Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Spatial Statistics Directorate/Agricultural, Production and Structural Statistics Department/Crop production statistics, agricultural structural statistics and Register of agricultural holdings Unit
For more information, you can consult the Eurostat glossary page on the standard output.
3.2. Classification system
Data collected include information on the number of harvests, value, quantity and unit price corresponding to the standard output coefficients of a list of products, broken down by FADN region for each country (reference area). Such values are expressed in euro (and in national currency for countries out of euro area).
The list of products is based on the classifications of crop and livestock variables available in Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2018/1091.
The FADN regions refer to the Farm Accountancy Data Network divisions that are territories of a Member State, or any part thereof, delimited with a view to the selection of returning holdings. See Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 for more information.
The standard output coefficients are used to calculate the standard output of agricultural holdings and to classify agricultural holdings by type of farming and by economic size. The farm type is determined by the relative contribution of the different productions to the total standard output of the holding.
The standard output coefficient of an agricultural product (crop or livestock), abbreviated as SOC, is the average monetary value of the agricultural output at farm-gate price, in euro per hectare or per head of livestock.
Other concepts and definitions are presented in the Typology handbook (RI/CC 1500 rev 5) prepared by the Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network.
Standard Output Coefficients (SOC) are collected under the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), by FADN regions in each country. FADN regions are mapped with NUTS regions. For more information on NUTS regions, see the NUTS classification.
3.8. Coverage - Time
The SO 2004 was calculated using the average of 2003, 2004 and 2005 prices. It is applied in 2007 Farm structure survey data and has been applied to 2005 Farm structure survey to allow comparability over the time periods.
The SO 2007 was calculated using the average of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 prices. It is applied in the 2010 Farm structure survey data.
The SO 2010 was calculated using the average of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 prices. It is applied in the 2013 Farm structure survey data.
The SO 2013 was calculated using the average of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 prices. It is applied in the 2016 Farm structure survey data.
The SO 2017 was calculated using the average of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 prices. It is applied in the 2020 Farm structure survey data.
The SO 2020 was calculated using the average of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 prices. It is applied in the 2023 Farm structure survey data.
3.9. Base period
Not requested for this reference year.
Units of measure utilised in the SOC data set are listed in the data transmission file to Eurostat by product. In general terms the used ones are EUR/100HEAD, EUR/100M2, EUR/HA, EUR/HEAD, EUR/HIVE.
Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014 states on the reference period for the standard output: “For the purposes of calculating standard outputs for the Union farm structure survey for year N, as referred to in Article 5b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the reference period consists of the five successive years from year N-5 to year N-1. The standard outputs shall be determined using average basic data calculated over the reference period laid down in the first paragraph and commonly referred to as ‘N-3 standard outputs’. These N-3 standard outputs shall be updated to take account of economic trends at least each time a Union farm structure survey is carried out.”
For IFS 2020 this means that the Standard Output Coefficients required will be those calculated on the period of 5 years that spans from 2015 to 2019 (SOC2017)
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
No national legal act, just agreement between institutions.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not requested for this reference year.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Statistical data collected for SOC2020, according to the Law on official statistics (NN, br. 25/20.) is confidential and its purpose is restricted exclusively to statistical usage. The results will be published in a cumulative form which prevents displaying data on individuals.
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
The information is provided in the Ordinance on Conditions and Terms of Using Confidential Data for Scientific Purposes (Official Gazette, No. 137/13) which defines in detail conditions, modalities and measures for protecting confidential information (research proposal submitted by independent researchers or research entities referred to in Article 2 of the Ordinance; access to confidential data on the basis of research proposals submitted and approved; confidential declaration has to be signed by any individual researcher using confidential data; special contract has to be concluded inter CBS and independent researcher or research entity; access to confidential data may be granted only for the period of the duration of the research project, max 5 years; obligations for taking all legal, administrative, technical and organisational safeguards of the confidential data for scientific purpose which have been granted; confidential data must be destroyed when the research project is finished; after expiry of the research project, the researchers or research entity are obliged to provide CBS with references to all reports that have been produced using the data; termination access to data etc.).
Each usage of confidential information is regulated through a specific contract with CBS, which strictly regulates this issue. The Republic of Croatia has protected the data at the level of the active substance according with (EC) Regulation 1185/2009 and Statistics Act of Croatia.
8.1. Release calendar
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the calendar of statistical data issues. This Calendar contains the review of publications planned to be issued in current year and by the end of May for next year, which depends on when the processing of a particular statistical survey can be finished and on whether it is feasible to make a particular kind of publication or not. All Calendars are publicly available.
Data are disseminated according to a predefined calendar and are simultaneously available to all users on the pages of CBS.
SOC data are published on Eurobase under the Additional data - Eurostat (europa.eu) page on Agriculture statistics. The publication of the data normally takes place within N+1 year after the deadline for the data transmission. Nevertheless updates of the data can occur, triggered by DG Agri and Eurostat revision and post-validation checks.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Published on Eurostat website.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Published on Eurostat website.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Online database within farm structure data.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
We do not monitor and record the number of consultations of data tables in the field of farm structure.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not requested for this reference year.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
No.Published on Eurostat website.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
We do not monitor and record the number of consultations of data tables in the field of farm structure.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Eurostat documentation of SOC handbook.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
No
10.7. Quality management - documentation
No
11.1. Quality assurance
No
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Not requested for this reference year.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Ministry of Agriculture
Rural development department
used for calculating the economic size of an agricultural holdings which are needed for the purposes of applications on tenders within the rural development programs
FADN department
used for calculating the economic sizes of an agricultural holdings which are needed for making representative samples used for FADN research.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
The user satisfaction survey hadn’t been conducted.
12.3. Completeness
Not applicable for Integrated Farm Statistics as the not collected variables, not-significant variables and not-existent variables are completed with 0.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable for Integrated Farm Statistics as the not collected variables, not-significant variables and not-existent variables are completed with 0.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Good.
13.2. Sampling error
Not requested for this reference year.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not requested for this reference year.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not requested for this reference year.
14.1. Timeliness
Reference period: 2018-2022.
Published: not yet published (plan to publish by end of 2024).
Difference number of months: 0.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not requested for this reference year.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not requested for this reference year.
14.2. Punctuality
On time. We respected the deadline of 31 December 2023.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not requested for this reference year.
Data are comparable and harmonized among Member States and therefore the geographically comparable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
FADN regional level
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not requested for this reference year.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Assessed by Eurostat.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
SO coefficients 2004 - 2017
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not requested for this reference year.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not requested for this reference year.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not requested for this reference year.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Not requested for this reference year.
Increased use of administrative data.
Data revision is not planned so far.
17.1. Data revision - policy
On the basis of Eurostat post validation.
17.2. Data revision - practice
Not applicable.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not requested for this reference year.
18.1. Source data
The source of data were: surveys, administrative sources, experts and other data providers.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
SOC data transmission occurs every 3 years
18.3. Data collection
Not requested for this reference year.
18.4. Data validation
Manual validation, cross-validated with previous results and administrative data sources.
For more information, you can consult the Eurostat glossary page on the standard output.
6 February 2024
The standard output coefficient of an agricultural product (crop or livestock), abbreviated as SOC, is the average monetary value of the agricultural output at farm-gate price, in euro per hectare or per head of livestock.
Other concepts and definitions are presented in the Typology handbook (RI/CC 1500 rev 5) prepared by the Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network.
Standard Output Coefficients (SOC) are collected under the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), by FADN regions in each country. FADN regions are mapped with NUTS regions. For more information on NUTS regions, see the NUTS classification.
Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014 states on the reference period for the standard output: “For the purposes of calculating standard outputs for the Union farm structure survey for year N, as referred to in Article 5b(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the reference period consists of the five successive years from year N-5 to year N-1. The standard outputs shall be determined using average basic data calculated over the reference period laid down in the first paragraph and commonly referred to as ‘N-3 standard outputs’. These N-3 standard outputs shall be updated to take account of economic trends at least each time a Union farm structure survey is carried out.”
For IFS 2020 this means that the Standard Output Coefficients required will be those calculated on the period of 5 years that spans from 2015 to 2019 (SOC2017)
Good.
Units of measure utilised in the SOC data set are listed in the data transmission file to Eurostat by product. In general terms the used ones are EUR/100HEAD, EUR/100M2, EUR/HA, EUR/HEAD, EUR/HIVE.
Not requested for this reference year.
The source of data were: surveys, administrative sources, experts and other data providers.
SOC data are published on Eurobase under the Additional data - Eurostat (europa.eu) page on Agriculture statistics. The publication of the data normally takes place within N+1 year after the deadline for the data transmission. Nevertheless updates of the data can occur, triggered by DG Agri and Eurostat revision and post-validation checks.
Reference period: 2018-2022.
Published: not yet published (plan to publish by end of 2024).
