Commission Regulation (EU) No 1093/2013
of 4 November 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 as regards the simplification within the Intrastat system and the collection of Intrastat information
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States.
Following technical and economic developments, the established minimum coverage rate for arrivals could be adapted while maintaining statistics which meet the quality indicators and standards in force. This simplification will allow reducing the response burden on the parties responsible for providing statistical information, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. The coverage rate for arrivals should, therefore, be reduced from 95 % to 93 %.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the statistics on the trading of goods between Member States,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 ‘95 %’ is replaced by ‘93 %’.
Article 2
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 is replaced by the following:
‘2.
Additionally, Member States may also collect the statistical value of the goods, as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 638/2004.’
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Done at Brussels, 4 November 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso