Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road
Date: 1998-05-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU statistics, Eurostat, carrying capacity, data collection, exchange of information, intra-EU transport, road transport, statistical nomenclature, transport statistics, vehicle registration, weight and size

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1172/98

of 25 May 1998

on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the
Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

in the context of

(1) Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted
to it
the common transport
policy, the Commission must have at its disposal
regular and
comparable,
comprehensive statistical data on the scale and
development of the carriage of goods by road by
means of vehicles registered in the Community,
and on the degree of utilisation of vehicles carrying
out this transport;

synchronised,

reliable,

(2) Whereas Council Directive 78/546/EEC of 12 June
1978 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of
goods by road, as part of regional statistics (4) makes
no provision for returns on types of
transport
which were not authorised at the time when this
Directive was adopted; whereas the returns for
which provision is made supply different informa-
tion for national and international transport and
whereas it provides no information on the degree
of utilisation of vehicles carrying out this transport;

(3) Whereas it is necessary to compile comprehensive
regional statistics with regard to both the carriage
of goods and vehicle journeys;

(1) OJ C 341, 11. 11. 1997, p. 9.
(2) OJ C 104, 6. 4. 1998.
(3) OJ C 95, 30. 3. 1998, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 168, 26. 6. 1978, p. 29. Directive as last amended by

the 1994 Act of Accession.

(4) Whereas it is therefore appropriate to amend the
system laid down by Directive 78/546/EEC in
the regional
order to ensure the description of
origin and destination of intra-Community trans-
port on the same bases as national transport, and to
provide a link between the carriage of goods and
vehicle journeys by measuring the degree of utilisa-
tion of vehicles carrying out this transport;

(5) Whereas, in accordance with the principle of subsi-
diarity, the creation of common statistical standards
allowing the production of harmonised information
can be tackled efficiently only at Community level,
while data will be collected in each Member State
under the authority of the bodies and institutions
in charge of compiling official statistics;

(6) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17
February 1997 on Community statistics (5) provides
a reference framework for the provisions laid down
by this Regulation, in particular those concerning
access to the sources of administrative data, the
cost-effectiveness of available resources and stat-
istical confidentiality;

(7) Whereas communication of individual data, once
rendered anonymous, is necessary in order to esti-
mate the overall accuracy of the results;

(8) Whereas it is important to ensure that statistical

information is adequately disseminated;

(9) Whereas,

the

during

the
Community will need to provide the Member
States with a financial contribution for the execu-
tion of the necessary work;

start-up

period,

(10) Whereas it is appropriate to provide for a simpli-
fied procedure for implementing this Regulation
and adapting it to economic and technical progress;

(5) OJ L 52, 22. 2. 1997, p. 1.

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(11) Whereas

the Statistical Programme Committee
established by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (1)
has been consulted in accordance with Article 3
thereof; whereas it has stated that it is in favour of
this Regulation,

(cid:190) ‘goods road transport vehicle': any single road trans-
port vehicle (lorry), or combination of road vehicles,
namely road train (lorry with trailer) or articulated
vehicle (road tractor with semi-trailer), designed to
carry goods,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject and scope

1.
Each Member State shall compile Community stat-
istics on the carriage of goods by road by means of goods
road transport vehicles which are registered in that
Member State, and on the journeys made by such
vehicles.

This Regulation shall not apply to the carriage of

2.
goods by road by means of:

(a) goods road transport vehicles whose authorised weight
or dimensions exceed the limits normally permitted
in the Member States concerned;

(b) agricultural vehicles, military vehicles and vehicles
belonging to central or local public administrations,
with the exception of goods road transport vehicles
belonging to public undertakings, and in particular
railway undertakings.

Each Member State may exclude from the scope of this
Regulation goods road transport vehicles whose load
capacity or maximum permissible laden weight is lower
than a certain limit. This limit may not exceed a load
capacity of 3,5 tonnes or maximum permissible weight of
6 tonnes in the case of single motor vehicles.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following defini-
tions shall apply:

(cid:190) ‘carriage of goods by road': all transport of goods by

means of a goods road transport vehicle,

(cid:190) ‘road transport vehicle': a road vehicle fitted with an
engine whence it derives its sole means of propulsion,
which is normally used for carrying persons or goods
by road, or for drawing, on the road, vehicles used for
the carriage of persons or goods,

(cid:190) ‘road vehicle for the transport of goods': a road vehicle
designed exclusively or primarily to carry goods (lorry,
trailer, semi-trailer),

(1) OJ L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.

(cid:190) ‘lorry': a rigid road vehicle designed exclusively or

primarily to carry goods,

(cid:190) ‘road tractor': a road transport vehicle designed exclu-
sively or primarily to haul other road vehicles which
are not power-driven (mainly semi-trailers),

(cid:190) ‘trailer': a road vehicle for transporting goods designed

to be hauled by a road transport vehicle,

(cid:190) ‘semi-trailer': a road vehicle for transporting goods
with no front axle so designed that part of the vehicle
and a substantial part of its loaded weight rest on the
road tractor,

(cid:190) ‘articulated vehicle': a road tractor coupled to a semi-

trailer,

(cid:190) ‘road train': a goods road transport vehicle coupled to

a trailer.

This category also includes an articulated vehicle with
a further trailer attached,

(cid:190) ‘registered':

the state of having been entered in a
register of road transport vehicles, kept by an official
body in a Member State, whether or not the registra-
tion is accompanied by the issue of a registration
plate.

In the case of carriage by means of a combination of
road transport vehicles, namely road train (lorry with
trailer) or articulated vehicle (road tractor with semi-
trailer), in which the goods road vehicle (lorry or road
tractor) and the trailer or semi-trailer are registered in
the complete vehicle shall be
different countries,
deemed to be registered in the country where the
goods road vehicle is registered,

(cid:190) ‘load capacity': maximum weight of goods declared
permissible by the competent authority of the country
of registration of the vehicle.

When the goods road transport vehicle is a train made
up of a lorry with trailer, the load capacity of the train
is the sum of the load capacities of the lorry and the
trailer,

(cid:190) ‘maximum permissible weight': total weight of the
vehicle (or vehicle combination) when stationary and
ready for the road and of the weight of the load
declared permissible by the competent authority of
the country of registration of the vehicle,

(cid:190) ‘Eurostat': the Commission department responsible for
carrying out the tasks incumbent on that institution in
the field of production of Community statistics.

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Article 3

Data collection

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

(a) vehicle-related data;

(b)

journey-related data;

(c) goods-related data.

The transmission shall take place within five months

3.
of the end of each quarterly period of observation.

The first transmission shall cover the first quarter of 1999.

4. During a transitional period from 1 January 1999
until a date laid down in accordance with paragraph 5, a
Member State may use simplified coding for the variables
listed in Annex A, part A2, sections 3, 4, 8 and 9, and in
part A3, sections 5 and 6.

Such simplified coding shall consist of:

2.
The statistical variables in each area, their definition
and the levels within the classification used for their
breakdown are provided for in the Annexes.

(cid:190) for national
Annex G,

transport: coding in accordance with

(cid:190) for international transport: a code for each country.

3. When determining the method to be used for
compiling statistical data, Member States shall refrain
from carrying out any formalities at frontiers between
Member States.

4.
The data collection characteristics and the contents
of the Annexes shall be adopted in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 10.

5.
The date of expiry of the transitional period provided
for in paragraph 4 shall be fixed, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 10, as soon as the tech-
nical conditions exist to enable an effective system of
regional coding to be used for both national and inter-
national transport in accordance with Annex G, sections 1
and 2.

Article 4

Precision of results

Methods for the collection and processing of data shall be
developed to ensure that the statistical results transmitted
by the Member States meet minimum standards of preci-
sion, taking account of the structural characteristics of
road transport in the Member States. These standards
shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure
specified in Article 10.

Article 5

Transmission of results to Eurostat

shall

transmit

1. Member States
to Eurostat every
quarter duly verified individual data corresponding to the
variables referred to in Article 3 and listed in Annex A,
without
registration
number.

indicating the name, address or

Article 6

Dissemination of results

The provisions on the dissemination of the statistical
results in respect of
the carriage of goods by road,
including the structure and content of the results to be
disseminated, shall be laid down in accordance with the
procedure specified in Article 10.

Article 7

Reports

1. Member States shall forward to Eurostat, on or before
the date on which the first quarterly information is
forwarded, a report on the methods used in compiling
data.

Member States shall also forward to Eurostat details of any
substantial changes in the methods used to collect the
data.

Such transmission shall, where appropriate, include data
relating to previous quarters for which the data trans-
mitted were provisional.

2. Member States shall provide Eurostat with informa-
tion each year on sample sizes, non-response rates and, in
the form of standard error or confidence intervals, the
reliability of the main results.

The arrangements for transmitting the data referred
2.
to in paragraph 1, including, if any, the statistical tables
based on those data, shall be laid down in accordance
with the procedure specified in Article 10.

3. After data have been collected over three years, the
Commission shall send a report to the European Parlia-
ment and to the Council on experience acquired in the
work carried out pursuant to this Regulation.

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Article 8

Financial contribution

Article 10

Procedure

1. During the first three years of implementation of the
statistical returns provided for by this Regulation, the
Member States shall receive a contribution in the form of
financial assistance from the Community towards the
expenditure incurred in carrying out the work involved.

2.
The amount of the appropriations allocated to this
measure each year shall be fixed as part of the annual
budgetary procedure.

The budgetary authority shall determine the appro-

3.
priations available for each year.

In the report provided for

4.
the
Commission shall enumerate the use of Community
funds allocated to this measure.

in Article 7(3),

On the basis of the report provided for in Article 7(3), the
Commission shall assess whether other financial contri-
butions are necessary for an additional period of three
years.

Article 9

Implementing procedures

for

The procedures
implementing this Regulation,
including measures for its adaptation to economic and
technical progress shall be laid down, insofar as this does
not involve a disproportionate increase in cost for the
Member States and/or the burden on the respondents, in
accordance with the procedure specified in Article 10.
Such procedures shall concern in particular:
(cid:190) adaptation of the data collection characteristics and of

the contents of the Annexes,

(cid:190) precision requirements,
(cid:190) the arrangements for transmitting the data to Eurostat,
including, if any, the statistical tables based on those
data,

(cid:190) dissemination of the results,
(cid:190) setting of the expiry date of the transitional period
provided for in Article 5(5) for transmission of the
variables listed in Article 5(4).

The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical
Programme Committee, hereinafter referred to as the
‘Committee'.

submit

The Commission representative shall
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. The opinion
shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article
148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the
Council is called upon to adopt on a proposal from the
Commission. The votes of
the
Member States within the Committee shall be weighted
in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall
not vote.

the representatives of

if

these measures are not

The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply
immediately. However,
in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall
be forthwith communicated by the Commission to the
Council. In that case:
(cid:190) the Commission shall defer application of the meas-
ures upon which it has decided for a period of three
months from the date of communication,

(cid:190) the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
different decision within the time limit referred to in
the first indent.

Article 11

Directive 78/546/EEC

1. Member States shall provide results for the years
1997 and 1998 in accordance with Directive 78/546/EEC.

2. Directive 78/546/EEC is hereby repealed with effect
from 1 January 1999.

Article 12

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 25 May 1998.

For the Council

The President
J. CUNNINGHAM

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ANNEXES

Annex A

LIST OF VARIABLES

Annex B

CLASSIFICATION OF AXLE CONFIGURATIONS

Annex C

CLASSIFICATION OF TYPES OF JOURNEY

Annex D

CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS

Annex E

CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORIES OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Annex F

CLASSIFICATION OF CARGO TYPES

Annex G

CODING OF PLACES OF LOADING AND UNLOADING

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ANNEX A

LIST OF VARIABLES

The information to be provided for each vehicle breaks down into:

A1. vehicle-related data;

A2.

journey-related data;

A3. goods-related data (in the basic transport operation).

A1 VEHICLE-RELATED VARIABLES

Pursuant to the definition given in Article 2 of the Regulation, a goods road transport vehicle shall be any
single road transport vehicle (lorry) or combination of road vehicles, namely road train (lorry with trailer)
or articulated vehicle (road tractor with semi-trailer) designed to carry goods.

The vehicle-related data to be provided are the following:

1.

2.

3.

possibility of using vehicles for combined transport (optional);

axle configuration according to Annex B (optional);

age of the road transport vehicle (lorry or road tractor) in years (from its first registration);

4. maximum permissible weight, in 100 kg;

5.

6.

7.

8.

load capacity, in 100 kg;

vehicle operator’s NACE Rev. 1 category of activity (four-figure level)

(optional) (1);

type of transport (hire or reward/own account);

type of kilometres covered during the survey period;

8.1. loaded;

8.2. empty (including road tractor journeys without semi-trailer)

(optional);

9.

vehicle weighting, to be used to obtain full results from individual data if the data are collected on the
basis of random sampling.

Successive configurations

When the road transport vehicle chosen for the survey is a lorry used alone, i.e. without trailer, throughout
the survey period, it constitutes in itself the road vehicle for transporting goods.

However, when the road transport vehicle chosen for the survey is a road tractor (cid:190) in which case it will
have a semi-trailer coupled (cid:190) or when it is a lorry to which a trailer is coupled, the data required under
the Regulation concern the road vehicle for the transport of goods taken as a whole. In this case, there
may be a change of configuration during the survey period (with a lorry acquiring a trailer or changing
trailer during the period, or a road tractor changing its semi-trailer). In such a case, these successive
configurations must be recorded, and the data on the vehicle must be supplied for each journey. However,
if it is not possible to record these successive configurations, it is agreed that, for the vehicle-related
variables, those corresponding to the configuration at the beginning of the first laden journey made during
the survey period or to the configuration used most during that period will be recorded.

Change in type of transport

In the same way, depending on the journey, the transport may be effected on own account of for hire or
reward, and the type of transport must be recorded for each journey. However, if it is not possible to
record these changes, it is agreed that the ‘type of transport' recorded will be that corresponding to the
main mode of utilisation.

(1) Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Communities.

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A2 JOURNEY-RELATED VARIABLES

During the survey period, the goods road transport vehicle makes journeys, either unloaded (there are no
goods or empty packaging in the lorry, the trailer or the semi-trailer, which are therefore ‘completely
empty') or loaded (there are either goods or empty packaging in the lorry, the trailer or the semi-trailer,
empty packaging being a particular type of goods). The loaded distance of the goods road transport vehicle
is the distance between the first place of loading and the last place of unloading (where the goods road
transport vehicle is completely emptied). A laden journey can therefore cover several basic transport
operations.

The data to be provided for each journey are as follows:

1. type of journey in accordance with the nomenclature in Annex C;

2. weight of goods carried during the journey or during each stage of the journey, gross weight in 100 kg;

3. place of loading (of the goods road transport vehicle, for a laden journey);

(cid:190) definition: the place of loading is the first place in which goods are loaded on the goods road
transport vehicle, which was previously completely empty (or where the road tractor is coupled up
to a laden semi-trailer). For an unladen journey, it is the place of unloading of the preceding laden
journey (notion of ‘place where unladen journey begins'),

(cid:190) coding: the place of loading is coded in accordance with the provisions of Annex G;

4. place of unloading (of the goods road transport vehicle, for a laden journey);

(cid:190) definition: the place of unloading is the last place in which goods are unloaded from the goods
road transport vehicle, which is subsequently completely empty (or where the road tractor is
uncoupled from a semi-trailer). For an unladen journey, it is the place of loading of the subsequent
laden journey (notion of ‘place where unladen journey ends'),

(cid:190) coding: the place of unloading is coded in accordance with the provisions of Annex G;

5. distance travelled: actual distance excluding the distance covered by the goods road transport vehicle

while being transported by another means of transport;

6. tonnes/kilometre effected during the journey;

7. countries crossed in transit (not more than five), coded according to the Geonomenclature (1);

8. place of loading, if any, of the road transport vehicle on another means of transport in accordance

with the provisions of Annex G (optional);

9. place of unloading,

if any, of the road transport vehicle from another means of transport in

accordance with the provisions of Annex G (optional);

10. situation ‘fully loaded' (procedure 2) or ‘not fully loaded' (procedure 1) of the goods road transport
vehicle during the journey in question, in terms of maximum volume of space used during the
journey (procedure 0 = by convention for unladen journeys)

(optional).

