Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics
Date: 2001-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, combined transport, common transport policy, rail transport, transport statistics

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Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport
statistics

(2001/C 180 E/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2000) 798 final/2 (cid:151) 2001/0048(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 14 February 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

(1) Railways are an important part of

the Community’s

transport networks.

(2) The Commission needs statistics on the transport of
goods and passengers by rail
in order to monitor and
develop the common transport policy, as well as the
transport elements of policies on the regions and on
trans-European networks.

(7) The coexistence of publicly and privately owned railway
undertakings operating in a commercial rail
transport
market requires an explicit specification of the statistical
information which should be provided by all railway
undertakings and disseminated by Eurostat.

(8) In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity laid down
in Article 5 of the Treaty, the creation of common stat-
istical standards that permit the production of harmonised
data is an action which can only be undertaken efficiently
at Community level; whereas such standards shall be
implemented in each Member State under the authority
the bodies and institutions in charge of producing
of
official statistics.

(9) Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997
on Community
reference
framework for the provisions laid down by this Regu-
lation.

statistics (3)

provides

a

(10) Since the measures necessary for the implementation of
this Regulation are measures of general scope within the
meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of
28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise
of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4),
they should be adopted by use of
the regulatory
procedure provided for in Article 5 of that Decision.

(3) Statistics on rail safety are required by the Commission in
order to prepare and monitor Community actions in the
field of transport safety.

(11) The Statistical Programme Committee established by
Decision 89/382/EEC/Euratom (5) has been consulted in
accordance with Article 3 of the aforesaid Decision,

(4) Community statistics on rail transport are also required
for a European system for the observation of the rail
market as provided for in Directive . . . of the European
Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive
91/440/EEC on the development of
the Community’s
railways.

(5) Community statistics on all modes of transport should be
collected according to common concepts and standards,
with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable compara-
bility between transport modes.

(6) The restructuring of

the rail

industry under Council
Directive 91/440/EEC (1), as well as changes in the type
of information required by the Commission and by other
users of Community statistics on rail transport, renders
obsolete
Directive
80/1177/EEC (2) in relation to the collection of statistics
from specified administrations of main rail networks.

provisions

Council

the

of

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Objective

The objective of this Regulation is to establish common rules
for the production of Community statistics relating to rail
transport.

Article 2

Scope

This Regulation shall cover all railways in the European Union.
report statistics which relate to
Each Member State shall
transport on its national
territory. Member States may
exclude from the scope of this Regulation

(1) OJ L 237, 24.8.1991, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 350, 23.12.1980, p. 23.

(3) OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(5) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

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(cid:151) railway undertakings which operate entirely or mainly
including

installations,

similar

and

within industrial
harbours,

(cid:151) railway undertakings which mainly provide local

tourist

services, such as preserved historical steam railways,

the total rail

(cid:151) other railway undertakings which collectively account for
less than 2 % of
freight or rail passenger
transport in the reporting country, measured in tonne-km
and passenger-km respectively. This
threshold may be
adapted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 11, paragraph 2.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following defi-

1.
nitions shall apply:

(cid:151) statistics on accidents (Annex H).

simplified

Annexes B and D set out

2.
reporting
requirements, which may be used by Member States as alter-
natives to the normal detailed reporting set out in Annexes A
and C respectively. The rules to be applied by Member States in
determining which undertakings may be covered by simplified
reporting shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 11, paragraph 2.

3.

For each type of data, the corresponding annex specifies:

(cid:151) the list of variables and the corresponding units of

measurement

(cid:151) the reference periods and frequency

(cid:151) the list of tables with the breakdown for each table

(cid:151) the deadlines for transmission of data

(cid:151) (cid:145)reporting country(cid:146): the Member State transmitting data to

Eurostat,

(cid:151) the first reference period for which data are to be trans-

mitted

(cid:151) (cid:145)national authorities(cid:146): national statistical institutes and other
bodies responsible in each Member State for producing
Community statistics,

(cid:151) (cid:145)railway undertaking(cid:146): any public or private undertaking
which provides services for the transport of goods and/or
passengers by rail.

