European System of national and regional accounts ESA: recording taxes and social contributions

The committee adopted the recommendation for second reading (codecision procedure) by Gorka KNÖRR BORRÀS (Greens/EFA, E) approving the Council's common position for a regulation modifying the European System of Accounts (ESA 95) as concerns taxes and social contributions. The Council had taken up a key amendment adopted by Parliament at first reading stipulating that Member States could ask the Commission for a two-year transition period to bring their accounting systems into line with the regulation. �