Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on experience acquired in the application of Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways
Date: 2010-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, application of EU law, carriage of goods, inland waterway, inland waterway transport, report, statistical method, transport statistics

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 1.3.2010 
COM(2010)64 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on experience acquired in the application of Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on statistics of goods 
transport by inland waterways 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on experience acquired in the application of Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on statistics of goods 
transport by inland waterways 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................... 3 

INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 3 

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................... 3 

POLICY CONTEXT.................................................................................................... 4 

IMPLEMENTING RULES.......................................................................................... 4 

COVERAGE OF MEMBER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES ........................ 5 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULATION ........................................................ 5 

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1.1 

1.2 

1.3 

1.4 

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2.1 

ISSUES ENCOUNTERED.......................................................................................... 5 

2.1.1  Compliance with legal obligations............................................................................... 5 

2.1.2  Burden on reporting countries for implementation and regular data provision ........... 7 

2.1.3  Data collection, compilation and validation process.................................................... 7 

2.1.4  Methodological issues.................................................................................................. 7 

2.2 

RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 8 

2.2.1  Data transmission and validation ................................................................................. 8 

2.2.2  Methodological guidance ............................................................................................. 8 

2.2.3  Data dissemination ....................................................................................................... 8 

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3.1 

3.2 

CONCLUSIONS.......................................................................................................... 9 

SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................................... 10 

LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................................... 10 

INDEX OF TABLES 

Table 1: Compliance with the Regulation requirements: dataset delivery by year.................... 6 

Table 2: Inland waterways freight transport by country: 2008 data and growth 2007-2008. .... 9 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics of 
goods transport by inland waterways1 specifies in Article 8 that, by 15 October 2009 and after 
consulting  the  European  Statistical  System  Committee  (former  Statistical  Programme 
Committee), the Commission must submit a report on the implementation of the Regulation to 
the European Parliament and the Council. The purpose of this report is  to comply with that 
requirement. 

This report outlines the background, objectives and policy context of the legislation. It then 
discusses  issues  linked  to  its  implementation  and  describes  the  main  results  achieved.  The 
final section presents conclusions and possible future developments. 

The  Regulation  led  to  an  increase  in  detailed  information  on  European  freight  transport  by 
inland waterways and improved data quality and timeliness. Member States have made efforts 
to meet the requirements of the Regulation and most are providing all requested data by the 
deadlines specified.  

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INTRODUCTION 

1.1 

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES 

Data  on  goods  transported  by  inland  waterways  started  to  be  collected  in  1982  following 
Council Directive 80/1119/EEC. This old Directive had several shortcomings that prevented 
proper monitoring of this mode of transport. Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 addressed these 
shortcomings and laid down common rules for inland waterways transport statistics. 

The  Regulation  was  designed  to  provide  the  Commission,  other  EU  institutions,  national 
governments  and  the  general  public  with  comparable,  reliable,  harmonised,  regular  and 
comprehensive statistical data on the carriage of goods by inland waterways in the European 
Union. 

The main requirements of Regulation 1365/2006 can be summarised as follows: 

•  only  Member  States  in  which  the  total  volume  of  goods  transported  annually  (by  inland 

waterways) exceeds one million tonnes need supply the requested data; 

•  the observation periods are quarterly and yearly; in order to reduce the burden on Member 

States no monthly data are requested;  

•  reduced data collection is defined 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, at national level, exceeds one million tonnes; 

•  there is a simplified classification of vessel types, and a new information field to separate 

loaded/empty vessels and containers; 

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Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on 
statistics of goods transport by inland waterways, OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p.1. 

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•  freight data are also collected for container transport; 

•  geographical origin/destination data must be provided at NUTS2 level. 

1.2 

POLICY CONTEXT 

Transport  by  inland  waterways  plays  a  relevant  role  (about  5  to  6 %  in  tonne-km)  in  inland 
goods transport in Europe. 

