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.
Social Statistics Directorate (Statistics Austria)
Department V/8/a (Fedaral Ministry of the Interior)
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Statistics Austria
Guglgasse 13
1110 Vienna
Austria
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
26 June 2024
2.2. Metadata last posted
26 June 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
26 June 2024
3.1. Data description
Data collection on intra-corporate transfers is based on Article 24 of Directive 2014/66/EU on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer.
The following datasets are collected under this framework:
Intra-corporate transferee permits issued, renewed and withdrawn by type of permit, length of validity and citizenship (migr_resict1_1);
Intra-corporate transferee permits issued by type of permit, economic sector and citizenship (migr_resict1_2);
Intra-corporate transferee permits issued by type of permit, length of validity, transferee position and citizenship (migr_resict1_3);
Intra-corporate notifications received by length of validity and citizenship (migr_resict2_1);
Intra-corporate notifications received by economic sector and citizenship (migr_resict2_2);
Permits for long-term mobility issued and notifications received by citizenship and first Member State of residence (migr_resict3).
Directive 2014/66/EU was transposed at national level on 1 January 2017 (see RIS German only).
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Residence permits statistics, intra-corporate transfers
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of permits/notifications.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
3.7. Reference area
Austria.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of authorisations for intra-corporate transfers.
Calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The Federal Statistics Act 2000, Federal Law Gazette I No. 163/1999 as amended, provides the general legal framework and contains the basic provisions for the compilation of federal statistics.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Statistics Austria and the Federal Ministry of the Interior signed a contract regarding the compilation and transmission of statistics to Eurostat in accordance with the Regulation (EC) 862/2007, Articles 4 to 7.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The Federal Statistics Act 2000, Federal Law Gazette I No. 163/1999 as amended, provides the general legal framework and contains the basic provisions for the compilation of federal statistics. Article 17 of this document regulates confidentiality of statistics.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Statistics Austria receives anonymised data from the Ministry of the Interior and applies the "need2know"-rule, i.e. only staff responsible for this project can access the data. Microdata are not accessible in any form for external users.
8.1. Release calendar
Statistics Austria does not release/publish/disseminate ICT statistics/data in any form.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable, see 8.1.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable, see 8.1.
No dissemination on national level; annual dissemination via ESTAT.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
There are no press releases by Statistics Austria on ICT statistics.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Parts of ICT statistics are included in the annual publication "Niederlassungs- und Aufenthaltsstatistik" by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. -> Fremdenwesen Jahresstatistiken
There are no publications by Statistics Austria on ICT statistics.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
None besides the ESTAT database.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Micro-data are not disseminated.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
There are no other dissemination formats by Statistics Austria on ICT statistics.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Not available.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not available.
11.1. Quality assurance
Upon processing of national statistics, general plausibility checks are performed. Some data is also checked at random during the reference year, in order to assess data quality. Any inconsistencies are reported to the competent authorities by means of a clearing house. This may also correct data. A quality evaluation cycle between Statistics Austria and the Federal Ministry of the Interior is part of the routine before submitting all tables to ESTAT.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Quality of provided data is good as it is derived from the Austrian Central Foreigners Register, which includes all cases. However, not all breakdowns can be provided (see 12.3).
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
ICT statistics are used in official publications and by users at national, European and international level, by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.
At European level, the main users of ICT statistics are Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. These statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network (EMN) studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.
Main users at national level are government bodies and NGOs. Parts of the data are however published on the website of the Ministry of the Interior and thus accessible to the general public.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Overall high accuracy: The reported statistics measure accurately the target population because the database includes all cases. Some cases that are entered into the database after data are retrieved for the data submission to Eurostat and therefore missing, which amounts to an underestimation of less than 1% in total.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
National rules allow for retrospective entries of permits into the database within six months after a decision on permits has been taken. This means that data for permits issued at the end of December would only be final by the end of June. Adding sufficient time for processing this would translate into data delivery by the end of August. However, as this occurs in only few cases, it is sufficient to extract the database four months after the end of the reference period and transmit data within the six months allowed by Directive 2014/66/EU.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Statistics are comparable between geographical areas within Austria.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Data are coherent across ICT domains.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable, as no sub annual data are submitted to ESTAT.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Statistics are consistent within a given dataset.
Since administrative data are used, there are no costs/burden on respondents.
17.1. Data revision - policy
On national level, monthly statistics are revised when annual results (based on a retrospective data extract) become available, usually in spring of the following year. There is no need to revise data sent to Eurostat, as those data are derived from the final annual statistics.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
On national level: monthly, annually
18.3. Data collection
The applications are entered into a centralised database (IZR) by the competent authorities. Data are processed and transmitted by file transfer to the Central Foreigners Register (Zentrales Fremdenregister - IZR).
The department responsible for statistical analyses at the Federal Ministry of the Interior receives data extracts from IZR on a daily basis for evaluation purposes. These are stored in a separated database, of which Statistics Austria receives extracts of individual data for data processing of European statistics.
Data collection on intra-corporate transfers is based on Article 24 of Directive 2014/66/EU on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer.
The following datasets are collected under this framework:
Intra-corporate transferee permits issued, renewed and withdrawn by type of permit, length of validity and citizenship (migr_resict1_1);
Intra-corporate transferee permits issued by type of permit, economic sector and citizenship (migr_resict1_2);
Intra-corporate transferee permits issued by type of permit, length of validity, transferee position and citizenship (migr_resict1_3);
Intra-corporate notifications received by length of validity and citizenship (migr_resict2_1);
Intra-corporate notifications received by economic sector and citizenship (migr_resict2_2);
Permits for long-term mobility issued and notifications received by citizenship and first Member State of residence (migr_resict3).
Directive 2014/66/EU was transposed at national level on 1 January 2017 (see RIS German only).
26 June 2024
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
Number of permits/notifications.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
Austria.
Calendar year.
Overall high accuracy: The reported statistics measure accurately the target population because the database includes all cases. Some cases that are entered into the database after data are retrieved for the data submission to Eurostat and therefore missing, which amounts to an underestimation of less than 1% in total.
Number of authorisations for intra-corporate transfers.
Not applicable.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
No dissemination on national level; annual dissemination via ESTAT.
National rules allow for retrospective entries of permits into the database within six months after a decision on permits has been taken. This means that data for permits issued at the end of December would only be final by the end of June. Adding sufficient time for processing this would translate into data delivery by the end of August. However, as this occurs in only few cases, it is sufficient to extract the database four months after the end of the reference period and transmit data within the six months allowed by Directive 2014/66/EU.
Statistics are comparable between geographical areas within Austria.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables on intra-corporate transfers’.
