Council Directive 95/64/EC (repealed)Show full title

Council Directive 95/64/EC

of 8 December 1995

on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (repealed)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),

Whereas to carry out the tasks entrusted to it in the context of the common maritime transport policy, the Commission must have at its disposal comparable, reliable, synchronized and regular statistical data on the scale and development of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea to and from the Community, between Member States and for domestic sea transport;

Whereas it is also important for Member States and economic operators to have a good knowledge of the maritime transport market;

Whereas there are currently no comprehensive Community-wide statistics on the transport of goods and passengers by sea;

Whereas Council Decision 93/464/EEC of 22 July 1993 on the framework programme for priority actions in the field of statistical information 1993 to 1997(4) stressed the need to compile comprehensive statistics;

Whereas the collection of Community statistical data on a comparable or harmonized basis makes it possible to establish an integrated system providing reliable, consistent and up-to-date information;

Whereas the data on the transport of goods and passengers by sea have to be made comparable between Member States and between the different modes of transport;

Whereas the Commission is to submit in due course a report reviewing the operation of this Directive;

Whereas provision should be made for a transitional period in order to enable Member States to adapt their statistics systems to the requirements of this Directive and to initiate a programme of pilot studies on specific problems posed by the collection of certain data;

Whereas the Community should therefore, for the start-up period, make a financial contribution to Member States in respect of the work involved;

Whereas for the application of this Directive, including the arrangements to adapt it to economic and technical developments, recourse should be had to the Statistical Programme Committee set up pursuant to Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(5);

Whereas, in accordance with the principle of subisidiarity, the creation of common statistical standards enabling the production of harmonized information can only be tackled efficiently at Community level; whereas data will be collected in each Member State under the authority of the bodies and institutions in charge of compiling official statistics,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1 U.K.

Member States shall collect Community statistics on the carriage of goods and passengers by seagoing vessels calling at ports in their territories.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive:

1.

‘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:

(a)

shipped to offshore installations;

(b)

reclaimed from the seabed and unloaded in ports.

Bunkers and stores supplied to vessels shall be excluded from the scope;

2.

‘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;

3.

‘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;

4.

‘nationality of the maritime transport operator’ means the country in which the effective centre of the transport operator's commercial activity is located;

5.

‘maritime transport operator’ means any person by whom or on behalf of whom a contract for the transport for goods or persons by sea is concluded with a shipper or a passenger.

Article 3 U.K. Data collection characteristics

1. Member States shall collect data relating to the following domains:

(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 the Annexes to this Directive.

3. The data collection shall be based, in so far as possible, on available sources, limiting the burden on respondents.

Article 4 U.K. Ports

1. For the purposes of this Directive, a list of ports, coded and classified according to countries and maritime coastal areas, shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.

2. Each Member State shall select from this list any port handling mare than one million tonnes of goods or recording more than 200 000 passenger movements annually.

For a period of no more than tree years from the entry into force of this Directive, each Member State may select only ports handling more than two million tonnes of goods or recording more than 400 000 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 U.K. 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 standards of accuracy shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.

Article 6 U.K. Processing of the results of the collection of data

Member States shall process the statistical information collected pursuant to Article 3, in order to obtain comparable statistics, with the standard of accuracy provided for in Article 5.

Article 7 U.K. Transmission of the results of the collection of data

1. Member States shall transmit the results referred to in Article 3 to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, including the data declared confidential by the Member States pursuant to domestic legislation or practice concerning statistical confidentiality, in accordance with Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities(6).

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 will be specified in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13.

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 U.K. Reports

1. Member States shall provide the Commission 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.

2. After data have been collected over a period of three years, the Commission shall submit a report to the Council on experience acquired in the work carried out pursuant to this Directive.

Article 9 U.K. Dissemination of statistical data

The Commission 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 shall be adopted according to the procedure specified in Article 13.

Article 10 U.K. Transitional period

1. During a transitional period of no more than three years, derogations may, in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13, be granted pursuant to this Directive, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptation.

2. During the transitional period referred to in paragraph 1 a programme of pilot studies concerning the following shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13:

(a) feasibility and the cost to Member States and the respondents of collecting the following items of information:

• (a) description of the goods as defined in Annex III and in Annex VIII, data set B1,

• passengers transported over short distances,

• information concerning feeder services and transport chains,

• data relating to the nationality of the maritime transport operator;

(b) the possibility of collecting data under the arrangements concluded in the context of the simplification of trade procedures, the International Standards Organization (ISO), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and international customs rules.

The Commission shall inform the Council of the outcome of the pilot studies and shall submit to it proposals on the possibility of extending the system introduced by this Directive to set up a regular collection of these items of information.

Article 11 U.K. Financial contribution

1. For the first three years in which the statistical returns provided for in this Directive are made, Member States shall receive a financial contribution from the Community towards the cost of the work involved.

2. The amount of the appropriations allocated annually for the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed as part of the annual budgetary procedures.

3. The budget authority shall determine the appropriations available for each year.

Article 12 U.K. Detailed rules of implementation

The detailed rules for implementing this Directive, including measures for adapting it to economic and technical developments, and in particular:

• adaptation of the data collection characteristics (Article 3) and of the content of the Annexes to this Directive in so far as such adaptation does not involve a substantial increase in cost for the Member States and/or the burden on respondents,

• a list of ports, updated on a regular basis by the Commission, coded and classified by country and maritime coastal area (Article 4),

• accuracy requirement (Article 5),

• the description of the composition of a data file and codes for transmission of the results to the Commission (Article 7),

• the arrangements for publication or dissemination of the data (Article 9),

• derogations from the provisions of this Directive to be granted during the transitional period, and the pilot studies scheduled (Article 10),

• the equivalent nomenclature in gross tonnage per group of vessels (Annex VII),

shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 13.

[F1 Article 13 U.K.

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee, set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom, hereinafter referred to as ‘ the Committee ’ .

2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC (7) 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. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty.

Article 14 U.K. Implementation

1. The Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 1997 at the latest. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

The provisions adopted by the Member States shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference when published officially. The procedure for making this reference shall be laid down by the Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by the Directive.

Article 15 U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 16 U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

[F2 ANNEX I U.K. VARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 4 March 2005 implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and amending Annexes thereto (notified under document number C(2005) 463) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/366/EC).

1. Statistical Variables U.K.

(a) Cargo and passenger information U.K.

• Gross weight of goods in tonnes,

• type of cargo, according to the nomenclature shown in Annex II,

• description of the goods, using the nomenclature shown in Annex III,

• reporting port,

• direction of movement, whether inwards or outwards,

• for inward cargo: the port of loading (i.e. the port in which the cargo was loaded on to the ship in which it arrived in the reporting port) using individual ports in the European Economic Area (EEA) countries shown in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA countries, shown in Annex IV,

• for outward cargo: the port of unloading (i. e. the port in which the cargo is to be unloaded from the ship in which it left the reporting port) using individual ports in the EEA countries shown in the port list, and the maritime coastal areas outside the EEA countries, shown in Annex IV,

• number of passengers starting or finishing a voyage as well as number of cruise passengers on a cruise passenger excursion.

For goods carried in containers or ro-ro units, the following additional particulars shall be provided:

• total number of containers (with and without cargo),

• number of containers without cargo,

• total number of mobile (ro-ro) units with and without cargo,

• number of mobile (ro-ro) units without cargo.

(b) Information on the vessel U.K.

• Number of vessels;

• deadweight of vessels or gross tonnage;

• country or territory of registration of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex V;

• type of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VI;

• size of vessels, using the nomenclature shown in Annex VII.

2. Definitions U.K.

(a)

Freight container means an article of transport equipment:

1.

of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;

2.

specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading;

3.

fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another;

4.

so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;

5.

having a length of 20 feet or more.

(b)

‘ Ro-ro unit ’ means wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed onto a vessel. Port or ships' trailers are included in this definition. Classifications should follow United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21 ‘ Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials ’ .

(c)

‘ Container cargo ’ means containers with or without cargo which are lifted on or off the vessels which carry them by sea.

(d)

‘ Ro-ro cargo ’ means goods, whether or not in containers, on ro-ro units, and ro-ro units which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them by sea.

(e)

‘ Gross weight of goods ’ means the tonnage of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or ro-ro units.

(f)

‘ Deadweight (DWT) ’ means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i. e. the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as passengers, crew and their possessions.

(g)

‘ Gross tonnage ’ means the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.

(h)

‘ Cruise passenger ’ means a sea passenger making a sea journey on a cruise ship. Passengers on day excursions are excluded.

(i)

‘ Cruise ship ’ means a passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. All passengers have cabins. Facilities for entertainment aboard are included. Ships operating normal ferry services are excluded, even if some passengers treat the service as a cruise. In addition, cargo-carrying vessels able to carry a very limited number of passengers with their own cabins are also excluded. Ships intended solely for day excursions are also excluded.

(j)

‘ Cruise passenger excursion ’ means a short visit by a cruise passenger to a tourist attraction associated with a port while retaining a cabin on board.]

[F3 [F2 ANNEX II U.K. TYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Decision of 13 May 1998 on rules for implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (notified under document number C(1998) 1275) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/385/EC).

a These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21.
b The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers and ro-ro-units.
c Only total number of units.]
Category a	Code 1 digit	Code 2 digits	Description	Tonnage	Number
Liquid bulk	1	1X	Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit)	X
		11	Liquefied gas	X
		12	Crude oil	X
		13	Oil products	X
		19	Other liquid bulk goods	X
Dry bulk	2	2X	Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit)	X
		21	Ores	X
		22	Coal	X
		23	Agricultural products (e.g. grain, soya, tapioca)	X
		29	Other dry bulk goods	X
Containers	3	3X	Large containers	X b	X
		31	20 ft freight units	X b	X
		32	40 ft freight units	X b	X
		33	Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft	X b	X
		34	Freight units > 40 ft	X b	X
Roll-on roll-off (self-propelled)	5	5X	Mobile self-propelled units	X	X
		51	Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers	X b	X
		52	Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans		X c
		53	Passenger buses		X c
		54	Trade vehicles (including import/export motor vehicles)	X	X c
		56	Live animals on the hoof	X	X c
		59	Other mobile self-propelled units	X	X
Roll-on roll-off (non-self-propelled)	6	6X	Mobile non-self-propelled units	X	X
		61	Unaccompanied road goods trailers and semi-trailers	X b	X
		62	Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	X	X c
		63	Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	X b	X
		69	Other mobile non-self-propelled units	X	X
Other general cargo (including small containers)	9	9X	Other cargo, not elsewhere specified	X
		91	Forestry products	X
		92	Iron and steel products	X
		99	Other general cargo	X

ANNEX III U.K.

GOODS NOMENCLATURE

The goods nomenclature used is that consisting of 24 groups of goods (first column below) based on the uniform nomenclature of goods for transport statistics (NST/R ^a until the Commission, having consulted the Member States, decides to replace it.

