Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS)

15.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 155/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 656/2007
of 14 June 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (1), and in particular Article 3 and Article 17(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS) laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 (2) is based on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE) (3).
(2) A new version of NACE (NACE Rev. 2) was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006, which also specifies that short-term statistics governed by Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 shall be produced in accordance with NACE Rev. 2 from 1 January 2009 onwards.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,