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1.1. Contact organisation | Czech Statistical Office |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction and Energy Statistics Department |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Czech Statistical Office Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction and Energy Statistics Department Na padesátém 81 Praha 10 100 82 Czech Republic |
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2.1. Data description | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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2.1.1. Main characteristics of statistics | |||
The data set of pesticide use statistics for the reference year 2019 (for period 2015-2019) comprises the quantity of each active substance (listed in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009, as amended) contained in plant protection products used on selected crops and the area treated with each active substance. The area treated is provided on the level of active substances because double counting could not be avoided in aggregations. The selection of crops is representative in terms of the crops cultivated and the substances used. Data on agricultural pesticide use statistics have been collected in the Czech Republic for the purpose of monitoring the consumption of plant protection products in agriculture annually since 1998. The Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the CISTA) is responsible for this issue. The CISTA is the administrative phytosanitary care authority with competence for the Czech Republic, established by Act No 147/2002 of the Czech Republic Collection of Laws (hereinafter referred as Coll.), on phytosanitary care and on amendments to certain related laws, as amended. The CISTA is subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Since 2010, a single methodology has been used for pesticides use statistics. The source of data is a sample survey. The CISTA and the Czech Statistical Office (the CZSO) collaborate on the data collection and processing. The CISTA is responsible for the data collection and data dissemination; the CZSO is responsible for data processing. |
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2.1.2. Reference period of data collection | |||
2019 |
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2.1.3. National legislation | |||
Yes | |||
2.1.3.1. National legislation - Name | |||
Act No. 326/2004 of the Czech Republic Coll., on phytosanitary care and on amendments to certain related laws, as amended. |
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2.1.3.2. National legislation - Link | |||
2.1.3.3. National legislation - Responsible organisation | |||
Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic |
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2.1.3.4. National legislation - Year of entry into force | |||
2004 |
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2.1.3.5. National legislation - Coverage of variables required under EU legislation | |||
The area treated is not covered by national legislation. |
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2.1.3.6. Divergence national definitions from EU regulation | |||
2.1.3.7. National legislation - Legal obligation for respondents to reply (Yes/No) | |||
Yes | |||
2.1.4. Additional comments data description | |||
2.2. Classification system | |||
The classification used for pesticides corresponds to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 (http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1185/2017-03-09) of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
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2.3. Coverage - sector | |||
This data set covers the agricultural sector, particularly the agricultural use of pesticides on selected crops. The selected crops cover 78% of utilized agricultural area excluding permanent grassland. The total amount of active substances used for selected crops represents 88% of the overall amount of active substances used in agriculture. |
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2.3.1. Crops covered by the statistics | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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2.3.2. Commercial non-agricultural uses of pesticides | |||
Information on the commercial non-agricultural use of pesticides in the Czech Republic are not available. |
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2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
The data reported are the quantity of each active substances listed in Annex III of Regulation 1185/2009 contained in plant protection products used on a selected crop, expressed in kg. The area treated with each substance are expressed in hectares. |
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2.5. Statistical unit | |||
Agricultural holdings. |
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2.6. Statistical population | |||
The statistical population includes agricultural holdings reaching the following thresholds: 10 ha of arable land or 5 ha of specialty crops (the sum of the area of vineyards, hop gardens and orchards), or 1 ha of vegetables. Agricultural holdings dealing with organic farming are excluded. All plant protection treatment on selected crop is reported. |
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2.7. Reference area | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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2.7.1. Geographical area covered | |||
The entire territory of the country. |
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2.7.2. Inclusion of special territories | |||
2.8. Coverage - Time | |||
2010 |
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2.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on an index number of time series. |
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3.1. Source data | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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3.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Every year on a national level, but only one year out of the five-year reference period (2019) is provided to Eurostat. |
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3.3. Data collection | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. Annexes: CZ Questionnaire |
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3.4. Data validation | |||
Validation activities include: checking that the population coverage and response rates are as required; comparing the statistics with previous cycles; confronting the statistics against other relevant data; investigating inconsistencies in the statistics; performing micro and macro data editing; verifying the statistics against expectations, outlier detection. |
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3.4.1. Data validation measures | |||
Manual Automatic |
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3.4.2. Target of data validation measures | |||
Completeness Outliers Aggregates Consistency |
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3.4.3. Specification target of data validation | |||
3.5. Data compilation | |||
Active substances are summed up into new variables, it means major groups, categories of products, and chemical classes, during data processing by the CZSO. Other measuring units like litres or Colony Forming Units (CFU) are converted into kilograms automatically during the data collection by the CISTA. There is no imputation. Non-response is very low because the agricultural holdings have an obligation to provide information about their usage of pesticides on legal basis. Stratified sample survey is used; the stratification is based on size, location, and specialisation of agricultural holdings. Values obtained in the strata with the sampling rate under 100% are weighted using coefficients according to the percentage of selected units. Weight calibration is not used. Outliers were tested using boxplots. No extreme observations that would affect the results were detected within the strata. Only one data source is used for this data set. |
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3.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable. |
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4.1. Quality assurance | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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4.1.1. Quality management system in organisation | |||
No | |||
4.1.2. Specification of implementation | |||
4.1.3. Peer review | |||
No | |||
4.1.4. Main conclusions peer review | |||
4.1.5. Future quality improvements | |||
Improve data validation | |||
4.1.6. Specification of quality improvements | |||
4.1.7. Additional comments quality assurance | |||
4.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
The overall data quality meets standard quality criteria. |
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4.2.1. Overall quality | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.2. Relevance | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.3. Accuracy and reliability | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.4. Timeliness and punctuality | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.5. Comparability | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.6. Coherence | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.7. Additional comments quality assessment | |||
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5.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
National users: the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, municipal offices, regional public health centres, administration of watercourses and other users. These institutions monitor impact of pesticides, in particular ones used in agriculture, on human health and environment. Statistical data meet current needs of national users. |
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5.1.1. Unmet user needs | |||
5.1.2. Plans for satisfying unfilled user needs | |||
5.1.3. Additional comments user needs | |||
5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
There is no user satisfaction survey in the Czech Republic.
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5.2.1. User satisfaction survey | |||
No | |||
5.2.2. Year of user satisfaction survey | |||
5.2.3. Satisfaction level | |||
5.2.4. Additional comments user satisfaction | |||
5.3. Completeness | |||
See sub-category below. |
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5.3.1. Data completeness - rate | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics because in this data collection, there is no target on the number of data. Member States are asked to collect data on representative crops without stipulating the number of crops. |
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6.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
The overall accuracy of the data meet standard quality criteria. |
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6.1.1. Grading of accuracy | |||
High | |||
6.1.2. Factors lowering accuracy | |||
Sampling error | |||
6.1.3. Specification of factors | |||
6.1.4. Additional comments overall accuracy | |||
6.2. Sampling error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3. Non-sampling error | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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6.3.1. Coverage error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.2. Measurement error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.3. Non response error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.4. Processing error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.5. Model assumption error | |||
Not applicable. |
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6.4. Seasonal adjustment | |||
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. |
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6.5. Data revision - policy | |||
Regular revisions in pesticide use statistics are not carried out. In 2019, an unplanned data revision was carried out. |
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6.6. Data revision - practice | |||
The reason for the unplanned data revision was the correction of records of two active substances that were not used in 2019. Performed revision has a very low impact. |
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6.6.1. Data revision - average size | |||
The overall consumption of active substances has decreased by 41 kg (total 3 597 279 kg). |
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6.6.2. Data revisions - conceptual changes | |||
No | |||
6.6.3. Reason for revisions | |||
The main reason for the data revision was the correction of detected errors at the level of data collection and data recording. |
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6.6.4. Impact of revisions | |||
Not important | |||
6.6.5. Additional comments data revisions | |||
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7.1. Timeliness | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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7.1.1. Time lag - first result | |||
6 months |
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7.1.2. Time lag - final result | |||
12 months |
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7.1.3. Reasons for possible long production times? | |||
7.2. Punctuality | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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7.2.4. Punctuality - delivery and publication | |||
7.2.1. Data release according to schedule | |||
YES | |||
7.2.2. Data release on target date | |||
YES | |||
7.2.3. Reasons for delays | |||
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8.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
Data are collected on a country level (NUTS 0). Therefore, the data are not comparable on a regional level. The geographical comparability between countries is evaluated by Eurostat. |
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8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient | |||
Not applicable, because there are no mirror flows in Pesticide Use Statistics. |
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8.2. Comparability - over time | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series. |
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8.2.1. Length of comparable time series | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series. |
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8.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Pesticide use statistics was compared with pesticide sales. 71% of the total amount of pesticides placed on the market was used on the selected crops. The comparison is only approximate. The stocks of pesticides at the beginning and at the end of the reference period are not taken into account. Not all users of pesticides are included. |
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8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because the data collection is based on a five-year period. |
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8.5. Coherence - National Accounts | |||
Not applicable, because it has no relevance for national accounts. |
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8.6. Coherence - internal | |||
Only one data source is used for this data set. |
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9.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
No news release is published. |
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9.1.1. Publication of news releases | |||
No | |||
9.1.2. Link to news releases | |||
9.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Pesticide use statistics on active substance level are published on the CISTA website every year. The title of the publication is Consumption of active substances contained in Plant Protection Products in agriculture. |
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9.2.1. Production of paper publication | |||
No | |||
9.2.2. English paper publication | |||
No | |||
9.2.3. Production of electronic publication | |||
Yes | |||
9.2.4. English electronic publication | |||
Yes | |||
9.2.5. Link to publications | |||
9.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
On-line database is not available. |
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9.3.1. Data tables - consultations | |||
0 |
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9.3.2. Accessibility of on-line database | |||
No | |||
9.3.3. Link to on-line database | |||
9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
No micro-data is disseminated. |
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9.4.1. Accessibility of micro-data | |||
No | |||
9.4.2. Link to micro-data | |||
9.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
9.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Methodological documents are not available. |
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9.6.1. Availability of national reference metadata | |||
No | |||
9.6.2. Link to national reference metadata | |||
9.6.3. Availability of methodological papers | |||
No | |||
9.6.4. Link to methodological papers | |||
9.6.5. Availability of handbook | |||
No | |||
9.6.6. Link to handbook | |||
9.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Quality related documents are not available. |
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9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate | |||
9.7.2. Metadata - consultations | |||
9.7.3. Availability of quality report | |||
NO | |||
9.7.4. Link to quality report | |||
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The costs associated with collection and production of pesticide use statistics are not available. Reporting units may use on-line electronic records of use of plant protection products, which is linked to the LPIS (the Land Parcel Identification System). The software is provided free of charge by the Ministry of Agriculture. |
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10.1. Efficiency gains | |||
Increased use of administrative data Further training |
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10.2. Specification efficiency gains | |||
10.3. Measures to reduce burden | |||
Easier data transmission | |||
10.4. Specification burden reduction | |||
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11.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
No confidential data. |
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11.1.1. Transmission of confidential national data to Eurostat | |||
No | |||
11.1.2. Confidentiality according to Regulation | |||
Yes | |||
11.1.3. Data confidentiality policy | |||
No confidential data. All pesticide use data are disseminated in the Czech Republic in accordance with the national legislation. Therefore, statistical confidentiality does not apply to this data set. |
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11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Not applicable. |
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11.2.1. Procedures for confidentiality | |||
Not applicable. |
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11.2.2. Additional comments confidentiality - data treatment | |||
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ESQRS_ANNEX_PESTUSE_2015-2019 |