 13. Gross operating surplus and gross mixed income Total economy, current prices, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted (to be provided excluding B.3g until expiry of derogation) 1995Q1-2017Q4 2018 24 1A B.2g + B.3g – 13. Gross operating surplus and gross mixed income Total economy, current prices, transmission at t+2 months (to be provided excluding B.3g until expiry of derogation) 1995-2016 2018 25 1Q D.1 – 17 Compensation of employees in resident production units D.11 – 17. a) Wages and salaries D.12 – 17. b) Employers' social contributions A*10 breakdown, current prices, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2024Q4 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 26 1A D.1 – 17 Compensation of employees in resident production units D.11 – 17. a) Wages and salaries D.12 – 17. b) Employers' social contributions A*10 breakdown, current prices, transmission at t+2 months 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 27 1Q D.11 – 17. a) Wages and salaries Total economy, current prices, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2017Q4 2018 28 1Q D.12 – 17. b) Employers' social contributions Total economy, current prices, non-adjusted and seasonally adjusted 1995Q1-2017Q4 2018 29 1A D.1 – 17 Compensation of employees in resident production units D.11 – 17. a) Wages and salaries D.12 – 17. b) Employers' social contributions A*10 breakdown, current prices, transmission at t+9 months 2011-2018 2020 30 1A D.1 – 17 Compensation of employees in resident production units D.11 – 17. a) Wages and salaries D.12 – 17. b) Employers' social contributions A*10 breakdown, current prices, transmission at t+9 months 1995-2010 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 31 2 D.4r – Property income receivable D.41r - Interest, receivable D.42r + D.43r + D.44r + D.45 - Other property income, receivable D.4p – Property income payable D.4p_S.1311 of which, payable to subsector Central Government (S.1311) D.4p_S.1312 of which, payable to subsector State Government (S.1312) D.4p_S.1313 of which, payable to subsector Local Government (S.1313) D.4p_S.1314 of which, payable to subsector Social Security Funds (S.1314) D.41 p - Interest, payable D.42p + D.43p + D.44p + D.45p - Other property income, payable S.13 – General government, consolidated data (non-consolidated data to be provided until expiry of derogation) 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 32 2 All variables S.13 – General government, S.1311 - Central government, S1312 - State government, S1313 - Local government, S.1314 – Social security funds, transmission at t+3 months 1995-2023 2025 33 2 NP - Acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets S.13 – General government, S.1311 – Central government, S.1312 – State government, S.1313 – Local government, S.1314 – Social security funds 1995-2023 2025 34 2 P.52+P.53 - Changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables S.13 – General government, S.1311 – Central government, S.1312 – State government, S.1313 – Local government, S.1314 – Social security funds (P.52 – Changes in inventories data to be provided until expiry of derogation) 1995-2023 2025 35 3 P.1 - 1. Output at basic prices by industry P.2 - 2. Intermediate consumption at purchaser's prices by industry B1.g - 3. Gross value added at basic prices by industry A*21 breakdown, current prices and previous year's prices and chain-linked volumes (where applicable), transmission at t+9 months 1995-2018 2020 36 3 P.1 - 1. Output at basic prices by industry P.2 - 2. Intermediate consumption at purchaser's prices by industry B1.g - 3. Gross value added at basic prices by industry A*64 breakdown current prices and previous year's prices and chain-linked volumes (where applicable), transmission at t+21 months 1995-1997 2025 37 3 P.51c – 4. Consumption of fixed capital by industry resident production units and compensation of resident employees B.2n+B.3n - 5. Net operating surplus and net mixed income A*21 breakdown and A*64 breakdown, current prices and previous year's prices and chain-linked volumes (where applicable), transmission at t+9 respectively t+21 months 1998-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 38 3 D.1 - 9. Compensation of employees working in resident production units and compensation of resident employees D.11 - 9. a) Wages and salaries A*21 breakdown and A*64 breakdown, current prices, transmission at t+9 respectively t+21 months 2011-2018 2020 39 3 D.1 - 9. Compensation of employees working in resident production units and compensation of resident employees D.11 - 9. a) Wages and salaries A*21 breakdown and A*64 breakdown, current prices, transmission at t+9 respectively t+21 months 1995-2010 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 40 3 P.51g – 7.a) Gross fixed capital formation by industry, breakdown by fixed asset AN_F6 A*10 breakdown by asset (AN_F6), current prices and previous year's prices and chain-linked, transmission at t+9 and t+21 months (only AN_F6 breakdown to be delivered until expiry of derogation) 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 41 3 P.52 - 7. b) Changes in inventories by industry A*10 breakdown, current prices and previous year's prices, transmission at t+9 and t+21 months 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 42 3 EMP - 8. Employment by industry A*21 