CELEX: 51975PC0308
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Date: 1975-06-27
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive (EEC) on returns to be made on the basis of regional statistics in respect of international carriage of goods by road (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPE AIn COMMUNIT1ES
                                                  COM(75)308 final
                                               Brussels , 27 June 1975
                  Proposal for ce Council Directive ( ESC )
    on returns to "be made on the basis of regional statistics in respect -
               of international carriage of floods by road
           ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
COMC75 ) 308 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLAIIATORT IiEI'IORfjroUL .
          In the framework of the coranon transport policy, and of t e rcfci ^
policy, the Commission needs "basic information on the >. ranspor
 carried "by the various modes of transport .
          While important progress has "been made in whab concerns the         P
 of goods by railway and by inland waterways , the information available for
 road transport io only fragmentary, end experience has shown that worti
 while results can only "be obtained in this sector by means of directives.
          It is for this reason that the Commission in 1971 , communicated to
 Council a draft directive on national transport of goods by road, which hc.s
 not yet been adopted by Council for purelys financial motives advanced by
 one member State . The same reason caused the Commission to initiate the
 directive 69/467/ECE of Council , on the international transport of goods
 by road.
           The application of this last directive has however , in the majon y ■ .
 of Uenber States come up against the difficulties summarised in the report
  on this subject which the Commission has submitted to Council ( l).
           It emerged in this report that , in asking Member States to colleot
  data on all transport entering their territory, as well ?s transport with > '
  a destination in a third country, this directive directly entailed collec­
  ting data at frontiers .
            At those Ilember States who comprise Benelux have abolished customs
   controls at their common frontiers , which makes it impossibly to apply the
. directive , and because in any case it would be contrary to the objectives
   of the Commission to maintains in force a directive which implicitly required
   controls for statistical purposes at frontiers , it therefore scans opportune
   to modify the directive 69/467A5® > in ordcr 1:0 reach , by the help of other
   methods , the ends which this directive pursues .                   , .
    ( 1 ) - SEC(74 ) 2367 Final of the 27th juno 1974
          - n/1860/74 (Trans 128 )
 ---pagebreak---                     Proposai for A Cour^.il Directive (TIÏÏC)
       oa returns "to be inad0 on. the basis of regional statistics in respect
                of international carriaga of goods lay road
TEE COUIJCIL 07 THE EUHCPEAU CCJMJI1ITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing "the European Econoaio VCocnunity
and in particular Article 213 thereof;
Having regard to Directive 6$/4Sl/EE0 of 8 Decenber 19&9 on returns , to "be
Kc.de 011 the basis of regional statistics , in rospeot of international car­
riage of goods by road \ and especially Article 6 thereof;
Having regard to the proposals fi-oa the Coaiaission;
Uhsr©a3 Council Directive 69/467/EHiG of 8 December 19^9 stipulates ia
Article 6 ( 1 ) that the Cosnission shall , with the assistance of the Co-ordi­
nating Consdtteo for Transport Statistics at the Statistical Office of the
European Coimmnities , exaadne each yaar the results of surveys cade by
Kember States in ordor to approximate the methods used as far as possible :
                     4
     ,                :                                  •s                  1
Whereas pursuant to Article 6 (2) of Council Directive 69/467/EEC» the Con–
mission on 27 June 1974 submitted a report to the Council on the iopleson–
tation of the Directive , and whereas it is clear from the report that
several Kecsber States can only supply the data required by Deans of additional
frontier formalities ; whereas these Kexnbor States (should be enabled to
dispense with the collection of statistical data at frontier posts as ia
inplied in the provisions of the above Directive ;
Where&3 , in view of past and future Beaoures relating to the cossnon transport
policy and other areas of policy, especially in the field of regional policy,
more information is required on the scale of and trends in the carriage of
goods between the different regions of the Cozacunity and between these regions
and norwaonbor- States ;                  <"
(1 ) 0 J ïïo L 323, , 24 Deoenber 19^9» page 7
 ---pagebreak---                                          2
  Whereas for the sane rcasono information is needed on the importance of
  the regions of the Coiraiunity in the receipt and dispatch of the varioua
  groups of coKBodities ;
  Whereas radical anandncnt of Council Directive 69/467/^" is thus required;
  Ifliere&a provision should be nod® for araending the Direotiv® as zaay prove
  necessary in the light of experience , after a suitable trial period,-
  IL'iS ADDPTUD THIS DIRECTIVE: .
