Commission Decision

of 22 May 2001

on arrangements for publication or dissemination of the statistical data collected pursuant to Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea

(notified under document number C(2001) 1456)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/423/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 2000/363/EC(2), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 9 of Directive 95/64/EC, the Commission shall disseminate appropriate statistical data with a periodicity comparable to that of the results transmitted.

(2) The dissemination of data must take into account the provisions on statistical confidentiality as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1588/90(3) and by Regulation (EC) No 322/97(4).

(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Aim

The aim of the present Decision is to establish the arrangements for the publication or dissemination by the Commission of data collected under Directive 95/64/EC in the frame of its general dissemination policy in the field of statistics.

Article 2

Periodicity

The periodicity of publication or dissemination shall be comparable to that of the results transmitted. Quarterly data shall be disseminated or published within five months after data are received from the Member States. Annual data shall be disseminated or published within eight months after data are received from the Member States.

Article 3

Confidentiality

The dissemination or publication of statistical data collected under Directive 95/64/EC shall conform to the provisions laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1588/90 and Regulation (EC) No 322/97.

Article 4

Level of detail of disseminated data

Until the Commission adopts another decision pursuant to the procedure provided in Article 13 of Directive 95/64/EC, the highest level of detail in which data may be published or disseminated is the level of port to and from maritime coastal area. The Commission may however publish at more aggregate level if the quality and/or completeness of the information are not appropriate in such detail.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2001.

For the Commission

Pedro Solbes Mira

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 320, 30.12.1995, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 132, 5.6.2000, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.