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of 25 May 1998
on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road
(OJ L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)No 1172/98
of 25 May 1998
on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
in particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
(1) Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to it in the
context of the common transport policy, the Commission musthave atit s disposal comparable, reliable, synchronised, regularand comprehensive statistical data on the scale and developmentof the carriage of goods by road by means of vehicles registeredin the Community, and on the degree of utilisation of vehiclescarrying out this transport;
(2) Whereas Council Directive 78/546/EEC of 12 June 1978 onstatistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road, as partof regional statistics (
4) makes no provision for returns on types
of transport which were not authorised at the time when thisDirective was adopted; whereas the returns for which provision ismade supply different information for national and internationaltransport and whereas it provides no information on the degree ofutilisation of vehicles carrying out this transport;
(3) Whereas it is necessary to compile comprehensive regional statis-tics with regard to both the carriage of goods and vehicle jour-neys;
(4) Whereas it is therefore appropriate to amend the system laiddown by Directive 78/546/EEC in order to ensure the descriptionof the regional origin and destination of intra-Community trans-port on the same bases as national transport, and to provide a linkbetween the carriage of goods and vehicle journeys by measuringthe degree of utilisation of vehicles carrying out this transport;
(5) Whereas, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, thecreation of common statistical standards allowing the productionof harmonised information can be tackled efficiently only atCommunity level, while data will be collected in each MemberState under the authority of the bodies and institutions in chargeof compiling official statistics;
(6) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February1997 on Community statistics (
5) provides a reference framework
for the provisions laid down by this Regulation, in particularthose concerning access to the sources of administrative data, thecost-effectiveness of available resources and statistical confiden-tiality;
(7) Whereas communication of individual data, once rendered anony-mous, is necessary in order to estimate the overall accuracy of theresults;
(8) Whereas it is important to ensure that statistical information isadequately disseminated;
(1) OJ C 341, 11. 11. 1997, p. 9.
(2) OJ C 104, 6. 4. 1998.
(3) OJ C 95, 30. 3. 1998, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 168, 26. 6. 1978, p. 29. Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act
of Accession.
(5) OJ L 52, 22. 2. 1997, p. 1.
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(9) Whereas, during the start-up period, the Community will need to
provide the Member States with a financial contribution for theexecution of the necessary work;
(10) Whereas it is appropriate to provide for a simplified procedurefor implementing this Regulation and adapting it to economic andtechnical progress;
(11) Whereas the Statistical Programme Committee established byDecision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (
1) has been consulted in accord-
ance with Article 3 thereof; whereas it has stated that it is infavour of this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject and scope
1. Each Member State shall compile Community statistics on the
carriage of goods by road by means of goods road transport vehicleswhich are registered in that Member State, and on the journeys made bysuch vehicles.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to the carriage of goods by road
by means of:
(a) goods road transport vehicles whose authorised weight or dimen-
sions exceed the limits normally permitted in the Member Statesconcerned;
(b) agricultural vehicles, military vehicles and vehicles belonging to
central or local public administrations, with the exception of goodsroad transport vehicles belonging to public undertakings, and inparticular railway undertakings.
Each Member State may exclude from the scope of this Regulation
goods road transport vehicles whose load capacity or maximum permis-sible laden weight is lower than a certain limit. This limit may notexceed a load capacity of 3,5 tonnes or maximum permissible weight of6 tonnes in the case of single motor vehicles.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall
apply:
— ‘carriage of goods by road': all transport of goods by means of a
goods road transport vehicle,
— ‘road transport vehicle': a road vehicle fitted with an engine whence
itderives it s sole means of propulsion, which is normally used forcarrying persons or goods by road, or for drawing, on the road,vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods,
— ‘road vehicle for the transport of goods': a road vehicle designed
exclusively or primarily to carry goods (lorry, trailer, semi-trailer),
— ‘goods road transport vehicle': any single road transport vehicle
(lorry), or combination of road vehicles, namely road train (lorrywith trailer) or articulated vehicle (road tractor with semi-trailer),designed to carry goods,
— ‘lorry': a rigid road vehicle designed exclusively or primarily to
carry goods,
— ‘road tractor': a road transport vehicle designed exclusively or
primarily to haul other road vehicles which are not power-driven(mainly semi-trailers),
(1) OJ L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.
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— ‘trailer': a road vehicle for transporting goods designed to be hauled
by a road transport vehicle,
— ‘semi-trailer': a road vehicle for transporting goods with no front
axle so designed that part of the vehicle and a substantial part of itsloaded weight rest on the road tractor,
— ‘articulated vehicle': a road tractor coupled to a semi-trailer,— ‘road train': a goods road transport vehicle coupled to a trailer.
This category also includes an articulated vehicle with a further
trailer attached,
— ‘registered': the state of having been entered in a register of road
transport vehicles, kept by an official body in a Member State,whether or not the registration is accompanied by the issue of aregistration plate.
In the case of carriage by means of a combination of road transport
vehicles, namely road train (lorry with trailer) or articulated vehicle(road tractor with semi-trailer), in which the goods road vehicle(lorry or road tractor) and the trailer or semi-trailer are registered indifferent countries, the complete vehicle shall be deemed to beregistered in the country where the goods road vehicle is registered,
— ‘load capacity': maximum weight of goods declared permissible by
the competent authority of the country of registration of the vehicle.
When the goods road transport vehicle is a train made up of a lorry
with trailer, the load capacity of the train is the sum of the loadcapacities of the lorry and the trailer,
— ‘maximum permissible weight': total weight of the vehicle (or
vehicle combination) when stationary and ready for the road and ofthe weight of the load declared permissible by the competentauthority of the country of registration of the vehicle,
— ‘Eurostat': the Commission department responsible for carrying out
the tasks incumbent on that institution in the field of production ofCommunity statistics.
Article 3
Data collection
1. Member States shall compile statistical data relating to the
following areas:
(a) vehicle-related data;
(b) journey-related data;
(c) goods-related data.
2. The statistical variables in each area, their definition and the levels
within the classification used for their breakdown are provided for inthe Annexes.
3. When determining the method to be used for compiling statistical
data, Member States shall refrain from carrying out any formalities atfrontiers between Member States.
4. The data collection characteristics and the contents of the Annexes
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article10.
Article 4
Precision of results
Methods for the collection and processing of data shall be developed to
ensure that the statistical results transmitted by the Member States meetminimum standards of precision, taking account of the structural charac-teristics of road transport in the Member States. These standards shallbe laid down in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 10.
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Article 5
Transmission of results to Eurostat
1. Member States shall transmit to Eurostat every quarter duly veri-
fied individual data corresponding to the variables referred to in Article3 and listed in Annex A, without indicating the name, address orregistration number.
Such transmission shall, where appropriate, include data relating to
previous quarters for which the data transmitted were provisional.
2. The arrangements for transmitting the data referred to in paragraph
1, including, if any, the statistical tables based on those data, shall belaid down in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 10.
3. The transmission shall take place within five months of the end of
each quarterly period of observation.
The first transmission shall cover the first quarter of 1999.4. During a transitional period from 1 January 1999 until a date laid
down in accordance with paragraph 5, a Member State may use simpli-fied coding for the variables listed in Annex A, part A2, sections 3, 4, 8and 9, and in partA3, sect ions 5 and 6.
Such simplified coding shall consistof:
— for national transport: coding in accordance with Annex G,
— for international transport: a code for each country.
5. The date of expiry of the transitional period provided for in
paragraph 4 shall be fixed, in accordance with the procedure laid downin Article 10, as soon as the technical conditions exist to enable aneffective system of regional coding to be used for both national andinternational transport in accordance with Annex G, sections 1 and 2.
Article 6
Dissemination of results
The provisions on the dissemination of the statistical results in respect
of the carriage of goods by road, including the structure and content ofthe results to be disseminated, shall be laid down in accordance with theprocedure specified in Article 10.
Article 7
Reports
1. Member States shall forward to Eurostat, on or before the date on
which the first quarterly information is forwarded, a report on themethods used in compiling data.
Member States shall also forward to Eurostat details of any substantial
changes in the methods used to collect the data.
2. Member States shall provide Eurostat with information each year
on sample sizes, non-response rates and, in the form of standard error orconfidence intervals, the reliability of the main results.
3. After data have been collected over three years, the Commission
shall send a report to the European Parliament and to the Council onexperience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to this Regulation.
Article 8
Financial contribution
1. During the first three years of implementation of the statistical
returns provided for by this Regulation, the Member States shall receivea contribution in the form of financial assistance from the Communitytowards the expenditure incurred in carrying out the work involved.
2. The amount of the appropriations allocated to this measure each
year shall be fixed as part of the annual budgetary procedure.
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3. The budgetary authority shall determine the appropriations avail-able for each year.
4. In the report provided for in Article 7(3), the Commission shall
enumerate the use of Community funds allocated to this measure.
On the basis of the report provided for in Article 7(3), the Commission
shall assess whether other financial contributions are necessary for anadditional period of three years.
Article 9
Implementing procedures
The procedures for implementing this Regulation, including measures
for its adaptation to economic and technical progress shall be laid down,insofar as this does not involve a disproportionate increase in cost forthe Member States and/or the burden on the respondents, in accordancewith the procedure specified in Article 10. Such procedures shallconcern in particular:
— adaptation of the data collection characteristics and of the contents
of the Annexes,
— precision requirements,— the arrangements for transmitting the data to Eurostat, including, if
any, the statistical tables based on those data,
— dissemination of the results,— setting of the expiry date of the transitional period provided for in
Article 5(5) for transmission of the variables listed in Article 5(4).
Article 10
Procedure
The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme
Committee, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee'.
The Commission representative shall submit to the Committee a draft of
the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on thedraft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down accordingto the urgency of the matter in question. The opinion shall be deliveredby the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case ofdecisions which the Council is called upon to adopt on a proposal fromthe Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member Stateswithin the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in thatArticle. The Chairman shall not vote.
The Commission shall adoptmeasures which shall apply immediat ely.
However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion ofthe Committee, they shall be forthwith communicated by the Commis-sion to the Council. In that case:
— the Commission shall defer application of the measures upon which
it has decided for a period of three months from the date ofcommunication,
— the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within the time limit referred to in the first indent.
Article 11
Directive 78/546/EEC
1. Member States shall provide results for the years 1997 and 1998
in accordance with Directive 78/546/EEC.
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2. Directive 78/546/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 1January 1999.
Article 12
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
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ANNEXES
Annex A LIST OF VARIABLES
Annex B CLASSIFICATION OF AXLE CONFIGURATIONSAnnex C CLASSIFICATION OF TYPES OF JOURNEYAnnex D CLASSIFICATION OF GOODSAnnex E CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORIES OF DANGEROUS GOODSAnnex F CLASSIFICATION OF CARGO TYPESAnnex G CODING OF PLACES OF LOADING AND UNLOADING
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ANNEXA
LIST OF VARIABLES
The information to be provided for each vehicle breaks down into:
A1. vehicle-related data;A2. journey-related data;A3. goods-related data (in the basic transport operation).
A1 VEHICLE-RELATED VARIABLES
Pursuant to the definition given in Article 2 of the Regulation, a goods road
transport vehicle shall be any single road transport vehicle (lorry) or combi-nation of road vehicles, namely road train (lorry with trailer) or articulatedvehicle (road tractor with semi-trailer) designed to carry goods.
The vehicle-related data to be provided are the following:
1. possibility of using vehicles for combined transport (optional);2. axle configuration according to Annex B (optional);3. age of the road transport vehicle (lorry or road tractor) in years (from
its first registration);
4. maximum permissible weight, in 100 kg;5. load capacity, in 100 kg;6. vehicle operator’s NACE Rev. 1 category of activity (four-figure level)
(optional) (
1);
7. type of transport (hire or reward/own account);8. type of kilometres covered during the survey period;8.1. loaded;8.2. empty (including road tractor journeys without semi-trailer) (optional);9. vehicle weighting, to be used to obtain full results from individual data
if the data are collected on the basis of random sampling.
Successive configurationsWhen the road transport vehicle chosen for the survey is a lorry used alone,
i.e. without trailer, throughout the survey period, it constitutes in itself theroad vehicle for transporting goods.
However, when the road transport vehicle chosen for the survey is a road
tractor — in which case it will have a semi-trailer coupled — or when it is alorry to which a trailer is coupled, the data required under the Regulationconcern the road vehicle for the transport of goods taken as a whole. In thiscase, there may be a change of configuration during the survey period (witha lorry acquiring a trailer or changing trailer during the period, or a roadtractor changing its semi-trailer). In such a case, these successive configura-tions must be recorded, and the data on the vehicle must be supplied foreach journey. However, if it is not possible to record these successiveconfigurations, it is agreed that, for the vehicle-related variables, thosecorresponding to the configuration at the beginning of the first laden journeymade during the survey period or to the configuration used most during thatperiod will be recorded.
Change in type of transportIn the same way, depending on the journey, the transport may be effected on
own account of for hire or reward, and the type of transport must berecorded for each journey. However, if itis notpossible t o record t hesechanges, it is agreed that the ‘type of transport recorded will be thatcorresponding to the main mode of utilisation.
A2 JOURNEY-RELATED VARIABLES
During the survey period, the goods road transport vehicle makes journeys,
either unloaded (there are no goods or empty packaging in the lorry, thetrailer or the semi-trailer, which are therefore ‘completely empty') or loaded(there are either goods or empty packaging in the lorry, the trailer or thesemi-trailer, empty packaging being a particular type of goods). The loaded
(1) Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Communities.
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distance of the goods road transport vehicle is the distance between the first
place of loading and the last place of unloading (where the goods roadtransport vehicle is completely emptied). A laden journey can thereforecover several basic transport operations.
The data to be provided for each journey are as follows:
1. type of journey in accordance with the nomenclature in Annex C;2. weight of goods carried during the journey or during each stage of the
journey, gross weightin 100 kg;
3. place of loading (of the goods road transport vehicle, for a laden
journey);
—definition : the place of loading is the first place in which goods are
loaded on the goods road transport vehicle, which was previouslycompletely empty (or where the road tractor is coupled up to aladen semi-trailer). For an unladen journey, it is the place ofunloading of the preceding laden journey (notion of ‘place whereunladen journey begins'),
—coding : the place of loading is coded in accordance with the provi-
sions of Annex G;
4. place of unloading (of the goods road transport vehicle, for a laden
journey);
—definition : the place of unloading is the last place in which goods
are unloaded from the goods road transport vehicle, which is subse-quently completely empty (or where the road tractor is uncoupledfrom a semi-trailer). For an unladen journey, it is the place ofloading of the subsequent laden journey (notion of ‘place whereunladen journey ends'),
—coding : the place of unloading is coded in accordance with the
provisions of Annex G;
5. distance travelled: actual distance excluding the distance covered by the
goods road transport vehicle while being transported by another meansof transport;
6. tonnes/kilometre effected during the journey;
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7. countries crossed in transit (not more than 5), coded according to
Annex G;
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8. place of loading, if any, of the road transport vehicle on another means
of transport in accordance with the provisions of Annex G (optional);
9. place of unloading, if any, of the road transport vehicle from another
means of transport in accordance with the provisions of Annex G(optional);
10. situation ‘fully loaded' (procedure 2) or ‘not fully loaded' (procedure 1)
of the goods road transport vehicle during the journey in question, interms of maximum volume of space used during the journey (procedure0 = by convention for unladen journeys) (optional).
A3 GOODS-RELATED VARIABLES (in the basic transport operation)
During a laden journey, several basic transport operations can be carried
out, a basic transport operation being defined as the transport of one type ofgoods (defined by reference to a particular nomenclature level) between itsplace of loading and its place of unloading.
The data to be provided relating to a basic transport operation during a laden
journey are as follows:
1. type of goods, according to the groups referring to an appropriate classi-
fication (see Annex D);
2. weightof goods: gross weightin 100 kg;3. if need be, the classification of the goods as dangerous according to the
main categories of Directive 94/55/EC (
1) given in Annex E;
(1) Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws
of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (OJ L319, 12. 12. 1994, p. 7). Directive as amended by Commission Directive 96/86/EC(OJ L 335, 24. 12. 1996, p. 43). For the latest amendments to the Annexes, see OJ L251, 15. 9. 1997, p. 1.
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4. type of freight as given in Annex F (optional);
5. place of loading of the goods, coded in accordance with the provisions of
Annex G;
6. place of unloading of the goods, coded in accordance with the provisions
of Annex G;
7. distance travelled, actual distance excluding the distance covered with
the goods road transport vehicle while being transported by anothermeans of transport.
