No L 226/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.8.89 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 July 1989 amending Directive 78/546/EEC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road, as part of regional statistics (89/462/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 (1), Having regard to the opinion. of the Europeanr Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Directive 78/546/EEC (*), as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession, must be amended to take account of changes in the common transport policy; Whereas that Directive provides only for annual data supplied up to 12 months after the end of the reference year; whereas these data have to be compared with data for other means of transport which are compiled every month or every quarter; whereas certain quarterly data are therefore. - needed; Whereas the said Directive provides only for the compilation of statistical data for national and international -traffic; whereas-it is evident that cross-trade is a form of traffic which will develop in the future; whereas it is therefore appropriate to compile statistical returns on this traffic; Whereas all Member States have data on the movements of tractor vehicles but not all have data on the movements of trailer units; whereas the gathering of data should therefore be standardized on the basis of the mevements -of tractor vehicles, but without affecting the legal and administrative arrangements applicable to haulage licences; Whereas Directive 78/546/EEC does not enumerate some East European countries individually in the list of third countries but simply groups them together under ‘otheér European countries’; whereas it has become clear that these countries should be listed individually so that comparisons can be made with other means of transport and so that the flow of goods to and from these countries can be monitored more effectively; 1 (1) OJNo C4,8.1.1988,p. 4. (2) O] No C 167, 27. 6. 1988, p. 425. () O] No C 134, 24. 5. 1988, p. 7. () OJ No L 168, 26. 6. 1978, p. 29. Whereas the list of data which can be required- by the Member States on the movement of goods within the Community will be strictly limited as from 1 January 1988;. - whereas this measure is part of a policy which has been adopted by the Council and the Commission and is designed to reduce as far as possible the administrative documentation required in-Community trade; whereas the collection of statistical data at frontiers within the Community should be - dispensed ~with, except where thls is provided for by Community rules; Whereas it is appropriate to apply Article 9 of Directive 78/546/EEC to the amended system for compllmg statistical data; Whereas the Kingdom of Denmark at the moment supplies the Commission with statistical data on the international carriage of goods, as provided for by Directive 78/546/EEC, by relying on statistics relating to foreign trade; whereas that Member State is in the process of establishing a statistical system which is specific to the carriage of goods by road; whereas therefore it is desirable that application in Denmark of the provisions of this Directive concerning the compilation of statistics  on cross-trade should be postponed, HASADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 78/546/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. The following is added to Article 1: ‘(c) “between two other Member States or between another Member State and a non-member State (hereinafter referred to as “cross-trade”).” - 2. Article 3 {1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. Each Member State shall compile statistical data . on carriage as referred to in Article 1-by vehicles registered in its territory. The. transport parameters shall be determined by the tractor vehicle. If, in a coupled combination of vehicles, the tractor vehicle and the trailer unit are registered in different countries, the complete vehicle shall be deemed to be registered in the country where the tractor vehicle is registered.’ 3. The introductory phrase of Article 3 (2) is replaced by the following: ' : 2. The statistiéal data shall be broken down under the following headings:’.