Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT)

Agriculture Statistics Section 

Statistical Service of Cyprus

Michael Karaoli str. 1444 Nicosia

Cyprus

See the sub-categories below.

A complete catalogue of crop holders of pesticides and a catalogue of the substances placed in the market in Cyprus is provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment. A survey is conducted on an annual basis with telephone interviews to agricultural holders.

The data reported are the quantity of each active substances listed in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No. 1185/2009 contained in plant protection products used on a selected crop, expressed in kg. The area treated for each substance are expressed in hectares.

The active substances are classified according to the revised Annex III of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides.

The data collection refers to the five-year period 2015-2019.

The legal basis for the collection and publication of official statistics in Cyprus is provided by the Statistics Law No. 15(I) of 2000. This Law, which repealed the previous one of 1968, is fully harmonised with the relevant statistical acquis and the patterns of European Statistical Laws. It forms the legal basis for the collection, production and dissemination of statistical information and includes general provisions governing the statistical system in Cyprus. It also specifies the tasks of the Statistical Service and redefines its role and function as the agency responsible for the production of official statistics.

http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/legislation_en/legislation_en?OpenDocument 

CYSTAT 

The Statistics Law No. 15(I) of 2000.

The survey on pesticide use covers all the variables required by the Regulation (EC) No. 1185/2009 of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides.

Not applicable

The classification for pesticides use is based on the Annex III of the Regulation (EC) No. 1185/2009 and the classification for crops based on the annual crop statistics Handbook 2019.

The data cover the agricultural sector. The crops selected are according to the importance for Cyprus because of they cover most of the utilised agricultural area.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

No information on commercial non-agricultural uses of pesticides are gathered.

The data reported are the quantity of each active substances listed in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No. 1185/2009 contained in plant protection products used on a selected crop, expressed in kg. The area treated for each substance are expressed in hectares.

The active substances are classified according to the revised Annex III of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides.

Agricultural holdings.

The statistical population is different from year to year according to the survey and the crops covered. 

See sub-categories below.

Republic of Cyprus.

Data are available as from 2011 on an annual basis. 

Not applicable. 

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

Every year.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

The Agricultural Statistics Section of CYSTAT collects annual data from the agricultural holders on the quantity of the substances used in Cyprus. Validations are preformed for possible coding errors and volume errors. Also manual checks are carried out and, where necessary, contacts with the holders are taking place for the verification of data. 

The total amount of kilograms and/or litres used of every product is collected. Then by using the composition in weight, the total amount of active substance used for each product is compiled.

No adustments are perfomed.

Statistics are produced in accordance with the provisions of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in line with the principles governing its implementation.

The quality of statistics is assessed according to five quality criteria: relevance, accuracy, timeliness and punctuality, accessibility and clarity, coherence and comparability. The data are assessed taking into account Eurostat defined methodology and recommendations. On the basis of the above criteria, the data is assessed as being of good quality. CYSTAT endorses the Quality Declaration of the European Statistical System. In addition, CYSTAT is guided by the requirements provided for in Article 12 of the Statistics Law No. 15(I) of 2000 as well as Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics, which sets out the quality criteria to be applied in the development, production and dissemination of European statistics.

Not applicable.

No additional comments.

No additional comments.

Eurostat, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, researchers, enterprises, media.

Not applicable.

All user needs are fulfilled.

No additional comments.

No user satisfaction survey has been conducted for the purpose of the pesticides use statistics.

 It is not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics as there is no target on the number of data.

It is not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics as there is no target on the number of data.

It is based on a sample survey, so errors from sampling are likely to occur. Coverage errors, measurement errors, non-response errors, processing errors are considered to be small but nevertheless actions are undertaken to reduce these different types of errors as much as possible.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See sub-categories below.

Non-sampling error is not quantified, but is considered to be small. Cystat tries to reduce non-sampling error through continuous methodological improvements and survey process improvements. In particular,

• The Agricultural Register is of fundamental importance to the compilation of the pesticides use statistics. The register is updated every year from administrative sources. 
• A complete cataloque of crop holders of pesticides and a cataloque of substances placed in the market is provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.
• The personnel working at the collection stage is well experienced and properly guided. 
• The respondents are well informed about the concepts and the items that are generally to be included /excluded. Guidance is provided to the holders for providing the correct information.
• Considering the respondent’s burden and cost, the questionnaire is designed to be clear and simple. 
• There are many ways of trying to encourage response and minimise refusals, including reminders to the non responding units by various media (fax, telephone or e-mail). 
• Validation checks and analyses of the information provided are being performed at all stages of the process. Errors at micro level and inconsistencies or large deviations are checked, resulting in high levels of statistical reliability. Data entry errors are often recognized with automated checks during the data editing process.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

Not applicable.

Seasonal adjustment is not applicable to pesticide use statistics since all plant protection treatments associated directly or indirectly with the crop during the reference period are reported.

There is a formal revision policy at Cystat. Cystat publishes its Revision Policy on its website, describing the general rules and principles governing the procedure of revising data published by Cystat. The policy is based on the guidelines of the European Statistical System (ESS) regarding revision policies for principal European economic indicators, also taking into account the Quality Assurance Framework of the ESS and the European Statistics Code of Practice. The policy is of a general nature, applicable to revisions in all statistical domains. Domain specific policies are described in the relevant quality reports. Any changes to such policies are pre-announced, well-documented and communicated to users appropriately.

http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/dissemination_en/dissemination_en?OpenDocument

The same practice is applied both to data released nationally and to data transmitted to Eurostat. When revised data are transmitted to Eurostat, these are flagged accordingly and accompanied by the necessary explanations.

Cystat maintains and releases a revision calendar for scheduled revisions on its website, so that users are informed in advance when revised data are released.

 http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/releasecalendar_en/releasecalendar_en?OpenDocument

If data are revised, an informative e-mail message is sent to Eurostat Unit E-1. No qualitative assessment on the average size of revisions has been performed.

No revision analysis have been carried out.

No revision analysis have been carried out.

No additional comments.

See sub-categories below.

 t+12 months.

 t+12 months.

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Eurostat deadlines are respected.

Deadlines are respected. No delays.

Data are comparable across European countries since pesticides use statistics are compiled according to harmonised quidelines.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Comparisons are performed on data for pesticides use and pesticides placed on the market during the five-year period. No such information is available to the public; it is only for internal use. 

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

No inconsisteny issues are reported.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Data on pesticides use are not published at Cystat web site.

Not applicable.

Not available

Not applicable.

None.

None.

No available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not applicable.

None.

Not applicable.

No cost and burden has been elaborated especially for the purpose of pesticides use statistics.

National Statistics Law No. 15(I) of 2000

http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/legislation_en/legislation_en?OpenDocument

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and its later amendments                                               

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02009R0223-20150608&qid=1504858409240&from=EN

European Statistics Code of Practice 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/KS-32-11-955

CYSTAT's Code of Practice for the Collection, Publication and Storage of Statistical Data.

http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/dmlquality_en/dmlquality_en?OpenDocument

Under the provisions of the Statistics Law, all the information collected is treated as confidential and is used solely for statistical purposes. No data for any individual enterprise is published or disclosed to either public bodies or private individuals.

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