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT DURING A ‘COLLECTION
OR DISTRIBUTION ROUND' TYPE OF JOURNEY (journey-type 3)
For this type of journey, with several loading and/or unloading points, it is
practically impossible to ask the transport operators to describe the basic trans-portoperat ions.
For these journeys, when identified as such, a single, notional, basic transport
operation is generally generated on the basis of the information on the journey.
Each Member State will inform the Commission of its definition of this type of
journey and explain the simplifying assumptions it is obliged to apply whencollecting data on the corresponding transport operations.
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Methodological appendix
Laden journeys and basic transport operations
Depending on the Member State concerned, information on transport is collected
on the basis of:
— either a description of each basic goods transport operation (with additional
details on unladen journeys),
— or a description of the journeys made by the vehicle in carrying out these
basic goods transport operations.
In the great majority of cases, when a laden journey is made this represents one
basic transport operations only with:
— a single type of goods loaded (by reference to the classification of goods in
use, in this case the 24 groups derived from the NST classification) (1),
— a single pointof loading for t he goods,— a single pointof unloading for t he goods.
In this case the two methods used are completely equivalent, and the information
collected by either method describes both:
— the transportation of the goods (all the basic goods transport operations),
— the journeys made by the vehicles carrying out these operations, with details
of vehicle capacities and utilisation of these capacities (laden journey withutilisation coefficient; unladen journey).
Under this Regulation, the transportation of goods and the journeys made by the
vehicles must both be described, but it is undesirable to impose on the transportoperators an excessive increase in the burden of statistics by asking them todescribe in detail the transportation of goods and the vehicle journeys.
Accordingly, the NSOs in the Member States, when coding the questionnaires,
must reconstitute the data which are not explicitly required from the transportoperators from the data which they collect on the basis of either the ‘basictransport operation', or the ‘vehicle journey'.
The problem will arise when several basic transport operations are carried out in
the course of one laden journey, which may be because:
— there are several points of loading and/or unloading of the goods (but limited
in number, otherwise these would be pick-up or distribution rounds, whichrequire special treatment).
In this case these various loading and/or unloading points are recorded, in
order to calculate directly the tonnes/kilometre effected during the journey,and the statistical office can reconstitute the basic transport operations,
— and/or the fact that there are several different types of goods transported
during the laden journey, a fact which in general is not recorded in thestatistics, since only the type of goods (single or main) is requested.
In this case the loss of information is accepted and Member States carrying
out this type of simplification will make explicit mention of it to theCommission.
(1) NST: Uniform nomenclature of goods for transport statistics.
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CodingANNEXB
CLASSIFICATION OF AXLE CONFIGURATIONS
Where a combination of vehicles is used, the axle configuration counts the total
number of axles, i. e. the axles of the lorry or the road tractor, plus those of thetrailer or semi-trailer.
The axle categories considered are as follows:
1. Number of axles of single vehicles (lorries):
2 120
3 130
4 140
other 199
2. Number of axles for combinations of vehicles:
lorry and trailer
2+1 221
2+2 222
2+3 223
3+2 232
3+3 233
other 299
3. Number of axles for combinations of vehicles:
road tractor and semi-trailer
2+1 321
2+2 322
2+3 323
3+2 332
3+3 333
other 399
4. Road tractor alone 499
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ANNEXC
CLASSIFICATION OF TYPES OF JOURNEY
1. Laden journey involving one single basic transport operation.
2. Laden journey involving several t ransportoperat ions, butnotconsidered as a
collection or distribution round.
3. Laden journey of the collection or distribution round type.4. Unladen journeys.
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Groups of
goodsNST (1)chapter NST (1)groups DescriptionANNEXD
CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS
The classification of goods shall be according to the NST until such time as its
substitution is laid down by the Commission, in consultation with the MemberStates.
