CHAPTER 3COLLECTION OF INTRASTAT INFORMATION
Article 7Partner Member State and country of origin
The partner Member States and where collected, the country of origin shall be reported according to the version of the nomenclature of countries and territories in force.
Article 8Value of the goods
1.
The value of the goods shall be the taxable amount which is the value to be determined for taxation purposes in accordance with Directive 77/388/EEC.
For products subject to duties, the amount of these duties shall be excluded.
Whenever the taxable amount does not have to be declared for taxation purposes, a positive value has to be reported which shall correspond to the invoice value, excluding VAT, or, failing this, to an amount which would have been invoiced in the event of any sale or purchase.
In the case of processing, the value to be collected, with a view to and following such operations, shall be the total amount which would be invoiced in case of sale or purchase.
2.
Additionally, Member States may also collect the statistical value of the goods, as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 638/2004, from part of the providers of information whose trade shall amount to a maximum of 70 % of the relevant Member State’s total trade expressed in value.
3.
The value of the goods defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be expressed in the national currency. The exchange rate to be applied shall be:
(a)
the rate of exchange applicable for determining the taxable amount for taxation purposes, when this is established; or
(b)
the official rate of exchange at the time of completing the declaration or that applicable to calculating the value for customs purposes, in the absence of any special provisions decided by the Member States.
Article 9Quantity of the goods
1.
2.
The supplementary units shall be mentioned in accordance with the information set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, opposite the subheadings concerned, the list of which is published in Part I ‘Preliminary provisions’ of the said Regulation.
Article 10Nature of transaction
The nature of transaction shall be reported according to the codes specified in the list of Annex III to this Regulation. Member States shall apply the codes of column A or a combination of the code numbers in column A and their subdivisions in column B indicated in this list.
Article 11Delivery terms
Member States which collect the delivery terms according to Article 9(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 may use the codes specified in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 12Mode of transport
Member States which collect the mode of transport according to Article 9(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 may use the codes specified in Annex V to this Regulation.