STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 330 of 1999.

STATISTICS (TRADE STATISTICS (SHANNON FREE AIRPORT)) ORDER, 1999.

S.I. No. 330 of 1999.

STATISTICS (TRADE STATISTICS (SHANNON FREE AIRPORT)) ORDER, 1999.

I, SÉAMUS BRENNAN, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, in exersise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1993 (No. 21 of 1993) , and the Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 327 of 1997 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Trade Statistics (Shannon Free Airport)) Order, 1999.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of November 1999.

3. (1) In this Order--

“scheduled matter” means the matter set out in Part III of the Schedule hereto;

“scheduled month” means a month specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto;

“scheduled trade” means the trade specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto;

“Shannon Free Airport” means the Customs-free airport for the purposes of the Customs-free Airport Act, 1947 ;

“trade statistics (Shannon Free Airport)” means statistics--

(a) relating to undertakings carrying on the scheduled trade, and

(b) of the scheduled matter.

(2) References in this Order to importing and exporting shall be construed as referring to bringing into and out of Shannon Free Airport from and to countries outside the State (whether directly or inclusive of transit through the rest of the State or an airport therein).

4. Trade statistics (Shannon Free Airport) shall be collected in respect of each and every scheduled month.

5. This order applies to all persons and undertakings engaged in all or any of the transactions specified in Part II of the Schedule of this Order and on whom a sufficient requisition under section 25 of the Statistics Act, 1993 , ( No. 21 of 1993 ) is made.

6. (1) The forms to be used in the collection of trade statistics (Shannon Free Airport) shall, subject to the next paragraph, be the forms S.T. 5270(I) and S.T. 5270(E) which, sealed with the seal of the Taoiseach, have been deposited in the Department of the Taoiseach.

(2) In the case of a form for any particular undertaking--

(a) the following may be pre-printed:

(i) main commodities,

(ii) country headings,

(iii) appropriate explanatory notes or instructions,

(b) units of quantity for each commodity may be specified,

(c) superfluous columns may be deleted or additional columns inserted.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Each month from November 1999 to October 2004.

PART II

The importing and exporting of goods.

PART III

For each undertaking:

(a) identification particulars of undertaking,

(b) identification of relevant scheduled month,

(c) quantity and value of each commodity distinguished in the Official Import and Export Lists for the time being in force, imported from and exported to each separate country during that month.