Council Regulation (EEC) No 2845/77 of 19 December 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2845/77  of 19 December 1977  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas, with effect from 1 January 1977, the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States are produced in European units of account (EUA) as defined by Commission Decision No 3289/75/ECSC of 18 December 1975 on the definition and conversion of the unit of account to be used in Decisions, recommendations, opinions and communications for the purposes of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (2);
Whereas, since the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (3), prices have developed in such a way that it is necessary to raise the statistical threshold from 250 to 300 EUA in order to enable the Member States to discontinue the statistical recording of consignments of minor or trifling importance if they wish to make use of this option for reasons of economy;
Whereas the present situation as regards exchange rates has resulted in the statistical threshold, as expressed in European units of account, being adjusted at shorter intervals than originally planned ; whereas the system can be simplified, as is required by the circumstances, by the inclusion of a provision for the statistical threshold to be adjusted under the procedure set out in Article 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75,