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"B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1917/2000
of 7 September 2000
laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards
statistics on external trade
(Text with EEA relevance)
(OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14)
Corrected by:
"C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 28 (1917/2000)2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1917/2000
of 7 September 2000
laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade
(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 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the
statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its MemberStates with non-member countries (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
374/98 (2), and in particular Article 21 thereof,
Whereas:(1) For the purpose of compiling external trade statistics, it is necessary to
define the implementing procedures for the collection of data and forthe processing, transmission and dissemination of the results, in order
to obtain harmonised statistics.
(2) It is essential to clarify the subject of external trade statistics,
especially in order to avoid dual recording or to exclude certaintransactions and to define the intervals at which they are to be drawnup.
(3) The definition of the data to be returned needs to be supplemented,
together with the procedures by which they are referred to in the
statistical information medium.
(4) It is essential to define the specific movements of goods for which
special provisions are necessary, Community harmonisation measures
need to be introduced.
(5) It is necessary to fix the timetable for the transmission of the results to
the Commission and the procedures for corrections to ensure regularand uniform dissemination.
(6) In view of the links that exist between external trade statistics and
customs procedures, there is a need to bear in mind the provisions
adopted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992
establishing the Community Customs Code (
3), as amended by the Act
of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and by CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions
for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
establishing the Community Customs Code (
4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No1602/2000 (5).
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with
the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics,!B
(1) OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 48, 19.2.1998, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1.2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 2
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1
Object and reference period
Article 1
For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘imports’shall mean the movements of the
goods referred to in Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95,hereinafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regulation’ and ‘exports’ shall mean the
movements of the goods referred to in Article 6(1)(b) of the Basic Regulation.
Article 2
Pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Basic Regulation, external trade statistics shall
not cover goods:
— released for free circulation after being subject to inward processing or
processing under customs control,
— contained in the list of exemptions set out in Annex I.
Article 3
1. The statistical threshold referred to in Article 12 of the Basic Regulation
shall be fixed, for each type of goods, so that imports or exports exceeding
EUR 800 in value or 1 000 kg in net mass shall be covered by external trade
statistics.
2. Each Member State shall inform the Commission of the statistical
threshold it has fixed in national currency.
Article 4
1. The reference period shall be the calendar month during which the goods
are imported or exported.
2. When the single administrative document is the statistical information
medium, the date of acceptance of the document by the customs authorities
shall determine the calendar month to which the data refer.
CHAPTER 2
Definitions of data
Article 5
The definitions of data referred to in Article 10(1), (2) and (3), first indent, of
the Basic Regulation and the procedures whereby they are given in the datamedium are indicated in Articles 6 to 14.
Article 6
1. The ‘customs destination’ shall be identified by the procedure for which
the codes to be indicated are given in Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions concerning the single administrative
document, the statistical procedure shall be indicated in the data medium
where the customs declaration is not required by the Member States.
3. Each Member State which makes use of the option provided for in
paragraph 2 shall draw up the list of statistical procedures to be given in the
data medium so that the statistics may be supplied to the Commission inaccordance with the codes indicated in paragraph 4.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 3
4. Statistical procedures shall be coded as follows:
(a) imports:
7 — normal
1 — after outward processing
3 — for inward processing, suspension system5 — for inward processing, drawback system
6 — after economic outward processing for textiles;
(b) exports:
1 — normal
3—
"C1for3outward processing
5 — after inward processing, suspension system6 — after inward processing, drawback system
7 — for economic outward processing for textiles.
Article 7
1. For the purposes of this Regulation,
(a) ‘country of origin’ means the country where the goods originate in
accordance with Title II, Chapter 2, Section 1, of Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92;
(b) ‘country of consignment’ means the country from which the goods were
initially dispatched to the importing Member State, without any halt or
legal operation not inherent in their transport having occurred in an
intermediate country; if such halts or legal operations have occurred, thefinal intermediate country shall be regarded as the country ofconsignment;
(c) ‘country of destination’ means the
"C1last country 3to which it is
known, at the time of "C1export 3, that the goods are to be
delivered;
(d) ‘Member State of export or import’ means the Member State in which the
export or import formalities are carried out;
(e) ‘Member State of destination’ means the Member State to which it is
known, at the time of import, that the goods are to be ultimately
delivered;
(f) ‘Member State of actual export’ means the Member State, other than the
Member State of export, from which the goods were initially dispatchedfor the purpose of export, if the exporter is not established in the Member
State of export.
Where the goods were not initially dispatched from another Member
State for the purpose of export or when the exporter is established in theMember State of export, the Member State of export shall be the same as
the Member State of actual export.
2. Without prejudice to customs regulations, and pursuant to Article
10(1)(b) of the Basic Regulation, the country of origin shall be indicated inthe statistical information medium.
Nonetheless, the country of consignment must be indicated in the following
instances:
(a) for goods the origin of which is not known;(b) for the following goods, even if their origin is known:
— goods falling within Chapter 97 of the Combined Nomenclature,
— goods imported after outward processing,— returned goods and other goods of Community origin.
The monthly returns on the transactions referred to in (a) and (b), which are
transmitted to the Commission by the Member States, shall include the
country of consignment if it is non-EU country. Otherwise, the code QW (or960) is used.
3. For specific movements of goods referred to in Title II, the partner
countries referred to in the Title should be used, if necessary.
4. The countries defined in paragraph 1 shall be designated and coded in
accordance with Article 9 of the Basic Regulation.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 4
Article 8
Where the quantity of goods to be mentioned on the data medium is
determined:
(a) ‘net mass’ means the actual mass of the good excluding all packaging;
failing any provisions to the contrary adopted pursuant to Article 10(4) of
the Basic Regulation, the net mass shall be expressed in kilograms for
each subheading of the Combined Nomenclature;
(b) ‘supplementary units’ means the units measuring quantity, other than the
units measuring mass expressed in kilograms; they must be mentioned in
accordance with the information set out in the current version of the
Combined Nomenclature, opposite the subheadings concerned, the list ofwhich is published in Part I ‘Preliminary provisions’ of the saidnomenclature.
Article 9
1. ‘Statistical value’ shall be:
— on export, the value of the goods at the place and time where they leave
the statistical territory of the exporting Member State,
— on import, the value of the goods at the place and time where they enter
the statistical territory of the importing Member State.
2. The value of the goods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated as
follows:
— in the case of sale or purchase, on the basis of the invoiced amount of the
goods,
— in other cases, on the basis of the amount which would have been
invoiced in the case of sale or purchase.
In cases where it is established, the customs value, defined in accordance with
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, shall be used to determine the value of thegoods.
3. The statistical value must include only ancillary charges, such as
transport and insurance, relating to that part of the journey which:
— in the case of exported goods, takes place in the statistical territory of the
exporting Member State,
— in the case of imported goods, takes place outside the statistical territory
of the importing Member State.
The statistical value shall not therefore include taxes due on export or import,
such as customs duties, value added tax, excise duty, levies, export refunds or
other taxes with similar effect.
4. For goods subject to processing operations, the statistical value shall be
established as if the goods had been produced wholly in the country ofprocessing.
5. For the goods used as carriers of information such as floppy disks,
computer tapes, films, plans, audio- and videotapes, CD-ROMs, which aretraded in order to provide information, the statistical value shall be based on
the total cost of the goods, i.e. it shall cover not only the medium but also the
information which is carried.
6. The statistical value to be given in the data medium shall be indicated in
national currency. Member States may authorise the indication of a value
expressed in another currency.
The exchange rate to be used in determining the statistical value shall be
either the exchange rate used in calculating the dutiable value or the officialexchange rate at the time of export or import.
Without prejudice to customs regulations, in the case of a periodic declaration
Member States may fix a single rate for the period for conversion intonational currency.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 5
Article 10
1. ‘Mode of transport at the external frontier’ means the mode of transport
determined by the active means of transport with which:
— on export, the goods are presumed to leave the statistical territory of the
Community,
— on import, the goods are presumed to have entered the statistical territory
of the Community.
2. ‘Mode of transport inland’ means the mode of transport determined by
the active means of transport with which:
— on export, the goods are presumed to have left the place of departure,
— on import, the goods reach the place of arrival.
This information shall be required only in the cases for which the customs
legislation provides.
3. The modes of transport referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are as follows:
A B Title
1 10 Sea transport
12 Railway wagon on a seagoing vessel16 Powered road vehicle on a seagoing vessel17 Trailer or semi-trailer on a seagoing vessel18 Inland waterway vessel on a seagoing vessel
2 20 Rail transport
23 Road vehicle on railway wagon
3 30 Road transport4 40 Air transport
5 50 Postal consignment
7 70 Fixed transport installations8 80 Inland waterway transport9 90 Own propulsion
4. The modes of transport shall be designated in the data medium by the
codes in column A of the list shown in paragraph 3.
Member States may require the modes of transport to be designated in the
data medium by the codes in column B of the said list.
5. Transport in containers within the meaning of Article 670(g) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, except when the mode of transport is
designated by codes 5 (50), 7 (70), 9 (90), must be indicated.
For this purpose, the relevant codes are:
0 — goods not transported in containers;1 — goods transported in containers.
6. The nationality of the active means of transport at the external frontier
which is known on import or export must also be indicated, except when themode of transport at the Community frontier is designated by codes 2 (20 or
23), 5 (50), 7 (70) and 9 (90).
For this purpose, the country codes defined pursuant to Article 9 of the Basic
Regulation shall be used.
7. ‘Active means of transport’ means the means of transport which provide
the motive power. In the case of intermodal transport or if there are several
means of transport, the active means of transport shall be that which providesthe motive power for the whole combination.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 6
The nationality of the active means of transport shall be that of the country of
registration, as known at the time of completing the formalities.
Article 11
1. ‘Preference’ means the tariff system whereby preferential customs duties
are applicable which are wholly or partially suspended pursuant toconventions, agreements or specific regulations of the Community.
2. The preference shall be stated in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 12
1. ‘Invoiced amount’ means the amount indicated in the invoice or other
documents in its stead.
2. ‘Currency’ means the currency in which the invoiced amount is
indicated.
Article 13
1. For the purposes of this Regulation,
(a) ‘transaction’ means any operation, whether commercial or not, which
leads to a movement of goods covered by statistics on external trade;
(b) ‘nature of the transaction’ means all those characteristics which
distinguish one transaction from another.
2. The list of transactions is set out in Annex II.
They shall be specified in the data medium by the code numbers in column A
or by a combination of the code numbers in column A and their subdivisions
in column B, as indicated in the list referred to above.
Article 14
1. ‘Delivery terms’ means the provisions of the sales contract which lay
down the obligations of the seller and the buyer respectively, in accordance
with the Incoterms of the International Chamber of Commerce.
2. The delivery terms shall be indicated in the data medium by the codes
and, if necessary, the details to be mentioned in accordance with Annex III.
TITLE II
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1
Definitions and general considerations
Article 15
1. ‘Specific movements of goods’ means movements of goods having
specific features which have some significance for the interpretation of the
information and stem, as the case may be, from the movement as such, from
the nature of the goods, from the transaction which results in the movement ofthe goods or from the exporter or importer of the goods.
2. Specific movements of goods are as follows:(a) industrial plants;
(b) vessels and aircraft, as defined in Chapter 3 of this Title;
(c) sea products;(d) ships’ and aircraft’s stores and supplies;(e) staggered consignments;
(f) military goods;
(g) offshore installations;!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 7
(h) spacecraft and spacecraft launchers;
(i) motor vehicle and aircraft parts;
(j) postal consignments;
(k) petroleum products;(l) waste products.3. Subject to contrary provision in this Regulation or in the absence of
provisions laid down in accordance with Article 21 of the Basic Regulation,
specific movements shall be mentioned according to the relevant national
provisions.
4. The Member States shall adopt the appropriate provisions in order to
implement this chapter and may use, if necessary, statistical informationsources other than those laid down in Article 7 of the Basic Regulation.
CHAPTER 2
Industrial plants
Article 16
1. ‘Complete industrial plant’ means a combination of machines, apparatus,
appliances, equipment, instruments and materials, hereinafter referred to as
‘component parts’, which fall under various headings of the HarmonisedSystem nomenclature and which are designed to function together as a
large-scale unit to produce goods or provide services.
All other goods which are used in constructing a complete industrial plant
may be treated as component parts thereof, provided they are not excluded
from the statistical compilation by virtue of the Basic Regulation.
2. A simplified declaration procedure may be used for recording
"C1exports 3 of complete industrial plant. Those responsible for
supplying the statistical information shall be authorised, at their request, to
use such simplified procedure in accordance with the conditions laid down in
this Regulation.
3. The simplified procedure may be applied only to the export of complete
industrial plant, the total statistical value of each of which exceeds EUR 1,5million, unless they are complete industrial plants for re-use. In this case,
Member States shall inform the Commission of the criteria used.
The statistical value of an industrial plant is calculated by adding the
statistical values of its component parts and the statistical values of the goodsreferred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1.
Article 17
1. The subheadings applicable for the purposes of this chapter are those
provided for in Chapter 98 of the Combined Nomenclature, in respect of the
component parts for complete industrial plant covered by Chapters 63, 68, 69,70, 72, 73, 76, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90 and 94, with reference to each of thesechapters and to each of the individual headings of which they are composed.
2. For the purposes of this chapter, component parts falling within a given
chapter shall be classified under the complete industrial plant subheading of
Chapter 98 for the chapter in question unless the competent department listedin that Chapter requires the classification of the goods in chapter 98 under theappropriate complete industrial plant subheadings at the level of the headings
of the Harmonised System nomenclature or to apply the provisions of
paragraph 3.
However, the simplified procedure shall not prevent the competent depart-
ment from classifying certain component parts under the relevant CombinedNomenclature subheadings within the meaning of point (b) of Article 1(2) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (
1).!B
(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 8
3. Where the competent department referred to in paragraph 2 considers the
value of the items of complete industrial plant to be too low to justifyrecording them under the subheadings relating to the chapters under whichthey fall, specific subheadings, as provided for in the Combined Nomen-
clature, shall apply.
Article 18
In accordance with the Combined Nomenclature, the code numbers for
complete industrial plant subheadings shall be composed in conformity with
the following rules:
1. the code shall comprise eight digits;
2. the first two digits shall be 9 and 8 respectively;
3. the third digit, which shall serve to identify exports of complete industrial
plant, shall be 8;
4.the fourth digit shall vary from 0 to 9 according to the main economic
activity carried out by the complete industrial plant and in accordancewith the classification given below:
Code Economic activities
0 Energy (including production and distribution of steam and hot water)
1 Extraction of non-energy-producing minerals (including preparation of
metalliferous ores and peat extraction); manufacture of non-metallicmineral products (including manufacture of glass and glassware)
2 Iron and steel industry; manufacture of metal articles (excluding
mechanical engineering and construction of means of transport)
3 Mechanical engineering and construction of means of transport,
instrument engineering
4 Chemical industry (including man-made fibres industry); rubber and
plastics industry
5 Food, drink and tobacco industry6 Textile, leather, footwear and clothing industry
7 Timber and paper industry (including printing and publishing);
manufacturing industries not classified elsewhere
8 Transport (excluding services connected with transport, services of travel
agents, freight brokers and other agents facilitating the transport ofpassengers or goods, storage and warehousing) and communications
9 Collection, purification and distribution of water; services connected with
transport; economic activities not classified elsewhere;
5. the fifth and sixth digits shall correspond to the number of the chapter of
the Combined Nomenclature to which the complete industrial plantsubheading relates. However, for the purposes of Article 17(3), these fifth
and sixth digits shall be 9;
6. for complete industrial plant subheadings which are situated:
— at Combined Nomenclature chapter level, the seventh and eighth
digits shall be 0,
— at Harmonised System heading level, the seventh and eighth digits
shall correspond to the third and fourth digits of that heading;
7. the competent department referred to in Article 17 (2) shall prescribe the
designation and the code number to be used in the statistical information
medium to identify the component parts of a complete industrial plant.
