THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95, and in particular Article 6(1), Article 7(3), Article 8(3) and Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries.
(2)
It is necessary to specify the procedures for data exchange between customs authorities and national statistical authorities in order to ensure the comprehensive compilation of external trade statistics.
(3)
Provisions should be established on the compilation of monthly statistics in order to obtain harmonised and comparable results from all Member States, including rules for adjustments on delayed or incomplete records and data affected by confidentiality provisions.
(4)
In order to be able to asses the quality of the statistics transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat), implementing measures are necessary concerning the modalities and structure of the quality report.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: