Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road
Date: 2005-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, carriage of goods, report, road transport, transport statistics

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 6.6.2005 
COM(2005) 242 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT  
AND THE COUNCIL 

on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by 
road 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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1.1 

1.2 

1.3 

1.4 

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INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 4 

OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................. 4 

POLICY CONTEXT.................................................................................................... 6 

IMPLEMENTING RULES.......................................................................................... 6 

COVERAGE OF MEMBER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES ........................ 7 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULATION ........................................................ 8 

2.1 

ISSUES ENCOUNTERED.......................................................................................... 8 

2.1.1 

Interpretation of the Regulation ................................................................................... 8 

2.1.2  Measures relating to non-respect of legal obligation ................................................... 8 

2.1.3 

Transitional arrangements............................................................................................ 9 

2.2 

2.3 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MEMBER STATES ..................................................... 9 

RESULTS ACHIEVED ............................................................................................. 11 

2.3.1  Data transmission to Eurostat..................................................................................... 11 

2.3.2  Methodological guidance given by Eurostat to Member States................................. 13 

2.3.3  Data disseminated by Eurostat ................................................................................... 13 

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3.1 

3.2 

CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................ 14 

SHORT TERM FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................... 14 

LONG TERM FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................... 15 

3.2.1  Coverage of vehicles under the thresholds................................................................. 15 

3.2.2  Coverage of non-EU road vehicles ............................................................................ 15

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INDEX OF TABLES 

Table 1: Grants paid for the implementation of Council Regulation 1172/98 for there 

reference period 1999-2002 (in €) ........................................................................... 10 

Table 2: Data availability per 3.11.2004 (% of records loaded) ........................................ 11 

Table 3: National transport, 1999-2003 – in million tkm ................................................... 16 

Table 4: Total international transport (loaded and unloaded, cross-trade and cabotage 

transport), 1999-2003 – in million tkm................................................................... 17 

Table 5: International transport loaded and unloaded (excluding cross-trade and 

cabotage transport), 1999-2003 – in million tkm................................................... 18 

Table 6: Cross-trade transport performed by hauliers from reporting countries, 1999-

2003 – in million tkm................................................................................................ 19 

Table 7: Cabotage performed inside the EU by hauliers registered in Member States in 

2003 – in 1000 tkm.................................................................................................... 20 

Table 8: Cabotage performed outside the EU by hauliers registered in Member States in 
2003 – in 1000 tkm.................................................................................................... 21 

Table 9: Cabotage performed by hauliers from reporting countries, 1999-2003 – in 

million tkm................................................................................................................ 22 

Table 10: Cabotage performed by hauliers from all EU Member States* by country in 

which cabotage takes place, 1999-2003 - in million tkm....................................... 23 

Table 11: Transport of dangerous goods by reporting country, 1999-2003 – in million 

tkm............................................................................................................................. 24 

Table 12: Transport of dangerous goods of all EU Member States*, by type of 

dangerous goods, 1999-2003 – in million tkm........................................................ 25 

Figure 1: Transport of dangerous goods, EU-15*, share by type of dangerous goods, 

2003 - in tkm ............................................................................................................. 26 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT  
AND THE COUNCIL 

on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by 
road 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the 
carriage of goods by road specifies in its article 7 that a report to the European Parliament and 
the Council be established by the Commission describing the experience acquired in the work 
carried out pursuant to this Regulation.  

This  report  provides  these  details.  After  a  general  description  of  the  policy  context  and  the 
objectives of the legal act, issues linked to the implementation are discussed. The report also 
presents  information  on  financial  support  to  Member  States  and  the  main  results  achieved. 
Finally,  the  annex  provides  tables  and  graphs  with  information  on  European  road  freight 
transport collected on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98. 

The implementation of this Regulation has led to a substantial increase in the availability of 
detailed  information  on  European  road  freight  transport.  The  statistics  are  of  high  quality. 
Member States have made considerable investments and efforts to fulfil the requirements of 
the  Regulation  and  most  are  respecting  the  set  deadlines.  A  number  of  implementing 
measures have been adopted via the Committee procedure. 

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INTRODUCTION 

1.1 

OBJECTIVES 

The adoption of Council Regulation 1172/98 in May 1998 marked an important step forward 
in  the  evolution  of  Community  transport  statistics  in  the  European  Union.  This  Regulation 
provided a legal basis for the collection of a wide range of data on road freight transport. In 
addition,  by  providing  for  the  transmission  to  Eurostat  of  micro-data  from  surveys  of  road 
freight operators, it laid the emphasis on quality and comparability of statistical information. 

Council Regulation 1172/98 was designed to provide the Commission, other EU Institutions 
and national governments with comparable, reliable, harmonised, regular and comprehensive 
statistical data on the scale and development of the carriage of goods by road. These data were 
needed for framing, monitoring, controlling and evaluating EU policy. This aim was achieved 
by expanding certain essential aspects of the data previously collected under the two Council 
Directives on road goods transport statistics (78/546/EEC and 89/462/EEC). 

The  major  changes  between  the  previous  Directives  and  Council  Regulation  1172/98  in  the 
data collected were that the new Regulation provides: 

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•  The description of the regional origin and destination of intra-EU road transport. 
This is important for the planning and evaluation of the Trans European Transport 
Networks (TEN-T) and for infrastructure policy in general; 

•  Information  on  empty  journeys  (vehicle  kilometres  and  number)  carried  out  by 

vehicles in national and international transport; 

•  The link between the carriage of goods and the vehicle journeys by measuring the 
degree of utilisation of vehicles carrying out this transport. This is important in the 
study of intermodal transport, as well as for evaluating transport costs; 

•  Information  on 

the 

load  capacity,  maximum  permissible  weight,  axle 

configuration and age of vehicles; 

•  Information  on  the  cargo  type  of  goods  and,  where  relevant,  on  the  category  of 

dangerous goods. This is relevant to safety and environmental policies;  

•  Information  on  the  economic  activity  (according  to  NACE  Rev.  1)  of  the 
enterprise to which the vehicle belongs. This is important for creating a link with 
enterprise  statistics  and  also  for  evaluating  the  impacts  of  transport  on  the 
environment, by allocating the impacts to economic activities;  

•  Information  on road cabotage  operations.  In the past, statistics on road cabotage 
operations have been compiled from administrative data. They were based on the 
record  books  specified  in  Council  Regulation  3118/93.  Vehicle  operators  were 
required  to  maintain  these  record  books  for  all  vehicles  authorised  to  carry  out 
cabotage  operations.  Under  Regulation  3118/93,  authorisations  were  no  longer 
needed  with  effect  from  1  July  1998  for  cabotage  operations  and  there  was  no 
longer  an  obligation  to  maintain  record  books  and  to  supply  data  to  the 
Commission.  Statistics  on  cabotage  operations  are  now  collected  and 
disseminated as part of the regular road transport statistics surveys, in accordance 
with Council Regulation 1172/98. 

The information is transmitted by Member States to Eurostat in the form of micro-data, rather 
than  tabulated  data  as  in  the  past.  This  gives  Eurostat  the  ability,  subject  to  safeguards  on 
confidentiality, to provide users with statistical tables containing many different combinations 
of variables.  

Council Regulation 1172/98 thus allows a more complete monitoring and evaluation of road 
freight transport in the context of the Common Transport Policy, in relation to infrastructure, 
the  environment,  energy  use,  and  the  deregulation  and  liberalisation  of  the  road  freight 
market. Lastly, this system improves the comparability of the various modes of transport. 

Council Regulation 1172/98 has been conceived so as to limit as much as possible the burden 
on transport enterprises. The data collection is based on a sample survey. Information is thus 
requested only for a sample of transport vehicles, and for a limited amount of time (generally 
a week). Most of the variables required are already collected by Member States, and the extra 
time required to complete the questionnaire for the new variables demanded is very limited. 
Member States can, furthermore, exclude from the survey the transport operations undertaken 
by vehicles below certain thresholds. 

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A  further  advantage  of  Council  Regulation  1172/98  is  the  flexibility  built  into  it  by  the 
committee  procedure,  which  allows  implementing  measures  and  future  adaptations  to  the 
annexes to be adopted by the Commission, subject to approval by the Statistical Programme 
Committee. 

1.2 

POLICY CONTEXT 

The  development  of  the  Common  Transport  Policy  requires  the  best  possible  knowledge  of 
the extent and evolution of road freight transport. 

The  Community  Transport  Policy  originally  aimed  at  completion  of  the  internal  market 
through the elimination of regulatory barriers to the provision of transport services. This has 
now evolved to a wider policy, as set out in the White Paper European transport policy for 
2010:  time  to  decide1  designed  to  maintain  the  efficient  functioning  of  the  EU's  transport 
systems,  based  on  the  internal  market  philosophy,  while  also  taking  account  of  new 
challenges facing transport services. 

Council Regulation 1172/98 also allows the collection of data on cabotage operations. This is 
important, after the opening of the market on 1 July 1998 (and the ending of the application of 
Council  Regulation  3118/93,  which  collected  data  on  cabotage),  as  it  allows  continued 
analysis of this operation, and in general of the evolution of road transport. 

The  data  collected  in  the  framework  of  Council  Regulation  1172/98  are  also  extremely 
valuable for professional organisations in the field of road transport, as an in-depth knowledge 
of the market will improve the competitiveness of the enterprises in the sector. 

1.3 

IMPLEMENTING RULES 

Council Regulation 1172/98 confers implementing powers on the Commission, which are to 
be exercised via a committee procedure as set out in Articles 9 and 10.  

Eurostat is using this committee procedure gradually in order to adopt a set of rules covering 
different aspects of the implementation of the Regulation, taking account of previous practical 
experience. These rules are adopted in the form of Commission Regulations. 

The first of these implementing regulations, Commission Regulation 2691/19992, clarified the 
provisions  of  Council  Regulation  1172/98  on  country  codes  (where  there  had  been  an 
inconsistency in the original text). 

A second implementing regulation, Commission Regulation 2163/20013, defined rules on the 
technical  arrangements  for  data  transmission,  including  the  structure  of  the  data  files,  the 
record formats and the transmission methods. Provision was made for implementing rules on 
this subject in Article 5(2) of Council Regulation 1172/98. 

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European  Commission:  White  Paper-  European  Transport  Policy  for  2010  –  Time  to  decide; 
Luxembourg, 2001, ISBN 92-894-0341-1. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2691/1999 of 17 December 1999 on rules for implementing Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  1172/98  on  statistical  returns  in  respect  of  the  carriage  of  goods  by  road,  OJ  L 
326/39. 
Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  2163/2001  of  7  November  2001  concerning  the  technical 
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A  third  implementing  regulation,  Commission  Regulation  6/20034,  set  out  the  rules  for 
dissemination,  including  the  structure  and  contents  of  the  results  to  be  disseminated. 
Implementing  rules  on  this  subject  were  provided  for  in  Article  6  of  Council  Regulation 
1172/98. 

The  most  recently  adopted  implementing  regulation,  Commission  Regulation  642/20045 
specified  details  on  precision  calculations  for  the  data  collected  by  Member  States  on  road 
freight  transport.  Provision  is  made  for  implementing  rules  on  this  subject  in  Article  4  of 
Council Regulation 1172/98. 

A proposal for the ending of the transitional period for the full regional coding has also been 
prepared, to ensure that international road freight data become available at regional level. It 
has not yet been possible to submit this proposal to the SPC as the necessary technical tools 
are  not  yet  available.  Implementing  rules  on  this  subject  are  provided  for  in  Article  5(5)  of 
Council Regulation 1172/98. 

1.4 

COVERAGE OF MEMBER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES 

Council Regulation 1172/98 applies directly and in full to all Member States. It does not have 
to  be  transposed  into  national  legislation.  Furthermore,  the  Regulation  does  not  provide  for 
any derogation.  

In 2002, Council Regulation 1172/98 was formally incorporated into Annex XXI (Statistics) 
of  the  EEA  Agreement  by  a  Decision  of  the  EEA  Joint  Committee6.  According  to  this 
Decision: 

•  Iceland  is  exempted  from  transmitting  the  data  required  by  this  Regulation.  The 

first transmission period for Norway is the first quarter of 2002. 

•  Liechtenstein  is  to  provide  the  data  as  required  by  the  Regulation,  but  the  data 
collection  methods  are  to  be  adapted  to  the  structural  characteristics  of  road 
transport  in  the  country,  in  agreement  with  Eurostat.  In  particular,  Liechtenstein 
may  transmit  data  covering  only  vehicles  which  regularly  carry  out  road  freight 
transport operations on the territory of EEA Member States. The first transmission 
period for Liechtenstein is the first quarter of 2003. 

Before  the  enlargement  in  2004,  the  10  new  Member  States  had  all  declared  their 
willingness  to  comply  fully  with  Council  Regulation  1172/98  on  accession.  No 
derogations were requested. The pre-accession period can in effect be considered as a 
transitional  period.  For  many  new  Member  States  this  has  meant  establishing 
completely new surveys of road freight transport, following a round of pilot surveys 
in  1997,  which  were  supported  by  the  Phare  programme.  A  detailed  analysis  has 
shown  that  most  surveys  now  cover  almost  all  obligatory  variables,  and  that  the 

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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, OJ L1/45 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2004 of 6 April 2004 on precision requirements for data collected 
in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage 
of goods by road, OJ L 102/26 
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 64/2002 of 31 May 2002 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to 
the EEA Agreement, OJ No L 238, 5.9.2002, p. 34. 

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sampling  methodology  is  appropriate.  By  the  end  of  2004,  all  new  Member  States 
but one had submitted data for at least one period which could be treated successfully 
(see table 2). 

Bulgaria  and  Romania  have  also  declared  their  willingness  to  comply  fully  with 
Council Regulation 1172/98. Corresponding surveys are being set up.  

It  is  expected  that  data  according  to  the  Regulation  will  be  transmitted  by 
Switzerland  under  the  planned  EU-Switzerland  Agreement  on  statistics,  which  is 
currently being negotiated.  

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULATION 

2.1 

ISSUES ENCOUNTERED 

2.1.1 

Interpretation of the Regulation 

As mentioned above, the statistics for Council Regulation 1172/98 are transmitted in 
the  form of micro-data, and  not aggregated  tabulated  data  as was the case  with  the 
former Directive. 

The  collection  of  micro-data  has  the  great  advantage  of  allowing  more  complex 
analyses  than  those  which  were  possible  when  aggregated  data  were  transmitted  to 
Eurostat,  as  the  variables  can  be  cross-tabulated  and  analysed  in  many  different 
combinations.  The  availability  of  micro-data  at  Eurostat  permits  more  complete 
checking  of  the  quality  of  the  data  than  was  possible  in  the  past.  In  addition,  the 
tables calculated at Eurostat use a common algorithm for all Member States, which 
was not the case when Member States compiled the tables themselves. 

The  transmission  of  micro-data  also  means,  however,  that  a  very  large  volume  of 
confidential  data  is  received  and  processed  at  Eurostat.  This  imposes  significant 
additional  human  resources  compared  to  the  former  Directive.  In  addition,  a  new 
computer  application  had  to  be  developed  to  load  and  validate  the  data  and  to 
generate tables for dissemination. 

Each  of  these  stages  has  involved  a  great  deal  of  fine-tuning.  Eurostat  provided 
Member States with detailed recommendations on data coding, but most of the data 
files initially received did not conform completely to the recommended specification. 
Data transmission has since improved considerably for most Member States both in 
terms of efficiency and delays. 

The validation and aggregation of the micro-data have meant that a whole series of 
methodological  issues  had  to  be  considered.  In  particular,  comparisons  between 
aggregated tables calculated by Eurostat and the tables calculated by Member States 
from  the  same  underlying  survey  data  revealed  a  number  of  inconsistencies  due  to 
different approaches on various issues. 

2.1.2  Measures relating to non-respect of legal obligation 

One  Member  State  (Greece)  has  failed  to  transmit  to  Eurostat  the  data  specified  in 
the Regulation. In October 2002 the Commission accordingly started an infringement 

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procedure. Subsequently the Commission has brought an action before the Court of 
Justice  against  Greece  for  failure  to fulfil  the obligation,  which has been  registered 
on 11 March 2004 under case n° C-130/04.  

2.1.3 

Transitional arrangements 

2.1.3.1  Optional variables 

Annex  A  of  the  Regulation  includes  a  number  of  variables  for  which  reporting  is 
optional. The Commission’s intention is to propose in due course that some of these 
variables should become compulsory, through the committee procedure of Article 9, 
as Member States adapt their surveys to the collection of these variables. 

2.1.3.2  Regional coding of place of loading and unloading: 

Council  Regulation  1172/98  provides  for  the  coding  of  places  of  loading  and 
unloading within the EEA to NUTS 3. However, Article 5 provides for a transitional 
period during  which  the  full regional  coding is required only for national journeys. 
This transitional period should end when "the technical conditions exist to enable an 
effective  system  of  regional  coding  to  be  used  for  both  national  and  international 
transport".  The  date  on  which  the  transitional  period  ends  is  to  be  fixed  via  the 
committee  procedure.  The  Commission  will  make  a  proposal  about  ending  the 
transitional period when Member States have successfully implemented the regional 
coding. Until then, Eurostat is providing technical support to Member States for this 
regional coding. 

2.2 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MEMBER STATES  

Article  8  of  the  Regulation  provides  for  financial  contributions  to  Member  States 
towards the cost of implementation, for an initial three year period.  

A  total  of  €832 148  was  paid  to  Member  States  for  the  period  1999-2002.  Table  1 
shows  the  breakdown  by  Member  State.  Belgium,  Spain,  Luxembourg  and  the 
United  Kingdom  did  not  request  any  financial  contributions  during  the  entire 
reference  period.  For  those  Member  States  which  received  grants,  the  average 
amount per grant was €30 820. 

Under  Article  8,  the  Commission  may  propose  to  make  further  financial 
contributions  for  an  additional  three-year  period.  However,  in  view  of  the  rapid 
progress made in implementing the Regulation, and of the disproportionate workload 
for Eurostat and for Member States in the administration of relatively small grants, 
the  Commission  does  not  intend  to  make  any  further  financial  contributions  under 
Article 8. 

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Table  1:  Grants  paid  for  the  implementation  of  Council  Regulation  1172/98  for  there 

reference period 1999-2002 (in €) 

Country 

1999 

2001 

2002 

Total 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT 

FI 

SE 

UK 

no grant requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant requested 

15600 

55800 

18500 

no grant requested 

30000 

no grant requested 

54200 

12100 

37900 

no grant 
requested 

no grant 
requested 

88000 

13300 

36721 

no grant requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant requested 

13600 

18400 

21200 

16300 

16700 

13900 

34037 

22465 

19050 

50000 

50000 

no grant 
requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant 
requested 

51871 

no grant 
requested 

40000 

49000 

32624 

11155 

9725 

77700 

143700 

18500 

no grant requested 

118000 

13300 

142792 

no grant requested 

53600 

81300 

87861 

49920 

45475 

no grant requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant 
requested 

no grant requested 

Total 

246700 

291073 

294375 

832148 

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2.3 

RESULTS ACHIEVED 

2.3.1  Data transmission to Eurostat 

Article 5 requires transmission of the data for each quarterly period of observation to 
take place within five months of the end of the relevant quarter. The deadline was not 
respected at the beginning of the implementation process, when Member States were 
adapting  their  surveys  to  the  new  Regulation.  By  2003,  however,  most  Member 
States  had  made  considerable  efforts  for  the  implementation  of  the  Regulation  and 
now transmit data within the deadline. 

The  technical  details  on  how  the  data  are  to  be  transmitted  are  specified  in 
Commission  Regulation  (EC)  2163/2001  referred  to  above.  Data  are  transmitted  to 
Eurostat in electronic format, and processed in a secure environment with restricted 
access. Detailed validation procedures are applied in order to analyse the quality of 
the  transmitted  data.  Validation  reports  are  sent  to  Member  States  presenting  the 
main  errors  and  requesting  the  transmission  of  corrected  datasets.  Data  passing  the 
validation checks are then loaded in the database. This process may be repeated until 
all  errors  are  corrected.  The  validation  procedures  are  subject  to  continual 
improvements. The current situation of data reception and loading is given in Table 
2.  

Table 2: Data availability per 3.11.2004 (% of records loaded) 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

2004 

Q1-Q4 

Q1-Q4 

Q1-Q4 

Q1-Q4 

Q1-Q4 

Q1  Q2 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

BE 

OK 

CZ 

DK 

OK 

DE 

OK 

EE 

EL 

ES 

OK 

FR 

OK 

OK 

OK 

IE 

IT 

CY 

LV 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

11 

EN 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

99%  99% 

OK  OK 

OK 

OK  OK 

99% 

OK 

OK  R 

OK 

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LT 

LU 

OK 

OK 

HU 

MT 

NL 

OK 

AT 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

PL 

PT 

SI 

SK 

FI 

OK 

SE 

AD 

UK 

OK 

LI 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

Q3 99% 

OK 

OK 

OK 

R 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

R 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

99% 

OK  OK 

Q1  OK 
Q4 99% 

R 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

99%  99% 

OK 

OK 

OK 

R 

Q1 OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

NO 

OK 

OK 

OK 

OK 

R 

R  

OK 

AD 

Data rejected (under threshold of 99%) due to errors found 

Data completely (100%) loaded in production data base (PERT) 

Data submitted according to former Directives 

The validated micro-data are then aggregated in order to produce statistical tables for 
dissemination.  

As  a  further  validation  check,  it  was  decided  to  undertake  comparisons  between 
tables  produced  from  the  aggregates  obtained  in  Eurostat  and  those  with  national 
aggregates. This exercise, by revealing further inconsistencies, has clarified a number 
of methodological problems that still existed in the national data collections, and has 
improved considerably the quality of the statistics produced from the Regulation.  

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2.3.2  Methodological guidance given by Eurostat to Member States 

Eurostat  has  produced  a  Reference  Manual7  to  provide  guidance  to  Member  States 
and  candidate  countries  engaged  in  the  implementation  of  the  Regulation.  The 
Reference Manual will be updated regularly to include the most recent information, 
documentation or guidelines relevant to the collection of these statistics. Eurostat has 
also  provided  bilateral  assistance  to  Member  States  and  Candidate  Countries  on 
specific issues related to the implementation which have caused particular problems. 
These issues have been included in the Manual when they are of general relevance.  

The information provided in the Manual is structured as follows: 

Part A: Recommendations for sample surveys of the transport of goods by road 

Part A of the Manual provides general guidelines for the execution of surveys of the 
transport  of  goods  by  road  in  order  to  collect  the  information  required  by  Council 
Regulation 1172/98; it covers principles and methods that can be and are being used, 
and  is  relevant  both  for  the  setting  up  of  new  surveys  and  for  the  re-design  of 
existing surveys. 

