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1.1. Contact organisation | Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Energy, Environment and regional statistics Department |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Zelenih beretki 26, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 01/04/2019 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 01/04/2019 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 01/04/2019 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
European statistics on natural gas prices for household and final non-household customers. |
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3.2. Classification system | |||
Internal Eurostat classification system based on annual natural gas consumption bands and tax levels. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Household sector and final non-household sector (industry, services, offices, agriculture, etc). |
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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:
For the final non-households sector, the bands are:
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:
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:
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.
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
Household and final non-household consumers divided into consumption bands. |
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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. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Natural gas prices data for Bosnia and Herzegovina are available since 2012. |
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3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable. |
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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. |
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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). |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
At EU level:
At national level:
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
At EU level:
At national level:
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
At EU level:
At national level:
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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. |
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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.
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Release calendar access is published on website: kalendar publikovanja2021 copy (bhas.gov.ba) |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
According to the the Calendar of Statistical Data Issues, publications of the Agency for Statistics of BiH are released in electronic format. |
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Natural gas prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina are published on a semestrial basis on Eurostat's website.
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
There is no new releases. |
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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. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
There is no online database. |
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10.3.1. Data tables - consultations | |||
There is no data tables consultation. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
There is no microdata access. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
There is no other dissemination format. |
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10.5.1. Metadata - consultations | |||
There is no metadata consultations. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Statistical standards for gas prices survey is published on-line. |
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10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate | |||
There is no metadata completeness rate. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
All key indicators required by EU legislation for gas price statistics are produced. |
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12.3.1. Data completeness - rate | |||
100% |
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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. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
There is no sampling errors |
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13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators | |||
Not applicable. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Information is included in the sub-concepts S.13.3.1-S.13.3.5. |
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13.3.1. Coverage error | |||
There are no errors due to the coverage. |
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13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate | |||
Not applicable |
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13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion | |||
Not applicable, administrative source of data is used. |
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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. |
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13.3.3. Non response error | |||
Company Sarajevogas answering to the survey and providing all data point needed. |
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13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate | |||
The item unit non-response rate is 0%. |
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13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate | |||
The item non-response - rate is 0%. |
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13.3.4. Processing error | |||
The possibility of processing errors is minimized, using the rules of logical control included in the data processing program. |
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13.3.5. Model assumption error | |||
There is no model assumption. |
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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. |
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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.
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14.1.2. Time lag - final result | |||
The first results is also considered as the final results. |
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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.
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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.
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
The data is comparable within the countrys. |
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15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient | |||
Not applicable |
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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. |
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15.2.1. Length of comparable time series | |||
2012-2021 |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Not applicable |
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15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |||
Not applicable |
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15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts | |||
Not applicable |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
The yearly prices are coherent with the semestrial prices. |
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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. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
A revision policy is covering this data collection at national level. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
There is no data revision in practice, preliminary data is not published. |
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17.2.1. Data revision - average size | |||
Not applicable. |
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Processing errors were not detected. All data is processed in standard excel tables with programmatically created formulas. |
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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. |
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18.5.1. Imputation - rate | |||
Not applicable. |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable. |
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18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment | |||
Seasonable adjustments are not carried out. |
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