Article 19
1. Those responsible for supplying statistical information may not use the
simplified declaration procedure without prior authorisation in accordance
with the detailed rules which each Member State shall lay down within theframework of this chapter.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 9
2. In the case of a complete industrial plant whose component parts are
exported by several Member States, authorisation for the use of the simplifieddeclaration procedure shall be given by each Member State for the exportswhich concern it. However, such authorisation may be issued only on
presentation of documentary evidence that the total statistical value specified
in Article 16(3) is reached or that other criteria justify the use of thesimplified procedure.
3. Where the department referred to in Article 17(2) is not the department
responsible for compiling the statistics on the external trade of the exporting
Member State, it shall not issue authorisation without the approval of thelatter.
CHAPTER 3
Imports and exports of vessels and aircraft
Article 20
For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) ‘vessels’ means the vessels used for sea transport, referred to in
Additional Notes 1 and 2 of Chapter 89 of the Combined Nomenclature,
and warships;
(b) ‘aircraft’ means aeroplanes falling within CN code 8802 for civilian use,
provided they are used by an airline, or for military use;
(c) ‘ownership of a vessel or an aircraft’ means the fact of a physical or legal
person’ s registration as owner of a vessel or an aircraft;
(d) ‘partner country’’ means:
— on import, the third country of construction if the vessel or aircraft is
new; in other cases it shall mean the third country where the natural
or legal person transferring the ownership of the vessel or aircraft isestablished,
— on export, the third country where the natural or legal person to
whom the ownership of the vessel or aircraft is transferred is
established.
Article 21
1. External trade statistics covering the following shall be transmitted to the
Commission:
(a) the transfer of ownership of a vessel or aircraft from a physical or legal
person established in a third country to a physical or legal person
established in a Member State; this transaction shall be treated in thesame way as an import;
(b) the transfer of ownership of a vessel or aircraft from a physical or legal
person established in a Member State to a physical or legal personestablished in a third country; this transaction shall be treated in the sameway as an export; If the vessel or aircraft is new, the export shall be
recorded in the Member State of construction;
(c) the placing of vessels or aircraft under inward processing customs
procedures and their re-export after inward processing to a destination ina third country;
(d) the placing of vessels or aircraft under outward processing customs
procedures and their re-import after outward processing.
2. The results of the operations referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) which
the Member States transmit to the Commission shall include the following
data:
— the code corresponding to the subdivision of the Combined Nomen-
clature,
— the statistical procedure,
— the partner country,!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 10
— the quantity, as number of items and in any other supplementary units
laid down in the Combined Nomenclature, for vessels, and the quantity,in net mass and in supplementary units, for aircraft,
— the statistical value.
Article 22
Member States shall use every available source of information for the purpose
of complying with this chapter.
CHAPTER 4
Ships’ and aircraft’s stores and supplies
Article 23
For the purposes of this chapter:
— ‘ships’ and aircraft’s stores’ means the various products for consumption
by the crew and passengers of vessels or aircraft;
— ‘ships’ and aircraft’s supplies’ means the products for the operation of the
engines, machines and other equipment on vessels or aircraft, such as
fuel, oil and lubricants.
Article 24
1. External trade statistics covering the following shall be transmitted to the
Commission:
(a) any delivery of ships’ and aircraft’s stores and supplies to vessels or
aircraft for which the natural or legal person responsible for their
commercial use is established in a third country, and which are stationed
in a port or airport of the reporting Member State, provided that they areCommunity goods or non-Community goods placed under inwardprocessing customs arrangements or under arrangements for processing
under customs control; this operation shall be treated as an export;
(b) any delivery of ships’ and aircraft’s stores and supplies to national vessels
or aircraft, which are stationed in a port or airport of the reportingMember State, provided that they are non-Community goods which havenot been released by customs for free circulation, placed under inward
processing customs arrangements or under arrangements for processing
under customs control; this operation shall be treated as an import.
2. The monthly returns on the operations referred to in paragraph 1(a),
which are transmitted by the Member States to the Commission, shall include
the following data:
(a) the product code, according to the following simplified coding:
— 9930 24 00: goods from Chapters 1 to 24 of the Harmonised System,
— 9930 27 00: goods from Chapter 27 of the Harmonised System,— 9930 99 00: goods classified elsewhere,
(b) the specific country code QS (or 952);(c) the statistical procedure;(d) the quantity in net mass;(e) the statistical value.
