ANNEX

5.EUROSTAT

5.5.Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community(1)

As regards Regulation (EC) No 138/2004, the Commission should be empowered to update the methodology of the economic accounts for agriculture (EAA) in the Community, the list of variables and the time limits for the transmission of data for these accounts. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004, 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 138/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 2(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.The EAA methodology shall be updated by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 4(2).’;

2.

Article 3(3) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3.The Commission shall update the list of variables and the time limits for the transmission of data set out in Annex II. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 4(2).’;

3.

Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘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.’;

(b)

paragraph 3 shall be deleted.