No L 296/8 Official journal of the European Communities 21. 11. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2214/96 of 20 November 1996 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices: transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices ('), Whereas, by virtue of Article 5 (1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, each member State is required to produce a harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) starting with the index for January 1997; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 requires Member States to process the data collected in order to produce the HICP covering the categories of Coicop (classification of individual consumption by purpose); whereas these categories need to be adapted; Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 requires that the HICP and corresponding sub-indices shall be published by the Commission (Eurostat), whereas these sub-indices need to be specified; Whereas implementing measures are necessary for en- suring comparability of HICPs in accordance with Article S (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee (SPC), established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (*); Whereas the European Monetary Institute has been consulted in accordance with Article § (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 and has given a positive opinion, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Aim The aim of this Regulation is to establish the sub-indices of the harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) which each month shall be produced by the Member States, and transmitted to and disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat). () OJ No L 257, 27. 10. 1995, p. 1. () O] No L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47. Article 2 Definitions For the purpose of this Regulation, a ‘sub-index of the HICP’ is defined as a price index for any of the categories of expenditure listed in Annex I and illustrated in Annex II to this Regulation. These are based on the Coicop/ HICP classification (classification of individual consump- tion by purpose adapted to the needs of HICPs)(%). ‘Dis- semination’ refers to the release of data in any format. Article 3 Production and transmission of sub-indices Member States shall produce and transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) each month all sub-indices (Annex I) which have a weight accounting for more than one part in a thousand of the total expenditure covered by the HICP (). Together with the index for January 1997 Member States shall also transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) corresponding weighting information, and thereafter whenever the weighting structure is changed. Article 4 Dissemination of sub-indices The Commission (Eurostat) shall disseminate sub-indices of the HICPs for the categories listed in Annex I to this Regulation taking 1996 = 100. Article 5 Quality control Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat), at its request, with information on the allocation of goods and services to the categories of expenditure of Annex I and I sufficient to evaluate compliance with this Regu- lation. Article 6 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 of 9 September 1996 on initial implementing measures for Coun- cil Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonized in- dices of consumer prices (O] No L 229, 10. 9. 1996, p. 3). (9 In accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1749/96.