Commission Regulation (EU) No 92/2010

of 2 February 2010

implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards data exchange between customs authorities and national statistical authorities, compilation of statistics and quality assessment

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/951, and in particular Article 6(1), Article 7(3), Article 8(3) and Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries.

(2)

It is necessary to specify the procedures for data exchange between customs authorities and national statistical authorities in order to ensure the comprehensive compilation of external trade statistics.

(3)

Provisions should be established on the compilation of monthly statistics in order to obtain harmonised and comparable results from all Member States, including rules for adjustments on delayed or incomplete records and data affected by confidentiality provisions.

(4)

In order to be able to asses the quality of the statistics transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat), implementing measures are necessary concerning the modalities and structure of the quality report.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

F1Article 1 Data exchange modalities between customs authorities and national statistical authorities

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Article 2Compilation of F2... statistics on imports and exports of goods

1.

National statistical authorities F3(the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) shall compile monthly statistics from:

F4(a)

records on imports and exports F5...;

(b)

data provided by the economic operator in the case of customs simplifications pursuant to F6the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;

F7(c)

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2.

National statistical authorities shall compile external trade statistics by:

F8(a)

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(b)

reference period;

(c)

trade flow;

(d)

statistical value in national currency without decimals;

(e)

quantity expressed in kg without decimals;

(f)

quantity expressed in supplementary units;

F4(g)

goods code;

F9...

F10(h)

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F10(i)

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F10(j)

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(k)

country of origin on import;

F4(l)

country of consignment/dispatch on import;

(m)

country of last known destination on export;

(n)

statistical procedure;

(o)

nature of transaction code either with one or two digits. However, for those records where customs data on the nature of transaction are not available, the code 0 should be indicated at one digit level;

(p)

granted preference code on import;

(q)

mode of transport at the frontier;

(r)

internal mode of transport;

(s)

container.

3.

F4The statistics shall contain adjustments on missing, delayed or incomplete records. The adjustments shall indicate the statistical value at least with a breakdown by partner country, goods code at chapter level of the Combined Nomenclature and monthly reference period. The adjustments shall be on the basis of sound and competent appraisal or scientific methods.

4.

F4F11The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may compile less detailed information than specified in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 for individual transactions below the statistical threshold. F12...

F135.

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Article 3Quality assessment

F141.

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F142.

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F143.

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4.

F15The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs shall assess the quality of the statistics F16....

F175.

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Article 4Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2010.

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