2010/643/EU: Decision No 2/2010 of the European Union/Switzerland Statistical Committee of 1 October 2010 amending Annex A to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics
Date: 2010-10-01
Institutions: Cooperation Committee
Subjects: Switzerland, cooperation agreement, disclosure of information, statistical method, statistics








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26.10.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 280/62








            DECISION No 2/2010 OF THE EUROPEAN UNION/SWITZERLAND STATISTICAL COMMITTEE
         
of 1 October 2010
         
amending Annex A to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics
(2010/643/EU)


THE EUROPEAN UNION/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)


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.












(2)


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:



Article 1
Annex A to the Agreement is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Sofia, 1 October 2010.


For the Joint Committee


The Head of the EU delegation

Walter RADERMACHER
            

The Head of the Swiss Delegation

Jürg MARTI
            





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




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.


References to the “Nomenclature of the Economic Activities in the European Communities (NACE Rev. 1)” shall, except where otherwise provided, be read as references to “Nomenclature of Economic Activities in the European Communities (NACE Rev. 2)”, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (1). The referred code numbers shall be read as the corresponding converted code numbers in NACE Rev. 2.












3.


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






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32008 R 0295: Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics (recast) (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13), as amended by:






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32009 R 0251: Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 170);










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32009 R 0250: Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 1).




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. 2;










(c)


Switzerland is exempted from providing data required by this Regulation for kind of activity units;










(d)


For Annex IX variables: 11910, 11930, 16910, 16911, 16930 and 16931, Switzerland shall supply data having as reference year 2011;










(e)


In Annex VII Switzerland will be exempted of providing data “Geographical Breakdown” for the Series 7E.














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31998 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:






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










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














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31998 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:






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










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














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31998 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:






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










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










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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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31999 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).










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31999 R 1225: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/1999 of 27 May 1999 concerning the definitions of characteristics for insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 1).










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31999 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:






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12003 T 003: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded adopted on 16 April 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33);










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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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31999 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:






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12003 T 003: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded adopted on 16 April 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33);










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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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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 (EC) 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:






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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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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).










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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).










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31998 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:






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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);










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32006 R 1503: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006 (OJ L 281, 12.10.2006, p. 15);










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32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).




The provisions of these Regulations 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.






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32009 R 0329: Commission Regulation (EC) No 329/2009 of 22 April 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the updating of the list of variables, the frequency of compilation of the statistics and the levels of breakdown and aggregation to be applied to the variables (OJ L 103, 23.4.2009, p. 3).




The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
Switzerland is exempted from providing data for the variables 220 and 230 until 2013.






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32009 R 0596: Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four (OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 14).




The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
Switzerland is exempted from providing data for the variables 220 and 230 until 2013.










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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:






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32006 R 1503: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006 (OJ L 281, 12.10.2006, p. 15);










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














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32008 R 0177: Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 6).










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31993 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).
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 to the Regulation shall not apply.










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32009 R 0192: Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States (OJ L 67, 12.3.2009, p. 14).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
Switzerland is exempted to transmit individual data of turnover for enterprises described in the Annex A Turnover data until end 2013.










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32009 D 0252: Commission Decision 2009/252/EC of 11 March 2009 concerning derogations from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes (OJ L 75, 21.3.2009, p. 11).




TRANSPORT AND TOURISM STATISTICS






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31998 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:






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31999 R 2691: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2691/1999 of 17 December 1999 (OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 39);










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12003 T 003: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded adopted on 16 April 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33);










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32006 R 1791: Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1);










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32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1);










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32007 R 1304: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007 of 7 November 2007 (OJ L 290, 8.11.2007, p. 14);










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32009 R 0399: Regulation (EC) No 399/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 (OJ L 126, 21.5.2009, p. 9).














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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), as amended by:






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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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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).










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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).










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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).










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31993 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).










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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:






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










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32007 R 1304: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007 of 7 November 2007 (OJ L 290, 8.11.2007, p. 14).














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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).










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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:






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32003 R 1358: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003 of 31 July 2003 (OJ L 194, 1.8.2003, p. 9);










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32005 R 0546: Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2005 of 8 April 2005 (OJ L 91, 9.4.2005, p. 5).














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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:






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32005 R 0546: Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2005 of 8 April 2005 (OJ L 91, 9.4.2005, p. 5);










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














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31980 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).










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31995 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), as amended by:






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120 03 T 003: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded adopted on 16 April 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33);










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32004 D 0883: Commission Decision 2004/883/EC of 10 December 2004 (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 69);










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32006 L 0110: Council Directive 2006/110/EC of 20 November 2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 418).














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31999 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).










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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






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32009 R 0471: Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23), as implemented by:






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32010 R 0092: Commission Regulation (EU) No 92/2010 of 2 February 2010 (OJ L 31, 3.2.2010, p. 4);










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32010 R 0113: Commission Regulation (EU) No 113/2010 of 9 February 2010 (OJ L 37, 10.2.2010, p. 1).




The provisions of the Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


Switzerland shall put into effect the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation by 1 January 2012. All references to the centralised clearing system and related provisions are not relevant;










(b)


Article 2 Definition: The statistical territory shall comprise the customs territory excluding customs warehouses and duty-free warehouses.
Switzerland shall not be bound to compile statistics of trade between Switzerland and Liechtenstein.










(c)


Article 4 Data source: The text of Article 4(3) shall be replaced by the following: “Switzerland may use other data sources for the compilation of their national statistics”










(d)


Article 5(1) Statistical data: Statistical data referred to in Article 5(1)(e) shall be collected for the first time by 1 January 2016:






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The provisions of Article 5(1)(f) and (k) shall not apply,










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The classification referred to in Article 5(1)(h) shall be made at least down to the first six digits,










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For Switzerland, the provisions of Article 5(1)(m)(ii) and (iii) shall not apply;














(e)


Article 6 Compilation of external trade statistics: The provisions of Article 6 shall not apply for statistical data for which Switzerland is exempted to collect pursuant to Article 5 of the Regulation thereof;










(f)


Article 7 Data exchange: The provisions of Article 7 shall not apply;
The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 113/2010 shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:










(g)


The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 4(2):
“For Switzerland the ‘customs value’ shall be defined within the respective national rules.”










(h)


The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 7(2):
“For Switzerland ‘country of origin’ shall be taken to mean the country in which the goods originated within the meaning of the respective national rules of origin.”










(i)


The reference to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 in Article 15(4) is not applicable.














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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






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31990 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:
“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.














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32009 R 0223: 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).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
Switzerland shall put into effect the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation by 31 December 2012.










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31997 R 0322: Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics (OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1).










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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:






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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 R 606: Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2008 of 26 June 2008 (OJ L 166, 27.6.2008, p. 16).














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32004 D 0452: Commission Decision 2004/452/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down a list of bodies whose researchers may access confidential data for scientific purposes (OJ L 156, 30.4.2004, p. 1), as amended by:






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32008 D 0876: Commission Decision 2008/876/EC of 6 November 2008 (OJ L 310, 21.11.2008, p. 28).














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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).










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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:






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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






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32007 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).










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31998 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:






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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);










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32002 R 2104: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002 of 28 November 2002 (OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 14);










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32003 R 2257: Regulation (EC) No 2257/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2003 (OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p. 6);










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32007 R 1372: Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42).




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 pursuant to Article 4(1).










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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).










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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).










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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:






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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);










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32005 R 0384: Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2005 of 7 March 2005 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2007 to 2009, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 61, 8.3.2005, p. 23).




The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
Independently of the provisions of Article 1, Switzerland is exempted from carrying out the 2007 ad hoc module.










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32005 R 0430: Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 of 15 March 2005 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 2006 onwards and the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables (OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 36).










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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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32007 R 0102: Commission Regulation (EC) No 102/2007 of 2 February 2007 adopting the specifications of the 2008 ad hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants, as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 and amending Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 (OJ L 28, 3.2.2007, p. 3), as amended by:






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32008 R 0391: Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2008 of 30 April 2008 (OJ L 117, 1.5.2008, p. 15).




