
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 3 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. In order to take account of changes in the Customs Code and provisions deriving from international conventions, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a adapting the list of customs procedures or customs-approved treatment or use referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article.';
((b)) in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a relating to specific goods or movements and to different or specific provisions applicable to them.';
((c)) in paragraph 4, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a relating to the exclusion of goods or movements from external trade statistics.';
((d)) the following paragraph is added:
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5. When exercising the powers delegated in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden on the Member States or on the respondents.';
((2)) in Article 4, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
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5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a relating to the data collection referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Article. When exercising those powers, the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden on the Member States or on the respondents.';
((3)) Article 5 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a relating to further specification of the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
2a. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating to the codes and their format to be used in respect of the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).';
((b)) in paragraph 4, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a relating to those limited sets of data.';
((c)) the following paragraph is added:
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5. When exercising the powers delegated in paragraphs 2 and 4, the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden on the Member States or on the respondents.';
((4)) Article 6 is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 2, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating to the linking of the data and the statistics to be compiled.Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).';
((b)) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Every two years Member States shall compile annual statistics on trade broken down by invoicing currency.Member States shall compile the statistics using a representative sample of records on imports and exports from customs declarations which contain the data on the invoicing currency. If the invoicing currency for exports is not available on the customs declaration, a survey shall be carried out to collect the required data.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a relating to the level of aggregation for partner countries, goods and currencies. When exercising those powers, the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden on the Member States or on the respondents.';
((5)) Article 8 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the statistics referred to in Article 6(1) no later than 40 days after the end of each monthly reference period. Member States shall ensure that the statistics contain information on all imports and exports in the reference period in question, making adjustments where records are not available.Where the statistics transmitted are subject to revisions, Member States shall transmit the revised results no later than the last day of the month following the date on which the revised data became available.Member States shall include in the results transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) any statistical information which is confidential.The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating to the uniform technical specifications for the content and coverage of the transmitted statistics. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).';
((b)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. The statistics on trade by business characteristics referred to in Article 6(2) shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) within 18 months of the end of the reference year.The statistics on trade broken down by invoicing currency referred to in Article 6(3) shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) within three months of the end of the reference year.';
((6)) the following Article is inserted:
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Article 10a 

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), (3) and (4), 4(5), 5(2) and (4), and 6(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 20 October 2016. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 3(2), (3) and (4), 4(5), 5(2) and (4), and 6(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 3(2), (3) and (4), 4(5), 5(2) and (4), and 6(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of three months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by three months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.';
((7)) Article 11 is replaced by the following:
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Article 11 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall not affect the procedures for the adoption of measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 that have been initiated but not completed before the entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
...Done at Strasbourg, 14 September 2016.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
I. KORČOK