COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2016/1872

of 6 October 2016

establishing for 2016 the ‘Prodcom list’ of industrial products provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 on the establishment of a Community survey of industrial production (1), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 requires Member States to carry out a Community survey of industrial production.

(2) The survey of industrial production must be based on a list of products identifying the industrial production to be surveyed.

(3) A list of products is necessary to permit alignment between production statistics and external trade statistics and to afford comparison with the Community product nomenclature CPA.

(4) The list of products required by Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91, referred to as the ‘Prodcom list’, is common to all Member States, and is necessary in order to compare data across Member States.

(5) As the Prodcom list needs to be updated, it is necessary to establish the list for 2016.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Prodcom list for 2016 shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

It shall apply from 1 January 2016.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 October 2016.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

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