Article 12 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1165/98

Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following:

This Regulation shall apply to all market activities in Sections B to N and P to S of the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).’.

In Article 17, the following points shall be added:

the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Rev. 2;

for time series prior to 2009, to be transmitted according to NACE Rev. 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period.’.

The Annexes shall be amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.