Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2014 of 26 November 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 408/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards transmission format  Text with EEA relevance

27.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 341/6
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1264/2014
of 26 November 2014
amending Regulation (EU) No 408/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards transmission format
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 establishes a framework for the production of comparable European statistics on the sales and agricultural use of pesticides.
(2) In accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 Member States should transmit the statistical data in electronic form, in conformity with an appropriate technical format to be adopted by the Commission.
(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 408/2011 (2) does not provide for the transmission format for the pesticide use statistics, due for transmission in 2015, and therefore should be amended.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,