2009/183/EC: Decision No 2/2008 of the Community/Switzerland Statistical Committee of 21 November 2008 amending Annex A to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics
Date: 2008-11-21
Institutions: Switzerland
Subjects: Switzerland, cooperation agreement (EU), disclosure of information, statistical method, statistics

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DECISION No 2/2008 OF THE COMMUNITY/SWITZERLAND STATISTICAL COMMITTEE

of 21 November 2008

amending Annex A to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics

(2009/183/EC)

THE COMMUNITY/SWITZERLAND STATISTICAL COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
cooperation in the field of statistics (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation entered into force
on 1 January 2007 and contains Annex A concerning legal acts in the field of statistics.

New legal acts in the field of statistics have been adopted and should be added to the Annex A.
Consequently, Annex A should be revised,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex A to the Agreement is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 1

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

Done at Luxembourg, 21 November 2008.

For the Joint Committee

The Head of the EC Delegation

The Head of the Swiss Delegation

Walter RADERMACHER

Adelheid BÜRGI-SCHMELZ

(1) OJ L 90, 28.3.2006, p. 2.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

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

SECTORAL ADAPTATION
1. 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 Community acts.

2. 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.

ACTS REFERRED TO

BUSINESS STATISTICS
— 397 R 0058: Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning Structural Business

Statistics (OJ L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 1), as amended by:

— 398 R 0410: Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98 of 16 February 1998 (OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1),

— 32002 R 2056: Regulation (EC) No 2056/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November

2002 (OJ L 317, 21.11.2002, p. 1),

— 32002 R 1614: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 (OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of the data as required by this Regulation;

(b) Switzerland is exempted from providing data at the 4-digit level of the NACE REV 1;

(c) Switzerland is exempted from providing data required by this Regulation for kind of activity units.

— 398 R 2700: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the definitions of

characteristics for structural business statistics (OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 49), as amended by:

— 32002 R 1614: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 (OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7),

— 32003 R 1670: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2003 of 1 September 2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 74).

— 398 R 2701: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the series of data to be

produced for structural business statistics (OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 81), as amended by:

— 32002 R 1614: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 (OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7),

— 32003 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).

— 398 R 2702: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2702/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the technical format for

the transmission of structural business statistics (OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 102), as amended by:

— 32002 R 1614: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 (OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7),

— 32003 R 1668: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2003 of 1 September 2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 32),

— 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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— 399 R 1618: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1618/1999 of 23 July 1999 concerning the criteria for the evaluation

of quality of structural business statistics (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 11).

— 399 R 1225: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/1999 of 27 May 1999 concerning the definitions of characte­

ristics for insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 1).

— 399 R 1227: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the technical format for the

transmission of insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 75), as amended by:

— 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

— 399 R 1228: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1228/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the series of data to be

produced for insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 91), as amended by:

— 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

— 32003 R 1668: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the technical format for the transmission of the structural business statistics
and amending Commission Regulation No 2702/98 concerning the technical format for the transmission of structural
business statistics (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 32), as amended by:

— 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

— 32003 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and
amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural
business statistics (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).

— 32003 R 1670: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1670/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the definitions of characteristics for structural business statistics and amending
Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 concerning the definitions of characteristics for structural business statistics (OJ L 244,
29.9.2003, p. 74).

— 398 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).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

Switzerland is exempted from providing data at the 4-digit level of the NACE REV 1.

— 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:

— 32006 R 1503: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006 (OJ L 281, 12.10.2006,

p. 15),

— 32007 R 0656: Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 3).

— 393 R 2186: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 of 22 July 1993 on Community coordination in drawing up

business registers for statistical purposes (OJ L 196, 5.8.1993, p. 1).

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The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

For Switzerland, entry 1 (k) of Annex II of the Regulation shall not apply.

TRANSPORT AND TOURISM STATISTICS
— 398 R 1172: Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of

goods by road (OJ L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 1), as amended by:

— 399 R 2691: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2691/1999 of 17 December 1999 (OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 39),

— 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, 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).

