# 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 5.8: Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 on the compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector

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

As regards Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005, the Commission should be empowered to establish timetables and the breakdown of transactions, to adjust the time of data transmission, to adjust the proportion of the Community total and to define common quality standards. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005, 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, Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 is hereby amended as follows:
1.. Article 2 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
‘2. A timetable for the transmission of items P.1, P.2, D.42, D.43, D.44, D.45, and B.4G, and any decision to require a breakdown of the transactions listed in the Annex by counterpart sector, 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 8(3). Any such decision shall not be adopted before the Commission has reported to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation pursuant to Article 9.’;
(b) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
‘4. The Commission may adjust, by a maximum of five days, the time of transmission specified in paragraph 3. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(3).’;
2.. Article 3(3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘3. The Commission may adjust the proportion (1 %) of the Community total referred to in paragraph 1. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(3).’;
3.. Article 6(1) shall be replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that the quality of transmitted data improves over time to meet common quality standards to be defined by the Commission. Measures establishing those common quality standards, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(3).’;
4.. Article 7 shall be deleted;
5.. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Committee procedure
Article 8 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. 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/5.8 (the official version)
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