Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/570 of 10 March 2023 granting derogations to certain Member States from the application of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the economic accounts for agriculture (notified under document C(2023) 1562) (Only the Italian, Polish, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic)
Date: 2023-03-10
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, European accounting system, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, agricultural statistics, data transmission, derogation from EU law, economic accounts for agriculture, national statistics








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13.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 74/63








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/570
of 10 March 2023
         
granting derogations to certain Member States from the application of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the economic accounts for agriculture


(notified under document C(2023) 1562)


(Only the Italian, Polish, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 4b(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 4b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia submitted requests for derogation by 21 August 2022.












(2)


The information that those Member States provided to the Commission indicates that the requests of the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia are justified by the need for major adaptations in their national statistical systems as regards implementation of the transmission programme of data for regional economic accounts for agriculture, as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004.












(3)


The requested derogations should therefore be granted to the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee (2),





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The derogations from Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be granted to the Member States listed therein.


Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia.




Done at Brussels, 10 March 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 33, 5.2.2004, p. 1.

(2)  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).




ANNEX










Provision concerned




Member State




Derogation period granted




Reference years covered by derogation




Scope of the derogation





Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004


Kingdom of Spain


2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)


2021, 2022


Transmission of 7 variables:






—


Item 32.1 (GFCF in plantations);










—


Item 32.2 (GFCF in animals);










—


Item 33.1 (GFCF in materials);










—


Item 33.3 (Other GFCF);










—


Item 36 (Changes in inventories);










—


Item 37.1 (Investment grants);










—


Item 37.2 (Other capital transfers).








Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004


Italian Republic


2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)


2021, 2022


Transmission of variables according to terminology of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 from Item 21 (fixed capital consumption) to Item 37 (capital transfers).




Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004


Republic of Poland


2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)


2021, 2022


Transmission of all variables that are listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 regarding REAA.




Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004


Republic of Slovenia


2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)


2021, 2022


Transmission of all variables that are listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 regarding REAA.