Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passagers by sea
Date: 1994-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, maritime transport, report, statistics

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  CCMVIUNITIES 

C0M(94) 275 final 
Brussels, 04.07.1994 

94/0159 (CNS) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Part One: 

Application of the principle of subsidiarity 

a) 

What are the objectives of  the proposed  measure, and how do  they relate  to the 
Community's obligations? 

The proposed  measure is aimed at the production  of harmonised  statistics on the 
transport  of  goods  and  passengers  by  sea,  which  are  necessary  for  drawing  up, 
monitoring,  controlling and evaluating Community maritime policy on comparable 
terms with the information  available for the other modes of transport. 
The statistical  information  currently  available in the Member  States is incomplete, 
and what  does exist  is often  not  comparable from one country  to  another  due  to 
different  national practices. 

b) 

Is the measure in an area where the Community has sole jurisdiction  or where it 
shares jurisdiction  with the Member States? 

Responsibility  for  the  measure  is  shared  with  the  Member  States:  it  aims  to 
harmonise the concepts and classifications  used in data collection and to define the 
information  necessary  for  the  main  users:  Community  institutions,  national, 
regional  and  local  governments,  international  organisations,  economic  operators 
and  research  bodies.  The  Member  States  are  responsible  for  the  actual  data 
collection and the methods used to that end. 

c) 

What is the scale of the problem at ( immunity  level? 

All the Member  States  are concerned  except  Luxembourg,  which  has  no  coastal 
areas  or  river  ports  reachable  by  seagoing  vessels.  The  Member  States  already 
collect some data on maritime transport.  The measure will entail the collection of 
additional  data  (in  fairly  limited  amounts  for  most  of  the  Member  States)  and 
changes in the concepts and especially the classifications used. 

d) 

What  would  be  the  most  effective  solution  among  those  available  to  the 
Community and the Member States? 

It  is  only  via  a  Community  measure  of  this  nature  that  the  common  reference 
classifications  and  concepts  can  be  defined  and  the  list  of  the  necessary  data  be 
drawn up; thereafter  the Member States will collect the data within the framework 
laid down at Community level. 

e) 

What practical gains does the proposed measure offer and what would be the cost 
of failure  to take action? 

Introducing this legal act would have the effect  of improving Community statistics 
in  the  specific  field  of  maritime  transport  and  making  them  consistent. 
In  the 
absence  of  this  legal  act,  the  drafting,  monitoring,  control  and  evaluation  of 
Community  maritime  policy  could  only  be  based  on  incomplete,  non-standard 
statistics, with all the risks inherent therein. 

f) 

What options are available to the (  immunity? 

Legislation,  and  specifically  a Council  Directive,  allows the  reference framework 
(concepts,  classifications  and  the  list  of  necessary  information)  to  be  laid  down 
without  having  to  go  into  the  detail  of  the  organisation  and  collection  methods. 
An initial financial contribution is provided for  so as to help the Member  States to 
bring about the necessary changes in their collection systems. 

g) 

Are uniform rules needed,  or is the adoption of a directive setting out the general 
objectives and leaving implementation to the Member States sufficient? 

A  Council  Directive  is  necessary  to  establish  the  reference  framework,  but  the 
Member  States remain  responsible  for  the  data  collection,  and  for  adapting  their 
collection systems. 

Part Two: 

1. 

General Statement 

In its "White Paper" of December  1992 on the future  development  of the common 
transport  policy, the Commission  points out  that,  as long ago  as  1985, the  Court 
of Justice had  decreed  that  inland  goods  and  passenger  transport  should  be  open 
to  all Community  enterprises,  without  discrimination  as to  nationality  or  place  of 
establishment. 

Since then,  the measures taken  under  the  Common  Transport  Policy  (CTP)  have 
indeed helped to create a new, more open market, free from unnecessary red tape, 
while at the same time maintaining such guarantees as are necessary to ensure fair 
competition. 

The  1 January  1993  marked  a turning  point  in the  evolution  of the  CTP from a 
policy  aimed  essentially  at  the  completion  of  the  internal  market  through  the 
elimination  of artificial  regulatory  barriers to  the provision  of  services,  towards a 
more  comprehensive  policy  designed  to  ensure  the  proper  functioning  of  the 
Community's transport  systems within  a genuinely internal market  and to meet the 
new challenges likely to confront  transport policy in the future. 

With  this  in  mind,  the  "White  Paper"  points  out  that  it  is  essential  that 
indispensable information  on the functioning  of the transport  market  be available. 
Much of this information  exists for  inland  transport  but  is lacking  at  Community 
level for air transport,  maritime transport,  combined transport, passenger transport 
and transport  safety. 

The proposed text aims to fill this gap in the field of transport by sea. 

In accordance with the draft  Council  Decision concerning the implementation  of a 
multiannual  programme for  the consolidation  of European  statistics on  transport, 
and within the framework laid down by the Statistical Programme of the European 
Communities,  the  draft  text  also  reflects  the  desire  to  develop  the  European 
statistical  system  via  an  intermodal  approach,  making  it  possible  to  improve  the 
comparability of the various modes of transport. 

2. 

Current situation 

The  specific  statistical  data  on  maritime  transport  collected  currently  in  the 
Member  States  are  not  harmonised  and,  since  they  usually  draw  on  national 
definitions  and  classifications  with different  levels of  detail,  are difficult  to  use  at 
Community level. 

Until  1992,  a  certain  amount  of  partial  data,  drawn  up  on  a  comparable  basis, 
could  be  obtained  via  of  the  statistical  system  for  international  trade.  Since  1 
January  1993,  these  have  been  available  only  for  trade  between  the  Community 
and the rest  of the world.  For  Intra-Community  trade,  the INTRASTAT  system 
does not provide equivalent data. 

In addition,  some information,  indispensable for a common policy in the maritime 
field,  is not available. 

3* 

Detailed objectives 

The objectives of this legal act are as follows: 

the  collection  of  reliable,  regular,  timely  and  comparable  data  on  the 
carriage  of  goods  and  passengers  by  sea,  between  Member  States,  in 
national  sea transport  and between  Member  States and third countries, by 
drawing up quarterly and annual data on goods and passenger transport by 
seagoing vessels which call at ports in the territories of the Member States; 

the collection of comparable data for  ship traffic  in European ports, broken 
down by different  types and sizes of vessels; 

the compilation  of harmonised  statistical information,  comparable with the 
available information  for other modes of transport.  Such data will serve to 
orient  discussions  on  measures  to  support  transport  modes  offering  the 
possibility  of  additional  capacities  under  favourable  environmental 
conditions.  The justification  of future  initiatives in this field will depend to 
a large extent  on the availability of relevant information  on the  functioning 
of the transport services market; 

the dissemination of the statistical data to the Commission and the national 
administrations,  and  also  to  enterprises  and  all  the  European  socio 
economic  operators  concerned,  in  order  to  inform  their  decisions,  while 
respecting  the  confidentiality  principles  laid  down  in  Regulation  1588/90 
adopted  by  the  Council  on  11  June  1990.  Among  these  operators,  in 
addition to the maritime transport  enterprises,  mention  should  be made of 
ports,  for  which  the  provision  of  data  on  the  markets  which  they  are 
serving  may  improve  their  competitive  performance  within  the  Single 
Market.  Also  concerned  are  the  European  shipbuilding  industries,  for 
which the availability of harmonised  statistics on ship traffic  and of  goods 
carried  on  these  vessels  is  essential  for  a  correct  assessment  of  market 
trends and the forecast  of future  ship demand. 

The national and Community administrations involved  must be encouraged 
to  use  the  most  appropriate  telematic  tools,  systems  and  networks  to 
process and exchange the relevant data. 

4. 

Burden on enterprises 

With a view to limiting the statistical burden on enterprises: 

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the Member States are free to exempt from the scope of  the act operations 
carried out by ships of very small size; 

only  summary  statistics  are  required  for  movements  carried  out  in  the 
smallest  ports (harbours  which  are  not  commercial  ports  being  excluded 
from the field anyway). 

Moreover,  a transition  period  has  been  proposed  during  which  detailed  statistics 
on the nature  of transported  goods  will  not  be required.  Very  costly to  compile 
today, these statistics should, in the future, be drawn up in a more economical way 
via electronic data interchanges (EDI) which are in preparation by operators in the 
field of  maritime  transport.  Using,  whenever  possible,  existing  documents  or 
information  messages as a source of  statistical  data  is an essential  means to  limit 
the statistical burden on  firms. 

5. 

Conclusion 

The  proposed  legal  act  thus  aims  to  fill  the  current  gaps  in  statistics  on  the 
It  will  serve  the  objectives  of  the 
transport  of  goods  and  passengers  by  sea. 
Common Transport  Policy aimed at the implementation  of the  Single Market  and 
effective  liberalisation of the transport market. 

By  providing  on  European  maritime  transport  harmonised  statistical  data 
coordinated with what exists on the other modes of transport,  it aims to contribute 
to the development and monitoring of free and fair competition in the provision of 
maritime transport services. 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing 
the European Community, and in particular 
Article 213 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the 
Commission/1) 

Having  regard 
European Parliament/2) 

to  the  opinion  of  the 

Having  regard 
Economic and Social Committee/1) 

to  the  opinion  of 

the 

in  the  context  of 

Whereas to carry out the tasks entrusted to 
the  Community 
it 
maritime  policy,  the  Commission  must 
have  at  its  disposal  comparable,  reliable, 
synchronised and regular statistical data on 
the  scale  and  development  of  the  carriage 
of goods and passengers by sea to and from 
the  Community,  between  Member  States 
and for domestic sea transport; 

there 

Whereas 
no 
arc 
comprehensive  Community-wide  statistics 
on  the  transport  of  goods  and  passengers 
by sea; 

currently 

Whereas Council  Decision  93/464/EEC on 
the  framework  programme  for  priority 
actions in the field of statistical  information 
1993  to  1997W  stressed 
to 
the  need 
compile such comprehensive statistics. 

Whereas 
the  collection  of  Community 
statistical  data  on  a  comparable  or 
harmonised  basis  enables  the  provision  of 
reliable, 
an 
consistent and up-to-date information; 

system  with 

integrated 

Whereas the data on the transport of goods 
and  passengers  by  sea  have  to  be  made 
comparable  between  Member  States  and, 
after  a  transition  period,  between 
the 
different  modes of transport; 

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(2) OJ No. 
0) OJ No. 
(4) OJ No. L 219, 28.8.1993, p. 1 

Whereas,  within  a  certain  period, 
Commission 
to 
reviewing the operation of this Directive; 

submit  a 

the 
report 

is 

it 

for 

the  application  of 

Whereas 
this 
Directive,  including  the  arrangements  to 
technical 
to  economic  and 
adapt 
developments,  the  Statistical  Programme 
Committee,  which  was  set  up  pursuant  to 
Council Decision 89/382/EEC,  Euratom/5) 
must be consulted; 

enabling 

standards 

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  the  principle 
of  subsidiarity,  the  creation  of  common 
statistical 
the 
production  of  harmonised  information  can 
only  be  tackled  efficiently  at  Community 
level, and that data will be collected in each 
Member  State  under  the  authority  of  the 
bodies  and 
in  charge  of 
compiling officiai  statistics; 

institutions 

Whereas  the  Community  should  therefore, 
for  the  start-up  period,  make  a  financial 
contribution to Member States in respect of 
the work involved; 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 

Article 1 
General provision 

Member  States  shall  collect  Community 
statistics  on  the  carriage  of  goods  and 
passengers  by  seagoing  vessels  calling  at 
ports  in  the  territories  of  the  Member 
States. 

Article 2 
Definitions 

For  the  purposes  of  mis  Directive,  the 
following  terms  shall  have  the  meanings 
hereinafter  assigned to them: 

1  Carriage  of  goods  and  passengers  by 
sea:  the  movement  of  goods  and 
passengers  using  seagoing  vessels,  on 
voyages  which  are  undertaken  wholly 
or partly at sea. 

<5> OJ No. L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47 

The coverage of the data shall include 
goods: 

a)  shipped to offshore installations; 
b)  for dumping at sea; 
c)  reclaimed  from  the  sea  bed  and 

unloaded in ports. 

The coverage of the data shall exclude 
bunkers and stores supplied to vessels. 

2.  Seagoing vessels: ships which actually 
go to sea, that is, outside the boundary 
within  which 
inland  waterway 
technical  safety  regulations apply, and 
within 
seagoing 
regulations apply. 

in  which 

that 

vessels, 

This Directive shall  not apply to fish-
catching 
fish-processing 
vessels,  naval  vessels  or  vessels  used 
by  public  administration  and  public 
services. 

3.  Port:  a  place  having  commercial 
trading facilities for ships to moor and 
load  or  discharge  cargo  or 
to 
passengers 
to  or  from  seagoing 
vessels. 

Article 3 
Data collection characteristics 

1.  The  Member  States  shall  compile 
statistical data relating to the following 
domains: 

a)  Cargo and passenger information 
b)  Information on the vessel 

Vessels  of  less than  100 gross tonnes 
may be excluded. 

2.  The  characteristics, 

the  statistical 
variables  in  each  domain  and  the 
nomenclatures  for  their  classification, 
as  well  as 
their  periodicity  of 
observation, are set out in the Annexes 
to this Directive. 

3.  The  data  collection  shall  be  based, 
insofar  as  possible,  on  available 
the  burden  on 
sources, 
respondents. 

limiting 

Article 4 
Ports 

1.  A list of ports, coded and classified to 
countries  and  maritime  coastal  areas, 
shall be drawn up by the Commission 
in  accordance  with  the  procedure 
specified in Article 13. 

2.  Each  Member  State  shall  select from 
this  list  the  ports  on  its  territory 
necessary to cover at least 90% of the 
annual  gross  tonnage  of  ^11  sea 
transport  of  goods  and  90%  of  all 
annual movements of passengers using 
its ports.  Any port handling annually 
more than 1  million tonnes of goods or 
200 000 
recording  more 
passenger 
shall 
systematically  be  selected.  For  each 
port  selected,  detailed  data  are  to  be 
provided,  in  conformity  with  Annex 
IX,  for  the  domains  (goods  and 
passengers)  in  which  they  meet  a 
selection  criterion,  and with  summary 
data,  if  appropriate,  for  the  other 
domain. 

than 
movements 

3.  For the ports on the list which are not 
selected,  summary  data  are  to  be 
provided in conformity with Annex IX, 
"Data Set A3". 

Article 5 
Accuracy of statistics 

The methods for the collection of data will 
need to be refined  in order to  ensure that 
Community  sea  transport  statistics  are 
produced with the precision appropriate for 
the data  sets  described  in  Annex  IX.  The 
standards of accuracy shall be drawn up by 
the  Commission  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure specified  in Article 13. 

Article 6 
Processing of results 

Member  States 
the 
information  collected  under  Article  3  in 
order to  obtain  comparable  statistics  with 

shall  process 

the  accuracy  standards  required  under 
Article 5. 

shall submit a report to the Council on 
experience  acquired 
in  the  work 
carried out pursuant to this Directive. 

Article 7 
Transmission of results 

including 

1.  Member  States  shall  transmit  the 
results  referred  to  in  Article  3  to  the 
Statistical  Office  of  the  European 
Communities, 
the  data 
declared  confidential  by  the  Member 
States pursuant to domestic legislation 
statistical 
or  practice  concerning 
confidentiality,  in accordance with the 
provisions  of  Council  Regulation 
1588/90  Euratom/EEC1)  on 
the 
to 
subject 
transmission  of  data 
statistical 
the 
to 
confidentiality 
Statistical  Office  of  the  European 
Communities. 

2.  The results shall  be transmitted  in the 
form of a data file from which the data 
sets  defined  in  Annex  IX  can  be 
compiled.  The  data  files  and  the 
media to be used for transmitting them 
will be specified by the Commission in 
the  procedure 
accordance  with 
specified in Article 13. 

3.  The  transmission  shall  take  place 
within  5  months  of  the  end  of  the 
period  of  observation  for  data  of 
quarterly  periodicity  and  within  8 
months for data of annual  periodicity. 
The first transmission  shall  cover the 
first  quarter of 1995. 

Articles 
Reports 

1.  Member  States  shall  provide  all 
relevant  information  concerning  the 
methods  used  in  compiling  the  data. 
They  shall  also 
to  the 
Commission  details  of  substantial 
changes in the methods used to collect 
the data. 

forward 

2.  After  data have been collected  over a 
period of three years, the Commission 

(OOJ No. L  151, 15.6.1990,p. 1 

Article 9 
Dissemination of data 

shall 

disseminate 
The  Commission 
statistical  results  with  a 
appropiate 
periodicity comparable to that of the results 
transmitted. 

Article 10 
Period of transition 

The  statistical  data  on  goods  (as 
defined  in Annexes  III and IX,  "Data 
set  Bl")  shall  be  collected  after  a 
period  of  transition  ending  when 
technical developments permit. 

The end of  the transition  period  shall 
be  determined  by  the  Commission  in 
accordance  with 
the  procedure 
specified in Article 13. 

During  the  transition  period,  the 
Commission  may,  hi accordance  with 
the  procedure  specified  in  Article  13, 
accept derogations from the provisions 
of  the  present  Directive,  in  so  far  as 
the national statistical  systems require 
adaptation with regard to the coding of 
goods in sea transport. 

Article 11 
Financial contribution 

1.  For the first three years  in which the 
returns of statistics provided for in this 
Directive  are  made,  Member  States 
shall  receive  a financial contribution 
from  the Community towards the cost 
of the work involved. 

2.  The  amount  of  the  appropriations 
allocated  annually  for  this  task  shall 
be  fixed  as  part  of  the  annual 
budgetary procedures. 

3.  The 

budgetary 

shall 
determine the appropriations  available 
for each year. 

authority 

Article 12 
Committee 

The  arrangements  for  implementing  this 
Directive, 
for 
adaptation 
technical 
developments, in particular: 

including  measures 
to  economic  and 

- 

the  Annexes  of 

adaptation  of 
the  data  collection 
characteristics  (Article  3)  and  of  the 
this 
contents  of 
Directive; 
a  list  of  ports,  coded,  updated  on  a 
regular  basis  by  the  Commission  and 
classified  by  country  and  maritime 
coastal area (Article 4); 
accuracy requirements (Article 5); 
the description  of the record of a  data 
file and  codes  for  transmission  of  the 
results to the Commission (Article 7); 
the end of the transition period (Article 
10) 

the 

with 

shall  be  laid  down  by the  Commission,  in 
consultation 
Statistical 
Programme  Committee  set  up  by  Council 
Decision  89/382/EEC,  Euratom*1)  and  in 
accordance with the procedure  specified  in 
Article 13. 

The  Commission  shall  take  the  utmost 
account  of  the  opinion  issued  by  the 
Committee.  It  shall  inform  the  Committee 
of  how  its  opinion  has  been  taken  into 
account. 

Article 14 
Implementation 

1.  The  Member  States  shall  adopt  the 
legal  and  administrative  provisions 
necessary 
this 
Directive  by  1  January  1995  at  the 
latest.  They  shall  immediately  inform 
the Commission thereof. 

comply  with 

to 

to 

2.  The  provisions 
the 
adopted  by 
Member  States 
a 
shall  contain 
this  Directive  or  be 
reference 
accompanied by such a reference when 
published officially.  The procedure for 
making  this  reference  shall  be  laid 
down by the Member States. 

Article 15 

This Directive shall enter into force  on the 
twentieth  day  following  its  pubUcation  in 
the  Official  Journal  of  the  European 
Communities. 

Article 16 

Articlel3 
Procedure 

This Directive  is addressed to the Member 
States. 

Done at Brussels,... 

For the Council 

representative 

The  Commission 
shall 
submit  to  the  Committee  a  draft  of  the 
measures to be taken. The Committee shall 
deliver  its  opinion  on  the  draft,  within  a 
time  limit  which  the  chairman  may  lay 
down  according  to  the  urgency  of  the 
matter in question, if necessary by taking a 
vote. 

The  opinion  shall  be  recorded 
in  the 
minutes;  in  addition,  each  Member  State 
shall  have  the  right  to  request  that  its 
position be recorded in the minutes. 

<*) OJ No. L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47 

ANNEX  I 

VARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS 

STATISTICAL VARIABLES 

a) 

Cargo and passenger  information: 

Gross weight of goods in tonnes; 
Type of cargo, according to the nomenclature shown in Annex II; 
Description of the goods, using the nomenclature shown in Annex III; 
Reporting port; 
Direction of movement, whether inwards or outwards; 
For inward cargo: the port of loading (i.e. the port in which the cargo was 
loaded  onto  the  ship  in  which  it  arrived  in  the  reporting  port)  using 
individual  ports  in the  European  Economic  Area  shown  in the  Port  List, 
and  the  Maritime  Coastal  Areas  outside  the  European  Economic  Area 
shown in Annex IV; 
For outward  cargo: the port  of unloading (i.e. the port  in which the cargo 
is to  be unloaded  from  the  ship  in  which  it  left  the  reporting  port)  using 
individual  ports  in  the  European  Economic  Area  shown  in the  Port  List, 
and  the  Maritime  Coastal  Areas  outside  the  European  Economic  Area, 
shown in Annex IV; 
Nationality  of  transport  operator,  using  the  Geonomenclature  shown  in 
Annex V; 
Number of passengers starting or finishing a voyage. 

For goods  carried  in containers  or  roro  units, the following  additional  particulars 
shall be provided: 

Number of containers with cargo; 
Number of empty containers; 
Number of mobile (roro) units with cargo; 
Number of empty mobile (roro) units. 

b) 

Information  on the vessel: 

Number of vessels; 
Deadweight of vessels; 
Country  or  territory  of  registration  of  vessels,  using  the  nomenclature 
shown in Annex VI; 
Type of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VII; 
Size of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VIII; 

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DEFINITIONS 

(a) 

Freight container: article of transport equipment 

1- 

2- 

of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for 
repeated use; 
specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes 
of transport, without intermediate reloading; 

3- 

fitted  with  devices  permiting  its  ready  handling,  particularly  its  transfer 

from  one mode of transport to another; 
so designed as to be easy to fill and empty; 
having a length of 20' or more. 

4- 
5- 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

Roro  unit:  item  of  wheeled  equipment  for  carrying  cargo,  such  as  a  truck  or 
trailer,  which  can  be  driven  or  towed  onto  a vessel.  Port  or  ships' trailers are 
included in this definition.  Classifications  should follow ECE Recommendation  19 
"Codes for modes of transport". 

Container cargo: goods in containers and empty containers which are lifted  on or 
lifted off" the vessels which carry them by sea. 

Roro  cargo: goods,  whether  or  not  in  containers,  on  roro  units,  and roro units 
which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them by sea. 

Gross  weight  of  goods:  the  tonnage  of  goods  carried,  including  packaging  but 
excluding the tare weight of containers or roro units. 

(f)  Maritime transport operator: the person responsible for the movement of cargo or 
passengers  using the vessel.  When acting  as a third-party  service  provider,  he is 
remunerated  via  the  freight  charges  paid  for  the  movement  of  the  cargo  or 
passengers  carried  by  the  vessel.  Persons  using  the  vessel  for  own-account 
movement  of  cargo  are regarded  as transport  operators,  irrespective  of whether 
the vessel belongs to them or has been chartered. 

(g) 

Nationality  of the maritime transport  operator: the country in which the  effective 
centre of the transport operator's commercial activity is located. 

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ANNEX  II 

TYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION 

CATEGORY(1)  CODE 

DESCRIPTION 

Tonnage 

Number 

Liquid bulk 

Dry bulk 

Containers 

Roll-on/Roll-off 
(self-propelled) 

Roll-on/Roll-off 
(non self-
propelled) 

Other general 
cargo 
(including 
small 
containers) 

10 

11 
12 
13 
19 

20 

21 
22 
23 
29 

30 

31 
32 
32 
34 

50 

51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 

60 

61 
62 

63 

90 

91 
92 
99 

Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit) 

Liquified gas 
Crude oil 
Oil products 
Other liquid bulk goods 

Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit) 

Ores 
Coal 
Agricultural products (e.g. grain, soya, tapioca) 
Other dry bulk goods 

Large containers 

20' freight units 
40' freight units 
Freight units >20* and< 40' 
Freight units >40' 

Mobile self-propelled units 

Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers 
Passenger cars and accompanying trailers/caravans 
Passenger buses 
Import/Export motor vehicles 
Passengers 
Live animals on the hoof 

Other mobile units 

Unaccompanied road goods trailers and semitrailers 
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, 
agricultural and industrial trailers 
Rail wagons, shipbome port-to-port trailers, and 
shipbome barges engaged in goods transport 

Other cargo, not elsewhere  specified 

Forestry  products 
Iron and steel products 
Other general cargo 

X 
X 
X 
X 

X 
X 
X 
X 

X 
X 
X 
X 

X(3) 

X 

X 

X 

X(3) 
X 

X(3) 

X 
X 
X 

X 
X 
X 
X 

X 
X(2) 
X(2) 
X(2) 
X(2) 
X(2) 

X 
X(2) 

( 1 ) 
(2) 
(3) 

These categories arc consistent with ECE Recommendation No 21 
Only total number of units 
The  quantity  recorded  is the  gross weight  of goods including  packaging  but  excluding  the  tare 
weight of containers and roro units. 

12 

ANNEX  III 

GOODS  NOMENCLATURE 

The goods nomenclature used will conform to the NST/R until the Commission, having consulted the 
Member States, decided to replace it. 

NSTR/R1 
Chapter 
0 

Groups of 
goods 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 

1 

2 
3 

4 

5 

6 

7 
8 

9 

6 

7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 

14 
15 

16 
17 
18 
19 
20 

21 
22 
23 
24 

GROUPS OF GOODS 

Description 

Cereals 
Potatoes, other vegetables, fresh or frozen, fresh  fruit 
Live animals, sugar beet 
Wood and cork 
Textiles,  textile  articles  and  man-made  fibres,  other 
raw animal and vegetable materials 
Foodstuff and animal  fodder 

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits and fats 
Solid mineral fuels 
Crude petroleum 
Petroleum products 
Iron ore, iron and steel waste and blast-furnace dust 
Non-ferrous ores and waste 
Metal products 

Cement, lime, manufactured building materials 
Crude and manufactured minerals 

Natural and chemical fertilizers 
Coal chemicals, tar 
Chemicals other than coal chemicals and tar 
Paper pulp and waste paper 
Transport  equipment, machinery,  apparatus, engines, 
whether or not assembled, and parts thereof 
Manufactures of metal 
Glass, glassware, ceramic products 
Leather, textile, clothing, other manufactured articles 
Miscellaneous articles 

NSTR/R' 
groups 

01 
02,03 
00,06 
05 
04,09 

11,  12, 13, 
14,  16, 17 
18 
21,22,23 
31 
32, 33, 34 
41,46 
45 
51,52,53, 
54, 55, 56 
64,69 
61, 62, 63, 
65 
71, 72 
83 
81,82,89 
84 
91,92,93 

94 
95 
96,97 
99 

Published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (1968 edition) 

13 

Awmx iv 
MARITIME COASTAL AREAS 

mrKDmerclatorctorjeesalistte^ 

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 208/93 
of 1 February 1993 

on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community 
and statistics of trade between Member Slates (*) 

with the  following  exception: codes  017  and 018  are to  be used for Belgium  and Luxembourg  respectively 
whenever they are to be considered separately 

The code consiste of 4 digits: the three-digit code from the above-mentioned nomenclature, followed by a zero 
(e.g. code  0030 for Netherlands), except for countries which are divided into two  or more maritime coastal 
areas, which are identified by a fourth digit other mas zero (from  1 to 7), as below: 

MCA CODE  MARiT&fE COASTAL AREAS 

0011 
0012 

0041 
0042 
0043 

0051 
0052 

0061 
0062 
0063 

0111 
0112 

0521 
0522 

0751 
0752 
0753 

2041 
2042 

FRENCH ATLANTIC /NORTH SEA 
FRENCH MEDTTSIRANEAN 

GERMAN NORTH SEA 
GERMAN BALTIC 
GERMAN RHINE 

ITALY 
SAN MARINO 

UNITED KINGDOM 
ISLE OF MAN 
CHANNEL ISLANDS 

SPANISH ATLANTIC (NORTH OF PORTUGAL) 
SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN AND ATLANTIC (SOUTH OF PORTUGAL) 

TURKISH BLACK SEA 
TURKISH MEDITERRANEAN 

RUSSIAN BLACK SEA 
RUSSIAN BALTIC 
RUSSIAN ASIA 

MOROCCO MEDITERRANEAN 
MOROCCO WEST AFRICA 

14 

6241 
6242 

6321 
6322 

4001 
4002 
4003 
4004 
4005 
4006 
4007 

4041 
4042 
4043 

4801 
4802 

9991 
9992 

ISRAEL MEDITERRANEAN 
ISRAEL RED SEA 

SAUDI ARABIA, RED SEA 
SAUDI ARABIA, GULF 

US NORTH ATLANTIC 
US SOUTH ATLANTIC 
US GULF 
US SOUTH PACIFIC 
US NORTH PACIFIC 
US GREAT LAKES 
PUERTO RICO 

CANADIAN ATLANTIC 
CAN. GREAT LAKES, UPPER ST LAWRENCE 
CANADIAN WEST COAST 

COLOMBIA NORTH COAST 
COLOMBIA WEST COAST 

with the additional codes 
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS 
DUMPING AT SEA AND AGGREGATES 

(*)OJ No. L 25,2.2.1993, p. 11 

15 

ANNEX  V 

NATIONALITY OF TRANSPORT  OPERATOR 

The nomenclature to be used is the GEONOMENCLATURE, approved for  1993 by 

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) N° 208/93 
ofl  February  1993 

on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community 
and statistics of trade between Member States (*) 

with the following exception: codes 017 and 018 are to be used for  Belgium and  Luxembourg 
respectively whenever they are to be considered separately. 

(*> OJ No. L 25,2.2  1993, p.  11 

16 

ANNEX VI 

NATIONALITY  OF REGISTRATION OF VESSELS 

The nomenclature to be used is the GEONOMENCLATURE, approved for 1993 by 

COMMISSION REGULATION  (EEC) No 208/93 
of 1 February 1993 

on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community 
and statistics of trade between Member States (*) 

with the following exception: codes 017 and 018 are to be used for Belgium and Luxembourg 
respectively whenever they are to be considered separately. 

The  code  consists  of  4  digits:  the  three-digit  code from the  above-mentioned  nomenclature, 
followed  by  a  zero  (e.g.  code  0010  for  France),  except  for  countries  with  more  than  one 
register. 

Where more than one register exists, the countries are to be coded as follows: 

0061  UNITED KINGDOM 
0062 
ISLE OF MAN 
0063  CHANNEL ISLANDS 

0101  PORTUGAL 
0102  PORTUGAL (MAR) 

0111  SPAIN 
0112  SPAIN (REBECA) 

4001  USA 
4002  PUERTO RICO 

4611  BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 
4612  MONTSERRAT 

8141  N.Z. OCEANIA 
8142  COOK ISLANDS 

8901  OTHER POLAR REGIONS 
8902  FRENCH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 

(*) 

OJ No. L 25, 2.2.1993, p. 11 

17 

ANNEX  VII 

Type of ship classification 
(ICST-COM) 

Type 

Ship categories included 

Oil tanker 
Chemical tanker 
Tanker barge 
LG tanker 
Other tanker 

Bulk/oil carrier 
Bulk carrier 

Barge carrier 
Chemical carrier 
Irradiated fuel 
Livestock carrier 
Vehicle carrier 
Other specialised 

Full container 

Roro passenger 
Roro container 
Other roro cargo 

Reefer 
Container-passenger 
General cargo/passenger 
Single decker 
Multi-decker 
Dry cargo barge 

Cruise 
Other passenger only 

Fish catching (*) 
Fish processing (*) 

Drilling (*) 
Offshore  support 

Tugs (*) 
Dredgers (*) 
Research/survey (*) 
Other vessels n.e.s.(*) 

01 

Liquid Bulk 

02. 

Dry Bulk 

03. 

Specialised 

04. 

Container 

05. 

Roro 

06. 

General cargo, non-specialised 

07. 

Passenger 

08. 

Fishing (*) 

09. 

Offshore  activities 

10. 

Miscellaneous (*) 

(*) Not covered by this directive. 

18 

ANNEX  VIII 

Vessel deadweight size classes in DWT 

This classification applies only to vessels of 100 gross tonnes or more 

CLASS 

I 

01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
09 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 

, 

LOWER LIMIT 
Dead weight 

I 
tonnes 
- 
500 
1,000 
2,000 
3,000 
4,000 
5,000 
6,000 
7,000 
8,000 
9,000 
10,000 
20,000 
30,000 
40,000 
50,000 
80,000 
100,000 
150,000 
200,000 
250,000 

300,000 and more | 

UPPER LIMIT 
Dead weight tonnes 

up to 499 
999 
1,999 
2,999 
3,999 
4,999 
5,999 
6,999 
7,999 
8,999 
9,999 
19,999 
29,999 
39,999 
49,999 
79,999 
99,999 
149,999 
199,999 
249,999 
299,999 
-

N.B.: 

If vessels of less than  100 gross tonnes were to be included under this directive, they would be 
allocated class code "99". 

19 

ANNEX  IX 

Structure for  statistical  data  sets 

The  Data  sets  specified  in  this  Annex  define  the  periodicity  for  the  maritime  transport  statistics 
required by the Community.  Each  Data set defines a cross classification  of a limited set of dimensions 
at different  levels of the nomenclatures, aggregated across all other dimensions, for which statistics of 
good quality are required. 

Statistics  on  goods,  Data  set  B,  will  be  transmitted  after  a  transition  period  by  the  end  of  which 
technical developments will have enabled goods to be coded by type (see Article  10). 

Summary and detailed statistics 

• 

• 

• 

• 

The Data sets to be provided  for selected ports for goods and passengers are: Al,  A2, Bl,  CI, 
D l . E l a n d F I. 

The Data sets to be provided  for  selected ports for  goods but not  for passengers are: Al,  A2, 
A3,B1,CI,  E l a n d F l. 

The Data  sets to be provided  for  selected ports for  passengers but  not for  goods are: A3, Dl 
andFl. 

The Data set to be provided for ports which are not selected is: A3 

Data set Al 

Seaborne transport  in the main  European ports, by port, type of cargo and relation 
Periodicity: Quarterly 

Dimensions 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference  quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Port of loading/unloading 
Relation 
Type of cargo 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
I-digit 
5-lctlcr alphanumeric 
1-digit 
5-lctter alphanumeric 
4-digit code 
1-digit code 

Nomenclature 
Al 
(eg.  1995) 
(1,2,3,4) 
Selected EEA ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
EEA-ports in the Port List 
Maritime Coastal Areas, Annex IV 
Type of cargo, Annex II (Categories 
1,2,3,5,6,9) 

Data: 

Gross weight of goods in tonnes 

Data set A2 

Non-unit-load  seaborne transport  in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo 
and relation 
Periodicity: Quarterly 

Dimensions 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference  quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Port of loading/unloading 
Relation 
Type of cargo 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
1-digit 
5-lcttcr alphanumeric 
1 -digit 
5-lcttcr alphanumeric 
4-digit code 
2-digit code 

Data: 

Gross weight of goods in tonnes 

20 

Nomenclature 
A2 
(eg.  1995) 
(1,2,3,4) 
Selected EEA-ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
EEA-ports in the Port List 
Maritime Coastal Areas, Annex IV 
Type of cargo (non-unit-load only), 
Annex II (Subcategories  11,  12, 13, 
19, 21, 22, 23, 29, 91, 92 and 99) 

Data set A3 

Data  required  for ports for which detailed  statistics are not required (cf.  Article 4 
(3)) 
Periodicity. Annual 

I Dimensions 

Data: 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Gross weight of goods in tonnes 
Number of passengers 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
I-digit 
5-letter alphanumeric 
1-digit 

Nomenclature 
A3 
(e.g.  1995) 
(0) 
All ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 

Data set Bl 

Seaborne transport  in the main European  ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and 
relation 
Periodicity: Annual 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Port of loading/unloading 
Relation 
Type of cargo 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
1-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
1 -digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
4-digit code 
1-digit code 

Commodity 
Gross weight of goods in tonnes 

2-digit code 

Dimensions 

-

Data: 

Nomenclature 
Bl 
(e.g.  1995) 
(0) 
Selected EEA-ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
EEA-ports in the Port List 
Maritime Coastal Areas, Annex IV 
Type of cargo, Annex II (Categories 
1,2,3,5,6 and 9) 
Goods Nomenclature, Annex III 

Data set CI 

Unit-load  seaborne transport  in the main  European  ports, by port, type of cargo, 
relation and loaded status 
Periodicity: Quarterly 

Dimensions 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Port of loading/unloading 
Relation 
Type of cargo 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
1 -digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
1-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
4-digit code 
2-digit code 

i 

Nomenclature 
CI 
(e.g.  1995) 
(1,2,3,4) 
Selected EEA-ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
EEA ports in the Port List 
Maritime Coastal Areas, Annex IV 
Type of cargo, (Container, RoRo 
only). Annex II (Subcategories 
31,32,33,34,51,52,53,54,56,61,62 and 
63) 

Data: 

Gross weight of goods in tonnes (Type of cargo: subcategories 31,32,33,34,51,54,56,61,62 and 
63) 
No. of units (Type of cargo: subcategories 31,32,33,34,51,52,53,54,56,61,62 and 63) 
No. of units with cargo (Type of cargo: subcategories 31,32,33,34,51,61 and 63) 
No. of empty units (Type of cargo: subcategories 31,32,33,34,51,61 and 63) 

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Data set Dl 

Passenger transport in the main  European ports, by relation 
Periodicity: Quarterly 

Dimensions 

Data: 

Data set El 

Dimensions 

Data: 

Data set Fl 

Dimensions 

Data: 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference  quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Port of loading/unloading 
Relation 
Nationality of operator 
Nationality of registration 
of vessels 
Number of passengers 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
1-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
1-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
4-digit code 
3-digit code 
4-digit code 

Nomenclature 
Dl 
(e.g. 1995) 
(1,2,3,4) 
Selected EEA-ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
EEA-ports in the Port List 
Maritime Coastal Areas, Annex IV 
Geonomenclature, Annex V 
Nationality of registration of vessels, 
Annex VI 

Seaborne  transport  in  the  main  European  ports,  by  port,  type  of  cargo,  relation, 
nationality of operator and nationality of registration of vessels 
Periodicity: Annual 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference  quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Port of loading/unloading 
Relation 
Type of cargo 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
I-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
I-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
4-digit code 
I-digit code 

Nationality of operator 
Nationality of registration 
of vessels 
Gross weight of goods in tonnes 

3-digit code 
4-digit code 

Nomenclature 
El 
(e.g. 1995) 
(0) 
Selected EEA ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
EEA ports in the Port List 
Maritime Coastal Areas, Annex IV 
Type of cargo, Annex II (Categories 
1,2,3,5,6 and 9) 
Geonomenclature, Annex V 
Nationality of registration of vessels, 
Annex VI 

European  Port  ship  traffic  in  the  main  European  ports,  by port,  type  and  size  of 
vessels loading or discharging cargo 
Periodicity: Quarterly 

Elements 
Data set 
Reference year 
Reference  quarter 
Reporting port 
Direction 
Type of vessel 
Size of vessel 
Number of ships 
Deadweight of ships in tonnes 

Coding Detail 
2-digit 
4-digit 
1-digit 
5 letter alphanumeric 
1-digit 
1-digit code 
2-digit code 

Nomenclature 
Fl 
(e.g. 1995) 
(1,2,3,4) 
Selected EEA-ports in the Port List 
Inwards, Outwards (1,2) 
Type of Ship, Annex VII 
Deadweight size classes, Annex VIII 

22 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

SECTION  1: FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 

1  TïTLE OF OPERATION 

Proposal for a Council  Directive on statistical returns in respect of carnage of goods 
and passengers by sea. 

2  BUDGET HEADING INVOLVED 

Chapter B5-600 

Appropriations authorised  in 1994 

Appropriations requested  for  1995 

Change in  % 

commitments 
1 
-

payments 
2 
-

commitments 
3 
0.800 

payments 
4 
0.733 

commitments 
5=3/1 
-

payments 
6=4/2 

" 

ECU million 

3  LEGAL BASIS 

Article 213 of the Treaty; 

Commission  Communication  ("White  Paper")  of  2  December  1992,  entitled 
"The  future  development  of  the  common  transport  policy  -  an  overall 
approach  for  the  determination  of  a  Community framework guaranteeing 
lasting mobility", 

Council  Decision 93/464/EEC  of 22 July  1993  on the framework  programme 
for priority actions in the field of statistical information  1993 to  1997 (OJ No 
L 219 of 28 August 1993. 

Council  Decision  89/382/EEC of  19 June  1989  establishing  a Committee  on 
the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ No L 181 of 28 
June 1989). 

to 

4  DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION 

4.1 General objective 

This Council  Directive aims to  make available to the Institutions and national 
governments  the  harmonised  statistical  information  necessary  for  devising, 
following  up, monitoring  and  evaluating  Community  maritime policy.  These 
results are also intended for the Community's socio-economic operators in the 
context  of the  completion  of the  internal  market.  They  may also  contribute 
towards  enhancing  the  competitive  position  of  the  European  economy  at 
international level.  Lastly, they are an integral part  of the information  needed 
by research institutes and universities. 

4.2 Period covered and arrangements for renewal or extension 

Multiannual (ongoing collection of statistical data). 

5  CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE OR REVENUE 

5.1 Non-compulsory expenditure 

5.2 Differentiated  appropriations 

5.3 Type of revenue involved 

The  sale  of  statistical  results  (database,  publications)  partially  covering 
production costs. 

6  TYPE OF EXPENDITURE OR REVENUE 

For  the  operation  concerned,  which  is  an  integral  part  of the  statistical  programme, 
the  contribution from the  Community  budget  represents  a  fraction  of  the  real  data 
collection  costs  (of  the  order  of  1 to  5%).  Statistical  activities  generally  and  data 
collection  in  particular  draw  extensively  on  the  principle  of  subsidiarity,  and  the 
operating  and  administration  costs  are  almost  exclusively  met  by  the  national 
governments. 
Nevertheless, the expenditure is essential  to encourage the standardisation of the data 
collected, their processing and their dissemination to all the populations concerned by 
the measure. 

The expenditure is thus co-financed  by the public  sector  (national  statistical  services' 
budgets) and the private sector (revenue from sales of statistical products). 

KH 

7 

F I N A N C I AL  I M P A CT 

7.1 Method of calculating total cost of operation (definition  of unit costs) 

In  so  far  as  existing  data  collection  systems  have  to  be  extended  or  new 
statistical collection  systems developed, the contribution from the Community 
budget  is  calculated  on  the  basis  of  the  following  hypotheses  (amounts  in 
constant ecus 000 at  1993 value): 

- 50% contribution to initial investment; 

- 6.66% contribution to the administration costs solely for the first three years 
of operation. 

OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS B5-600: 2 400 
(constant ecus 000 at  1993 value) 

corresponding to contributions to the official  public statistical institutes 
of the Member States. 

7.2 Itemised breakdown of cost 

The total expenditure, ECU 2 400 000, in constant ecus at 1993 value, can 
be assigned to the policy of operating the single market, under Chapter B5-
600 of the budget. 

This  expenditure  corresponds  to  that  which  the  official  public  statistical 
institutes of the Member  States have to incur to  define  and implement  the 
changes needed in their systems of collecting and processing their  statistics 
on  transport  by  sea  (studying  the  changes  to  be  made  to  the  existing 
collection  systems, writing the new computer  programs needed,  additional 
collection costs and additional IT operating costs entailed by the Directive, 
in varying relative amounts according to the Member States concerned). 

#<r 

7.3 

Indicative schedule of appropriations 

7.3.1 

1995 

1996 

1997 

1998 

TOTAL 

1999 
and 
subs, 
yrs 

Commitment 
appropriations 
Payment 
appropriations 
1995 
1996 
1997 
1998 
1999 and subs, yrs 
TOTAL 

7.3.2 

800 

720 

540 

340 

/ 

2 400 

733 
67 

607 
113 

427 
113 

340 

733 
674 
540 
453 

800 

720 

540 

340 

/ 

2 400 

FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES 

-  Statistical information  is considered  an objective instrument for the evaluation of 
Community  action  programmés,  and  thus  contributes  to  consolidating  fraud 
prevention measures. 

- The data provided is verified by the Commission before payment, bearing in mind 
the  contractual  obligations  and  principles  of  economy  and  sound  financial  or 
overall  management.  Fraud  prevention  measures (control,  submission  of reports, 
etc.)  are  included  in  all  agreements  or  contracts  entered  into  between  the 
Commission and beneficiaries. 

ELEMENTS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS 

9.1 

Specific  and  quantified  objectives; target  population 

-  The  specific  objectives  mentioned  at  4.1  are  linked  to  the  provisions  of 
the  Single  European  Act  and  the  Treaty  of  Maastricht  on  achieving  the 
internal market.  This is a matter of making available to the Institutions and 
national governments the harmonised  statistical information  necessary for 
devising,  following  up,  monitoring  and  evaluating  Community  maritime 
policy.  These  results  are  also  intended  for  the  Community's  socio 
economic operators in the context of the completion of the internal market. 
They  may  also  contribute  towards  enhancing  the  competitive  position  of 

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the  European  economy  at  international  level.  Lastly,  they  are  an  integral 
part of the information  needed by research institutes and universities. 

- Target population: The Commission; the Member  States;  socio-economic 
operators; research institutes and universities. 

9.2 

Grounds for the operation 

This operation has the following  objectives: 

to provide the Community institutions with the quantitative data for 
drawing  up,  monitoring  and  evaluating  any  programme  of  action 
pursuant to Article 3 (2) of the Financial Regulation:  "it  therefore 
contributes  to  more  effective  and  relevant  use  of  the 
Community budget*'; 

to  provide  the  national  governments  with  comparable  statistics  on 
all the Member States for evaluating and monitoring the progress of 
Community policies; 

to  provide  political,  economic  and  social  operators 
in  the 
Community with the data necessary to take and assess decisions in 
their respective fields of action: it is therefore  a key component  of 
the European information  market; 

to provide the scientific  community with the information  necessary 
to further  analysis and knowledge of economic and social life in the 
Community. 

- Need for intervention from the Community budget 

This operation is essentially financed by the Member  States, which already 
have  systems  for  collecting  data  in  the  field  of  maritime  transport. 
However,  in  certain  Member  States,  these  systems  are  incomplete  (or 
unsuitable)  and  the  results,  in  particular,  are  not  harmonised  from  one 
Member State to another. 

The  contribution  from  the  Community  budget  should  allow the  necessary 
changes in the various countries to be accelerated. 

- Choice of intervention procedure 

advantage over other potential measures 

If  it  fell  to  the  Commission  to  finance  this  programme  in  its 
entirety, the costs would be extremely high and the results certainly 
less  reliable,  and  such  an  approach  would  run  counter  to  the 
principle of subsidiarity. 

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analysis  of  any  similar  operations  carried  out  at  Community  or 
national level 

Similar operations have been carried out in the past for  statistics on 
domestic freight transport  (by  rail,  by  road,  by  inland  waterway). 
They  have  led  to  the  regular  -  albeit  slow  -  progress  of 
harmonisation  of the  methodologies  used  in the  different  Member 
States. 

secondary and multiplier effects  expected: 

the  results  of  the  operation  contribute  to  an  improvement  in  the 
statistical  information  used  in  the  context  of  work  in  relation  to 
transport policy and convergence in the internal market. 

the collection  of the statistics upholds the principle of  subsidiarity, 
as the national systems collect the data in each Member  State.  The 
Community  statistical  programme thus becomes an integral  part  of 
the  national  statistical  programmes,  thus  contributing  to  the 
creation of a European statistical area. 

. multiplier  effects: 

spill-over  effect  towards  a  European  statistical  area  and  thus 
towards greater integration of the national statistical systems within 
the Community. 

Main  factors  of uncertainty  which might  affect  the  specific  results 
of the operation: 

Difficulties  may arise if certain Member States - or the Commission 
-  do not manage to retease the resources necessary for  the  success 
of the operation. 

9.3 

Monitoring and evaluation of the operation 

As  part  of  the  Community  statistical  programme,  the  operation  is 
monitored in that context. 

The  progress  of  the  statistical  programme  is  continuously  monitored 
against  a  control  chart  which  sets  out  the  operating  targets  and  the 
resources necessary  for  each  project  in target/performance  terms.  At  the 
start  of  every  year,  Eurostat  prepares  a  report  on  the  progress  of  the 
programme in the previous year.  This is in three parts: 

the  first  summarises  the  main  goals  achieved  during  the  year  in 
terms of each policy; 

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the second describes the objective laid down for each project and 
the results obtained; 

the third provides statistics on the use of human, budgetary, IT and 
administrative resources during the previous year. 

It is also stipulated that, after  three years' operation, the Commission will 
report  to  the  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the  Economic  and  Social 
Committee  on the experience  acquired  in applying this Directive  (i.e. in 
1998 if the first collection year is 1995). 

9.4 

Coherence with financial programming 

Is  the  operation  provided  for  in  the  DG's  financial 
programming for the years concerned? 

Yes 

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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE (PART A OF THE BUDGET) 

10.1  Will  the  proposed  operation  involve  an  increase  in  the  number of 

Commission staff? If so, how many? 

YES, with the following annual growth: 

Officials 

New posts 

1995 
1996 
1997 
1998 

1999 and following years 

Total 

2 
2 
2 
2 
2 

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The staff needed to carry out the operation will be obtained either within 
the  allocation  of resources  decided  by the Commission  on the basis of 
future budgets, subject to the decisions of the budgetary authority on new 
posts, or by internal redeployment. 

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10.2 

Indicate the amount of staff  and  administrative  expenditure  involved 
in the proposed operation. Explain the method of calculation. 

indicators: 1994: annual employment costs (estimate) 

Basis: average cost of a post at B2 level, 

ECU 91 095, of which 

ECU 72 968 staff expenditure 
ECU 18 127 administrative expenditure 

Staff: 

Officials 

Expenditure: 

Title Al 
Staff 

Title A2 
Admin. 

1995<»> 
1996 
1997 
1998 
1999 

Total 

109 452 
145 936 
145 936 
145 936 
145 936 

27191 
36254 
36254 
36 254 
36254 

693  196 

172 207 

Costs expressed in constant ecus at 1994 value. 

(1) The iiist official  (grade A)is assumed to be assigned as of the beginning of 1995, 
idùletlics(xo^<rfTtcia1(gra(fcB>isonlyafisg]iedni 

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IMPACT ASSESSMENT FORM 

THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL ON BUSINESS 
with special reference to small and medium-sized enterprises 
(SMEs) 

TITLE OF PROPOSAL: 

Proposal for a Council Directive on statistical returns in respect  of carriage of goods and 
passengers by sea. 

REFERENCE NO: 

THE PROPOSAL: 

Taking  account  of  the  principle  of  subsidiarity,  why  is  Community 
legislation necessary in this area and what are its main aims? 

The proposed  operation  is aimed  at  the production  of  harmonised  statistics  on 
the transport  of goods  and  passengers  by  sea,  which  are  necessary  for  drawing 
up,  monitoring,  controlling  and  evaluating  Community  maritime  policy  on 
comparable terms with the information  available for the other modes of transport. 
The statistical information  currently available in the Member States is incomplete, 
and what does exist is often  not comparable from one country to  another  due to 
différent  national practices. 

THE IMPACT ON BUSINESS: 

2 

Who will be affected  by the proposal? 

-  which sectors of business 

The  enterprises  concerned  are  mainly  class  61.10  (Sea  and  coastal  water 
transport)  in the  statistical  classification  of  economic  activities  in the  European 
Community  (NACE,  Rev.l),  in  addition  to  a  few  enterprises  in  other  sectors 
which  carry  on  maritime  transport  on  their  own  account.  Also  concerned  are 
enterprises  in  class  63.40  (cargo  transport  organisation),  when,  acting  as 
representatives  of  the  Community  enterprises  concerned  or  on  behalf  of  third-
country  enterprises  whose  vessels  call  in  Community  ports  to  load  or  unload 
goods or to take on or land passengers. 

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Lastly» since certain Member States organise their data collection via sea ports, 
enterprises from class 63.22 (port, maritime and river services). 

-  which sizes of business (what is the concentration of small and medium-sized 

firms) 

In principle,  all  sizes of businesses are concerned,  but  indirect  provisions are 
planned to  limit  the burden on  small  and medium-sized  enterprises  entailed in 
providing statistics 
The Member States are therefore free to exempt from the scope of the Directive 
operations carried out by vessels of very small size (generally belonging to small 
or  medium-sized  enterprises).  Likewise,  only  very  summary  statistics  are 
required for movements carried out in the smallest  ports, while harbours which 
are not commercial ports are excluded from the scope of the directive anyway. 

-  are  there  particular  geographical  areas  of  the  Community where  these 

businesses are found 

Other than Luxembourg, all the countries of the Community are concerned. 

What will business have to do to comply with the proposal? 

Businesses owning or operating vessels calling in the ports of the Community to 
load or unload goods or to take on or set down passengers will have to provide 
the data necessary to meet the requirements of the Directive either directly or via 
their agent in the ports. 

This wiR entail the provision of information  additional to that which businesses 
already provide to the Member States, with changes in concepts and in particular 
to the nomenclatures used in declarations. 

What economic effects is the proposal likely to have? 

-  on employment 

-  on investment and the creation of new businesses 

-  on the competitive position of businesses 

An  indirect  effect,  in  so  far  as  knowledge  of  the  market  may  produce  an 
improvement in competitive position. 

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Does the proposal contain  measures to take account of the specific  situation 
of small and medium-sized firms (reduced or different requirements, etc.)? 

Yes, indirectly (cf. 2 above) 

The possible exemption from the scope of the Directive of operations carried out 
by vessels of very small size (less than  100 gross tonnes) will doubtless ease the 
burden on very small  firms. 

Furthermore,  movements  carried  out  in  the  smallest  ports  (non-commercial 
harbours  being  excluded  from  the  scope  of  the  Directive  anyway)  entail  the 
provision  of only very  summary  statistics,  so that  the burden  imposed  on  small 
and  medium-sized  firms,  often  solely  involved  in  local  transport  between  such 
small ports, will be minimal. 

CONSULTATION 

6 

List  the  organisations  which  have  been  consulted  about  the  proposal  and 
outline their main views. 

The successive versions  of the draft  Directive  were discussed  at three  meetings 
(7-8/10/1992; 9-10/12/1992; 20-22/1/1993) of an ad-hoc task force which it was 
decided  to  set  up  at  the  meeting  of  the  Coordinating  Committee  on  Transport 
Statistics  on  9-10/3/1992.  The  draft  thus  arrived  at  was  then  discussed  at  the 
meetings of the Coordinating Committee on Transport  Statistics on  9-10/3/1993 
and  12-13/5/1993.  A final meeting of the task force was held on 26-27/5/1993. 

The  representative  of  the  European  Community  Shipowners'  Association 
(ECSA)  and  the  chairman  of  the  sub-group  of  statistical  experts  of  the 
Community ports group were invited to all these meetings and took part in some. 
They gave their overall support to the draft,  since they had been consulted on its 
contents from the outset. 

In  1990,  at  the  stage  when  users  were  being  consulted  on  their  statistical 
requirements,  the ECSA (then the CAACE) and the European  Shippers Council 
(ESC) stated their needs in terms of statistics describing the chain of transport in 
international  trade  as  a  whole  and  the  maritime  transport  component  in 
particular. 

For  its part,  the  Community  ports  group  defined  its requirements  at  a  series  of 
meetings beginning in  1990 in which  Eurostat  participated.  The ports' requests, 
including the level of detail of the information  to be collected, were an important 
factor in defining the content of this Directive. 

The Directive will satisfy the essential requirements expressed regarding maritime 
transport statistics. 

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ADDITIONAL  FORM CONCERNING  THE EFTA COUNTRIES OF THE EEA 

Title of proposal: 

Proposal for  a Council  Directive on statistical  returns in respect  of carriage of goods and 
passengers by sea. 

The impact on the EFTA countries of the EEA 

The EFTA countries of the EEA are concerned by the draft  Directive, and were involved 
in the discussions on it. 

Some took part in the meetings of the Task Force at which the draft was discussed. 

The meetings of the Coordinating Committee  on Transport  Statistics in March  1992 and 
March and May  1993 were joint EC/EFTA meetings. 

Financial Statement 

The financial statement  enclosed  with  this dossier  solely  concerns  the Member  States  of 
the European Union, and does not therefore cover the financial contributions to the EFTA 
countries of the EEA. 

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