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; (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; (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).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 110 Grounds for and objectives of the proposal The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council is to amend Directive 2009/42/EC in order to make the collection of data by type of goods mandatory for maritime transport statistics. The collection of data by type of goods is mandatory for road[1], rail[2], and inland waterways[3] transport European statistics. European statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable comparability between transport modes. More particularly, the availability of comprehensive and homogeneous statistics by type of goods for all the modes of transport would provide a general framework useful to support and monitor the policy promoting co-modality, i.e. the possibility of optimally combining various modes of transport within the same transport chain, and the modernisation of freight transport logistics[4]. 120 General context A technical analysis of the data collected under the European legislation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and of the dissemination policy has been carried out at European level, in order to propose possible technical solutions to simplify, as much as possible, the various activities necessary for the statistical production, while keeping the final output in line with present and foreseeable user needs. During this analysis the possibility to increase the efficiency in the use of resources devoted to statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea, by concentrating activities in areas identified by users as more important (statistics on goods) than others (statistics on passengers and on vessel traffic), has been taken into account. As a result of this analysis, simplifications in the statistics on both passengers transport in the main European ports and vessel traffic in the main European ports have been adopted by the Commission[5] recently. A certain part of the technical analysis was devoted to the possibility and the conditions under which the data collection by type of goods (data set B1) could be made mandatory. According to the second paragraph of Annex VIII of Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[6], the conditions for collecting data set B1 (data concerning "Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relation") 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 of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[7] , and concerning the feasibility and the cost to Member States and to respondents of collecting those items of information. According to the Report from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[8], the collection of detailed information appeared feasible and at reasonable cost for bulk and semi-bulk cargo; however the main difficulty occurred in compiling such data for containers and roll-on-roll-off traffic; it was prudent to explore the possibility to extend the Directive 95/64/EC to other items of information listed in Article 10(2)(a) only when more experience had been gained with collecting the current variables and the current system was well established; as regards the collection of commodity information, the potential revisions of the NST/R classification (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics/Revised, 1967) should be taken into account. The functioning of the current collection system is well established, including the implementation of the modifications introduced by Commission Decision 2005/366 of 4 March 2005[9] and the geographical extension of the system due to 2004[10] and 2007[11] enlargements of the European Union. A large part of Member States transmitting data to Eurostat under the scope of the Directive have been regularly providing Eurostat with data set B1 on a voluntary basis according to the NST/R classification. The main problems in compiling data by type of goods according to NST/R classification, as mentioned in the Report cited above, have been solved by the introduction of the NST 2007[12] (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics, 2007) as the unique classification for transported goods in maritime, road, rail and inland waterways transport, applicable from the reference year 2008, covering the 2008 data.[13]. For the Member States already collecting data set B1, the compilation of data according to NST 2007 necessitates a reclassification of information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, without any additional burden on respondents, following the same approach as for road, rail and inland waterways transport statistics; for the other Member States, it should be possible to compile data set B1 by using information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, with very limited exceptions. For the most part, the collection of data set B1 will not impose any additional burden on respondents. Finally it was agreed that the introduction in 2011 of the obligation to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data set B1, would give Member States an adequate period during which a voluntary compilation could be used for the necessary tests and adaptations. 130 Existing provisions in the area of the proposal Provisions already exist in the current legislation (Directive 2009/42/EC, Annex VIII, data set B1); however, data are collected on a voluntary basis.
Revised version (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. The Commission may adopt those measures by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a and subject to the conditions of Articles 10b and 10c.
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.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 110 Grounds for and objectives of the proposal The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council is to amend Directive 2009/42/EC in order to make the collection of data by type of goods mandatory for maritime transport statistics. The collection of data by type of goods is mandatory for road[1], rail[2], and inland waterways[3] transport European statistics. European statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable comparability between transport modes. More particularly, the availability of comprehensive and homogeneous statistics by type of goods for all the modes of transport would provide a general framework useful to support and monitor the policy promoting co-modality, i.e. the possibility of optimally combining various modes of transport within the same transport chain, and the modernisation of freight transport logistics[4]. 120 General context A technical analysis of the data collected under the European legislation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and of the dissemination policy has been carried out at European level, in order to propose possible technical solutions to simplify, as much as possible, the various activities necessary for the statistical production, while keeping the final output in line with present and foreseeable user needs. During this analysis the possibility to increase the efficiency in the use of resources devoted to statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea, by concentrating activities in areas identified by users as more important (statistics on goods) than others (statistics on passengers and on vessel traffic), has been taken into account. As a result of this analysis, simplifications in the statistics on both passengers transport in the main European ports and vessel traffic in the main European ports have been adopted by the Commission[5] recently. A certain part of the technical analysis was devoted to the possibility and the conditions under which the data collection by type of goods (data set B1) could be made mandatory. According to the second paragraph of Annex VIII of Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[6], the conditions for collecting data set B1 (data concerning "Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relation") 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 of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[7] , and concerning the feasibility and the cost to Member States and to respondents of collecting those items of information. According to the Report from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[8], the collection of detailed information appeared feasible and at reasonable cost for bulk and semi-bulk cargo; however the main difficulty occurred in compiling such data for containers and roll-on-roll-off traffic; it was prudent to explore the possibility to extend the Directive 95/64/EC to other items of information listed in Article 10(2)(a) only when more experience had been gained with collecting the current variables and the current system was well established; as regards the collection of commodity information, the potential revisions of the NST/R classification (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics/Revised, 1967) should be taken into account. The functioning of the current collection system is well established, including the implementation of the modifications introduced by Commission Decision 2005/366 of 4 March 2005[9] and the geographical extension of the system due to 2004[10] and 2007[11] enlargements of the European Union. A large part of Member States transmitting data to Eurostat under the scope of the Directive have been regularly providing Eurostat with data set B1 on a voluntary basis according to the NST/R classification. The main problems in compiling data by type of goods according to NST/R classification, as mentioned in the Report cited above, have been solved by the introduction of the NST 2007[12] (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics, 2007) as the unique classification for transported goods in maritime, road, rail and inland waterways transport, applicable from the reference year 2008, covering the 2008 data.[13]. For the Member States already collecting data set B1, the compilation of data according to NST 2007 necessitates a reclassification of information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, without any additional burden on respondents, following the same approach as for road, rail and inland waterways transport statistics; for the other Member States, it should be possible to compile data set B1 by using information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, with very limited exceptions. For the most part, the collection of data set B1 will not impose any additional burden on respondents. Finally it was agreed that the introduction in 2011 of the obligation to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data set B1, would give Member States an adequate period during which a voluntary compilation could be used for the necessary tests and adaptations. 130 Existing provisions in the area of the proposal Provisions already exist in the current legislation (Directive 2009/42/EC, Annex VIII, data set B1); however, data are collected on a voluntary basis.
Revised version (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. The Commission may adopt those measures by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a and subject to the conditions of Articles 10b and 10c. 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).
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 110 Grounds for and objectives of the proposal The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council is to amend Directive 2009/42/EC in order to make the collection of data by type of goods mandatory for maritime transport statistics. The collection of data by type of goods is mandatory for road[1], rail[2], and inland waterways[3] transport European statistics. European statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable comparability between transport modes. More particularly, the availability of comprehensive and homogeneous statistics by type of goods for all the modes of transport would provide a general framework useful to support and monitor the policy promoting co-modality, i.e. the possibility of optimally combining various modes of transport within the same transport chain, and the modernisation of freight transport logistics[4]. 120 General context A technical analysis of the data collected under the European legislation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and of the dissemination policy has been carried out at European level, in order to propose possible technical solutions to simplify, as much as possible, the various activities necessary for the statistical production, while keeping the final output in line with present and foreseeable user needs. During this analysis the possibility to increase the efficiency in the use of resources devoted to statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea, by concentrating activities in areas identified by users as more important (statistics on goods) than others (statistics on passengers and on vessel traffic), has been taken into account. As a result of this analysis, simplifications in the statistics on both passengers transport in the main European ports and vessel traffic in the main European ports have been adopted by the Commission[5] recently. A certain part of the technical analysis was devoted to the possibility and the conditions under which the data collection by type of goods (data set B1) could be made mandatory. According to the second paragraph of Annex VIII of Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[6], the conditions for collecting data set B1 (data concerning "Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relation") 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 of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[7] , and concerning the feasibility and the cost to Member States and to respondents of collecting those items of information. According to the Report from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[8], the collection of detailed information appeared feasible and at reasonable cost for bulk and semi-bulk cargo; however the main difficulty occurred in compiling such data for containers and roll-on-roll-off traffic; it was prudent to explore the possibility to extend the Directive 95/64/EC to other items of information listed in Article 10(2)(a) only when more experience had been gained with collecting the current variables and the current system was well established; as regards the collection of commodity information, the potential revisions of the NST/R classification (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics/Revised, 1967) should be taken into account. The functioning of the current collection system is well established, including the implementation of the modifications introduced by Commission Decision 2005/366 of 4 March 2005[9] and the geographical extension of the system due to 2004[10] and 2007[11] enlargements of the European Union. A large part of Member States transmitting data to Eurostat under the scope of the Directive have been regularly providing Eurostat with data set B1 on a voluntary basis according to the NST/R classification. The main problems in compiling data by type of goods according to NST/R classification, as mentioned in the Report cited above, have been solved by the introduction of the NST 2007[12] (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics, 2007) as the unique classification for transported goods in maritime, road, rail and inland waterways transport, applicable from the reference year 2008, covering the 2008 data.[13]. For the Member States already collecting data set B1, the compilation of data according to NST 2007 necessitates a reclassification of information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, without any additional burden on respondents, following the same approach as for road, rail and inland waterways transport statistics; for the other Member States, it should be possible to compile data set B1 by using information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, with very limited exceptions. For the most part, the collection of data set B1 will not impose any additional burden on respondents. Finally it was agreed that the introduction in 2011 of the obligation to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data set B1, would give Member States an adequate period during which a voluntary compilation could be used for the necessary tests and adaptations. 130 Existing provisions in the area of the proposal Provisions already exist in the current legislation (Directive 2009/42/EC, Annex VIII, data set B1); however, data are collected on a voluntary basis.
Revised version (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. The Commission may adopt those measures by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a and subject to the conditions of Articles 10b and 10c.
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.
Amendment rationale: CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 110 Grounds for and objectives of the proposal The purpose of this proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council is to amend Directive 2009/42/EC in order to make the collection of data by type of goods mandatory for maritime transport statistics. The collection of data by type of goods is mandatory for road[1], rail[2], and inland waterways[3] transport European statistics. European statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable comparability between transport modes. More particularly, the availability of comprehensive and homogeneous statistics by type of goods for all the modes of transport would provide a general framework useful to support and monitor the policy promoting co-modality, i.e. the possibility of optimally combining various modes of transport within the same transport chain, and the modernisation of freight transport logistics[4]. 120 General context A technical analysis of the data collected under the European legislation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and of the dissemination policy has been carried out at European level, in order to propose possible technical solutions to simplify, as much as possible, the various activities necessary for the statistical production, while keeping the final output in line with present and foreseeable user needs. During this analysis the possibility to increase the efficiency in the use of resources devoted to statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea, by concentrating activities in areas identified by users as more important (statistics on goods) than others (statistics on passengers and on vessel traffic), has been taken into account. As a result of this analysis, simplifications in the statistics on both passengers transport in the main European ports and vessel traffic in the main European ports have been adopted by the Commission[5] recently. A certain part of the technical analysis was devoted to the possibility and the conditions under which the data collection by type of goods (data set B1) could be made mandatory. According to the second paragraph of Annex VIII of Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[6], the conditions for collecting data set B1 (data concerning "Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relation") 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 of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[7] , and concerning the feasibility and the cost to Member States and to respondents of collecting those items of information. According to the Report from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea[8], the collection of detailed information appeared feasible and at reasonable cost for bulk and semi-bulk cargo; however the main difficulty occurred in compiling such data for containers and roll-on-roll-off traffic; it was prudent to explore the possibility to extend the Directive 95/64/EC to other items of information listed in Article 10(2)(a) only when more experience had been gained with collecting the current variables and the current system was well established; as regards the collection of commodity information, the potential revisions of the NST/R classification (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics/Revised, 1967) should be taken into account. The functioning of the current collection system is well established, including the implementation of the modifications introduced by Commission Decision 2005/366 of 4 March 2005[9] and the geographical extension of the system due to 2004[10] and 2007[11] enlargements of the European Union. A large part of Member States transmitting data to Eurostat under the scope of the Directive have been regularly providing Eurostat with data set B1 on a voluntary basis according to the NST/R classification. The main problems in compiling data by type of goods according to NST/R classification, as mentioned in the Report cited above, have been solved by the introduction of the NST 2007[12] (Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics, 2007) as the unique classification for transported goods in maritime, road, rail and inland waterways transport, applicable from the reference year 2008, covering the 2008 data.[13]. For the Member States already collecting data set B1, the compilation of data according to NST 2007 necessitates a reclassification of information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, without any additional burden on respondents, following the same approach as for road, rail and inland waterways transport statistics; for the other Member States, it should be possible to compile data set B1 by using information already available at the competent National Statistical Authorities, with very limited exceptions. For the most part, the collection of data set B1 will not impose any additional burden on respondents. Finally it was agreed that the introduction in 2011 of the obligation to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data set B1, would give Member States an adequate period during which a voluntary compilation could be used for the necessary tests and adaptations. 130 Existing provisions in the area of the proposal Provisions already exist in the current legislation (Directive 2009/42/EC, Annex VIII, data set B1); however, data are collected on a voluntary basis.
Revised version (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.
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.