# Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to 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 Four, Division 3.1: Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices

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

As regards Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, the Commission should be empowered in particular to adopt rules to be followed to ensure the comparability of HICPs and to maintain and improve their reliability and relevance. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, 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 2494/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1.. in Article 3, the words ‘in Article 14’ shall be replaced by the words ‘in Article 14(2)’;
2.. the third paragraph of Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:
‘The Commission (Eurostat) shall adopt rules to be followed to ensure the comparability of HICPs. Those measures, 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 14(3).’;
3.. Article 5(3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘3. The Commission shall adopt implementing measures for this Regulation which are necessary in order to ensure the comparability of HICPs and to maintain and improve their reliability and relevance. Those measures, 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 14(3). The Commission shall request the ECB to provide an opinion on the measures which it proposes to submit to the Committee.’;
4.. in Article 8(3), the words ‘in Article 14’ shall be replaced by the words ‘in Article 14(2)’;
5.. Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Production of results
Article 9 Member States shall process the data collected in order to produce the HICP, which shall be a Laspeyres-type index, covering the categories of the Coicop international classification (classification of individual consumption by purpose), which shall be adapted by the Commission for the purposes of establishing comparable HICPs. The Commission shall determine the methods, procedures and formulae to ensure that the comparability requirements are met. 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 14(3).’;
6.. in Article 11, the words ‘in Article 14’ shall be replaced by the words ‘in Article 14(2)’;
7.. Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Committee procedure
Article 14 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom, hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down 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.’;
8.. the second paragraph of Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:
‘In those reports, the Commission shall state its views on the operation of the procedures described in Article 14 and shall propose any amendments it considers appropriate.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/596/annex/division/3/division/3.1 (the official version)
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