Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1170of 13 June 2025granting 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)

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 OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/691/oj. , 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

Annex

ANNEX DEROGATIONS Member StatesDerogationEnd of derogationKingdom of BelgiumAnnex IX Module on ecosystem accounts22 December 2028Federal 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 2026Federal Republic of GermanyAnnex IX Module on ecosystem accounts30 June 2027Hellenic RepublicAnnex VII Module for Forest Accounts27 September 2027Kingdom of SpainAnnex VII Module for Forest Accounts27 September 2027Kingdom of Spain Annex IX Module for Ecosystem Accounts, section 5 reporting tables

1. Ecosystem extent accounts 23 December 2027Kingdom 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 2028French 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 2027Italian 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 2027Republic of CyprusAnnex VIII Module on environmental subsidies and similar transfers23 December 2027RomaniaAnnex IX Module on ecosystem accounts22 December 2028