Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics
Published date | 22 July 2005 |
Subject Matter | Conjunctural policy,Information and verification |
Official Gazette Publication | Official Journal of the European Union, L 191, 22 July 2005 |
22.7.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 191/1 |
REGULATION (EC) No 1158/2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 6 July 2005
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) | Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 (3) established a common basic framework for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of Community business statistics for the purpose of the analysis of the economic cycle. |
(2) | The implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 effected by Commission Regulations (EC) No 586/2001 (4), (EC) No 588/2001 (5), and (EC) No 606/2001 (6), concerning respectively the definition of Main Industrial Groupings, the definition of variables and the granting of derogations to Member States, has created a body of practical experience that allows measures for further improvements in short-term statistics to be identified. |
(3) | In its Action Plan on EMU Statistical Requirements and in subsequent progress reports on the implementation of that plan, the Ecofin Council identified additional fundamental aspects for improving the statistics covered by Regulation (EC) No 1165/98. |
(4) | For its monetary policy, the European Central Bank (ECB) needs short-term statistics to be further developed, as is stated in its document ECB Statistical Requirements in the field of General Economic Statistics, and, in particular, it needs timely, reliable and meaningful aggregates for the euro zone. |
(5) | The Statistical Programme Committee, established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (7), has identified Principal European Economic Indicators (PEEI) that go beyond the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98. |
(6) | It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 in areas of particular importance to monetary policy and to the study of the business cycle. |
(7) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee. |
(8) | The implementation of the Lisbon strategy for growth and employment includes the reduction of unnecessary burdens on businesses and the dissemination of new technologies, |
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 shall be amended as follows:
1. | Article 4(2) shall be amended as follows:
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2. | Article 10 shall be amended as follows:
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3. | Article 12(1) shall be replaced by the following:
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4. | Article 14(2) shall be replaced by the following:
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5. | The following point shall be added to Article 17:
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6) | Annexes A to D shall be amended as shown in the Annex. |
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 Strasbourg, 6 July 2005.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
For the Council
The President
J. STRAW
(1) OJ C 158, 15.6.2004, p. 3.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 February 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Council Decision of 6 June 2005.
(3) OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
(4) OJ L 86, 27.3.2001, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 86, 27.3.2001, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 92, 2.4.2001, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.
ANNEX
PART (A)
Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 is amended as follows:
Scope
The text under heading (a) (Scope) is replaced by the following:
‘This Annex applies to all activities listed in Sections C to E of NACE, or as the case may be, to all products listed in Sections C to E of the CPA.’
List of variables
The text under heading (c) (List of variables) is hereby amended as follows:
1. | the following variable is added to paragraph 1:
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2. | paragraph (2) is replaced by the following:
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3. | paragraph (9) is replaced by the following:
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4. | the following paragraph is added:
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Form
The text under heading (d) (Form) is replaced by the following:
‘1. | All of the variables are to be transmitted in unadjusted form, if available. |
2. | In addition, the production variable (No 110) and the hours-worked variable (No 220) are to be transmitted in working-day adjusted form. Wherever other variables show working-day effects, Member States may also transmit those variables in working-day adjusted form. The list of variables to be transmitted in working-day adjusted form may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. |
3. | In addition, Member States may transmit the variables seasonally adjusted and may also transmit the variables in the form of trend cycles. Only if data are not transmitted in these forms, may the Commission (Eurostat) produce and publish seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle series for these variables. |
4. | Variables Nos 110, 310, 311, 312 and 340 are to be transmitted as an index. All other variables are to be transmitted either as an index or as absolute figures.’ |
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