Article 1 
Purpose The purpose of this Regulation is to define the content of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government, to lay down the list of the ESA 95 categories to be transmitted by Member States from 30 June 2002 and to specify the main characteristics of these categories. Article 2 Content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government The content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government is defined in the Annex by reference to a list of ESA 95 categories constituting general government expenditure and revenue. Article 3 Categories concerned by the transmission of quarterly data 1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data for the categories or groups of categories included in the list provided in the Annex, with the exception of those categories for which data must be transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 264/2000. 2. Quarterly data shall be transmitted for the following categories (or groups of categories) of general government expenditure and revenue: (a) expenditure: - intermediate consumption (P.2) - gross capital formation + Acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets (P.5 + K.2) - gross fixed capital formation (P.51) - compensation of employees (D.1) - other taxes on production (D.29) - subsidies, payable (D.3) - property income (D.4) - interest (D.41) - current taxes on income, wealth etc. (D.5) - social transfers in kind related to expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers (D.6311 + D.63121 + D.63131) - other current transfers (D.7) - adjustment for the change in net equity of households in pension funds reserves (D.8) - capital taxes + Investment grants + Other capital transfers, payable (D.91 + D.92 + D.99). (b) revenue: - market output + Output for own final use + Payments for the other non-market output (P.11 + P.12 + P.131) - other subsidies on production, receivable (D.39) - imputed social contributions (D.612) - investments grants + Other capital transfers, receivable (D.92 + D.99). 3. Transactions D.41, D.7, D.92 and D.99 are consolidated within the general government sector. The other transactions are not consolidated. Article 4 Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods 1. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 2001 onwards shall be compiled according to the following rules: (a) quarterly data shall be based as much as possible on direct information from basic sources, with the objective of minimising, for each quarter, differences between the first estimates and the final figures; (b) direct information shall be completed by coverage adjustments, if needed, and by conceptual adjustments in order to bring quarterly data in line with ESA 95 concepts; (c) the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data shall be consistent. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2000 shall be compiled according to sources and methods ensuring consistency between the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data. Article 5 Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data 1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time. 2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 6 Transmission of backdata 1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 7 Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 1 Purpose):
The purpose of this Regulation is to define the content of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government, to lay down the list of the ESA 95 categories to be transmitted by Member States from 30 June 2002 and to specify the main characteristics of these categories.
Article 2 
Content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government The content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government is defined in the Annex by reference to a list of ESA 95 categories constituting general government expenditure and revenue. Article 3 Categories concerned by the transmission of quarterly data 1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data for the categories or groups of categories included in the list provided in the Annex, with the exception of those categories for which data must be transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 264/2000. 2. Quarterly data shall be transmitted for the following categories (or groups of categories) of general government expenditure and revenue: (a) expenditure: - intermediate consumption (P.2) - gross capital formation + Acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets (P.5 + K.2) - gross fixed capital formation (P.51) - compensation of employees (D.1) - other taxes on production (D.29) - subsidies, payable (D.3) - property income (D.4) - interest (D.41) - current taxes on income, wealth etc. (D.5) - social transfers in kind related to expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers (D.6311 + D.63121 + D.63131) - other current transfers (D.7) - adjustment for the change in net equity of households in pension funds reserves (D.8) - capital taxes + Investment grants + Other capital transfers, payable (D.91 + D.92 + D.99). (b) revenue: - market output + Output for own final use + Payments for the other non-market output (P.11 + P.12 + P.131) - other subsidies on production, receivable (D.39) - imputed social contributions (D.612) - investments grants + Other capital transfers, receivable (D.92 + D.99). 3. Transactions D.41, D.7, D.92 and D.99 are consolidated within the general government sector. The other transactions are not consolidated. Article 4 Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods 1. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 2001 onwards shall be compiled according to the following rules: (a) quarterly data shall be based as much as possible on direct information from basic sources, with the objective of minimising, for each quarter, differences between the first estimates and the final figures; (b) direct information shall be completed by coverage adjustments, if needed, and by conceptual adjustments in order to bring quarterly data in line with ESA 95 concepts; (c) the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data shall be consistent. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2000 shall be compiled according to sources and methods ensuring consistency between the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data. Article 5 Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data 1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time. 2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 6 Transmission of backdata 1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 7 Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 2 Content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government):
The content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government is defined in the Annex by reference to a list of ESA 95 categories constituting general government expenditure and revenue.