GROUPS OF GOODS

a Published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities, 1968 edition. OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1 .
Group of goods	NST/R chapter	NST/R groups	Description
1	0	01	Cereals
2		02, 03	Potatoes, other fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables
3		00, 06	Live animals, sugar beet
4		05	Wood and cork
5		04, 09	Textiles, textile articles and man-made fibres, other raw animal and vegetable materials
6	1	11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17	Foodstuff and animal fodder
7		18	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits and fats
8	2	21, 22, 23	Solid mineral fuels
9	3	31	Crude petroleum
10		32, 33, 34	Petroleum products
11	4	41, 46	Iron ore, iron and steel waste, and blast furnace dust
12		45	Non-ferrous ores and waste
13	5	51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56	Metal products
14	6	64, 69	Cement, lime, manufactured building materials
15		61, 62, 63, 65	Crude and manufactured minerals
16	7	71, 72	Natural and chemical fertilisers
17	8	83	Coal chemicals, tar
18		81, 82, 89	Chemicals other than coal chemicals and tar
19		84	Paper pulp and waste paper
20	9	91, 92, 93	Transport equipment, machinery, apparatus, engines, whether or not assembled, and parts thereof
21		94	Manufactures of metal
22		95	Glass, glassware, ceramic products
23		96, 97	Leather, textile, clothing, other manufactured articles
24		99	Miscellaneous articles

[F2 ANNEX IV U.K. MARITIME COASTAL AREAS

The nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States, originally drawn up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 (8) ) in force in the year to which the data refer.

The code consists of four digits: the ISO alpha 2 standard code for each country from the abovementioned nomenclature, followed by two zeros (e.g. code GR00 for Greece), except for countries which are divided into two or more maritime coastal areas, which are identified by a fourth digit other than zero (from 1 to 7), as below:

Code	Maritime coastal areas
FR01	France: Atlantic and North Sea
FR02	France: Mediterranean
FR03	French overseas departments: French Guiana
FR04	French overseas departments: Martinique and Guadeloupe
FR05	French overseas departments: Réunion
DE01	Germany: North Sea
DE02	Germany: Baltic
DE03	Germany: Inland
GB01	United Kingdom
GB02	Isle of Man
GB03	Channels Islands
ES01	Spain: Atlantic (North)
ES02	Spain: Mediterranean and Atlantic (South), including the Balearic and Canary Islands
SE01	Sweden: Baltic
SE02	Sweden: North Sea
TR01	Turkey: Black Sea
TR02	Turkey: Mediterranean
RU01	Russia: Black Sea
RU02	Russia: Baltic
RU03	Russia: Asia
MA01	Morocco: Mediterranean
MA02	Morocco: West Africa
EG01	Egypt: Mediterranean
EG02	Egypt: Red Sea
IL01	Israel: Mediterranean
IL02	Israel: Red Sea
SA01	Saudi Arabia: Red Sea
SA02	Saudi Arabia: Gulf
US01	United States of America: Atlantic (North)
US02	United States of America: Atlantic (South)
US03	United States of America: Gulf
US04	United States of America: Pacific (South)
US05	United States of America: Pacific (North)
US06	United States of America: Great Lakes
US07	Puerto Rico
CA01	Canada: Atlantic
CA02	Canada: Great Lakes and Upper Saint Lawrence
CA03	Canada: West Coast
CO01	Colombia: North Coast
CO02	Colombia: West Coast

With the additional codes U.K.

ZZ01	Offshore installations
ZZ02	Aggregates and not elsewhere specified]

[F2 ANNEX V U.K. NATIONALITY OF REGISTRATION OF VESSELS

The nomenclature to be used is the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States originally drawn up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 (9) ) in force in the year to which the data refer.

The code consists of four digits: the ISO alpha 2 standard code for each country from the above-mentioned nomenclature, followed by two zeros (e.g. code GR00 for Greece), except for countries with more than one register which are identified by a fourth digit other than zero, as below:

FR01	France
FR02	French Antarctic Territory (including the Kerguelen Islands)
IT01	Italy - first register
IT02	Italy - international register
GB01	United Kingdom
GB02	Isle of Man
GB03	Channel Islands
GB04	Gibraltar
DK01	Denmark
DK02	Denmark (DIS)
PT01	Portugal
PT02	Portugal (MAR)
ES01	Spain
ES02	Spain (Rebeca)
NO01	Norway
NO02	Norway (NIS)
US01	United States of America
US02	Puerto Rico] ]

