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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAInCOMMUNIT1ES
COM(75)308 final
Brussels ,27June 1975
Proposal for ceCouncil Directive (ESC )
onreturns to "bemade onthebasis ofregional statistics inrespect -
ofinternational carriage offloods byroad
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COMC75 )308 final

EXPLAIIATORT IiEI'IORfjroUL .
Intheframework ofthecoranon transport policy ,andoftercfci ^
policy ,theCommission needs "basic information onthe >.ranspor
carried "bythevarious modes oftransport .
While important progress has "beenmadeinwhabconcerns the P
ofgoodsbyrailway andbyinland waterways ,theinformation available for
roadtransport ioonlyfragmentary ,endexperience hasshownthatworti
while results canonly "beobtained inthissector bymeans ofdirectives .
Itisforthisreason thattheCommission in1971 ,communicated to
Council adraft directive onnational transport ofgoodsbyroad ,which hc.s
notyetbeenadopted byCouncil forpurelys financial motives advanced by
onemember State .Thesamereason caused theCommission toinitiate the
directive 69/467/ECEofCouncil ,ontheinternational transport ofgoods
byroad .
Theapplication ofthislastdirective hashowever ,inthemajon y ■ .
ofUenber States comeupagainst thedifficulties summarised inthereport
onthissubject which theCommission hassubmitted toCouncil (l).
Itemerged inthisreport that ,inasking Member States tocolleot
dataonalltransport entering their territory ,aswell?stransport with >'
adestination inathird country ,thisdirective directly entailed collec­
ting data atfrontiers .
Atthose Ilember States whocomprise Benelux have abolished customs
controls attheir common frontiers ,which makes itimpossibly toapply the
.directive ,andbecause inanycase itwould becontrary totheobjectives
oftheCommission tomaintains inforce adirective which implicitly required
controls forstatistical purposes atfrontiers ,ittherefore scans opportune
tomodify thedirective 69/467A5®>inordcr 1:0reach ,bythehelp ofother
methods ,theends which this directive pursues . , .
(1)-SEC(74 )2367Final ofthe27th juno 1974
-n/1860/74(Trans 128)

Proposai forACour^.il Directive (TIÏÏC)
oareturns "tobeinad0on.thebasis ofregional statistics inrespect
ofinternational carriaga ofgoods layroad
TEE COUIJCIL 07THEEUHCPEAU CCJMJI1ITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing "theEuropean Econoaio VCocnunity
andinparticular Article 213thereof ;
Having regard toDirective 6$/4Sl/EE0of8Decenber 19&9onreturns ,to "be
Kc.de011thebasis ofregional statistics ,inrospeot ofinternational car­
riage ofgoodsbyroad\andespecially Article 6thereof ;
Having regard totheproposals fi-oa theCoaiaission ;
Uhsr©a3 Council Directive 69/467/EHiGof8December 19^9 stipulates ia
Article 6(1)that theCosnission shall ,with theassistance oftheCo-ordi­
nating Consdtteo forTransport Statistics attheStatistical Office ofthe
European Coimmnities ,exaadne each yaar theresults ofsurveys cade by
Kember States inordor toapproximate themethods used asfaraspossible :
4
, : •s 1
Whereas pursuant toArticle6(2)ofCouncil Directive 69/467/EEC»theCon–
mission on27June 1974 submitted areport totheCouncil ontheiopleson –
tation oftheDirective ,andwhereas itisclear from thereport that
several Kecsber States canonly supply thedata required byDeans ofadditional
frontier formalities ;whereas these Kexnbor States (should beenabled to
dispense with thecollection ofstatistical data atfrontier posts asia
inplied intheprovisions oftheabove Directive ;
Where&3 ,inview ofpast andfuture Beaoures relating tothecossnon transport
policy andother areas ofpolicy ,especially inthefield ofregional policy ,
more information isrequired onthescale ofandtrends inthecarriage of
goods between thedifferent regions oftheCozacunity andbetween these regions
andnorwaonbor -States ; <"
(1)0JïïoL323, ,24Deoenber 19^9 »page 7

