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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of17November1980
onstatisticalreturnsinrespectofcarriage ofgoodsbyinlandwaterways
(80/1119/EEC)
(OJL339,15.12.1980,p.30)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►A1ActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal L302 23 15.11.1985
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of17November1980
on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by inland
waterways
(80/1119/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,andinparticularArticle213thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftDirectivesubmittedbytheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(2),
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksentrustedtoitundertheTreaty,
theCommissionmusthaveatitsdisposalconsistent,synchronizedandregularstatisticaldataonthescaleanddevelopmentofthecarriageofgoods by inland waterway in the Member States; whereas these data
mustbecomparable bothasbetweenStatesandalsowiththedatafor
other modes of transport and must refer to national, international andtransittraffic;
Whereas, since variations during the year in the demand for transport
andintheconditionsofnavigabilityhaveaninfluenceongoodstraffic,
certainstatisticsshouldbesubmittedatintervalsoflessthanoneyear;
Whereas,inordertosecureadequateinformationonthemarketforthe
carriage of goods by inland waterway, such statistical data shoulddistinguishbetweenthemaintransportlinks;
Whereasthestatisticsalreadyavailable inthedifferentMemberStates
ongoodscarriageshouldbefurtherharmonizedatCommunitylevel;
Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the proposed
provisions, certain time limits should be laid down for providing thenecessarystatisticalinformation;
WhereastheCommissionshouldsubmitareportinordertoenablethe
CounciltoexaminetheextenttowhichtheobjectivesofthisDirective
can be attained by using the statistical data submitted; whereas itshould therefore envisage the possibility of proposing improvementstothemethodsusedincompilingthesestatistics;whereastheCouncil,actingonaproposalfromtheCommission,shoulddecideontheintro-duction of statistics on the carriage of goods by sea-going vessels on
inlandwaterways,andstatisticsoninternationaltrafficbetweenregions
onsuchwaterways;
Whereas statistical data are necessary for ascertaining the scale and
development ofthecarriage ofgoods;whereastheCommunity should
therefore, for an initial period, make a financial contribution to
MemberStatesinrespectoftheworkinvolved,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1. MemberStateswithoneormoreinlandwaterwaysshallcarryout
statistical surveys of carriage by inland waterway vessels, irrespectiveofthecountryinwhichtheyareregisteredorlicensed:
— of goods carried for hire or reward and goods carried on own
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(1) OJNoC85,8.4.1980,p.75.
(2) Opiniondelivered on30September 1980(not yetpublished intheOfficial
Journal).
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— ofgoodsloadedorunloadedinthecountry,orpassingintransitvia
itsinlandwaterways.
2. ForthepurposesofthisDirective,thefollowingtermsshallhave
themeaninghereinafterassignedtothem:
(a) inland waterway: a watercourse, canal or lake the natural or man-
made characteristics of which render it suitable for navigation,primarilybyinlandwaterwayvessels;
(b) inland waterway vessel: a vessel, whether or not self-propelled,
whichisregisteredorlicensedasaninlandwaterwayvessel,whichmay or may not be a shipborne barge, and which by design orconstructionissuitablefornavigationinshelteredwatersonly.
3. ThisDirectiveshallnotapplyto:
— thecarriageofgoodsbyvesselsoflessthan50deadweighttonnes,
— vesselsusedprincipallyforthecarriageofpassengers,— vesselsusedforferryingpurposes,— vessels used solely for non-commercial purposes by port adminis-
trationsandpublicauthorities,
— vesselsusedsolelyforbunkeringorstorage,— vessels not used for the carriage of goods such as fishery vessels,
dredgers,floatingworkshops,houseboatsandpleasurecraft.
4. Thefirststatisticalsurveysshallbecarriedoutasfrom1January
1981.
Article 2
1. Thefollowingparticularsshallberecorded:
(a) theweightofthegoodsintonnes;
(b) themaintransportlinks:
— national traffic, wherethe goodsare bothloaded andunloaded
within the same reporting Member State, irrespective of theroutefollowedbythevessel,
— internationl traffic, where the goods are either loaded or
unloaded, but not both, in the reporting Member State, distin-guishingbetweenthegoodsloadedandunloaded,
— transit traffic, where the goods pass through the reporting
MemberStatewithoutbeingloaded,unloadedortranshipped.
Inthecaseofshipbornebarges,thegoodsshallbeconsideredtobe
loaded at the place where the barge is floated or lifted off thecarrier-ship, and unloaded where the barge is hauled or hoistedaboardthecarrier-ship;
(c) thenatureofthegoods,accordingtothegroupsofgoodsshownin
theleft-handcolumnofAnnexI;
(d) the nationality, i.e. the country inwhich the goods-carrying vessel
is registered or licensed, or failing that, the country in which theownerofthevesselisdomiciled.
(e) thetypeofvesselaccordingtothefollowingnomenclature:
— self-propelledbarge:
— self-propelledtanker,
— otherself-propelledbarge,
— towedbarge:
— towedtanker,
— othertowedbarge,
— pushedbarge(includingpushed-towedbarge):
— pushedtanker,
— otherpushedbarge(includingshipbornebarge),1980L1119—EN—01.01.1986—001.001—3
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— othergoods-carryingvessel.
Theterm‘tanker’referstoallvesselsintendedforbulktransportof
liquidorliquefiedcargo,butnotofpowders;
(f) fornationaltraffic,thenationalregionsofloadingandunloadingin
accordancewiththegeographicalclassificationgiveninAnnexII;
(g) for international and transit traffic, the countries of loading and
unloadingaslistedinAnnexIII;
(h) thedistanceinkilometrescoveredonthenationalwaterways.
2. Member States in which the total volume of goods transported
annually by inland waterways as international or transit traffic doesnotexceedonemilliontonnesshallnotbeobligedtosupplythestatis-
ticsrequiredunderthetermsofthisDirective.
Article 3
1. With the exception of information subject to statistical secrecy
under national laws, the Member States shall communicate the statis-tical resultstotheCommissionassoonaspossible,andnotlater thanfivemonthsaftertheendofthereferenceperiodsinvolved.
2. Theresultsshallbesubmittedusingtablesmodelledonthespeci-
menssetoutinAnnexIV.
3. Resultswhich are processed bycomputer may be submitted ina
machine-readable form of a type and format to be determined by theCommissioninconsultationwiththeMemberStatesconcerned.
Article 4
1. TheMemberStatesshallsubmittotheCommissionnotlaterthan
31December1980adetaileddescriptionofthemethodstobeusedfor
thestatisticalsurveyswithregardtotheprocessingofthedataandthe
calculationoftonne-kilometres.
2. The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall
examine the methodological and technical problems raised by thesurveys in order to find solutions which make the statistics as consis-tentandcomparableaspossible.
Article 5
1. TheCommissionshallpublishtheappropriateresultsofthestatis-
ticalsurveys.
2. Before 1 January 1983 the Commission shall submit to the
Council a report on the experience acquired in the work carried outpursuanttothisDirective, andshallproposeanyimprovements neces-sary.
3. Within twoyears followingthe entry into force ofthisDirective
theCouncil,actingonaproposalfromtheCommission,shalldecideonthe introduction of statistics on the carriage of goods by seagoingvessels on inland waterways, and statistics on international trafficbetweenregionsonsuchwaterways.
Article 6
Forthefirstthreeyearsinwhichthestatisticalsurveysprovidedforin
this Directive are made, a financial contribution towards the expendi-
ture incurred by the Member States shall be granted within the limitof the appropriations set aside for this purpose in the budget of theEuropeanCommunities.
Article 7
The Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with
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Article 8
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ANNEX I
LISTOFGROUPSOFGOODS
Groupof
goodsNST/R(1)
ChapterNST/R(1)
groupsDescription
1 0 01 Cereals
2 02,03 Potatoes,otherfreshorfrozenfruitandvegetables3 00,06 Liveanimals,sugarbeet
4 05 Woodandcork
5 04,09 Textiles,textilearticlesandman-madefibres,otherraw
animalandvegetablematerials
6 1 11,12,13,
14,16,17Foodstuffsandanimalfodder
7 18 Oilseedsandoleaginousfruitandfats
8 2 21,22,23 Solidmineralfuels
9 3 31 Crudepetroleum
10 32,33,34 Petroleumproducts11 4 41,46 Ironore,ironandsteelwasteandblastfurnacedust
12 45 Non-ferrousoresandwaste
13 5 51,52,53,
54,55,56Metalproducts
14 6 64,69 Cement,lime,manufacturedbuildingmaterials
15 61,62,63,
65Crudeandmanufacturedminerals
16 7 71,72 Naturalandchemicalfertilizers
17 8 83 Coalchemicals,tar18 81,82,89 Chemicalsotherthancoalchemicalsandtar19 84 Paperpulpandwastepaper20 9 91,92,93 Transportequipment,machinery,apparatus,engines,
whetherornotassembled,andpartsthereof
21 94 Manufacturesofmetal22 95 Glass,glassware,ceramicproducts
23 96,97 Leather,textils,clothing,othermanufacturedarticles
24 99 Miscellaneousarticles
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ANNEX II
GEOGRAPHICALCLASSIFICATIONOFREGIONS
Belgium
Vlaamsgewest,excludingAntwerpen
AntwerpenRégionwallonneRegionbruxelloise—Brusselsgewest
Federal RepublicofGermany
Schleswig-Holstein
HamburgNordostteilvonNiedersachsenWestteilvonNiedersachsenSüdostteilvonNiedersachsenBremen(Land)NordteilvonNordrhein-WestfalenRuhrgebietSüdwestteilvonNordrhein-WestfalenOstteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen (Sieger-Sauerland und Ostteil von West-
falen)
NordteilvonHessen
SüdteilvonHessenNordteilvonRheinland-PfalzSüdteilvonRheinland-PfalzNordbadenSüdbadenWürttembergNordbayern(Franken)Ostbayern(OberpfalzundNiederbayern)Südbayern(SchwabenundOberbayern)SaarlandBerlin(West)
Spain
Andalucía
AragónPrincipadodeAsturiasComunidadAutónomadelasIslasBalearesCanariasCantabriaCastilla-LaManchaCastillayLeónCataluñaExtremadura
Galicia
ComunidaddeMadridRegióndeMurciaComunidadForaldeNavarraPaísVascoLaRiojaComunidadValencianaCeutaMelilla
France
Ile-de-France
Champagne-ArdennesPicardieHaute-NormandieCentreBasse-NormandieBourgogneNord-Pas-de-CalaisLorraineAlsaceFranche-ComtéPaysdelaLoireBretagne1980L1119—EN—01.01.1986—001.001—7
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Poitou-Charentes
Aquitaine
Midi-Pyrénées
Limousin
Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne
Languedoc-Roussillon
Provence-Alpes-Côted'Azur
Italy
Piemonte
Valled'Aosta
Liguria
Lombardia
Trentino-AltoAdige
Veneto
Friuli-VeneziaGiulia
Emilia-Romagna
Toscana
Umbria
Marche
Lazio
Campania
Abruzzo
Molise
Puglia
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicilia
Sardegna
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Noord
West,exceptRijnmondandIJmond
Rijnmond
IJmond
Zuidwest
Zuid
Oost
Portugal
Norte
Centro
LisboaevaledoTejo
Alentejo
Algarve
UnitedKingdom
North
YorkshireandHumberside
EastMidlands
EastAnglia
South-East
South-West
WestMidlands
North-West
Wales
Scotland
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ANNEX III
LISTOFCOUNTRIESANDGROUPSOFCOUNTRIES
I. CountriesoftheEuropeanCommunity
01. Belgium
02. Denmark03. FederalRepublicofGermany
04. Greece
05. Spain06. France07. Ireland
08. Italy
09. Luxembourg10. Netherlands
11. Portugal
12. UnitedKingdom
II.►
A113.◄Switzerland
III.►A114.◄Austria
IV. State-tradingcountries
►A115.◄USSR
►A116.◄Poland
►A117.◄GermanDemocraticRepublic
►A118.◄Czechoslovakia
►A119.◄Hungary
►A120.◄Romania
►A121.◄Bulgaria
►A122.◄Yugoslavia
V.►A123.◄OtherEuropeancountries
VI.►A124.◄UnitedStatesofAmerica
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ANNEX IV
SPECIMENTABLES
TABLE1(A)
National,internationalandtransittraffic:quantitiescarried bygroupofgoods
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TABLE1(B)
National,internationalandtransittraffic: tonne-kilometres(1)bygroupofgoods
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TABLE2
Nationalintra-andinter-regionaltraffic: quantitiescarriedbyregionofloadingandunloading
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TABLE3
Nationaltraffic: loadingandunloadingbyregionandbygroupofgoods
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TABLE4(A)
Nationaltraffic:quantitiescarried bygroupofgoodsandbydistanceclass
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TABLE4(B)
Nationaltraffic:tonne-kilometresbygroupofgoodsandbydistanceclass
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TABLE5(A)
International traffic: quantities carried on the national inland waterway(s) by country of loading/
unloadingandbygroupofgoods
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TABLE5(B)
Transittraffic: quantitiescarried onthenationalwaterway(s)bycountryofloadingandunloading
andbygroupofgoods
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TABLE6(A)
Internationaltraffic: tonne-kilometresonthe nationalwaterway(s)bycountryofloading/unloading
andbygroupofgoods
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TABLE6(B)
Transit traffic: tonne-kilometres on the national waterway(s) by country of loading and unloading
andbygroupofgoods
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TABLE7(A)
Internationaltraffic:quantitiescarriedonthenationalwaterway(s)bycountryofloading/unloading
andbynationality
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TABLE7(B)
Transittraffic: quantitiescarried onthenationalwaterway(s)bycountryofloadingandunloading
andbynationality
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TABLE8(A)
Internationaltraffic: tonne-kilometresonthe nationalwaterway(s)bycountryofloading/unloading
andbynationality
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TABLE8(B)
Transit traffic: tonne-kilometres on the national waterway(s) by country of loading and unloading
andbynationality
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TABLE9
Nationalandinternationaltraffic:quantitiescarriedonthenationalwaterway(s)listedbytransport
link
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TABLE10(A)
National,internationalandtransittraffic: quantitiescarriedbynationality
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TABLE10(B)
National,internationalandtransittraffic: tonne-kilometresbynationality
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TABLE11
Totalgoodstrafficbytypeofvessel
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