Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1470 of 12 October 2020 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the European statistics on international trade in goods and on the geographical breakdown for other business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular point (d) of Article 7(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) For the detailed topics listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, Member States shall compile data relevant to each detailed topic. The Commission should further specify the classifications (including the product, countries and territories as well as nature of transaction lists) and breakdowns.

(2) The alphabetical coding of countries and territories should be based on the current version of standard ISO 3166 alpha 2, insofar as that standard is compatible with the requirements of Union legislation and the Union’s statistical requirements.

(3) The geographical breakdown of European business statistics other than European statistics on international trade in goods may be less detailed and contain small differences from the nomenclature of countries and territories for the European statistics on international trade in goods.

(4) As Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 repeals Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), this Regulation should replace Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 (3).

(5) 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

The nomenclature of countries and territories for the European statistics on international trade in goods that shall be valid as from 1 January 2021 is set out in Annex I.

Article 2

The geographical breakdowns required for European business statistics other than European statistics on international trade in goods is set out in Annex II.

Article 3

Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2021.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2020.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 1).

(2) Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23).

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).