Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 of 15 October 2001 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001
of 15 October 2001
on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 the introduction of the nomenclature of countries and territories is the responsibility of the Commission.
(2) The version thereof valid as at 1 January 2001 was set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000(3).
(3) The alphabetical coding of countries and territories is based on the ISO alpha 2 standard into force as far as it is compatible with the requirements of Community legislation; moreover, it is preferable to have a transition period allowing Member States to adapt to the amendments made; it is essential for purposes of simplification for this transition period to end when the provisions revising the rules on the Single Administrative Document come into force.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistics relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-member Countries,