16. 9. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 252/33 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 3 September 1997 on changes to the Member States’ GNP estimates for the purpose of implementing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom on the harmonization of the compilation of gross national product at market prices (Text with EEA relevance) (97/619/EC, Euratom) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Having regard to Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom of 13 February 1989 on the harmonization of the com- pilation of gross national product at market prices ('), Whereas it is necessary to ensure the comparability, re- liability and exhaustiveness of gross national product at market prices; Whereas the achievement of these objectives makes it necessary to set up deadlines for the transmission of any changes to GNP estimates on the points notified before the implementation of this decision, pursuant to the last sentence of Article 10 (8) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89 of 29 May 1989 implementing Decision 88/376/EEC, Euratom on the system of the Communities’ own resources (3, in order to enable the Commission to give an opinion on these points; Whereas the list of the work which remains to be carried out by Member States, given at annexes A and B, concerns the reservations which have not yet been offi- cially lifted by the Commission, even though some of the related work has been completed and the results transmitted to the Commission; () OJ L 49, 21. 2. 1989, p. 26. () O L 155, 7. 6. 1989, p. 1. Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee es- tablished by Article 6 of Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The deadlines for the transmission, to the Commission, of any changes to GNP estimates or any additional metho- dological information showing clearly that the reserva- tions concerned are no longer relevant, on the points notified before the implementation of this Decision, pursuant to the last sentence of Article 10 (8) of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89, and of the related information, is fixed for 1st October 1998. The points which have been notified are listed in annexes A and B to this Decision. The modifications made by Member States shall be trans- mitted to the Commission with all the necessary sup- porting calculations and explanations. However for Austria, Finland and Sweden the deadline for the transmission of changes concerning the notified points listed in annexes A and B is Ist October 1999. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 September 1997. For the Commission Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY Member of the Commission