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 Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas the Council has adopted Directive 78/546/EEC(4), as last amended by Directives 89/462/EEC(5), 80/1119/EEC(6) and 80/1177/EEC(7), 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-users(8);
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:
Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
Opinion delivered on 20 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal).