Considerations on COM(2000)583 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 as concerns the use of ESA 95 in the determination of Member States' payments to the VAT-based own resource

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dossier COM(2000)583 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 as concerns the use of ESA 95 in the determination of Member States' ...
document COM(2000)583 EN
date February 12, 2002
 
(1) Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community(3) provides for the European System of Integrated Economic Accounts (ESA), second edition, to be used as the European system of integrated economic accounts for budgetary and own resources purposes as defined in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89(4) while Council Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom(5) remains in force.

(2) ESA second edition data are no longer available in the level of detail required for the determination of the VAT own resource.

(3) This does not affect the procedures agreed for the determination of the GNP own resource.

(4) It is advisable to use the best-available statistical data to determine Member States' budget contributions.

(5) The use of data based on the new European system of integrated economic accounts (ESA 95) for the purpose of determination of the VAT-based own resource has no impact on the level of own resources and their balance between the Member States.

(6) The Statistical Programme Committee, established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(6) has been consulted in accordance with Article 3 of that Decision.