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[F1ANNEX I U.K. List of goods excluded from statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat)

(a)

monetary gold;

(b)

means of payment which are legal tender and securities, including means which are payments for services such as postage, taxes, user fees;

(c)

goods for or following temporary use (e.g. hire, loan, operational leasing), provided all the following conditions are met:

  • no processing is or was planned or carried out,

  • the expected duration of the temporary use was or is not intended to be longer than 24 months,

  • the dispatch/arrival has not to be declared as a supply/acquisition for VAT purposes;

(d)

goods moving between:

  • a Member State and its territorial enclaves in other Member States, and

  • the host Member State and territorial enclaves of other Member States or international organisations.

Territorial enclaves include embassies and national armed forces stationed outside the territory of the mother country;

(e)

goods used as carriers of customised information, including software;

(f)

software downloaded from the Internet;

(g)

goods supplied free of charge which are themselves not the subject of a commercial transaction, provided that the movement is with the sole intention of preparing or supporting an intended subsequent trade transaction by demonstrating the characteristics of goods or services such as:

  • advertising material,

  • commercial samples;

(h)

goods for and after repair and replacement parts that are incorporated in the framework of the repair and replaced defective parts;

(i)

means of transport travelling in the course of their work, including spacecraft launchers at the time of launching.]

F2ANNEX IIU.K. [F2List of CN subheadings referred to Article 9(1)]

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[F3ANNEX III U.K.

List of nature of transactions codes

a

Financial leasing covers operations where the lease instalments are calculated in such a way as to cover all or virtually all of the value of the goods. The risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to the lessee. At the end of the contract the lessee becomes the legal owner of the goods.

b

Processing covers operations (transformation, construction, assembling, enhancement, renovation …) with the objective of producing a new or really improved item. This does not necessarily involve a change in the product classification. Processing activities on a processor’s own account are not covered by this item and should be registered under item 1 of column A.]

A B

1. Transactions involving actual or intended transfer of ownership from residents to non-residents against financial or other compensation (except the transactions listed under 2, 7 and 8)

1. Outright purchase/sale

2. Supply for sale on approval or after trial, for consignment or with the intermediation of a commission agent

3. Barter trade (compensation in kind)

4. Financial leasing (hire-purchase) a

9. Other

2. Return and replacement of goods free of charge after registration of the original transaction

1. Return of goods

2. Replacement for returned goods

3. Replacement (e.g. under warranty) for goods not being returned

9. Other

3. Transactions involving transfer of ownership without financial or in kind compensation (e.g. aid shipments)

4. Operations with a view to processing b under contract (no transfer of ownership to the processor)

1. Goods expected to return to the initial Member State of dispatch

2. Goods not expected to return to the initial Member State of dispatch

5. Operations following processing under contract (no transfer of ownership to the processor)

1. Goods returning to the initial Member State of dispatch

2. Goods not returning to the initial Member State of dispatch

6. Particular transactions recorded for national purposes

7. Operations under joint defence projects or other joint intergovernmental production programs

8. Transactions involving the supply of building materials and technical equipment under a general construction or civil engineering contract for which no separate invoicing of the goods is required and an invoice for the total contract is issued

9. Other transactions which cannot be classified under other codes

1. Hire, loan, and operational leasing longer than 24 months

9. Other

ANNEX IVU.K.

Coding of delivery terms

Additional information (when required):

1.

place located in the territory of the Member State concerned

2.

place located in another Member State

3.

other (place located outside the Community)

MeaningPlace to be indicated, when required
Incoterm CodeIncoterm ICC/ECE Geneva
EXWex-workslocation of works
FCAfree carrieragreed place
FASfree alongside shipagreed port of loading
FOBfree on boardagreed port of loading
CFRcost and freight (C&F)agreed port of destination
CIFcost, insurance and freightagreed port of destination
CPTcarriage paid toagreed place of destination
CIPcarriage and insurance paid toagreed place of destination
DAFdelivered at frontieragreed place of delivery at frontier
DESdelivered ex-shipagreed port of destination
DEQdelivered ex-quayafter customs clearance, agreed port
DDUdelivered duty unpaidagreed place of destination in arriving country
DDPdelivered duty paidagreed place of delivery in arriving country
XXXdelivery terms other than the aboveprecise statement of terms specified in the contract

ANNEX VU.K.

Coding of mode of transport

CodeTitle
1Sea transport
2Rail transport
3Road transport
4Air transport
5Postal consignment
7Fixed transport installations
8Inland waterway transport
9Own propulsion

F4ANNEX VIU.K. [F4Quality indicators]

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2. Accuracy is one of the main needs of users. It can be assessed by indicators made up as follows:U.K.

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3. Timeliness shall be assessed by Eurostat by calculating the average time between the end of the reference month and transmission of the data to Eurostat, as follows:U.K.

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4. Accessibility to users gives value to statistical data, which is increased if the data are readily available in formats required by users. Clarity of the data available depends on the assistance provided in using and interpreting the statistics and on the available comments and analysis of results.U.K.

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5. Comparability aims at measuring the impact of differences in applied statistical concepts and definitions when statistics are compared between geographical areas, non-geographical domains, or reference periods.U.K.

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6. Coherence is defined by how well sets of statistics can be used together. Apart from External Trade Statistics, information on external trade can be found in National Accounts, Business Statistics and Balance of Payments.U.K.

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