Commission Regulation (EU) No 91/2010 of 2 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, as regards the list of goods excluded from statistics, the communication of information by the tax administration and quality assessment
Commission Regulation (EU) No 91/2010of 2 February 2010amending Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, as regards the list of goods excluded from statistics, the communication of information by the tax administration and quality assessmentTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 1., and in particular Articles 3(5), 8(2) and 13(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 was implemented by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004OJ L 343, 19.11.2004, p. 3..(2)Access by national authorities to data available on the recapitulative VAT statements referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 should be extended to ensure the quality of statistical data.(3)The modalities and structure of the quality report referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 should be amended in order to ensure an integrated quality assurance framework in line with the European Statistics Code of PracticeCOM(2005) 217 final..(4)The list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 laying down the goods excluded from statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) should be adapted to bring it more into line with international recommendations adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission and to clarify the scope of data collected.(5)Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the statistics on the trading of goods between Member States,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: