
Article 1 
This Regulation establishes common rules for the production of Community statistics concerning inland waterways transport.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) data relating to inland waterways transport on their national territory.
2. Member States in which the total volume of goods transported annually by inland waterways as national, international or transit transport exceeds 1 000 000 tonnes shall supply the data referred to in Article 4(1).
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States where there is no international or transit inland waterways transport but where the total volume of goods transported annually by inland waterways as national transport exceeds 1 000 000 tonnes shall supply only the data required under Article 4(2).
4. This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a) the carriage of goods by vessels of less than 50 deadweight tonnes;
(b) vessels used principally for the carriage of passengers;
(c) vessels used for ferrying purposes;
(d) vessels used solely for non-commercial purposes by port administrations and public authorities;
(e) vessels used solely for bunkering or storage;
(f) vessels not used for the carriage of goods such as fishery vessels, dredgers, floating workshops, houseboats and pleasure craft.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘navigable inland waterway’ means a stretch of water, not part of the sea, over which vessels of a carrying capacity of not less than 50 tonnes can navigate when normally loaded. This term covers both navigable rivers and lakes and navigable canals;
((b)) ‘inland waterway vessel’ means a floating craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers by navigable inland waterways;
((c)) ‘nationality of the vessel’ refers to the country in which the inland waterway vessel is registered.
Article 4 

1. Data shall be collected in accordance with the tables set out in Annexes A to D.
2. In the case referred to in Article 2(3) data shall be collected in accordance with the table set out in Annex E.
3. For the purposes of this Regulation, goods shall be classified in accordance with Annex F.
Article 5 

1. The first period of observation shall begin on 1 January 2007. The transmission of data shall take place as soon as possible and no later than five months after the end of the relevant period of observation.
2. During the first three years of application of this Regulation, the time allowed for the transmission of data referred to in paragraph 1 may be extended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10(2). The maximum time allowed for transmission, including any extension granted, shall not exceed eight months.Extensions of the time allowed for transmission are set out in Annex G.
Article 6 
Community statistics based on the data referred to in Article 4 shall be disseminated with a frequency similar to that laid down for the transmission of data by the Member States.
Article 7 

1. The Commission (Eurostat) shall develop and publish, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10(2), methodological requirements and criteria designed to ensure the quality of the data produced.
2. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure the quality of the data transmitted.
3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data transmitted. Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) with a report containing such information and data as it may request in order to verify the quality of the data transmitted.
Article 8 
By 15 October 2009 and after consulting the Statistical Programme Committee, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation. In particular, that report shall:

((a)) assess the benefits accruing to the Community, the Member States and the providers and users of statistical information of the statistics produced, in relation to their costs;
((b)) assess the quality of the statistics produced;
((c)) identify areas for potential improvement and any amendments considered necessary in the light of the results obtained.
Article 9 
The measures for implementing this Regulation, including measures to take account of economic and technical trends, shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10(2). Such measures shall concern:

((a)) adaptation of the threshold for statistical coverage of inland waterways transport (Article 2);
((b)) adaptation of the definitions and adoption of additional definitions (Article 3);
((c)) adaptation of the data collection scope and the content of the annexes (Article 4);
((d)) arrangements for transmitting data to the Commission (Eurostat) including data interchange standards (Article 5);
((e)) arrangements for the dissemination of results by the Commission (Eurostat) (Article 6);
((f)) development and publication of methodological requirements and criteria (Article 7).
Article 10 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee established by Article 1 of Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 11 

1. Member States shall provide statistical results for the year 2006 in accordance with Directive 80/1119/EEC.
2. Directive 80/1119/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2007.
Article 12 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Strasbourg, 6 September 2006.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
For the Council
The President
P. LEHTOMÄKI
ANNEX A
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha A1 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Country/region of loading 2-letter or 4-alpha ISO national code or NUTS II 
Country/region of unloading 2-letter or 4-alpha ISO national code or NUTS II 
Type of transport 1-digit 1 = national2 = international (except transit)3 = transit 
Type of goods 2-digit NST 2000 
Type of packaging 1-digit 1 = goods in containers2 = goods not in containers 
Tonnes transported   tonnes
Tonnes-km   tonnes-km
ANNEX B
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha B1 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Country/region of loading 2-letter or 4-alpha ISO national code or NUTS II 
Country/region of unloading 2-letter or 4-alpha ISO national code or NUTS II 
Type of transport 1-digit 1 = national2 = international (except transit)3 = transit 
Type of vessel 1-digit 1 = self-propelled barge2 = barge not self-propelled3 = self-propelled tanker barge
4 = tanker barge not self-propelled
5 = other goods carrying vessel 
Nationality of vessel 2-letter ISO national code 
Tonnes transported   tonnes
Tonnes-km   tonnes-km
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha B2 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Number of loaded vessels   vessels
Number of empty vessels   vessels
Vessel-Km (loaded vessels)   vessel-km
Vessel-Km (empty vessels)   vessel-km
Note: The provision of the data mentioned in this Table B2 is optional.
ANNEX C
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha C1 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Country/region of loading 2-letter or -alpha ISO national code or NUTS2 
Country/region of unloading 2-letter or 4-alpha ISO national code or NUTS2 
Type of transport 1-digit 1 = national2 = international (except transit)3 = transit 
Size of containers 1-digit 1 = 20′ freight units2 = 40′ freight units3 = freight units > 20′ and < 40′4 = freight units > 40′ 
Loading status 1-digit 1 = loaded containers2 = empty containers 
Type of goods 2-digit NST 2000 
Tonnes transported   tonnes
Tonnes-km   tonnes-km
TEU   TEU
TEU-km   TEU-km

ANNEX D
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha D1 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Quarter 2-alpha Q1, Q2, Q3 or Q4 
Type of transport 1-digit 1 = national2 = international (except transit)3 = transit 
Nationality of the vessel 2-letter ISO national code 
Tonnes transported   tonnes
Tonnes-km   tonnes-km
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha D2 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Quarter 2-alpha Q1, Q2, Q3 or Q4 
Type of transport 1-digit 1 = national2 = international (except transit)3 = transit 
Nationality of vessel 2-letter ISO national code 
Loading status 1-digit 1 = loaded containers2 = empty containers 
Tonnes transported   tonnes
Tonnes-km   tonnes-km
TEU   TEU
TEU-km   TEU-km

ANNEX E
Elements Coding details Nomenclature Unit
Table 2-alpha E1 
Reporting country 2-letter ISO national code 
Year 4-digit yyyy 
Total tonnes transported   tonnes
Total tonnes-km   tonnes-km
ANNEX F

NST-2000

NST-2000 groups Description of goods Defined by products in CPA divisions
01 Products of agriculture, hunting, and forestry; fish and other fishing products 01, 02, 05
02 Coal and lignite; peat; crude petroleum and natural gas; uranium and thorium 10, 11, 12
03 Metal ores and other mining and quarrying products 13, 14
04 Food products, beverages and tobacco 15, 16
05 Textiles and textile products; leather and leather products 17, 18, 19
06 Wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture); articles of straw and plaiting materials; pulp, paper and paper products; printed matter and recorded media 20, 21, 22
07 Coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel 23
08 Chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibres; rubber and plastic products 24, 25
09 Other non-metallic mineral products 26
10 Basic metals; fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 27, 28
11 Machinery and equipment n.e.c.; office machinery and computers; electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c.; radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus; medical, precision and optical instruments; watches and clocks 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
12 Transport equipment 34, 35
13 Furniture; other manufactured goods n.e.c. 36
14 Secondary raw materials; municipal wastes and other wastes not specified elsewhere in CPA 37 + municipal wastes (as input to CPA division 90) and other wastes not specified elsewhere in CPA
15 Mail, parcelsNote: this heading is normally used for goods transported by postal administrations and specialised courier services in NACE Rev. 1 division 64. 
16 Equipment and material utilised in the transport of goodsNote: this heading covers items such as empty containers, palettes, boxes, crates and roll cages. It also covers vehicles used to contain goods, where the vehicle is itself carried on another vehicle.The existence of a code for this type of material does not prejudge the question of whether such materials are to be counted as ‘goods’; this will depend on the rules for data collection for each mode of transport. 
17 Goods moved in the course of household and office removals; baggage transported separately from passengers; motor vehicles being moved for repair; other non-market goods n.e.c. 
18 Grouped goods: a mixture of types of goods which are transported togetherNote: this heading is used whenever it is not considered appropriate to assign the goods separately to groups 01-16. 
19 Unidentifiable goods: goods which for any reason cannot be identified and therefore cannot be assigned to groups 01-16Note: this heading is intended to cover goods where the reporting unit does not have information on the type of goods being transported. 
20 Other goods n.e.c.Note: this heading covers any items which cannot be assigned to any of the groups 01-19. Since the groups 01-19 are intended to cover all foreseeable categories of transported goods, the use of group 20 should be considered unusual and may indicate a need for further checking of the data reported under this heading. 
ANNEX G
Member State Extended transmission period after the end of the period of observation Last year for which an extension is granted
Belgium 8 months 2009