Part B: Recommendations for the variables – Definitions and explanatory notes 

Part  B  of  the  Manual  provides  a  systematic  reference  for  all  variables  in  the 
Regulation, with definitions, additional explanations and recommendations. 

It also provides additional information on items such as precision standards and the 
coverage of the data. 

Part  C:  Rules 
recommendations 

for 

transmission  of  data 

to  Eurostat  and  dissemination 

Part  C  of  the  Manual  provides  guidelines  on  the  technical  aspects  of  data 
transmission  to  Eurostat.  It  covers  topics  such  as  data  structures,  record  formats, 
filenames and electronic data transfer. It also provides information on data validation 
in  Eurostat,  on  the  aggregation  of  data  to  intermediate  and  standard  tables,  and 
finally on the dissemination of data by Eurostat. 

Eurostat  has  also  produced  a  document  Methodologies  used  in  surveys  of  road 
freight  transport  in  Member  States  and  candidate  countries8,  summarising  the 
information provided by countries on the methodologies used in the surveys on road 
freight transport, in accordance with Article 7 of the Regulation. 

2.3.3  Data disseminated by Eurostat 

Following  the  adoption  of  Commission  Regulation  6/2003,  which  sets  out  the 
detailed  rules  under  which  data  from  the  Council  Regulation  may  be  disseminated, 
all available data are loaded into the NewCronos reference database as soon as they 

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8 

Reference Manual for the implementation of Council Regulation 1172/98 on statistics on the carriage of 
goods by road, Eurostat, Luxembourg, Collection “Methods and Nomenclatures”, 2003. 
To be published in 2004 in the Collection “Methods and Nomenclatures” 

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have passed the validation checks. Users may thus obtain statistical tables based on 
data transmitted under the Regulation, covering the period from 1999 onwards (see 
Table 2). 

Based  on  statistics  collected  under  the  Regulation,  Eurostat  has  also  produced  five 
short publications in the series Statistics in Focus, covering the following topics: 

•  general trends in road freight transport 

•  cabotage operations 

•  transport of dangerous goods. 

This series of publications will continue to appear on a regular basis. 

Member States are actively involved in the validation of these publications. 

The Annex contains a selection of statistical tables. 

3 

CONCLUSIONS 

The experiences in implementing Council Regulation 1172/98 have in general been 
positive.  A  great  deal  of  work  and  resources  has  been  put  into  the  setting  up  of  a 
whole  new  system.  All  the  problems  linked  to  the  transmission,  loading  and 
validation of data and the interpretation of the Regulation have been addressed and 
most  of  them  have  been  solved.  The  issues  concerned  with  dissemination  and  the 
the 
related  problems  of  confidentiality  have  also  been  agreed  upon,  and 
dissemination of data has begun. 

3.1 

SHORT TERM FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 

In the short term, a priority will be the dissemination both of new variables and of the 
time  series  of  the  main  variables  related  to  road  transport  statistics,  as  well  as  the 
implementation  of  the  Regulation  by  the  Acceding  Countries.  As  stated  in  Section 
1.4, it is expected that these countries will be able to implement all provisions of the 
Regulation on accession. 

As  mentioned  in  section  1.3,  proposals  for  Commission  Regulations  are  being 
prepared on precision standards and on the ending of the transitional period for full 
regional coding.  

As  explained  in  Section  2.2,  the  Commission  does  not  intend  to  provide  further 
financial contributions to Member States under Article 8. For the new Member States 
and for the remaining candidate countries, financial support is in principle available 
from the resources linked to the enlargement process. 

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3.2 

LONG TERM FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 

3.2.1  Coverage of vehicles under the thresholds 

Under  Article  1  of  the  Regulation,  road  transport  by  vehicles  below  fixed  weight 
thresholds may be exempted from the reporting, in order to minimise the cost of the 
surveys  in  Member  States.  Some  Member  States  nevertheless  collect  part  of  this 
information for their own needs. It is known that these smaller road goods vehicles 
account for a relatively small proportion of transport measured in tonnes and tonne-
kilometres,  and  their  exclusion  has  only  a  small  impact  on  the  quality  of  these 
statistics. However, smaller road goods vehicles do account for a high proportion of 
road traffic (measured in vehicle-km). It will therefore be important in the future to 
analyse  in  detail  the  impact  of  these  thresholds  on  the  quality  of  all  information 
obtained under the Regulation. It might be desirable to propose some form of regular 
data collection on vehicles below the current weight thresholds.  

3.2.2  Coverage of non-EU road vehicles 

In  accordance  with  Article  1,  data  collection  under  the  Regulation  is  based  on  a 
‘nationality’  concept,  in  the  sense  that  it  covers  vehicles  registered  in  the  reporting 
countries.  This  concept  was  necessary  in  order  to  permit  national  surveys  and  to 
avoid  the  collection  of  data  at  national  borders  within  the  EU.  Statistics  for  other 
modes  of  transport,  however,  are  based  on  a  different  concept,  the  ‘territoriality’ 
concept.  For  road  transport,  this  would  reflect  the  total  flow  of  goods  and  vehicles 
entering,  leaving  or  travelling  in  a  country,  irrespective  of  the  nationality  of  the 
transport  vehicle.  Under  the  Regulation,  information  on  goods  transported  in  the 
reporting  countries  by  vehicles  registered  in  other  countries  is  only  available  when 
these  other  countries  are  EU  Member  States.  As  more  countries  join  the  European 
Union, Eurostat will be in a position to have a broader view of the goods transported 
in  the  European  Union,  irrespective  of  the  nationality  of  the  transport  vehicle, 
although  the  picture  will  never  be  totally  complete.  In  order  to  provide  a  complete 
view of road freight transport on EU territory, additional measures might be needed 
to collect data on transport operations by vehicles registered outside the EU.  