                                   Article 1
. Council Directive C$/46f/EF,C of 8 December 190 is cancelled and replaced
  by tha provisions "below#                                  ,            •    •
                                   Arti ri 9 2 ' *
  Each nenber Stat** shall colleot data annually on the international carriage
  of goods "by road to and froa its national territory by «ca;i3 of £00da-carry ­
  ing vehicles registered in that State , whether used for carriage on own
                         Ί
  account or for carriage for hire or reward. Transport "by agricultural and
  Bilitary vehicles shall , however , be excluded*
  The first data to be collected shall be for the year 1977«
                                  Article 3                           ■      '
  1 « The annual statistical data aentioned in Article 2 above shall show the
       tonnage carried and tonno-Jeil©metres hauled , broken down aa follows :
       – carriage on own account and for hire or reward;
       – by the chapters of the N3T (Standard Uonenclature of Coaaodities for
         Transport Statiotios ) listed in Annex 1 ;
    , – by the groups of ooraaoditiea listed ia Annex 2;
       – by the countries in which loading and unloading tclces place , &a Hated
         in the nomenclature of countries set out in Annex 3»
       – by the distance covored»
 ---pagebreak---  2* For the years 1977 – 79 the isanber States shall in addition giv« a. break­
    down of the statistical data collected pursuant to Section 1 of "this
    Article , according to the regions in which loading and unloading takes
    place , sic listed in Annex
                                / rticlft 4
From 1 January 1920 tha notliod adopted "by the racnber Statea for collection
of the data specified in Articles 2 shall no longer require formalities to
Tse completed specifically for this purpose for each exchanga of goods within
the Conaunity,
                                Art ?, cl « 5
"onbsr States which conduct eaxsple surveys shall so construct their eanples
that they provide satisfactory reaulta at tho 1*3vol of tho overall figures
for international transport and shall infora tho Coaniasion of tho degree of
accuracy of the results.
                                Article 6
1 , a) Each year, hefore 1 October following the reference year, tnccbcr States
       shall send to the Coneda^ion the data mentioned in Article 3 (?) in the
       forsa of tabled couforcins to the ac&els in Annexes 5 to S of this Di–
                                                                       \ -
       rective*                                                      .
    b) !Iember States shall provide the Comission with a detailed report on
       the nethods used, to be submitted on or before the date on which the
       first returns are made to the CoramiBsion*       '
2* e) For each of the years 1977 t 1978 and 1979 » the bember States shall ,
       before the end of the year following the reference year, supply the
       Cosnnis3ion with the data mentioned in Article 3 ( 2 ) in the fora of
       tables conforming to the sodels in Annexes 9       10 of this Directive*
    b) At the saae time as the data mentioned in a) aboVe , the bember States
        shall supply the Coisnisoion with a report on their experience in con­
       ducting the survey and on the degree of accuraoyof the results*
 ---pagebreak---                                       4
                                Article 7            '
1 . Each year , the Statistical Office of the European Conaiunities , with the
    assistance of the Co-ordinating Committee for Transport Statistics ,
    shall examine the statistical tables and reports submitted by the member
    States pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) in order to harnoriize as far as possible
    the ttethods employed*
2 . The Statistical Office of the European Coca-unities , with the assistance
    of the *Road Transport Statistics 1 Working Party of the Co-ordinating
    CoKcittee for Transport Statistics and in the light of the reports sub–
    Bitted by the jaeuber States , shall deternine the iaeans and the degree of
    detail appropriate for the use and publication by the Commission of the
    returns made by the aenber States pursuant to Article 6 ( 2).
                               ■
                                Article 8
Before 1 June 1 979® the CoEnisaion shall report to the Counoil on experience
gained to date in conducting the studies made pursuant to Article 3 (2 ), and
before 1 January 1982 it shall Bake a second report on the results obtained'
pursuant to Article 3 ( 1 )«
At the sane time the Commission shall also propose any amendments to this
Directive which stay prove to be necessary on the basis of the experience
and results obtained.
                               Article 9                    „
Annexes 1–10 appended form an integral part of this Directive.
                               Article 10
The nember States shall take the necessary measures to ctoply with this
Directive on or before 1 January 1977»
 ---pagebreak---                              Artici »» 11
This Directive ia addressed to the menber States*
                                          Do ne ai
                                               For the Council
                                                The Présidant
A4 AU /1 /TA m,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     Annex 1
                       NST-Chapters
  (Uniform Goods Nomenclature for transport statistics )
                n                                 „
Chapter n°                        Description
    0              Agri cuitural products and live animais
                   Poodstuffs and animal fodder                       I
    2              Solid minerai fuels                            i
    3 .    j       Petroleum products
    4              Ores and métal waste                           i I
                                                                  i
    5              Métal products
    6              Crude and manufactured minerals , building     j
                   materials
    7       j "    Fertilizers "                "                    I
    8              Chemicals                               ■     jJ
    9              Machinery , transport equipment , manufaotured
                   articles and miscellaneous articles
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                             Annex 2
                                          CROUPS OF GOODS
                   Cnaplcc
                                                                   DcscrijMion ou \h? ba «is of thc
 Grouj> of                          NST1 Group                            NM J terminology
  goods             nsp
     i               o            Of), 02, 04, 05,        Other a&ncukural products and live animals
                                  06,09
     2                            01                      Ccreals
      3                           03                      Other fresh or frozen vegetables and fresh ^
                                                          fruits                                              •>
      4               1            11,12,13,14,           Foodstuf/s and fodcier
                                   1(5, 17, 18
      5               2            21                      Hard coal
      6                            22                      Brown co.i) and peat
                                   23                      Coke
      7    . '
       8              3            31                      Crude petrolcum
      9                             32, 33, 34             Othcr pctvoicuni products •
     10                4            41                     ïron ores
                               ;                      1
     11                             45                !    Non-fcrrous ores and wastes
                               I
     12                             46                   ■ Scrap métal and blast furnacc dnst
      13                5           51                      Foundry pig iron and cast iron, ferro-alloys
      14                            522                     Rolled semi-finished iron and steel products,
                                                            blooms, bilicts, slabs and steel bars, roughly
                                                            shaped for sheets or plates (coils)
   15–16                             532, 535 , 537,        Rolled products
                                     542,545
                                     523 , 533 , 536,       Othcr rolled products                       ■»
                                     543,546,
                                     55, 56
       17                6           61 , 62, 63, 64,        Raw or manufactured minerals and
                                     65,69                   construction materials -
       18                7           71 , 72     .           Fertiuscrs
        19               8            81,82,83,84,           Chemical products          : ,
                                 1 -89
                                 I . .
        20                9           91,92, 93,94,           jMachine.% vehicles,
                                       95,96, 97             manufactured articles
        21                            99                  • Spécial transactions
1 Sf.v,<lard Good s Nomenclature (or Transport Statistics (Sratfctiad Office of the European Co.nmumr.es, IMS).
 ---pagebreak---                             Annsx 3
     Countries nomenclature
01   Germany (FR )
02   Belgium
03   Luxembourg
04   Netherlands
05   France
 06  Italy
 07  United. Kingdom
 08  Ireland
 09  Denmark
 81   DDR
 91   Austria
  92  Switzerlanà
  93  Yougoslavia
  95  Spain
  96  Norway
  97  Sweden
  99  Other countries
 ---pagebreak---                                                                Annex      4
              Transport Régions of the Community
Germany iFR )
 001       Schleswig-Holstein
 002
 002      Hamburg
 003      Nordostteil von Niedersachsen
 004      Westteil von Niedersachsen
 005      Südostteil von Niedersachsen
 006      Bremen ( Land )                    .
 007      Nordteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen
 008      Ruhrgebiet
 009      Südwestteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen
 010      Ostteil von Nordrhein-Westfalen ( Sieger-Sauerland und Ostteil
          von Westfalen)                                               ,
 011      Nordteil von Hessen
 012      Sudteil von Kessen
 013      Nordteil von Rheinland-Pfalz
 014      Südteil von Rheinland-Pfalz
 015      Nordbaden
 016      Südbaden
 017      Württemberg
 018      Nordbayern ( Franken ")
 019      Ostbayern ( Oberpfalz lind Niederbayern )
020       Südbayern ( Schwaben und Oberbayern )
021       Saarland
022       Berlin (West )
Belgim
030       Belgique ( autre que 03l )
031      Antwerpen
Luxembourg
034      Luxembourg                                     ,
  .*                                 •'                   '        ' ■
Netherlanda
035      Ri jnmond
036       Ijmond'
037      Zuid-Limburg
 039 ..   Reste des Pays-Bas       . ^   '                               * '
France
040      Nord
041      Picardie
042      Haute Normandie , Basse Normandie
043      Région parisienne
044      Lorraine                                   ;
045      Franche-Comté , Bourgogne
 ---pagebreak---  046       Rhône-Alpes
 047       Languedoc , Provence , Côte d' Azur
 040      Midi Pyrénées
 049       Aquitaine , Poitou , Charentes
 050      Bretagne , Pays de la Loire
 05-1      Centre , Limousin , Auvergne
 052       Champagne
 053      Alsace
 Italy
 060      Piemonte , Valle d' Aosta
061        Lombardia
062        Liguria
063       Trentino - Alto Adige , Veneto
064        Priuli , Venezia Giulia
065       Emilia-Romagna
066       Toscana
067       Marche , Umbria , Abruzzi , Molise
068       Lazio _■
069        Cainpania .
070       Puglia , Basilicata
071        Calabria
072       Sicilia
Op        Sardegna
Denmark
100       Vest for Storebaelt
101       Øst for Storebaelt ekskl . Storkøbenhavn
102       Storkøbenhavn
Ireland
110       Ireland
United Kingdom
120     ' South West Région
121       South East Région
122       Wales and Monmouthshire
123       West Midlands
124       East Midlands
125       East Anglia
126       North West Région
127       Yorkshire and Humberside
128       Northern Région
129       Scotland
130       Northern Ireland
 ---pagebreak---                                                                         Annex 5
                        International carriage of goods "by road
               classified "by category of goods ( 10 chapters of NST(R)
                                                           1 )
                                  and 21 groups of goods )   '
Country :
Period :
                                    Total         For hire or reward'    Own account
                                î         tkm        t          tkm      t        tkm
  10 chapters of NST(R)
  21 groups of goods
                                                                    »
                            i                                      À
                                                                   n
                                                                                    X
                                                                                    *
                            «                                     li               r*
                                                               îi
 1 ) By means of national vehicles only
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                    Annex 6
                                                                       1
                           International carriage of goods "by road.      '
              classified "by country , category of goods and type of transport
  Country :
  Period :
                      2)
  Type of transport      :
                                                                                            tonne;
             10 chapters
        ^NST(R)
  Country           \
                             0      1    2       3      4   5      6        7    8     9    Total
                                       I
                                           1 . Unloaded
                                              i           i
  A. Total Member States                                  !              i
                                                                                     I
     of which   1.                                                                  I
                                                          I
                                                                        r
                                                    i
                2.
                                                                       J j
                                                    l     I     I             I          I
               etc.
                                                                         I
                                                                         i
                                                    i                    i                i
  B. Total third coun-                                                   i                i
     tries '                                  i     i            i       i    i
                                                    i
                                                                                     i
     of winch   1.                                  i
                                                    i     i              i
                                                                              i
                                                    i
                                                                              i           !
                2.                                        i
                                                                                     i
                                                                              1
                                                          i     i                         i
               etc#
                                                                j             i
                                                                         i    j
                                                                                     !
  C. Total (A + B)                                                                   j   I
                                           2 ,. Loaded
  A. Total Member States
     of which   1*
                2.
               etc.
  B. Total third " coun-
     tries
                                                      u
j of which V                                                         a
                                                                     s
j              etc.
                                                                          i    i
  C. Total (A + B)              I '
                                i
  1)  By means of national vehioles only
  2)  Separate returns to "be made for carriage onown account and for hire or reward.
 ---pagebreak---                                                     International carriage of gpods by road classified
                                                                 bv country and distance ''
                                                                                                                                           tonnes
                                                                                                                          Own account             I
                                                                                                            5
                                           Total                               For hire and reward
                                              of v/hich                               of 1                                      of which
                            Total - 24 25 -
                                   km   49
                                               50 -
                                                149
                                                        150 -
                                                          499
                                                               500  Total   - 24
                                                                             km
                                                                                   25 -    50 -  150 -  500   Total - 24 25 - 50 -     150 -I 500 j
                                                                                    49      149   499                km   49      149    499   -
  J       i     •  '
                                                      -                1• Unloaded                                           3
                                                                                                                                                  J
 A. Member States
      of which     1.
                   2.
 B. Third coun^rfes
    ; of which     1.
               e t£*. ,
 . Totale (ft. + B) ;
                                                                                                                             •>
                                                                       2 . Loaded
U Member States
     of which      1.
  3      i„    ç te • f , j   : a   : a  ;  a    z. 2      ; 3                      ■ . 3      a      a
3, 'Third countries                                                      a       0                      I   3   1                               1
     of which      1.
                  ,2.
J. Total (ft. + B)
 ) By means of national vehicles only
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                Annex 8
                                                     International carriage of goods "by road
                                                  classified by distance and category of goods ^
                                       Total                                 For hire and reward                 Own account            I
                                           of whi ch                               of which                           of which          I
                         Total  - 24 25 -   50 -   150 -   500   Total - 24  25 -   50 -
                                 km
                                                                                          150 -j  500 Total - 24 25 -  50 -  150 -  500
                                     _J2_    149     499                km     49    149.   499              km    49   149     499
10 chaptera of
    NST(R )                      . 3
                                                                                 î
                                                                                            – • 1
                                                                                                         »
21 groups of
    goods
     3      . «      .3
                                                                                                         1
     1    - : 3 . .: 1 1    ; 3  : a     2
                                              : 2
                                                             : a                 J
                                                                                        I
                                                                                                         3
1 ) By means of national vehicles only
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                     Annex 9
                           International carriage of goods "by road ^ :
                                  r- Total quantities "by region
                                                                                                        tonnes
                                                      Home régions
     Régions m EC and                                                                                       Total
      third oountries
                               01         02       03       04       • • •      • • •      • • •
                                           1 . Unloaded
! A. Total other ÈC régions                                                                               n
      of which    030
                  031
                      f                                                                                  rt
                      I
                      1
                                                        .s
                    13°
                                                        i
  B. Total third countries
      of which       1.                                              .      ■ I                           f
                  t 2»t               j                                               !
                                                                                      !
                                                                                                          \
                  „ I
                  X
                      »                                                   r'
                etc. ,
  C. Total (A + B)
                                           2 . Loaded
                   A
  A. Total other ÈC régions                                                              i    ■ '
                                                                                         i        :
                                       I
     of which     030          i       i                                                 !   .. j
                : 031
                                       i                                                 r ■ f-
                                                                                        j    : j.
                  ; 1
                     1                                           [ :       '          i
                                                                                      i
                     t                                           !     ■ ,
  B. Total third countries
                                                                                                      1
     of which        1.
                     2.                                                                               ! i
                     3.                                                 »
                  1 1
                     1
                  '' »
                etc. ,           n                                        S                             n
  C. Total (A + B)
 1)      means of national vehicles only
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                 Annex 10         <
                                                                                                                 i­
                                                                                                                 (
                                  International carriage of goods by road :                                      J
                         Quantities loaded and unloaded , classified by region and                                !
                                                category of goods
        Goods loaded in the                             lîST (H ) chapters                                        t
                                                                                       i ,                         i
   i     following regions :       °     . i !  2     3        4     5     6        7      8
                                                                                             I
                                                                                                 ;9        Total
                                              i                                  !    I
  '           001
              002
                T                                                 i
                                                                  i              i
                I
                »
                I
                                                                                       !     i
              130                                                                            i
                                                   i                             l
          Third countries                                                        j
                t                                                       i
                t                                                            *
                                                                        i
                i                                                                I
                t              j
                              I
                              i
     Goods unloaded m the
                                                        NST(R) chapters        "                         °
         following regions                            3            I 5 I   6"              8             Total 1
                                   0   -   1    2             "4                    7             9
I             001
              002
                I
               »
               f
               I
              130
      1  Third countries
               »
                                I                                                 I
               »                i                                                             i
                                i                                                      I      i
                                                                         i
               I
                                                                                                       I
     1)   By means of, national vehicles only              •!
                                                           I,
                                                                                                           .    I
                                                                                                     r          !