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Intra and Extra EU Trade Statistics

Intra and Extra EU Trade Statistics. General Provisions: - Amsterdam Treaty Article 285 (Co-decision procedure) - Council Regulation (EC) No 322/1997) (Statistical law: Subsidiarity) - Council Regulation (EC) No 1588/1990 (Confidentiality)

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Intra and Extra EU Trade Statistics

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  1. Intra and Extra EU Trade Statistics

  2. General Provisions: - Amsterdam Treaty Article 285 (Co-decision procedure) - Council Regulation (EC) No 322/1997) (Statistical law: Subsidiarity) - Council Regulation (EC) No 1588/1990 (Confidentiality) - Council Decision (1999/468/EC) (Comitology procedures) Extrastat Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 Commission Regulation (EC) 1917/2000 Intrastat European Parliament and Council Regulation(EC) No 638/2004 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2004 Nomenclatures Goods: - Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87: Combined Nomenclature (CN) - Commission Regulation (EC) No 1810/2004: amending the codes of the CN - Communication: explanatory note to the combined nomenclature Countries: - Commission Regulation: nomenclature of countries and territories (EC) No 750/2005 Custom provisions Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/1992: Custom Code Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93: implementing rules of the Customs Code Fiscal provisions Directive: Sixth Council Directive on VAT (77/388/EEC)

  3. International Trade Statistics Unit G3 Unit G2 Production Methodology and Classification - - - - Methodology Handling of Data Nomenclature (CN) Comext Database Co-operation Quality and Diffusion Macro-economic analysis EDICOM Simplification of Intrastat

  4. Coordination with Member States • Partner administration at national level: • Statistical Offices, Customs administration, Central bank, Fiscal administration • Tasks at national level: • Data collection/capture; control and correction; processing; dissemination

  5. Coordination with Member States • Committee on Intra- and Extrastat • Project groups • Visiting Member States

  6. METADATA • Documentation in Special Data Information Standards (SDDS) Format • User Guide (updated March 2005) • Guidelines for the Implementation of the Intrastat legislation (in preparation) • Summary legislation • Quality report

  7. Background • Foreign trade Statistics: in general based on customs declarations • A new system necessary with the ‘single market’ in 93: Intrastat

  8. Main characteristics • Extrastat • Dependent on Customs rules • ≈ Total coverage (excl.e.g. tourists) • Intrastat • Direct collection of information from companies • A close link with the VAT system • A threshold system

  9. Scope Records on the physical movement of goods • Intrastat • Community goods • Goods in free circulation • Goods which enter/leave the statistical territory of the reporting Member State supplied from or bound for another Member State; • Traded by VAT registered companies • Extrastat • Non Community goods Lodged by Customs • Special trade system (no Transit, Warehouses, Free zones) • Some goods are excluded for methodological reasons • For some goods particular provisions are applied

  10. Data collection Extrastat • Individuals or companies fill in Customs declarations in view to export out or import in the European Community • Customs provide monthly declarations to the national statistical administration Intrastat • Parties registered for VAT in the reporting Member State • which have concluded the trade contract, • provide monthly Intrastat declarations directly to the national administration National administration transmit statistics to Eurostat

  11. Data to be collected for Intra and Extrastat • Flow • Commodity • Partner Country • Value • Quantity • Nature of the transaction (Intra – optional Extra) • Identification number of the PSI (Intra) • Customs/Statistical procedure (Extra - 0ptional Intra) • Transport data (Extra –optional Intra ) • Preference (Extra imports) • Delivery terms (optional Extra/Intra) • Other data made available by Customs (optional Extra)

  12. Future steps • Extrastat • Newlegislation (2008) • Collection of revised customs data • Take into consideration E─Customs, Centralised Customs Clearance • Increase quality of the information (revisions) • Compile complementary related statistics • Intrastat • Reflection on further simplification • Studies carried out in 2006 • Analysing the results in 2007 • Options: • Simplification of the CN • Increase threshold • One flow system

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