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►B COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 95/64/EC
of 8 December 1995
on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea
(OJ L 320, 30.12.1995, p. 25)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 95/64/EC
of 8 December 1995
on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers
by sea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, andin particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from 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),
Whereas to carry out the tasks entrusted to it in the context of the
common maritime transport policy, the Commission must have at its
disposal comparable, reliable, synchronized and regular statistical dataon the scale and development of the carriage of goods and passengers bysea to and from the Community, between Member States and fordomestic seatra nsport;
Whereas it is also important for Member States and economic operators
to have a good knowledge of the maritime transport market;
Whereas there are currently no comprehensive Community-wide
statistics on the transport of goods and passengers by sea;
Whereas Council Decision 93/464/EEC of 22 July 1993 on the
framework programme for priority actions in the field of statisticalinformation 1993 to 1997(
4) stressed the need to compile comprehensive
statistics;
Whereas the collection of Community statistical data on a comparable or
harmonized basis makes it possible to establish an integrated systemproviding reliable, consistent and up-to-date information;
Whereas the data on the transport of goods and passengers by sea have
to be made comparable between Member States and between thedifferent modes of transport;
Whereas the Commission is to submit in due course a report reviewing
the operation of this Directive;
Whereas provision should be made for a transitional period in order to
enable Member States to adapt their statistics systems to therequirements of this Directive and to initiate a programme of pilot
studies on specific problems posed by the collection of certain data;
Whereas the Community should therefore, for the start-up period, make
a financial contribution to Member States in respect of the workinvolved;
Whereas for the application of this Directive, including the arrangements
to adapt it to economic and technical developments, recourse should behad to the Statistical Programme Committee set up pursuant to CouncilDecision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(
5);
Whereas, in accordance with the principle of subisidiarity, the creation
of common statistical standards enabling the production of harmonizedinformation can only be tackled efficiently at Community level; whereasdata will be collected in each Member State under the authority of thebodies and institutions in charge of compiling official statistics,1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 214, 4. 8. 1994, p. 12.
(2) OJ No C 151, 19. 6. 1995, p. 493.
(3) OJ No C 397, 31. 12. 1994, p. 6.
(4) OJ No L 219, 28. 8. 1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Member States shall collect Community statistics on the carriage of
goods and passengers by seagoing vessels calling at ports in theirterritories.
Article 2
Definitions
the purposes of this Directive:1. ‘carriage of goods and passengers by sea’ means the movement of
goods and passengers using seagoing vessels, on voyages which areundertaken wholly or partly at sea.
The scope of this Directive shall also include goods:
(a) shipped to offshore installations;
(b) reclaimed from the seabed and unloaded in ports.Bunkers and stores supplied to vessels shall be excluded from the
scope;
2. ‘seagoing vessels’ means vessels other than those which navigate
exclusively in inland waters or in waters within, or closely adjacentto, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply.
This Directive shall not apply to fish-catching vessels, fish-
processing vessels, vessels for drilling and exploration, tugs, pushercraft, research and survey vessels, dredgers, naval vessels or vesselsused solely for non-commercial purposes;
3. ‘port’ means a place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and
to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to orfrom vessels;
4. ‘nationality of the maritime transport operator’ means the country in
which the effective centre of the transport operator's commercial
activity is located;
5. ‘maritime transport operator’ means any person by whom or on
behalf of whom a contract for the transport for goods or persons byseais concluded with ashipper or apa ssenger.
Article 3
Data collection characteristics
1. Member States shall collect data relating to the following domains:
(a) cargo and passenger information;
(b) information on the vessel.
Vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 may be excluded from the
data collection.
2. The characteristics of the data collection, namely the statistical
variables in each domain and the nomenclatures for their classification,as well as their periodicity of observation, are set out in the Annexes tothis Directive.
3. The data collection shall be based, in so far as possible, on
available sources, limiting the burden on respondents.
Article 4
Ports
1. For the purposes of this Directive, alist of ports, coded a nd
classified according to countries and maritime coastal areas, shall bedrawn up in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 3
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2. Each Member State shall select from this list any port handling
mare than one million tonnes of goods or recording more than 200 000passenger movements annually.
For a period of no more than tree years from the entry into force of this
Directive, each Member State may select only ports handling more than
two million tonnes of goods or recording more than 400 000 passengermovements annually.
For each port selected, detailed data are to be provided, in conformity
with Annex VIII, for the domains (goods and passengers) in which thatport meets the selection criterion, and with summary data, if appropriate,for the other domain.
3. For the ports which are not selected from the list, summary data
are to be provided in conformity with Annex VIII, data set A3.
Article 5
Accuracy of statistics
The methods of collecting data shall be such that Community sea
transport statistics display the precision required for the statistical data
sets described in Annex VIII. The standards of accuracy shall be drawn
up in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.
Article 6
Processing of the results of the collection of data
Member States shall process the statistical information collected
pursuant to Article 3, in order to obtain comparable statistics, with the
standard of accuracy provided for in Article 5.
Article 7
Transmission of the results of the collection of data
1. Member States shall transmit the results referred to in Article 3 to
the Statistical Office of the European Communities, including the data
declared confidential by the Member States pursuant to domestic
legislation or practice concerning statistical confidentiality, in accor-dance with Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality tothe Statistical Office of the European Communities(
1).
2. The results shall be transmitted in accordance with the structure of
the statistical data sets defined in Annex VIII. The technical details for
transmission of the results will be specified in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 13.
3. The transmission of the results shall take place within five months
of the end of the period of observation for data of quarterly periodicityand within eight months for data of annual periodicity.
The first transmission shall cover the first quarter of 1997.
Article 8
Reports
1. Member States shall provide the Commission with all relevant
information on the methods used in compiling the data. They shall alsoforward details of substantial changes in the methods used to collect thedata.
2. After data have been collected over a period of three years, the
Commission shall submit a report to the Council on experience acquiredin the work carried out pursuant to this Directive.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 4
(1) OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 1.
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Article 9
Dissemination of statistical data
The Commission shall disseminate appropriate statistical data with a
periodicity comparable to that of the results transmitted.
The arrangements for publication or dissemination of the statistical data
by the Commission shall be adopted according to the procedurespecified in Article 13.
Article 10
Transitional period
1. During a transitional period of no more than three years,
derogations may, in accordance with the procedure specified in Article13, be granted pursuant to this Directive, in so far as the national
statistical systems require major adaptation.
2. During the transitional period referred to in paragraph 1 a
programme of pilot studies concerning the following shall be adoptedin accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13:
(a) feasibility and the cost to Member States and the respondents of
collecting the following items of information:
— description of the goods as defined in Annex III and in Annex
VIII, data set B1,
— passengers transported over short distances,— information concerning feeder services and transport chains,
— data relating to the nationality of the maritime transport operator;
(b) the possibility of collecting data under the arrangements concluded
in the context of the simplification of trade procedures, the
International Standards Organization (ISO), the EuropeanCommittee for Standardization (CEN) and international customsrules.
The Commission shall inform the Council of the outcome of the pilot
studies and shall submit to it proposals on the possibility of extendingthe system introduced by this Directive to set up aregula r collection ofthese items of information.
Article 11
Financial contribution
1. For the first three years in which the statistical returns provided for
in this Directive are made, Member States shall receive a financial
contribution from the Community towards the cost of the work involved.
2. The amount of the appropriations allocated annually for the
financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed as part ofthe annual budgetary procedures.
3. The budget authority shall determine the appropriations available
for each year.
Article 12
Detailed rules of implementation
The detailed rules for implementing this Directive, including measures
for adapting it to economic and technical developments, and in
particular:
— adaptation of the data collection characteristics (Article 3) and of the
content of the Annexes to this Directive in so far as such adaptation
does not involve a substantial increase in cost for the Member Statesand/or the burden on respondents,
— a list of ports, updated on a regular basis by the Commission, coded
and classified by country and maritime coastal area (Article 4),
— accuracy requirement (Article 5),1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 5
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— the description of the composition of a data file and codes for
transmission of the results to the Commission (Article 7),
— the arrangements for publication or dissemination of the data (Article
9),
— derogations from the provisions of this Directive to be granted
during the transitional period, and the pilot studies scheduled (Article10),
— the equivalent nomenclature in gross tonnage per group of vessels
(Annex VII),
shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure specified in Article
13.
Article 13
Procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme
Committee set up by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom.
