Las Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito en Colombia

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Please check carefully the printed details on the front page of the questionnaire, including your name/address and the details of the vehicle that has been selected for the survey. If you find any discrepancy between your actual details and the details (as recorded on the vehicle register) of the vehicle on the printed label, please enter the correct details in the appropriate boxes of the label below the first one.

If you are a private entrepreneur (or a farmer), please enter the brief description of your core business in the appropriate box.

In the telephone number box of the director/entrepreneur on the front page of the questionnaire enter only the telephone number(s) (fixed and/or mobile), where the owner and/or respondent is available during the working hours for the clarification of any issues. The questionnaire must be completed for those motor vehicles, for which the

owner/operator received a complete package. Please enter the requested details for the

survey week only. Details for the survey week must be provided from Monday to

Sunday (refer to the number of the week and first day - last day details shown on the

label of the front page). The number of the survey week is a reference number for official use only.

CHAPTER 4. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SURVEY - QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN

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I. CHANGES IN THE OWNERSHIP/OPERATION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE

1. If the motor vehicle was sold (1), leased out permanently (2) or subcontracted for operation (3) before the survey week, please enter the appropriate code (shown in parentheses) in the box to the right, and give the name and address of the new owner/lessee/operator.

2. If the motor vehicle is temporarily (1) or permanently (2) out of operation, please enter the appropriate code (shown in parentheses) in the box to the right.

3. Enter here the actual date when the change in ownership or took place or the vehicle became unusable.

II. MAJOR DETAILS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER/SEMI-TRAILER (Please note: All questions relate to the survey week only)

1. Was a trailer/semi-trailer attached to the motor vehicle?

Tick the Yes or No box accordingly. if you ticked ”Yes ” for a lorry or road-tractor, proceed according to the instructions. If you ticked ”No” for a lorry, skip to Question 3 or to Question 5 for a road-tractor.

2. Details of the trailer/semi-trailer attached typically to the motor vehicle:

Enter details only if you ticked ”Yes ” for the previous question. Since various trailers/semi-trailers may be attached to lorries and tractors in the survey week, enter the loading capacity and axle number of the one used in the majority of cases during the survey week.

3. Body type:

For tractors enter only details of the trailer/semi-trailer used, because tractors are not suitable for goods transport alone. Select from Items 1-13 the appropriate one, and tick the box to the right of the selected item.

4. Vehicle design for combined transport

If the motor vehicle, or the trailer whose details are given for question 2 above, has been specially designed or modified for combined transport purposes, please tick the "Yes" box. There are two cases:

a. the lorry, trailer or semi-trailer is equipped (e.g. twist locks to fasten the loading units) to carry inter-modal loading units (containers or swap bodies).

b. The semi-trailer is suitable for vertical loading (craning) and certificated as a transport vessel for rail transport.

5. Details of the transport activity:

The Statistical Office completes this box on the basis of details provided in Sections III and IV.

6. Fuel purchased during the survey week:

Enter in this field the amount (in litres) and type (Petrol, Diesel oil) of the fuel purchased during the survey week, regardless of the actual mileage.

7. Number of days in and out of service:

Enter in this field the number of days the vehicle was used for freight transport (items 01 - 02) and not working (items 03-09) during the survey week. Please give account of

all the days of the week. All the days spent abroad during the survey week as part of

a transport activity that began before the survey week must be entered into the field ”International transport excluded survey” (see description of international transport).

Transport activities performed within the confines of a private area (factory site, construction site or forest) and without the use of a public road is excluded from

this survey of goods transport. Enter such transport in field 09 "0ther”.

8. Mileage and operating performance of the motor vehicle in the past 12 months:

Enter in field 01 the total mileage (in kilometres) of the motor vehicle for the 12 months preceding the month of the survey. (E.g. if the survey week of the motor vehicle is in August 1999, the preceding 12 months are the months between August 1998 and July 1999). If the requested data cannot be retrieved from the bills of lading/logbooks, please give an estimated value. If the vehicle is less than 12 months old, please give the number of months in service in the preceding 12 months.

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III. JOURNEYS DURING THE SURVEY WEEK

Complete this section regularly, in chronological order, for all days of vehicle activity

during the survey week. For journeys with several stops enter each stage of the

journey between the stops on a separate line (for example, a journey from A to B, then

from B to C; then from C to A must be entered on three separate lines to show each stage of the journey).

(For international journeys please refer to the section, "International transport” later in these notes).

lf the operator completes a bill of loading and/or trip logbook, enter the same details in this section.

For regular delivery and collection journeys with more than 5 (five) stops of

loading/unloading use Section IV.