http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudr/1990/653

Council Directive

of 4 December 1990

laying down amendments for the purpose of implementing in Germany certain Community Directives relating to statistics on the carriage of goods and statistics on gas and electricity prices

(90/653/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament2,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee3,

Whereas the Council has adopted Directive 78/546/EEC4, as last amended by Directives 89/462/EEC5, 80/1119/EEC6 and 80/1177/EEC7, as both amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, on statistics on the carriage of goods;

Whereas the Council has adopted Directive 90/377/EEC concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users8;

Whereas from the date of German unification onwards Community law will be fully applicable to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;

Whereas the regional breakdown for carriage statistics should be extended to include the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;

Whereas the list of administrations managing the main railway networks should be amended for the purpose of statistics on the carriage of goods by rail;

Whereas the breakdown by region and locality of statistics on gas and electricity prices should be extended to include those of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;

Whereas the current situation does not allow the regions and localities in question to be defined precisely,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: