COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 595 final SYN 407 
Brussels, 17 December 1992 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on transit 
statistics and storage statistics relating to the trading of 
goods between Member States(1) 
Explanatory memorandum 
1. The European Parliament has examined in first reading the proposal 
for a Council Regulation (EEC) on transit statistics and storage 
statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States. 
2. Of the two amendments adopted by the European Parliament, the 
Commission can accept the one inserting an additional recital in 
the preamble, since the recital in question highlights the fact 
that the Member States need a basis of Community legislation for 
the purposes of the above-mentioned statistics. 
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Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on transit 
statistics and storage statistics relating to the trading of 
goods between Member States ( •*••) 
(Presented by the Commission on under Article 149(3)of 
the EEC Treaty) 
On 31 March 1992 the,Commission presented the above-mentioned proposal 
to the Council. In view of the opinion delivered by the European 
Parliament at its sitting of 19 November 1992, this proposal is amended 
as follows: 
- the following recital is to be inserted after the second recital: 
"Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 of 7 November 1991 
prohibits the Member States from introducing or maintaining compulsory 
formalities for the purpose of keeping statistics on transit and 
storage; whereas it is necessary to provide the Member States with a 
basis of Community legislation on this matter;" 
(1) OJ No C 107, 28.4.1992, p. 16. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on transit statistics and 
storage statistics relating to the trading of goods 
between Member States 
Statement of reasons for the 
rejection of Amendment No 2^) 
The second paragraph of Article 16 of the proposal states: 
"[This Regulation] shall be applicable from the date given in 
the second paragraph of Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 
3330/91." 
Amendment No 2 proposes the addition of the following: 
"....and will remain in force until 31 December 1994. Three 
months before this date at the latest, the Commission will 
present a report on the application of this Regulation and, if 
necessary, will put forward a proposal." 
With this amendment, this paragraph would, on the one hand, duplicate 
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 of 7 November 1991 on the 
statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States(2). 
"The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the 
Council in good time on the operation of the Intrastat system 
for each category of statistics relating to the trading of 
goods between Member States covered by the Intrastat system, 
with a view to possible adaptation of the system at the end of 
the transitional period (...)." 
On the other hand, it would be too restrictive, since an observation 
period of less than two years would not be long enough to judge the 
operation of a system involving a great many innovations. 
(1) PE 202.283/fin., 4.11.1992 
(2) OJ No L 316, 16.11.1991, p. 1. 
SME and employment impact statement 
The impact statement attached to the initial proposal remains valid. 
The amendment of the proposal does not call for any further comment in 
this context. 

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