1.The following information shall be collected by the national authorities:
[F1(a) the individual identification number allocated to the party responsible for providing information in accordance with Article 214 of Directive 2006/112/EC;]
(b)the reference period;
(c)the flow (arrival, dispatch);
(d)the commodity, identified by the eight-digit code of the Combined Nomenclature as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1);
(e)the partner Member State;
(f)the value of the goods;
(g)the quantity of the goods;
(h)the nature of the transaction.
[F2Definitions of the statistical data referred to in points (e) to (h) are laid down in the Annex. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the arrangements to collect that information, in particular the codes and the format to be employed.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).]
2.Member States may also collect additional information, for example:
(a)the identification of the goods, at a more detailed level than the Combined Nomenclature;
(b)the country of origin, on arrival;
(c)the region of origin, on dispatch, and the region of destination, on arrival;
(d)the delivery terms;
(e)the mode of transport;
(f)the statistical procedure.
Definitions of the statistical data referred to in points (b) to (f) are given in the Annex. Where necessary, the arrangements for the collection of this information, particularly the codes to be employed, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States.
F2 Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 659/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 on Community statistics relating to trading of goods between Member States as regards conferring delegated and implementing powers on the Commission for the adoption of certain measures, the communication of information by the customs administration, the exchange of confidential data between Member States and the definition of statistical value.
OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2003 (OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 38).