Czech Statistical Office

Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction and Energy Statistics Department

Czech Statistical Office

Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction and Energy Statistics Department

Na padesátém 81

100 82 Prague 10

Czech Republic

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The data set comprises the annual sales of active substances contained in plant protection products placed on the national market for one calendar year according to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 as regards the list of active substances.

Act No. 326/2004 of the Czech Republic Coll., on phytosanitary care and on amendments to certain related laws, as amended

https://www.psp.cz/sqw/sbirka.sqw?r=2004&cz=326

Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic

2004

All variables required under EU regulation are covered by national legislation.

All national definitions are the same as in the EU Regulation.

The data are expressed in kilograms of active substances.

The classification of the active substances in plant protection products is annexed (Annex III) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides.

The active substances are classified according to chemical and functional similarity. Aggregation levels in descending order comprise: major groups, categories of products, chemical classes and active substances.

The statistics cover the wholesale and retail trade sector operating in placing plant protection products on the market.

All authorisation holders of plant protection products report the quantity of all active substances that are placed on the market nationally (incl. import and export data).

This data collection comprises pesticide sales data based on the term 'placing on the market' as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. The scope of the Regulation covers plant protection products and their active substances as can be seen from the key terms of the act immediately below:

Plant protection products: products consisting of or containing active substances, safeners or synergists, and intended for one of the following uses:

• protecting plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or preventing the action of such organisms, unless the main purpose of these products is considered to be for reasons of hygiene rather than for the protection of plants or plant products;
• influencing the life processes of plants, such as substances influencing their growth, other than as a nutrient;
• preserving plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Community provisions on preservatives;
• destroying undesired plants or parts of plants, except algae unless the products are applied on soil or water to protect plants;
• checking or preventing undesired growth of plants, except algae.

Active substances: substances or micro-organisms, including viruses, having general or specific action against harmful organisms or on plants, parts of plants or plant products.

Quantity: implies kilograms of the active substances sold.

Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on the placing on the market and agricultural use of those pesticides which are plant protection products as defined in Article 2 (a)(i). The statistics shall apply to the annual amounts of pesticides active substances placed on the market in accordance with Annex I and the quantity of active substances shall be aggregated according to the list in Annex III (as amended).

Enterprise placing plant protection products on the market; authorisation holder or holder of parallel trade permits.

All enterprises placing plant protection products on the market; authorisation holders and holders of parallel trade permits.

See sub-concepts below.

The entire territory of the country.

Not applicable.

2011 onwards

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because it is not based on an index number of time series.

See sub-concepts below.

Not applicable.

The administrative data source includes records of all plant protection products (hereinafter referred to as PPPs) placed on the market. Authorization holders or distributers are obliged to provide data in accordance with the legislation. The Central Institute for Supervising and Tasting in Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the CISTA) maintains this administrative data source. The CISTA is subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture.

A set of raw data consists of the following parameters: company identification, reporting year, product name, batch number, amount of products, and measurement unit.

Annually.

Data are collected from respondents using on-line application accessible on the CISTA website. The respondents can send the required data also by e-mail or post. The data is checked and verified according to the PPPs register. In case of discrepancies, the reporting units are contacted for clarification or data adjustment. Reminders are sent in case that a non-response is detected.

Validation includes different activities in terms of completeness, consistency or outliers:

• checking that the coverage and response are as required;  
• comparing the statistics with previous data collections; 
• confronting the statistics with other relevant data;
• investigating inconsistencies in the statistics; 
• verifying the statistics against expectations;
• performing micro and macro data editing (aggregates).

Reporting units are contacted to clarify discrepancies.

The reported sales of PPPs are converted to the amounts of active substances. In case that the reported quantity of PPPs is given in other units than kilograms, the conversion into kilograms shall be made. Information in the register of approved PPPs is used for these purposes.

Active substances are summed up into new variables (major groups, categories of products, chemical classes) according to the current classification by the CISTA.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on time series.

Not applicable.

