title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 of 1 December 1999 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (Text with EEA relevance)

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text: L 307/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 12. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2543/1999 of 1 December 1999 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (4) Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member coutries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 374/98 (2), revising the rules on the single administrative document come into force; the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statis- tics relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-Member Countries, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 the introduction of the nomenclature of coun- tries and territories is the responsibility of the Commis- sion; the version thereof valid on 1 January 1999 was set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/ 98 (3); from 1 January 1999 the nomenclature of countries and territories is based on the ISO alpha-2 standard; it is preferable for there to be a transition period allowing Member States to adapt to the amendments made; whereas it is essential for purposes of simplification for transition period to end when the provisions this HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The version valid on 1 January 2000 of the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States is set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000. However, the Member States may use the three-digit numeric codes also shown in the Annex to this Regulation until the provisions revising Annexes 37 and 38 to Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 2454/93 (4) come into force. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 December 1999. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 118, 25. 5. 1995, p. 10. (2) OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1998, p. 6. (3) OJ L 335, 10. 12. 1998, p. 22. (4) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. 2. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 307/47 ANNEX NOMENCLATURE OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR THE EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY AND STATISTICS OF TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES (Version valid with effect from 1 January 2000) EUROPE (1) FR BE LU NL DE IT GB IE DK GR PT ES XC XL SE FI AT IS NO LI CH FO AD GI VA MT SM TR EE LV LT PL CZ SK HU RO BG AL UA (001) France Including Monaco and the French overseas departments (Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana) (017) (018) (003) (004) (005) (006) (007) (008) (009) (010) (011) (021) (023) (030) (032) (038) (024) (028) (037) (039) (041) (043) (044) (045) (046) (047) (052) (053) (054) (055) (060) (061) (063) (064) (066) (068) (070) (072) Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Germany Italy Including the island of Heligoland; excluding the territory of Büsingen Including Livigno United Kingdom Great Britan, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man Including Azores and Madeira Including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands; excluding Ceuta and Melilla Including Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas and Chafarinas Islands. Including Åland Islands Including Svalbard Archipelago and the Jan Mayen Island Including the German territory of Büsingen and the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia Often referred to as Vatican City Including Gozo and Comino Ireland Denmark Greece Portugal Spain Ceuta Melilla Sweden Finland Austria Iceland Norway Liechtenstein Switzerland Faroe Islands Andorra Gibraltar Holy See Malta San Marino Turkey Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Czech Republic Slovakih Hungary Romania Bulgaria Albania Ukraine L 307/48 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 12. 1999 BY MD RU SI HR BA YU (073) (074) (075) (091) (092) (093) (094) Belarus Often referred to as Belorussia Moldova (Republic of) Russian Federation Often referred to as Russia Slovenia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro MK (2) (096) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia CY (600) Cyprus AFRICA (1) MA DZ TN LY EG SD MR ML BF NE TD CV SN GM GW GN SL LR CI GH TG BJ NG CM CF GQ ST GA CG CD RW BI SH AO ET (204) (208) (212) (216) (220) (224) (228) (232) (236) (240) (244) (247) (248) (252) (257) (260) (264) (268) (272) (276) (280) (284) (288) (302) (306) (310) (311) (314) (318) (322) (324) (328) (329) (330) (334) Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Often referred to as Libya Egypt Sudan Mauritania Mali Burkina Faso Niger Chad Cape Verde Senegal Gambia Guinea-Bissau Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Côte d'Ivoire Often referred to as Ivory Coast Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Cameroon Central African Republic Equatorial Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Gabon Congo Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Formerly Zaire Rwanda Burundi Saint Helena Includes Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha Islands Angola Ethiopia Including Cabinda 2. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 307/49 ER DJ SO KE UG TZ SC (336) (338) (342) (346) (350) (352) Eritrea Djibouti Somalia Kenya Uganda Tanzania (United Republic of) Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba (355) Seychelles Mahé Island, Praslin Island, La Digue, Frégate and Silhouette; Amirante Islands (including Desroches, Alphonse, Platte and Coëtivy); Farquhar Islands (including Providence); Aldabra Islands and Cosmoledo Islands. IO (357) British Territory Indian Ocean Chagos Archipelago Mauritius, Rodrigues Island, Agalega Island and Cargados Carajos Shoals (St Brandos Islands) Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli Grande-Terre and Pamandzi MZ MG MU KM YT ZM ZW MW ZA NA BW SZ LS (366) (370) (373) (375) (377) (378) (382) (386) (388) (389) (391) (393) (395) Mozambique Madagascar Mauritius Comoros Mayotte Zambia Zimbabwe Malawi South Africa Namibia Botswana Swaziland Lesotho AMERICA (1) US CA GL PM MX BM GT BZ HN SV NI CR PA AI CU KN HT BS TC DO VI AG DM KY (400) (404) (406) (408) (412) (413) (416) (421) (424) (428) (432) (436) (442) (446) (448) (449) (452) (453) (454) (456) (457) (459) (460) (463) United States Including Puerto Rico Canada Greenland St Pierre and Miquelon Including Swan Islands Including Corn Islands Including former Canal Zone Mexico Bermuda Guatemala Belize Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Anguilla Cuba St Kitts and Nevis Haiti Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands Dominican Republic US Virgin Islands Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Cayman Islands L 307/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 12. 1999 JM LC VC VG BB MS TT GD AW AN CO VE GY SR EC PE BR CL BO PY UY AR FK ASIA (1) LB SY IQ IR IL XP JO SA KW BH QA AE OM YE GE AM AZ KZ TM UZ TJ (464) (465) (467) (468) (469) (470) (472) (473) (474) (478) (480) (484) (488) (492) (500) (504) (508) (512) (516) (520) (524) (528) (529) (604) (608) (612) (616) (624) (625) (628) (632) (636) (640) (644) (647) (649) (653) (076) (077) (078) (079) (080) (081) (082) Jamaica St Lucia St Vincent British Virgin Islands Barbados Montserrat Trinidad and Tobago Grenada Aruba Including Northern Grenadines Including Southern Grenadines Netherlands Antilles Curaçao, Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba and southern part of St Martin Including Galápagos Islands Colombia Venezuela Guyana Suriname Ecuador Peru Brazil Chile Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Argentina Falkland Islands Lebanon Syrian Arab Republic Often referred to as Syria Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Often referred to as Iran West Bank includes East Jerusalem Israel West Bank and Gaza Strip Jordan Saudi Arabia Kuwait Bahrain Qatar United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah Formerly North Yemen and South Yemen Oman Yemen Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Tajikistan 2. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 307/51 KG AF PK IN BD MV LK NP BT MM TH LA VN KH ID MY BN SG PH MN CN KP KR JP TW HK MO (083) (660) (662) (664) (666) (667) (669) (672) (675) (676) (680) (684) (690) (696) (700) (701) (703) (706) (708) (716) (720) (724) (728) (732) (736) (740) (743) Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan Pakistan India Bangladesh Maldives Sri Lanka Nepal Bhutan Myanmar Thailand Often referred to as Burma Lao People's Democratic Republic Often referred to as Laos Vietnam Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia and Eastern Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan) Brunei Barussalam Often referred to as Brunei Singapore Philippines Mongolia China Korea (Democratic republic of) Often referred to as North Korea People's Korea (Republic of) Often referred to as South Korea Japan Taiwan Hong Kong Macao OCEANIA (1) AU PG (800) (801) Australia Papua New Guinea XO (802) Australian Oceania Eastern part of New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago (including New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai (New Hanover) and Admiralty Islands); Northern Solomon Islands (Bougainville and Buka); Trobriand Islands, Woodlark Island; d'Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and Norfolk Island NR NZ SB TV NC XA WF KI PN XZ (803) (804) (806) (807) (809) (810) (811) (812) (813) (814) Nauru New Zealand Excluding Ross Dependency (Antarctica) Solomon Islands Tuvalu New Caledonia Including Loyalty Islands (Maré, Lifou and Ouvéa) American Oceania American Samoa, Guam, minor US outlying islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island) Wallis and Futuna Including Alofi Kiribati Pitcairn New Zealand Oceania Tokelau and Niue; Cook Islands L 307/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 12. 1999 FJ VU TO WS MP PF FM MH PW (815) (816) (817) (819) (820) Fĳi Islands Vanuatu Tonga Samoa Northern Mariana Islands (822) French Polynesia (823) (824) (825) Micronesia (Federated States of) Marshall Island Palau OTHER TERRITORIES XR (890) Polar regions MISCELLANEOUS Marquesas Islands, Society Islands (including Tahiti), Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands and Austral Islands. Also Clipperton Island Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk, Pohnpei Arctic regions not elsewhere specified or classified: Antarctica (territory south of 60° south latitude); including Amsterdam Island, St Paul Island, Crozet Archipelago and Kerguélen Islands; Bouvet Island; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (958) Countries and territories not determined Optional QU or QV (959) QW (960) QX (977) or QY (978) QZ (979) Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Countries and territories not determined in the intra- of context Community trade Countries and territories not determined in the context of trade with third countries Countries and territories not for disclosed commercial or military reasons Countries and territories not for disclosed commercial or military reasons in the context of intra-Community trade Countries and territories not for disclosed commercial or military reasons in the context of intra-Community trade (1) The breakdown of countries and territories by continents does not prejudge the contents of geographic or economic zones used in statistical publications. (2) Provisional code which does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negociations currently taking place on this subject at the United Nations


title: QUESTION ÉCRITE E-2240/99 posée par Christopher Huhne (ELDR) à la Commission. Coin fiscal relevé dans chaque État membre.

text: 24. 10. 2000 FR Journal officiel des CommunautØs europØennes C 303 E/35 TIPS bØnØficie directement aux entreprises latino-amØricaines et indirectement aux entreprises europØennes, qui peuvent sollicter l(cid:146)accŁs aux services Ølectroniques de TIPS et bØnØficier notamment des donnØes dØtaillØes collectØes par TIPS sur les PME latino-amØricaines interessØes par des partenariats internationaux (10 000 recensØes). En outre, le parlement latino-amØricain a confirmØ, dans un courrier adressØ par son PrØsident, M. Singer, (cid:224) la Commission, en date du 13 avril 1999, l(cid:146)importance qu(cid:146)il accordait (cid:224) TIPS. (2000/C 303 E/032) QUESTION (cid:201)CRITE E-2240/99 posØe par Christopher Huhne (ELDR) (cid:224) la Commission Objet: «Coin» fiscal relevØ dans chaque (cid:201)tat membre (1er dØcembre 1999) La Commission voudrait-elle exposer le «coin» fiscal qui affecte une rØmunØration Øgale (cid:224) 25 %, 50 %, 75 %, 125 %, 150 %, 200 %, 250 %, 300 %, 350 %, 400 % et 500 % du salaire mØdian versØ dans chaque (cid:201)tat membre, prØciser le montant du salaire mØdian et indiquer, (cid:224) chaque fois, les ØlØments composant le «coin» fiscal que constitue l(cid:146)Øcart entre ce que verse l(cid:146)employeur et la somme nette per(cid:231)ue par le salariØ? RØponse donnØe par M. Bolkestein au nom de la Commission (20 janvier 2000) La Commission n(cid:146)effectue aucun calcul et ne possŁde aucune donnØe en ce qui concerne le coin fiscal dans chaque (cid:201)tat membre sous la forme demandØe. NØanmoins, la Commission a calculØ des coins fiscaux ex ante et procØdØ (cid:224) une ventilation prØcise pour quelques Øtudes de cas reprØsentatives des salariØs. Une premiŁre approche du concept et des calculs du coin fiscal figure dans la troisiŁme partie, section 1, du rapport 1995 «L(cid:146)emploi en Europe» (1), comprenant un calcul des taux moyens et marginaux d(cid:146)imposition, ainsi que dans la publication annuelle «Gains nets des salariØs des industries manufacturiŁres dans l(cid:146)Union europØenne» (2). Plus rØcemment, de nouvelles analyses du coin fiscal relatif (cid:224) la main-d(cid:146)(cid:156)uvre salariØe et (cid:224) ses composantes ont ØtØ prØsentØes dans l(cid:146)Øtude no 2, section 2 du «Bilan de l(cid:146)Øconomie de l(cid:146)Union en 1999» (3). En outre, en vue de fournir un cadre harmonisØ de comparaison des systŁmes de taxation hØtØrogŁnes des diffØrents (cid:201)tats membres et de mesure de la taxation du travail, la Commission a calculØ des taux d(cid:146)imposition implicites. Ces taux sont obtenus en divisant les taxes prØlevØes sur une activitØ ou un bien spØcifiques par une base d(cid:146)imposition appropriØe d(cid:146)un point de vue macroØconomique. Les taux d(cid:146)imposition implicites sont calculØs pour la consommation, le travail et d(cid:146)«autres facteurs de production». La base d(cid:146)imposition implicite sur le travail est dØfinie comme Øtant le montant total des taxes sur la main-d(cid:146)(cid:156)uvre salariØe divisØ par la rØmunØration des salariØs. Le dØnominateur «rØmunØration des salariØs» se base sur les salaires bruts et inclut donc Øgalement les sommes versØes au titre des cotisations de sØcuritØ sociale et de l(cid:146)imp(cid:244)t sur les salaires. Un tableau retra(cid:231)ant les taux d(cid:146)imposition implicites sur le travail dans les (cid:201)tats membres entre 1980 et 1997 est envoyØ directement (cid:224) l(cid:146)Honorable Parlementaire et au secrØtariat du Parlement. La Commission Ødite rØguliŁrement la publication intitulØe «Structures des systŁmes fiscaux dans l(cid:146)Union europØenne» (4), qui rassemble des donnØes analysØes concernant l(cid:146)Øvolution de la structure du systŁme de taxation dans la CommunautØ. (1) COM(95) 396 final. (2) http://www. cc. cec/eurostat/eudor-stat/mst3/fr/11225/00000001. htm. (3) (cid:201)conomie europØenne no 69. (4) http://www. cc. cec/eurostat/eudor-stat/mst2/en/24248/00000001. htm