Commission Regulation (EC) No 179/2005 of 2 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 with regard to the transmission of data to the Commission

3.2.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 30/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 179/2005
of 2 February 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 with regard to the transmission of data to the Commission
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 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (1), and in particular Articles 11 and 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 (2), which applies from 1 January 2005, establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States.
(2) In order to align it with the transmission period for aggregated data on intra-Community trade, the transmission period for external trade data should be reduced from 6 weeks to 40 days.
(3) As stated regularly by the Council, the monitoring of the Economic and Monetary Union requires fast delivery of trade statistics.
(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade (3) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the statistics relating to the trading of goods with third countries,