2. The Commission representative shall submit to the Committee a
draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver itsopinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may laydown according to the urgency of the matter in question. The opinionshall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the
Treaty for the adoption of decisions which the Council is required to
take on a proposal from the Commission. When votes are taken by theCommittee, the votes of the representatives of the Member States shallbe weighted as laid down in the above Article. The chairman shall notvote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures, which shall apply
immediately.
(b) However, if these measures are not in accordance with the
opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by theCommission to the Council forthwith.
In that event:
— the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has
decided for aperiod of three months from the da te of suchcommunication,
— the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within the time limit referred to in the previous indent.
Article 14
Implementation
1. The Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1January 1997 at the latest. They shall immediately inform theCommission thereof.
The provisions adopted by the Member States shall contain a reference
to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference when published
officially. The procedure for making this reference shall be laid down bythe Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of
the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the fieldgoverned by the Directive.
Article 15
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 16
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 6
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ANNEXI
VARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS
1. STATISTICAL VARIABLES
(a) Cargo and passenger information:
— gross weight of goods in tonnes,
— type of cargo, according to the nomenclature shown in Annex II,
— description of the goods, using the nomenclature shown in Annex III,— reporting port,— direction of movement, whether inwards or outwards,— for inward cargo: the port of loading (i. e. the port in which the cargo
was loaded on to the ship in which it arrived in the reporting port)
using individual ports in the European Economic Area (EEA) shown
in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA, shown
in Annex IV,
— for outward cargo: the port of unloading (i. e. the port in which the
cargo is to be unloaded from the ship in which it left the reporting
port) using individual ports in the EEA shown in the port list, and the
maritime coastal areas outside the EEA, shown in Annex IV,
— number of passengers starting or finishing a voyage.
For goods carried in containers or ro-ro units, the following additional
particulars shall be provided:
— number of containers with cargo,
— number of containers without cargo,
— number of mobile (ro-ro) units with cargo,— number of mobile (ro-ro) units without cargo.
(b) Information on the vessel:
— number of vessels,
— deadweight of vessels or gross tonnage,— country or territory of registration of vessels, using the nomenclature
shown in Annex V,
— type of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VI,— size of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VII.
2. DEFINITIONS
(a) ‘Freight container’ means an article of transport equipment:
1. of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for
repeated use;
2. specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more
modes of transport, without intermediate reloading;
3. fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its
transfer from one mode of transport to another;
4. so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;5. having a length of 20 ′or more.
(b) ‘Ro-ro unit’ means wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck,
trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed on to a vessel. Port or
ships' trailers are included in this definition. Classifications should follow
United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21 ‘Codes for types of cargo,
packages and packaging materials’.
(c) ‘Container cargo’ means containers with or without cargo which are lifted
on or off the vessels which carry them by sea.
(d) ‘Ro-ro cargo’ means goods, whether or not in containers, on ro-ro units,
and ro-ro units which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them
by sea.
(e) ‘Gross weight of goods’ means the tonnage of goods carried, including
packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or ro-ro units.
(f) ‘Deadweight (DWT)’ means the difference in tonnes between the
displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific
gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i. e. the displacement in
tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh
water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as
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(g) ‘Gross tonnage’ means the measure of the overall size of a ship
determined in accordance with the provisions of the International
Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 8
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ANNEXII
TYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION
Category (1) Code Description Tonnage Number
Liquid bulk 10 Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit) X
11 Liquefied gas X
12 Crude oil X
13 Oil products X
19 Other liquid bulk goods X
Dry bulk 20 Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit) X
21 Ores X
22 Coal X
23 Agricultural products (e.g. grain,
soya, tapioca) X
29 Dry bulk goods X
Containers 30 Large containers X(3)X
31 20 ′freight units X(3)X
32 40 ′freight units X(3)X
33 Freight units > 20 ′and < 40 ′ X(3)X
34 Freight units > 40 ′ X(3)X
Roll on roll off
(self-propelled)50 Mobile self-propelled units XX
51 Road goods vehicles and accom-
panying trailers X(3)X
52 Passenger cars and accompanying
trailers/caravans X(2)
53 Passenger buses X(2)
54 Import/export motor vehicles XX (2)
56 Live animals on the hoof XX (2)
Roll on roll off
(non-self-propelled)60 Other mobile units XX
61 Unaccompanied road goods trai-
lers and semi-trailers X(3)X
62 Unaccompanied caravans and
other road, agricultural and indus-
trial trailers XX (2)
63 Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-
port trailers, and shipborne barges
engaged in goods transport X(3)X
Other general cargo
(including small
containers)90 Other cargo, not elsewhere speci-
fied X
91 Forestry products X
92 Iron and steel products X
99 Other general cargo X
(1) These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21.
(2) Only total number of units.
(3) The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of
containers and ro-ro-units.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 9
ANNEXIII
GOODS NOMENCLATURE
The goods nomenclature used is that consisting of 24 groups of goods (first column below) based on the uniform nomenclature of
goods for transport statistics (NST/R (1) until the Commission, having consulted the Member States, decides to replace it.
GROUPS OF GOODS
Group of goods NST/R chapter NST/R groups Description
1 0 01 Cereals
2 02, 03 Potatoes, other fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables
3 00, 06 Live animals, sugar beet
4 05 Wood and cork
5 04, 09 Textiles, textile articles and man-made fibres, other raw animal and vegetable materials
6 1 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 Foodstuff and animal fodder
7 18 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits and fats
8 2 21, 22, 23 Solid mineral fuels9 3 31 Crude petroleum
10 32, 33, 34 Petroleum products
11 4 41, 46 Iron ore, iron and steel waste, and blast furnace dust
12 45 Non-ferrous ores and waste
13 5 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 Metal products14 6 64, 69 Cement, lime, manufactured building materials
15 61, 62, 63, 65 Crude and manufactured minerals
16 7 71, 72 Natural and chemical fertilisers17 8 83 Coal chemicals, tar
18 81, 82, 89 Chemicals other than coal chemicals and tar
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Group of goods NST/R chapter NST/R groups Description
20 9 91, 92, 93 Transport equipment, machinery, apparatus, engines, whether or not assembled, and
parts thereof
21 94 Manufactures of metal
22 95 Glass, glassware, ceramic products
23 96, 97 Leather, textile, clothing, other manufactured articles
24 99 Miscellaneous articles
(1) Published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities, 1968 edition. OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.▼M11995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 11
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ANNEXIV
MARITIME COASTAL AREAS
The nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature
for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between
Member States, originally drawn up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/
75(1)) in force in the year to which the data refer.
The code consists of four digits: the three-digit code from the abovementioned
nomenclature, followed by a zero (e.g. code 0030 for Netherlands), except for
countries which are divided into two or more maritime coastal areas, which are
identified by a fourth digit other than zero (from 1 to 7), as below:
Code Maritime coastal areas
0011 France: Atlantic and North Sea
0012 France: Mediterranean
0041 Germany: North Sea
0042 Germany: Baltic
0043 Germany: Rhine
0061 United Kingdom
0062 Isle of Man
0063 Channel Islands
0111 Spain: Atlantic (North)
0112 Spain: Mediterranean and Atlantic (South)
0301 Sweden: Baltic
0302 Sweden: North Sea
0521 Turkey: Black Sea
0522 Turkey: Mediterranean
0751 Russia: Black Sea
0752 Russia: Baltic
0753 Russia: Asia
2041 Morocco: Mediterranean
2042 Morocco: West Africa
2201 Egypt: Mediterranean
2202 Egypt: Red Sea
6241 Israel: Mediterranean
6242 Israel: Red Sea
6321 Saudi Arabia: Red Sea
6322 Saudi Arabia: Gulf
4001 United States of America: Atlantic (North)
4002 United States of America: Atlantic (South)
4003 United States of America: Gulf
4004 United States of America: Pacific (South)
4005 United States of America: Pacific (North)
4006 United States of America: Great Lakes
4007 Puerto Rico
4041 Canada: Atlantic
4042 Canada: Great Lakes and Upper Saint Lawrence
4043 Canada: West Coast
4801 Colombia: Nord Coast
4802 Colombia: West Coast
With the additional codes
9991 Offshore installations
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ANNEXV
NATIONALITY OF REGISTRATION OF VESSELS
The nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature
for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between
Member States originally drawn up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75(1))
in force in the year to which the data refer, with the following exception: codes
017 and 018 are to be used for Belgium and Luxembourg respectively.
The code consists of four digits: the three-digit code from the abovementioned
nomenclature, followed by a zero (e.g. code 0010 for France), except for
countries with more than one register.
Where more than one register exists, the countries are to be coded as follows:0061 United Kingdom
0062 Isle of Man
0063 Channel Islands
0064 Gibraltar
0081 Denmark
0082 Denmark (DIS)
0101 Portugal
0102 Portugal (MAR)
0111 Spain
0112 Spain (Rebeca)
0281 Norway
0282 Norway (NIS)
4001 United States of America
4002 Puerto Rico
4611 British Virgin Islands
4612 Montserrat
8141 New Zealand Oceania
8142 Cook Islands
8901 Other polar regions
8902 French Antarctic Territory (including the Kerguelen Islands)1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 13
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ANNEXVI
TYPE OF SHIP CLASSIFICATION (ICST-COM)
Type Ship categories included
10 Liquid bulk Oil tanker
Chemical tanker
LG tanker
Tanker barge
Other tanker
20 Dry bulk Bulk/oil carrier
Bulk carrier
31 Container Full container
32 Specialized Barge carrier
Chemical carrier
Irradiated fuel
Livestock carrier
Vehicle carrier
Other specialized
33 General cargo, non-specia-
lizedReefer
Ro-ro passenger
Ro-ro container
Other ro-ro cargo
Combination carrier general cargo/passenger
Combination carrier general cargo/container
Single decker
Multi-decker
34 Dry cargo barge Deck barge
Hopper barge
Lash-seabee barge
Open dry cargo barge
Covered dry cargo barge
Other dry cargo barge nes
35 Passenger Cruise
Other passenger only
41 Fishing (*) Fish catching (*)
Fish processing (*)
42 Offshore activities Drilling and exploration (*)
Offshore support
43 Tugs (*) Tugs (*)
Pusher craft (*)
49 Miscellaneous (*) Dredgers (*)
Research/survey (*)
Other vessels nes (*)
(*) Not covered by this Directive.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 14
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ANNEXVII
VESSEL SIZE CLASSES
in deadweight (DWT) or in gross tonnage (GT)
This classification applies only to vessels with a gross tonnage of 100 or more.
ClassLower limit Upper limit
DWT GT DWT GT
01 — 100 up to 499 up to 499
02 500 500 999 999
03 1 000 1 000 1 999 1 999
04 2 000 2 000 2 999 2 999
05 3 000 3 000 3 999 3 999
06 4 000 4 000 4 999 4 99907 5 000 5 000 5 999 5 999
08 6 000 6 000 6 999 6 999
09 7 000 7 000 7 999 7 999
10 8 000 8 000 8 999 8 999
11 9 000 9 000 9 999 9 999
12 10 000 10 000 19 999 19 999
13 20 000 20 000 29 999 29 999
14 30 000 30 000 39 999 39 999
15 40 000 40 000 49 999 49 999
16 50 000 50 000 79 999 79 999
17 80 000 80 000 99 999 99 999
18 100 000 100 000 149 999 149 999
19 150 000 150 000 199 999 199 999
20 200 000 200 000 249 999 249 999
21 250 000 250 000 299 999 299 999
22 ≥300 000 ≥300 000 — —
NB:If vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 were to be included pursuant to this Directive, they would be
allocated class code ‘99’.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 15
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ANNEXVIII
STRUCTURE FOR STATISTICAL DATA SETS
The data sets specified in this Annex define the periodicity for the maritime
transport statistics required by the Community. Each data set defines a cross
classification of a limited set of dimensions at different levels of the
nomenclatures, aggregated across all other dimensions, for which statistics of
good quality are required.
The conditions for collecting data set B1 will be decided by the Council on a
proposal from the Commission in the light of the results of the pilot study during
a three-year transitional period as defined in Article 10 of this Directive.
SUMMARY AND DETAILED STATISTICS
* The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods and passengers are A1,
A2, B1, C1, D1, E1 and F1.
* The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods but not for passengers
are A1, A2, A3, B1, C1, E1 and F1.
* The data sets to be provided for selected ports for passengers but not for goods
are A3, D1 and F1.
