Document ID: 32009L0042

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6.6.2009
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 141/29
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
(Recast)
(Text with EEA relevance)
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 251 of the Treaty (1),
Whereas:
(1)
Council Directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.
(2)
To carry out the tasks entrusted to it in the context of the common maritime transport policy, the Commission (Eurostat) should have at its disposal comparable, reliable, synchronised and regular statistical data on the scale and development of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea to and from the Community, between Member States and for domestic sea transport.
(3)
It is also important for Member States and economic operators to have a good knowledge of the maritime transport market.
(4)
The collection of Community statistical data on a comparable or harmonised basis makes it possible to establish an integrated system providing reliable, consistent and up-to-date information.
(5)
The data on the transport of goods and passengers by sea have to be made comparable between Member States and between the different modes of transport.
(6)
In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the creation of common statistical standards enabling harmonised information to be produced can only be tackled efficiently at Community level. Data will be collected in each Member State under the authority of the bodies and institutions in charge of compiling official statistics.
(7)
The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4).
(8)
In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adopt certain detailed rules for implementing this Directive. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
(9)
The new elements introduced into this Directive only concern the committee procedures. They therefore do not need to be transposed by the Member States.
(10)
This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law of the Directive set out in Annex IX, Part B,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Collection of statistical data
Member States shall collect Community statistics on the carriage of goods and passengers by seagoing vessels calling at ports in their territories.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive:
(a)
‘carriage of goods and passengers by sea’ means the movement of goods and passengers using seagoing vessels, on voyages which are undertaken wholly or partly at sea.
The scope of this Directive shall also include goods:
(i)
shipped to offshore installations;
(ii)
reclaimed from the seabed and unloaded in ports.
Bunkers and stores supplied to vessels shall be excluded from the scope of this Directive;
(b)
‘seagoing vessels’ means vessels other than those which navigate exclusively in inland waters or in waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply.
This Directive shall not apply to fish-catching vessels, fish-processing vessels, vessels for drilling and exploration, tugs, pusher craft, research and survey vessels, dredgers, naval vessels or vessels used solely for non-commercial purposes;
(c)
‘port’ means a place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to or from vessels;
(d)
‘nationality of the maritime transport operator’ means that corresponding to the country in which the effective centre of the transport operator’s commercial activity is located;
(e)
‘maritime transport operator’ means any person by whom or on behalf of whom a contract for the transport of goods or persons by sea is concluded with a shipper or a passenger.
Article 3
Data collection characteristics
1.   Member States shall collect data relating to:
(a)
cargo and passenger information;
(b)
information on the vessel.
Vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 may be excluded from the data collection.
2.   The characteristics of the data collection, namely the statistical variables in each domain and the nomenclatures for their classification, as well as their periodicity of observation, are set out in Annexes I to VIII.
3.   The data collection shall be based, in so far as possible, on available sources, limiting the burden on respondents.
4.   The Commission shall adapt the data collection characteristics and the content of Annexes I to VIII to economic and technical developments in so far as such adaptation does not involve a substantial increase in cost for the Member States and/or in the burden on respondents.
Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).
Article 4
Ports
1.   For the purposes of this Directive, the Commission shall draw up a list of ports, coded and classified according to countries and maritime coastal areas.
Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).
2.   Each Member State shall select from the list referred to in paragraph 1 any port handling more than one million tonnes of goods or recording more than 200 000 passenger movements annually.
For each port selected, detailed data are to be provided, in conformity with Annex VIII, for the domains (goods and passengers) in which that port meets the selection criterion, and with summary data, if appropriate, for the other domain.
3.   For the ports which are not selected from the list, summary data are to be provided in conformity with Annex VIII, data set A3.
Article 5
Accuracy of statistics
The methods of collecting data shall be such that Community sea transport statistics display the precision required for the statistical data sets described in Annex VIII.
The Commission shall draw up the standards of accuracy.
Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).
Article 6
Processing of the results of the data collection
Member States shall process the statistical information collected pursuant to Article 3, in order to obtain comparable statistics, with the standard of accuracy referred to in Article 5.
Article 7
Transmission of the results of the data collection
1.   Member States shall transmit the results of the data collection referred to in Article 3 to the Commission (Eurostat), including the data declared confidential by the Member States pursuant to domestic legislation or practice concerning statistical confidentiality, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (5).
2.   The results shall be transmitted in accordance with the structure of the statistical data sets defined in Annex VIII. The technical details for transmission of the results shall be specified in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 10(2).
3.   The transmission of the results shall take place within five months of the end of the period of observation for data of quarterly periodicity and within eight months for data of annual periodicity.
The first transmission shall cover the first quarter of 1997.
Article 8
Reports
Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with all relevant information on the methods used in compiling the data. They shall also forward details of substantial changes in the methods used to collect the data.
Article 9
Dissemination of statistical data
The Commission (Eurostat) shall disseminate appropriate statistical data with a periodicity comparable to that of the results transmitted.
The arrangements for publication or dissemination of the statistical data by the Commission (Eurostat) shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 10(2).
Article 10
Committee procedure
1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee set up by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
Article 11
Communication of national provisions
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
Article 12
Repeal
Directive 95/64/EC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex IX, Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law of the Directive set out in Annex IX, Part B.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex X.
Article 13
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 14
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 6 May 2009.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
J. KOHOUT
(1)  Opinion of the European Parliament of 21 October 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 23 April 2009.
(2)  OJ L 320, 30.12.1995, p. 25.
(3)  See Annex IX, Part A.
(4)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(5)  OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164.
ANNEX I
VARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS
1.   Statistical Variables
(a)   Cargo and passenger information
—
Gross weight of goods in tonnes,
—
type of cargo, according to the nomenclature shown in Annex II,
—
description of the goods, using the nomenclature shown in Annex III,
—
reporting port,
—
direction of movement, whether inwards or outwards,
—
for inward cargo: the port of loading (i.e. the port in which the cargo was loaded on to the ship in which it arrived in the reporting port) using individual ports in the European Economic Area (EEA) countries shown in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA countries, shown in Annex IV,
—
for outward cargo: the port of unloading (i.e. the port in which the cargo is to be unloaded from the ship in which it left the reporting port) using individual ports in the EEA countries shown in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA countries, shown in Annex IV,
—
number of passengers starting or finishing a voyage as well as number of cruise passengers on a cruise passenger excursion.
For goods carried in containers or ro-ro units, the following additional particulars shall be provided:
—
total number of containers (with and without cargo),
—
number of containers without cargo,
—
total number of mobile (ro-ro) units with and without cargo,
—
number of mobile (ro-ro) units without cargo.
(b)   Information on the vessel
—
Number of vessels;
—
deadweight of vessels or gross tonnage;
—
country or territory of registration of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex V;
—
type of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VI;
—
size of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VII.
2.   Definitions
(a)
‘Freight container’ means an article of transport equipment:
1.
of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;
2.
specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading;
3.
fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another;
4.
so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;
5.
having a length of 20 feet or more.
(b)
‘Ro-ro unit’ means wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed on to a vessel. Port or ships' trailers are included in this definition. Classifications should follow United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21 ‘Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials’.
(c)
‘Container cargo’ means containers with or without cargo which are lifted on or off the vessels which carry them by sea.
(d)
‘Ro-ro cargo’ means goods, whether or not in containers, on ro-ro units, and ro-ro units which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them by sea.
(e)
‘Gross weight of goods’ means the tonnage of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or ro-ro units.
(f)
‘Deadweight (DWT)’ means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i.e. the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as passengers, crew and their possessions.
(g)
‘Gross tonnage’ means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
(h)
‘Cruise passenger’ means a sea passenger making a sea journey on a cruise ship. Passengers on day excursions are excluded.
(i)
‘Cruise ship’ means a passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. All passengers have cabins. Facilities for entertainment aboard are included. Ships operating normal ferry services are excluded, even if some passengers treat the service as a cruise. In addition, cargo-carrying vessels able to carry a very limited number of passengers with their own cabins are also excluded. Ships intended solely for day excursions are also excluded.
(j)
‘Cruise passenger excursion’ means a short visit by a cruise passenger to a tourist attraction associated with a port while retaining a cabin on board.
ANNEX II
TYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION
Category (1)
Code
1 digit
Code
2 digits
Description
Tonnage
Number
Liquid bulk
1
1X
Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit)
X
11
Liquefied gas
X
12
Crude oil
X
13
Oil products
X
19
Other liquid bulk goods
X
Dry bulk
2
2X
Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit)
X
21
Ores
X
22
Coal
X
23
Agricultural products (e.g. grain, soya, tapioca)
X
29
Other dry bulk goods
X
Containers
3
3X
Large containers
X (2)
X
31
20 ft freight units
X (2)
X
32
40 ft freight units
X (2)
X
33
Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft
X (2)
X
34
Freight units > 40 ft
X (2)
X
Roll-on roll-off
(self-propelled)
5
5X
Mobile self-propelled units
X
X
51
Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers
X (2)
X
52
Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans
X (3)
53
Passenger buses
X (3)
54
Trade vehicles (including import/export motor vehicles)
X
X (3)
56
Live animals on the hoof
X
X (3)
59
Other mobile self-propelled units
X
X
Roll-on roll-off
(non-self-propelled)
6
6X
Mobile non-self-propelled units
X
X
61
Unaccompanied road goods trailers and semi-trailers
X (2)
X
62
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles
X (3)
63
Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport
X (2)
X
69
Other mobile non-self-propelled units
X
X
Other general cargo
(including small containers)
9
9X
Other cargo, not elsewhere specified
X
91
Forestry products
X
92
Iron and steel products
X
99
Other general cargo
X
(1)  These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21.
(2)  The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers and ro-ro units.
(3)  Only total number of units.
ANNEX III
NST 2007
Division
Description
01
Products of agriculture, hunting, and forestry; fish and other fishing products
02
Coal and lignite; crude petroleum and natural gas
03
Metal ores and other mining and quarrying products; peat; uranium and thorium
04
Food products, beverages and tobacco
05
Textiles and textile products; leather and leather products
06
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
07
Coke and refined petroleum products
08
Chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibres; rubber and plastic products; nuclear fuel
09
Other non-metallic mineral products
10
Basic metals; fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
11
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
12
Transport equipment
13
Furniture; other manufactured goods n.e.c.
14
Secondary raw materials; municipal wastes and other wastes
15
Mail, parcels
16
Equipment and material utilised in the transport of goods
17
Goods moved in the course of household and office removals; baggage transported separately from passengers; motor vehicles being moved for repair; other non-market goods n.e.c.
18
Grouped goods: a mixture of types of goods which are transported together
19
Unidentifiable goods: goods which for any reason cannot be identified and therefore cannot be assigned to groups 01-16
20
Other goods n.e.c.
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, drawn up in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (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
RU02
Russia: Baltic
RU03
Russia: Asia
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
ZZ02
Aggregates and not elsewhere specified
(1)  OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10.
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 drawn up in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95) 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 above-mentioned 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)
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 VI
TYPE OF SHIP CLASSIFICATION (ICST-COM)
Type
Ship categories included
10
Liquid bulk
Oil tanker
Chemical tanker
LG tanker
Tanker barge
Other tanker
20
Dry bulk
Bulk/oil carrier
Bulk carrier
31
Container
Full container
32
Specialised
Barge carrier
Chemical carrier
Irradiated fuel
Livestock carrier
Vehicle carrier
Other specialised
33
General cargo, non-specialised
Reefer
Ro-ro passenger
Ro-ro container
Other ro-ro cargo
Combination carrier general cargo/passenger
Combination carrier general cargo/container
Single-decker
Multi-decker
34
Dry cargo barge
Deck barge
Hopper barge
Lash-seabee barge
Open dry cargo barge
Covered dry cargo barge
Other dry cargo barge nes
35
Passenger
Passenger (excluding cruise passengers)
36
Cruise Passenger
Cruise ships only
41
Fishing
Fish catching (1)
Fish processing (1)
42
Offshore activities
Drilling and exploration (1)
Offshore support (1)
43
Tugs
Tugs (1)
Pusher craft (1)
49
Miscellaneous
Dredgers (1)
Research/survey (1)
Other vessel nes (1)
XX
Unknown
Unknown type of vessel
(1)  Not covered by this Directive.
ANNEX VII
VESSEL SIZE CLASSES
in deadweight (DWT) or in gross tonnage (GT)
This classification applies only to vessels with a gross tonnage of 100 or more.
Class
Lower limit
Upper limit
DWT
GT
DWT
GT
01
—
100
up to 499
up to 499
02
500
500
999
999
03
1 000
1 000
1 999
1 999
04
2 000
2 000
2 999
2 999
05
3 000
3 000
3 999
3 999
06
4 000
4 000
4 999
4 999
07
5 000
5 000
5 999
5 999
08
6 000
6 000
6 999
6 999
09
7 000
7 000
7 999
7 999
10
8 000
8 000
8 999
8 999
11
9 000
9 000
9 999
9 999
12
10 000
10 000
19 999
19 999
13
20 000
20 000
29 999
29 999
14
30 000
30 000
39 999
39 999
15
40 000
40 000
49 999
49 999
16
50 000
50 000
79 999
79 999
17
80 000
80 000
99 999
99 999
18
100 000
100 000
149 999
149 999
19
150 000
150 000
199 999
199 999
20
200 000
200 000
249 999
249 999
21
250 000
250 000
299 999
299 999
22
≥ 300 000
≥ 300 000
—
—
NB: If vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 were to be included pursuant to this Directive, they would be allocated class code ‘99’.