— 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).

— 32007 R 0833: Commission Regulation (EC) No 833/2007 of 16 July 2007 ending the transitional period provided
for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road (OJ
L 185, 17.7.2007, p. 9).

— 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).

— 393 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).

— 32003 R 0091: Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002

on rail transport statistics (OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 1), as amended by:

— 32003 R 1192: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1192/2003 of 3 July 2003 (OJ L 167, 4.7.2003, p. 13).

— 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).

— 32007 R 1304: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007 of 7 November 2007 amending Council Directive
95/64/EC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, Regulations (EC) No 91/2003 and (EC) No 1365/2006 of the
European Parliament and of the Council with respect to the establishment of NST 2007 as the unique classification
for transported goods in certain transport modes (OJ L 290, 8.11.2007, p. 14).

— 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),

— 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),

— 32007 R 0158: Commission Regulation (EC) No 158/2007 of 16 February 2007 (OJ L 49, 17.2.2007, p. 9),

— 32006 R 1792: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1792/2006 of 23 October 2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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— 380 L 1119: Council Directive 80/1119/EEC of 17 November 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of

goods by inland waterways (OJ L 339, 15.12.1980, p. 30).

— 395 L 0064: Council Directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods

and passengers by sea (OJ L 320, 30.12.1995, p. 25), as amended by:

— 398 D 0385: Commission Decision 98/385/EC of 13 May 1998 (OJ L 174, 18.6.1998, p. 1),

— 32000 D 0363: Commission Decision 2000/363/EC of 28 April 2000 (OJ L 132, 5.6.2000, p. 1).

— 32001 D 0423: Commission Decision 2001/423/EC of 22 May 2001 on arrangements for publication or dissemin­
ation of the statistical data collected pursuant to Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of
carriage of goods and passengers by sea (OJ L 151, 7.6.2001, p. 41).

— 32005 D 0366: Commission Decision 2005/366/EC of 4 March 2005 implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on
statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and amending Annexes thereto (OJ L 123,
17.5.2005, p. 1).

— 395 L 0057: Council Directive 95/57/EC of 23 November 1995 on the collection of statistical information in the

field of tourism (OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 32).

— 399 D 0035: Commission Decision 1999/35/EC of 9 December 1998 on the procedures for implementing Council
Directive 95/57/EC on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism (OJ L 9, 15.1.1999, p. 23).

— 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 amending certain EC Regulations on
specific statistical domains implementing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 (OJ
L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).

FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS
— 395 R 1172: Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods
by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10), as amended by:

— 397 R 0476: Council Regulation (EC) No 476/97 of 13 March 1997 (OJ L 75, 15.3.1997, p. 1),

— 398 R 0374: Council Regulation (EC) No 374/98 of 12 February 1998 (OJ L 48, 19.2.1998, p. 6).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) For Switzerland the statistical territory shall comprise the customs territory;

(b) Switzerland shall not be bound to compile statistics of trade between Switzerland and Liechtenstein;

(c) The classification referred to in Article 8(2) shall be made at least down to the first six digits;

(d) Article 10(1)(h) and (j) shall not apply;

(e) Article 10(1)(i): The nationality of the means of transport crossing the frontier is only applicable for road

transport.

— 32000 R 1917: Commission Regulation No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade (OJ L 229, 9.9.2000,
p. 14), as amended by:

— 32001 R 1669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2001 of 20 August 2001 (OJ L 224, 21.8.2001, p. 3),

— 32005 R 0179: Commission Regulation (EC) No 179/2005 of 2 February 2005 (OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 6).

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The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) The reference to Regulation (EC) No 2454/96 in Article 6(1) is not applicable;

(b) The following new subparagraph shall be added to Article 7(1)(a):

“For Switzerland “country of origin” shall be taken to mean the country in which the goods originated within the
meaning of the national rules of origin.”;

(c) The following new subparagraph shall be added to Article 9(2):

“For Switzerland “the customs value” shall be defined within the respective national rules.”;

(d) Article 11(2) is not applicable;

(e) Section 2 (Articles 16-19) is not applicable.