CHAPTER 5
Staggered consignments
Article 25
For the purposes of this chapter, ‘staggered consignments’ means imports or
exports of components of complete goods in a disassembled state over severaldeliveries for commercial or transport-related reasons.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 11
Article 26
In the monthly returns transmitted to the Commission by the Member States,
data on the imports and exports of staggered consignments shall be compiled
once only, in the month of import or export of the last partial consignment,
indicating the full value of the complete assembled good and using theclassification code for that good.
CHAPTER 6
Military goods
Article 27
1. Statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries
covering exports and imports of goods for military use in compliance with thedefinition in force in the Member States shall be transmitted to the
Commission.
2. The monthly returns covering the operations referred to in paragraph 1,
which are transmitted to the Commission by the Member States, shall include
the following data:
(a) the code corresponding to the subdivision of the product classification
referred to in Article 8 of the Basic Regulation;
(b) the code of the partner country;
(c) the statistical procedure;
(d) the quantity in net mass and, where appropriate, in supplementary units;
(e) the statistical value.
3. In the Member States unable to apply the provisions of paragraph 2 owing
to military secrecy, appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that, at a
minimum, the statistical value of exports and imports of goods intended for
military used are included in the monthly returns transmitted to theCommission.
CHAPTER 7
Offshore installations
Article 28
1. For the purposes of this chapter, ‘offshore installations’ means the
equipment and devices installed in the high sea in order to search for and
exploit mineral resources.
2. ‘Foreign’ installations, as opposed to ‘national’ installations, means those
installations of which the natural or legal person responsible for the
commercial use is established in a non-member country.
Article 29
1. In a given Member State, statistics on trade with non-member countries
covering the following shall be transmitted to the Commission:
(a) the delivery of goods to a national installation directly from a
non-member country or from a foreign installation; this transaction shall
be treated in the same way as an import;
(b) the delivery of goods to a non-member country or to a foreign installation
from a national installation; this transaction shall be treated in the sameway as an export;
(c) the delivery of goods to a national installation from a customs’ warehouse
located on the statistical territory of a Member State; this transactionshall be treated in the same way as an import;
(d) the import to the statistical territory of this Member State of goods from a
foreign installation;
(e) the export from the statistical territory of this Member State of goods
destined for a foreign installation.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 12
2. The monthly returns covering the operations referred to in paragraph 1,
which are transmitted to the Commission by the Member States, shall includethe following data:
(a) the code corresponding to the subdivision of the Combined Nomen-
clature.
However, without prejudice to the customs regulations, if the goods are
those referred to in Article 23 the Member States shall have the option of
using the simplified codes set out in Article 24(2)(a);
(b) the code of the partner country.
However, without prejudice to the customs regulations, in the case of
goods coming from or destined for installations, the partner country shall
be the country where the natural or legal person responsible for the
commercial use of the installation in question is established. Where thisinformation is not available, the code QW (or 960) shall be used;
(c) the statistical procedure;(d) the quantity in net mass;(e) the statistical value.
CHAPTER 8
Spacecraft
Article 30
For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) ‘spacecraft’ means craft such as satellites which travel in space outside
the earth’ s atmosphere;
(b) ‘ownership of a spacecraft’ means the fact of a natural or legal person’ s
registration as owner of a spacecraft.
Article 31
1. Statistics on trade with non-member countries covering the following
shall be transmitted to the Commission:
(a) the admission of a spacecraft under inward-processing arrangements and
its export under such arrangements to a non-member country;
(b) the admission of a spacecraft under outward-processing arrangements
and its import under such arrangements;
(c) the space launch of a spacecraft which was the subject of a transfer of
ownership between a natural or legal person established in a non-membercountry and a natural or legal person established in a Member State.
This operation shall be recorded as an import in the Member State where
the new owner is established;
(d) the space launch of a spacecraft which was the subject of a transfer of
ownership from a natural or legal person established in a Member State to
a natural or legal person established in a non-member State.