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ANNEX: Selection of statistical tables 

Table 3: National transport, 1999-2003 – in million tkm 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Share  in 
2003 

BE 

DK 

DE 

15 758 

19 754 

20 565 

20 392 

19 584 

2.43% 

10 421 

11 000 

10 887 

11 057 

11 012 

1.37% 

226 887 

226 529 

230 016 

225 474 

227 205 

28.23% 

EL* 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

ES** 

98 134 

106 936 

114 004 

129 510 

138 412 

17.20% 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

159 026 

163 163 

168 572 

169 742 

170 895 

21.23% 

7 737 

8 337 

9 122 

10 731 

11 935 

1.48% 

151 967 

158 250 

154 749 

160 082 

: 

: 

377 

415 

487 

583 

565 

0.07% 

32 682 

31 538 

31 000 

30 257 

: 

: 

12 280 

12 389 

12 454 

12 663 

13 036 

1.62% 

PT*** 

14 309 

14 220 

16 351 

14 916 

: 

: 

FI 

SE 

UK 

25 806 

27 717 

26 678 

28 071 

26 896 

3.34% 

30 422 

31 451 

29 967 

31 836 

31 467 

3.91% 

149 019 

150 337 

149 760 

150 920 

153 933 

19.12% 

Total****  934 825 

962 036 

974 612 

996 234 

804 940 

100.00% 

* 

** 

Since 1999, no data has been reported from Greece. 

Since  2002,  Spain  has  also  included  in  its  survey  figures  on  transport  of 
goods  inside  the  same  town  which  has  led  to  a  very  significant  increase  in 
figures on national transport. 

*** 

Since  2000,  Portugal  has  reported  only  ‘hire  or  reward’  transport;  the  total 
was estimated on the basis of the ‘own account’ share of 1999. 

****  Total  without  Greece  (1999  –  2003)  and  without  Italy,  Netherlands  and 

Portugal (2003). 

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Table 4: Total international transport (loaded and unloaded, cross-trade and cabotage 
transport), 1999-2003 – in million tkm 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Share  in 
2003 

BE 

DK 

DE 

21 526 

31 293 

32 617 

32 496 

30 959 

12.14% 

12 814 

13 021 

11 269 

11 459 

11 997 

4.70% 

51 539 

54 179 

58 948 

59 740 

63 545 

24.91% 

EL* 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

36 128 

41 782 

47 041 

55 039 

54 183 

21.24% 

45 688 

40 836 

38 298 

34 617 

32 700 

12.82% 

2 469 

3 938 

3 203 

3 545 

3 715 

1.46% 

25 324 

26 427 

31 764 

32 600 

: 

: 

5 936 

7 195 

8 212 

8 596 

9 079 

3.56% 

50 882 

48 028 

47 492 

47 161 

: 

: 

21 702 

22 733 

25 078 

25 835 

26 520 

10.40% 

PT** 

11 778 

12 616 

13 616 

14 807 

: 

: 

FI 

3 850 

4 258 

3 800 

3 897 

4 030 

1.58% 

SE*** 

2 738 

4 169 

4 191 

4 816 

5 171 

2.03% 

UK 

17 241 

15 284 

13 504 

13 115 

13 210 

5.18% 

Total****  309 615 

325 759 

339 033 

347 723 

255 109 

100.00%

* 

** 

Since 1999, no data has been reported from Greece. 

Since 2000, Portugal has reported only ‘hire or reward’ transport; the total 
was estimated on the basis of the ‘own account’ share of 1999. 

*** 

1999 figures for Sweden do not include cabotage transport. 

****  Total  without  Greece  (1999  –  2003)  and  without  Italy,  Netherlands  and 

Portugal (2003). 

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Table  5:  International  transport  loaded  and  unloaded  (excluding  cross-trade  and 
cabotage transport), 1999-2003 – in million tkm 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Share  in 
2003 

BE 

DK 

DE 

17 250 

25 320 

26 501 

25 160 

23 867 

10.84% 

12 276 

12 166 

10 510 

10 895 

11 208 

5.09% 

45 652 

48 684 

52 150 

52 174 

56 072 

25.46% 

EL* 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

35 066 

40 472 

45 323 

52 353 

51 515 

23.39% 

41 975 

37 863 

35 917 

32 673 

31 304 

14.21% 

1 699 

2 650 

2 295 

2 680 

2 927 

1.33% 

24 465 

25 742 

30 553 

31 400 

: 

: 

1 461 

1 529 

2 009 

2 358 

2 487 

1.13% 

41 005 

37 876 

37 470 

36 782 

: 

: 

15 653 

16 712 

18 623 

19 002 

19 777 

8.98% 

PT** 

10 990 

11 792 

12 135 

12 870 

: 

: 

FI 

SE 

UK 

3 712 

3 977 

3 671 

3 708 

3 907 

1.77% 

2 721 

3 732 

3 681 

4 080 

4 294 

1.95% 

16 905 

14 951 

13 208 

12 816 

12 873 

5.85% 

Total*** 

270 830 

283 466 

294 046 

298 951 

220 231 

100.00% 

* 

Since 1999, no data has been reported from Greece. 

** 

Since 2000, Portugal has reported only ‘hire or reward’ transport; the total 
was estimated on the basis of the ‘own account’ share of 1999. 

***  Total  without  Greece  (1999  –  2003)  and  without  Italy,  Netherlands  and 

Portugal (2003). 

