17. 3. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 70/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 546/77 of 16 March 1977 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community’s external trade THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statis- tics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States ('), and in particular Articles 8 and 41 thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 69/73/EEC of 4 March 1969 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of inward processing (), as last amended by Directive 76/119/EEC (3), Having regard to Council Directive 76/119/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of outward processing, Whereas statistical returns in respect of importation for inward processing or of exportation after inward processing, on the one hand, and of exportation for outward processing or of importation after outward processing, on the other hand, should correspond to the customs arrangements for inward and outward processing respectively ; whereas these customs arran- gements bear different names in the Member States; Whereas the table of equivalence should therefore be established between these statistical procedures and the customs procedures under which the harmoniza- tion of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action on inward and outward processing arrangements is carried out : Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Statistical procedures in respect of importation for inward processing and of exportation after inward processing shall relate to import and export operations carried out in Member States under the customs proce- dures named below : ) OJ No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. ) OJ No L 8, 8. 3. 1969, p. 1. ) O] No L 24, 30. 1. 1976, p. S8. Belgium : — Régime du perfectionnement actif — Regeling Aktieve Veredeling (PAV); Denmark : — Materialtoldgodtgerelse ; France : — Entrepét industriel, — Admission temporaire pour ouvraison ou réparation ; Germany : — Aktiver Veredelungsverkehr, eins- chliefflich Bearbeitung oder Verar- beitung in den Freihafen von Waren, die die Voraussetzungen der Artikel 9 und 10 des Vertrages nicht erfiillen ; Ireland : — Inward processing ; Italy : — Temporanea importazione per perfezionamento attivo ; Luxembourg: — Régime du  perfectionnement actif ; Netherlands: — Voorwaardelijke vrijstelling voor goederen welke worden ingevoerd om te worden bewerkt, verwerkt of hersteld (actieve veredeling); United Kingdom : — Inward processing relief. Article 2 Statistical procedures in respect of exportation for outward processing and of importation after outward processing shall relate to import and export operations carried out in Member States under the customs proce- dures named below : Belgium : — Régime du  perfectionnement passif — Regeling Passieve Vered- eling (PPV); Denmark : — Passiv Foredling ; France : — Exportation  temporaire  indus- trielle ; Germany : — Passiver Veredelungsverkehr ; Ireland : — Outward processing ; Italy : — Temporanea esportazione  per perfezionamento passivo ; Luxembourg: — Régime du  perfectionnement passif ; Netherlands: — Voorwaardelijke vrijstelling voor goederen welke worden wederinge- voerd na te zijn, bewerkt, verwerkt of hersteld (passieve veredeling) ; United Kingdom : — Outward processing relief.