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European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (ESA 2010)

2010/0374(COD)

The Commission presented a report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission by Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union.

As a reminder, Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 confers on the Commission the power to adopt delegated acts for a period of five years from 16 July 2013.

With this report, the Commission fulfils the obligation to prepare a report on the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period.

Exercise of the delegation: the Commission indicates that over the last five years it has adopted two delegated acts:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/1342 amending the methodology for the classification of products by activity (CPA) which was deemed necessary as a result of the revision of the CPA referred to in ESA 2010: through these amendments, the Delegated Regulation has ensured the harmonised interpretation and international comparability of statistical standards.

The Commission adopted Delegated Regulation on 22 April 2015 and notified the European Parliament and the Council. Neither the European Parliament nor the Council issued any objections to the Delegated Regulation. It was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 August 2015 and entered into force on 24 August 2015.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/1365 on the transmission format for research and development expenditure data to be recorded as gross fixed capital formation: the Delegated Regulation  sets out the format in which the national accounts research and development expenditure data must be transmitted by Member States to the Commission (Eurostat) to ensure the reliability and comparability of those data. The requirements apply to data transmitted from 1 August 2015.

On 30 April 2015, the Commission adopted the Delegated Regulation and notified the European Parliament and the Council. Neither the European Parliament nor the Council issued any objections to the Delegated Regulation. It was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 August 2015 and entered into force on 28 August 2015.