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Table  6:  Cross-trade  transport  performed  by  hauliers  from  reporting  countries,  1999-
2003 – in million tkm 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

in 

Share 
2003 

BE 

DK 

DE 

3 338 

4 606 

4 481 

5 110 

5 225 

19.61% 

436 

607 

573 

432 

598 

2.24% 

4 355 

4 087 

5 109 

5 964 

5 907 

22.17% 

EL* 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT** 

FI 

SE 

UK 

791 

1 063 

1 368 

2 101 

1 919 

7.20% 

2 957 

2 158 

1 774 

1 414 

354 

509 

562 

412 

371 

610 

445 

528 

846 

296 

: 

3.18% 

1.11% 

: 

3 436 

4 436 

4 647 

4 254 

4 548 

17.07% 

8 245 

8 455 

8 020 

8 570 

: 

: 

5 827 

5 676 

6 006 

6 393 

6 289 

23.61% 

688 

103 

17 

293 

784 

231 

318 

223 

1 333 

1 751 

82 

348 

238 

159 

571 

214 

: 

98 

646 

269 

: 

0.37% 

2.42% 

1.01% 

Total*** 

31 349 

33 618 

34 960 

37 906 

26 641 

100.00% 

*  

Since 1999, no data has been reported from Greece. 

**  

*** 

Since  2000,  Portugal  has  reported  only  ‘hire  or  reward’  transport;  the  total 
was estimated on the basis of the ‘own account’ share of 1999. 

Total  without  Greece  (1999  –  2003)  and  without  Italy,  Netherlands  and 
Portugal (2003). 

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Table 7: Cabotage performed inside the EU by hauliers registered in Member States in 2003 – in 1000 tkm 

Cabotage performed in: 

Cabotage 
by 
hauliers 
from: 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL* 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT 

SE 

FI 

UK 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT 

SE 

FI 

UK 

:C 

350 257 

:C 

75 485 

:C 

- 

35 342 

961 018 

:C 

63 324 

3 433 

147 706 

11 900 

:C 

:C 

:C 

- 

986 

:C 

:C 

- 

3 555 

:C 

269 843 

51 689 

- 

9 745 

24 362 

48 879 

41 525 

173 076 

414 897 

325 223 

1 430 

55 195 

165 690 

:C 

110 560 

:C 

121 493 

: 

- 

: 

- 

: 

23 070 

48 422 

:C 

77 514 

- 

: 

- 

: 

:C 

: 

106 152 

54 151 

759 104 

: 

: 

: 

- 

:C 

- 

: 

- 

: 

: 

: 

638 526 

78 495 

:C 

: 

12 826 

: 

14 480 

1 027 020 

: 

: 

:C 

: 

47 152 

: 

: 

:C 

:C 

- 

: 

: 

- 

:C 

- 

: 

: 

:C 

- 

- 

: 

4 913 

11 326 

:C 

: 

- 

:C 

- 

: 

: 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

: 

: 

45 323 

156 897 

:C 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

:C 

: 

3 589 

: 

:C 

- 

: 

:C 

172 882 

461 339 

: 

8 972 

: 

5 662 

: 

:C 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

: 

- 

: 

6 125 

- 

: 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1 816 

120 

238 900 

2 142 

5 729 

15 053 

:C 

170 792 

:C 

1 033 

: 

:C 

- 

5 570 

: 

:C 

- 

- 

: 

156 767 

:C 

22 016 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

:C 

:C 

:C 

: 

:C 

- 

: 

- 

- 

25 803 

:C 

: 

:C 

- 

:C 

: 

- 

- 

: 

:C 

- 

:C 

3 684 

Total* 

189 382 

118 403 

1 719 772 

46 723 

320 382 

3 096 471 

4 733 

819 840 

6 313 

215 429 

189 100 

30 957 

178 608 

6 745  1 070 008 

:c 

confidential 

* 

Total sans la Grèce, l’Italie, les Pays bas et le Portugal.

- 

Non applicable 

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Table 8: Cabotage performed outside the EU by hauliers registered in Member States in 
2003 – in 1000 tkm 

Cabotage performed in: 

Cabotage 
by  hauliers 
from: 

CH 

NO 

ACC 

Others 

TOTAL 
Extra 
EU-15 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT 

FI 

SE 

UK 

2 679 

- 

5 354 

1 318 

9 350 

- 

50 035 

- 

- 

50 035 

33 412 

:C 

19 351 

13 823 

79 243 

: 

- 

:C 

- 

: 

3 331 

: 

3 224 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

:C 

: 

:C 

: 

:C 

49 111 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

: 

: 

4 172 

4 172 

8 202 

10 060 

- 

: 

- 

: 

1 264 

271 

5 708 

: 

: 

: 

6 219 

203 

9 919 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

- 

- 

- 

: 

6 686 

49 111 

- 

Total* 

44 504 

119 605 

32 188 

27 989 

224 286 

:c 

Confidential 

* 

- 

Total without Greece, Italy, Netherlands and Portugal. 

not applicable 

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Table  9:  Cabotage  performed  by  hauliers  from  reporting  countries,  1999-2003  –  in 
million tkm 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Share 
2003 

in 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT 

FI 

SE* 

UK 

938 

102 

1 366 

1 635 

2 226 

1 867 

22.67% 

248 

187 

132 

191 

2.32% 

1 533 

1 408 

1 688 

1 602 

1 565 

19.00% 

: 

271 

756 

416 

350 

: 

246 

815 

725 

273 

: 

350 

607 

537 

599 

: 

586 

530 

420 

671 

: 

749 

551 

491 

: 

: 

9.09% 

6.69% 

5.97% 

: 

1 039 

1 230 

1 556 

1 984 

2 044 

24.82% 

1 632 

1 697 

2 002 

1 810 

: 

: 

222 

345 

99 

35 

: 

44 

40 

49 

119 

110 

449 

148 

46 

164 

59 

440 

187 

30 

165 

85 

455 

5.52% 

: 

25 

230 

68 

: 

0.30% 

2.79% 

0.83% 

Total** 

7 436 

8 672 

10 029 

10 868 

8 237 

100.00% 

* 

No data on cabotage have been reported from Sweden for 1999. 

