Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1192/2003of 3 July 2003amending Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics(Text with EEA relevance), 303R1192, July 4, 2003
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007of 7 November 2007amending Council Directive 95/64/EC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, Regulations (EC) No 91/2003 and (EC) No 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council with respect to the establishment of NST 2007 as the unique classification for transported goods in certain transport modes, 307R1304, November 8, 2007
  • Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 March 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two, 309R0219, March 31, 2009
Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 16 December 2002on rail transport statistics THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ C 180 E, 26.6.2001, p. 94., Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ C 221, 30.5.2001, p. 63., Having consulted the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the TreatyOpinion of the European Parliament of 4 September 2001 (OJ C 72 E, 21.3.2002, p. 58), Council Common Position of 27 June 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the European Parliament of 24 October 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal)., Whereas: (1)Railways are an important part of the Community's transport networks. (2)The Commission needs statistics on the transport of goods and passengers by rail in order to monitor and develop the common transport policy, as well as the transport elements of policies on the regions and on trans-European networks. (3)Statistics on rail safety are required by the Commission in order to prepare and monitor Community actions in the field of transport safety. (4)Community statistics on rail transport are also required in order to fulfil the monitoring tasks provided for in Article 10b of Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community's railwaysOJ L 237, 24.8.1991, p. 25. Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 75, 15.3.2001, p. 1).. (5)Community statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable comparability between transport modes. (6)The restructuring of the rail industry under Directive 91/440/EEC, as well as changes in the type of information required by the Commission and by other users of Community statistics on rail transport, renders obsolete the provisions of Council Directive 80/1177/EEC of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by rail, as part of regional statisticsOJ L 350, 23.12.1980, p. 23. Directive as last amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. in relation to the collection of statistics from specified administrations of main rail networks. (7)The coexistence of publicly and privately owned railway undertakings operating in a commercial rail transport market requires an explicit specification of the statistical information which should be provided by all railway undertakings and disseminated by Eurostat. (8)In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity laid down in Article 5 of the Treaty, the creation of common statistical standards which permit the production of harmonised data is an action which can only be undertaken efficiently at Community level. Such standards should be implemented in each Member State under the authority of the bodies and institutions in charge of producing official statistics. (9)Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statisticsOJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1. provides a reference framework for the provisions laid down by this Regulation. (10)The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the CommissionOJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.. (11)The Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom of 19 June 1989 establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European CommunitiesOJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. has been consulted in accordance with Article 3 of the said Decision, HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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