COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/570

of 10 March 2023

granting derogations to certain Member States from the application of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the economic accounts for agriculture

(notified under document C(2023) 1562)

(Only the Italian, Polish, Slovenian and Spanish texts are authentic)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (1), and in particular Article 4b(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	In accordance with Article 4b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia submitted requests for derogation by 21 August 2022.

(2)

The information that those Member States provided to the Commission indicates that the requests of the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia are justified by the need for major adaptations in their national statistical systems as regards implementation of the transmission programme of data for regional economic accounts for agriculture, as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004.

(3)	The requested derogations should therefore be granted to the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia.

(4)	The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The derogations from Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be granted to the Member States listed therein.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovenia.

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 33, 5.2.2004, p. 1.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).

ANNEX

Provision concerned

Member State

Derogation period granted

Reference years covered by derogation

Scope of the derogation

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004

Kingdom of Spain

2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)

2021, 2022

Transmission of 7 variables:

—	Item 32.1 (GFCF in plantations);

—	Item 32.2 (GFCF in animals);

—	Item 33.1 (GFCF in materials);

—	Item 33.3 (Other GFCF);

—	Item 36 (Changes in inventories);

—	Item 37.1 (Investment grants);

—	Item 37.2 (Other capital transfers).

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004

Italian Republic

2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)

2021, 2022

Transmission of variables according to terminology of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 from Item 21 (fixed capital consumption) to Item 37 (capital transfers).

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004

Republic of Poland

2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)

2021, 2022

Transmission of all variables that are listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 regarding REAA.

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004

Republic of Slovenia

2 years (30 Sep. 2023-29 Sep. 2025)

2021, 2022

Transmission of all variables that are listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 regarding REAA.