Commission Regulation (EC) No 1829/2004 of 21 October 2004 adopting derogations from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics with regard to Belgium, Portugal, Greece and CyprusText with EEA relevance
Date: 2004-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Cyprus, EU statistics, Greece, Portugal, derogation from EU law, environmental statistics, exchange of information, waste management

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1829/2004

of 21 October 2004

adopting derogations from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics with regard to Belgium, Portugal, Greece and
Cyprus

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of
European Parliament and of
the Council of 25 November
2002 on waste statistics (1), and in particular Article 4(1)
thereof,

Having
12 November 2003,

regard

to the

Having
4 December 2003,

regard

to the

request made

by Belgium on

request made

by

Portugal on

Having regard to the request made by Greece on 15 January 2004,

Having regard to the request made by Cyprus on 4 March 2004,

Whereas:

(a) Belgium is granted derogations for the production of results
relating to Section 8 (1.1), Items 1 (agriculture, hunting and
forestry), 2 (fisheries) and 16 (services activities) of Annex I
and those relating to Section 8(2) of Annex II;

(b) Portugal is granted derogations for the production of results
relating to Section 8 (1.1), Items 1 (agriculture, hunting and
forestry), 2 (fisheries) and 16 (services activities) of Annex I
and those relating to Section 8(2) of Annex II;

(c) Greece is granted derogations for the production of results
relating to Section 8 (1.1), Items 1 (agriculture, hunting and
forestry), 2 (fisheries) and 16 (services activities) of Annex I
and those relating to Section 8(2) of Annex II;

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2150/2002, derogations
from certain provisions of
Annexes to that Regulation may be granted by the
Commission during a transitional period.

Such derogations should be granted, at their request, to
Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus.

(d) Cyprus is granted derogations for the production of results
relating to Section 8 (1.1), Items 1 (agriculture, hunting and
forestry), 2 (fisheries) and 16 (services activities) of Annex I
and those relating to Section 8(2) of Annex II.

The derogations provided for in paragraph 1 are granted
2.
only in respect of data for the first reference year, namely 2004.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Statistical
Programme Committee established by Council Decision
89/382/EEC, Euratom (2),

opinion

the

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

After expiry of
Cyprus shall transmit data from the 2006 reference year.

that period, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and

The following derogations from the provisions of Regu-

1.
lation (EC) No 2150/2002 are hereby granted:

Article 2

(1) OJ L 332, 9.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2004 (OJ L 90, 27.3.2004,
p. 15).

(2) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the
European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 October 2004.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission