Commission Regulation (EU) No 431/2014 of 24 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of annual statistics on energy consumption in households Text with EEA relevance

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (1), and in particular Article 4(3) and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 establishes a common framework for the production, transmission, evaluation and dissemination of comparable energy statistics in the Union.

(2) Energy statistics comprise a very dynamic statistical domain because of the intensive development of Union policies, technological progress and the importance of basing Union targets on energy data. Accordingly, regular updates are required in order to align its statistical scope with growing or changing needs.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 has conferred on the Commission implementing powers to amend the annexes to the Regulation.

(4) Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 requires the Commission (Eurostat), in cooperation with the Member States, to generate detailed statistics on final energy consumption and to gradually include these into the statistical scope as defined in its annexes.

(5) The Commission has developed statistics on energy consumption in households and discussed feasibility, production costs, confidentiality and reporting burden with the Member States.

(6) Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 are replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This 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, 24 April 2014.

For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, p. 1.