# Commission Regulation (EU) No 113/2010 of 9 February 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards trade coverage, definition of the data, compilation of statistics on trade by business characteristics and by invoicing currency, and specific goods or movements (Text with EEA relevance), Article 23: Spacecraft

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For the purposes of this Article:
(a) ‘spacecraft’ means vehicles which are able to travel outside the earth’s atmosphere;
(b) ‘economic ownership’ means the right of a natural or legal person to claim the benefits associated with the use of a spacecraft in the course of an economic activity by virtue of accepting the associated risks.
2. The launching of a spacecraft for which economic ownership has been transferred between a natural or legal person established in a non-member country and a natural or legal person established in the United Kingdom shall be recorded:
(a) as an import if the United Kingdom is where the new owner is established;
(b) as an export if the United Kingdom was the country of construction of the finished spacecraft.
3. The following specific provisions shall apply to the statistics referred to in paragraph 2:
(a) the data on the statistical value shall be defined as the value of the spacecraft, excluding transport and insurance costs;
(b) the data on the partner country shall be the non-member country of construction of the finished spacecraft, on import, and the non-member country where the new owner is established, on export.
4. Provided that there is no conflict with other ... law, national statistical authorities shall have access to all available data sources, necessary for the compliance with this Article, in addition to customs declarations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/113/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-113/article-23
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