L 229/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 9.9.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4) It is essential to define the specific movements of goods Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 117295 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 374/98 (), and in particular Article 21 thereof, Whereas: (1) For the purpose of compiling external trade statistics, it is necessary to define the implementing procedures for the collection of data and for the processing, transmis- sion and dissemination of the results, in order to obtain harmonised statistics. (2) It is essential to clarify the subject of external trade statistics, especially in order to avoid dual recording or to exclude certain transactions and to define the inter- vals at which they are to be drawn up. (3)  The definition of the data to be returned needs to be supplemented, together with the procedures by which they are referred to in the statistical information medium. for which special provisions are necessary, Community harmonisation measures need to be introduced. (5) It is necessary to fix the timetable for the transmission of the results to the Commission and the procedures for corrections to ensure regular and uniform dissemination. (6)  In view of the links that exist between external trade statistics and customs procedures, there is a need to bear in mind the provisions adopted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (%), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No1602/2000 (°). (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1 Object and reference period Article 1 For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘imports’ shall mean the movements of the goods referred to in Article 6(1)(a) of Regu- lation (EC) No 1172/95, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Basic Regulation’ and ‘exports’ shall mean the movements of the goods referred to in Article 6(1)(b) of the Basic Regulation. Atticle 2 Pursuant to Article 6(2) of the Basic Regulation, external trade statistics shall not cover goods: () O] L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10. () O] L 48, 19.2.1998, p. 6. — released for free circulation after being subject to inward processing or processing under customs control, — contained in the list of exemptions set out in Annex L Article 3 1. The statistical threshold referred to in Article 12 of the Basic Regulation shall be fixed, for each type of goods, so that imports or exports exceeding EUR 800 in value or 1 000 kg in net mass shall be covered by external trade statistics. 2. Each Member State shall inform the Commission of the statistical threshold it has fixed in national currency. () O] L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. () O] L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. () O] L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1.