Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways
Date: 2005-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, inland waterway transport, statistical method, transport statistics

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 8.8.2005 
COM(2005) 366 final 

2005/0150 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

OVERALL JUSTIFICATION AND OBJECTIVE 

1. 

The  promotion  of  inland  waterways  transport  is  an  important  part  of  the  Common 
Transport  Policy,  on  the  grounds  both  of  economic  efficiency  and  of  reducing  the 
energy  consumption  and  the  environmental  impacts  of  transport.  This  overall 
objective  has  been  pursued  in  a  series  of  Community  measures,  notably  in 
Commission  strategy  documents  such  as  the  white  paper  on  European  transport 
policy for 2010.  

In addition, inland waterways transport has also been promoted by major investments 
in  inland  waterways  infrastructure  under  the  transport  part  of  the  Trans-European 
Networks. 

2. 

Statistics  on  inland  waterways  transport  are  collected  under  Council  Directive 
80/1119/EEC1, but this legal act has some shortcomings: 

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it  covers  only  freight  transport  by  vessels,  whereas  Community 
actions  on  inland  waterways  transport  also  require  data  on 
container transport; 

the statistics to be compiled do not correspond to the present needs 
in this domain; 

significant quality problems have been identified in these statistics;  

there  is  no  provision  for  adaptation  of  the  Directive  via  a 
committee procedure; 

with implementing new IT technologies the workload of reporting 
Member States could be reduced. 

These shortcomings have, taken together, made it necessary to propose a replacement 
for Directive 80/1119/EEC. 

A  new  legal  act  in  this  domain  also  provides  the  opportunity  to  introduce  a 
committee procedure, and to clarify the role of national authorities in compiling these 
statistics and transmitting them to Eurostat. 

The new legal act allows the implementation of the NST 2000 classification of goods 
following the same schedule as for other modes of transport. 

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LEGAL BASE AND FORM OF THE PROPOSED ACT 

5. 

6. 

The proposed legal base for the Regulation on inland waterways transport statistics is 
Article 285(1) of the Treaty, on Community statistics. The proposal is included in the 
Commission's Work Programme for 2004. 

The new legal act takes the form of a Regulation rather than a Directive, since it is 
intended  to  be  directly  applicable  in  Member  States  without  transposition  into 
national law. This does not affect the freedom of national authorities to compile the 
specified  statistics  using  methods  which  take  account  of  the  different  conditions 
existing  in  Member  States.  The  use  of  a  Regulation  is  in  line  with  other  statistical 
legal acts which have been adopted since 1997. 

KEY FEATURES OF THE REGULATION 

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12. 

The  Regulation  sets  out  to  define  a  set  of  common  rules  for  inland  waterways 
transport statistics together with a set of annexes specifying a set of statistical tables. 
The  rules  cover  definitions,  provisions  for  data  collection,  transmission  and 
dissemination,  and  a  committee  procedure  for  the  adoption  of  implementing 
measures and for later adaptation of the Regulation. They also include provisions for 
maintaining  the  quality  of  the  statistics,  for  evaluation  and  for  reporting  to  the 
European  Parliament  and  the  Council.  Furthermore,  the  Regulation  includes 
provisions relating to the coverage of inland waterways transport by the Regulation. 

Definitions are set out in Article 3. Additional technical definitions needed to ensure 
a  reasonable  level  of  harmonisation  will  be  adopted  via  the  committee  procedure 
(Article  10),  while  recognising  that  it  is  not  practicable  to  impose  legally  binding 
definitions of all terms used in statistical data collection.  

As  in  other  statistical  legal  acts,  the  technical  arrangements  for  transmission  of 
statistics to Eurostat (Article 5) are to be adopted later via the committee procedure. 
This  is  desirable  in  order  for  the  code  lists  and  file  formats  to  be  discussed  with 
Member States and tested before definitive versions are adopted. 

The  statistical  results  of  this  data  collection  shall  be  disseminated  by  .  The 
arrangements for data dissemination (Article 6) are also to be adopted later via the 
committee procedure. This will allow discussing with Member States the modalities, 
content and timeliness of this dissemination. 

The provisions on quality criteria and reports and on report on implementation 
(Articles  7  and  8)  are  designed  to  emphasize,  first,  the  importance  of  non-binding 
methodological  recommendations  to  complement  the  legal  act  in  supporting  the 
improvement of statistical quality as the Regulation is implemented, and second, the 
evaluation of quality, costs and benefits for these statistics. 

The  committee  procedure  (Article  10)  will  ensure  that  the  provisions  of  the 
Regulation  can  be  adjusted  in  the  light  of  experience  as  it  is  implemented.  In 
particular,  Eurostat  will  propose  harmonised  technical  definitions,  rules  for  the 
application  of  simplified  reporting,  and  technical  standards  for  data  transmission 
once these have been fully tested. The Commission proposes a regulatory procedure 

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as  the  most  appropriate  type  of  procedure  in  this  case,  in  conformity  with  Council 
Decision 1999/468/EC2. 

DATA TO BE COLLECTED 

13. 

The data to be collected are specified in Annexes A-E (Article 4). The proposed legal 
base  includes  the  following  main  differences  compared  to  the  data  collection 
specified under Council Directive 80/1119/EEC: 

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the  periods  of  observation  are  quarters  and  years  and  no  monthly 
data is requested to reduce the burden on the Member States;  

a new set of Community statistics on container transport by inland 
waterways collected quarterly and annually; 

the  data  on  the  transport  by  type  of  good  follow  the  NST  2000 
classification of goods; 

a simplified classification of the type of vessels; 

a  new  field  of  information  to  separate  loaded  and  empty  vessels 
and containers; 

the  identification  of  the  regions  of  loading  and  unloading  is 
requested according to the NUTS2 classification; 

a reduced data collection for those Member States where there is no 
international  or  transit  inland  waterways  transport  but  where  the 
total volume of goods transported annually by inland waterways as 
national transport exceeds one million tonnes. 

BENEFITS OF THE REGULATION 

The  collection  of  good  quality  statistics  on  inland  waterways  transport  is  important  for  the 
following reasons: 

1) 

2) 

3) 

4) 

5) 

Development  and  monitoring  of  community  actions  also  on  quarterly  basis  (Annex 
D) to promote inland waterways transport as set out in the white paper. 

Evaluation of impact of investment in inland waterway infrastructure. 

Participation of foreign-owned vessels in national transport matters. 

Harmonisation with other international data collection. 

Reducing the workload for the reporting countries and Eurostat. 

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2005/0150 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
285(1) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

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

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

Inland waterways are an important part of the Community's transport networks and the 
promotion  of  inland  waterways  transport  is  one  of  the  objectives  of  the  Common 
Transport Policy, both for reasons of economic efficiency and of reducing the energy 
consumption  and  the  environmental  impacts  of  transport,  as  described  in  the 
Commission (strategy document) White Paper on European transport policy for 2010: 
time to decide3. 

The  Commission  needs  statistics  concerning  the  transport  of  goods  by  inland 
waterways  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. 

Statistics  on  inland  waterways  transport  have  been  collected  under  Directive 
80/1119/EEC  of  17  November  1980  on  statistical  returns  in  respect  of  carriage  of 
goods by  inland waterways4 which no longer correspond to the  present  needs  in  this 
domain. It is therefore appropriate to replace it with a new instrument which extends 
its scope and improves its efficiency. 

Community  statistics  on  all  modes  of  transport  should  be  collected  according  to 
common  concepts  and  standards,  with  the  aim  of  achieving  the  fullest  practicable 
comparability between transport modes. 

Since  the  objectives  of  the  action  to  be  taken,  namely  the  creation  of  common 
statistical  standards  that  permit  the  production  of  harmonized  data,  cannot  be 
sufficiently  achieved  by  the  Member  States  and  can  therefore  be  better  achieved  at 
Community  level,  the  Community  may  adopt  measures,  in  accordance  with  the 

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principle  of  subsidiarity  as  set  out  in  Article 5  of  the  Treaty.  In  accordance  with  the 
principle  of  proportionality,  as  set  out  in  that  Article,  this  Regulation  does  not  go 
beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives. 

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted 
in  accordance  with  Decision 1999/468/EC  of  28 June 1999 
the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission5. 

laying  down 

Statistical 

by 
The 
Decision 89/382 (EEC/Euratom) 6 has been consulted in accordance with Article 3 of 
that Decision. 

Programme 

Committee 

established 

(6) 

(7) 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Subject matter 

This  Regulation  establishes  common  rules  for  the  production  of  Community  statistics 
concerning inland waterways transport. 