A3 GOODS-RELATED VARIABLES (in the basic transport operation)

During a laden journey, several basic transport operations can be carried out, a basic transport operation
being defined as the transport of one type of goods (defined by reference to a particular nomenclature
level) between its place of loading and its place of unloading.

The data to be provided relating to a basic transport operation during a laden journey are as follows:

1. type of goods, according to the groups referring to an appropriate classification (see Annex D);

2. weight of goods: gross weight in 100 kg;

3. if need be, the classification of the goods as dangerous according to the main categories of Directive

94/55/EC (2) given in Annex E;

(1) Nomenclature of countries for the Community’s external trade statistics.
(2) Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard
to the transport of dangerous goods by road (OJ L 319, 12. 12. 1994, p. 7). Directive as amended by Commission
Directive 96/86/EC (OJ L 335, 24. 12. 1996, p. 43). For the latest amendments to the Annexes, see OJ L 251, 15. 9.
1997, p. 1.

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4. type of freight as given in Annex F (optional);

5. place of loading of the goods, coded in accordance with the provisions of Annex G;

6. place of unloading of the goods, coded in accordance with the provisions of Annex G;

7. distance travelled, actual distance excluding the distance covered with the goods road transport vehicle

while being transported by another means of transport.

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT DURING A ‘COLLECTION OR DISTRIBUTION
ROUND' TYPE OF JOURNEY (journey-type 3)

For this type of journey, with several loading and/or unloading points, it is practically impossible to ask the
transport operators to describe the basic transport operations.

For these journeys, when identified as such, a single, notional, basic transport operation is generally generated
on the basis of the information on the journey.

Each Member State will inform the Commission of its definition of this type of journey and explain the
simplifying assumptions it is obliged to apply when collecting data on the corresponding transport operations.

Methodological appendix

Laden journeys and basic transport operations

Depending on the Member State concerned, information on transport is collected on the basis of:
(cid:190) either a description of each basic goods transport operation (with additional details on unladen journeys),
(cid:190) or a description of the journeys made by the vehicle in carrying out these basic goods transport operations.

In the great majority of cases, when a laden journey is made this represents one basic transport operations only
with:
(cid:190) a single type of goods loaded (by reference to the classification of goods in use, in this case the 24 groups

derived from the NST classification) (1),
(cid:190) a single point of loading for the goods,
(cid:190) a single point of unloading for the goods.

In this case the two methods used are completely equivalent, and the information collected by either method
describes both:
(cid:190) the transportation of the goods (all the basic goods transport operations),
(cid:190) the journeys made by the vehicles carrying out these operations, with details of vehicle capacities and

utilisation of these capacities (laden journey with utilisation coefficient; unladen journey).

Under this Regulation, the transportation of goods and the journeys made by the vehicles must both be
described, but it is undesirable to impose on the transport operators an excessive increase in the burden of
statistics by asking them to describe in detail the transportation of goods and the vehicle journeys.

Accordingly, the NSOs in the Member States, when coding the questionnaires, must reconstitute the data
which are not explicitly required from the transport operators from the data which they collect on the basis of
either the ‘basic transport operation', or the ‘vehicle journey'.

The problem will arise when several basic transport operations are carried out in the course of one laden
journey, which may be because:
(cid:190) there are several points of loading and/or unloading of the goods (but limited in number, otherwise these

would be pick-up or distribution rounds, which require special treatment).
In this case these various loading and/or unloading points are recorded, in order to calculate directly the
tonnes/kilometre effected during the journey, and the statistical office can reconstitute the basic transport
operations,

(cid:190) and/or the fact that there are several different types of goods transported during the laden journey, a fact
which in general is not recorded in the statistics, since only the type of goods (single or main) is requested.
In this case the loss of information is accepted and Member States carrying out this type of simplification
will make explicit mention of it to the Commission.

