# Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One, Division 5.6: Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 concerning Community statistics on the information society

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

As regards Regulation (EC) No 808/2004, the Commission should be empowered to adopt measures for implementing the modules concerning elements such as the selection and specification, adjustment and modification of subjects and their characteristics and the coverage and periodicity provided for in that Regulation. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Accordingly, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Implementing measures
Article 8 1. The measures for implementing the modules of this Regulation shall concern the selection and specification, adjustment and modification of subjects and their characteristics, the coverage, reference periods and breakdowns of characteristics, the periodicity and timing of data provision and the deadlines for transmission of results.
2. The implementing measures, including adjustment and updating measures to take account of economic and technical changes, shall be adopted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9(2), taking into account Member States’ resources and the burden on respondents, technical and methodological feasibility and reliability of results.
3. Implementing measures shall be drawn up at least nine months before the start of a data collection period.
Committee procedure
Article 9 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to 4 and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1137/annex/division/5/division/5.6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1137/annex/division-5/division-5.6
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