2010/216/: Commission Decision of 14 April 2010 amending Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2010-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, maritime transport, statistics








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15.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 94/33








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 14 April 2010
         
amending Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/216/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In the production of European Statistics there should be a balance between the needs of the users and the burden on respondents.












(2)


A technical analysis of the existing data collected under the European legislation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and of the dissemination policy has been carried out at European level in order to propose possible technical solutions to simplify, as much as possible, the various activities necessary for the statistical production, while keeping the final output in line with present and foreseeable users’ needs.












(3)


As a result of this analysis, the existing quarterly statistics on passenger transport in the main European ports and the existing quarterly statistics on vessel traffic in the main European ports should be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) and disseminated on an annual basis, while the variable related to the classification dimension ‘nationality of registration of vessels’ in the existing quarterly statistics on passenger transport in the main European ports should be collected by Member States on a voluntary basis.












(4)


The nomenclature on the maritime coastal areas and the nomenclature on the nationality of registration of vessels need to be adapted to technical developments.












(5)


Directive 2009/42/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, set up by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (2),





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annexes IV, V and VIII to Directive 2009/42/EC are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The first reference year for the application of this Decision shall be 2009, covering the 2009 data.




Done at Brussels, 14 April 2010.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 141, 6.6.2009, p. 29.

(2)  
            OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164.




ANNEX



‘ANNEX IV

MARITIME COASTAL AREAS

The nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States) (1) in force in the year to which the data refer.
The code consists of four digits: the ISO alpha 2 standard code for each country from the abovementioned nomenclature, followed by two zeros (e.g. code GR00 for Greece), except for countries which are divided into two or more maritime coastal areas, which are identified by a fourth digit other than zero (from 1 to 7), as below:







Code




Maritime coastal areas





FR01


France: Atlantic and North Sea




FR02


France: Mediterranean




FR03


French overseas departments: French Guiana




FR04


French overseas departments: Martinique and Guadeloupe




FR05


French overseas departments: Réunion




DE01


Germany: North Sea




DE02


Germany: Baltic




DE03


Germany: Inland




GB01


United Kingdom




GB02


Isle of Man




GB03


Channels Islands




ES01


Spain: Atlantic (North)




ES02


Spain: Mediterranean and Atlantic (South), including the Balearic and Canary Islands




SE01


Sweden: Baltic




SE02


Sweden: North Sea




TR01


Turkey: Black Sea




TR02


Turkey: Mediterranean




RU01


Russia: Black Sea




RU03


Russia: Asia




RU04


Russia: Barents and White Seas




RU05


Russia: Baltic, Gulf of Finland only




RU06


Russia: Baltic, excluding Gulf of Finland




RU07


Russia: European inland waterways, including Caspian Sea




MA01


Morocco: Mediterranean




MA02


Morocco: West Africa




EG01


Egypt: Mediterranean




EG02


Egypt: Red Sea




IL01


Israel: Mediterranean




IL02


Israel: Red Sea




SA01


Saudi Arabia: Red Sea




SA02


Saudi Arabia: Gulf




US01


United States of America: Atlantic (North)




US02


United States of America: Atlantic (South)




US03


United States of America: Gulf




US04


United States of America: Pacific (South)




US05


United States of America: Pacific (North)




US06


United States of America: Great Lakes




US07


Puerto Rico




CA01


Canada: Atlantic




CA02


Canada: Great Lakes and Upper Saint Lawrence




CA03


Canada: West Coast




CO01


Colombia: North Coast




CO02


Colombia: West Coast





With the additional codes





ZZ01


Offshore installations not elsewhere specified




ZZ02


Aggregates and not elsewhere specified








‘ANNEX V

NATIONALITY OF REGISTRATION OF VESSELS

The nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States) (2) in force in the year to which the data refer.
The code consists of four digits: the ISO alpha 2 standard code for each country from the abovementioned nomenclature, followed by two zeros (e.g. code GR00 for Greece), except for countries with more than one register which are identified by a fourth digit other than zero, as below:






FR01


France




FR02


French Antarctic Territory (including the Kerguelen Islands) (register discontinued at the end of April 2007)





FR03


France (RIF) (new register introduced in May 2007)





IT01


Italy — first register




IT02


Italy — international register




GB01


United Kingdom




GB02


Isle of Man




GB03


Channel Islands




GB04


Gibraltar




DK01


Denmark




DK02


Denmark (DIS)




PT01


Portugal




PT02


Portugal (MAR)




ES01


Spain




ES02


Spain (Rebeca)




NO01


Norway




NO02


Norway (NIS)




US01


United States of America




US02


Puerto Rico








‘ANNEX VIII

STRUCTURE FOR STATISTICAL DATA SETS

The data sets specified in this Annex define the periodicity for the maritime transport statistics required by the Community. Each data set defines a cross classification of a limited set of dimensions at different levels of the nomenclatures, aggregated across all other dimensions, for which statistics of good quality are required.
The conditions for collecting data set B1 shall be decided by the Council on a proposal from the Commission in the light of the results of the pilot study carried out during a 3-year transitional period, as provided for in Article 10 of Directive 95/64/EC and concerning the feasibility and the cost to Member States and to the respondents of collecting those items of information.
SUMMARY AND DETAILED STATISTICS






—


The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods and passengers are A1, A2, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1 and/or F2.










—


The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods but not for passengers are A1, A2, A3, B1, C1, E1, F1 and/or F2.










—


The data sets to be provided for selected ports for passengers but not for goods are A3, D1, F1 and/or F2.










—


The data set to be provided for selected ports and for ports which are not selected (for neither goods nor passengers) is A3.












Data set A1



:


Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo and relation




Periodicity of data transmission


:


quarterly















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


A1




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(1, 2, 3, 4)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Port of loading/unloading


Five-character alphanumeric


EEA-ports in the port list




Relation


Four-character alphanumeric


Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV




Type of cargo


One-character alphanumeric


Type of cargo, Annex II





Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.















Data set A2



:


Non-unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo and relation




Periodicity of data transmission


:


quarterly















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


A2




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(1, 2, 3, 4)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Port of loading/unloading


Five-character alphanumeric


EEA-ports in the port list




Relation


Four-character alphanumeric


Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV




Type of cargo


Two-character alphanumeric


Type of cargo (non-unit-load only), Annex II (subcategories 1X, 11, 12, 13, 19, 2X, 21, 22, 23, 29, 9X, 91, 92 and 99)





Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.















Data set A3



:


Data required for both selected ports and ports for which detailed statistics are not required (see Article 4(3))




Periodicity of data transmission


:


annual















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


A3




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(0)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


All ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)





Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
Number of passengers (excluding cruise passengers).
Number of cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise.
Number of cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion: direction: inwards (1) only — (optional).















Data set B1



:


Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relation




Periodicity of data transmission


:


annual















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


B1




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(0)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Port of loading/unloading


Five-character alphanumeric


EEA-ports in the port list




Relation


Four-character alphanumeric


Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV




Type of cargo


Two-character alphanumeric


Type of cargo, Annex II




Commodity


Two-character alphanumeric


Goods nomenclature, Annex III





Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.















Data set C1



:


Unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and loaded status




Periodicity of data transmission


:


quarterly















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


C1




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(1, 2, 3, 4)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Port of loading/unloading


Five-character alphanumeric


EEA-ports in the port list




Relation


Four-character alphanumeric


Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV




Type of cargo


Two-character alphanumeric


Type of cargo (container, ro-ro only) Annex II (subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69)





Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69).
Number of units (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69).
Number of units without cargo (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 59, 6X, 61, 63 and 69).















Data set D1



:


Passenger transport in the main European ports, by relation and nationality of registration of vessel




Periodicity of data transmission


:


annual















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


D1




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(1, 2, 3, 4)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Port of loading/unloading


Five-character alphanumeric


EEA-ports in the port list




Relation


Four-character alphanumeric


Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV




Nationality of registration of vessel (optional)


Four-character alphanumeric


Nationality of registration of vessels, Annex V





Data: Number of passengers excluding cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise and cruise passengers on excursion.















Data set E1



:


Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and nationality of registration of vessels




Periodicity of data transmission


:


annual















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


E1




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(0)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Port of loading/unloading


Five-character alphanumeric


EEA-ports in the port list




Relation


Four-character alphanumeric


Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV




Type of cargo


One-character alphanumeric


Type of cargo, Annex II




Nationality of registration of vessel


Four-character alphanumeric


Nationality of registration of vessels, Annex V





Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.















Data set F1



:


European port vessel traffic in the main European ports, by port, type and size of vessels loading or unloading cargo, embarking or disembarking passengers (including cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion)




Periodicity of data transmission


:


annual















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


F1




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(1, 2, 3, 4)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Type of vessel


Two-character alphanumeric


Type of ship, Annex VI




Size of vessel DWT


Two-character alphanumeric


Dead weight size classes, Annex VII





Data: Number of vessels.
Dead weight of vessels in tonnes.















Data set F2



:


European port vessel traffic in the main European ports, by port, type and size of vessels loading or unloading cargo, embarking or disembarking passengers (including cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion)




Periodicity of data transmission


:


annual















 


Variables


Coding detail


Nomenclature




Dimensions


Data set


Two-character alphanumeric


F2




Reference year


Four-character alphanumeric


(e.g. 1997)




Reference quarter


One-character alphanumeric


(1, 2, 3, 4)




Reporting port


Five-character alphanumeric


Selected EEA ports in the port list




Direction


One-character alphanumeric


Inwards, outwards (1, 2)




Type of vessel


Two-character alphanumeric


Type of ship, Annex VI




Size of vessel GT


Two-character alphanumeric


Gross tonnage size classes, Annex VII





Data: Number of vessels.
Gross tonnage of vessels.





’


(1)  The version currently in force is laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 of 13 December 2006 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19).

(2)  The version currently in force is laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 of 13 December 2006 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19).