GROUPS OF GOODS
1 0 01 Cereals
2 02, 03 Potatoes, other fresh or
frozen vegetables, freshfruits
3 00, 06 Live animals, sugarbeet
4 05 Wood and cork
5 04, 09 Textiles and waste,other raw animal andvegetable materials
6 1 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16, 17 Foodstuffs and animalfodder
7 18 Oil seeds and oleagi-nous fruits and fats
8 2 21, 22, 23 Solid mineral fuels
9 3 31 Crude petroleum
10 32, 33, 34 Petroleum products
11 4 41, 46 Iron ore, iron and steelwaste and blast furnacedust
12 45 Non-ferrous ores andwaste
13 5 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,56Metal products
14 6 64, 69 Cement, lime, manufac-tured building materials
15 61, 62, 63, 65 Crude and manufac-tured minerals
16 7 71, 72 Natural and chemicalfertilisers
17 8 83 Coal, chemicals, tar
18 81, 82, 89 Chemicals other thancoal, chemicals and tar
19 84 Paper pulp and wastepaper
20 9 91, 92, 93 Vehicles and transportequipment, machinery,apparatus, engines,whether or notassembled, and partsthereof
21 94 Manufactures of metal
22 95 Glass, glassware,ceramic products
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Groups of
goodsNST (1)chapter NST (1)groups Description
23 96, 97 Leather, textiles,
clothing, other manu-factured articles
24 99 Miscellaneous articles
(1) Published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (1968 edition).
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ANNEXE
CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORIES OF DANGEROUS GOODS (*)
1 Explosives
2 Gases, compressed, liquified or dissolved under pressure3 Flammable liquids4.1 Flammable solids4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustion4.3 Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases5.1 Oxidising substances5.2 Organic peroxides6.1 Toxic substances6.2 Substances liable to cause infections7 Radioactive material8 Corrosives9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances
(*) Each category is either a class or a division of a class of the classification of types of
dangerous goods as defined in Directive 94/55/EC, Annex A, part I, marginal 2002 (1).
(1) Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. The latest amendments to these Annexes
appear in OJ L 251, 15. 9. 1997, p. 1.
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ANNEXF
CLASSIFICATION OF CARGO TYPES (*)
0 Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit)
1 Solid bulk goods (no cargo unit)2 Large freightcont ainers3 Other freight containers4 Palletised goods5 Pre-slung goods6 Mobile, self-propelled units7 Other mobile units8 (Reserved)9 Other cargo types
(*) United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe — Codes for types of cargo,
packages and packaging materials, Recommendation 21 adopted by the Working Partyon Facilitation of International Trade Procedures, Geneva, March 1986.
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ANNEXG
CODING OF COUNTRIES AND REGIONS
1. Except as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/98
concerning the simplified coding of certain variables during a transitionalperiod, the places of loading and unloading will be coded as follows:
(a) regional breakdown to Level 3 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units
for Statistics (NUTS), for the Member States of the EuropeanCommunity;
(b) lists of administrative regions supplied by the third country concerned,
for States which are not members of the European Community butwhich are contracting parties to the Agreement on the EuropeanEconomic Area (EEA), namely Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway;
(c) for other third countries, the 2-alpha ISO-3166 codes should be used.
The most frequently-used codes are given in the table below.
2. For the simplified coding of international transport during the transitional
period referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, as well as forthe coding of countries crossed in transit (section 7 of Annex A, part A2),the following country codes are to be used:
(a) the 2-alpha part of the NUTS codes, as given in the table below, for the
Member States of the European Community;
(b) for all other countries, the 2-alpha ISO-3166 codes should be used. The
most frequently-used codes are given in the table below.
Table of country codes
(a)EU Member States (corresponding to NUTS 2-alpha country codes)
Note: countries in official EU order.
Belgium
BE
Denmark DK
Germany DE
Greece GR
Spain ES
France FR
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Luxembourg LU
Netherlands NL
Austria AT
Portugal PT
Finland FI
Sweden SE
United Kingdom UK
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Country name Code(b)Other countries (ISO-3166 2-alpha codes)
Note: countries ordered by code.
Albania AL
Bosnia-Herzegovina BA
Bulgaria BG
Belarus BY
Switzerland CH
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Estonia EE
Croatia HR
Hungary HU
Iceland IS
Liechtenstein LI
Lithuania LT
Latvia LV
Moldova MD
Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (FYROM)MK
Malta MT
Norway NO
Poland PL
Romania RO
Russian Federation RU
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
Turkey TR
Ukraine UA
Yugoslavia YU
For countries not shown in this list, the ISO-3166 2-alpha codes should be used.