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Legal instrument	Directive
Number legal act	Directive 1980/1119
Original proposal	COM(1979)741
CELEX number i	31980L1119

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Council Directive 80/1119/EEC of 17 November 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by inland waterways

Official Journal L 339 , 15/12/1980 P. 0030 - 0053

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 17 November 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by inland waterways (80/1119/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 draft Directive submitted by the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),

Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to it under the Treaty, the Commission must have at its disposal consistent, synchronized and regular statistical data on the scale and development of the carriage of goods by inland waterway in the Member States ; whereas these data must be comparable both as between States and also with the data for other modes of transport and must refer to national, international and transit traffic;

Whereas, since variations during the year in the demand for transport and in the conditions of navigability have an influence on goods traffic, certain statistics should be submitted at intervals of less than one year;

Whereas, in order to secure adequate information on the market for the carriage of goods by inland waterway, such statistical data should distinguish between the main transport links;

Whereas the statistics already available in the different Member States on goods carriage should be further harmonized at Community level;

Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the proposed provisions, certain time limits should be laid down for providing the necessary statistical information;

Whereas the Commission should submit a report in order to enable the Council to examine the extent to which the objectives of this Directive can be attained by using the statistical data submitted ; whereas it should therefore envisage the possibility of proposing improvements to the methods used in compiling these statistics ; whereas the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, should decide on the introduction of statistics on the carriage of goods by sea-going vessels on inland waterways, and statistics on international traffic between regions on such waterways;

Whereas statistical data are necessary for ascertaining the scale and development of the carriage of goods ; whereas the Community should therefore, for an initial period, make a financial contribution to Member States in respect of the work involved, (1)OJ No C 85, 8.4.1980, p. 75. (2)Opinion delivered on 30 September 1980 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

• 1. 

  Member States with one or more inland waterways shall carry out statistical surveys of carriage by inland waterway vessels, irrespective of the country in which they are registered or licensed: - of goods carried for hire or reward and goods carried on own account,

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  of goods loaded or unloaded in the country, or passing in transit via its inland waterways.

• 2. 

  For the purposes of this Directive, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter assigned to them: (a) inland waterway : a watercourse, canal or lake the natural or man-made characteristics of which render it suitable for navigation, primarily by inland waterway vessels;

(b) inland waterway vessel : a vessel, whether or not self-propelled, which is registered or licensed as an inland waterway vessel, which may or may not be a...

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