Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/125 of 19 November 2021 amending Annexes I to V to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts (Text with EEA relevance)

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/125 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Article 1

Annexes I to V to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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 .

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annexes I to V to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 are amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) Section 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Section 3 LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS Member States shall produce statistics on the emissions of the following air pollutants: Name Symbol Reporting unit Carbon dioxide without emissions from biomass CO 2 1 000 tonnes (Gg) Carbon dioxide from biomass Biomass CO 2 1 000 tonnes (Gg) Nitrous oxide N 2 O tonnes (Mg) Methane CH 4 tonnes (Mg) Perfluorocarbons PFCs tonnes (Mg) CO 2 -equivalents Hydrofluorocarbons HFCs tonnes (Mg) CO 2 -equivalents Sulphur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride SF 6 NF 3 tonnes (Mg) CO 2 -equivalents Nitrogen oxides NOX tonnes (Mg) NO 2 -equivalents Non-methane volatile organic compounds NMVOCs tonnes (Mg) Carbon monoxide CO tonnes (Mg) Particulate matter < 10 μm PM10 tonnes (Mg) Particulate matter < 2,5 μm PM2,5 tonnes (Mg) Sulphur oxides SO X tonnes (Mg) SO 2 -equivalents Ammonia NH 3 tonnes (Mg) All data shall be reported to one decimal place.’; (b) Section 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Section 5 REPORTING TABLES 1. For each of the characteristics referred to in Section 3, data shall be produced by a hierarchical classification of economic activities, NACE Rev. 2 (A*64 aggregation level), fully compatible with ESA 95. In addition, data shall be produced for: — Household air emissions, — Bridging items, by which is meant reporting items which clearly reconcile the differences between the air emissions accounts reported under this Regulation and those data reported in official national air emission inventories. 2. The hierarchical classification referred to in paragraph 1 is as follows: Air emissions by industry – NACE Rev. 2 (A*64) Household air emissions — Transport — Heating/cooling — Other Bridging items Total air emission accounts (production activities + households) for each of the characteristics referred to in Section 3 Less national residents abroad — National fishing vessels operating abroad — Land transport — Water transport — Air transport Plus non-residents on the territory + Land transport + Water transport + Air transport (+ or –) Other adjustments and statistical discrepancies = Total emissions of pollutant X as reported to UNFCCC ( 1 ) /CLRTAP ( 2 ) ’; (2) in Annex II, Sections 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘Section 3 LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS Member States shall produce statistics on environmentally related taxes according to the following characteristics: — energy taxes, — transport taxes, — pollution taxes, — resource taxes, Member States shall also report, as a distinct characteristic, government tax revenue recorded in the European System of Accounts in relation to their participation in the EU Emissions Trading System. Member States shall also report, as a distinct characteristic, other environmentally related taxes which have been included in total energy, transport, pollution or resource taxes and are levied on carbon content of fuels (other CO 2 taxes). All data shall be reported in million national currency. Section 4 FIRST REFERENCE YEAR, FREQUENCY AND TRANSMISSION DEADLINES 1. Statistics shall be compiled and transmitted on a yearly basis. 2. Statistics shall be transmitted within 16 months of the end of the reference year. This applies from the reference year 2020. 3. In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-27 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2. 4. The first reference year is the year 2020. 5. In each data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n-4, n-3, n-2, n-1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide any available data for the years preceding 2016.’; (3) in Annex III, Sections 4 and 5 are replaced by the following: ‘Section 4 FIRST REFERENCE YEAR, FREQUENCY AND TRANSMISSION DEADLINES 1. Statistics shall be compiled and transmitted on a yearly basis. 2. Statistics shall be transmitted within 16 months of the end of the reference year. This applies from the reference year 2021. 3. In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-27 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2. 4. The first reference year is 2021. 5. In each data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n-4, n-3, n-2, n-1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide any available data for the years preceding 2017. Section 5 REPORTING TABLES Data, expressed in mass units, shall be produced for the characteristics listed in the following tables. Table A – Domestic extraction MF.1 Biomass MF.1.1 Crops (excluding fodder crops) MF.1.1.1 Cereals MF.1.1.2 Roots, tubers MF.1.1.3 Sugar crops MF.1.1.4 Pulses MF.1.1.5 Nuts MF.1.1.6 Oil-bearing crops MF.1.1.7 Vegetables MF.1.1.8 Fruits MF.1.1.9 Fibres MF.1.1.A Other crops (excluding fodder crops) n.e.c. MF.1.2 Crop residues (used), fodder crops and grazed biomass MF.1.2.1 Crop residues (used) MF.1.2.1.1 Straw MF.1.2.1.2 Other crop residues (sugar and fodder beet leaves, etc.) MF.1.2.2 Fodder crops and grazed biomass MF.1.2.2.1 Fodder crops (including biomass harvest from grassland) MF.1.2.2.2 Grazed biomass MF.1.3 Wood MF.1.3.1 Timber (industrial roundwood) MF.1.3.2 Wood fuel and other extraction MF.1.4 Wild fish catch, aquatic plants and animals, hunting and gathering MF.1.4.1 Wild fish catch MF.1.4.2 All other aquatic animals and plants MF.1.4.3 Hunting and gathering MF.2 Metal ores (gross ores) MF.2.1 Iron MF.2.2 Non-ferrous metal MF.2.2.1 Copper MF.2.2.2 Nickel MF.2.2.3 Lead MF.2.2.4 Zinc MF.2.2.5 Tin MF.2.2.6 Gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals MF.2.2.7 Bauxite and other aluminium MF.2.2.8 Uranium and thorium MF.2.2.9 Other non-ferrous metals MF.3 Non-metallic minerals MF.3.1 Marble, granite, sandstone, porphyry, basalt, other ornamental or building stone (excluding slate) MF.3.2 Chalk and dolomite MF.3.3 Slate MF.3.4 Chemical and fertiliser minerals MF.3.5 Salt MF.3.6 Limestone and gypsum MF.3.7 Clays and kaolin MF.3.8 Sand and gravel MF.3.9 Other non-metallic minerals n.e.c. MF.3.A Excavated earthen materials (including soil), only if used (optional reporting) MF.4 Fossil energy materials/carriers MF.4.1 Coal and other solid energy materials/carriers MF.4.1.1 Lignite (brown coal) MF.4.1.2 Hard coal MF.4.1.3 Oil shale and tar sands MF.4.1.4 Peat MF.4.2 Liquid and gaseous energy materials/carriers MF.4.2.1 Crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (NGL) MF.4.2.2 Natural gas Tables B (Imports – Total trade) and D (Exports – Total trade) MF.1 Biomass MF.1.1 Crops (excluding fodder crops) MF.1.1.1 Cereals MF.1.1.2 Roots, tubers MF.1.1.3 Sugar crops MF.1.1.4 Pulses MF.1.1.5 Nuts MF.1.1.6 Oil-bearing crops MF.1.1.7 Vegetables MF.1.1.8 Fruits MF.1.1.9 Fibres MF.1.1.A Other crops (excluding fodder crops) n.e.c. MF.1.2 Crop residues (used), fodder crops and grazed biomass MF.1.2.1 Crop residues (used) MF.1.2.1.1 Straw MF.1.2.1.2 Other crop residues (sugar and fodder beet leaves, etc.) MF.1.2.2 Fodder crops and grazed biomass MF.1.2.2.1 Fodder crops (including biomass harvest from grassland) MF.1.3 Wood MF.1.3.1 Timber (industrial roundwood) MF.1.3.2 Wood fuel and other extraction MF.1.4 Wild fish catch, aquatic plants and animals, hunting and gathering MF.1.4.1 Wild fish catch MF.1.4.2 All other aquatic animals and plants MF.1.5 Live animals and animal products (excluding wild fish, aquatic plants and animals, hunted and gathered animals) MF.1.5.1 Live animals (excluding wild fish, aquatic plants and animals, hunted and gathered animals) MF.1.5.2 Meat and meat preparations MF.1.5.3 Dairy products, birds, eggs and honey MF.1.5.4 Other products from animals (animal fibres, skins, furs, leather, etc.) MF.1.6 Products mainly from biomass MF.2 Metal ores (gross ores) MF.2.1 Iron MF.2.2 Non-ferrous metal MF.2.2.1 Copper MF.2.2.2 Nickel MF.2.2.3 Lead MF.2.2.4 Zinc MF.2.2.5 Tin MF.2.2.6 Gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals MF.2.2.7 Bauxite and other aluminium MF.2.2.8 Uranium and thorium MF.2.2.9 Other non-ferrous metals MF.2.3 Products mainly from metals MF.3 Non-metallic minerals MF.3.1 Marble, granite, sandstone, porphyry, basalt, other ornamental or building stone (excluding slate) MF.3.2 Chalk and dolomite MF.3.3 Slate MF.3.4 Chemical and fertiliser minerals MF.3.5 Salt MF.3.6 Limestone and gypsum MF.3.7 Clays and kaolin MF.3.8 Sand and gravel MF.3.9 Other non-metallic minerals n.e.c. MF.3.B Products mainly from non-metallic minerals MF.4 Fossil energy materials/carriers MF.4.1 Coal and other solid energy materials/carriers MF.4.1.1 Lignite (brown coal) MF.4.1.2 Hard coal MF.4.1.3 Oil shale and tar sands MF.4.1.4 Peat MF.4.2 Liquid and gaseous energy materials/carriers MF.4.2.1 Crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (NGL) MF.4.2.2 Natural gas MF.4.2.3 Fuels bunkered (Imports: by resident units abroad; Exports: by non-resident units domestically) MF.4.2.3.1 Fuel for land transport MF.4.2.3.2 Fuel for water transport MF.4.2.3.3 Fuel for air transport MF.4.3 Products mainly from fossil energy products MF.5 Other products MF.6 Waste for final treatment and disposal’; (4) in Annex IV, Sections 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following: ‘Section 3 LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS Member States shall produce environmental protection expenditure accounts according to the following characteristics which are defined in accordance with ESA: — output of environmental protection services. Market output, non-market output and output of ancillary activities are distinguished, — intermediate consumption of environmental protection services — intermediate consumption of environmental protection services for production of environmental protection services, — imports and exports of environmental protection services, — valued added tax (VAT) and other taxes less subsidies on products on environmental protection services, — gross fixed capital formation and acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets for the production of environmental protection services, — final consumption of environmental protection services, — environmental protection transfers (received/paid). All data shall be reported in million national currency. Section 4 FIRST REFERENCE YEAR, FREQUENCY AND TRANSMISSION DEADLINES 1. Statistics shall be compiled and transmitted on a yearly basis. 2. Statistics shall be transmitted within 24 months of the end of the reference year. This applies from the reference year 2020. 3. In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-28 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2. 4. The first reference year is 2020. 5. In each data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n – 2, n – 1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide any available data for the years preceding 2018. Section 5 REPORTING TABLES 1. For the characteristics referred to in Section 3, data shall be reported in a breakdown by: — type of producers/consumers of environmental protection services as defined in Section 2, — classes of the classification of environmental protection activities (CEPA) grouped as follows: — CEPA 1 — CEPA 2 — CEPA 3 — CEPA 4 — CEPA 5 — CEPA 6 — Sum of CEPA 7, CEPA 8 and CEPA 9 — The following NACE breakdowns for the ancillary production of environmental protection services: NACE Rev. 2 B, C, D, Division 36. Data for section C shall be presented as follows: — NACE C10-C12 – Manufacture of food products; beverages and tobacco products — NACE C17 – Manufacture of paper and paper products — NACE C19-20 – Manufacture of coke, chemicals and refined petroleum and chemical products — NACE C 21-23 – Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, rubber, plastic and other non-metallic products — NACE C 24 – Manufacture of basic metals — NACE C 25-30 – Manufacture of fabricated metal products, including machinery and equipment — NACE C13-16, 18, 31-33 – other manufacturing activities Member States where the total amount of the turnover or the number of persons employed in one or more of these NACE breakdowns represents less than 1 % of the Union total do not need to provide data for those NACE breakdowns. 