The definitions

2.
referred to in paragraph 1 may be
adapted, and additional definitions needed to ensure harmon-
isation of statistics may be adopted,
in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 11, paragraph 2.

Article 4

Data collection

1.
The statistics to be collected are set out in the annexes to
this Regulation. They shall cover the following types of data:

(cid:151) annual statistics on goods transport (cid:151) detailed reporting

(Annex A)

(cid:151) annual statistics on goods transport (cid:151) simplified reporting

(Annex B)

(cid:151) where necessary, additional notes.

4. Member States shall also provide a list of the railway
undertakings for which statistics are provided, as specified in
Annex I.

5.
For the purposes of the present Regulation, goods shall
be classified in accordance with Annex J. Dangerous goods
shall additionally be classified in accordance with Annex K.

The contents of

6.
in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11,
paragraph 2.

the annexes may be adapted,

Article 5

Data sources

1. Member States may designate any public or private
organisation to participate in collecting the data required
under this Regulation.

The necessary data may be obtained using any combi-

2.
nation of the following sources:

(cid:151) compulsory surveys

(cid:151) annual

statistics on passenger

transport (cid:151) detailed

reporting (Annex C)

(cid:151) administrative data, including data collected by regulatory

authorities

(cid:151) annual

statistics on passenger

transport (cid:151) simplified

reporting (Annex D)

(cid:151) statistical estimation procedures

(cid:151) quarterly statistics on goods and passenger

transport

(Annex E)

(cid:151) regional statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex

F)

(cid:151) statistics on traffic flows on the rail network (Annex G)

(cid:151) data supplied to professional organisations in the rail

industry

(cid:151) ad hoc studies.

3.
The national authorities shall take measures for the coor-
dination of the data sources used and to ensure the quality of
the statistics transmitted to Eurostat.

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Article 6

Article 10

Transmission of statistics to Eurostat

Implementing procedures

1. Member States shall transmit to Eurostat the statistics
referred to in Article 4.

The arrangements

2.
the statistics
referred to in Article 4 shall be laid down in accordance
with the procedure specified in Article 11, paragraph 2.

transmission of

for

Article 7

Dissemination

The data specified in Annexes A-H to this Regulation
1.
shall be disseminated by Eurostat. However, on a request by
a railway undertaking to the national authorities, data which
enable the undertaking to be identified indirectly and which are
not available to the public at national
level, shall not be
disseminated or shall be re-arranged so that their dissemination
is not prejudicial to the maintenance of statistical confiden-
tiality.
supporting
information, shall be notified to Eurostat by the national auth-
orities.

requests, with

necessary

Such

the

2.
The information reported under Annex I shall not be
disseminated except to the extent that specific provisions for
such dissemination are laid down in accordance with the
procedure specified in Article 11, paragraph 2.

Article 8

Quality of statistics

In order to assist Member States in maintaining the
1.
quality of statistics in this domain, Eurostat shall develop and
publish methodological recommendations. These recommen-
dations shall take account of the best practices of national
authorities, of railway undertakings and of professional organi-
sations for the railway industry.

2.
The quality of the statistical data shall be evaluated by
Eurostat. To this end, on request by Eurostat, Member States
shall supply information on the methods used in producing the
statistics.

Article 9

Report

three

years,

the
After data have been collected over
Commission shall send a report to the European Parliament
and to the Council on experience acquired in the work
carried out under this Regulation. This report shall
include
the results of the quality evaluation referred to in Article 8.
It shall also evaluate the benefits of the availability of statistics
in this domain, the costs of obtaining such statistics and the
burden on enterprises.

The following implementing measures
accordance with the procedure
paragraph 2:

shall be taken in
specified in Article 11,

(cid:151) adaptation of the threshold for statistical coverage of rail

transport (Article 2)

(cid:151) adaptation of the definitions and adoption of additional

definitions (Article 3),

(cid:151) adaptation of the contents of the annexes (Article 4),

(cid:151) adoption of rules for the application of simplified reporting

(Article 4),

(cid:151) arrangements for transmitting data to Eurostat (Article 6),

(cid:151) the dissemination of the information reported under Annex

I (Article 7).

Article 11

Procedure

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical
Programme Committee instituted by Article 1 of Council
Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (6).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory
procedure laid down in Article 5 of Council Decision
1999/468/EC (7) shall apply,
in compliance with Article 7,
paragraph 3 and Article 8 thereof.

The period provided for in Article 5, paragraph 6 of

3.
Council Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three months.

Article 12

Directive 80/1177/EEC

1. Member States shall provide results for the year 2001 in
accordance with Directive 80/1177/EEC.

Directive 80/1177/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from

2.
1 January 2002.

Article 13

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.

(6) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.
(7) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999 p. 23.

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ANNUAL STATISTICS ON GOODS TRANSPORT (cid:151) DETAILED REPORTING

ANNEX A

List of variables and units of measurement

goods transported in:

(cid:151) tonnes

(cid:151) tonne-km

number of intermodal transport units carried in:

(cid:151) number

(cid:151) TEU (for containers and swap bodies)

Reference period

Frequency

year

every year

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table A1: goods transported, by type of transport

Table A2: goods transported, by type of goods (Annex J)

Table A3: goods transported (for international and transit traffic) by
country of loading and country of unloading

Table A4: goods transported, by category of dangerous goods (Annex K)

Table A5: goods transported, by type of consignment

Table A6: goods transported in intermodal transport units, by type of
transport and by type of transport unit

Table A7: number of loaded intermodal transport units carried, by type
of transport and by type of transport unit

Table A8: number of empty intermodal transport units carried, by type
of transport and by type of transport unit

Deadline for transmission of data

5 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2002

Notes

1. Type of transport is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) national

(cid:151) international-incoming

(cid:151) international-outgoing

(cid:151) transit

2. Type of consignment is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) full train loads

(cid:151) full wagon loads

(cid:151) other

3. Type of transport unit is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) containers and swap bodies

(cid:151) semi-trailers (unaccompanied)

(cid:151) road vehicles (accompanied)

4. For Table A3, Eurostat

and the Member States may make
arrangements to facilitate consolidation of data originating from
undertakings
to ensure the
coherence of these data

in other Member States,

in order

5. For Table A4, Member States shall indicate which categories of traffic,

if any, are not covered by the data

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ANNUAL STATISTICS ON GOODS TRANSPORT (cid:151) SIMPLIFIED REPORTING

ANNEX B

List of variables and units of measurement

goods transported in

Reference period

Frequency

(cid:151) tonnes

(cid:151) tonne-km

year

every year

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table B1: goods transported, by type of transport

Table B2: goods transported in intermodal transport units, by type of
transport

Deadline for transmission of data

5 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2002

Notes

Type of transport is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) national

(cid:151) international-incoming

(cid:151) international-outgoing

(cid:151) transit

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ANNUAL STATISTICS ON PASSENGER TRANSPORT (cid:151) DETAILED REPORTING

ANNEX C

List of variables and units of measurement

passengers transported in:

Reference period

Frequency

(cid:151) number of passengers

(cid:151) passenger-km

year

every year

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table C1: passengers transported, by type of transport (provisional data,
number of passengers only)

Table C2:
international passengers transported, by country of embar-
kation and by country of disembarkation (provisional data, number of
passengers only)

Table C3: passengers transported, by type of transport (final consolidated
data)

Table C4:
international passengers transported, by country of embar-
kation and by country of disembarkation (final consolidated data,
number of passengers only)

Deadline for transmission of data

8 months after end of reference period (Tables C1, C2)

14 months after end of reference period (Tables C3, C4)

First reference period

2003

Notes

1. Type of transport is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) national

(cid:151) international

2. For Tables C1 and C2, Member States may report provisional data
based on ticket sales in the reporting country only. For Tables C3 and
C4, Member States shall report
final consolidated data including
information from ticket sales outside the reporting country. This
information may be obtained either directly from the national auth-
orities of other countries or through international compensation
arrangements for tickets

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ANNUAL STATISTICS ON PASSENGER TRANSPORT (cid:151) SIMPLIFIED REPORTING

ANNEX D

List of variables and units of measurement

passengers transported in:

Reference period

Frequency

(cid:151) number of passengers

(cid:151) passenger-km

year

every year

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table D1: passengers transported

Deadline for transmission of data

8 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2003

Notes

For Table D1, Member States may report data based on ticket sales in the
reporting country only, as for Table C1

QUARTERLY STATISTICS ON GOODS AND PASSENGER TRANSPORT

ANNEX E

List of variables and units of measurement

goods transported in:

(cid:151) tonnes

(cid:151) tonne-km

passengers transported in:

(cid:151) number of passengers

(cid:151) passenger-km

quarter

every quarter

Reference period

Frequency

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table E1: goods transported

Table E2: passengers transported

Deadline for transmission of data

3 months after end of reference period

First reference period

First quarter of 2002

Notes

1. Tables E1 and E2 may be reported on the basis of provisional data,
including estimates. For Table E2, Member States may report data
based on ticket sales in the reporting country only

2. These statistics shall be supplied for the undertakings covered by

Annexes A and C

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REGIONAL STATISTICS ON GOODS AND PASSENGER TRANSPORT

ANNEX F

List of variables and units of measurement

goods transported in:

Reference period

Frequency

(cid:151) tonnes

passengers transported in:

(cid:151) number of passengers

one year

every 5 years

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table F1: national goods transport by region of loading and region of
unloading (NUTS 2)

Table F2:
unloading (NUTS 2)

international goods transport by region of

loading and

Table F3: national passenger transport by region of embarkation and
region of disembarkation (NUTS 2)

Table F4: international passenger transport by region of embarkation and
region of disembarkation (NUTS 2)

Deadline for transmission of data

12 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2003

Notes

1. Where the place of loading or unloading (Tables F1, F2) or embar-
is outside the European

kation or disembarkation (Tables F3, F4)
Economic Area, Member States shall report only the country

2. In order to assist Member States in the preparation of these tables,
Eurostat shall provide Member States with a list of UIC station codes
and the corresponding NUTS codes

3. For Tables F3 and F4, Member States may report data based on ticket

sales

4. These statistics shall be supplied for the undertakings covered by

Annexes A and C

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ANNEX G

STATISTICS ON TRAFFIC FLOWS ON THE RAIL NETWORK

List of variables and units of measurement

goods transport:

Reference period

Frequency

(cid:151) number of trains

passenger transport:

(cid:151) number of trains

one year

every five years

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table G1: goods transport, by network segment

Table G2: passenger transport, by network segment

Deadline for transmission of data

18 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2005

Notes

1. Member States shall define a set of network segments to include at
least the rail TEN on their national territory. They shall communicate
to Eurostat:

(cid:151) the geographical coordinates and other data needed to identify
and map each network segment as well as the links between
segments

(cid:151) information on the characteristics (including the capacity) of the

trains using each network segment

2. Each network segment which is part of

the rail Trans-European
shall be identified by means of an additional
in order to enable traffic on the rail

Network (TEN)
attribute in the data record,
TEN to be quantified

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ANNEX H

STATISTICS ON ACCIDENTS

List of variables and units of measurement (cid:151) number of accidents (Tables H1, H2)

(cid:151) number of persons killed (Table H3)

(cid:151) number of persons seriously injured (Table H4)

Reference period

Frequency

year

every year

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

Table H1: number of accidents, by type of accident

Table H2: number of accidents involving the transport of dangerous
goods

Table H3: number of persons killed, by type of accident and by category
of person

Table H4: number of persons seriously injured, by type of accident and
by category of person

