LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1883 of 9 July 2024 laying down the technical specifications of data requirements and the deadlines for submission of metadata and quality reports for the topic Information and Communication Technologies usage and e-commerce for the reference year 2025, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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 of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (1), and in particular Article 7(1) and Article 17(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The topic ‘Information and Communication Technologies (“ICT”) usage and e-commerce’ provides data required by the Digital Decade Policy Programme to monitor the Union’s digital targets for 2030, such as the Digital Intensity Indicator for the digital transformation of businesses or the take-up of cloud computing services, big data (data analytics) or artificial intelligence. It also provides information for various other Union policies related to digital performance among which ‘A Europe fit for the digital age’ policy.
(2) In order to allow to assess the quality of the data and to ensure that data on ICT usage and e-commerce are comparable and harmonised, metadata and quality reports are required to be provided before the data are released.
(3) 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
For the topic ‘ICT usage and e-commerce’, as referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data for the reference year 2025 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
The annual metadata report for the topic ‘ICT usage and e-commerce’ for the reference year 2025 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) by 31 May 2025.
The annual quality report for the topic ‘ICT usage and e-commerce’ for the reference year 2025 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) by 5 November 2025.
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.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 July 2024.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN