Regulation (EU) 2023/734 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union and repealing 11 legal acts in the field of national accounts (Text with EEA relevance)

‘1 In so far as a national statistical system necessitates major adaptations for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/734 of the European Parliament and of the Council , the Commission shall grant temporary derogations to Member States by means of implementing acts, for a maximum duration of three years. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation.

‘3 For the purposes set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Member States concerned shall present a duly justified request to the Commission not later than 26 July 2023.’

The legal acts set out in Annex III are repealed.

By 31 March 2024, the Commission (Eurostat) shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report evaluating the progress made on the statistical accounts of the institutions and bodies of the Union, including on the ESA 2010 net lending / net borrowing and the outstanding Maastricht debt liabilities. Based on that report, the Commission may submit, if appropriate, a legislative proposal.

1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2 This Regulation shall apply from 1 September 2024.

3 By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of this Article, Article 1, point (3), of this Regulation shall, as regards the obligation to transmit metadata on structural information referred to in paragraph 10 of Annex B to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, apply from 1 September 2025.

4 By way of derogation from paragraph 3 of this Article, the obligation to transmit metadata on structural information referred to in paragraph 10 of Annex B to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 shall, as regards table 27 of that Annex, apply from 1 September 2024.