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Energy, Environment and regional statistics Department
1.3. Contact name
Ševala Korajčević
1.4. Contact person function
Head of Department
1.5. Contact mail address
Zelenih beretki 26, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.6. Contact email address
sevala.korajcevic@bhas.gov.ba
1.7. Contact phone number
+ 387 33 911 949
1.8. Contact fax number
[The fax number of the person responsible for the statistical domain.]
2.1. Metadata last certified
1 April 2019
2.2. Metadata last posted
1 April 2019
2.3. Metadata last update
1 April 2019
3.1. Data description
European statistics on natural gas prices for household and final non-household customers.
3.2. Classification system
Internal Eurostat classification system based on annual natural gas consumption bands and tax levels.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Household sector and final non-household sector (industry, services, offices, agriculture, etc).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The prices are collected in national currencies per GJ and according to different bands of consumption.
For the households sector, these bands are:
D1: Customers consuming less than 20 GJ.
D2: Customers consuming 20 GJ or more but less than 200 GJ.
D3: Customers consuming 200 GJ or more.
For the final non-households sector, the bands are:
I1: Customers consuming less than 1000 GJ.
I2: Customers consuming 1000 GJ or more but less than 10000 GJ.
I3: Customers consuming 10000 GJ or more but less than 100000 GJ.
I4: Customers consuming 100000 GJ or more but less than 1000000 GJ.
I5: Customers consuming 1000000 GJ or more but less than 4000000 GJ.
I6: Customers consuming 4000000 GJ or more.
There exist 2 different levels of disagregation for semestrial and annual prices:
1- Semestrial prices:
These prices are reported twice a year and are divided in 3 levels:
Level 1 prices: Prices excluding taxes and levies.
Level 2 prices: Prices excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies.
Level 3 prices: Prices including all taxes and levies.
2- Annual prices:
These prices are reported once a year together with the data for the second semester and are divided into the following components and taxes:
Energy and supply: commodity price for natural gas paid by the supplier or the price of natural gas at the point of entry into the transmission system, including, if applicable, the following end-user costs: storage costs plus costs relating to the sale of natural gas to final customers.
Network cost: transmission and distribution tariffs, transmission and distribution losses, network costs, after-sale service costs, system service costs and meter rental and metering costs.
Value added taxes (VAT): as defined in Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
Renewable taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and CHP generation.
Capacity taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to strategic stockpiles, capacity payments and energy security; taxes on natural gas distribution; stranded costs and levies on financing energy regulatory authorities or market and system operators.
Environmental taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to air quality and for other environmental purposes; taxes on emissions of CO2 or other greenhouse gases. This component includes the excise duties.
All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous four categories: support for district heating; local or regional fiscal charges; island compensation; concession fees relating to licences and fees for the occupation of land and public or private property by networks or other devices.
In addition to these elements, the network cost is split into the respective shares of transmission and distribution. The relative share of consumption in the different consumption bands is reported by the countries and used to calculated the single national natural gas prices (weighted averages for consumer bands IA-IF and DA-DE) but not published because it could be used to re-calculate some confidential values.
3.5. Statistical unit
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.
3.6. Statistical population
The largest share percentage in the distribution of natural gas is company Sarajevogas, the main activity is the distribution of natural gas, the management and maintenance of the gas system of the Canton Sarajevo. This company supplies about 90% of consumers of natural gas.
The distributor is obliged to establish a tariff system as a basis for calculating and collecting the delivered quantities of natural gas, with detailed analysis of distribution prices according to the tariff categories of natural gas customers.
The currently valid tariff system in the company "Sarajevogas" is designed so that gas prices for a particular category of customers are unique, regardless of the level (interval) of gas consumption. The average price of natural gas is a weighted average price that takes into account gas prices and consumption over a given period of time.
3.7. Reference area
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3.8. Coverage - Time
Natural gas prices data for Bosnia and Herzegovina are available since 2012.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Prices are reported in national currency per GJ. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPS (purchasing power parity) and do the conversion to kWh. Relative shares of sub-component of the network component and consumption volumes are reported in percentages.
For semestrial prices, the reference periods are from January to June for semester 1 and from July to December for semester 2.
For annual prices, the reference period is the whole calendar year (from January to December).
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
At EU level:
Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices and repealing Directive 2008/92/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2169 of 21 November 2017 concerning the format and arrangements for the transmission of European Statistics on natural gas and electricity prices pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1734 of 14 November 2018 granting derogations to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic and the Republic of Cyprus as regards the provision of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2018) 7465) (Text with EEA relevance).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/XXXX (in progress) concerning the content of quality reports on European statistics on natural gas and electricity prices pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
At national level:
The Low on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH No.26/04) (https://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/89?title=Legislativa
Statistical program of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021-2024 (https://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/90?title=Planiprogramrada)
Annual program of statistical activities of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (https://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/90?title=Planiprogramrada)
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
At EU level:
Eurostat does not share the data collected with other organisation appart from its usual dissemination chanel (Eurostat's database, statistic explained articles and press or news release) .
At national level:
Data is sent to Eurostat.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
At EU level:
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 March 2009, on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
At national level:
The Law on Statistics of BiH (Official Gazette of BiH 26/04 and 42/04 - Chapter XI Article 23-29) establishes the principle of confidentiality as one of the main principles. The Agency for Statistics of BiH disseminates statistics in accordance with the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Published data should not allow identification of single consumers.
Basic approach is to present only aggregation of the confidential data.
8.1. Release calendar
Information on the dissemination of statistical data is published in the Calendar of publishing on the website of the Agency for Statistics of BiH. The calendar of announcements describes the subject area, the reference period and the date of publication. Any deviation from the timetable of dissemination is announced as soon as possible, with an explanation of why there has been a deviation, and a new time of publication is stated.
The data are published twice a each year, according to Eurostat classes.
According to the the Calendar of Statistical Data Issues, publications of the Agency for Statistics of BiH are released in electronic format.
Natural gas prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
There is no new releases.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
The data on the BHAS page are displayed in PDF format, in excel tables and graphically in order to allow users to analyze and use the data.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
There is no online database.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
There is no data tables consultation.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
There is no microdata access.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
There is no other dissemination format.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
There is no metadata consultations.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Statistical standards for gas prices survey is published on-line.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
There is no metadata completeness rate.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Documentation on methodology is published on-line. Each the first releases contains methodological explanations and used definitions and statistical standards.
11.1. Quality assurance
Pursuant to the Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and relying on the Declaration on the quality of European Statistical System, European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP), expert group for quality (LEG) that refer to the system of quality management, Eurostat’s Framework for ensuring quality (QAF) and other documents on internationally accepted good practices, Agency for statistics of the BIH is committed to consistent esteem and implementation of the quality policy that is also based on principles of Total Quality Management Model (TQM).
11.2. Quality management - assessment
The overall quality of the statistical outputs is good and quality of data is satisfactory. There is no plan for quality improvements.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Data users are institutions that deal with the analysis of economic trends and other beneficiaries such as scientific-educational institutions and others. Regular the first releases are followed by tables and charts with natural and index indicators of movement in relation to the same half-year or year n-1. Data user is also Eurostat.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Data on gas prices statistics meet the needs of users at the national level. So far, no comments have been recorded on the quality or the data structure.
12.3. Completeness
All key indicators required by EU legislation for gas price statistics are produced.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
100%
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Overall accuracy is good, gas prices statistics is not done on the sample basis. Company Sarajevogas participate with about 92% in distribution of natural gas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
13.2. Sampling error
There is no sampling errors
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Information is included in the sub-concepts S.13.3.1-S.13.3.5.
13.3.1. Coverage error
There are no errors due to the coverage.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable, administrative source of data is used.
13.3.2. Measurement error
If error is spotted, reporting unit is contacted for the check-up of inaccurate or incomplete data and for the correction of data.
13.3.3. Non response error
Company Sarajevogas answering to the survey and providing all data point needed.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
The item unit non-response rate is 0%.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
The item non-response - rate is 0%.
13.3.4. Processing error
The possibility of processing errors is minimized, using the rules of logical control included in the data processing program.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
There is no model assumption.
14.1. Timeliness
Natural gas providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the natural gas price data within [2 months] after the reference period. After arrival, the statistical office checks the micro-data for correctness, consistency and completeness and national averages are calculated and reported to Eurostat during the third month after the reference period.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 88days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2019was sent 90days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2020was sent 89 days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2020was sent 89 days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2021was sent 91 days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 91 days after the reference period
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2019 was sent 88days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2019was sent 90days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2020was sent 89days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2020 was sent 89days after the reference period.
he first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2021was sent 91days after the reference period.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2021 was sent 91days after the reference period.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
The first results is also considered as the final results.
14.2. Punctuality
The legal deadline for submitting the questionnaires is the third month after the reference period.
100% of the Questionnaires are delivered on time.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2017 was sent 44 days after the deadline.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 2nd semester of 2017 was sent 47 days after the deadline.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for households for the 1st semester of 2018 was sent 67 days after the deadline.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2017 was sent 44 days after the deadline.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 2nd semester of 2017 was sent 47 days after the deadline.
The first version of the natural gas price questionnaire for non-households for the 1st semester of 2018 was sent 67 days after the deadline.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The data is comparable within the countrys.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable
15.2. Comparability - over time
The data is comparable with the previous periods, there were no interruptions in the data series in the period 2012-2021.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
2012-2021
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not applicable
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable
15.4. Coherence - internal
The yearly prices are coherent with the semestrial prices.
The cost and burden of reporting units are low. Due to the insufficient burden and low cost of the reporting units, no cost reduction measures are undertaken.
17.1. Data revision - policy
A revision policy is covering this data collection at national level.
17.2. Data revision - practice
There is no data revision in practice, preliminary data is not published.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
Prices are collected from the company Sarajevogas whose main activity is distribution of natural gas, management and maintenance of the gas system of Canton Sarajevo.
The gas distribution price structure, according to the Law on Communal Activities, contains all the costs of the ongoing maintenance and operation of the distribution gas system of Canton, as well as the costs of acquiring new fixed assets of the distributor. The price of gas distribution includes depreciation consisting of amortization of fixed assets of the distributor and depreciation of the infrastructure gas system, ie goods in general use. The distribution price according to the applicable tariff categories is published in the F BiH Official Gazette.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
The prices collected cover average prices over a period of six months, from January to June (first half or semester 1) and from July to December (second half or semester 2) of each year.
18.3. Data collection
The selling price of natural gas for the final consumer consists of the purchase gas price and the distribution gas price. KJKP "Sarajevogas" d.o.o. Sarajevo buys, procures natural gas from the supplier Energoinvest d.d. at the purchase price approved by the Government of the FBiH (Law on Price Control of the FBiH, Articles 4 and 5 of the Official Gazette of the FBiH No. 2/95 and 70/08).
The applicable tariff system in the company "Sarajevogas" is designed so that gas prices for a particular category of customers are unique, regardless of the level (interval) of gas consumption. The average price of natural gas is the weighted average price that takes into account the prices and consumption of gas for a given period of time. Title of the tariff category:
- Households (up to 10 Sm3 / h)
- Large economy (over 10 Sm3 / h)
The breakdown according to the intervals of annual natural gas consumption for groups of household and non-household customers as required by Regulation 2016/1952 / EC can not be shown.
The Questionnaire is sent to company Sarajevogas, after they complete they sent it back via e-mail.
18.4. Data validation
Processing errors were not detected. All data is processed in standard excel tables with programmatically created formulas.
18.5. Data compilation
The Agency for Statistics of BiH carries out automatic processing of the data of the company Sarajevogas in order to obtain data on Natural gas prices in the household customers, as well as for non-household customers. Validity and data verification checks are carried out during processing.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Seasonable adjustments are not carried out.
European statistics on natural gas prices for household and final non-household customers.
1 April 2019
The prices are collected in national currencies per GJ and according to different bands of consumption.
For the households sector, these bands are:
D1: Customers consuming less than 20 GJ.
D2: Customers consuming 20 GJ or more but less than 200 GJ.
D3: Customers consuming 200 GJ or more.
For the final non-households sector, the bands are:
I1: Customers consuming less than 1000 GJ.
I2: Customers consuming 1000 GJ or more but less than 10000 GJ.
I3: Customers consuming 10000 GJ or more but less than 100000 GJ.
I4: Customers consuming 100000 GJ or more but less than 1000000 GJ.
I5: Customers consuming 1000000 GJ or more but less than 4000000 GJ.
I6: Customers consuming 4000000 GJ or more.
There exist 2 different levels of disagregation for semestrial and annual prices:
1- Semestrial prices:
These prices are reported twice a year and are divided in 3 levels:
Level 1 prices: Prices excluding taxes and levies.
Level 2 prices: Prices excluding VAT and other recoverable taxes and levies.
Level 3 prices: Prices including all taxes and levies.
2- Annual prices:
These prices are reported once a year together with the data for the second semester and are divided into the following components and taxes:
Energy and supply: commodity price for natural gas paid by the supplier or the price of natural gas at the point of entry into the transmission system, including, if applicable, the following end-user costs: storage costs plus costs relating to the sale of natural gas to final customers.
Network cost: transmission and distribution tariffs, transmission and distribution losses, network costs, after-sale service costs, system service costs and meter rental and metering costs.
Value added taxes (VAT): as defined in Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
Renewable taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and CHP generation.
Capacity taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to strategic stockpiles, capacity payments and energy security; taxes on natural gas distribution; stranded costs and levies on financing energy regulatory authorities or market and system operators.
Environmental taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges relating to air quality and for other environmental purposes; taxes on emissions of CO2 or other greenhouse gases. This component includes the excise duties.
All other taxes: taxes, fees, levies or charges not covered by any of the previous four categories: support for district heating; local or regional fiscal charges; island compensation; concession fees relating to licences and fees for the occupation of land and public or private property by networks or other devices.
In addition to these elements, the network cost is split into the respective shares of transmission and distribution. The relative share of consumption in the different consumption bands is reported by the countries and used to calculated the single national natural gas prices (weighted averages for consumer bands IA-IF and DA-DE) but not published because it could be used to re-calculate some confidential values.
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands.
The largest share percentage in the distribution of natural gas is company Sarajevogas, the main activity is the distribution of natural gas, the management and maintenance of the gas system of the Canton Sarajevo. This company supplies about 90% of consumers of natural gas.
The distributor is obliged to establish a tariff system as a basis for calculating and collecting the delivered quantities of natural gas, with detailed analysis of distribution prices according to the tariff categories of natural gas customers.
The currently valid tariff system in the company "Sarajevogas" is designed so that gas prices for a particular category of customers are unique, regardless of the level (interval) of gas consumption. The average price of natural gas is a weighted average price that takes into account gas prices and consumption over a given period of time.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
For semestrial prices, the reference periods are from January to June for semester 1 and from July to December for semester 2.
For annual prices, the reference period is the whole calendar year (from January to December).
Overall accuracy is good, gas prices statistics is not done on the sample basis. Company Sarajevogas participate with about 92% in distribution of natural gas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Prices are reported in national currency per GJ. However, Eurostat also calculates and publishes the prices in EURO and PPS (purchasing power parity) and do the conversion to kWh. Relative shares of sub-component of the network component and consumption volumes are reported in percentages.
The Agency for Statistics of BiH carries out automatic processing of the data of the company Sarajevogas in order to obtain data on Natural gas prices in the household customers, as well as for non-household customers. Validity and data verification checks are carried out during processing.
Prices are collected from the company Sarajevogas whose main activity is distribution of natural gas, management and maintenance of the gas system of Canton Sarajevo.
The gas distribution price structure, according to the Law on Communal Activities, contains all the costs of the ongoing maintenance and operation of the distribution gas system of Canton, as well as the costs of acquiring new fixed assets of the distributor. The price of gas distribution includes depreciation consisting of amortization of fixed assets of the distributor and depreciation of the infrastructure gas system, ie goods in general use. The distribution price according to the applicable tariff categories is published in the F BiH Official Gazette.
Natural gas prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website.
Natural gas providers that participate in the national data collection are requested to provide the natural gas price data within [2 months] after the reference period. After arrival, the statistical office checks the micro-data for correctness, consistency and completeness and national averages are calculated and reported to Eurostat during the third month after the reference period.
The data is comparable within the countrys.
The data is comparable with the previous periods, there were no interruptions in the data series in the period 2012-2021.