This operation shall be recorded as an export by the Member State of
manufacture of the finished spacecraft;
(e) the transfer of ownership of a spacecraft in orbit from a natural or legal
person established in a non-member country to a natural or legal personestablished in a Member State. This operation shall be recorded as animport;
(f) the transfer of ownership of a spacecraft in orbit from a natural or legal
person established in a Member State to a natural or legal person
established in a non-member country. This operation shall be recorded asan export.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 13
2. The monthly returns on the operations referred to in paragraph 1(c) to (f),
which are transmitted to the Commission by the Member States, shall includethe following data:
(a) the code corresponding to the subdivision of the product classification
referred to in Article 8 of the Basic Regulation;
(b) the code of the partner country.
For the operations referred to in paragraph 1(c), the partner country
means the country of manufacture of the finished spacecraft.
For the operations referred to in paragraph 1(d) and (f), the partner
country means the country where the natural or legal person to whom theownership of the spacecraft is transferred is established.
For the operations referred to in paragraph 1(e), the partner country
means the country where the natural or legal person transferring theownership of the spacecraft is established;
(c) the statistical procedure;
(d) the quantity in net mass and in supplementary units;
(e) the statistical value.
For the imports referred to in paragraph 1(c), the statistical value includes
the transport and insurance costs connected with conveyance to the
launch base and the space journey.
TITLE III
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 32
Pursuant to Article 13 of the Basic Regulation, Member States shall transmit
to the Commission without delay, and no later than six weeks after the end of
the reference period, the monthly results of their external trade statistics.
Article 33
1. If the data contained in a statistical information medium have to be
corrected, the corrections shall be made to the figures of the reference period.
2. Member States shall transmit the corrected monthly data at least every
three months, together with a file containing the cumulative and correctedannual data.
Article 34
Member States shall retain the statistical information media referred to in
Articles 7 and 23 of the Basic Regulation, or at least the informationcontained therein, for at least two years after the end of the year to which themedia refer.
Article 35
Member States shall transmit to the Commission their national instructions
and any subsequent amendments.
Article 36
Commission Regulation (EC) No 840/96 (
1) is repealed effective from 1
January 2001.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be deemed to refer to this
Regulation.
Article 37
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .!B
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It shall apply from 1 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 15
ANNEX I
List of exceptions referred to in Article 2
Data shall not be compiled for the following goods:
(a) means of payment which are legal tender, and securities;
(b) monetary gold;(c) emergency aid for disaster areas;
(d) because of the diplomatic or similar nature of their intended use:
1. goods benefiting from diplomatic and consular or similar immunity;2. gifts to Head of State or to members of a government or parliament;
3. items being circulated within the framework of administrative mutual aid;
(e) provided that they are not the subject of a commercial transaction:
1. decorations, honorary distinctions and prizes, commemorative badges and
medals;
2. travel equipment, provisions and other items, including sports equipment,
intended for personal use or consumption which accompany, precede or
follow the traveller;
3. bridal outfits, items involved in moving house, or heirlooms;
4. coffins, funerary urns, ornamental funerary articles and items for the upkeep
of graves and funeral monuments;
5. printed advertising material, instructions for use, price lists and other
advertising items;
6. goods which have become unusable, or which cannot be used for industrial
purposes;
7. ballast;
8. postage stamps;
9. pharmaceutical products used at international sporting events;
(f) products used as part of exceptional common measures for the protection of
persons or of the environment;
(g) goods which are the subject of non-commercial traffic between persons resident in
the frontier zones defined by the Member States (frontier traffic); products
obtained by agricultural producers on properties located outside, but adjacent to,
the statistical territory within which they have their principal undertaking;
(h) provided that the trade is temporary, goods imported and exported for the repair of
means of transport, containers and related transport equipment, but which are not
placed under processing arrangements, and parts replaced during the repairs;
(i) goods exported to national armed forces stationed outside the statistical territory as
well as imported goods which had been conveyed outside the statistical territory by
the national armed forces, as well as goods acquired or disposed of on thestatistical territory of a Member State by the foreign armed forces which arestationed there;
(j) goods used as carriers of information such as floppy disks, computer tapes, films,
plans, audio- and videotapes, CD-ROMs which are traded in order to provideinformation, where developed to order for a particular client or where they are notthe subject of a commercial transaction, as well as goods which complement aprevious delivery e.g. an update, and for which the consignee is not invoiced;
(k) satellite launchers:
— on export and import pending their launching into space,
— at the time of launching into space.!
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ANNEX II
List of transactions referred to in Article 13(2)
AB
1. Transactions involving actual or intended transfer of
ownership against compensation (financial or otherwise)(except the transactions listed under 2, 7, 8) (a) (b) (c)1. Outright/purchase/sale (b)
2. Supply for sale on approval or after trial, for consignment or
with the intermediation of a commission agent
3. Barter trade (compensation in kind)
4. Personal purchases by travellers5. Financial leasing (hire-purchase) (c)
2. Return of goods after registration of the original transaction
under code 1 (d); replacement of goods free of charge (d)1. Return of goods
2. Replacement for returned goods3. Replacement (e.g. under warranty) for goods not being
returned
3. Transactions (not temporary) involving transfer of owner-
ship but without compensation (financial or other)1. Goods delivered under aid programmes operated or
financed partly or wholly by the European Community
2. Other general government-aid deliveries3. Other aid deliveries (individuals, non-governmental orga-
nisations)
4. Others
4. Operations with a view to processing under contract (e) or
repair (f) (except those recorded under 7)1. Processing under contract
2. Repair and maintenance against payment
3. Repair and maintenance free of charge
5. Operations following processing under contract (e) or
repair (f) (except those recorded under 7)1. Processing under contract
2. Repair and maintenance against payment
3. Repair and maintenance free of charge
6. Transactions not involving transfer of ownership, e.g. hire,
loan, operational leasing (g) and other temporary
uses (h) except processing under contract or repair (deliveryor return)1. Hire, loan, operational leasing
2. Other goods for temporary uses
7. Operations under joint defence projects or other joint
intergovernmental production programs (e.g. Airbus)
8. Supply of building materials and equipment for works that
are part of a general construction or engineering contract (i)
9. Other transactions
(a) This item covers most dispatches and arrivals, i.e. transactions in respect of which:
— ownership is transferred from resident to non-resident, and
— payment or compensation in kind is or will be made.
Note that this also applies to movements between entities belonging to the same enterprise or to the same group of entreprises and to
movements to/from central distribution depots, unless no payment or other compensation is made (otherwise they are covered by code 3).
(b) Including spare parts and other replacements made against payment.
(c) Including financial leasing: the lease instalments are calculated in such a way as to cover all or virtually all of the value of the goods. The risks
and rewards of ownership are transferred to the lessee. At the end of the contract the lessee becomes the legal owner of the goods.
(d) Return and replacement dispatches of goods originally recorded under items 3 to 9 of column A should be registered under the corresponding
items.
(f) Repair entails the restoration of goods to their original function. This may involve some rebuilding or enhancements.(g) Operational leasing: leasing contracts other than financial leasing (see note (
c)).
(h) This item covers goods that are exported/imported with the intention of subsequent re-import/re-export without any change of ownership
taking place.
(i) The transactions recorded under item 8 of column A involve goods which are not separately invoiced, but for which a single invoice is made
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ANNEX III
List of delivery terms referred to in Article 14(2)
First sub-box Meaning Second sub-box
Incoterm Code Incoterm ICC/ECE Geneva Place to be indicated
EXW ex-works location of works
FCA free carrier … agreed place
FAS free alongside ship agreed port of loading
FOB free on board agreed port of loading
CFR cost and freight (C & F) agreed port of destination
CIF cost, insurance and freight agreed port of destination
CPT carriage paid to agreed port of destination
CIP carriage and insurance paid to agreed port of destination
DAF delivered at frontier agreed Place of Delivery at Frontier
DES delivered ex-ship agreed port of destination
DEQ delivered ex-quay after customs clearance, agreed port
DDU delivered duty unpaid agreed place of destination in importing country
DDP delivered duty paid agreed place of delivery in importing country
XXX delivered terms other than the above precise statement of terms specified in the contract
Third sub-box
1: Place located in the territory of the Member State concerned;
2: Place located in other Member State;3: Other (place located outside the Community).!B2000R1917 — EN — 29.09.2000 — 000.001 — 18