Data collection characteristics
Article 3
1. Member States shall collect data relating to: (a) cargo and passenger information; (b) information on the vessel. Vessels with a gross tonnage of less than 100 may be excluded from the data collection. 2. The characteristics of the data collection, namely the statistical variables in each domain and the nomenclatures for their classification, as well as their periodicity of observation, are set out in Annexes I to VIII. 3. The data collection shall be based, in so far as possible, on available sources, limiting the burden on respondents. 4. The Commission shall adapt the data collection characteristics and the content of Annexes I to VIII to economic and technical developments in so far as such adaptation does not involve a substantial increase in cost for the Member States and/or in the burden on respondents. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).