Article 2 

Scope 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Member  States  shall  transmit  to  Eurostat  the  statistics  which  relate  to  inland 
waterways transport on its national territory.  

Member  States  in  which  the  total  volume  of  goods  transported  annually  by  inland 
waterways  as  national,  international  or  transit  transport  exceeds  one  million  tonnes 
shall supply the statistics referred to in Article 4(1). 

By  way  of  derogation  from  paragraph  1,  Member  States  where  there  is  no 
international  or  transit  inland  waterways  transport  but  where  the  total  volume  of 
goods  transported  annually  by  inland  waterways  as  national  transport  exceeds  one 
million tonnes shall supply only the statistics required under Article 4(2). 

4. 

This Regulation shall not apply to: 

(a) the carriage of goods by vessels of less than 50 deadweight tonnes, 

(b) vessels used principally for the carriage of passengers, 

(c) vessels used for ferrying purposes, 

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(d) vessels used solely for non-commercial purposes by port administrations and 
public authorities, 

(e) vessels used solely for bunkering or storage, 

(f)  vessels  not  used  for  the  carriage  of  goods  such  as  fishery  vessels,  dredgers, 
floating workshops, houseboats and pleasure craft. 

Article 3 

Definitions 

For the purposes of this regulation, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “navigable inland 
waterway”  means  a  stretch  of  water,  not  part  of  the  sea,  over  which  vessels  of  a  carrying 
capacity of not less than 50 tonnes can navigate when normally loaded. This term covers both 
navigable rivers and lakes and navigable canals;(b) “inland waterway vessel” means a floating 
craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers by navigable inland 
waterways. 

Article 4 

Data collection 

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

Data shall be collected in accordance with the tables in Annexes A to D. : 

The reduced requirement for data collection provided for in Article 2(3) shall cover 
the data requested under Annex E. 

For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation,  goods  shall  be  classified  in  accordance  with 
Annex F. 

Article 5 

Transmission of statistics 

The  first  period  of  observation  shall  begin  on  1  January  2007.  Transmission  of 
statistics shall take place as soon as possible and no later than five months after the 
end of the period of observation. 

During the first three years of application of this Regulation, the period permitted for 
transmission  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  may  be  extended  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure referred to in Article 9. The maximum period permitted for transmission 
including  any  granted  extension  shall  not  exceed  eight  months  after  the  end  of  the 
period of observation. 

The extensions of the period permitted for transmission are referred to in Annex G. 

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Article 6 

Dissemination  

Community  statistics  based  on  the  data  referred  to  in  Article  4  shall  be  disseminated  by 
Eurostat with a frequency similar to that laid down for the transmission of results. 

Article 7 

Quality of statistics 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Eurostat  shall  develop  and  publish,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  in 
Article 9, methodological requirements and criteria designed to ensure the quality of 
the data produced. 

Member  States  shall  take  all  measures  necessary  to  ensure  the  quality  of  the  data 
transmitted.  

Eurostat shall assess the quality of the data transmitted. Member States shall supply 
Eurostat  with  a report containing  the information and data that it requests to verify 
the quality of the data transmitted. 

Article 8 

Report on implementation 

Within  three  years  of  entry  into  force  of  this  Regulation  and  after  consultation  of  the 
Statistical  Program  Committee,  the  Commission  shall  submit  a  report  to  the  European 
Parliament  and  the  Council  on  implementation  of  this  Regulation.  In  particular,  that  report 
shall: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

assess the benefits accruing to the Community, the Member States and the providers 
and users of statistical information of the statistics produced in relation to their costs; 

assess the quality of the statistics produced; 

identify  areas  for  potential  improvement  and  amendments  considered  necessary  in 
the light of the results obtained. 

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Article 9 

Implementing measures 

The  measures  for  implementing  this  Regulation,  including  measures  to  take  account  of 
economic and technical trends, shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred 
to in Article 10(2). Such measures shall concern: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

1. 

2. 

adaptation  of  the  threshold  for  statistical  coverage  of  inland  waterways  transport 
(Article 2) 

adaptation of the definitions and adoption of additional definitions (Article 3), 

adaptation of the data collection scope and the content of the annexes (Article 4), 

arrangements  for  transmitting  data  to  Eurostat  including  data  interchange  standards 
(Article 5). 

arrangements for disseminations of results by Eurostat (Article 6). 

development and publication of methodological requirements and criteria (Article 7). 

