Document ID: 32003R1358

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003
of 31 July 2003
implementing Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air and amending Annexes I and II thereto
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air(1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the Commission should lay down the arrangements for implementing that Regulation.
(2) It is necessary to establish the list of Community airports, apart from those having only occasional commercial traffic, and the derogations to be provided.
(3) It is necessary to specify the format in which the data are to be transmitted, in sufficient detail to ensure that such data can be processed rapidly and in a cost-effective way.
(4) The arrangements concerning the dissemination of the statistical results should be drawn up.
(5) In accordance with the first indent of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the Commission should also adapt the specifications in the Annexes thereto.
(6) The record structure for data transmission, the codes and the definitions set out in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 need to be adapted.
(7) Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Decision 89/382/EEC/Euratom(2),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the purposes of Article 3(2), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the list of Community airports, apart from those having only occasional commercial traffic, and the derogations, shall be as specified in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
For the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the results shall be transmitted according to the description of the data files and transmission medium defined in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
For the purposes of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the Commission shall disseminate all data not declared as confidential by the Member States, on any medium and with any data structure.
Article 4
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 are replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 July 2003.

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