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)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea1, and in particular Article 4(1) and Article 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Additional statistical variables, definitions and structure for statistical datasets are necessary to distinguish the collection of data on cruise passengers.

(2)

The type of cargo classification needs to be modified to ensure a clear definition of the scope of the statistics.

(3)

The nomenclature on the maritime coastal areas and the nomenclature on the nationality of registration of vessels need to be adapted to technical developments.

(4)

In accordance with Article 12, the first indent, of Directive 95/64/EC, the Commission may adapt the content of the Annexes thereto. Directive 95/64/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)

In accordance with Article 4 of Directive 95/64/EC, the Commission may draw up and update the list of ports coded and classified by country and maritime coastal area.

(6)
Commission Decision 98/385/EC 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 sea2, provided for a list of ports.
(7)

The list of ports needs to be updated. Decision 98/385/EC should therefore be amended.

(8)
Commission Decision 2000/363/EC of 28 April 2000 on rules for implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea3 amended the Annexes II, IV, V and VIII to Directive 95/64/EC and the list of ports drawn up in Annex II to Decision 98/385/EC. It can therefore be repealed.
(9)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom of 19 June 1989 establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities4,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes I, II, IV, V, VI and VIII to Directive 95/64/EC are replaced by Annexes I, II, III, IV, V and VI to this Decision.

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Article 3

Decision 2000/363/EC shall be repealed.

Any references to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

This Decision shall apply from the reference year 2004, covering the 2004 data.

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IVARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS

1.Statistical Variables

(a)Cargo and passenger information

  • 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

  • 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

  1. (a)

    “Freight container” means an article of transport equipment:

    1. 1.

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

    2. 2.

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

    3. 3.

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

    4. 4.

      so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;

    5. 5.

      having a length of 20 feet or more.

  2. (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”.

  3. (c)

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

  4. (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.

  5. (e)

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

  6. (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.

  7. (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.

  8. (h)

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

  9. (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.

  10. (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.’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IITYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION

Category5

Code1 digit

Code2 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

X6

X

31

20 ft freight units

X6

X

32

40 ft freight units

X6

X

33

Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft

X6

X

34

Freight units > 40 ft

X6

X

Roll-on roll-off

(self-propelled)

5

5X

Mobile self-propelled units

X

X

51

Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers

X6

X

52

Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans

X7

53

Passenger buses

X7

54

Trade vehicles (including import/export motor vehicles)

X

X7

56

Live animals on the hoof

X

X7

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

X6

X

62

Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles

X

X7

63

Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport

X6

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’

5

These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21.

6

The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers and ro-ro-units.

7

Only total number of units.

ANNEX III

‘ANNEX IVMARITIME 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 1736/758) 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

ZZ01

Offshore installations

ZZ02

Aggregates and not elsewhere specified’

ANNEX IV

‘ANNEX VNATIONALITY 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 1736/759) 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’

ANNEX V

‘ANNEX VITYPE OF SHIP CLASSIFICATION (ICST-COM)

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

Fishing10

Fish catching10

Fish processing10

42

Offshore activities

Drilling and exploration10

Offshore support10

43

Tugs

Tugs10

Pusher craft10

49

Miscellaneous

Dredgers10

Research/survey10

Other vessel nes10

XX

Unknown

Unknown type of vessel’

10

Not covered by this Directive.

ANNEX VI

‘ANNEX VIIISTRUCTURE 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

  • 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 relationPeriodicity:quarterly

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: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

Data set A2:Non-unit-load seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo and relationPeriodicity:quarterly

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: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

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

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: 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).

Data set B1:Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, goods and relationPeriodicity:annual

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: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

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

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: 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).

Data set D1:Passenger transport in the main European ports, by relation and nationality of registration of vesselPeriodicity:quarterly

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: Number of passengers excluding cruise passengers starting and ending a cruise and cruise passengers on excursion

Data set E1:Seaborne transport in the main European ports, by port, type of cargo, relation and nationality of registration of vesselsPeriodicity:annual

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: Gross weight of goods in tonnes.

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)Periodicity:quarterly

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: Number of vessels;

Dead weight of vessels in tonnes.

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)Periodicity:quarterly

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

Data: Number of vessels;

Gross tonnage of vessels.’

F1ANNEX VIIF1EUROSTAT LIST OF EUROPEAN PORTS

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