Article 10 

Committee 

The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Program Committee instituted by 
Article 1 of Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom. 

Where  reference  is  made  to  this  paragraph,  Articles  5  and  7  of  Decision 
1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. 

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three 
months. 

3. 

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. 

Article 11 

Directive 80/1119/EEC 

1. 

2. 

Member  States  shall  provide  results  for  the  year  2006  in  accordance  with 
Directive 80/1119/EEC. 

Directive 80/1119/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2007. 

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

Article 12 

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

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the European Parliament 
The President 
[…] 

For the Council 
The President 
[…] 

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ANNEX A 

Table A1. Goods transport by type of good (annual data) 

Elements 

Table 

Coding 

Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-alpha 

“A1” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

Country/region of loading 

2-letter or 
4-alpha 

ISO national code or NUTS2 

Country/region of unloading  2-letter or 

ISO national code or NUTS2 

Type of transport 

4-alpha 

1-digit 

1 = National 
2 = International (except transit) 
3 = Transit 

Type of good 

2-digit 

NST 2000 

Type of packaging 

1-digit 

1= Goods in containers 
2= Goods not in containers 

Tonnes transported 

Tonnes-Km 

Tonnes 

Tonnes-Km 

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ANNEX B 

Table B1. Transport by nationality of the vessel and type of vessel (annual data) 

Elements 

Table 

Coding 

Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-alpha 

“B1” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

Country/region of loading 

2-letter or 
4-alpha 

ISO national code or NUTS2 

Country/region of unloading  2-letter or 

ISO national code or NUTS2 

Type of transport 

4-alpha 

1-digit 

Type of vessel 

1-digit 

1 = National 
2 = International (except transit) 
3 = Transit 

1= Self-propelled barge 
2= Barge not self-propelled 
3= Self-propelled tanker barge 
4= Tanker barge not self-propelled 
5= Other goods carrying vessel 

Nationality of vessel 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Tonnes transported 

Tonnes-Km 

Tonnes 

Tonnes-Km 

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Elements 

Table 

Table B2. Vessel traffic (annual data) 

Coding 

Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-alpha 

“B2” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

Number of loaded vessels 

Number of empty vessels 

Vessel –Km (loaded vessels) 

Vessel –Km (empty vessels) 

NOTE: The provision of this Table B2 is optional. 

Vessels 

Vessels 

Vessel-Km 

Vessel-Km 

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ANNEX C 
Table C1. Container transport by type of good (annual data) 

Elements 

Table 

Coding 

Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-Alpha 

“C1” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

Country/region of loading 

2-letter  or
4-alpha 

ISO national code or NUTS2 

Country/region of unloading  2-letter  or

ISO national code or NUTS2 

Type of transport 

4-alpha 

1-digit 

Size of containers 

1-digit 

1 = National 
2 = International (except transit) 
3 = Transit 

= 
= 

20’ 
40’ 

units 
1 
2 
units 
3  =  freight  units  >  20'  and  <  40' 
4 = freight units > 40' 

freight 
freight 

Loading status 

1-digit 

1 = Loaded containers 
2 = Empty containers 

Type of good 

2-digit 

NST 2000 

Tonnes transported* 

Tonnes-Km* 

TEU 

TEU-Km 

* Only for loaded containers 

Tonnes 

Tonnes-Km 

TEU 

TEU-Km 

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ANNEX D 

Table D1. Transport by nationality of vessels (quarterly data) 

Elements 

Table 

Coding 

Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-alpha 

“D1” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

Quarter 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

2-alpha 

“Q1, Q2, Q3 or Q4 ” 

Type of transport 

1-digit 

1= National 
2= International (except transit) 
3= Transit 

Nationality of the vessel 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Tonnes transported 

Tonnes-Km 

Tonnes 

Tonnes-Km 

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Table D2. Container transport by nationality of vessels (quarterly data) 

Elements 

Table 

Coding 

Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-alpha 

“D2” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

Quarter 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

2-alpha 

“Q1, Q2, Q3 or Q4 ” 

Type of transport 

1-digit 

1 = National 
2 = International (except transit) 
3 = Transit 

Nationality of vessel 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Loading status 