— 32002 R 1779: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2002 of 4 October 2002 on the nomenclature of countries
and territories for the external trade statistics of the community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ
L 269, 5.10.2002, p. 6).

— 32006 R 1833: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 of 13 December 2006 on the nomenclature of countries
and territories for the external trade statistics of the community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ
L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19).

STATISTICAL PRINCIPLES AND CONFIDENTIALITY
— 390 R 1588: Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to

statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) The following new point is added to Article 2:

“11. Staff of the Office of the EFTA Statistical Adviser: staff of the EFTA Secretariat working on the premises of

the SOEC.”;

(b) In the second sentence of Article 5(1), the term “SOEC” is replaced by “SOEC and of the Office of the EFTA

Statistical Adviser”;

(c) The following new subparagraph is added to Article 5(2):

“Confidential statistical data transmitted to the SOEC through the Office of the EFTA Statistical Adviser shall be
accessible also to the staff of this Office.”;

(d) In Article 6, the term “SOEC” shall, for these purposes, be read as to include the Office of the EFTA Statistical

Adviser.

— 397 R 0322: Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics (OJ L 52, 22.2.1997,

p. 1).

— 32002 R 0831: Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 of 17 May 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC)
No 322/97 on Community Statistics, concerning access to confidential data for scientific purposes (OJ L 133,
18.5.2002, p. 7), as amended by:

— 32006 R 1104: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2006 of 18 July 2006 (OJ L 197, 19.7.2006, p. 3).

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— 32008 D 0234 Decision No 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 No 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).

ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE

The Contracting Parties shall take note of the content of the following act:

— 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).

DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS
— 2007 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).

— 398 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).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

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 under Article 4(1).

— 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) as implemented by:

— 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).

— 399 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:

— 399 R 1726: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 of 27 July 1999 (OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 28),

— 32005 R 1737: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 of 21 October 2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 11),

— 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).

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— 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),

— 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).

— 32003 R 0450: Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003

concerning the labour cost index (OJ L 69, 13.3.2003, p. 1), as implemented by:

— 32003 R 1216: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2003 of 7 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No
450/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the labour cost index (OJ L 169, 8.7.2003,
p. 37),

— 32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 amending certain EC Regulations
on specific statistical domains implementing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2
(OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).

— 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 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 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).

— 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).

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— 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).

ECONOMIC STATISTICS
— 395 R 2494: Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer

prices (OJ L 257, 27.10.1995, p. 1).

For Switzerland the Regulation applies to the harmonisation of consumer price indices for international comparisons.

It is not relevant as regards the explicit purposes of calculating harmonised CPI’s in the context of the Economic and
Monetary Union.

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) Article 2c, as well as references to MUICP in Articles 8(1) and 11, are not applicable;

(b) Article 5(1)(a) is not applicable;

(c) Article 5(2) is not applicable;

(d) The consultation of the EMI as specified in Article 5(3) is not applicable.

— 396 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:

— 398 R 1687: Council Regulation (EC) No 1687/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 12),

— 398 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).

— 396 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:

— 399 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9),

— 399 R 1749: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1). Corrected

by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59,

— 32001 R 1920: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 of 28 September 2001 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001,

p. 46). Corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34,

— 32005 R 1708: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 of 19 October 2005 (OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 9).

— 397 R 2454: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/97 of 10 December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the quality of HICP
weightings (OJ L 340, 11.12.1997, p. 24).

— 398 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).

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— 399 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).

— 399 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). Corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34.

— 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). Corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34.

— 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).
Corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34.

— 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).

— 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).

— 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).