2. The CEPA classes referred to in point 1 are as follows: CEPA 1 – Protection of ambient air and climate CEPA 2 – Wastewater management CEPA 3 – Waste management CEPA 4 – Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water CEPA 5 – Noise and vibration abatement CEPA 6 – Protection of biodiversity and landscapes CEPA 7 – Protection against radiation CEPA 8 – Environmental research and development CEPA 9 – Other environmental protection activities.’; (5) in Annex V, Sections 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following: ‘Section 3 LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS Member States shall produce statistics on the environmental goods and services sector according to the following characteristics: — output of the total environmental goods and services sector and of market activities, — exports of the total environmental goods and services sector, — value added of the total environmental goods and services sector and of market activities, — employment in the total environmental goods and services sector and of market activities. All data shall be reported in million national currency, except for the characteristic “employment” for which the reporting unit shall be “full time equivalent”. Section 4 FIRST REFERENCE YEAR, FREQUENCY AND TRANSMISSION DEADLINES 1. Statistics shall be compiled and transmitted on a yearly basis. 2. Statistics shall be transmitted within 22 months of the end of the reference year. This applies from the reference year 2020. 3. In order to meet user needs for complete and timely datasets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce, as soon as sufficient country data becomes available, estimates for the EU-28 totals for the main aggregates of this module. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, wherever possible, produce and publish estimates for data that have not been transmitted by Member States within the deadline specified in point 2. 4. The first reference year is 2020. 5. In each data transmission to the Commission, Member States shall provide annual data for the years n – 2, n – 1 and n, where n is the reference year. Member States may provide any available data for the years preceding 2018. Section 5 REPORTING TABLES 1. For the characteristics referred to in Section 3, data shall be reported cross-classified by: — classification of economic activities, NACE Rev. 2 grouped as follows: — NACE A — NACE B — NACE C — NACE D — NACE E — NACE F — NACE J — NACE M — NACE O — NACE P — Sum of NACE G+NACE H+NACE I+NACE K+NACE L+ NACE N+NACE Q+NACE R+ NACE S + NACE T + NACE U — classes of the classification of environmental protection activities (CEPA) and the classification of resource management activities (CReMA) grouped as follows: — CEPA 1 — CEPA 2 — CEPA 3 — CEPA 4 — CEPA 5 — CEPA 6 — Sum of CEPA 7, CEPA 8 and CEPA 9 — CReMA 10 — CReMA 11 — CReMA 13 — CReMA 13A — CReMA 13B — CReMA 13C — CReMA 14 — Sum of CReMA 12, CReMA 15 and CReMA 16 2. The CEPA classes referred to in point 1 are as set out in Annex IV. The CReMA classes referred to in point 1 are as follows: CReMA 10 – Management of water CReMA 11 – Management of forest resources CReMA 12 – Management of wild flora and fauna CReMA 13 – Management of energy resources: CReMA 13A – Production of energy from renewable resources CReMA 13B – Heat/energy saving and management CReMA 13C – Minimisation of the use of fossil energy as raw materials CReMA 14 – Management of minerals CReMA 15 – Research and development activities for resource management CReMA 16 – Other resource management activities.’. ( 1 ) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. ( 2 ) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.

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