1-digit 

1 = Loaded containers 
2 = Empty containers 

Tonnes transported* 

Tonnes-Km* 

TEU 

TEU-Km 

* Only for loaded containers 

Tonnes 

Tonnes-Km 

TEU 

TEU-Km 

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ANNEX E 

Table E1. Goods transport (annual data) 

Elements 

Table 

Coding  Nomenclature 

Unit 

2-alpha 

“E1” 

Reporting country 

2-letter 

ISO national code 

Year 

4-digit 

“yyyy” 

Total tonnes transported 

Total tonnes-Km 

Tonnes 

Tonnes-Km 

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ANNEX F 

GOODS NOMENCLATURE 

1. 

NST-2000 

Description of goods 

NST-
2000 
groups 

Defined by products in CPA 
divisions 

01 

02 

03 

04 

05 

06 

07 

08 

09 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

Products  of  agriculture,  hunting,  and  forestry;  fish  and 
other fishing products 

01, 02, 05 

Coal and lignite; peat; crude petroleum and natural gas; 
uranium and thorium 

10, 11, 12 

Metal ores and other mining and quarrying products 

13, 14 

Food products, beverages and tobacco 

15, 16 

Textiles  and 
products 

textile  products; 

leather  and 

leather 

17, 18, 19 

Wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture); 
articles of straw and plaiting materials; pulp, paper and 
paper products; printed matter and recorded media 

20, 21, 22 

Coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel 

23 

Chemicals,  chemical  products,  and  man-made  fibres; 
rubber and plastic products 

24, 25 

Other non-metallic mineral products 

Basic  metals; 
machinery and equipment 

fabricated  metal  products,  except 

Machinery  and  equipment  n.e.c.;  office  machinery  and 
computers;  electrical  machinery  and  apparatus  n.e.c.; 
radio,  television  and  communication  equipment  and 
apparatus;  medical,  precision  and  optical  instruments; 
watches and clocks 

26 

27, 28 

29, 30, 31, 32, 33 

Transport equipment 

Furniture; other manufactured goods n.e.c. 

34, 35 

36 

Secondary  raw  materials;  municipal  wastes  and  other 
wastes not specified elsewhere in CPA 

37  +  municipal  wastes  (as 
input  to  CPA  division  90) 
and 
not 
other  wastes 
specified elsewhere in CPA 

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15 

Mail, parcels 

this  heading 

Note: 
for  goods 
transported  by  postal  administrations  and  specialized 
courier services in NACE Rev. 1 division 64 

is  normally  used 

16 

Equipment  and  material  utilised  in  the  transport  of 
goods 

this  heading  covers 

Note: 
items  such  as  empty 
containers, palettes, boxes, crates and roll cages. It also 
covers vehicles used to contain goods, where the vehicle 
is itself carried on another vehicle. 

The existence of a code for this type of material does not 
prejudge  the  question  of  whether  such  materials  are  to 
be counted as "goods", this will depend on the rules for 
data collection in each mode of transport. 

17 

18 

19 

Goods  moved  in  the  course  of  household  and  office 
removals;  baggage 
from 
passengers;  motor  vehicles  being  moved  for  repair; 
other non-market goods n.e.c. 

transported 

separately 

Grouped  goods:  a  mixture  of  types  of  goods  which  are 
transported together 

Note: this heading is used whenever it is not considered 
appropriate to assign the goods to separately to groups 
01-16. 

Unidentifiable  goods:  goods  which  for  any  reason 
cannot be identified and therefore cannot be assigned to 
groups 01-16. 

Note: this heading is intended to cover goods where the 
reporting unit does not have information on the type of 
goods being transported. 

20 

Other goods n.e.c. 

Note:  this  heading  covers  any  items  which  cannot  be 
assigned  to  any  of  the  groups  01-19.  Since  the  groups 
01-19 are intended to cover all foreseeable categories of 
transported  goods,  the  use  of  group  20  should  be 
considered unusual and may indicate a need for further 
checking of the data reported under this heading. 

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ANNEX G 

EXTENSIONS OF THE PERMITTED PERIOD FOR TRANSMISSION (Article 5(2)) 

Member State 

Extended transmission period after the 
end of the period of observation 

Last year of application of the 
extended transmission period 

Belgium 

8 months 

2009 

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