* The data set to be provided for ports which are not selected is A3.
Data set A1: Seaborne transport in the main European ports by port, type of
cargo and relation
Periodicity: Quarterly
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericA1
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(1, 2, 3, 4)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Port of loading/
unloadingFive-letter alphanu-
mericEEA-ports in the port list
Relation Four-letter alphanu-
mericMaritime coastal areas, Annex
IV
Type of cargo One-letter alphanu-
mericType of cargo, Annex II
(categories 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9)
Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 16
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Data set A2: Non-unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by
port, type of cargo and relation
Periodicity: Quarterly
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericA2
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(1, 2, 3, 4)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Port of loading/
unloadingFive-letter alphanu-
mericEEA ports in the port list
Relation Four-letter alphanu-
mericMaritime coastal areas, Annex
IV
Type of cargo Two-letter alphanu-
mericType of cargo (non-unit-load
only), Annex II (subcategories
10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 29, 90, 91, 92 and 99)
Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
Data set A3: Data required for ports for which detailed statistics are not required
(see Article 4 (3))
Periodicity: Annual
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericA3
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(0)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericAll ports in the port list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
Number of passengers.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 17
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Data set B1: Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of
cargo, goods and relation
Periodicity: Annual
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericB1
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(0)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Port of loading/
unloadingFive-letter alphanu-
mericEEA ports in the port list
Relation Four-letter alphanu-
mericMaritime coastal areas, Annex
IV
Type of cargo One-letter alphanu-
mericType of cargo, Annex II
(categories 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9)
Commodity Two-letter alphanu-
mericGoods nomenclature, Annex
III
Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
Data set C1: Unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port,
type of cargo, relation and loaded status
Periodicity: Quarterly
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericC1
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(1, 2, 3, 4)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Port of loading/
unloadingFive-letter alphanu-
mericEEA ports in the port list
Relation Four-letter alphanu-
mericMaritime coastal areas, Annex
IV
Type of cargo Two-letter alphanu-
mericType of cargo, (container, ro-
ro only), Annex II (subcate-
gories 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62
and 63)
Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes (type of cargo: subcategories 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 51, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62 and 63).
Number of units (type of cargo: subcategories 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62 and 63).
Number of units (type of cargo: subcategories 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50, 51, 60, 61 and 63).Number of units (type of cargo: subcategories 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50, 51, 60, 61 and 63).1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 18
▼M1
Data set D1: Passenger transport in the main European ports, by relation
Periodicity: Quarterly
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericD1
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(1, 2, 3, 4)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Port of loading/
unloadingFive-letter alphanu-
mericEEA ports in the port list
Relation Four-letter alphanu-
mericMaritime coastal areas, Annex
IV
Nationality of regis-
tration of vesselFour-letter alphanu-
mericNationality of registration of
vessels, Annex V
Data:Number of passengers.
Data set E1: Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of
cargo, relation and nationality of registration of vessels
Periodicity: Annual
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericE1
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(0)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Port of loading/
unloadingFive-letter alphanu-
mericEEA ports in the port list
Relation Four-letter alphanu-
mericMaritime coastal areas, Annex
IV
Type of cargo One-letter alphanu-
mericType of cargo, Annex II
(categories 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9)
Nationality of regis-
tration of vesselsFour-letter alphanu-
mericNationality of registration of
vessels, Annex V
Data:Gross weight of goods in tonnes.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 19
▼M1
Data set F1: European port ship traffic in the main European ports, by port, type
and size of vessels loading or discharging cargo
Periodicity: Quarterly
Variables Coding detail Nomenclature
Dimensions Data set Two-letter alphanu-
mericF1
Reference year Four-letter alphanu-
meric(e.g. 1997)
Reference quarter One-letter alphanu-
meric(1, 2, 3, 4)
Reporting port Five-letter alphanu-
mericSelected EEA ports in the port
list
Direction One-letter alphanu-
mericInwards, outwards (1, 2)
Type of vessel One-letter alphanu-
mericType of ship, Annex VI
Size of vessel DWT Two-letter alphanu-
mericDeadweight or gross tonnage
size classes, Annex VI
Data:Number of ships.
Deadweight of ships in tonnes or gross tonnage.1995L0064 — EN — 14.05.1998 — 001.001 — 20