2. 10. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 248/7 
Draft 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
of . . . 
laying down amendments for the purpose of implementing in Germany certain Community Directives 
relating to statistics on the carriage of goods and statistics on gas and electricity prices 
(90/C 248/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 
thereof, 
Having regard to the draft of the Commission (*), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament (2), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee (3), 
Whereas the Council has adopted Directives 78/ 
546/EEC (4), as last amended by Directive 89/462/ 
EEC (s), 80/1119/EEC (6) and 80/1177/EEC (7), both as 
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, on 
statistics on the carriage of goods; 
Whereas the Council has adopted Directive 90 / 377 / EEC (8) 
concerning a Community procedure to improve the 
transparancy of gas and electricity prices charged to 
industrial end-users; 
Whereas, from the date of German unification onwards, 
Community law will be fully applicable to the territory of the 
former German Democratic Republic; 
Whereas, the regional breakdown for carriage statistics 
should be extended to include the territory of the former 
German Democratic Republic; 
Whereas the list of administrations managing the main 
railway networks should be amended for the purpose of 
statistics on the carriage of goods by rail; 
Whereas the breakdown by region and locality of statistics on 
gas and electricity prices should be extended to include those 
of the territory of the former German Democratic 
Republic; 
Whereas the current situation does not allow the regions and 
localities in question to be defined precisely, 
(M OJ No C . . . 
(2) OJ No C . . . 
(3) OJ No C . . . 
(4) OJ No L 168, 26. 6. 1978, p. 29. 
(5) OJ No L 226, 3. 8. 1989, p. 8. 
(«) OJ No L 339, 15. 12. 1980, p. 30. 
(7) OJ No L 350, 23. 12. 1980, p. 23. 
(8) OJ No L 185, 17. 7. 1990, p. 16. Article 1 
1. For the regional breakdown of statistics on the 
carriage of goods covered by Directives 78/546/EEC, 
80/1177/EEC and 80/1119/EEC, Germany shall define 
prior to the date of unification the regions in the territory of 
the former German Democratic Republic and communicate 
them to the Commission. 
2. For the regional statistics on the carriage of goods by 
rail covered by Directive 80/1177/EEC, Germany shall 
communicate prior to the date of unification the names of the 
administrations managing railway lines and installations in 
the united Germany. 
Article 2 
For the breakdown by region and locality of statistics on gas 
and electricity prices covered by Directive 90/377/EEC, 
Germany shall define prior to the date of unification the 
regions and localities in the territory of the former German 
Democratic Republic and communicate them to the 
Commission. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall be authorized to amend the 
following: 
— Annex II to the Directives referred to in Article 1(1), 
— Article 1 (2) (a) of the Directive referred to in Article 1 
(2), 
— Annexes I and II to the Directive referred to in Article 2, 
after consulting the competent committee in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of that 
Directive. 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council 
The President