CELEX: 32012D0691
Language: en
Date: 2012-11-06 00:00:00
Title: 2012/691/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 November 2012 on granting derogations from Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts with regard to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland (notified under document C(2012) 7645)

8.11.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 308/23
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
   of 6 November 2012
   on granting derogations from Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts with regard to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland
   (notified under document C(2012) 7645)
   (Only the Spanish, French, Greek, Maltese, German and Polish texts are authentic)
   (2012/691/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,
   Having regard to the requests made by the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               In accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 the Commission may adopt implementing acts with a view to granting derogations to Member States during the transitional periods referred to in the Annexes to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Such derogations should be granted, at their justified request, to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Derogations from Regulation (EU) No 691/2011, as set out in the Annex, are granted to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland.
   Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland.
   
      Done at Brussels, 6 November 2012.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Algirdas ŠEMETA
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      List of specific derogations from Regulation (EU) No 691/2011:
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Derogation
               
               
                  End of derogation
               
            
                  Kingdom of Spain
               
               
                  Annex I — Air emission accounts, breakdown by economic activity (A*64)
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Annex II — Environmentally related taxes, breakdown by economic activity (A*64)
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Annex III — Material flow accounts data for other crop residues, waste imports and adjustment to the residency principle
               
               
                  31 December 2015
               
            
                  French Republic
               
               
                  Annex II — Environmentally related taxes, breakdown by economic activity (A*64)
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Republic of Cyprus
               
               
                  Annex I — Air emission accounts
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Annex II — Environmentally related taxes
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Annex III — Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts
               
               
                  31 December 2015
               
            
                  Republic of Malta
               
               
                  Annex I — Air emission accounts
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Annex II — Environmentally related taxes
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Annex III — Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts
               
               
                  31 December 2015
               
            
                  Republic of Austria
               
               
                  Annex I — Air emission accounts, series missing for PFC, HFC and SF6
                  
               
               
                  30 September 2015
               
            
                  Republic of Poland
               
               
                  Annex II — Environmentally related taxes, breakdown by economic activity (A*64)
               
               
                  30 September 2015