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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of8December1969
onreturns,tobemadeonthebasisofregionalstatistics,inrespectofinternational
carriageofgoodsbyroad
(69/467/EEC)
Article2 THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article213thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasthedevelopmentofthecommonmarket
requiresamoreextensiveknowledgeofthepattern
oftrafficofthevariousregionsoftheCommunity
amongthemselvesandwiththirdcountries,andin
particularofthelinksbetweenproductionand
consumptionregions;
Whereastransportstatisticsforeachloadingand
unloadingregioncoveringthewholeofthetraffic
betweenMemberStatesandwiththirdcountries
cannotbecompiledfromexistingstatistical
informationinrespectofinternationalcarriageof
goodsbyroad;whereasresponsibilityforcompiling
thereturnsrequiredforthispurposeshouldtherefore
beplacedonMemberStates;
Whereasinordertoincreasecomparability of
statisticsthereshouldbeprogressiveimprovement
andapproximation ofthevariousmethodsusedby
MemberStatestocollectdata;whereas,forthesame
purpose,provisionshouldbemadeforamendmentof
thisDirectiveinduetimeandasmayprovenecessary
inthelightofexperience;1.MemberStatesshall,inrespectofeachofthe21
groupsofgoodslistedinAnnexI,compilereturnsof
thetonnagecarriedasspecifiedinArticle1,broken
downbyregionofloadingandunloading,aregion
beingoneofthe57transportregionsofthe
CommunitylistedinAnnexIIor,athirdcountry,as
thecasemaybe.
Thereturnsshallgiveseparatelydataconcerning
carriageonownaccountandcarriageforhireor
reward:
—■fortrafficbetweenMemberStatesandfor
consignmentsfromthirdcountriesonthebasisof
arrivalsintransportregionsoftheCommunity ;
—forconsignmentstothirdcountriesonthebasis
ofdeparturesfromthoseregions.
2.EachMemberStateshallinadditioncompile
forthewholeofitstrafficwitheachotherMember
Stateandeachthirdcountryglobalreturnsofthe
tonnagecarriedwithinthemeaningofArticle1;
thesereturnsshallbebrokendownbycountryof
registrationofthevehicleswhicheffectedthe
carriage,andshalldistinguishbetweencarriageon
ownaccountandcarriageforhireorreward.They
shallbecompiledfortrafficbetweenMemberStates
andfordeliveriesfromthirdcountriesonthebasisof
arrivals,andforconsignmentstothirdcountrieson
thebasisofdepartures.
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1Article3
ThisDirectiveshallapplytointernationalcarriageof
goodsbyroad(includingcarriagebetweenMember
Statesandthirdcountries)wheretheplaceofloading
orunloadingofthegoodscarriedissituatedonthe
territoryofaMemberState.Everyyearbefore1October,MemberStatesshall
sendtotheCommissionthereturnscompiledin
accordancewithArticle2.
Theresultsofsuchreturnsshallbemadeknownby
theCommissiontotheMemberStatesinaccordance

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withtheprocedurefollowedinrespectofother
modesoflandtransport.
Article4TransportStatisticsattheStatisticalOfficeofthe
EuropeanCommunities ,examinetheresultsofthe
officialsurveysmadebyMemberStates,inorderto
approximatethemethodsusedasfaraspossible.
2.Before1June1974,theCommissionshall
submittotheCouncilareportontheresults
achievedfollowingtheimplementation ofthis
Directiveandshallproposeanyamendmentswhich
mayprovenecessary .Thereturnsshallbedrawnupforthefirsttimein
respectoftheyear1970.
Article5
Article7
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.MemberStatesshallreceivefinancialaidfromthe
Communityforadditionaltaskswhichtheymay
undertakeattherequestoftheCommission .The
appropriations requiredforthispurposeshallbe
showninthebudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities
undertheheading,concerninggeneralstudiesand
surveysofaCommunitycharacter. DoneatBrussels,8December1969.
Article6 FortheCouncil
ThePresident .
J.M.A.H.LUNS1.EachyeartheCommissionshall,withthe
assistanceoftheCommitteeforCo-ordination of

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ANNEXI
GROUPSOFGOODS
Groupof
goodsChapter
NST1NST1GroupDescriptiononthebasisofthe
NST1terminology
1 000,02,04,05,
06,09Otheragriculturalproductsandliveanimals
2 01 Cereals
3 03 Otherfreshorfrozenvegetablesandfresh
fruits
4 111,12,13,14,
16,17,18Foodstuffsandfodder
5 221 Hardcoal
6 22 Browncoalandpeat
7 23 Coke
8 331 Crudepetroleum
932,33,34Otherpetroleumproducts
10 441 Ironores
11 45 Non-ferrous oresandwastes
12 46 Scrapmetalandblastfurnacedust
13 551 Foundrypigironandcastiron,ferro-alloys
14 522 Rolledsemi-finishedironandsteelproducts,
blooms,billets,slabsandsteelbars,roughly
shapedforsheetsorplates(coils)
15—16 532,535,537,
542,545
523,533,536,
543,546,
55,56Rolledproducts
Otherrolledproducts
17 661,62,63,64,
65,69Rawormanufactured mineralsand
construction materials
18 771,72 Fertilisers
19 881,82,83,84,
89Chemicalproducts
20 991,92,93,94,
95,96,97Machines,vehicles,
manufactured articles
21 99 Specialtransactions
lStandardGoodsNomenclature forTransportStatistics(StatisticalOfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities ,1968).

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ANNEXU
TRANSPORT REGIONSOFTHECOMMUNITY
GERMANY
1Schleswig-Holstein
2Hamburg
3NordostteilvonNiedersachsen
4WestteilNiedersachsen
5SüdostteilvonNiedersachsen
6Bremen(Land)NETHERLANDS
35Rijnmond
36Ijmond
37Zuid-Limburg
39OtherpartsoftheNetherlands
FRANCE
40Nord
41Picardie
42Haute-Normandie ,BasseNormandie7NordteilvonNordrhein-Westfalen
(MünsterlandundNiederrheingebiet )
43Regionparisienne8Ruhrgebiet
9SüdwestteilvonNordrhein-Westfalen
10OstteilvonNordrhein-Westfalen
(Sieger-,SauerlandundOstteilvon
Westfalen)44Lorraine
45Franche-Comte ,Bourgogne
11NordteilvonHessen
12SudteilvonHessen46Rhone-Alpes
147Languedoc,Provence-Cote d'Azur
48Midi-Pyrénées
13NordteilvonRheinland-Pfalz
14SüdteilvonRheinland-Pfalz49Aquitaine,Poitou-Charentes
50Bretagne,PaysdelaLoire15Nordbaden
16Südbaden
17Württemberg51Centre,Limousin,Auvergne
52Champagne
53Alsace
ITALY18Nordbayern (Franken)
19Ostbayern(Oberpfalzund
Niederbayern )
20Südbayern(SchwabenundOberbayern)60Piemonte,Valled'Aosta
21Saarland
22Berlin(West)
BELGIUM
30Belgique/België(except31)
31Antwerpen61Lombardia
62Liguria
63Trentino-AltoAdige,Veneto
64Friuli—VeneziaGiulia
65Emilia—Romagna
66Toscana
67Marche,Umbria,Abruzzi,Molise
68Lazio
69Campania
70Puglia,Basilicata
71Calabria
72Sicilia
73SardegnaLUXEMBOURG
34Luxembourg