[F2 ANNEX VI U.K. TYPE OF SHIP CLASSIFICATION (ICST-COM)

a Not covered by this Directive.]
	Type	Ship categories included
10	Liquid bulk	Oil tanker Chemical tanker LG tanker Tanker barge Other tanker
20	Dry bulk	Bulk/oil carrier Bulk carrier
31	Container	Full container
32	Specialized	Barge carrier Chemical carrier Irradiated fuel Livestock carrier Vehicle carrier Other specialised
33	General cargo, non-specialized	Reefer Ro-ro passenger Ro-ro container Other ro-ro cargo Combination carrier general cargo/passenger Combination carrier general cargo/container Single decker Multi-decker
34	Dry cargo barge	Deck barge Hopper barge Lash-seabee barge Open dry cargo barge Coverd dry cargo barge Other dry cargo barge nes
35	Passenger	Passenger (excluding cruise passengers)
36	Cruise Passenger	Cruise ships only
41	Fishing a	Fish catching a Fish processing a
42	Offshore activities	Drilling and exploration a Offshore support a
43	Tugs	Tugs a Pusher craft a
49	Miscellaneous	Dredgers a Research/survey a Other vessel nes a
XX	Unknown	Unknown type of vessel

[F3 ANNEX VII U.K. VESSEL SIZE CLASSES in deadweight (DWT) or in gross tonnage (GT)

This classification applies only to vessels with a gross tonnage of 100 or more.

NB: If vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 were to be included pursuant to this Directive, they would be allocated class code ‘99’.
Class	Lower limit		Upper limit
	DWT	GT	DWT	GT
01	—	100	up to 499	up to 499
02	500	500	999	999
03	1 000	1 000	1 999	1 999
04	2 000	2 000	2 999	2 999
05	3 000	3 000	3 999	3 999
06	4 000	4 000	4 999	4 999
07	5 000	5 000	5 999	5 999
08	6 000	6 000	6 999	6 999
09	7 000	7 000	7 999	7 999
10	8 000	8 000	8 999	8 999
11	9 000	9 000	9 999	9 999
12	10 000	10 000	19 999	19 999
13	20 000	20 000	29 999	29 999
14	30 000	30 000	39 999	39 999
15	40 000	40 000	49 999	49 999
16	50 000	50 000	79 999	79 999
17	80 000	80 000	99 999	99 999
18	100 000	100 000	149 999	149 999
19	150 000	150 000	199 999	199 999
20	200 000	200 000	249 999	249 999
21	250 000	250 000	299 999	299 999
22	≥  300 000	≥  300 000	—	—

[F2 ANNEX VIII U.K. STRUCTURE FOR STATISTICAL DATA SETS

The data sets specified in this Annex define the periodicity for the maritime transport statistics required by the Community. Each data set defines a cross classification of a limited set of dimensions at different levels of the nomenclatures, aggregated across all other dimensions, for which statistics of good quality are required.

The conditions for collecting data set B1 will be decided by the Council on a proposal from the Commission in the light of the results of the pilot study during a three-year transitional period as defined in Article 10 of this Directive.

SUMMARY AND DETAILED STATISTICS U.K.

• The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods and passengers are A1, A2, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1 and/or F2.

• The data sets to be provided for selected ports for goods but not for passengers are A1, A2, A3, B1, C1, E1, F1 and/or F2.

• The data sets to be provided for selected ports for passengers but not for goods are A3, D1, F1 and/or F2.

• The data set to be provided for selected ports and for ports which are not selected (for neither goods nor passengers) is A3.

Data set A1: Seaborne transport in the main European ports by port, type of cargo and relation U.K. Periodicity: U.K. quarterly U.K.

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	A1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	One-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, Annex II

Data set A2: Non-unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo and relation U.K. Periodicity: U.K. quarterly U.K.

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	A2
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, (non-unit-load only) Annex II (subcategories 1X, 11, 12, 13, 19, 2X, 21, 22, 23, 29, 9X, 91, 92 and 99)

Data set A3: Data required for both selected ports and ports for which detailed statistics are not required (see Article 4(3)) U.K. Periodicity: U.K. annual U.K.

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes. Number of passengers (excluding cruise passengers). Number of cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise. Number of cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion: direction: inwards (1) only - (optional).
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	A3
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(0)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	All ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)

Data set B1: Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relation U.K. Periodicity: U.K. annual U.K.

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	B1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(0)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	One-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, Annex II
	Commodity	Two-character alphanumeric	Goods nomenclature, Annex III

Data set C1: Unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and loaded status U.K. Periodicity: U.K. quarterly U.K.

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 51, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69). Number of units (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69). Number of units without cargo (type of cargo: subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 59, 6X, 61, 63 and 69).
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	C1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo (container, ro-ro only) Annex II (subcategories 3X, 31, 32, 33, 34, 5X, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 6X, 61, 62, 63 and 69)

Data set D1: Passenger transport in the main European ports, by relation and nationality of registration of vessel U.K. Periodicity: U.K. quarterly U.K.

Data: Number of passengers excluding cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise and cruise passengers on excursion
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	D1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Nationality of registration of vessel	Four-character alphanumeric	Nationality of registration of vessels, Annex V

Data set E1: Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and nationality of registration of vessels U.K. Periodicity: U.K. annual U.K.

Data: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	E1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(0)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Port of loading/unloading	Five-character alphanumeric	EEA-ports in the port list
	Relation	Four-character alphanumeric	Maritime coastal areas, Annex IV
	Type of cargo	One-character alphanumeric	Type of cargo, Annex II
	Nationality of registration of vessel	Four-character alphanumeric	Nationality of registration of vessels, Annex V

Data set F1: European port vessel traffic in the main European ports, by port, type and size of vessels loading or unloading cargo, embarking or disembarking passengers (including cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion) U.K. Periodicity: U.K. quarterly U.K.

Data: Number of vessels; Dead weight of vessels in tonnes.
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	F1
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Type of vessel	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of ship, Annex VI
	Size of vessel DWT	Two-character alphanumeric	Dead weight size classes, Annex VII

Data set F2: European port vessel traffic in the main European ports, by port, type and size of vessels loading or unloading cargo, embarking or disembarking passengers (including cruise passengers on cruise passenger excursion) U.K. Periodicity: U.K. quarterly U.K.

Data: Number of vessels; Gross tonnage of vessels.] ]
	Variables	Coding detail	Nomenclature
Dimensions	Data set	Two-character alphanumeric	F2
	Reference year	Four-character alphanumeric	(e.g. 1997)
	Reference quarter	One-character alphanumeric	(1, 2, 3, 4)
	Reporting port	Five-character alphanumeric	Selected EEA ports in the port list
	Direction	One-character alphanumeric	Inwards, outwards (1, 2)
	Type of vessel	Two-character alphanumeric	Type of ship, Annex VI
	Size of vessel GT	Two-character alphanumeric	Gross tonnage size classes, Annex VII

(1)

OJ No C 214, 4. 8. 1994, p. 12.

(2)

OJ No C 151, 19. 6. 1995, p. 493.

(3)

OJ No C 397, 31. 12. 1994, p. 6.

(4)

OJ No L 219, 28. 8. 1993, p. 1.

(5)

OJ No L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.

(6)

OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 1.

(7)

[F1 Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ( OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23 ).]

(8)

[F3 [F2 OJ L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 3 .]

(9)

[F2 OJ L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 3 .] ]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty.

F2 Substituted by Commission Decision of 4 March 2005 implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea and amending Annexes thereto (notified under document number C(2005) 463) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/366/EC).

F3 Substituted by Commission Decision of 13 May 1998 on rules for implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (notified under document number C(1998) 1275) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/385/EC).