The overall assessment of the data quality is good.

The quality of the data is assessed and guaranteed by the CISTA.

The main users at national level are the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Health, researchers, students and public. The pesticide use statistics are used to measure the progress achieved in the reduction of risk from use of plant protection products. Harmonized risk indicators have been calculated used this data.

Data are used by the CISTA for phytosanitary control purposes, i.e. planning and carrying out inspections of PPPs distributors' compliance with their obligations.

Pesticide sales statistics meet current needs of national users.

No user satisfaction survey has been carried out in CZ.

The data collection covers all active substances of plant protection products placed on the national market and the information of all authorisation holders.

100%

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No assessment of accuracy was conducted. The overall accuracy of the data is good.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on samples, but covers the whole statistical population of authorisation holders and plant protection products placed on the national market.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on samples, but covers the whole statistical population of authorisation holders and plant protection products placed on the national market.

See sub-concepts below.

Administrative data source covers all enterprises placing PPPs on the market, authorisation holders and holders of parallel trade permits.

Over coverage: No multiple listings like duplication of reported data on pesticides sales are recorded. 

Under coverage: All target population units (authorization holders placing PPPs on the market) provided data in accordance with the law.

0%

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics as the data stem from one source.

Explanatory notes for data providers are available on the CISTA website.

The most common error is an incorrect measurement unit or an incorrectly named PPPs.

The data provider is contacted in case that an error or irregularity is detected during data collection or data editing.

Non-response was not detected, authorization holders met the obligation to report data.

0%

0%

Data processing is performed according to verified procedures using information available in the register of approved PPPs.

Obvious errors are corrected directly by the CISTA or the data provider is contacted in case that an error or an irregularity is detected during data processing.

0%

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is not based on estimations.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the reported data on plant protection products covers the whole year.

The final data is submitted. Unplanned revisions may be conducted to correct errors detected in the data after their publication. No general revision policy is adopted by the CISTA.

Due to methodological changes, reclassification of the historical data from 2011 to 2015 was performed. Therefore, there is no break in time series.

No planned revisions.

The historical data from 2011 to 2015 was reclassified. No quantitative assessment was performed.

According to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009, the data is published by Eurostat 15 months after the end of the reference year and the national quality report 20 months after the end of the reference year.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics as the data and national quality reports are only published once in a final result.

15 months after the end of the reference period for the data;

20 months after the end of the reference period for the national quality report.

According to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009, data must be transmitted until 30 December of the year t+1, and national quality reports until 31 March of the year t+2.

Data release according to schedule.

Not applicable.

Data are collected on a country level (NUTS 0). They are not comparable on a regional level. The geographical comparability between countries is evaluated by Eurostat.

Not applicable, because there are no mirror flows in pesticide sales statistics.

Data are comparable from 2011 onwards

The data on pesticides placed on the market are comparable with the data on pesticide use in agriculture. The comparison is only approximate. Pesticide sales statistics include PPPs for different sectors, not only for agriculture.

Not applicable for pesticide sales statistics, because the data collection is annual.

Not applicable, because it is not related to national accounts.

Not applicable, only one data source is used for this dataset.

No news releases.

Publication on the CISTA website: Amount of active substances placed on the market since 2011:

http://eagri.cz/public/web/ukzuz/portal/pripravky-na-or/ucinne-latky-v-por-statistika-spotreba/statistika-uvadeni-ul-por-na-trh/

No online database.

Not applicable

Microdata are not available. However, they can be provided upon an official request. Each request is assessed individually according to Act 106/1999 Coll., on Free Access to Information.

No other dissemination format is available.

Methodological documents are not available.

Quality related documents are not available.

Not requested.

Not requested.

The costs associated with collection and production of pesticide sales statistics are not available.

No confidential data.

In the Czech Republic, the data set of annual sales of active substances contained in plant protection products placed on the market is not considered as confidential based on the CISTA decision. The information of individual plant protection products placed on the market provided by authorization holders is confidential and this information is not public.

Not applicable.

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