Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 — European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices
It sets out a common system for developing, producing and disseminating comparable European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices for final non-household and household customers in the EU.
It repeals and replaces Directive 2008/92/EC.
Data sources, coverage and transmission
EU countries must compile data on:
The data may be collected from one or more of the following sources:
EU countries must take into account in the data collection process the principles of reducing the burden on respondents and of simplifying administration.
Compilation must be done in accordance with the methodology laid down in the regulation’s Annex I (natural gas prices) and Annex II (Electricity prices). These data must be sent to the European Commission (Eurostat) on an annual or a bi-annual basis.
EU countries are not be obliged to transmit data on natural gas prices for household customers if the consumption of natural gas in the household sector accounts for less than 1.5% of national final energy consumption in the household sector.
Quality assessment and reports
Every 3 years, EU countries must submit to Eurostat a standard quality report on the data in accordance with the criteria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 — European statistics — and in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/803. Eurostat then assesses the quality of the data provided and uses that assessment and an analysis of the quality reports in order to prepare and publish a report on the quality of European statistics covered by this regulation.
Committee
The Commission (Eurostat) is assisted and advised by the European Statistical System Committee, a committee composed of representatives from EU countries and chaired by the Commission.
It has applied since 7 December 2016.
High-quality, comparable, up-to-date, reliable and harmonised data on natural gas and electricity prices charged to final customers are needed in order to draft energy union policy and to monitor EU countries’ energy markets.
Until this regulation came into force, data on natural gas and electricity prices charged to final customers in the household sector had been collected on the basis of a voluntary agreement.
For more information, see:
Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices and repealing Directive 2008/92/EC (OJ L 311, 17.11.2016, pp. 1-12)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/803 of 17 May 2019 concerning the technical requirements regarding the content of quality reports on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 132, 20.5.2019, pp. 23-27)
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, pp. 164-173)
Subsequent amendments to Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 have been incorporated in the basic text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, pp. 1-62)
See consolidated version.
last update 05.09.2018