Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/2005 of 24 January 2005 on the definition of the economic territory of Member States for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices
Date: 2005-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, European accounting system, geographical distribution, gross national product, market prices, national income, own resources

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 109/2005

of 24 January 2005

on the definition of the economic territory of Member States for the purposes of Council
income at
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national

market prices

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) 1287/2003
of 15 July 2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income
at market prices (GNI Regulation) (1), and in particular Article
5(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 2(7) of Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom
of 29 September 2000 on the system of the Commu-
nities’ own resources (2)
lays down that gross national
product at market prices (GNP)
is to be considered
equal to gross national
income at market prices (GNI)
as provided by the Commission in application of the
European System of Accounts (ESA). The ESA of 1995
(ESA95), superseding two earlier systems of 1970 and
1979 respectively, was established by Council Regulation
(EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European
system of national
in the
Community (3), and was set out in the Annex thereto.
GNI, as used in ESA95, replaced GNP as a criterion for
own resource purposes, with effect from budget year
2002.

and regional

accounts

(3)

(4)

the purpose of

For
the definition of gross national
income at market prices (GNI) pursuant to Article 1 of
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003, it is necessary
to clarify the ESA95 definition of economic territory.

the purpose of

For
implementation of Article 1 of
Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom on the harmoni-
sation of the compilation of gross national product at
market prices (4),
the economic territory of Member
States is defined by Commission Decision 91/450/EEC,
Euratom (5). The equivalent definition should now be
provided in respect of GNI.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the GNI Committee.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purposes of Regulation (EC, Euratom) 1287/2003 the
term ‘economic territory’ shall have the meaning attributed to it
in paragraphs 2.05 and 2.06 of Annex A to Regulation (EC)
2223/96, the term ‘geographic territory’ as used in those para-
graphs being understood to comprise the Member States’ terri-
tories as listed in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(2)

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) 1287/2003 lays down
the forwarding of GNI data by
the procedures
Member States and the procedures and checks on the
calculation of GNI, and establishes the GNI Committee.

for

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

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2005.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1267/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 49, 21.2.1989, p. 26; Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 240, 29.08.1991, p. 36; Decision as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

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ANNEX

Member States’ territory:

— the territory of the Kingdom of Belgium,

— the territory of the Czech Republic,

— the territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, except for the Faroe Islands and Greenland,

— the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany,

— the territory of the Republic of Estonia,

— the territory of the Hellenic Republic,

— the territory of the Kingdom of Spain,

— the territory of the French Republic, with the exception of the overseas countries and territories over which it exercises

sovereignty, as defined in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

— the territory of Ireland,

— the territory of the Italian Republic,

— the territory of the Republic of Cyprus,

— the territory of the Republic of Latvia,

— the territory of the Republic of Lithuania,

— the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,

— the territory of the Republic of Hungary,

— the territory of the Republic of Malta,

— the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the exception of the overseas countries and territories over

which it exercises sovereignty, as defined in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

— the territory of the Republic of Austria,

— the territory of the Republic of Poland,

— the territory of the Portuguese Republic,

— the territory of the Republic of Slovenia,

— the territory of the Slovak Republic,

— the territory of the Republic of Finland,

— the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden,

— the territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.