Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007of 14 June 2007amending Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS)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 statisticsOJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1)., and in particular Article 3 and Article 17(c) thereof,Whereas:(1)The definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS) laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/2001OJ L 86, 27.3.2001, p. 11. is based on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE)OJ L 293, 24.10.1990, p. 1..(2)A new version of NACE (NACE Rev. 2) was introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006, which also specifies that short-term statistics governed by Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 shall be produced in accordance with NACE Rev. 2 from 1 January 2009 onwards.(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: