Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1344 of 1 August 2022 laying down the technical specifications of data requirements for the topic 'ICT usage and e-commerce' for the reference year 2023, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics⁽¹⁾, and in particular Article 7(1) and Article 17(6) thereof,

Whereas:

1. In order to produce pursuant to Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 data on the topic ICT usage and e-commerce, listed in Annex I to that Regulation, based on comparable and harmonised data, and to ensure the correct implementation of the topic ICT usage and e-commerce by the Member States, the Commission is to specify the variables, measurement units, statistical population, classifications and breakdowns, as well as data transmission deadlines for that data.

2. Pursuant to point (a) of Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 Member States are required to provide quality and metadata reports for data transmitted under that Regulation. It is therefore necessary to establish the deadlines for submission of those reports.

3. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

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