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1.1. Contact organisation | Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHAS) |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Environment, Energy and Transport Statistics Department |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Zelenih Beretki 26, 71 000 Sarajevo, BiH |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 16/04/2021 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 16/04/2021 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 16/04/2021 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
The statistics are compiled and transmitted yearly to Eurostat. Mandatory data collection at EU level is based on legal act, the Regulation EU 2018/643 and covers goods and passengers. Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina transmit to Eurostat Annex L. ANNEX L covers simplified statistics on annual goods and passengers transport. Data are broken-down into 2 tables: Table L1: Level of transport activity in goods transport Table L2: Level of transport activity in passenger transport
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3.2. Classification system | |||
Goods transported by rail are classified according to the 20 divisions of goods following the 'Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics 2007’ with effect from reference year 2008. The codes of regions used in the region-to-region statistics are indicated in Regulation (EC) 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The classification of dangerous goods is defined in the regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail, usually known as the RID, as adopted under Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Classification of Activities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (KD BiH 2010), is based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Railway undertakings providing transport of passengers or goods on the railway network of the Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
The main concepts used in rail domain are:
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
Statistical units for rail transport statistics are all railway operators. |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
Data on passenger and freight transport are collected from the railway undertakings operating at national territory. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
Operational railway network on national territory. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Data on passengers and goods are covered from 2010 onwards. |
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3.9. Base period | |||
The base year is the previous year. |
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The volume and performance of rail freight traffic are measured in tonnes (mass) and tonne-kilometres. Passenger transport by rail is measured in the number of passengers and in passenger-kilometres. Information on the number of train kilometres is also available. |
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The tables consist annual data.
According to the Rail regulation (EU) 2018/643 data is collected as following: Annual data
- 5 months after the end of the reference period for Table L1 8 months after the end of the reference period for Table L2 |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
National level:
Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH No.26/04) The work plan of the Agency for Statistics of BiH Statistical program of BiH, 2021-2024 |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Not applicable |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH No.26/04) Statistical confidentiality is determined by the articles of the Law on Statistics of BiH. This area in accordance with the EU regulations governing the confidentiality of statistical data. |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
The data is treated in accordance with the confidentiality policy. Data are published at the aggregate level. |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Release calendar contains the review of publications planned to be issued in current year. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Calendar of Statistical Data Issues
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
In line with the legal framework, Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH No.26/04) disseminates statistics on rail transport respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. At the release data on rail transport statistics is available to all users at the same time. |
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Rail transport statistics first results are published quarterly and annual. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
The First Release "Transport" - quarterly data Aggregated data on the level of the BiH on the total passengers carried and passenger - kilometres (total, national, international transport), total tonnes carried and tonne kilometres (total, national transport, international loading and international – unloading and transit). |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
The First Release "Transport" - quarterly data |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Data are not published in online databases |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
The bulletin of transport statistics- annual data BiH in figures – annual data on rail passenger and freight transport. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Publications with corresponding methodological explanations available at www.bhas.gov.ba , which is prepared for the data collection at national level. |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
not applicable |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Agency for statistics of BiH follows the recommendations on the organization of quality management given in the European Statistics Code of Practice CoP and implements the guidelines given in the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
not applicable |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
The key users of rail transport statistics are State institutions, enterprises, research and scientific community, journalists etc. |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
The survey on user needs was conducted in June 2017. |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
not applicable |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
Overall accuracy of the rail transport statistics data is good. The processing with implemented logical and computational control, plausibility checks as well as checks done before transmitting data to Eurostat provides a high accuracy of the data. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable for rail transport data collection. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Not applicable for rail transport data collection |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
All the statistics required by the provisions of the Regulation EU 2018/643 are transmitted to Eurostat in deadlines prescribed by Regulation. ANNEX L: 5 months after the end of the reference period for Table L1 and 8 months after the end of the reference period for Table L2. Difficulties to respect deadline for data transmission: It is feasible to deliver datasets within required deadlines. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
All rail datasets are transmitted to Eurostat within deadlines specified in the Regulation EU 2018/643. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
not applicable |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
not applicable |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
not applicable |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
not applicable |
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not applicable |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
not applicable |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
not applicable |
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18.1. Source data | |||
Data on the railway infrastructure, transport equipment and transport of passengers and goods refer to the activity of legal entities engaged in the railway transport of passengers and goods and registered in the Statistical Business Register of the Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Data are collected quarterly and annually. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Data are collected by the report method, by sending a questionnaire, which is delivered by mail or e-mail. |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Controls used: number of positive answers in relation to coverage, completeness of questionnaire completion, activity of reporting unit, deviation of data on railway infrastructure, railway means of transport and capacities, transported passengers and passenger kilometres in domestic and international transport, transported goods and tonne- kilometres in domestic transport, export, import and transit, accidents, dead and seriously injured persons in railway transport in relation to the previous period. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
- |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable for rail transport data collection. |
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