Article 3 
Categories concerned by the transmission of quarterly data 1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data for the categories or groups of categories included in the list provided in the Annex, with the exception of those categories for which data must be transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 264/2000. 2. Quarterly data shall be transmitted for the following categories (or groups of categories) of general government expenditure and revenue: (a) expenditure: - intermediate consumption (P.2) - gross capital formation + Acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets (P.5 + K.2) - gross fixed capital formation (P.51) - compensation of employees (D.1) - other taxes on production (D.29) - subsidies, payable (D.3) - property income (D.4) - interest (D.41) - current taxes on income, wealth etc. (D.5) - social transfers in kind related to expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers (D.6311 + D.63121 + D.63131) - other current transfers (D.7) - adjustment for the change in net equity of households in pension funds reserves (D.8) - capital taxes + Investment grants + Other capital transfers, payable (D.91 + D.92 + D.99). (b) revenue: - market output + Output for own final use + Payments for the other non-market output (P.11 + P.12 + P.131) - other subsidies on production, receivable (D.39) - imputed social contributions (D.612) - investments grants + Other capital transfers, receivable (D.92 + D.99). 3. Transactions D.41, D.7, D.92 and D.99 are consolidated within the general government sector. The other transactions are not consolidated. Article 4 Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods 1. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 2001 onwards shall be compiled according to the following rules: (a) quarterly data shall be based as much as possible on direct information from basic sources, with the objective of minimising, for each quarter, differences between the first estimates and the final figures; (b) direct information shall be completed by coverage adjustments, if needed, and by conceptual adjustments in order to bring quarterly data in line with ESA 95 concepts; (c) the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data shall be consistent. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2000 shall be compiled according to sources and methods ensuring consistency between the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data. Article 5 Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data 1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time. 2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 6 Transmission of backdata 1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 7 Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 3 Categories concerned by the transmission of quarterly data):
1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data for the categories or groups of categories included in the list provided in the Annex, with the exception of those categories for which data must be transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 264/2000. 2. Quarterly data shall be transmitted for the following categories (or groups of categories) of general government expenditure and revenue: (a) expenditure: — intermediate consumption (P.2) — gross capital formation + Acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets (P.5 + K.2) — gross fixed capital formation (P.51) — compensation of employees (D.1) — other taxes on production (D.29) — subsidies, payable (D.3) — property income (D.4) — interest (D.41) — current taxes on income, wealth etc. (D.5) — social transfers in kind related to expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers (D.6311 + D.63121 + D.63131) — other current transfers (D.7) — adjustment for the change in net equity of households in pension funds reserves (D.8) — capital taxes + Investment grants + Other capital transfers, payable (D.91 + D.92 + D.99). (b) revenue: — market output + Output for own final use + Payments for the other non-market output (P.11 + P.12 + P.131) — other subsidies on production, receivable (D.39) — property income (D.4) — imputed social contributions (D.612) — other current transfers (D.7) — investments grants + Other capital transfers, receivable (D.92 + D.99). 3. Transactions D.41, D.7, D.92 and D.99 are consolidated within the general government sector. The other transactions are not consolidated.
Article 4 
Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods 1. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 2001 onwards shall be compiled according to the following rules: (a) quarterly data shall be based as much as possible on direct information from basic sources, with the objective of minimising, for each quarter, differences between the first estimates and the final figures; (b) direct information shall be completed by coverage adjustments, if needed, and by conceptual adjustments in order to bring quarterly data in line with ESA 95 concepts; (c) the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data shall be consistent. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2000 shall be compiled according to sources and methods ensuring consistency between the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data. Article 5 Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data 1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time. 2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 6 Transmission of backdata 1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 7 Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 4 Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods):
2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2000 shall be compiled according to sources and methods ensuring consistency between the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data.
Article 5 
Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data 1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time. 2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 6 Transmission of backdata 1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 7 Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 5 Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data):
1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate. Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time. 2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002. For the Republic of Croatia, the first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data starting with the first quarter of 2012. The Republic of Croatia shall deliver these data no later than by the end of the first quarter following the date of accession. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations.
Article 6 
Transmission of backdata 1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations. Article 7 Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 6 Transmission of backdata):
1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999. The Republic of Croatia shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly back data for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 2002. 2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002. The Republic of Croatia shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 2002 until the fourth quarter of 2011 no later than end December 2015. However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations.
Article 7 
Implementation 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State. Article 8 Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 7 Implementation):
1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2). 2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated. 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State.
Article 8 
Report On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States. Article 9 Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 8 Report):
On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States.
Article 9 
Transitional provisions 1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their "best quarterly estimates" (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest. Article 10 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 9 Transitional provisions):
1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2. 2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their ‘best quarterly estimates’ (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1). They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1). 3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1). 4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest.
Article 10 
Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 10 June 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council J. Piqué I Camps (1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 300. (2) OJ C 131, 3.5.2001, p. 6. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 July 2001 (OJ C 65 E, 14.3.2002, p. 33) and Council Decision of 7 May 2002. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 359/2002 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1). (5) OJ L 172, 12.7.2000, p. 3. (6) OJ L 29, 4.2.2000, p. 4. (7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL The proposal for a Council Regulation is necessitated by the upcoming accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union[1] was signed by all Member States of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia at Brussels on 9 December 2011. Article 3 (3) of the Treaty of Accession provides that it shall enter into force on 1 July 2013 provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date. Article 3(4) of the Treaty of Accession enables the institutions of the Union to adopt before accession measures referred to, inter alia, in Article 50 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia[2]. These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession. Article 50 of the Act of Accession provides that where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in this Act or its Annexes, the Council or the Commission (if the original acts were adopted by the Commission) shall adopt the necessary acts. Point 2 of the Final Act[3] refers to the political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions which was reached between the Member States and Croatia in the context of the approval of the Treaty of Accession; the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Accession invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession in accordance with Article 50 of the Act of Accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. The present proposal regroups the technical adaptations to all Council regulations and decisions as well as to all European Parliament and Council regulations and decisions which require technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia, into a single Council regulation. Alongside this proposal for a Council Regulation, the Commission transmits a series of separate proposals for several Council directives to the Council which cover technical adaptations to Council directives as well as to European Parliament and Council directives which also need technical adaptation by reason of the accession of Croatia. Each of these separate proposals for Council directives regroups the technical adaptations which correspond to different negotiation chapters. This structure is designed to facilitate the transposition of the directives by Member States into their respective legal orders, and is in line with the approach which was taken in view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania[4]. It is foreseen that all the legal acts included in this package will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the same date. The present proposal and the other proposals included in this package will take into account technical adaptations to the acquis which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union until 1 September 2012. The reasons for this are to provide sufficient time for the legislative processes involved on the one hand, and for the fulfilment of the ensuing transposition and notification obligations by Member States as regards directives on the other hand. Adaptations which may be necessary to the acquis published in the Official Journal of the European Union after 1 September 2012 will be foreseen in the relevant acts themselves or done at a later stage through the appropriate procedure. In addition, the Commission intends to informally provide a list of such legislation to Member States in early July 2013.
Revised version (Article 10 Entry into force):
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .