CELEX: 51987PC0548
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Date: 1987-11-20
Title: Draft COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 78/546/EEC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road, as part of regional statistics (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(87 ) 548 final
                                                     Brussels , 20 November 1987
                                          Draft
                                    COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
  amending Directive 78 / 546 / EEC on statistical returns in respect of carriage
                of goods by road , as part of regional statistics
    :             /
                    j ^                     the Commission)
                            ( submitted by the Commission )
         &
C0M(87 ) 548 final
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                                            - 2 -
                                       EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
       On 12 June 1978 the Council adopted a Directive on statistical returns
       in respect of carriage of goods by road ,        as part of regional statistics
                          (1 )
       ( 78 / 546 / EEC )      .  This Directive entered into force on 1 January 1979
       and provides the Commission with data on the carriage of goods by road ,
       for both national and international traffic .
       The Directive provided for an annual supply of data , but it is now
       evident that an interval of one year between each supply of data no
       longer suffices to keep track of current trends in the carriage of goods
       by road and to compare these data with figures for other means of
       transport which are received more often .           It therefore seems expedient
       to provide for some data to be supplied quarterly .
       The Directive provided for statistics to be supplied on national and
       international transport by vehicles registered in the Member States .
       These categories did not include the flow of goods in cross-trade or
       cabotage , in both cases loading and unloading are conducted outside the
       country of registration , in cross-trade between two countries and in
       cabotage within one Member State .         As a result of changes in the common
       transport policy , it seems appropriate to define and record these flows
       of goods using statistical returns .
       The Directive requested the Member States to take account of the need to
       simplify the formalities connected with the movement of goods within the
       Community as much as possible , especially the formalities to be
       completed at         frontiers between Member States .      As a result of the
       Community rules providing for a strict limit on the data which can be
       required       by the Member States on the movement of goods within the
       Community      as of 1 January 1988 , the plan is for Member States to cease
       compiling       statistical returns at frontiers within the Community unless
       Community       rules specifically provide for it .
(1 )
     OJ L 168 , 26.6.78 , p.29
 ---pagebreak--- Some third countries are named individually in the abovement i oned
Directive .   The list differs from similar lists in Directives on other
means of transport and it now seems appropriate to add to this list a
number of third countries which have previously been grouped together
under " other European countries ".
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                                         - 4 -
                                             Draft
                                      COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
       amending Directive 78 / 546 / EEC on statistical returns in        respect of
       carriage of goods by road , as part of regional statistics .
       THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
       Having regard to the Treaty establishing the               European   Economic
       Community , and in particular Article 213 thereof ,
       Having regard to the draft Directive presented by the Commission ,
                                                                    (1 )
       Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament
       Having regard
       Having  regard to
                      to the
                          the opinion
                              opinion of
                                       of the
                                           the Economic
                                                Economic and
                                                         and Social
                                                             Social Committee, ^
       Whereas Council Directive 78 / 546/EEC ^^, as last amended by the Act of
       Accession of Spain and Portugal , must be amended to take account of
       changes in the common transport policy ;
       Whereas Directive 78 / 546 / EEC provides only for annual data supplies up
       to twelve months after the end of the reference year ; whereas these data
       must be comparable with data for other means of transport which are
       compiled every month or every quarter ;          whereas quarterly data are
       therefore needed ;                                                    *
(1)
( 2)
(3)
     OJ I 168 , 26.6.1978 , p. 29
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 5 -
Whereas Directive 78 / 546 / EEC provides only for the compilation of
statistical data for national and international traffic ; whereas it is
evident that cross-trade and cabotage are forms of traffic which will
develop in the future ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to compile
statistical returns on this traffic ;
Whereas Directive 78 / 546 / EEC does not enumerate some Eastern European
countries individually in the list of third countries , but simply groups
them together under "other European countries "; whereas it has become
clear that these countries should be listed individually so that
comparisons can be made with other means of transport , and so that the
flow of goods to and from these countries can be monitored more
effectively ;
Whereas the list of data which can be required by the Member States on
the movement of goods within the Community will be strictly limited as
of 1 January 1988 ; whereas this measure is part of a policy which has
been adopted by the Council and the Commission and is designed to reduce
as far as possible the administrative documentation required in
Community trade ; whereas the existing practice of compiling statistical
data at frontiers within the Community should be dispensed with , except
where this is provided for specifically by Community rules ;
Whereas it is appropriate to apply the provisions of Article 9 of Directive
78 / 546 / EEC to the new system for compiling statistical data ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                Article 1
Directive 78 / 546 / EEC is hereby amended as follows :
1.     The following are added to Article 1 :
"( c )   between two other Member States , between another Member State and
         a non-Member State or between two non-Member States ( hereinafter
         referred to as 'cross-trade' );
(d)      in the territory of another Member State ( hereinafter referred to
         as 'cabotage' )".
