2025/1170

16.6.2025

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/1170

of 13 June 2025

granting derogations to certain Member States regarding data transmission under Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts

(notified under document C(2025) 3684)

(Only the Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Romanian and Spanish texts are authentic)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus and Romania have requested derogations due to the need for major adaptations to their national statistical systems in order to comply with Regulation (EU) No 691/2011. Those derogations should be granted for a maximum duration of 2 years to the requesting Member States.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The derogations from Regulation (EU) No 691/2011, as set out in the Annex of this Decision, are granted to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus and Romania for the respective reference periods listed therein.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus and Romania.

Done at Brussels, 13 June 2025.

For the Commission

Valdis DOMBROVSKIS

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/691/oj

ANNEX

DEROGATIONS

Member States

Derogation

End of derogation

Kingdom of Belgium

Annex IX Module on ecosystem accounts

22 December 2028

Federal Republic of Germany

Annex VIII Module on environmental subsidies and similar transfers, section 5, reporting tables, point 3.

Transfers receivable by corporations from general government grouped according to the classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2

23 December 2026

Federal Republic of Germany

Annex IX Module on ecosystem accounts

30 June 2027

Hellenic Republic

Annex VII Module for Forest Accounts

27 September 2027

Kingdom of Spain

Annex VII Module for Forest Accounts

27 September 2027

Kingdom of Spain

Annex IX Module for Ecosystem Accounts, section 5 reporting tables

1.	Ecosystem extent accounts

23 December 2027

Kingdom of Spain

Annex IX Module for Ecosystem Accounts,

section 5 reporting tables

2.	Ecosystem services accounts;

section 3 list of characteristics

3.	Ecosystem condition accounts recording ecosystem characteristics

22 December 2028

French Republic

Annex IX Module on Ecosystem accounts,

section 3

4(a) Provisioning services, pollination

4(b) Regulating and maintenance services, air filtration

4(b) Regulating and maintenance services, local climate regulation

23 December 2027

Italian Republic

Annex VII Module for forest accounts, section 5, reporting tables

1	Area of wooded land;

2	Volume of timber;

3	Value of timber.

27 September 2027

Republic of Cyprus

Annex VIII Module on environmental subsidies and similar transfers

23 December 2027

Romania

Annex IX Module on ecosystem accounts

22 December 2028

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1170/oj

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