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Official Journal of the European Union
6.11.2013
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1093/2013
of 4 November 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 as regards the simplification within the Intrastat
system and the collection of Intrastat information
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
No 3590/92 ( 2 ) lays down the arrangements for the
collection of Intrastat information. While Member
States have to send Eurostat their monthly results by
statistical value, they are limited in the practical
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
arrangements for its collection. An overall coherent
Union,
approach to the collection of Intrastat information
should be provided for and the collection arrangements
in terms of the statistical value should be streamlined.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on
Community statistics relating to trading of goods between
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Member States and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the
3330/91 ( 1 ) and in particular Articles 9(1) and 10(3) thereof,
statistics on the trading of goods between Member States,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
638/2004
established
a
common
framework for the systematic production of
Article 1
Community statistics relating to the trading of goods
In Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 ‘95 %’ is
between Member States.
replaced by ‘93 %’.
(2) Following
technical
and
economic
developments,
the
established minimum coverage rate for arrivals could
Article 2
be adapted while maintaining statistics which meet the
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 is replaced by
quality indicators and standards in force. This simplifi
the following:
cation will allow reducing the response burden on the
parties responsible for providing statistical information,
particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. The
coverage rate for arrivals should, therefore, be reduced
‘2. Additionally,
Member
States
may
also
collect
the
from 95 % to 93 %.
statistical value of the goods, as defined in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 638/2004.’
(3) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1982/2004 of
18 November 2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No
Article 3
638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council on Community statistics relating to the trading
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
of goods between Member States and repealing
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
Commission Regulations (EC) No 1901/2000 and (EEC)
European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 343, 19.11.2004, p. 3.

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European
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 November 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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