The main characteristics of transport by inland waterways in Europe are: 

•  availability of a vast network of waterways (more than 37 000 km); 20 Member States have 

inland waterways and 12 of them have an interconnected waterways network; 

•  reliability, safety and low environmental impact; 

•  high degree of safety; this is particularly important for the transport of dangerous goods; 

•  high energy efficiency; the energy consumption per tonne-km is approximately 17 % that 

of road transport and 50 % that of rail transport. 

The  potential  for  increasing  the  modal  share  of  inland  waterways  is  significant;  this  is 
especially  relevant  in  view  of  the  frequent  congestion  and  capacity  problems  with  other 
modes  of  transport.  Further  development  of  inland  waterways  transport  can  help  to  reduce 
congestion on the overloaded road network in densely populated areas. 

To develop the Common Transport Policy, we need the best possible knowledge of the extent 
and situation of inland waterways transport. The White Paper European transport policy for 
2010: time to decide2 defined the objective of the Common Transport Policy: to help provide 
Europeans with efficient and effective transport systems. This objective was maintained in the 
Mid-term  Review  of  the  White  Paper3,  despite  being  more  oriented  towards  ensuring 
sustainable  mobility  in  Europe.  Community  inland  waterways  statistics  are  used  when 
framing,  monitoring  and  evaluating  EU  transport  policies,  as  well  as  EU  policies  on  other 
topics  such  as  the  functioning  of  the  internal  market.  Collecting  data  also  helps  to  promote 
transport by inland waterways and to integrate it in the intermodal logistics chain. 

1.3 

IMPLEMENTING RULES 

Regulation  1365/2006  confers  implementing  powers  on  the  Commission,  exercised  via  the 
comitology  procedure  as  set  out  in  Articles  9  and  10.  Eurostat  has  used  this  procedure  to 
adopt a set of rules on various aspects of implementation. The rules are adopted in the form of 
Commission Regulations, after consulting the European Statistical System Committee. 

So far, two implementing Commission Regulations have been adopted. 

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COM(2001) 370 of 12 September 2001. 
COM(2006)  314  of  22  June  2006:  ‘Keep  Europe  moving  —  Sustainable  mobility  for  our  continent. 
Mid-term review of the European Commission’s 2001 Transport White Paper’. 

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Commission  Regulation  425/20074  provides  a  comprehensive  set  of 
implementing 
arrangements,  including  an  exhaustive  list  of  definitions,  explanations  and  data  reporting 
guidelines. It also gives a detailed description of the data files requested and the transmission 
medium. 

Commission Regulation 1304/20075 is mainly aimed at establishing NST 2007 as the unique 
classification for transported goods. 

1.4 

COVERAGE OF MEMBER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES 

Regulation  1365/2006  applies  directly  and  in  its  entirety  to  all  Member  States.  It  does  not 
have to be transposed into national legislation. 

Under the requirements of the Regulation, 13 Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DE, FR, LU, HU, 
NL,  AT,  PL,  RO,  SK  and  UK)  are  obliged  to  provide  data.  As  stated  in  Article  2  of  the 
Regulation, the United Kingdom is subject only to reduced data provision. 

Although not required by the Regulation, three Member States (FI, IT and LT) provide data 
on  a  voluntary  basis.  Furthermore  six  Member  States  (BE,  BG,  CZ,  LU,  HU  and  RO)  also 
supply optional data (vessel traffic, transport of dangerous goods and number of accidents) on 
a voluntary basis. 

As  for  candidate  countries,  Croatia  provided  quarterly  data  and  the  reduced  E1  dataset  for 
reference  year  2007.  For  reference  year  2008  Croatia  provided  all  data  requested  by  the 
Regulation and, on a voluntary basis, data on transport of dangerous goods. 

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULATION 

2.1 

ISSUES ENCOUNTERED 

2.1.1  Compliance with legal obligations 

Compliance  with  the  data  provision  obligations  defined  in  the  Regulation  has 
improved  in  the  period  in  question.  All  Member  States  delivered  all  mandatory 
datasets  and  only  in  some  cases  did  they  miss  the  deadline  stipulated  by  the 
Regulation.  Delays  are  due  mainly  to  the introduction  of  new  procedures  to  satisfy 
the requirements of the Regulation, and are expected to disappear in the near future. 

Table  1  shows  data  delivery  for  the  period  2007-2008  by  dataset  and  periodicity. 
Datasets D1 and D2 are quarterly, all other data sets are annual. 

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Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  425/2007  of  19  April  2007  implementing  Regulation  (EC) 
No 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics of goods transport by inland 
waterways, OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p.26. 
Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1304/2007  of  7  November  2007  amending  Council  Directive 
95/64/EC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 and (EC) No 1365/2006 
of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  with respect  to  the  establishment  of NST  2007 as  the 
unique classification for transported goods in certain transport modes, OJ L290, 8.11.2007, p.14. 

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Table1: Compliance with the Regulation requirements: dataset delivery by year 

2007 

2008 

Quarterly 

D1 

D2 

A1 

B1 

Annual 
B2 (1) 

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C1 

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Belgium 

Bulgaria 

Czech Republic 
Denmark  
Germany 

Estonia  

Ireland  

Greece  

Spain  

France 
Italy (1) 
Cyprus  
Latvia  
Lithuania (1) 
Luxembourg 

Hungary 
Malta  
Netherlands 

Austria 

Poland 

Portugal  

Romania 
Slovenia  
Slovakia 
Finland (1) 
Sweden  
United Kingdom (2) 

Croatia (1) 

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(1) Data provision on voluntary basis 
(2) Only annual dataset E1 has to be 
provided 

: Not provided 

x Data provision finalised 

p Provisional 

0 No file sent because there is no container transport for the period concerned 

Not obliged by the Regulation to provide this data 

Some  problems  remain  for  certain  Member  States.  The  main  issues  are  providing 
complete  transit  data  and  meeting  the  deadline  of  T+5  months  required  by  the 
Regulation. Some countries are already taking corrective measures or have plans to 
improve  their  systems  to  ensure  full  compliance  with  the  legal  requirements. 
However, efforts should continue in order to tackle those issues efficiently. 

2.1.2 

Burden on reporting countries for implementation and regular data provision  

In  the  majority  of  the  reporting  countries,  complying  with  the  Regulation  has 
required  existing  processes  to  be  extended  or  adapted.  In  other  countries,  a 
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cases, no relevant measures had to be taken, as the existing processes were sufficient 
to meet the requirements. It should be mentioned that Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania 
benefited  (within  the  Multi-beneficiary  statistical  cooperation  programme  2006) 
from methodological support to deliver statistics on transit traffic on the Danube. 

For  regular  data  provision,  the  workload  is  considered  acceptable  by  the  vast 
majority of reporting countries. Some countries consider the reporting of transit data 
to be a major burden. 

In terms of cost, Regulation 1365/2006 was designed with the specific objective of 
reducing  the  burden  on  Member  States.  These  efforts  are  evident  from  the 
description of the main features of the Regulation (point 1.1). 

2.1.3  Data collection, compilation and validation process 

The data collection and compilation processes differ between reporting countries, but 
follow  a  traditional  bottom-up  flow  of  information.  The  data  suppliers  also  differ 
from  country  to  country  but  the  most  frequent  sources  are  the  port  and  lock 
authorities.  Countries  complete  their  data  with  information  received  from  a  wide 
range of sources including custom offices, neighbouring countries, private operators, 
firms and agencies. 

Most Competent National Authorities (CNA) apply validation checks before sending 
the  information  to  Eurostat,  using  internally  developed  checking  procedures.  The 
validation  rules  cover  many  aspects  of  the  process  including  data  format, 
codification,  internal  consistency  of  each dataset,  consistency  between  datasets  and 
variables, time series consistency, etc.  

About  half  of  the  reporting  countries  are  planning  to  use  data  obtained  from  the 
River Information Service (RIS) in the near future, but only a very limited number of 
them already use RIS data. 

All  reporting  countries  make  direct  or  indirect  use  of  the  data  collected  at  national 
level, either for policy purposes or for dissemination. 

2.1.4  Methodological issues 

The  methodological  arrangements  of  Commission  Regulations  425/2007  and 
1304/2007 have provided a common framework to ensure harmonised data collection 
and the production of comparable results. 

During  the  period  in  question,  Bulgaria  asked  for  clarifications  on  the  reporting  of 
vessels used for ferry purposes. 

No other major methodological issues have been raised. 

2.2 

RESULTS  

2.2.1  Data transmission and validation 

Article  5  of  Regulation  1365/2006  requires  the data  to  be  transmitted  no  later  than 
five months after the end of the period of observation. During the period in question, 

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most  Member  States  complied  with  this  deadline,  and  further  improvements  are 
expected in the near future. 

Regarding  the  technical  arrangements  for  data  transmission,  a  high  level  of 
standardisation  has  been  achieved.  Data  are  transmitted  electronically  to  Eurostat 
using  the  requested  structure  for  data  files  and  record  format.  This  allows  rapid 
integration  of  the  information  into  the  Eurostat  production  database  and  early 
detection of basic errors and unknown codes. 

Once data have been loaded in the Eurostat production database, detailed validation 
procedures  are  applied  to  control  the  quality  of  transmitted  data.  The  validation 
covers  the  internal  consistency  of  the  datasets,  consistency  over  time,  coherence 
between datasets and a comparison of the results between partner reporting countries 
(mirror checks). 

The  overall  level  of  data  quality  can  be  judged  as  acceptable,  but  efforts  are  still 
required, especially to reduce the asymmetries highlighted by the mirror checks and 
to improve the reporting of transit data. 

2.2.2  Methodological guidance 

Eurostat has produced a Reference Manual on Inland Waterways Transport Statistics 
that  provides  guidance  to  Member  States  in  the  implementation  of  the  Regulation. 
The  Reference  Manual  is  updated  annually  to  include  the  most  recent  information, 
documentation or guidelines relevant to the collection of these statistics.  

2.2.3  Data dissemination 

Data  collected  under  Regulation  1365/2006  are  not  confidential  and  no  special 
constraint exists on data dissemination. 

Eurostat  releases  the  data  collected  through  its  dissemination  database,  which  is 
freely  accessible  from  the  Eurostat  web  site.  There  are  18  tables  filled  in  with  the 
data  collected  under  Regulation  1365/2006  and,  where  possible,  also  with  data 
collected under Council Directive 80/1119/EEC. 

Eurostat also disseminates this information through specific publications such as the 
series Statistics in Focus that provides a first analysis of the data for the media and 
the general public. 

Table 2 contains some key figures on European inland waterways transport, collected 
on the basis of this Regulation. 

Table 2: Freight inland waterways transport by country: 2008 data and growth 
2007-2008.  

1000 Tonnes 

Mio TKM 

2008 

130 350 

10 956 

752 

- 

Growth 
2007 – 2008 

2008 

Growth 
2007 – 2008 

-3.2 % 

+65.4 % 

-34.1 % 

- 

8 746 

2 890 

28 

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-2.9 % 

+185.9 % 

-23.7 % 

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Belgium 
Bulgaria (5) 
Czech Republic 
Denmark  

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Germany 

Estonia  

Ireland  

Greece  

Spain  

France 
Italy (1) 
Cyprus  
Latvia  
Lithuania (1) 
Luxembourg 

Hungary 
Malta  
Netherlands (2) 
Austria 

Poland 

Portugal  

Romania 
Slovenia  
Slovakia 
Finland (1) 
Sweden  
United Kingdom (3) 

EU-27 (2)(4) 

Croatia (1) 

