Council Directive 90/653/EEC of 4 December 1990 laying down amendments for the purpose of implementing in Germany certain Community Directives relating to statistics on the carriage of goods and statistics on gas and electricity prices

1 For the regional breakdown of statistics on the carriage of goods covered by Directives 78/546/EEC, 80/1177/EEC and 80/1119/EEC, the Federal Republic of Germany shall define the regions in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and communicate them to the Commission prior to the date at which the interim measures tabled pursuant to Directive 90/476/EEC are replaced by transitional measures and at any rate not later than 31 December 1990. This information will be communicated for information to the European Parliament and the Council.

2 For the regional statistics on the carriage of goods by rail covered by Directive 80/1177/EEC, the Federal Republic of Germany shall communicate the names of the administrations managing railway lines and installations in Germany prior to the date at which the interim measures tabled pursuant to Directive 90/476/EEC are replaced by transitional measures and at any rate not later than 31 December 1990. This information will be communicated for information to the European Parliament and the Council.

For the breakdown by region and locality of statistics on gas and electricity prices covered by Directive 90/377/EEC, Germany shall define no later than 1 July 1992 the regions and localities in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and communicate them to the Commission. This information will be communicated for information to the Council and the Parliament.

The Commission shall be authorized to amend the following: Annex II to the Directives referred to in Article 1 (1); Article 1 (2) (a) to Directive 80/1177/EEC; Annexes I and II to Directive 90/377/EEC, after consulting the competent committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of that Directive.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.