25.9.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 264/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) REGULATION (EC) No 1365/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 September 2006 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways and repealing Council Directive 80/1119/EEC THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO- PEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1), Whereas: (1) Inland waterways are an important part of the Communi- ty’s transport networks and the promotion of inland waterways transport is one of the objectives of the com- mon transport policy, both for reasons of economic effi- ciency and in order to reduce energy consumption and the environmental impact of transport, as described in the Commission White Paper: European transport policy for 2010: time to decide. (2)  The Commission needs statistics concerning the transport of goods by inland waterways in order to monitor and develop the common transport policy, as well as the trans- port elements of policies on the regions and on trans- European networks. (3)  Statistics on inland waterways transport have been collected under Council Directive 80/1119/EEC of 17 November 1980 on statistical returns in respect of car- riage of goods by inland waterways (2), which no longer corresponds to the present needs in this domain. It is therefore appropriate to replace that Directive with a new instrument which extends its scope and improves its efficiency. (4)  Consequently, Directive 80/1119/EEC should be repealed. (1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 January 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 24 July 2006. () OJ L 339, 15.12.1980, p. 30. Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. (5)  Community statistics on all modes of transport should be collected according to common concepts and standards, with the aim of achieving the fullest practicable compara- bility between transport modes. (6)  Inland waterways transport does not occur in all Member States and, therefore, the effect of this Regulation is lim- ited to those Member States where this mode of transport exists. (7)  Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the creation of common statistical standards that permit the produc- tion of harmonised data, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the prin- ciple of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. (8)  Council Regulation (EC) No 32297 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics (3) provides a reference frame- work for the provisions laid down by this Regulation. (9)  The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers con- ferred on the Commission (*). (10) The Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (°) has been con- sulted in accordance with Article 3 of that Decision, () OJL52,22.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). (*) O] L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (O] L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11). (5) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.