breakdown, thousands of persons, transmission at t+9 months (to be transmitted with A*10 breakdown until expiry of derogation) 1995-2016 2018 43 3 EMP - 8. Employment by industry A*21 breakdown, thousands of hours worked, transmission at t+9 months (to be transmitted with A*10 breakdown until expiry of derogation) 1995-2024 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 44 3 ESE - 8. a) self-employed by industry EEM - 8. b) employees by industry A*64 breakdown, thousands of persons and thousands of hours worked, transmission at t+21 months (to be transmitted with A*21 breakdown until expiry of derogation) 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 45 6 All variables Full table including all (mandatory) breakdowns/details 1995-1999 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 46 6 All variables Transactions, assets and liabilities, all (sub)sectors excluding S.14+S.15 - Households and non-profit institutions serving households, consolidated and non-consolidated (to be transmitted at t+11 months until expiry of derogation) 1999-2023 2025 47 6 All variables Transactions, assets and liabilities, S.14 – Households, S.15 – Non-profit institutions serving households, consolidated and non-consolidated (to be provided as total S.14+S.15 until expiry of derogation) 2012-2018 2020 48 6 All variables Nominal holding gains and losses and other changes in volume, assets, S.11 Non-financial corporations and S.12 Financial corporations and S.2 Rest of the world, non-consolidated 2012-2017 2019 49 6 F.511 – Listed shares F.512 – Unlisted shares F.519 – Other equity F.81 – Trade credits and advances F.89 – Other accounts payable excluding trade credits and advances Transactions, assets and liabilities, all (sub)sectors, consolidated and non-consolidated 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 50 7 All variables Full table including all (mandatory) breakdowns/details 1995-1999 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 51 7 All variables Stocks, assets and liabilities, all (sub)sectors excluding S.14+S.15 - Households and non-profit institutions serving households, consolidated and non-consolidated (to be transmitted at t+11 months until expiry of derogation) 1999-2023 2025 52 7 All variables Stocks, assets and liabilities, separate data for S.14 – Households and S.15 – Non-profit institutions serving households, consolidated and non-consolidated (to be provided as total S.14+S.15 until expiry of derogation) 2012-2018 2020 53 7 AF.511 – Listed shares AF.512 – Unlisted shares AF.519 – Other equity AF.81 – Trade credits and advances AF.89 – Other accounts payable excluding trade credits and advances Stocks, assets and liabilities, all (sub)sectors, consolidated and non-consolidated 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 54 8 P.53 – Acquisitions less disposals of valuables NP – Acquisitions less disposals of non-produced assets All sectors excluding S.1 Total economy 1995-2018 2020 55 8 D.51 – Taxes on income D.59 – Other current taxes All sectors excluding S.1 – Total economy and S.13 – General government, uses and resources 1995-2023 2025 56 8 All variables Sector S.14 – Households and S.15 - Non-profit institutions serving households, uses and resources (to be provided as total S.14+S.15 until expiry of derogation) 2012-2018 2020 57 8 D.41– Interest S.13 – General government, uses and resources, consolidated data (non-consolidated data to be provided until expiry of derogation) 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 58 801 All variables Full table including all (mandatory) breakdowns/details for all sectors except S.13 – General government 1999Q1-2024Q4 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 59 801 All variables S.13 – General government, uses and resources (to be provided only with data included in the present table 25 until expiry of derogation) 1999Q1-2024Q4 2025 60 801 D.41 Interest S.13 – General government, uses and resources, consolidated data (non-consolidated data to be provided until expiry of derogation) 1999Q1-2024Q4 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 61 10 B.1g - 2. Gross value added at basic prices (current prices) NUTS 2 breakdown, A*10 breakdown 2008-2017 2020 62 10 B.1g - 2. Gross value added at basic prices (current prices) NUTS 2 breakdown, A*10 breakdown 2000-2007 2025 63 10 D.1 - 3. Compensation of employees (current prices) P.51g - 4. Gross fixed capital formation (current prices) NUTS 2 breakdown, total economy and A*10 breakdown 2008-2022 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 64 10 B1.g – 2. Gross value added at basic prices (current prices) NUTS 2 breakdown, total economy, transmission at t+12 months (to be transmitted at t+24 months until expiry of derogation) 2000-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 65 10 EMP – 5. Total employment POP – 6. Population NUTS 2 breakdown, total economy, thousands of persons 2000-2018 2020 66 11 D.4 – Property income S.13 – General government, all COFOG divisions and groups, consolidated data (non-consolidated data to be provided until expiry of derogation) 1995-2023 2025 (to be reviewed in 2024) 67 11 NP – Acquisitions less disposals of non-produced assets S.13 – General government, S.1311 – Central government, S.1312 – State government, S.1313 – Local government, S.1314 – Social security funds, all COFOG divi