CELEX: 31990D0665
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-17 00:00:00
Title: 90/665/EEC: Council Decision of 17 December 1990 on the implementation of a two-year Programme (1991-1992) for developing Community tourism statistics

21 . 12. 90                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 358 /89
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 17 December 1990
                   on the implementation of a two-year programme (1991-1992) for developing
                                               Community tourism statistics
                                                          (90/665/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           tical tools, while ensuring the quality and consistency of
                                                                   the Community statistical information system ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213                  Whereas Article 5 of the Treaty places Member States
thereof,                                                           under the obligation to assist the Commission in carrying
                                                                   out its tasks ; whereas it follows from this obligation that
                                                                   Member States must make available to the Commission
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (•),
                                                                   the tourism statistics in their possession ;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli­                Whereas, under Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom
ament (2),
                                                                   of 19 June 1989 establishing a Statistical Programme
                                                                   Committee of the European Communities (*), that
Whereas Decision 86/664/EEC (3) established a consulta­            Committee carries out the functions devolved to it by the
tion and cooperation procedure in the field of tourism ;           provisions adopted by the Council in the field of statis­
                                                                   tics ;
Whereas the Resolution of the European Parliament of 22
January 1988 on the facilitation, promotion and funding            Whereas the sum of appropriations allocated annually for
of tourism in the European Community (4) stresses the              the task provided for by this Decision is stipulated in the
Community's role in publishing statistics, opinion surveys         financial perspective attached to the Interinstitutional
and information on tourism ;                                       Agreement of 29 June 1988 on budgetary discipline and
                                                                   improvement of the budgetary procedure (*) ; whereas the
Whereas completion of the single market heightens the              appropriations actually available will be determined under
need for reliable, rapid and comparable statistical infor­         the budgetary procedure in accordance with the said
mation based on Community criteria ;                               Agreement,
Whereas the business environment of firms in the tourist
industry should be improved by ensuring better analysis
and dissemination of information at Community level ;               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas a Community reference framework for preparing
Community tourism statistics should be devised to                                            Article 1
provide the most appropriate concepts and methods for
satisfying the information requirements of users ;                 The action plan of the two-year programme 1991-1992
                                                                   for developing Community tourism statistics (hereinafter
Whereas proposals for data collection at Community level           referred to as the 'programme') is hereby approved.
should not result in the duplication of data collection at
the level of the Member States and should, as far as
                                                                                             Article 2
possible, make use of existing systems ;
Whereas efforts should be made at Community level to               The aim of the programme shall be the development of a
ensure the comparability of statistical information on             Community frame of reference for the compilation of
tourism already available in the Member States ;                   Community statistics on tourism, by harmonizing the
                                                                   concepts and methods used by the Member States.
Whereas the workload involved in collecting data from
businesses should be taken into account when establi­
                                                                                             Article 3
shing priorities ; whereas it should be reduced as much as
possible through more extensive use of tourist demand              With a view to achieving the aim referred to in Article 2,
analysis and the development of appropriate basic statis­          the Commission shall, in consultation with the Member
                                                                   States and in conformity with the action plan set out in
(') OJ No C 150, 19. 6. 1990, p. 4.                                the Annex :
(2) Opinion delivered on 23 Novembe 1990 (not yet published in
    the Official Journal).
(3) OJ No L 348, 31 . 12. 1986, p. 52.                             (0 OJ No L 181 , 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.
(<) OJ No C 49, 22. 2. 1988, p. 157.                               («) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 33.
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(a) analyse and evaluate users needs with regard to               concerning the methodology used for collecting existing
    tourism statistics as ascertained in accordance with the      statistics.
    provisions of Article 4 ;
                                                                                             Article 6
(b) collect and disseminate existing data on tourism ;
                                                                  The Commission shall present to the Council :
(c) analyse the systems that exist in the Member States
    and those used by international organizations ;               (a) by 31 May 1992, an interim progress report ;
(d) prepare a Community methodological framework for              (b) by 31 December 1992, a report evaluating the
                                                                       outcome of the work referred to in Article 3 and the
    the compilation of Community tourism statistics.
                                                                       conclusions prompted by the report as to the develop­
                                                                       ment of the information system required for Commu­
                           Article 4                                   nity tourism statistics after 1992, and including a list
                                                                       of priorities.
 1.   Member States shall analyse and assess the needs of
the main national users .                                                                    Article 7
2.    The Commission shall coordinate this work follo­             1.    The sum of the appropriations allocated annually for
wing consultation with          the Statistical   Programme        the task provided for by this Decision shall be fixed in
Committee .                                                        the framework of the annual budgetary procedure.
                                                                   2.    The budget authority shall determine the appropria­
3.    Member States shall communicate to the Commis­               tions available for each year.
sion the results of the work referred to in paragraph 1 by
30 June 1991 .                                                                               Article 8
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                           Article 5
For the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in           Done at Brussels, 17 December 1990.
Article 3, Member States shall, as soon as possible and in
any case by 31 December 1991 , supply the Commission                                              For the Council
with existing statistics on tourism and with details of
                                                                                                    The President
future tourism statistics programmes proposed, as well as
with any information the Commission may require                                                       G. CARLI
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                   STATISTICAL ACTION PLAN
                                                               (1991-1992)
            (a) Analysis and evaluation of users' needs with regard to tourism statistics
                Collection and analysis of the needs of the main users, in particular the Community institutions, national
                administrations, international organizations and economic operators.
                The analysis will take into account long-term needs and completion of the single market in 1992, to
                allow long-term planning and convergence of statistical efforts at national and Community level.
                Determination of users' needs will require the broadest possible consultation of the parties concerned, to
                be achieved through co-ordination by Member States at national level.
                The various needs will be placed in order of priority bearing in mind the resulting burden on, and the
                advantages derived by, providers of statistics.
            (b) Collection and dissemination of existing data on tourism
                The aim is to collect and regularly disseminate data on tourism.
            (c) Analysis of existing systems in the Member States and those used by international organiza­
                tions
                — Analysis of supply in the tourist industry
                — Analysis of tourist demand
                — World data on third countries (sources : WTO, OECD) to monitor the Community's development
                    against other countries and at world level
                — Data from other statistical projects with a bearing on tourism.
            (d) Preparation of a Community methodological framework for the compilation of Community
                tourism statistics
                The aim is to establish a reference framework for statistics on tourism, covering both existing data and
                additional data collections. It will be used as a basic harmonization tool for developing official European
                statistics and as guidance for non-official statistics.