1.Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data set out in the Annex within the time limits specified for each table.
2.The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 8a, to amend the transmission tables set out in the Annex.
Those delegated acts shall not amend the frequency of reporting and deadlines or impose a significant additional burden on Member States or on the respondents.
The Commission shall duly justify the statistical actions provided for in those delegated acts, using, where appropriate, input from relevant experts based on a cost-effectiveness analysis, including an assessment of the burden on the respondents and of the production costs, as referred to in point (c) of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 11.