CELEX: 32006D0209
Language: en
Date: 2006-03-09 00:00:00
Title: 2006/209/EC: Commission Decision of  9 March 2006  granting derogations to bring Member States’ statistical systems into conformity with Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council  (notified under document number C(2006) 706)

14.3.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 75/26
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 9 March 2006
   granting derogations to bring Member States’ statistical systems into conformity with Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council
   (notified under document number C(2006) 706)
   (Only the Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Maltese, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, and Swedish texts are authentic)
   (2006/209/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 on the compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (1), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
   Having regard to the requests made by the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, Ireland, the Republic of Cyprus, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 specifies the list of quarterly data that have to be transmitted from 3 January 2006 onwards.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 provides that derogations from that Regulation may be accepted by the Commission if national statistical systems require major adaptation. Such derogations are not to last more than three years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               A number of Member States authorities have asked, by letter, to be granted derogations under Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               It emerges from the information provided to Eurostat that the Member States’ requests for derogations are due to the need for major adaptations to national statistical systems in order to comply in full with Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005. The compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector requires additional data sources, the development of new statistical tools, and the design and implementation of a production system that is capable of meeting short deadlines. The requested derogations should therefore be granted,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Derogations are hereby granted to the Member States listed in the Annex, under the conditions and subject to the limits set out therein, in order to enable those Member States to bring their respective national statistical systems into conformity with Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005.
   Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, Ireland, the Republic of Cyprus, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
   
      Done at Brussels, 9 March 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joaquín ALMUNIA
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 22.
   
      ANNEX
      Derogations from Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 (1)
      
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Variables
               
               
                  End of derogation
               
            
                  Czech Republic
               
               
                  All variables for sectors S13 and S2
               
               
                  1 January 2008
               
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  All variables
               
               
                  1 April 2008
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  For sector S13: D41-resources, D4N-resources, D71, D72-resources, D7N and K2-uses
               
               
                  1 January 2007
               
            
                  Greece
               
               
                  All variables
               
               
                  11 August 2008
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  All variables except for sectors S13 and S2
               
               
                  11 August 2008
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  Back data for sector S13 over the [1999Q1-2003Q4] period
               
               
                  1 April 2008
               
            
                  For sector S2: D1, D2-resources, D21-resources, D29-resources, D3-uses, D31-uses, D39-uses, D4, D41, D4N
               
               
                  1 October 2007
               
            
                  For sector S2: D5, D6, D61, D62, D7, D71, D72, D7N, D8, D9, D91-uses, D9N, K2-uses, B9 and B12
               
               
                  11 August 2008
               
            
                  Luxembourg
               
               
                  For sector S2: D4, D41, D4N, D7, D71, D72, D7N, D8, D9, D9N and B12
               
               
                  1 April 2008
               
            
                  Hungary
               
               
                  Back data for sector S13 over the [1999Q1-2003Q4] period
               
               
                  1 January 2007
               
            
                  All variables for sector S2
               
               
                  1 July 2008
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  All variables for sector S2
               
               
                  1 January 2008
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  Transmission limited to the following variables:
                  
                              —
                           
                           
                              For sector S1: D5-uses
                           
                        
                              —
                           
                           
                              For sector S13: P5-uses, P5N-uses
                           
                        
                              —
                           
                           
                              For sector S2: D1, D2-resources, D3-uses, D4, D5, D7, D9 and K2-uses
                           
                        The above variables are transmitted at Q + 100 (calendar) days instead of Q + 95 (calendar) days.
               
               
                  11 August 2008
               
            
                  Slovenia
               
               
                  All variables for sectors S13 and S2
               
               
                  1 January 2007
               
            
                  Slovakia
               
               
                  All variables for sectors S13 and S2
               
               
                  1 January 2008
               
            
                  Finland
               
               
                  All variables
               
               
                  1 April 2008
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  For sector S13: P31-uses, P32-uses, B7G
                  For sector S14_15: B7G
               
               
                  11 August 2008
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  For sector S1N: D2-uses, D21-uses, D3-resources, D31-resources, B1G and B1N
                  For sectors S11 and S12: D1-uses, D2-uses, D29-uses, D3-resources, D39-resources, B1G and B1N
                  For sector S13: B1G and B1N
                  For sector S14_15: D1-uses, D2-uses, D29-uses, D3-resources, D39-resources, B1G and B1N
                  For sector S2: D1-uses
               
               
                  1 July 2008
               
            
         (1)  Derogations listed in this table do not apply to variables that have to be transmitted under the ESA95 transmission programme (Annex B to Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96) and subsequent amendments; under Commission Regulation (EC) No 264/2000 or under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council.