Document ID: 32006R1502

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1502/2006
of 28 September 2006
implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards derogations to be granted to Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short term statistics (1), and in particular Article 17(h) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 established a common framework for the production of short-term Community statistics on the business cycle.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 introduced new variables and imposed new obligations on Member States concerning reference periods, levels of detail and transmission deadlines for the required data.
(3)
As a consequence, national statistical systems require adaptations.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 specified maximum transition periods for the individual variables that may be granted by the Commission.
(5)
Derogations enacted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2001 of 23 March 2001 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards derogations of Member States (2) have expired.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The derogations referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 and in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 are specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 September 2006.

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