2003/52/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2003 granting Spain a derogation to bring its national statistical system into conformity with Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2003) 292)
Date: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European accounting system, Spain, data transmission, derogation from EU law, national statistics, public administration

L 18/54

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23.1.2003

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 January 2003

granting Spain a derogation to bring its national statistical system into conformity with Regulation
(EC) No 1221/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2003) 292)

(Only the Spanish text is authentic)

(2003/52/EC)

In a letter dated 24 July 2002, the Spanish authorities
asked to be granted a one-year derogation to bring their
national statistical system into conformity with the
requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002.

the

financing of

The Spanish authorities base their request on the need to
the system for drawing up quarterly national
adapt
accounts to the changes ensuing from the new legal
framework for
the Autonomous
Communities,
the Royal Decrees on the transfer of
powers to the Autonomous Communities, and the adap-
tation of the General Accounting Plan to the local autho-
rities, all of which impact
information
systems used to draw up the non-financial accounts for
general government.

the budget

(7)

The request by Spain should therefore be granted until
30 June 2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 5(2) and Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1221/2002, Spain is granted a derogation until 30 June 2003
at the latest in order to bring its national statistical system into
conformity with the said Regulation.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2003.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on
quarterly non-financial accounts for general government (1),
and in particular Article 5(2) and Article 6(2) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996
on the European system of national and regional
accounts in the Community (2) (ESA 95), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1889/2002 (3),
contains the reference framework of common standards,
for
definitions,
drawing up the accounts of the Member States for the
statistical requirements of the Community, in order to
obtain comparable results between Member States.

classifications and accounting rules

The objective of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 is to
establish simplified quarterly non-financial accounts,
whose contents are defined by reference to the list of
ESA 95 categories, for the general government sector.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 provides
that,
in so far as national statistical systems require
major adaptations, the Commission may grant a deroga-
tion, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the
first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter
of 2002 onwards.

In addition, Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/
2002,
in so far as national statistical systems require
major adaptations, provides that, with regard to the
transmission of backdata, the Commission may grant a
derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date
of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first
quarter of 1999 onwards.

(1) OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 286, 24.10.2002, p. 11.