** 

Total  without  Greece  (1999  –  2003)  and  without  Italy,  Netherlands  and  Portugal 
(2003). 

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Table 10: Cabotage performed by hauliers from all EU Member States* by country in 
which cabotage takes place, 1999-2003 - in million tkm 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT 

FI 

SE 

UK 

CH 

NO 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Share 
2003 

in 

419 

40 

467 

52 

613 

100 

437 

109 

189 

118 

2.30% 

1.44% 

2 535 

2 571 

2 648 

3 032 

1 720 

20.88% 

7 

537 

64 

411 

79 

600 

102 

643 

47 

320 

0.57% 

3.89% 

1 488 

2 074 

2 657 

3 299 

3 096 

37.59% 

5 

933 

11 

171 

142 

30 

0 

236 

712 

44 

12 

25 

714 

9 

225 

217 

42 

2 

210 

10 

888 

16 

266 

291 

30 

32 

217 

14 

754 

24 

295 

217 

35 

2 

203 

5 

820 

6 

215 

189 

31 

7 

179 

0.06% 

9.95% 

0.08% 

2.62% 

2.30% 

0.38% 

0.08% 

2.17% 

1 325 

1 292 

1 465 

1 070 

12.99% 

50 

50 

162 

79 

51 

159 

66 

83 

88 

45 

120 

60 

0.54% 

1.45% 

0.73% 

Others 

113 

Total* 

7 436 

8 672 

10 029 

10 868 

8 237 

100.00% 

* 

Without  cabotage  performed  by  hauliers  from  Greece  (1999-2003),  from 
Sweden (1999), and from Italy, Netherlands and Portugal (2003) 

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Table  11:  Transport  of  dangerous  goods  by  reporting  country,  1999-2003  –  in  million 
tkm 

Reporting 
Countries 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

in 

Share 
2003 

BE 

DK 

DE 

EL 

ES 

FR 

IE 

IT 

LU 

NL 

AT 

PT* 

FI 

SE 

UK 

2 768 

3 545 

4 177 

3 779 

2 623 

4.85% 

887 

853 

827 

998 

780 

1.44% 

12 261 

12 782 

13 437 

12 034 

12 777 

23.61% 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

8 998 

10 690 

10 300 

12 036 

12 185 

22.52% 

8 328 

7 607 

8 132 

8 471 

8 797 

16.26% 

597 

954 

1 139 

1 094 

1 414 

2.61% 

10 875 

10 894 

11 086 

10 523 

: 

: 

200 

950 

960 

189 

848 

924 

245 

337 

327 

0.60% 

2 123 

1 680 

: 

: 

1 064 

985 

1 132 

2.09% 

1 571 

1 276 

1 775 

1 730 

: 

: 

1 946 

2 077 

2 427 

2 253 

2 401 

4.44% 

: 

1 779 

1 623 

2 009 

1 778 

3.29% 

10 790 

11 654 

10 655 

10 178 

9 899 

18.29% 

Total** 

61 131 

66 072 

69 010 

68 107 

54 113 

100.00% 

* 

** 

Since  2000,  Portugal  has  reported  only  ‘hire  or  reward’  transport;  the  total 
was estimated on the basis of the ‘own account’ share of 1999. 

Total without Greece (1999-2003), Sweden (1999) and Italy, Netherlands and 
Portugal (2003) 

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Table  12:  Transport  of  dangerous  goods  of  all  EU  Member  States*,  by  type  of 
dangerous goods, 1999-2003 – in million tkm 

Type of dangerous good 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Share  in 
2003 

Explosives 

277 

505 

439 

744 

445 

0.82% 

compressed, 
Gases, 
dissolved und.pressure 

liquified, 

 7 792 

 8 562 

 8 504 

 8 969 

 6 675 

12.33% 

Flammable liquids 

 36 098 

 37 908 

 40 775 

 39 632 

 31 520 

58.25% 

Flammable solids 

986 

 1 262 

 1 092 

 1 192 

793 

1.47% 

Substances  liable  to  spontaneous 
combustion 

Substance emitting flammable gases 
(with water) 

 2 049 

 2 470 

 2 129 

 2 647 

 2 132 

3.94% 

217 

156 

231 

115 

160 

0.30% 

Oxidising substances 

 1 371 

 1 953 

 1 592 

 1 621 

 1 841 

3.40% 

Organic peroxides 

170 

152 

160 

246 

239 

0.44% 

Toxic substances 

 1 229 

 1 595 

 1 568 

 1 423 

 1 304 

2.41% 

Substances liable to cause infections  197 

Radioactive material 

65 

198 

100 

321 

185 

36 

62 

91 

53 

0.17% 

0.10% 

Corrosives 

 7 360 

 7 880 

 7 992 

 7 721 

 6 125 

11.32% 

Miscellaneous dangerous substances

 3 252 

 3 224 

 4 056 

 3 453 

 2 736 

5.06% 

Unknown dangerous good 

70 

107 

115 

97 

- 

- 

Total* 

 61 132 

 66 072 

 69 011 

 68 106 

 54 115 

100.00%

*  With the exception of Greece (1999-2003), Sweden (1999) and Italy, Netherlands and Portugal 
(2003). Portugal (since 2000) has reported only figures on ‘hire or reward’ transport; the total 
was estimated on the basis of the ‘own account’ share of 1999. 

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Figure  1:  Transport  of  dangerous  goods,  EU-15*,  share  by  type  of  dangerous  goods, 
2003 - in tkm 

Miscellaneous  
dangerous  
substances, 5% 

Others, 7%

Gases,  
compressed,  
liquified, dissolved  
und.pressure,  
12%

Corrosives, 11% 

Oxidising 
substances, 3% 

Substances liable  
to spontaneous  
combustion, 4% 

* The same footnotes as for table 12 apply. 

Flammable liquids,  
58% 

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