The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
Independently of the provisions of Article 2, Switzerland is exempted from providing the variables mentioned in columns 211/212, and for column 215 of the Annex.










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32008 R 0207: Commission Regulation (EC) No 207/2008 of 5 March 2008 adopting the specifications of the 2009 ad hoc module on the entry of young people into the labour market provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2008, p. 4).










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32008 R 0365: Commission Regulation (EC) No 365/2008 of 23 April 2008 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 112, 24.4.2008, p. 22).










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32008 R 0377: Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters (OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57).










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32009 R 0020: Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/2009 of 13 January 2009 adopting the specifications of the 2010 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 7).










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31999 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:






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31999 R 1726: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 of 27 July 1999 (OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 28);










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










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32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).




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






(a)


For the statistics on the structure and distribution of earnings, Switzerland shall collect the data required in Article 6(2) of this Regulation for the first time in 2010;










(b)


For the statistics on the level and composition of labour costs, Switzerland shall collect the data required in Article 6(1) of this Regulation in 2008 for some variables only and for the first time in 2012 for all variables;










(c)


For the year 2008, Switzerland shall be allowed:






—


to provide the information required in Article 6(1)(a) based on enterprises (instead of local units), at national level, according to NACE Rev. 1.1 at section and section aggregates level and without breakdown by size of the enterprise;










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to forward the results within a period of 24 months from the end of the reference year (instead of 18 months as stated in Article 9).


















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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:






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32005 R 1738: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 of 21 October 2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 32);










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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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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).










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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:






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32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).














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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).










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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).










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32008 R 0453: Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 234).










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32008 R 1062: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1062/2008 of 28 October 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards seasonal adjustment procedures and quality reports (OJ L 285, 29.10.2008, p. 3).










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32009 R 0019: Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2009 of 13 January 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards the definition of a job vacancy, the reference dates for data collection, data transmission specifications and feasibility studies (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 3).










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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:






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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).














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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:






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32006 R 0676: Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2006 of 2 May 2006 (OJ L 118, 3.5.2006, p. 3).














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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).










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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).










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32003 R 1983: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 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:






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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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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).










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32007 R 0215: Commission Regulation (EC) No 215/2007 of 28 February 2007 on 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 over-indebtedness and financial exclusion (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 8).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
Switzerland will be exempted of to deliver data until end 2010.










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32008 R 0362: Council Regulation (EC) No 362/2008 of 14 April 2008 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 2009 list of target secondary variables on material deprivation (OJ L 112, 24.4.2008, p. 1).










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32009 R 0646: Commission Regulation (EC) No 646/2009 of 23 July 2009 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 2010 list of target secondary variables on intra-household sharing of resources (OJ L 192, 24.7.2009, p. 3).




ECONOMIC STATISTICS






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31995 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 2(c), as well as references to MUICP in Article 8(1) and Article 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.














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32009 R 0330: Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2009 of 22 April 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) (OJ L 103, 23.4.2009, p. 6).










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31996 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:






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31998 R 1687: Council Regulation (EC) No 1687/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 12);










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31998 R 1688: Council Regulation (EC) No 1688/98 of 20 July 1998 (OJ L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 23);










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32007 R 1334: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2007 of 14 November 2007 (OJ L 296, 15.11.2007, p. 22).














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31996 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:






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31999 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9);










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31999 R 1749: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59;










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32001 R 1920: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 of 28 September 2001 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 46), as corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34;










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














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31997 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).










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31998 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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31999 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).










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31999 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).










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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).










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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:






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32001 R 1921: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 of 28 September 2001 (OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 49), as corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34.














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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), as corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34.










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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), as corrected by OJ L 295, 13.11.2001, p. 34.










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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).










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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).










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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).