— 396 R 2223: Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional

accounts in the Community (OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1), as amended by:

— 398 R 0448: Council Regulation (EC) No 448/98 of 16 February 1998 (OJ L 58, 27.2.1998, p. 1),

— 32000 R 1500: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1500/2000 of 10 July 2000 (OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3),

— 32000 R 2516: Regulation (EC) No 2516/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 November

2000 (OJ L 290, 17.11.2000, p. 1),

— 32001 R 0995: Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 of 22 May 2001 (OJ L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 3),

— 32001 R 2558: Regulation (EC) No 2558/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December

2001 (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 1),

— 32002 R 0113: Commission Regulation (EC) No 113/2002 of 23 January 2002 (OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 3),

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— 32002 R 1889: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1889/2002 of 23 October 2002 (OJ L 286, 24.10.2002, p. 1),

— 32003 R 1267: Regulation (EC) No 1267/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003

(OJ L 180, 18.7.2003, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) Switzerland shall be permitted to compile data by institutional units when the provisions of this Regulation refer

to industry;

(b) Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of the data as required by this Regulation;

(c) Switzerland shall not be bound by EU/third countries breakdown of exports and imports of services as required by

this Regulation;

(d) In Annex B, Derogations concerning the tables to be supplied in the framework of the questionnaire “ESA-95” by

country, the following shall be added after point 15 (Iceland):

“16. SWITZERLAND

16.1 Derogations for tables

Table No

Table

Derogation

Until

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Main
quarterly

aggregates,

annual

and

Transmission for 1990 onwards

Main aggregates of
government

the

general

Transmission delay: t + 8 months Unlimited

Periodicity: annual

Unlimited

Transmission for 1990 onwards

Tables by industry

Transmission for 1990 onwards

Exports and imports by EU/third
countries

Transmission for 1998 onwards

Household final consumption
expenditure by purpose

Transmission for 1990 onwards

Financial accounts by institutional
sectors

Transmission for 1998 onwards

2006

Balance sheets
and liabilities

for

financial assets

Transmission for 1998 onwards

2006

Non-financial accounts by institu­
tional sectors

Transmission delay: t + 18 months

Unlimited

Transmission for 1990 onwards

Detailed tax and social contributions
receipts by sector

Transmission delay: t + 18 months

Unlimited

Transmission for 1998 onwards

Tables by industry and region,
NUTS II, A17

No regional breakdown

General government expenditure by
function

Tables by industry and by region,
NUTS III, A3

Transmission for 2005 onwards

2007

No backward calculations

No regional breakdown

Household
NUTS II

accounts

by

region,

No regional breakdown

14-22

In accordance with derogation (a) of this Regulation, Switzerland shall be
exempted from providing data for tables 14 to 22.”

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— 397 D 0178: Commission Decision 97/178/EC, Euratom of 10 February 1997 on the definition of a methodology for
the transition between the European System of National and Regional Accounts in the Community (ESA 95) and the
European System of Integrated Economic Accounts (ESA second edition) (OJ L 75, 15.3.1997, p. 44).

— 398 D 0715: Commission Decision 98/715/EC of 30 November 1998 clarifying Annex A to Council Regulation (EC)
No 2223/96 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community as concerns the principles
for measuring prices and volumes (OJ L 340, 16.12.1998, p. 33).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 3 (classification of methods by product) shall not apply to Switzerland.

— 32002 R 1889: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1889/2002 of 23 October 2002 on the implementation of Council
Regulation (EC) No 448/98 completing and amending Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with respect to the allocation of
financial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM) within the European System of national and regional
Accounts (ESA) (OJ L 286, 24.10.2002, p. 11).

— 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).

— 399 D 0622: Commission Decision 1999/622/EC, Euratom of 8 September 1999 on the treatment of repayments of
VAT to non-taxable units and to taxable units for their exempt activities, for the purpose of implementing Council
Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom on the harmonisation of the compilation of gross national product at market prices
(OJ L 245, 17.9.1999, p. 51).

— 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 trans­
mission of data (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 7).

NOMENCLATURES
— 390 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:

— 393 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).

— 393 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).

— 393 R 3696: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 of 29 October 1993 on the statistical classification of products

by activity (CPA) in the European Economic Community (OJ L 342, 31.12.1993, p. 1), as amended by:

— 398 R 1232: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/98 of 17 June 1998 (OJ L 177, 22.6.1998, p. 1),

— 32002 R 0204: Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2002 of 19 December 2001 (OJ L 36, 6.2.2002, p. 1).

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— 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).

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
— 396 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).

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 this Directive.

— 397 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:

— 398 D 0582: Council Decision 98/582/EC of 6 October 1998 (OJ L 281, 17.10.1998, p. 36).

— 388 R 0571: Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organisation of Community surveys

on the structure of agricultural holdings (OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1), as amended by:

— 396 R 2467: Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/96 of 17 December 1996 (OJ L 335, 24.12.1996, p. 3),

— 398 D 0377: Commission Decision No 98/377/EC of 18 May 1998 (OJ L 168, 13.6.1998, p. 29),

— 32002 R 143: Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2002 of 24 January 2002 (OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 16),

— 32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26),

— 32006 R 0204: Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 of 6 February 2006 (OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 3).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

In Article 4, the text beginning with “and insofar as they are important locally …” until “… the particular technical
economic guidelines within the meaning of the same Decision” is not applicable;

(b) In Article 6(2), the text “standard gross margin (SGM), within the meaning of Decision 85/377/EEC” is replaced

by:

“standard gross margin (SGM), within the meaning of Decision 85/377/EEC, or to the value of the total agri­
cultural production”;

(c) Articles 10, 12, and 13, and Annex II shall not apply;

(d) Switzerland shall not be bound by the typology referred to in Articles 6, 7, 8, 9 and Annex I of this Regulation.
However, Switzerland shall transmit the necessary additional information allowing the reclassification according to
this typology;

(e)

Irrespective of the provisions of the Regulation, Switzerland shall be permitted to carry out the survey in May and
supply the data, at the latest, 18 months thereafter.

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— 32000 D 0115: Commission Decision 2000/115/EC of 24 November 1999 relating to the definitions of the
characteristics, the list of agricultural products, the exceptions to the definitions and the regions and districts
regarding the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings (OJ L 38, 12.2.2000, p. 1), as amended by:

— 32002 R 1444: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1444/2002 of 24 July 2002 (OJ L 216, 12.8.2002, p. 1),

— 32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26),

— 32006 R 0204: Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 of 6 February 2006 (OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 3).

— 390 R 0837: Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26 March 1990 concerning statistical

information to be

supplied by the Member States on cereals production (OJ L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1).

— 393 R 0959: Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93 of 5 April 1993 concerning statistical information to be supplied

by Member States on crop products other than cereals (OJ L 98, 24.4.1993, p. 1).

— 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).

FISHERY STATISTICS
— 391 R 1382: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 of 21 May 1991 on the submission of data on the landings of

fishery products in Member States (OJ L 133, 28.5.1991, p. 1), as amended by:

— 393 R 2104: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2104/93 of 22 July 1993 (OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 1).

— 391 R 3880: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch

statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1), as amended by:

— 32001 R 1637: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1637/2001 of 23 July 2001 (OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 20).

— 393 R 2018: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity

statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic (OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1), as amended by:

— 32001 R 1636: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2001 of 23 July 2001 (OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 1).

— 395 R 2597: Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics
by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (OJ L 270, 13.11.1995, p. 1), as
amended by:

— 32001 R 1638: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1638/2001 of 24 July 2001 (OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 29).

— 396 R 0788: Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96 of 22 April 1996 on the submission by Member States of statistics

on aquaculture production (OJ L 108, 1.5.1996, p. 1).

ENERGY STATISTICS
— 390 L 0377: Council Directive 90/377/EEC of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to improve the

transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (OJ L 185, 17.7.1990, p. 16).’