Special Data Dissemination Standard
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| The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness | |
| Coverage characteristics | 5.1.1 Statistical presentation Data for total output price index, domestic output price index, and non-domestic output price index are published for the Euro-area, the European Union and for each country separately, if data are available. Short-term statistics give information on a wide range of economic activities according to the NACE Rev.1.1 classification (Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community). Total Output Price Index, Domestic Output Price Index and Non-domestic Output Price Index (Producer Price Index) cover NACE 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 Notes: |
| Periodicity | 4.1.1 Periodicity MonthlyNotes: |
| Timeliness | 4.1.2 Timeliness 1 month and 5 calendar days. The deadlines for the industrial and construction indices 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. Notes: |
| Access by the Public | |
| Advance dissemination of release calendar |
5.1.3 Advance release calendar The precise date of data release is disseminated on the website at http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat (select language and release calendar). An Advance Release Calendar is also available on the euro area page of the DSBB. Flexibility Notes: |
| Simultaneous release to all interested parties |
5.1.4 Simultaneous release Data are disseminated simultaneously to all interested parties through a database update and on Eurostat's website. |
| Integrity | |
| Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information |
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. Price index: Producer prices Rules on statistical compilation 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 Council Regulation (CE) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 (OJ No L 52/1) and Council Regulation (EURATOM, EEC) no 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of the data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ No L 151/ 1) stipulates the detailed rules used for receiving, processing and disseminating the confidential data.1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Rules on statistical compilation The various Council Regulations 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) |
| Identification of internal government access to data before release |
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 |
| Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases |
1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products Besides the text of the news release, written by Eurostat, there are no official comments on the occasion of the release of the data. |
| Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology |
4.3.1 Revision schedule Data are revised when additional information becomes available.1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Major changes in methodology are announced in the monthly News Release and/or in the "Quarterly Panorama of European Business". |
| Quality | |
| Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics |
5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques Methodological recommendations for the collection and compilation of indices are published in "Methodology of Short-term Business Statistics, Interpretation and guidelines", 2006. Detailed methodological information about Member States practice is available online.5.2.2 Disseminated level of detail Data on Short-term Statistics are disseminated in full detail by Eurostat in the domain EBT (European Business Trends). A subset of indicators is disseminated as well in the domain "Euroindicators". Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat website at: http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/ebt/is_base.htm and |
| Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness |
4.2.1 Internal consistency Eurostat aggregates Member States data to produce geographical aggregates such as EU-25 and euro-area. The aggregated indices are disseminated as gross (unadjusted) data. The gross aggregates are obtained by the weighted compilation of the non-adjusted data. |