Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1342 of 22 April 2015 amending the methodology for the classification of products by activity given in Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European System of national and regional accounts in the European Union (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The European system of accounts set up by Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (ESA 2010) is a system of national and regional accounts designed to meet the requirements of the Unions economic, social and regional policy.

(2) The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), which provides for a classification of products by activity (CPA), was adopted to reflect the Union's requirements in the area of statistics. It was replaced by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014 (3).

(3) The references made to the classification of products by activity (CPA) in the European system of accounts (ESA 2010) should be in line with the new classification established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014.

(4) Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 shall be amended in accordance with 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, 22 April 2015.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p. 1.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 65).

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014 of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (OJ L 336, 22.11.2014, p. 1).