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31996 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:






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31998 R 0448: Council Regulation (EC) No 448/98 of 16 February 1998 (OJ L 58, 27.2.1998, p. 1);










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










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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);










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










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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);










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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);










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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);










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32009 R 0400: Regulation (EC) No 400/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 (OJ L 126, 21.5.2009, p. 11).




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


Main aggregates, annual and quarterly


Transmission for 1990 onwards


 




2


Main aggregates of the general government


Transmission delay: t + 8 months


Unlimited




Periodicity: annual


Unlimited




Transmission for 1990 onwards


 




3


Tables by industry


Transmission for 1990 onwards


 




4


Exports and imports by EU/third countries


Transmission for 1998 onwards


 




5


Household final consumption expenditure by purpose


Transmission for 1990 onwards


 




6


Financial accounts by institutional sectors


Transmission for 1998 onwards


2006




7


Balance sheets for financial assets and liabilities


Transmission for 1998 onwards


2006




8


Non-financial accounts by institutional sectors


Transmission delay: t + 18 months
Transmission for 1990 onwards


Unlimited




9


Detailed tax and social contributions receipts by sector


Transmission delay: t + 18 months
Transmission for 1998 onwards


Unlimited




10


Tables by industry and region, NUTS II, A17


No regional breakdown


 




11


General government expenditure by function


Transmission for 2005 onwards
No backward calculations


2007




12


Tables by industry and by region, NUTS III, A3


No regional breakdown


 




13


Household accounts by region, NUTS II


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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31997 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).










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31998 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.










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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).










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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).










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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).










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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).










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31999 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).










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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 transmission of data (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 7).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
Switzerland will be exempted to implement the procedures regarding the format and procedures for the transmission of data until end 2013.










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32000 R 0264: Commission Regulation (EC) No 264/2000 of 3 February 2000 on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with respect to short-term public finance statistics (OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4).
The provisions in the tables 25.1 and 25.2 of the Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






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Switzerland is exempted from the breakdown of the social benefits D.60 in D.62 and D.631M,










—


Switzerland is exempted from the breakdown of the social contributions D.61 in D.611 and D.612,










—


Switzerland is exempted from the breakdown of the capital transfers D.9 in D.91 and D.9N,










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The first data shall be transferred in the year 2012 + t6 (end of June) for the 1st quarter of 2012 and retroactively as from 1st quarter of 1999.














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32002 R 1221: 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 (OJ L 179, 9.7.2002, p. 1).
The provisions in the tables 25.1 and 25.2 of the Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






—


Switzerland is exempted from the breakdown of the social benefits D.60 in D.62 and D.631M,










—


Switzerland is exempted from the breakdown of the social contributions D.61 in D.611 and D.612,










—


Switzerland is exempted from the breakdown of the capital transfers D.9 in D.91 and D.9N,










—


The first data shall be transferred in the year 2012 + t6 (end of June) for the 1st quarter of 2012 and retroactively as from the 1st quarter of 1999.














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32005 R 0184: Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 23), as amended by:






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32006 R 0602: Commission Regulation (EC) No 602/2006 of 18 April 2006 (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 10);










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32009 R 0707: Commission Regulation (EC) No 707/2009 of 5 August 2009 (OJ L 204, 6.8.2009, p. 3).




The provisions of these Regulations shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
Switzerland is exempted from providing data for:






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Table 1 (Euro Indicators): Complete table,










—


Table 2 (quarterly balance of payments): Portfolio investment breakdown by country,










—


Table 3 (international trade in services): Services altogether geographical breakdown Level 3 and Government services sub-divisions,










—


Table 4 (direct investment flows T + 21) and Table 5 (direct investment stocks T + 21): NOGA branch of economic activity 3-digit code level.




Switzerland is exempted to transmit data until end 2014 for:






—


Table 2 (quarterly balance of payments): Balance of payments other than portfolio investment,










—


Table 3 (international trade in services): Services altogether geographical breakdown Level 2,










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Table 4 (direct investment flows T + 9): Direct investment abroad total: geographical Breakdown level 3 and Direct investment in the reporting economy total: geographical Breakdown level 3,










—


Table 4 (direct investment flows T + 21): Direct investment abroad total: geographical Breakdown level 3 and Direct investment in the reporting economy total: geographical Breakdown level 3 and NOGA branch of economic activity, 2-digit code level,










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Table 5 (direct investment stocks T + 21): Direct investment abroad total assets: Geographical breakdown level 3 and Direct investment in the reporting economy, total liabilities Geographical breakdown level 3 and NOGA branch of economic activity, 2-digit code level.








NOMENCLATURES






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31990 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:






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31993 R 0761: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 761/93 of 24 March 1993 (OJ L 83, 3.4.1993, p. 1);










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32002 R 0029: Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2002 of 19 December 2001 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2002, p. 3);










—


32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).














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31993 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), as amended by:






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1 94 N: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 21 as adjusted by OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 1).














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32003 R 1053: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/2003 of 19 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests (OJ L 152, 20.6.2003, p. 8).










—


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), as amended by:






—


32008 R 0011: Commission Regulation (EC) No 11/2008 of 8 January 2008 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2008, p. 13);










—


32008 R 0176: Regulation (EC) No 176/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 (OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 1).














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32008 R 0451: Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 65).










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32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).




AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS






—


31996 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:






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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.










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31997 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:






—


31998 D 0582: Council Decision 98/582/EC of 6 October 1998 (OJ L 281, 17.10.1998, p. 36).














—


32005 D 0288: Commission Decision 2005/288/EC of 18 March 2005 amending Decision 97/80/EC on provisions for the implementation of Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products (OJ L 88, 7.4.2005, p. 10).
The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown as required in Annex I, table 1: Annual production of cow milk.










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32008 R 1166: Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
For Switzerland, entry VII of Annex III to the Regulation (that includes 12 characteristics of support for rural development) shall not apply.










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32008 R 1242: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008 of 8 December 2008 establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 3).










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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:






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










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










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














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32008 D 0690: Commission Decision 2008/690/EC of 4 August 2008 amending Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision 2002/38/EC, as regards the statistical surveys carried out by the Member States on plantations of certain species of fruit trees (OJ L 225, 23.8.2008, p. 14).










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32009 R 0543: Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93 (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 1).










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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:






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32005 R 0306: Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2005 of 24 February 2005 (OJ L 52, 25.2.2005, p. 9);










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32006 R 0909: Commission Regulation (EC) No 909/2006 of 20 June 2006 (OJ L 168, 21.6.2006, p. 14);










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32008 R 0212: Commission Regulation (EC) No 212/2008 of 7 March 2008 (OJ L 65, 8.3.2008, p. 5).














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32008 R 1165: Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 1).
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 following detailed categories of livestock statistics as required by Annex II to the Regulation:






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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of animals for slaughter as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals aged over 1 year but under 2 years, female (heifers; animals that have not yet calved).










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of other as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals aged over 1 year but under 2 years, female (heifers; animals that have not yet calved).










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of animals for slaughter as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals aged over 2 years and over, female, heifers.










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of other as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, bovine animals aged over 2 years and over, female, heifers.










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of pigs with a live weight of 50 kg or more but less than 80 kg as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows.










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of pigs with a live weight of 80 kg or more but less than 110 kg as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows.










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of pigs with a live weight of 110 kg or more as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows.










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of sows covered for the first time as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg and over, covered sows.










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Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of gilts not yet covered as required by Annex II, categories of livestock statistics, breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg and over, other sows.














(b)


Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of young cattle as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics, bovine animals.










(c)


Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of lambs and others as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics, sheep.










(d)


Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of goats as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics.










(e)


Switzerland is exempted from the statistics of ducks and others as required by Annex IV, categories of slaughtering statistics, poultry.








FISHERY STATISTICS






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31991 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:






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31993 R 2104: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2104/93 of 22 July 1993 (OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 1).














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31991 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:






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














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31993 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:






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














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31995 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:






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














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31996 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






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31990 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).




ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS






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32006 R 1893: Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).










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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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            OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1.