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 three-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 either goods or passengers) is A3,
Data set A1
:
Seaborne transport in the main European ports by port, type of cargo and relation
Periodicity
:
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
:
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
:
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
:
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
One-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
:
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
:
quarterly
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
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
:
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
:
quarterly
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
Deadweight size classes, Annex VII
Data:
Number of vessels;
Deadweight 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
:
quarterly
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.
ANNEX IX
PART A
Repealed Directive with list of its successive amendments
(referred to in Article 12)
Council Directive 95/64/EC
(OJ L 320, 30.12.1995, p. 25).
Commission Decision 98/385/EC
(OJ L 174, 18.6.1998, p. 1).
only Article 3
Commission Decision 2000/363/EC
(OJ L 132, 5.6.2000, p. 1).
only Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
only point 20 of Annex II
Commission Decision 2005/366/EC
(OJ L 123, 17.5.2005, p. 1).
only Article 1
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007
(OJ L 290, 8.11.2007, p. 14).
only Article 1
PART B
Time limit for transposition into national law
(referred to in Article 12)
Directive
Time limit for transposition
95/64/EC
31 December 1996
ANNEX X
CORRELATION TABLE
Directive 95/64/EC
This Directive
Article 1
Article 1
Article 2(1), first subparagraph
Article 2, point (a), first subparagraph
Article 2(1), second subparagraph, points (a) and (b)
Article 2, point (a), second subparagraph, points (i) and (ii)
Article 2(1), third subparagraph
Article 2, point (a), third subparagraph
Article 2(2) to (5)
Article 2, points (b) to (e)
Article 3
Article 3
Article 4(1)
Article 4(1)
Article 4(2), first subparagraph
Article 4(2), first subparagraph
Article 4(2), second subparagraph
—
Article 4(2), third subparagraph
Article 4(2), second subparagraph
Article 4(3)
Article 4(3)
Articles 5, 6 and 7
Articles 5, 6 and 7
Article 8(1)
Article 8
Article 8(2)
—
Article 9
Article 9
Article 10
—
Article 11
—
Article 12
—
Article 13(1) and (2)
Article 10(1) and (2)
—
Article 10(3)
Article 13(3)
—
Article 14(1)
—
Article 14(2)
Article 11
—
Article 12
Article 15
Article 13
Article 16
Article 14
Annexes I to VIII
Annexes I to VIII
—
Annex IX
—
Annex X

Summary:
Statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea
Statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea
SUMMARY OF:
Directive 2009/42/EC — statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers calling at EU ports
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE?
              
It sets out how European Union (EU) countries should compile statistics on the carriage of goods and passengers by sea calling at EU ports.
KEY POINTS
The data
These statistical data relate to cargo and passenger information and to information on the vessel itself. The annexes to this directive specify the characteristics of the data collection, including:
gross weight and description of goods;
reporting port;
type of cargo classification;
number of passengers;
type and size of vessels.
Vessels with a gross tonnage of under 100 tonnes may be excluded from the data collection.
Collection
The European Commission is responsible for drawing up a list of all EU ports for which summary data are to be provided. In addition, each EU country must select from this list any port which:
handles more than one million tonnes of goods; or
records more than 200,000 passenger movements annually.
These selected ports are then subject to a more detailed data collection.
Transmitting the data
EU countries must transmit the results of the collection to the Commission (Eurostat):
within 5 months of the end of the period of observation for data collected quarterly;
within 8 months for data collected annually.
EU countries must inform Eurostat of the methods used to compile the data, as well as details of any substantial changes in the methods used. Eurostat must then publish the appropriate statistics collected.
The directive was amended by Regulation (EU) No 1090/2010 in order to bring data collection on goods transported by seagoing vessels into line with other modes of transport.
Decision 2010/216/EU amended some technical characteristics in relation to the data collection, including the codes to be used for the nationality of the registration of vessels and the structure for data sets.
Decision 2012/186/EU amended some of the statistical variables used in the data collection and clarified some definitions and types of cargo classification.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
              
Directive 2009/42/EC has applied since 26 June 2009. It is a recast version of Directive 95/64/EC  — and its subsequent amendments — which had to be incorporated into national law by 31 December 1996.
MAIN DOCUMENT
            
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 (recast) (OJ L 141, 6.6.2009, pp. 29-47)
Successive amendments to Directive 2009/42/EC have been incorporated into the basic text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
            
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1090/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/42/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (COM(2015) 362 final, 28.7.2015)
last update 01.03.2017