Commission Regulation (EC) No 6/2003 of 30 December 2002 concerning the dissemination of statistics on the carriage of goods by road (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Eurostat, carriage of goods, dissemination of information, exchange of information, road transport, statistics, transport statistics

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 6/2003

of 30 December 2002

concerning the dissemination of statistics on the carriage of goods by road

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25
May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of
goods by road (1), and in particular Articles 6 and 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

It is appropriate to exploit the statistical data on the
carriage of goods by road, referred to in the Regulation
(EC) No 1172/98, as fully as possibly while respecting
the confidentiality of the individual data records.

It is necessary to ensure a reasonable level of quality in
the information disseminated and the maintenance of
existing statistical series.

It is necessary to make certain data available to Member
States in order to complete the statistical coverage of
road transport at national level.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion delivered by the Statistical
Programme Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

containing aggregated values obtained by summation of the
underlying data. The Commission (Eurostat) shall disseminate
the resulting statistical tables in accordance with the provisions
laid down in Articles 2 and 3.

Article 2

The dissemination shall be authorised for the statistical tables
listed in the Annex.

Article 3

1.
Dissemination of tables to users other than the national
authorities of Member States shall be subject to the condition
that each cell shall be based on at least 10 vehicle records
depending on the variable tabulated. Where a cell is based on
fewer than 10 vehicle records, it shall be aggregated with other
cells, or replaced with a suitable flag. Tables referred to under
point A of the Annex shall be excluded from this rule.

Tables including aggregated values based on fewer than
2.
10 vehicle records may be supplied to national authorities
responsible for Community transport statistics in Member
States, on condition that the national authorities apply the
condition set out in paragraph 1 to any tables disseminated to
other users.

Article 1

Article 4

The individual data records transmitted to the Commission
(Eurostat) by Member States in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 1172/98 shall be used to compile statistical tables

into force on the 20th day
This Regulation shall enter
following 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, 30 December 2002.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 1.

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ANNEX

LIST OF TABLES FOR DISSEMINATION

A. Continuity of existing tables

In order to maintain continuity, the existing tables may be disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat).

B. Main tables

The following set of tables and subsets, may be disseminated.

Table

Description
Note 1

Reference period

Units
Note 2

Notes

Note 3
Note 4

Note 3

Summary of activity by type of operation and type of transport

Year, quarter

1 000 t
Million tonne-km
Vehicle-km

Transport, by type of operation

Transport, by type of goods

Year, quarter

1 000 t
Million tonne-km

Year

1 000 t
Million tonne-km

International transport, by country of loading and unloading (total of
all reporting countries)

Year

1 000 t
Million tonne-km

As for table B4.1, but with additional breakdown by type of goods.

Year

1 000 t
Million tonne-km

International transport, by country of loading and unloading (with
breakdown by reporting country)

Year

1 000 t
Million tonne-km

As for table B4.3, but with additional breakdown by type of goods.

Year

B1

B2

B3

B4.1

B4.2

B4.3

B4.4

B5.1

Transport, by region of loading

B5.2

Transport, by region of unloading

B6.1

Transport, by distance class

Year

Year

Year

B6.2

As for table B6.1, but with additional breakdown by type of goods.

Year

B7

B8

Transport, by axle configuration

Transport, by age of vehicle

Year

Year

1 000 t
Million tonne-km

1 000 t
Million tonne-km
Movements

1 000 t
Million tonne-km
Movements

1 000 t
Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

1 000 t
Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

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Table

Description
Note 1

Reference period

Units
Note 2

Notes

B9

Transport, by maximum permissible weight of vehicle

Year

B10

Transport, by load capacity of vehicle

B11

Transport, by NACE branch

B12

Vehicle movements,

laden and empty

Year

Year

Year

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

Million vehicle-km
Movements

B13.1

B13.2

Transit vehicle movements, by transit country, by loaded/empty and
by maximum permissible weight of vehicle (total of all reporting
countries)

Year, quarter

1 000 t
Movements

Transit vehicle movements, by transit country (with breakdown by
reporting country)

Year

1 000 t
Movements

B14

Transport of dangerous goods, by type of dangerous goods

Year

B15

Transport, by type of cargo

Year

Note 1

Except where otherwise stated, the tables include a breakdown by reporting country.

Note 2

The following measures are calculated internally for all tables:

1 000 t
Millon tonne-km
Million vehicle-km (laden, empty)
Movements (laden, empty)
Number of vehicle records used to calculate the table cell

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

Million tonne-km
Million vehicle-km
Movements

This column indicates the measures that will normally be offered to users. Other measures and units may be disseminated if requested by users.

According to users needs the tables may be based on journey related variables (information from A2 data sets) or on goods related operations
(information from A3 data sets) (see Regulation (EC) 1172/98). Movements would therefore be labelled either as number of journeys or number of basic
transport operations. Transit movements would be labelled as such.

Note 3

Type of operation is broken down as follows:

— National
— International journey: places of loading or unloading or both in countries other than the reporting country (= sum of four following categories)

journey: places of loading and unloading both in reporting country

(of which)

— outward (goods loaded in reporting country):
— inward (goods unloaded in reporting country):
— cross-trade:
— cabotage:

journey between two countries other than the reporting country

journey between places within a country other than the reporting country.

journey starts in reporting country, ends elsewhere
journey starts elsewhere, ends in reporting country

Note 4

The layout of this table is shown in section E of this Annex.

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C. Tables on cabotage

In order to provide information on cabotage equivalent to that available under Council Regulation (EC) 3118/93 (1),
the following set of tables and subsets of these tables, may be disseminated:

Description

Period

Unit

Cabotage performed by hauliers from each reporting country, by reporting country

Year

Cabotage performed by hauliers from all reporting countries, by country in which
cabotage takes place

Cabotage by reporting country x country in which cabotage takes place

Year

Year

tonne-km

tonne-km

tonne-km

D. Tables for national authorities of Member States

In order to enable the national authorities of Member States other than the reporting country to compile complete
statistics on road transport operations on their national territory, the following aggregated data files may be supplied
to national authorities:

Description

Period

Aggregated on dimensions

Units (1)

Transport operations at national
level (laden journeys)

Year

Transport operations at national
level (empty journeys)

Year

Transport operations at
level (laden journeys)

regional

Year

Transport operations at
level (empty journeys)

regional

Year

Transit transport (laden and empty
journeys)

Year

— Reporting country
— Country of loading
— Country of unloading
— Type of goods

— Reporting country
— Country of origin
— Country of destination

— Reporting country
— Region of origin
— Region of destination

— Reporting country
— Region of origin
— Region of destination

— Transit country
— Reporting country
— Laden/empty

Tonnes
Tonne-km
Vehicle-km
Movements
Number of vehicle records

Vehicle-km
Movements
Number of vehicle records

Tonnes
Tonne-km
Vehicle-km
Movements
Number of vehicle records

Vehicle-km
Movements
Number of vehicle records

Tonnes
Movements
Number of vehicle records

C1

C2

C3

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

(1) Movements may refer either to number of journeys or to number of basis transport operations.

According to user needs the dimensions and units referred to in tables for national authorities of Member States may
include additional variables covered by the data collection in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1172/98 subject to the
agreement of Member States.

(1) OJ L 279, 12.11.1993, p. 1.

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E. Summary of activity by type of operation and type of transport