51998AP0102

A4-0102/98

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (COM(97)0252 - C4-0248/97 - 97/0155(COD))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

(Amendment 1)

Recital 6

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Whereas optional data should be abolished in order to limit the burden on providers of statistical information and to guarantee equal treatment of these; whereas the reporting of the country of origin is nevertheless of particular benefit to numerous users and should therefore be retained;

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Whereas

the mode of transport, the terms of delivery as well as optional data should be abolished for enterprises with limited trade, in order to limit the burden on providers of statistical information, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises; whereas the collection of such information from other enterprises should be limited according to national requirements;

(Amendment 2)

ARTICLE 1(4)

Article 23(2) (Regulation (EEC) 3330/91)

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Member States may not require the statistical data medium to mention data other than those provided for in paragraph 1, with the exception of the following:

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In order to limit the number of small and medium-sized enterprises which are required to provide detailed statistical data the Commission shall determine, pursuant to Article 30 of this Regulation, a threshold below which the Member States may not require the statistical data medium to mention data other than those provided for in paragraph 1. The threshold shall be set at the highest level at which the compatibility of the information collected in the Member States can be guaranteed. To that end, the Commission may set different values for different Member States.

>Original text>

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Apart from the data provided for in paragraph 1, Member States may, solely in respect of providers of statistical information with dispatches or arrivals of an annual value in excess of the above threshold, require the statistical data medium to mention the following data:

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(a) in the Member State of arrival, the country of origin;

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(a)

in the Member State of arrival, the country of origin;

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(b) the terms of delivery until 31 December 1999.

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(b) in the Member State of dispatch, the region of origin and in the Member State of arrival, the region of destination.

Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (COM(97)0252 - C4-0248/97 - 97/0155(COD))(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(97)0252 - 97/0155(COD) ((OJ C 203, 3.7.1997, p. 10.)),

- having regard to Articles 189b(2) and 100a of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C4-0248/97),

- having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Policy (A4-0102/98),

1. Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament's amendments;

2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty;

3. Calls on the Council to incorporate Parliament's amendments in the common position that it adopts in accordance with Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty;

4. Should the Council intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament, calls on the Council to notify Parliament and requests that the conciliation procedure be initiated;

5. Points out that the Commission is required to submit to Parliament any modification it may intend to make to its proposal as amended by Parliament;

6. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.