2
Whereasforthesanercasonoinformationisneededontheimportanceof
theregionsoftheCoiraiunityinthereceiptanddispatchofthevarioua
groupsofcoKBodities;
WhereasradicalanandncntofCouncilDirective69/467/^"isthusrequired;
Ifliere&aprovisionshouldbenod®foraraendingtheDireotiv®aszaayprove
necessaryinthelightofexperience,afterasuitabletrialperiod,-
IL'iSADDPTUDTHISDIRECTIVE:.
Article1
.CouncilDirectiveC$/46f/EF,Cof8December190iscancelledandreplaced
bythaprovisions "below# , • •
Artiri92'*
EachnenberStat**shallcolleotdataannuallyontheinternational carriage
ofgoods"byroadtoandfroaitsnationalterritoryby«ca;i3of£00da-carry­
ingvehiclesregisteredinthatState,whetherusedforcarriageonown
Ίaccountorforcarriageforhireorreward.Transport "byagricultural and
Bilitaryvehiclesshall,however,beexcluded*
Thefirstdatatobecollectedshallbefortheyear1977«
Article3 ■'
1«TheannualstatisticaldataaentionedinArticle2aboveshallshowthe
tonnagecarriedandtonno-Jeil©metreshauled,brokendownaafollows:
–carriageonownaccountandforhireorreward;
–bythechaptersoftheN3T(StandardUonenclatureofCoaaoditiesfor
TransportStatiotios)listedinAnnex1;
,–bythegroupsofooraaoditiealistediaAnnex2;
–bythecountriesinwhichloadingandunloadingtclcesplace,&aHated
inthenomenclatureofcountriessetoutinAnnex3»
–bythedistancecovored»

2*Fortheyears1977–79theisanberStatesshallinadditiongiv«a.break­
downofthestatisticaldatacollectedpursuanttoSection1of"this
Article,accordingtotheregionsinwhichloadingandunloadingtakes
place,siclistedinAnnex
/rticlft4
From1January1920thanotliodadopted "bytheracnberStateaforcollection
ofthedataspecifiedinArticles2shallnolongerrequireformalitiesto
Tsecompletedspecificallyforthispurposeforeachexchangaofgoodswithin
theConaunity,
Art?,cl«5
"onbsrStateswhichconducteaxsplesurveysshallsoconstructtheireanples
thattheyprovidesatisfactoryreaultaattho1*3volofthooverallfigures
forinternational transportandshallinforathoCoaniasionofthodegreeof
accuracyoftheresults.
Article6
1,a)Eachyear,hefore1Octoberfollowingthereferenceyear,tnccbcrStates
shallsendtotheConeda^ionthedatamentionedinArticle3(?)inthe
forsaoftabledcouforcinstotheac&elsinAnnexes5toSofthisDi–
\-rective* .
b)!IemberStatesshallprovidetheComissionwithadetailedreporton
thenethodsused,tobesubmittedonorbeforethedateonwhichthe
firstreturnsaremadetotheCoramiBsion * '
2*e)Foreachoftheyears1977t1978and1979»thebemberStatesshall,
beforetheendoftheyearfollowingthereferenceyear,supplythe
Cosnnis3ionwiththedatamentionedinArticle3(2)intheforaof
tablesconformingtothesodelsinAnnexes910ofthisDirective*
b)Atthesaaetimeasthedatamentionedina)aboVe,thebemberStates
shallsupplytheCoisnisoionwithareportontheirexperienceincon­
ductingthesurveyandonthedegreeofaccuraoyoftheresults*

4
Article 7 '
1.Each year ,theStatistical Office oftheEuropean Conaiunities ,with the
assistance oftheCo-ordinating Committee forTransport Statistics ,
shall examine thestatistical tables andreports submitted bythemember
States pursuant toArticle6(1)inorder toharnoriize asfaraspossible
the ttethods employed *
2.TheStatistical Office oftheEuropean Coca-unities ,with theassistance
ofthe *Road Transport Statistics 1Working Party oftheCo-ordinating
CoKcittee forTransport Statistics andinthelight ofthereports sub–
Bitted bythejaeuber States ,shall deternine the iaeans andthedegree of
detail appropriate fortheuseandpublication bytheCommission ofthe
returns made bytheaenber States pursuant toArticle 6(2).
Article 8
■
Before 1June 1979® theCoEnisaion shall report totheCounoil onexperience
gained todate inconducting thestudies made pursuant toArticle 3(2),and
before 1January 1982 itshall Bake asecond report ontheresults obtained'
pursuant toArticle 3(1)«
Atthesane time theCommission shall also propose anyamendments tothis
Directive which stayprove tobenecessary onthebasis oftheexperience
and results obtained .
Article 9 „
Annexes 1–10 appended form anintegral part ofthis Directive .
Article 10
Thenember States shall take thenecessary measures toctoply with this
Directive onorbefore 1January 1977 »

Artici »»11
This Directive iaaddressed tothemenber States *
Doneai
For the Council
The Présidant
A4AU/1/TAm,

