5.1.1 Statistical presentation

Short-term statistics give information on a wide range of economic activities according to the NACE Rev.1 classification (Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community).

This heading covers the following indicator:
Industry - Production Index. Coverage: Sections C, D and E.

Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat Website at http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/ebt/is_base.htm and
http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/ebt/is01_sm.htm 

4.1.1 Periodicity

4.1.2 Timeliness

1 month and 10 calendar days

The deadlines for the industrial index may be up to 15 calendar days longer for those Member States whose value added in Sections C, D and E, respectively section F of NACE Rev.1 in a given base year represents less than 3% of the European Community total.

5.1.3 Advance release calendar

5.1.4 Simultaneous release

0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics

Eurostat

Rules on statistical compilation

Council Regulation (EC) N° 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics (OJ N° L 52/1) sets the rules for General provisions, the Community statistical program and its implementation, Principles, Dissemination, Statistical confidentiality and Final provisions.

Production index

The legal basis for the indicators is the Council Regulation No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics , amended by the Regulation No 1158/2005 of 6 July 2005 concerning short-term statistics, referred hereafter as the STS Regulation.

The definitions of short-term statistics variables are laid down in Commission Regulation No 1503/2006 of 28 September 2006  implementing and amending Council Regulation N° 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of variables.

The classification by the main industrial groupings (MIGS) is laid down in Commission Regulation N° 586/2001 of 26 March 2001 on implementing Council Regulation N° 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of Main Industrial Groupings.

0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data

Eurostat

1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination

The above legal references are published in the "Official Journal of the European Communities" (In order to receive these texts in one of the official languages of the EU of for more info, please contact Celex@opoce.cec.be or look for information on line)

1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release

The news releases are forwarded for information purposes to the Cabinet of the Commissioner responsible for Eurostat on the evening before the news release's publication. No advance information is given to the Commissioner’s Cabinet for the indicators that are not published in the news release.

The European Central Bank receives the European aggregates under embargo and for internal use only, prior to its release to the public

4.3.1 Revision schedule

1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques.

5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques

5.2.2 Disseminated level of detail

Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat Website at http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/ebt/is_base.htm and
http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/ebt/is01_sm.htm 

4.2.1 Internal consistency

Eurostat aggregates Member States data to produce geographical aggregates such as the euro-area. The aggregated indices can be disseminated in four presentation forms:

• Working day adjusted
• Seasonally adjusted
• Trend

Depending on the index and presentation form, the aggregation is different:

• Working day adjusted aggregates: weighted compilation of the nationally working day adjusted data (production index, turnover indices in retail trade) ;

Eurostat approach in seasonal adjustments corresponds to the direct seasonal adjustment method.

Data on Short-term Statistics are disseminated in full detail in the domain EBT. A subset of the most important indicators is disseminated as well in the domain Euroind/IS.