Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2007 of 27 March 2007 on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics (Text with EEA relevance )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) It is necessary to specify the format in which rail transport data are to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) in sufficient detail to ensure that the data can be processed rapidly and in a cost-effective way.

(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, set up by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The technical format for the transmission of data to the Commission (Eurostat) shall be as set out in the Annex.

Member States shall use this format for the data concerning reference year 2007 and subsequent years.

Article 2

The data and metadata supplied pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 shall be transmitted in electronic format to the single entry point for data at the Commission (Eurostat) by any organisation designated by the national authorities. Transmission shall conform to an appropriate interchange standard specified by Eurostat.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2007.

For the Commission Joaquín ALMUNIA Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1192/2003 (OJ L 167, 4.7.2003, p. 13).

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