(1) NST: Uniform nomenclature of goods for transport statistics.

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ANNEX B

CLASSIFICATION OF AXLE CONFIGURATIONS

Where a combination of vehicles is used, the axle configuration counts the total number of axles, i. e. the axles
of the lorry or the road tractor, plus those of the trailer or semi-trailer.

The axle categories considered are as follows:

1. Number of axles of single vehicles (lorries):

2
3
4
other

2. Number of axles for combinations of vehicles:

lorry and trailer
2+1
2+2
2+3
3+2
3+3
other

3. Number of axles for combinations of vehicles:

road tractor and semi-trailer
2+1
2+2
2+3
3+2
3+3
other

4. Road tractor alone

Coding

120
130
140
199

221
222
223
232
233
299

321
322
323
332
333
399

499

ANNEX C

CLASSIFICATION OF TYPES OF JOURNEY

1. Laden journey involving one single basic transport operation.

2. Laden journey involving several transport operations, but not considered as a collection or distribution

round.

3. Laden journey of the collection or distribution round type.

4. Unladen journeys.

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ANNEX D

CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS

The classification of goods shall be according to the NST until such time as its substitution is laid down by the
Commission, in consultation with the Member States.

GROUPS OF GOODS

Groups of
goods

NST (1)
chapter

NST (1)
groups

Description

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

0

01

Cereals

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

02, 03

00, 06

05

04, 09

Potatoes, other fresh or frozen vegetables, fresh fruits

Live animals, sugar beet

Wood and cork

Textiles and waste, other raw animal and vegetable
materials

11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17

Foodstuffs and animal fodder

18

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits and fats

21, 22, 23

Solid mineral fuels

31

Crude petroleum

32, 33, 34

Petroleum products

41, 46

45

Iron ore, iron and steel waste and blast furnace dust

Non-ferrous ores and waste

51, 52, 53, 54,
55, 56

Metal products

64, 69

Cement, lime, manufactured building materials

61, 62, 63, 65

Crude and manufactured minerals

71, 72

83

Natural and chemical fertilisers

Coal, chemicals, tar

81, 82, 89

Chemicals other than coal, chemicals and tar

84

91, 92, 93

94

95

96, 97

99

Paper pulp and waste paper

and

Vehicles
equipment, machinery,
apparatus, engines, whether or not assembled, and parts
thereof

transport

Manufactures of metal

Glass, glassware, ceramic products

Leather, textiles, clothing, other manufactured articles

Miscellaneous articles

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

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ANNEX E

CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORIES OF DANGEROUS GOODS (*)

1

2

3

4.1

4.2

4.3

Explosives

Gases, compressed, liquified or dissolved under pressure

Flammable liquids

Flammable solids

Substances liable to spontaneous combustion

Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

5.1 Oxidising substances

5.2 Organic peroxides

6.1

6.2

7

8

9

Toxic substances

Substances liable to cause infections

Radioactive material

Corrosives

Miscellaneous dangerous substances

(*) Each category is either a class or a division of a class of the classification of types of dangerous goods as

defined in Directive 94/55/EC, Annex A, part I, marginal 2002 (1).

(1) Annexes A and B to Directive 94/55/EC. The latest amendments to these Annexes appear in OJ L 251, 15. 9. 1997, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

6. 6. 98

ANNEX F

CLASSIFICATION OF CARGO TYPES (*)

0

1

2

Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit)

Solid bulk goods (no cargo unit)

Large freight containers

3 Other freight containers

4

5

Palletised goods

Pre-slung goods

6 Mobile, self-propelled units

7 Other mobile units

8

(Reserved)

9 Other cargo types

(*) United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe (cid:190) Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging
materials, Recommendation 21 adopted by the Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade
Procedures, Geneva, March 1986.

ANNEX G

CODING OF PLACES OF LOADING AND UNLOADING

1. Level 3 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), for the Member States of the

European Community.

2. Lists of administrative regions supplied by the third country concerned, for States which are not members
of the European Community but which are contracting parties to the Agreement on the European
Economic Area (EEA), namely Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

3. Nomenclature of countries used for the Community’s external trade statistics, for other third countries.