245 674 

-1.3 % 

64 056 

-1.0 % 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

72 807 

-4.2 % 

8 910 

-3.2 % 

: 

- 

- 

146 

10 984 

8 829 

- 

333 202 

11 209 

6 101 

- 

30 295 

- 

8 371 

335 

- 

3 415 

- 

- 

- 

+15.7 % 

+9.9 % 

+5.0 % 

- 

-3.8 % 

-7.4 % 

-5.3 % 

- 

: 

- 

- 

12 

367 

2 250 

- 

44 979 

2 359 

277 

- 

+3.0 % 

8 687 

- 

+4.5 % 

-28.9 % 

- 

-3.6 % 

- 

1 101 

80 

- 

149 

- 

- 

- 

+16.1 % 

+6.6 % 

+1.7 % 

- 

-1.9 % 

-9.2 % 

+9.7 % 

- 

+6.0 % 

- 

+9.7 % 

-20.9 % 

- 

-8.3 % 

511 442 

-2.7 % 

144 891 

+0.1 % 

880 

-40.0 % 

79 

-27.9 % 

(1)  Data provision on voluntary basis 

(2)   Estimated and Provisional data 

(3)   Only annual dataset E1 has to be provided 

(4)   2007 Italian data not taken into account for the calculation of the growth rate 

(5)  The relevant increase is due to BG starting reporting transit data in 2008 
:   Not available 

-   Not applicable 

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CONCLUSIONS 

The  experience  gained  and  the  results  obtained  with  the  implementation  of 
Regulation 1365/2006 can be considered, in general, as positive. The adoption of the 
Regulation,  the  work  done  and  the  resources  allocated  to  setting  up  the  structures 
needed  at  both  national  and  Eurostat  level,  have  permitted  rapid  production  of 
comparable and high-quality results. 

Data  provision  in  the  two  subsequent  years  has  improved,  although  there  are  still 
outstanding  problems,  particularly  regarding  the  comparability,  completeness  and 
timeliness of the datasets delivered. 

Most  of  the  issues  linked  to  the  interpretation  of  the  Regulation,  data  collection, 
compilation,  transmission  and  validation  have  been  addressed.  The  Regulation  has 
led to greater availability of information on the sector and a reduction in the burden 
for reporting countries. 

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Regarding the use of the data, the results obtained have an immediate application for 
policy-making, particularly for the development, implementation and monitoring of 
inland  waterways  transport  policies  at  national  and  EU  level.  Data  dissemination 
through various public means has helped to give visibility to the whole process and 
to provide a return on the investment of resources in it. 

3.1 

SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS 

In the short term (one to two years), efforts should be concentrated on the following 
issues: 

•  further  improvement  of  data  quality  for  certain  elements.  Reporting  countries 
need to make additional efforts to reduce the differences highlighted by the mirror 
checks  and  to  improve  the  provision  of  transit  transport  data.  Results  can  be 
obtained in this field with improved collaboration between reporting countries; 

•  enlargement  of  the  EU  to  include  Croatia.  Eurostat  will  assist  this  candidate 
country  in  complying  with  the  EU  legislation  on  inland  waterways  transport 
statistics.  

3.2 

LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENTS 

Regulation  1365/2007  is  quite  recent,  but  it  is  already  possible  to  identify  some 
possible developments:  

•  the quality of the data collected may benefit from the progressive introduction of a 
European  register  for  inland  waterways  vessels  and  extensive  use  of  River 
Information Services; 

•  collection of new or more detailed variables may be considered, depending on the 
needs  of  data  users  and  the  potential  burden  on  respondents.  Two  points  of 
particular  interest  are:  further  extension  of  data  provision  on  ‘transport  of 
dangerous goods’ and the collection of a more detailed level of data on ‘type of 
goods’ (NST 2007 classification); 

•  extension  of  the  geographical  coverage  of  statistics,  possibly  due  to  future  EU 
enlargements and voluntary involvement of non-EU countries and/or international 
organisations through cooperation agreements.  

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