L 10326 Official Journal of the European Union 20.4.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 425/2007 of 19 April 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: 4y e 0J 0 In accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006, the Commission should lay down the arrangements for implementing that Regulation. It is necessary to adapt the definitions provided in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006, by adding some new definitions, and by providing explanations and data reporting guidelines to ensure a harmonized meth- odological framework for the data collection and the compilation of comparable statistics at Community level. It is necessary to adapt the data collection scope and the content of the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 in order to provide an adequate statistical coverage of this mode of transport and to ensure the compilation of relevant statistics at Community level. It is necessary to specify the description of the data files, the format and the medium in which the data are to be transmitted to ensure that such data can be processed rapidly and in a cost-effective way. Provisions should be made concerning the dissemination of the statistical results. Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Council Decision 89/382[EEC, Euratom (), L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 1. L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1365/2006 is amended as follows: 1. Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply: (@) “navigable inland waterway” means a watercourse, not part of the sea, which by natural or man-made features is suitable for navigation, primarily by inland waterway vessels; (b) “inland waterway vessel” means a floating craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers which navigates predominantly in navigable inland waterways or in waters within, or closely adjacent to sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply; (©) “nationality of the vessel” means the country in which the vessel is registered; (d) “inland waterways transport” means any movement of goods andfor passengers using inland waterways vessels which is undertaken wholly or partly in navigable inland waterways; () “national inland waterways transport” means inland waterways transport between two ports of a national territory irrespective of the nationality of the vessel; (f) “international inland waterways transport” means inland waterways transport between two ports located in different national territories;