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1.1. Contact organisation | Statistics Estonia |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Economic and Environmental Statistics Department |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Statistics Estonia 51 Tatari Street 10134 Tallinn |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 11/04/2024 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 11/04/2024 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 11/04/2024 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
Number of registered enterprises. Number of bankrupt enterprises. |
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3.2. Classification system | |||
The number of registrations and bankruptcies are classified by their main activity in the following NACE rev 2.0 breakdowns: |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
All economic units active in Estonia, except households and embassies of foreign countries. |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
Registered enterprise – legal unit entered in the registrations register at any time during the reference quarter, according to the respective administrative or legal procedure. Bankrupt enterprise – legal unit that has started at any time during the reference quarter, by court decision, bankruptcy declaration processings (which is often provisional and does not always mean cessation of activity). |
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
Enterprise. |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
Economic units, including sole proprietors. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
The whole country is covered. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Data transmitted to Eurostat from 2010. Data published nationally from 2021. |
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3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable because data are sent in absolute figures. |
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Number of registered and bankrupt enterprises. |
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Quarter. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
Regulation (EC) No 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance). |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Data are transmitted to Eurostat. |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia: https://www.stat.ee/en/statistics-estonia/about-statistics-estonia/legal-acts |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website of Statistics Estonia. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month). |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
The publication calendar of news releases and the statistical publications are available on the website of Statistics Estonia https://www.stat.ee/en/calendar |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
All users have been granted an equal access to official statistics: this means that the dissemination dates of official statistics have to be announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) can have access to the official statistics (results of official statistical surveys) before other users. Statistical information is first published in the Statistical Database. In case a news release is published based on the same data, the information provided in the relevant news release is simultaneously published in the Statistical Database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8.00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. |
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Quarterly. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Not published. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Not published. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Data are published under the heading "Economy/Economic units/Business demography” in the Statistical Database in https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes: https://www.stat.ee/sites/default/files/2020-08/Procedure%20for%20dissemination%20of%20confidential%20data%20for%20scientific%20purposes.pdf |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Data are sent to Eurostat both to be used in European aggregates as well as to be released as national data. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Regulation (EC) No 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance). |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
The Quality Report sent to Eurostat is available at the address: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/short-term-business-statistics/methodology |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act. |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions. |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications State and local government institutions Non-profit organisations Entrepreneurs Research and educational institutions Eesti Pank (central bank of Estonia) Eurostat |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section https://www.stat.ee/en/statistics-estonia/about-us/user-surveys |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
In compliance with the rules (regulations). |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Not measured because of the usage of administrative data. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
The data are published 40 days after the end of the reporting quarter (T + 40). |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
The data are comparable with the data of other European Union (EU) countries. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
The data transmitted to Eurostat are comparable since 2010. The data published nationally are comparable since 2021. |
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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 measured. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section https://www.stat.ee/en/statistics-estonia/about-us/strategy/principles-dissemination-official-statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia. The same revision policy is applied to data released nationally and transmitted to Eurostat. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available. |
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18.1. Source data | |||
Data from the Centre of Registers and Information Systems. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Quarterly. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Data are gained from the Centre of Registers and Information Systems through Data Exchange Layer X-Road. |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with other data. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
Published indicators are calculated on the basis of received data (Centre of Registers and Information Systems). |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applied. |
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Not applicable. |
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