Annex1
NST-Chapters
(UniformGoodsNomenclaturefortransportstatistics)
Chaptern°n „Description
0 Agricuituralproductsandliveanimais
Poodstuffsandanimalfodder I
2 Solidmineraifuels i
3.jPetroleumproducts
4 Oresandmétalwaste iI
5i
Métalproducts
6 Crudeandmanufactured minerals,building j
materials
7j"Fertilizers " " I
8Chemicals ■jJ
9 Machinery,transportequipment,manufaotured
articlesandmiscellaneous articles

Annex2
CROUPSOFGOODS
Grouj>of
goodsCnaplccnspNST1GroupDcscrijMionou\h?ba«isofthc
NMJterminology
i oOf),02,04,05,
06,09Othera&ncukuralproductsandliveanimals
2 01 Ccreals
303 Otherfreshorfrozenvegetablesandfresh^
fruits •>
4 111,12,13,14 ,
1(5,17,18Foodstuf/sandfodcier
5 221Hardcoal
6 22Brownco.i)andpeat
7.' 23Coke
8 331 Crudepetrolcum
9 32,33,34Othcrpctvoicuniproducts •
10 441 ïronores
11; 1
45 !
INon-fcrrousoresandwastes
12 46■Scrapmétalandblastfurnaccdnst
13 551 Foundrypigironandcastiron,ferro-alloys
14 522 Rolledsemi-finishedironandsteelproducts,
blooms,bilicts,slabsandsteelbars,roughly
shapedforsheetsorplates(coils)
15–16 532,535,537,
542,545
523,533,536,
543,546,
55,56Rolledproducts
Othcrrolledproducts ■»
17 661,62,63,64,
65,69Rawormanufacturedmineralsand
constructionmaterials-
18 771,72.Fertiuscrs
19 881,82,83,84,
1-89
I..Chemicalproducts :,
20 991,92,93,94,
95,96,97jMachine.%vehicles,
manufactured articles
21 99 •Spécialtransactions
1Sf.v,<lardGoodsNomenclature(orTransportStatistics(SratfctiadOfficeoftheEuropeanCo.nmumr.es,IMS).

Annsx3
Countriesnomenclature
01Germany(FR)
02Belgium
03Luxembourg
04Netherlands
05France
06Italy
07United.Kingdom
08Ireland
09Denmark
81DDR
91Austria
92Switzerlanà
93Yougoslavia
95Spain
96Norway
97Sweden
99Othercountries

Annex 4
Transport Régions ofthe Community
Germany iFR)
001 Schleswig-Holstein
002 Hamburg
Nordostteil von Niedersachsen
Westteil von Niedersachsen
Südostteil von Niedersachsen
Bremen (Land ) .
Nordteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen
Ruhr gebiet
Südwestteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen
Ostteil vonNordrhein-Westfalen (Sieger-Sauerland undOstteil
vonWestfalen ) ,
Nordteil von Hessen
Sudteil von Kessen
Nordteil von Rheinland-Pfalz
Südteil von Rheinland-Pfalz
Nordbaden
Südbaden
Württemberg
Nordbayern (Franken ")
Ostbayern (Oberpfalz lindNiederbayern )
Südbayern (Schwaben undOberbayern )
Saarland
Berlin (West )
Belgim
030 Belgique (autre que03l)
031 Antwerpen
Luxembourg
034 Luxembourg ,
.* •' ' '■
Netherlanda
035 Rijnmond
036 Ijmond'
037 Zuid-Limburg
039 .. Reste desPays-Bas .^ ' *'
France
040 Nord
041 Picardie
042 Haute Normandie ,Basse Normandie
043 Région parisienne
044 Lorraine ;
045 Franche-Comté ,Bourgogne001
002
003
004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
015
016
017
018
019
020
021
022
Nord
Picardie
Haute Normandie ,Basse Normandie
Région parisienne
Lorraine
Franche-Comté ,Bourgogne

046Rhône-Alpes
047Languedoc,Provence,Côted'Azur
040MidiPyrénées
049Aquitaine,Poitou,Charentes
050Bretagne,PaysdelaLoire
05-1Centre,Limousin,Auvergne
052Champagne
053Alsace
Italy
060Piemonte,Valled'Aosta
061Lombardia
062Liguria
063Trentino-AltoAdige,Veneto
064Priuli,VeneziaGiulia
065Emilia-Romagna
066Toscana
067Marche,Umbria,Abruzzi,Molise
068Lazio _■
069Cainpania .
070Puglia,Basilicata
071Calabria
072Sicilia
OpSardegna
Denmark
100VestforStorebaelt
101ØstforStorebaeltekskl.Storkøbenhavn
102Storkøbenhavn
Ireland
110Ireland
UnitedKingdom
120 'SouthWestRégion
121SouthEastRégion
122WalesandMonmouthshire
123WestMidlands
124EastMidlands
125EastAnglia
126NorthWestRégion
127YorkshireandHumberside
128NorthernRégion
129Scotland
130NorthernIreland

