
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 3(4) shall be replaced by the following:
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4. The data collection characteristics and the contents of the Annexes shall be adopted by the Commission. This measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).';
2.. Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 4 
The methods for the collection and processing of data must be designed to ensure that the statistical results transmitted by the Member States meet minimum standards of precision, taking account of the structural characteristics of road transport in the Member States. The precision requirements shall be adopted by the Commission. This measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).';
3.. Article 5(2) shall be replaced by the following:
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2. The arrangements for transmitting the data referred to in paragraph 1, including, where appropriate, the statistical tables based on those data, shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 10(2).';
4.. Article 6 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 6 
The provisions on the dissemination of statistical results in respect of the carriage of goods by road, including the structure and content of the results to be disseminated, shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 10(2).';
5.. Article 9 shall be deleted;
6.. Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 10 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and (5)(a) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 23 April 2009.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
P. NEČAS