National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

Industry and Energy Statistics Division

106 Grenoble Str., MD-2019 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

National Metadata about Energy Statistics

Nomenclature of energy products recommended by the International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES), UN, 2011- https://unstats.un.org/unsd/energystats/methodology/documents/IRES-web.pdf

Energy statistics data covers all major sectors of the economy that are involved in the production, trade, energy transformation or energy consumption.

Definitions of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics apply.

See table under 3.5.1.

The survey is organized based on the functional principle and implies the survey of all units which produce, import, distribute, and finally consume energy sources regardless of their main activity of the economic unit – legal entity.

National territory of the Republic of Moldova excluding the left part of the River Nistru and Bender municipality.

See table under 3.8.1.

Not applicable.

See table under 4.1.

See table under 5.1

See table under 6.1.1.

See table under 6.2.1.

At EU level:

• Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recitals 23-27, 31-32 and Articles 20-26) applies.

At national level:

• Law on Official Statistics (no. 93 of 26 May 2017) art. 19 and art. 20

Confidential data are not shown. The most common approach is to present only aggregation of the confidential data point with the non-confidential data that is the nearest suitable data point.

According to art. 19 of the Law on Official Statistics No. 93 dated 26.05.2017, producers of official statistics shall take all regulatory, administrative, technical and organizational measures to protect confidential data and prevent their disclosure.

Chapter VII of the above-mentioned law stipulates that the data collected, processed and stored for the production of statistical information are confidential if they allow the direct or indirect identification of the respondents. ) The following shall not be considered confidential:

a) data that can be obtained from publicly accessible sources according to the legislation;

b) individual data on address, telephone, name, type of activity, number of employees of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs;

c) data referring to public enterprises, institutions and organizations funded from the budget, submitted at the request of the public administration authorities.

According to the Law on Official Statistics, art. 20, access to confidential information is granted to the persons who, according to their official functions, participate in the production of statistical information shall have access to individual data in so far as individual data are necessary for producing this information.

The same article stipulates that the access to individual data, which do not allow the direct identification of respondents, may be given for scientific survey projects, whose expected results do not refer to identifiable individual units, under the regulation approved by the central statistical authority.

Art. 23 (5) of the Law stipulates that the the statistical information cannot be disseminated to users if it refers to 1-3 statistical units.

According to the Program of statistical work data are available:

• monthly - 35 days following the reported month
• annualy - 30 September after the reported year

The program of statistical work may be accessed on the web page https://statistica.gov.md/, under About NBS / Legislative and normative acts (https://statistica.gov.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=323&)

The program of statistical work may be accessed on the web page https://statistica.gov.md/, under About NBS / Legislative and normative acts (https://statistica.gov.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=323&)

See table under 9.1.

Currently, the Press release / Analytical Notes on energy statistics are not compiled.

Publication developed by NBS covering statistical data on energy balance: “Energy Balance of the Republic of Moldova” (only in electronic format) - every year

Time series on energy balance indicators are placed:

- Statistical databank http://statbank.statistica.md/, under Economic statistics /  Energy resources

- NBS official page: www.statistica.gov.md, under

• Statistics by themes / Economic statistics / Energy
• Products and services / Publications

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1. Consumption of energy products in households

Links to quality and methodology documentation (reference material on methods and questionnaires used): National Bureau of Statistics // Publications (gov.md)

Link to national metadata: National Bureau of Statistics // Publications (gov.md)

2. Reference metadata:

Monthly data - Short-term indicators in enery

Annual data - Energy balance

3. Methodology documentation - https://statistica.gov.md/public/files/Metadate/alte/Metodologie_energetica.pdf (only in Romanian)

Not requested for this metadata collection

Global Assesment of the National Statistical System of the Republic of Moldova - https://statistica.gov.md/public/files/despre/evaluare_opinii/externe/GA_Moldova_Final_Report_2019.pdf

Not available

See table under 11.2.1.

All data are made available on NBS`s web site - https://statistica.gov.md/.

All data are made available on NBS`s web site - https://statistica.gov.md/.

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The statistics are in compliance with the volumes and deadlines of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008.

See table under 12.3.1.1.

See table under 13.1.1.

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Not requested for this metadata collection

Informations is included in the sub-concepts 13.3.1. - 13.3.5.

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According to the Program of statistical work data are available:

• monthly - 35 days following the reported month
• annualy - 30 September after the reported year

Not requested for this metadata collection.

Annually - data are final when disseminated for the first time.

Monthly - for the first dissemination, data are provisional, with a possibility of revision in the next month, if any corrections are made by the agents.

100% delivered on time

Not requested for this metadata collection.

The informations is developed and disseminated without the data of the entreprises and organisations from the left part of the River Nistru and Bender municipality.

Not requested for this metadata collection.

Monthly - time series are available, including on the NBS site, starting with 2015.

Annually - Beginning with 2010 Energy balance of the Republic of Moldova is presented in accordance with international standards (IEA, UN, Eurostat) in conventional energy units (oil equivalent, coal equivalent, Joules).

Monthly - time series are available, including on the NBS site, starting with 2015.

Annually - Beginning with 2010 Energy balance of the Republic of Moldova is presented in accordance with international standards (IEA, UN, Eurostat) in conventional energy units (oil equivalent, coal equivalent, Joules).

Comparability is ensured

Comparability is ensured

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Comparability is ensured

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No revision policy adopted

Link to revision policy/practice for Monthly data and Annual data: Energy Balance (gov.md).

Not requested for this metadata collection.

Monthly - data collection is based on the monthly statistical survey according to the statistical report 1-RE “Stocks, inputs and consumption of basic energy resources”. 

Annually - data are collected based on the annual statistical survey according to the statistical report 1-BE “Energy Balance”

See table under 18.2.1.

Monthly - the collecting method is self-registration performed by economic units and submission of the statistical report to the statistical territorial office – by the 25th of the month following the report.

Annually - the collecting method is self-registration performed by economic units and submission of the statistical report to the statistical territorial office – by March 31 of the year following the reported year.

See table under 18.4.1.

See table under 18.5.2.

Not requested for this metadata collection

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