WRITTEN QUESTION No. 721/98 by Amedeo AMADEO , Salvatore TATARELLA to the Commission. Statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States
Date: 1998-03-18
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament, TATARELLA
Subjects: approximation of laws, data collection, form, goods and services, intra-EU trade, statistics, trading operation, type of business













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 721/98 by Amedeo AMADEO , Salvatore TATARELLA to the Commission. Statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States  


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WRITTEN QUESTION E-0721/98by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) and Salvatore Tatarella (NI) to the Commission(18 March 1998)Subject: Statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member StatesThis question concerns the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (COM(97) 252 final - 97/0155 COD)(1).Although the Commission proposals are to be welcomed in that they put into practice the objectives, set out in the SLIM initiative, of producing simpler, more transparent and effective provisions and are in accordance with the recommendations of the Intrastat group which took part in the pilot project, could the Commission ensure that a standard form is adopted for the additional declaration throughout the Community, in order to help firms which have branches or associated companies in more than one Member State and to make the data collected more uniform?Answer given by Mr de Silguy on behalf of the Commission(12 May 1998)The Commission's proposal for simplifying the Intrastat system aims at reducing the number of data elements collected in order to reduce burdens on businesses. The proposal is part of a simplification package proposed by the Commission based on the recommendations of the Slim/Intrastat team.In the proposal two types of data elements exist: mandatory and optional. These two types of data elements are also found in the present Intrastat system. The mandatory elements comprise a common set of information collected Community wide. The optional elements may be collected at national level, but are left to the discretion of the Member States. Accordingly, differences between Member States will still exist in respect of information requirements.It should be emphasized that a single form was introduced in 1993 with the new Intrastat system comprising all mandatory and optional data elements (Commission Regulation (EEC) 3590/92 of 11 December 1992 concerning the statistical information media for statistics on trade between Member States(2)). The declarants may in principle use this form or the available national form.An electronic form developed under the Edicom project is also available for the declarants in the IDEP/CN8 software package, which is now used in 12 Member States. A revised version of this programme is planned for 1999, which includes a multinational and multilanguage option in particular for enterprises operating in several Member States.(1) OJ C 203, 3.7.1997, p.10.(2) OJ L 364, 12.12.1992.