 ---pagebreak--- 2.    Article 3(1 ) is replaced by the following :
"1 .     Each Member State shall compile statistical data on carriage as
referred to in Article 1 by vehicles registered in its territory .       The
transport parameters shall be determined by the tractor vehicle . If in
a coupled combination of vehicles , the tractor vehicle and the trailer
unit are registered in different countries , the complete vehicle shall
be deemed to be registered in the country where the tractor vehicle is
registered ".
3-    The introductory phrase of Article 3(2 ) is replaced by the following :
" The statistical         data  shall  be  broken   down under the following
headings : "
4.    Article 3(2 ) ( b ) is replaced by the following :
"( b ) for international transport , cross-trade and cabotage , expressed in
        terms of tonnes and tonne-kilometres :
- carriage on own account and carriage for hire or reward ;
- the 24 groups of goods listed in Annex I ;
- the countries of loading and unloading listed in Annex III , except for
   cabotage , which is limited to the Member States ."
5.     Article 3(4 ) is replaced by the following :
"4 .     Member States shall forward to the Commission the statistical data
         specified in this Article in accordance with the models of the
         tables set out in Annex IV ."
6.     Article 4 is replaced by the following :
                                      Article 4
When determining the method to be used for compiling statistical data on
international transport , cross-trade and cabotage , the Member States
shall refrain from carrying out all formalities at frontiers between
Member States ".
7.    The following indent is added to Article 5(1 ):
" However , the data for the C tables shall be compiled for the first time
for 1988 ".
8.     Article 5(2 ) is replaced by the following :
" 2 . Member States shall send the Commission the A , B and C5 / C6 tables
set out in Annex IV before the end of the year following the reference
year ; they shall send the Commission the C1 , C2 , C3 and C4 tables set
out in Annex IV no later than five months after the end of the reference
period ".
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9.     Article 5(3) is replaced by the following :
”3 .    The Commission shall communicate to Member States , at the earliest
possible date , the results of the surveys together with any other
appropriate information it may have ".
10 .   Article 6(2 ) is replaced by the following :
"2 .    When determining the method to be used for compiling their data ,
Member States shall take the steps necessary to obtain sufficient
results     regarding    the tonnage       carried in    national     transport ,
international transport , cross-trade and cabotage .         They shall provide
the Commission with information each year on the non-response rate and ,
in the form of standard deviations or confidence intervals , on the
degree of accuracy of the results .        They shall in addition report to it
on the method used in calculating the figures relating to the transport
services provided , expressed in tonne-kilometres ".
11 .   Article 7 is replaced by the following :
                                    " Article 7
The Commission shall publish appropriate statistical results ".
12 .   Article 8 is deleted .
13 . This system shall also apply during the first three years of the
amended system for compiling statistics , from 1988 .
14 . The following words       are       inserted after " Finland " in the list
of third countries in Annex III :
" USSR
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria "
15 .   The tables in the Annex to this Directive are added to Annex
IV .
                                     Article 2
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this
Directive not later than 1 January 1988 .          They shall forthwith inform
the Commission thereof .
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                               - 8 -
                                Artide 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at
                                          For the Counci l
                                          The President
 ---pagebreak--- ANNEXE
Road
                                  Table C1
                                                           ( quarterly )
    National and international traffic , according to country and type of
                                  car ri âge
                                                           Tonnes
I                      I                    I                        I-T
I      Country         I  Own account        I  Hire or reward       I Total I
I                      I                     I                               I
I                       I                    I                       I        I
I A. National          I                    I                        I       I
I
                       I
                       I                    II                       I
                                                                     I       II
I International (1 ) : I                     I                       I        I
I                      II                    I
                                             I
                                                                     I
                                                                     I        II
I B. Received from      I                    I                       I         I
I                       I                    I                       I         I
I                       I                    I                       I         I
I          01           I                    I                       I         I
I         02            I                    I                       I         I
I        ...            I                    I                       I         I
                        I                    I                       I         I
i C. Dispatched to      I                    I                        I        I
I          01           I                    I                        I        I
I          02           I                    I                        I        I
                        I                    I                        I        I
I        · · ·          I                    I                        I        I
I                       I                     I                       I        I
Totals :
       EUR (B + C )
       State-trading countries (B + C )
       Third countries (B + C )
       B
       C
       A + B + C
       B + C
( 1 ) Annex III
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                                - 10 -
Road
                                  Table C2
                                                         ( quarterly )
    National and international traffic , according to country and type of
                                  carriage
                                                                        Tkm
        Country          Own account          Hire or reward           Total
    A. National
    International (1 ) :
    B. Received from
          01
        • • •
          12
        EUR
    C. Dispatched to
          01
          12
        EUR
    Total A + B + C
    Total B + C
( 1 ) Member States
 ---pagebreak---                                         Table C3
                                                                 ( quarterly )
       Cabotage and cross-trade , according to country and type of carri age
                                                                         Tonnes
!                                I             I           1
I             Country of         I             I           1
I                                I             I           1
I                 I                                        1
I Loading         | Unloading     I Own        I Hire or   1 Total
I                 I               I account    I reward     1
I                 I              I             I           1
 I A . Cabotage                   I             I           1
I         01      I       01     I             I           1
I         02      I       02     I             I           1
                                                           11
I                                II            I
I                       • · ·                  I
I         12      I       12      I            I            1
i      Total      I               I            I            1
!                 I               I            I            1
I B . Cross-trade                 I             I           1
I         01              02      I             I           1
I                 I       03      I             I           1
I                 I       04      I             I           1
I                 I       05      I              I          1
I                 I               I             II          11
I                 I     • · ·     I
I                 I    Total 01    I             I           1
I         02      I       01      I              I           1
I                 I       03       I             I           1
I                 I       04      I              I           1
I                 I       05       I             I           1
I                 I     Total 02   I             I           1
II                 I
                        • · ·     II             1           1
I       Total     I       01      I              1           1
 I                I       02       I             1           1
 I                I       03      I              1          1
 I                I       04       I             1           1
 I                I       05      I              1          1
 I                I                I             1           11
 I                I     • · ·      I             1
 I                I     Total      I             1            1
 I                                 III
 I C. Total A + B                  I             I          I
Totals , part B ( 1 ) T
              EUR
              State-trading countries
              Third countries
              Total
( 1 ) Insert the countries of loading / unloading in the columns
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 12 -
Road
                                           Table C4
                                                                   ( quarterly )
       Cabotage and cross-trade , according to country and type of carriage
                                                                   Tkm
I                                     I              I             –1
I
II
                  Country             I
                                     II              I                11
I                 I                  I       Own     I   Hire         1   Total
 I Loading        I Unloading        I       account I   or reward
 I                I
 I
 I A. Cabotage
                   I
                                     I
                                      I              I
                                                     I                 !
 I          01     I         01       I                               1
 I          02    I          02       I              I                 1
                                                                       I
 I
 I
 I
          · · ·
            12
                  II
                   I
                           • ·
                             12
                               ·
                                      II
                                      I              !                 1
 I       Total     I                   I             I                 1
 I                 I                   I
 I                 I                   I              I                1         1
  I B.   Cross- trade ( limited to     I              I                1
  I      Member States )               I              I                1
  I         01     I         02        I                               1
  I                I         03        I              I                1
  I                I         04        I              I                1
  I                I         05        I              I                1
  I
  I
  I
                   II
                    I
                           • · ·
                             12
                                       I
                                       I
                                       I              !                !
                                                                       1
  I                 I    Total   01    I               I               1
  I       02        I        01        I               I               1
  I                 I        03        I               I               1
  I                 I        04        I               I               1
  I                                                                    1
  I
  I
                    I
                    II     •
                             05
                             · ·
                                       I
                                       I
                                       I              II               11
  I                  I       12         I                               1
  I                  I   Total 02       I              I                1
   I                 II
   !
   I
          · · ·
        Total         I
                           • ·
                             01
                               ·
                                        I
                                        I
                                        I              !                1
                                                                        !
   I                 I       02        I               1                1
   I                 I       03        I               1                1
   I                  I      04         I              1               1
    I                 I      05         I              1               1
    I                 II                II             1               1
    I                      • · ·
    I                 I      12          I                             1
    I                  I Total           I
    I                  I                 I       I     1     1     –Γ-1-
    I C. Total  A + B                    I       I     1     1          1     !
 ---pagebreak---                                           13
Road
               Table C5 / C6 ( C5 : own account;C6 : Hire or reward )
                                                                     ( annually )
      Cabotage and cross-trade , according to country and group of goods
                                                                              Tonnes
I                                     I
I               Country of            I         Group of goods ( 1 )
I                                     I
I               I                     I         I "" I       I           1     r    "
I Loading       | Unloading           I      01 I 02 I                   1 24   1 Tot .
I               I                     I         I     I      I           1      1
  I             I                     I         I     I      I           1      1
  I A. Cabotage                        I        I     I      I           1      1
  I       01    I         01          I         I     I      I           1      1
  I       02    I         02          I         I     I      I           1      1
  I             I                     II        II    I      I           11     11
  I     • · ·   I                                     I      I
  I       12    I         12           I         I    I      I            1      1
  I    Total    I                      I         I    I      I            1     1
I               I                      I         I    I      I            1     1
I               I                      I         I    I      I            1   Ί         1
I   B. Cross-trade                     I         I    I      I                  1
I         01    I         02           I         I    I      I            1     1
I               I         03           I         I    I      I            1     1
I               I         04           I         I    I      I            1     1
I               I         05           I         I    I      I            1      1
II              I                      I         I
                I       • ■ ·          I         I    I       I           1      1
 I              I     Total 01         I         I    I      I            1      1
 I        02    I         01           I         I    I      I            1      1
 I              I         03           I         I    I      I            1      1
 I              I         04           I         I    I      I            1      1
 I              I         05           I         I    I      I            1      1
 I              I
 I              I       • · ·          I         I     I     1            1      1
  I             I     Total 02         I         I    I      1            1      1
 II             I                                                         1
        • · ·   I       • · ·          I         I     I     1            1      1
  I   Total     I         01           I         I     I     1            1      1
  I             I         02           I         I     I      1           1      1
  I             I         03           I         I     I     1            1      1
  I             I         04           I         I     I      1           1      1
  I             I         05           I         I     I      1           1     1
  I             II
  I                     • · ·          II        Ij    I      1
                                                              1           1
                                                                          1      1
  I              I    Total            I          I    I      1           1      1
  I              I                     I         I     !     I            II
  I C. Total A + B                     lili                               II
Totals , part B ( 2 ) :
                EUR
                State-trading countries
                Third countries
                Total
TT3 Annex I
( 2 ) Insert the countries of loading / unloading in the columns
 ---pagebreak---                                    Financial Mémorandum
on a proposed Council Directive amending Directive 78 / 546 / EEC on
statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road , as part of
regional statistics .
1.     Budget heading concerned
        ( a ) Number : Article 351 A
        ( b ) Entitled :   " Statistical surveys ,     analyses , processing and
              dissemination of statistical information "
2.     Legal Basis
Article 213 of the Treaty .              This Directive is designed to complete the
statistical information provided for by Council Directive 78 / 546 / EEC on
statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road , as part of
regional statistics .
3.      Description of the project
(a)     Aims :    the regular collection of harmonised data on the carriage of
       goods by road in the twelve Member States .
(b)     Official bodies concerned
        The national government authorities of the Member States will be
        responsible for compiling the statistical data .
(c)     Other points :
        The Council has already approved the following Directives on the
        carriage of goods :
- Council Directive 78 / 546 / CEE of 12 June 1978 on statistical returns in
respect of carriage of goods by road , as part of regional statistics ;
-   Council     Directive    80 / 1119 / CEE  of  17  November   1980  on  statistical
returns in respect of carriage of goods by inland waterways ;
- Council Directive 80 / 1177 / CEE of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns
in respect of carriage of goods by rail , as part of regional statistics .
4.      Statement of grounds .
Harmonised Community statistics on the carriage of goods by road every
three and twelve months are essential .               A Directive is the only way of
achieving the harmonisation required for the development of a common
transport policy .
