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28.4.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
108/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 408/2011
of 27 April 2011
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards transmission format
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical
System Committee,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November
Article 1
2009 concerning statistics on pesticides ( 1 ), and in particular
Article 5(1) thereof,
Member States shall transmit the statistical data on the placing
on the market of pesticides as described in Annex I to Regu
lation (EC) No 1185/2009 using the statistical data and
Whereas:
metadata exchange (SDMX) format. The data shall be trans
mitted or uploaded by electronic means to the single entry
point for data at Eurostat.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
1185/2009
establishes
a
new
framework for the production of comparable European
statistics on sales and use of pesticides.
Member States shall transmit the required data conforming to
the technical specifications provided by the Commission
(2) In
accordance
with
Article
3(3)
of
Regulation
(EC) (Eurostat).
No 1185/2009, Member States are to transmit the sta-
tistical data in electronic form, in conformity with an
appropriate technical format to be adopted by the
Article 2
Commission.
The technical format for the transmission of data to the
Commission (Eurostat) is described in the Annex.
(3) In
order
to
ensure
confidentiality,
a
flag
indicating
whether the information transmitted on the substance,
Article 3
chemical class, category of product or major group is
confidential or not will be included in the transmission
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
file.
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 April 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1.

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ANNEX
Format for the transmission of statistical data on the placing on the market of pesticides
The following information shall be included in the transmission files:
Number Field Remarks
1 Country 3-alpha
code
(e.g.
FRA)
2 Year e.g.
2010
3 Major
group Codes
listed
in
Annex
III
to
Regulation
(EC) No 1185/2009, as last updated
4 Categories
of
products
5 Chemical
class
6 Substance
7
For field numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6, the quantity sold To
be
expressed
in
kilograms
of
substances
8
For field numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6, the confidentiality flag Yes/no

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