Commission Regulation (EC) No 294/2007
of 20 February 2007
establishing for 2006 the ‘Prodcom list’ of industrial products provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 on the establishment of a Community survey of industrial production(1), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 requires Member States to carry out a Community survey of industrial production.
(2) The survey of industrial production must be based on a list of products identifying the industrial production to be surveyed.
(3) A list of products is necessary to permit alignment between production statistics and external trade statistics and to afford comparison with the Community product nomenclature CPA.
(4) The list of products required by Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91, referred to as the ‘Prodcom list’, is common to all Member States, and is necessary in order to compare data across Member States.
(5) The Prodcom list needs to be updated; it is therefore necessary to establish the list for 2006.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
OJ L 374, 31.12.1991, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).