Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2112 of 23 November 2015 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the adaptation of the series of data following the revision of the classification of products by activity (CPA) (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2112of 23 November 2015amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the adaptation of the series of data 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(2)(e) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 establishes a common framework for the collection, compilation, 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 I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and the adaptations necessary after the revision of the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 170). lays down the series of data, the level of breakdown and the labels for products 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 I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 with regard to the level of breakdown and 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 I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 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:
Article 1Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 23 November 2015.For the CommissionThe PresidentJean-Claude JunckerANNEXAnnex I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 is amended as follows:1.In Point 1 "SERVICES", in table "Series 1E", under "Level of activity breakdown", the "Special aggregates" "HIT", "MHT", "MLT" and "LOT" are replaced by the following:"HITHigh technology manufacturing (NACE Rev.2 21 + 26 + 30.3)MHTMedium-high technology manufacturing (NACE Rev.2 20 + 25.4 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30-30.1-30.3 + 32.5)MLTMedium-low technology manufacturing (NACE Rev.2 18.2 + 19 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25-25.4 + 30.1 + 33)LOTLow technology manufacturing (NACE Rev.2 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18-18.2 + 31 + 32-32.5)".2.In point 2 "INDUSTRY", in tables series 2H, 2I, 2J and 2K, the "Activity coverage" "NACE Rev.2, sections B-E (except for NACE Rev.2 divisions 37, 38 and 39)" is replaced by "NACE Rev.2, sections B-D and division 36".3.In point 3 "DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES", in tables series 3E, 3F, 3G, 3H, 3I, 3J and 3K, the "Level of activity breakdown" "NACE Rev.2 1-digit level (Section)" is deleted.4.In point 4 "CONSTRUCTION", in table series 4G, the "level of activity breakdown""NACE Rev.2 3-digit level (Groups)NACE Rev.2 2-digit level (Division)NACE Rev.2 1-digit level (Section)"is replaced by:"NACE Rev.2. 2-digit level (Division) except for characteristics 18 31 0 and 18 32 0 for division 43NACE Rev.2 1-digit level (Section) except for characteristics 18 31 0 and 18 32 0".5.Point 8 "BUSINESS SERVICES" is amended as follows:(a)In table "Series 8A", under "Level of breakdown by product type", for the product 63 12 the label "Web portal content" is replaced by "Web portal services".(b)In table "Series 8A", under "Level of breakdown by product type", for the product 73 11 13 the label "Advertising design and concept development services" is replaced by "Advertising concept development services"(c)In table "Series 8C", under "Level of breakdown by product type", the product 70 22 4 "Trademarks and franchises" is deleted.(d)In table "Series 8E", under "Level of breakdown by product type", for the product 71 11 24 the label "Architectural advisory services" is replaced by "Building project architectural advisory services".