COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/1003

of 18 June 2021

granting derogations to certain Member States with respect to the transmission of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197

(notified under document C(2021) 4237)

(Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (1), and in particular Article 24 (1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 24(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland submitted a duly reasoned request for derogations within three months of the date of entry into force of that Regulation and of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 (2).

(2) It appears from the information provided to the Commission that the requests for derogations of these Member States are justified by the need for major adaptations to their national statistical systems in order to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197.

(3) The requested derogations should be granted to Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland.

(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee established by Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Derogations from Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197, as set out in the Annex, are granted to the Member States listed therein.

Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2021. For the Commission Paolo GENTILONI Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 1.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (OJ L 271, 18.8.2020, p. 1).

(3) 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).