1.For the purposes of this Article:
(a)‘delivery of goods to vessels and aircraft’ means the delivery of products for the crew and passengers, and for the operation of the engines, machines and other equipment of vessels or aircraft;
(b)vessels or aircraft shall be deemed to belong to the Member State in which the vessel or aircraft is registered.
2.Statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States shall cover only dispatches of goods delivered on the territory of the reporting Member State to vessels and aircraft belonging to another Member State. Dispatches shall cover all goods defined in Article 3(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2004.
3.Member States shall use the following commodity codes for goods delivered to vessels and aircraft:
9930 24 00 goods from CN chapters 1 to 24,
[X19930 27 00 goods from CN chapter 27,]
9930 99 00: goods classified elsewhere.
The transmission of data on the quantity is optional. However, the data on net mass shall be transmitted on goods belonging to chapter 27.
In addition, the simplified partner country code ‘QR’ may be used.
Editorial Information
X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 of 18 November 2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 1901/2000 and (EEC) No 3590/92 (Official Journal of the European Union L 343 of 19 November 2004).