Commission Regulation (EC) No 212/2008 of 7 March 2008 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (Text with EEA relevance)

8.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 65/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 212/2008
of 7 March 2008
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A revised statistical classification of economic activities, called NACE Revision 2 (hereinafter referred to as ‘NACE Rev. 2’), was adopted by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (2).
(2) Measures necessary for the implementation of that Regulation should be adopted to provide for the use of NACE Rev. 2 in various statistical domains.
(3) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 sets out the methodology of the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (EAA). As a consequence of the revised statistical classification of economic activities, the EAA methodology should be updated and the references to NACE Rev. 1,1 should be replaced.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC (3),