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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1872/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/1872",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1872 of 6 October 2016 establishing for 2016 the ‘Prodcom list’ of industrial products provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1872",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1872\nof 6 October 2016\nestablishing for 2016 the ‘Prodcom list’ of industrial products provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 on the establishment of a Community survey of industrial production, and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EEC) No 3924/91 requires Member States to carry out a Community survey of industrial production.\n(2)\nThe survey of industrial production must be based on a list of products identifying the industrial production to be surveyed.\n(3)\nA list of products is necessary to permit alignment between production statistics and external trade statistics and to afford comparison with the Community product nomenclature CPA.\n(4)\nThe list of products required by Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91, referred to as the ‘Prodcom list’, is common to all Member States, and is necessary in order to compare data across Member States.\n(5)\nAs the Prodcom list needs to be updated, it is necessary to establish the list for 2016.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 374, 31.12.1991, p. 1."
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