Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1042 of 30 June 2015 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the adaptation of the technical format following the revision of the classification of products by activity (CPA) (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1042of 30 June 2015amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the adaptation of the technical format following the revision of the classification of products by activity (CPA)(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statisticsOJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13., and in particular Article 11(1)(a) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 establishes a common framework for the collection, transmission and evaluation of European statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Union.(2)Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 65). establishes a statistical classification of products by activity (CPA), to meet the requirements of statistics in the Union.(3)Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definitions of characteristics, the technical format for the transmission of data, the double reporting requirements for NACE Rev.1.1 and NACE Rev.2 and derogations to be granted for structural business statistics (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 1). specifies the technical format and the labels for certain products for the data to be transmitted based on the CPA.(4)Following the entry into force of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014 of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (OJ L 336, 22.11.2014, p. 1). it is necessary to adapt Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 with regard to the labels for certain products for the data to be transmitted based on the CPA in order to maintain the comparability and consistency with product classification standards used at international level.(5)Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 250/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.(6)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: