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1.1. Contact organisation | The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | BUSINESS STATISTICS SECTION CROSS-SECTIONAL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT |
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1.5. Contact mail address | STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC LAMAČSKÁ CESTA 3/C 840 05 BRATISLAVA SLOVAKIA |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 07/09/2023 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 07/09/2023 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 07/09/2023 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
Inland waterway transport statistics provides information on the volume and performance of freight transport on EU inland waterway network. They are reported on the basis of the "territoriality principle" which means that each country reports the loading, unloading and movements of goods that take place on its national territory, irrespective of country of origins of undertakings or place of first loading and final unloading.
The full data provision obligation includes:
In addition, the legislation foresees voluntary annual data on vessel traffic. Voluntary annual data on the transport of dangerous goods and the number of accidents has been agreed with the reporting countries.
In summary, the statistics transmitted to Eurostat on inland waterway transport:
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3.2. Classification system | |||
Country and NUTS codes Territorial units like reporting country and regions for loading/unloading are coded according to NUTS classification for those units covered by NUTS Regulation and to ISO 3166 for the rest (e.g. territorial units outside EU). The used version of NUTS always corresponds to the version in use and no conversion to previous version is required. For instance, NUTS 2006 is used for 2008 to 2011 data, NUTS 2010 for 2012 to 2014 data, NUTS 2013 for 2015 to 2017 and NUTS 2016 for 2018 until next NUTS Regulation. The level of detail is either NUTS0 – for reporting country – or NUTS2 (basic regions, 4 digits) – for regions. When using ISO 3166 and 4-digits level coding is required (e.g. for regions outside EU), the two-digit ISO code followed by “ZZ” is used. Goods classification Prior to 2007, the types of goods reported as being transported by inland waterways were those defined by NST/R (Standard Goods for Transport Statistics). In 2007 only, the type of goods has been reported according either to the NST-2000 classification or to the NST/R classification. From 2008 onwards, only the NST2007 classification is valid as set out in Commission Regulation 1304/2007 amending Regulation 1365/2006 with respect to the establishment of NST2007 as the unique classification for transported goods in certain transport modes. Dangerous goods are classified according to the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN). The classes are the following: Class Denomination 1 Explosive substances and articles |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Enterprises with principal activity in Division 50 of NACE Rev. 2. Enterprises with principal activity in other Divisions of NACE Rev.2. and a valid Inland waterway transport license. |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
The definitions covering the main concepts used in this domain are included in Article 1 and Annex II to Regulation 425/2007. The main definitions are as follows: Navigable inland waterway: A watercourse, no part of the sea, which by natural or man-made features is suitable for navigation, primarily by inland waterway vessels. This term covers navigable rivers, lakes, canals and estuaries. Inland waterway vessel: A floating craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers, which navigates predominantly in navigable inland waterways or in waters within, or closely adjacent to sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply. Nationality of the vessel: The country in which the vessel is registered. Inland waterways transport: Any movement of goods using inland waterways vessels, which is undertaken wholly or partly in navigable inland waterways. National inland waterways transport: Inland waterways transport between two ports of a national territory irrespective of the nationality of the vessel. International inland waterways transport: Inland waterways transport between two ports located in different national territories. Transit inland waterways transport: Inland waterways transport through a national territory between two ports both located in another national territory or national territories provided that in the total journey within the national territory there is no trans-shipment. Inland movement: any movement of goods and/or passengers to and from inland ports connected by water routes which may be made navigable by one or more lock structures. Inland waterways traffic: Any movement of a vessel on a given navigable inland waterway. Types of vessels:
Containers: A freight container means an article of transport equipment: 1. of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; 2. specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading; 3. fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another; 4. so designed as to be easy to fill and empty; 5. having a length of 20 feet or more.
The size of containers is reported according to four categories: 1) 20 Foot ISO containers (length of 20 feet and width of 8 feet) 2) 40 Foot ISO containers (length of 40 feet and width of 8 feet) 3) ISO containers over 20 feet and under 40 feet in length 4) ISO containers over 40 feet long Containers smaller than 20 feet are reported under Category 1. Containers of unknown size are reported under Category 3. Inland waterways accidents: specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external event caused by, or in connection with, the operation of an inland waterways vessel resulting in an inland waterways casualty or incident which occurs at a particular time and place, without apparent cause but with marked effect. By definition suicides are excluded, as they are a deliberate act. Because of their importance, suicide statistics should be collected separately. Terrorist and criminal acts are excluded. Inland waterways accidents involving the transport of dangerous goods: An inland waterways accident involving a vessel carrying any of the classes of dangerous goods defined by the ADN classification Inland waterway traffic: any movement of an IWT vessel on a given IWT network.When a vessel is being carried on another vehicle, only the movement of the carrying vehicle (active mode) is taken into account. Inland waterway journey: any movement of an IW vessel from a specified point of origin to a specified point of destination. For more definitions and concepts, please consult the “Reference Manual on Inland Waterways Transport Statistics”, chapter 4. |
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
The statistical units for inland waterways transport are the inland waterways undertakings. |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
All enterprises/undertakings that carry out inland waterways transport on a national territory over one year, irrespective of their country of origins or place of first loading and final unloading. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
Data are available for the Slovak Republic total. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
All relevant data are available since year 2004. |
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3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable |
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Data is disseminated using the following units of measure:
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Calendar year. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
European:
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
The required variables are sent to Eurostat and to other national information system needs organizations. |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
European:
National:
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
The data collected is not confidential |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Data on Inland waterway transport (indicators mentioned in point 3.1) are published annually at national level. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
The statistical information dissemination policy is formulated in accordance with the State Statistics Act, the Statistical Office Development Strategy, the Eurostat Information Dissemination Strategy and the European Statistics Code of Practice. The principles of publishing and providing statistical information are available on the website of the Statistical Office of the SR at: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/services/infoservis/principles |
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Data on Inland waterway transport (indicators mentioned in point 3.1) are published annually at national level. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
The SO SR has a quality management system in place. The Quality Manual includes a description of the quality management system and the fulfillment of ISO 9001 requirements. The application of the Manual ensures that all activities that affect the quality of the products being produced are planned, managed, reviewed, evaluated and meet the requirements accepted in the order. The Quality Guide is available at: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/aboutus/key.documents/quality.declaration
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
Data quality can be assessed as high. There is a set of validation rules and quality checks put in place, which detect various types of issues. In case of any issues detected, the data providers are contacted to provide explanations or/and revise the data accordingly. |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
The key users of Inland waterway transport statistics are:
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
User satisfaction is monitored via “Survey on satisfaction of users with products and services of the SO SR” conducted regularly with two-year periodicity. Evaluation of the user satisfaction survey also includes satisfactions rate (overall and for specified areas as well as for groups of products) and it is submitted together with conclusions and suggestions for improvements to top management meeting for approval. Result of the surveys are published on the website of the Statistical Office of the SR at: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/aboutus/marketing/survey.of.satisfaction |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
100% in comparison with the respective legislation. |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
The SO SR performs thorough verification of data in order to prevent the occurrence of errors. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
To avoid non-selectable errors, i. errors in the process of collection and processing The SO SR has integrated logical and data controls in the integrated statistical information system (IŠIS) at the level of micro-data as well as at the level of aggregated data that are performed during data collection and processing. The electronic questionnaire itself provides many arithmetic and logical controls between variables that we distinguish between serious and informative. In the event of serious errors in the form, this is not accepted and, in consultation with the reporting agent, is corrected to be correct and entered into processing. With these tools we try to minimize errors already in the collection itself and then during data processing. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
Publication of data in the public database of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic „DATACUBE" is in accordance with the schedule of its updating. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
Publication dates are respected. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
There are no problems of comparability for inland waterway transport data collection with a very high data comparability across countries due to the common legal basis. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
Comparable time series are available since January 2004. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
There are no deviations, statistical outputs are internally consistent. |
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It is estimated on the basis of the reporting unit of the time required to complete the form. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
The revision policy governs the basic rules and general procedures by which the pre-drafted data is later revised as well as applied in revisions for other reasons. The revision policy and calendar is available on the SO SR website at: https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/products/revisions |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
The policy described in 17.1 is fully implemented. |
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18.1. Source data | |||
Statistical surveys:
Data on the transit of foreign Inland waterway transport operators through the territory of the Slovak Republic are taken from the Statistical Office of Austria. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Quarterly, annualy. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Electronic data collection is obligatory from 1 January 2016 in accordance with the obligation stipulated by the Act of the Slovak National Council no. Amending and supplementing the Act of the Slovak National Council no. 540/2001 Coll. Data should be submitted on the 20th calendar day following the end of the reference period. Non- responders are informed of their reporting obligation and contact their affiliates again. Most of the errors are directly consulted with the reporting agents. |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Data validation is embedded in the integrated statistical information system of the SO SR. The following checks are distinguished when collecting data:
I - Informatic Errors - Provide additional information that is needed for the process of checking and correcting data. They provide information on possible overruns of specified limits, partial non- response, etc. Z - material errors - indicating specific errors that need to be corrected or justified by the reporting agent. These errors are discussed by the SO SR staff with the reporting unit and corrected. The ISIS system also defines controls and algorithms for creating outputs that ensure their desired quality. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
The survey is exhaustive. The collected data are summarized. |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable. |
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