Deadline for transmission of data

5 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2002

Note

1. Type of accident is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) collisions (excluding level-crossing accidents)

(cid:151) derailments

(cid:151) accidents involving level-crossings

(cid:151) accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion

(cid:151) others

(cid:151) total

2. Table H2 has the following breakdown:

(cid:151) total number of accidents involving at least one railway vehicle
transporting dangerous goods, as defined by the list of goods
covered by Annex K

(cid:151) number of such accidents in which dangerous goods are released

3. Category of person is broken down as follows:

(cid:151) passengers

(cid:151) employees (including contractors)

(cid:151) others

(cid:151) total

4. The data in Tables H1-H4 shall be provided for all railways covered by

this Regulation

5. During the first five years of application of this Regulation, Member
States may report these statistics according to national definitions, if
data conforming to harmonised definitions (adopted according to the
procedure of Article 11, paragraph 2) are not available

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ANNEX I

LIST OF RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS

List of variables and units of measurement

see below

Reference period

Frequency

List of tables with the breakdown for each
table

one year

every year

see below

Deadline for transmission of data

5 months after end of reference period

First reference period

2002

Note

The information listed below (Table I1) shall be supplied for each railway
undertaking for which data are provided according to Annexes A-H

This information shall be used

(cid:151) to check which undertakings are covered by the tables in Annexes

A-H

(cid:151) to validate the coverage of Annexes A and C in relation to total rail

transport activity

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Table I1

I1.1

I1.2

I1.3

I1.4

I1.2.1

I1.2.2

I1.2.3

I1.2.4

I1.2.5

I1.3.1

I1.3.2

I1.3.3

I1.3.4

Identification of data source

Reporting country

Reference year

Name of undertaking

Country in which undertaking is based

Type of activities

Freight transport: international

Freight transport: national

Passenger transport: international

Passenger transport: national

Passenger transport: metro or light rail

Level of transport activity

Total freight transport (tonnes)

Total freight transport (tonne-km)

Total passenger transport (passengers)

Total passenger transport (passenger-km)

Data included in Annexes A-H

Annex A

Annex B

Annex C

Annex D

Annex E

Annex F

Annex G

Annex H

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

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ANNEX J

CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS

The following groups of goods shall be used until such time as a new classification is laid down according to the
procedure specified in Article 11, paragraph 2.

Groups of goods

NST/R chapter

NST/R 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

02, 03

00, 06

05

04, 09

Potatoes, other fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables

Live animals, sugar beet

Wood and cork

Textiles, textile articles and man-made fibres, other raw animal
and vegetable materials

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11, 12, 13,
14, 16, 17

Foodstuff 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

51, 52, 53,
54, 55, 56

Iron ore, iron and steel waste and blast furnace dust

Non-ferrous ores and waste

Metal products

64, 69

Cement, lime, manufactured building materials

61, 62, 63,
65

71, 72

83

Crude and manufactured minerals

Natural and chemical fertilisers

Coal chemicals, tar

81, 82, 89

Chemicals other than coal chemicals and tar

84

Paper pulp and waste paper

91, 92, 93

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

94

95

96, 97

99

Manufactures of metal

Glass, glassware, ceramic products

Leather, textile, clothing, other manufactured articles

Miscellaneous articles

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ANNEX K

CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

1.

2.

3.

Explosives

Gases, compressed, liquified or dissolved under pressure

Flammable liquids

4.1.

Flammable solids

4.2. Substances liable to spontaneous combustion

4.3. Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

5.1. Oxidising substances

5.2. Organic peroxides

6.1. Toxic substances

6.2. Substances liable to cause infections

7.

8.

9.

Radioactive material

Corrosives

Miscellaneous dangerous substances

Note: these categories are those defined in the regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by
rail, usually known as the RID, as adopted under Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of
the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail and subsequent amendments (1).

(1) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25. The latest amendments appear in Commission Directive 96/87/EC of 13 December 1996 adapting to
technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of
dangerous goods by rail (OJ L 335, 24.12.1996, p. 45).