DZS (Croatian Bureau of Statistics)

Spatial Statistics Directorate

Transport Statistics Department

Branimirova 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

The statistics are compiled and transmitted quarterly to Eurostat.

Mandatory data collection at EU level is based on legal act, the Regulation EU 2018/643 and covers goods and passengers.
Data is collected as following:

• Annex I (annual data) –goods transport,
• Annex II (annual data)–passenger transport,
• Annex III – (quarterly data) goods and passengers,
• Annex IV and V( data every five years) regional statistics on goods and passengers and rail network and
• Annex VIII (annual data) goods and passengers transport for small undertakings.

ANNEX VIII may be used by Member States as alternatives to the normal detailed reporting set out in ANNEXES I and II, for undertakings for which the total volume of goods or passenger transport is less than 200 million tonne-km or 500 000 tonnes or less than 100 million passenger-km. ANNEX VIII is transmitted from reference year 2017.

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 NUTS 2 classification which is in force at the time when data collection takes place is used.

Regions of loading/embarkation/unloading/disembarkation should be coded according to NUTS

classification for countries covered by NUTS Regulation and to ISO-3166 alpha-2 for the rest (e.g. for regions outside EU). The level of detail is NUTS2 (basic regions, 4-digits).

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 Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail and subsequent amendments (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25. of  Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/6/EC (OJ L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 42).

Railway undertakings providing transport of passengers or goods on the railway network of the Republic of Croatia and  infrastructure manager for train kilometres.

The main concepts used in rail domain are:

Rail passenger means any person, excluding members of the train crew, who makes a trip by rail. For accident statistics, passengers trying to embark/disembark onto/from a moving train are included.
Passenger-km means the unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one kilometer. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.
Weight means the quantity of goods in tonnestones (1 000 kilograms). The weight to be taken into consideration includes, in addition to the weight of the goods transported, the weight of packaging and the tare weight of containers, swap bodies, pallets as well as road vehicles transported by rail in the course of combined transport operations. If the goods are transported using the services of more than one railway undertaking, when possible the weight of goods shall not be counted more than once.
Tonne-km means the unit of measure of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne (1 000 kilograms) of goods by rail over a distance of one kilometer. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.
Train means one or more railway vehicles hauled by one or more locomotives or railcars, or one railcar travelling alone, running under a given number or specific designation from an initial fixed point to a terminal fixed point. A light engine, that is to say, a locomotive travelling on its own, is not considered to be a train.
Train-km means the unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre. The distance used is the distance actually run, if available, otherwise the standard network distance between the origin and destination shall be used. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.

Statistical units for rail transport statistics are all railway operators.

Data on passenger and freight transport are collected from the railway undertakings operating at national territory within thresholds mentioned in the rail Regulation EU 2018/643.
Data on traffic are collected from infrastructure managers and railway undertakings.

Operational railway network on national territory.

Data on passengers and goods are covered from 2004 onwards.

Not applicable.

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.
Traffic flows on the rail network are measured in number of trains - passenger, freight and others (optional)

The tables consist mostly of annual data. There are some tables providing quarterly and quinquennial (every five years) data.

According to the Rail Regulation EU 2018/643 data is collected as following: Annual data
– Annex I –goods transport collected for a reference period of one year with a deadline for data transmission as 5 months after the reference period
– Annex II –passenger transport, yearly data with eight months deadline after the end of reference period
– Annex III – quarterly data for goods and passengers with a deadline of three months after the end of the reference period,
– Annex IV and V data every five years on regional statistics on goods and passengers and rail network with deadline of 12 respectively 18 months after the end of reference period and
– Annex VIII goods and passengers transport for small undertakings with 5 respectively 8 months deadline after the end of reference period.

National level:

• Annual Implementation Plan of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia
• Official Statistics Act (Official Gazette, No. 25/20)
• Programme of Statistical Activities of the Republic of Croatia

Regulation EU 2018/643 of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 April 2018 on the railway transport statistics (recast).

Not applicable

National level:

• Official Statistics Act (Official Gazette, No. 25/20)
• Ordinance on the access to confidential statistical data
• Ordinance on Conditions and Terms of Using Confidential Statistical Data for Scientific Purposes

European level:

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

All railway operators gave the permission for data dissemination

Release calendar contains the review of publications planned to be issued in current year and by the end of May for next year, which depends on when the processing of a particular statistical survey can be finished and on whether it is feasible to make a particular kind of publication or not. Data on rail transport statistics is published quarterly 45 days after the reference quarter in the form of a first release.

Calendar of Statistical Data Issues 2020

Calendar of Statistical Data Issues 2020

In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice Croatian Bureau of Statistics disseminates statistics on rail transport respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. Main results of rail transport statistics are available free of charge to all users. At the release data on rail transport statistics is available to all users at the same time.

Rail transport statistics first results are published quarterly 45 days after the reference quarter and annual publication of detailed data 8 months after the end of the reference year.

The First Release "Transport" - quarterly data

Aggregated data on the level of the Republic of Croatia 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) and out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods.

The First Release "Transport" - quarterly data

Data are not published in online databases.

 Not applicable.

Statistics in Line – quarterly data on rail transport at the level of the Republic of Croatia, annual data at the county level and towns/municipalities level. Annual detailed data on passenger transport by type of transport, country of embarkation and disembarkation, goods transport by type of transport, type of goods, type of dangerous goods, by country of loading and unloading, intermodal transport units. Annual data on railway lines, railway vehicles, operations of railway vehicles, traffic accidents and employment.

Statistical information – annual data on rail passenger and freight transport.

Croatia in figures – annual data on rail passenger and freight transport.

Publications with corresponding methodological explanations available at https://podaci.dzs.hr/, which is prepared for the data collection at national level.

There is also countries' dedicated section in the Reference Manual on Rail Transport Statistics (Part IV National Methodologies) available.

The data on quality are stored in the CBS database of quality information (DBQI).

The main tool for the systematic quality assessment and quality management is the CBS database on quality information (DBQI). The DBQI has in first stage the Basic analytical tool for comparative analyses of quality indicators and later will contain Advanced analytical tool for comparative analyses of quality indicators.

An organisational structure and tools are in place to deal with quality. There are procedures in place to plan, monitor and improve the quality of the statistical processes. Procedures based on quality reporting are in place to internally monitor product quality. Results are analysed regularly and improving actions are undertaken, if needed (for example after obtaining annual summary results and mirror checks reports from Eurostat). There is a regular and thorough review of the key statistical outputs.

The key users of rail transport statistics are National Accounts Department, Eurostat, DG MOVE, State institutions, enterprises, research and scientific community, journalists etc.

No survey on user needs has been conducted.

The data collection on rail transport statistics follows the provisions of the Regulation EU 2018/643 All variables in all datasets are provided including the optional variables.

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.

Not applicable for rail transport data collection.

Not applicable for rail transport data collection

All the statistics required by the provisions of the Regulation EU 2018/643 are transmitted to Eurostat in deadlines prescribed by Regulation.

ANNEX I: 5 months after the end of the reference period

ANNEX II: 8 months after the end of the reference period

ANNEX III: 3 months after the end of the reference period

ANNEX IV: 12 months after the end of the reference period

ANNEX V: 18 months after the end of the reference period

ANNEX VIII: 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.

All rail datasets are transmitted to Eurostat within deadlines specified in the Regulation EU 2018/643.

The geographical comparability of HR data with other member states is very good.

Length of comparable time series of 1993 onwards for top aggregated level of data, but all datasets have been provided to Eurostat from 2008 reference year. Since 2016, data on railway transport of goods related to the operation of all railway carriers on the railway network of the Republic of Croatia.

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When comparing Croatian rail passenger transport statistics data published by Eurostat with the results of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, it has to be considered, that national published passenger data includes transit transport.

The response burden is put on rail operators. Data are delivered via e-mail and reporting units are contacted only to clarify the errors that cannot be solved by the CBS.

Provisional figures are published for rail passenger transport. Revisions are carried five months after the end of the year.

Deadline for the publication of first quarterly results of passenger and freight transport is 45 days after the end of the quarter.

Planned revisions of rail passenger transport are carried five months after the end of the year. Unplanned revisions are caused by events that could not be predicted and that are impossible to prevent (subsequent changes in data sources or subsequently identified errors in previously submitted data) are generally disseminated as soon as possible.

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 Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Source of data on the railway transport of passengers is railway passenger carrier. Data on railway transport of goods is related to the operation of all railway carriers on the railway network of the Republic of Croatia. Data on the railway infrastructure and transport equipment is an infrastructure manager.

Data are collected quarterly, annually and quinquennial.

Data are transmitted to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics in electronic form following the agreed data structure and format and also in Excel tables.

In statistical data processing, the CBS implements control of the data coverage for the purpose of checking the completeness of the submitted data. Logical-computational controls, data consistency between data sets and controls of used codes are checked at the lowest level of received data.

After data processing and control checks, the data received from the rail carriers are compiled into quarterly and annual data following the structure of the data sets which are preset by Regulation EU 2018/643.

Not applicable for rail transport data collection.

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