Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1225

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics^note, and in particular Articles 5(5) and 7(1) thereof,Whereas:

(1)It is necessary to specify the arrangements for the data exchange of statistical information related to exports and imports of goods to be provided by the customs and tax authorities of each Member State to the competent National Statistical Authorities (NSAs).

(2)Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 sets out the exchange of microdata from customs declarations between the NSAs of the Member States for statistical purposes, in order to produce harmonised statistics on international trade in goods and to improve the quality of those statistics. It is necessary to specify the arrangements for this exchange of microdata between the NSAs, to define its scope, to list the microdata to be exchanged and to establish the format, the security measures and the procedure for exchanging these data.

(3)It is necessary to amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197^note as regards the first reference period for the application of the definition of the Member State of extra-Union export, deferring its application by two years. This is to ensure that NSAs are capable of identifying goods in quasi-export and determining the Member State of actual export coherently, with the help of the microdata to be exchanged, and to enable NSAs to assure the quality of the statistics produced.

(4)It is also necessary to amend Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 as regards the obligations of importers and exporters to assist NSAs in clarifying data quality issues.

(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, established by Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note,

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