Annex5
International carriageofgoods "byroad
classified "bycategoryofgoods(10chaptersofNST(R)
1)and21groupsofgoods)'
Country:
Period:
Total Forhireorreward' Ownaccount
îtkmttkmttkm
10chaptersofNST(R)
21groupsofgoods
i
«»
À
n
li
îiX
*
r*
1)Bymeansofnationalvehiclesonly

Annex6
1International carriageofgoods "byroad.'
classified "bycountry,categoryofgoodsandtypeoftransport
Country:
Period:
2)Typeoftransport :
tonne;
10chapters^NST(R)
Country\01
I23456789Total
1.Unloaded
A.TotalMemberStatesi i
!
i
ofwhich 1.
II
I
2.ir
etc.l I IJj
II I
B.Totalthirdcoun-
tries'
ii
i ii
i
i
i ii
i
ofwinch 1.i
i
i
ii iii
2.ii
i!
etc#ii
ji1
i
ji
C.Total(A+B)!
jI
2,.Loaded
A.TotalMemberStates
ofwhich1*
2.
etc.
B.Totalthird"coun-
tries
u
jofwhichV
a
s
jetc.
C.Total(A+B)I'
iii
1)Bymeansofnationalvehiolesonly
2)Separatereturnsto"bemadeforcarriageonownaccountandforhireorreward.

International carriageofgpodsbyroadclassified
bvcountryanddistance''
tonnes
Total5
Forhireandreward Ownaccount I
Totalofv/hich
Totalof1
Totalofwhich-24
km25-
4950-
149150-
499500-24
km25-
4950-
149150-
499500-24
km25-
4950-
149150-I500j
499-
- 1•Unloaded J
J i •'
A.MemberStates
ofwhich1.
2.
B.Thirdcoun^rfes
;ofwhich1.
et£*.,
.Totale(ft.+B);3
•>
2.Loaded
UMemberStates
ofwhich 1.
3i„çte•f,j
3,'Thirdcountries
ofwhich 1.
,2.
J.Total(ft.+B):a :a;a z.2 ;3a0 ■.3 a aI31 1
)Bymeansofnationalvehiclesonly

Annex8
International carriageofgoods "byroad
classifiedbydistanceandcategoryofgoods^
Total Forhireandreward Ownaccount I
Totalofwhich
Totalofwhich
Totalofwhich I-24
km25-
_J2_50-
149150-
499500-24
km25-
4950-
149.150-j
499500 -24
km25-
4950-
149150-
499500
10chapteraof
NST(R)
21groupsof
goods
3 .«.3
1 -:3..:11 ;3.3
:a2:2:aî
J I–•1
»
1
3
1)Bymeansofnationalvehiclesonly

Annex9
Internationalcarriageofgoods"byroad^:
r-Totalquantities "byregion
tonnes
RégionsmECand
thirdoountriesHomerégions
Total
01020304 ••• ••• •••
1.Unloaded
!A.TotalotherÈCrégions
ofwhich030
031
f
I
1
13°
B.Totalthirdcountries
ofwhich 1.
t2»
t
„I
X
»etc.,
C.Total(A+B)j.s
i
. ■ I
r'!
!n
rt
f
\
2.Loaded
A
A.TotalotherÈCrégions
ofwhich030
:031
;1
1
t
B.Totalthirdcountries
ofwhich 1.
2.
3.
11
1
''»
etc.,
C.Total(A+B)i
nI
i
i
[:'
! ■,
»
Si■'
i :
!..j
r■f-j:j.
i
i
1
!i
n
1)meansofnationalvehiclesonly

Annex 10 <
i­
(
International carriage ofgoods byroad : J
Quantities loaded andunloaded ,classified byregion and !
category ofgoods
Goods loaded inthe
ifollowing regions :lîST(H)chapters t
i , i
° .i !2 3 4 56 78
I;9 Total
'001
002
T
I
»
I
130
Third countries
t
t
i
t j
I
ii
ii
i
i
i!
i
l
j
*
II
!i
i
Goods unloaded mthe
following regionsNST(R )chapters " °
0-1 2 3 "4 I5 I6" 78 9Total 1
I001
002
I
»
f
I
130
1Third countries
»
»
II
i
i
iI
Ii
i
I
1)Bymeans of ,national vehicles only •!
I,
. I
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