5.      Financial        consequences        of   the    project    on    intervention
appropriations .
 ---pagebreak--- None .
6.      Financial consequences for staff and administrative appropriations .
6.1     Limited period project :
        540.000 ECU x 3 years = 1.620.000 ECU
6.2     Community financing of the project will take the form of a
contribution to the annual costs in the first three years . The financial
support will then be terminated .
6.3     Pluriannual pattern .
6.3.1 Commitment appropri at i ons and payment appropriations :   non-
differentiated appropriations .
6.3.2 Appropriations
        Requirements in ECU
I                I               I              I             I
I    1989        I   1990        I  1991        I   1992      I     Subsequent
I                I               I              I              I    financial
I                I               I              I              I    years
I                I               I              I              I
I                I               I              I              I
I    162.000     I   378.000     I              I              I
I                I   162.000     I  378.000     I              I
I                I               I  162.000     I   378.000     I
II               II               I
                                  I              II            II
 I TOTAL         I                I             I               I   none
 I 162.000        I  540.000      I 540.000
                                                  1
                                                  1 378.000     I
 I                I               I               1             I
If it    is not possible for the Di rective to enter into force by 1 January
1988 , the years indicated will have to be changed .
6.3.3 Method of calculation
The calculations are based on the actual expenditure for the compilation
of statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road for nine
Member States for the period 1979 - 80 - 81 (1 200 000 ECU ), and for two
Member States for the period 1986 - 87 - 88 ( 300 000 ECU ).      »
7 . Possible conséquences for resources
None .
8 . Planned supervision system
 (a)    Monitoring of the statistical surveys by the national authorities ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                                             A»
(b)     Annual check by the  Commission before the results are accepted .
9 . Observations
As indicated in 6.1 , the operation is planned to cover three years .
However , as indicated in 6.3.2 , the expenditure would be spread over four
years .
Annual statistics collected by the Member States are i " fact not received
by the Statistical Office of the European Communities until the next
year .
Each annual allocation extends over two years , with a first instalment of
30% for start-up and the remaining 70% for processing o'f the information
and supply of results .     The purpose is to ensure that payments can be
made more efficiently while respecting the annual nature of the budget ,
without any need to carry forward appropriations or to mobilize funds
before they are actually required .
 ---pagebreak--- Memorandum on the impact of some acts of legislation on small and medium-sized
                     enterprises ( SMEs ) and on employment
  1.  Administrative obligations for enterprises when applying the legislation
      The Member States havar' a certain amount of room for manoeuvre when
      organising statistical returns .   However , the Commission is making every
      effort to do away with any method which requires administrative
      documentation in Community trade .    For this reason , most of the Member
      States use sample surveys on the owners of commercial motor vehicles .
  2.  Advantages for the enterprises
      Most transport enterprises are members of professional organisations
      which have - in view of the creation of the Community transport market -
      expressed considerable interest in a 'transparent' market so that they
      can defend their members' interests .      The availability of recent data
      compiled every quarter and of data on some forms of traffic which have
      not been available thus far could be of real benefit to enterprises .
  3.  Disadvantages for enterprises
      The change from supplying data every twelve months to every quarter will
      require planning on the part of the national statistical offices ,
      although some Member States already have these data ( for national
      reasons ).  The extension of the Directive to include some new forms of
      traffic might mean extra work for some firms .       However , the level of
      extra work would be minimised by the fact that the surveys are carried
      out by sample i.e. only a minimal percentage of firms is covered . These
      surveys are also normally based on the principle of the vehicle-week ,
      which puts strict limits on the amount of information requested .
  4.  Effects on employment
      As described in Point 3 , the surveys use samples and the principle of
      the vehicle-week in order to minimise the disadvantages for enterprises .
      The effects on employment will therefore certainly be minor .
  5.  Has there been sufficient prior consultation with the social partners ?
      The composition of the Committee on Transport Statistics and its working
      parties is normally limited to the ministries concerned , as well as to
      the national statistical offices , but it is common practice to invite
      the European-level professional organisations to the meetings and to
      keep them informed of all developments .
  6.  Would it not be possible to adopt a more voluntarist approach ?
      Experience has shown that the legislative approach increases the
      likelihood that full and comparable data will be provided .