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FINAL REPORT OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1 989-1992 CONTENTS 
CONTENTS 
PREFACE 
INTRODUCTION 
PART I - SUMMARY 8 
Objectives of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme 9 
I. Monitoring the Statistical Programme 9 
II. Implementation of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme 10 
II.A. Instruments for achieving the programme 10 
N.B. Implementing actions 10 
II.B.1. General coordination within the Institutions 10 
II.B.2 Dialogues with the national statistical systems 11 
N.B.3 International statistical cooperation 11 
IV. Measures to achieve the objectives 12 
V. Budgetary resources for the Statistical Programme 16 
VI. Evaluation of overall result 18 
PART II - SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS AND THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN 
IMPLEMENTING THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMMES CONNECTED WITH 
COMMUNITY POLICIES 21 
I. STATISTICAL WORK LINKED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT 
21 
LA. Statistical work geared towards the completion of the Internal market 21 
I.A.1. Standardization and confidentiality 21 
I.A.2. Intra-Community trade after 1992 21 
I.A.3. Business statistics 23 
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LB. Statistics for administering policies promoting a social and economic area. 23 
I.B.1 Statistics for administering policies promoting social and economic cohesion 
Standardization 23 
I.B.2. Statistics for administering policies aimed at creating a social area 24 
I.B.3. Statistics for administering policies aimed at Economic and Monetary Union 27 
I.B.4 Statistics for research and development policies 28 
I.B.5. Statistics for environment policies 28 
II. OTHER COMMUNITY POLICIES 29 
II.A. Statistics for administering agricultural policies 29 
II.B. Statistics for the administration of the Common Fisheries Policy 31 
U.C. Statistics for administering industrial policies 31 
II.D. Statistics for administering energy policies 31 
ILE. Statistics in support of policies in the service sector 32 
II.F. Statistics on external relations 33 
II.G. Cooperation with the countries of eastern Europe 34 
III. FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMUNITY 35 
III.A. Own Resources 35 
III.B. Information 35 
IV. Functioning of the Institutions 35 
IV.A. Informatics 35 
IV.B. Support for the statistical institutes of the Member States 35 
IV.C. Staff management 36 
IV.D. Statistical cooperation at Community level 36 
PART III- PROGRESS REPORT BY THEMES 37 
I. Single European Act 37 
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LA. Economic convergence in the context of the internal market (policy 21 ) 37 
I.A.1. Nomenclatures (Theme 26) 37 
I.A.2. Statistical and Accounting Coordination (Theme 28) 38 
I.A.3. Methodology of National Accounts (Theme 29) 39 
I.A.4. Trade in goods between Member States after 1992 (INTRA 92) (Theme 41) 40 
I.A.5. Adaptation of the business statistics after 1992 (Theme 54) 41 
LB. Economic and monetary union (Policy 22) 42 
I.B.1. National accounts - production (Theme 27) 42 
I.B.2. Prices : data collection and calculation of purchasing power parities (Theme 30) 43 
I.B.3. Prices: Consumer price indices (Theme 31) 43 
I.B.4. Integration of the European capital markets in the context of the creation of a 
European financial area (Theme 33) 44 
I.B.5. Financial accounts and financial balance sheets (Theme 34) 45 
I.B.6. Monetary and financial indicators. Structural and short-term economic indicators 
(Theme 35) 45 
I.C. Economic cohesion (structural policies) (Policy 23) 46 
I.C.1. Regional statistics and accounts (Theme 77) 46 
I.C.2. Système d'informations infra-régionales (Theme 78) 47 
I.C.3. Soutien des infrastructures statistiques nationales (Theme 79) 47 
I.D. Social policy (Politicy 24) 48 
I.D.1. Active population, employment, unemployment et durée de travail (Theme 70) 48 
I.D.2. Education and vocational training (Theme 71) 49 
I.D.3. Health and safety (Theme 72) 50 
I.D.4. Income and consumption (Theme 73) 52 
I.D.5. Poverty (Theme 74) 56 
I.D.6. Population and migrations (Theme 75) 57 
I.D.7. Sociales digests (Theme 76) 57 
I.E. Research and development (Policy 25) 58 
I.E.1. Statistics on research, development and innovation (Theme 65) 58 
I.E.2. Statistical research and development (Theme 66) 59 
I.F. Environnment (Policy 26) 60 
I.F.1. Environnment (Theme 88) 60 
I.F.2 Infrastructures and spatial statistics (Theme 89) 61 
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II. Community Politicies : 61 
II.A. Common agricultural policy (Policy 31) 61 
II.A.1. Agricultural and foresty statistics (Theme 80) 61 
II.A.2. Economics Accounts for Agriculture, Agricultural Incomes and Prices (Theme 81) 66 
II.A.3. Integrated Sectoral Databank for Agriculture and Agricultural Sector Models (Theme 82) 71 
II.A.4. Restructuring plans (Theme 83) 72 
II.A.5. Crop Production (Theme 85) 73 
II.A.6. Animal production (Theme 86) 74 
II.B. Enterprise policy (manufacturing and services) (Policy 32) 75 
II.B.1. Industry - methodology and analyses (Theme 55) 75 
II.B.2. Industry - production and dissemination (Theme 56) 76 
II.B.3. Iron and steel statistics (Theme 59) 77 
II.B.4. Services - Methodology and analyses (Theme 60) 77 
N.B.5. Services-Production and dissemination (Theme61) 77 
II.B.6. Agro-industry (Theme 84) 79 
U.C. Energy policy (Policy 33) 80 
11.0.1. Energy - methodology and surveys (Theme 50) 80 
II.C.2. Energy and raw materials - production and dissemination (Theme 51) 80 
II.D. Fisheries policy (Policy 34) 81 
II.D.1. Fisheries (Theme 87) 81 
ILE. Transport and tourism policies (Policy 35) 82 
II.E.1. Transport - Tourism (Theme 62) 82 
II.F. International relations policy (Policy 36) 85 
II.F.1. Management and development of the external trade methodlogy (Theme 40) 85 
II.F.2. Management of external trade classifications (Theme 42) 86 
II.F.3. Production of external trade statistics (Theme 43) 86 
II.F.4. Tariff and trade statistics for the Community and non-Community countries (Theme 44) 87 
II.F.5. Management and development of the balance of payments methodology (Theme 45) 88 
II.F.6. Production of balance-of-payment statistics (Theme 46) 89 
II.F.7. Study and analyses of external trade (Theme 48) 89 
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II.G. International Cooperation (Policy 37) 90 
II.G.1. Cooperation with developping countries (including ACP countries) (Theme 49) 90 
II.G.2. Cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Theme 90) 97 
III. Fonctioning of the Community 98 
III.A. Financial resources of the Community (Policy 41) 98 
III.A.1. Gross national product (Theme 25) 98 
III.A.2. The Community's own resources (Theme 47) 100 
III.B. Information policy (Policy 42) 100 
III.B.1. Dissemination policy (Theme 15) 100 
III.B.2. Public relations (Theme 16) 101 
III.B.3. Synthesis (Theme 17) 102 
III.B.4. Data Shop (Theme 18) 102 
IV. Fonctioning of the Institutions 103 
IV.A. Technical infrastructure of Eurostat (Policy 51) 103 
IV.A.1. Computer security (Theme 10) 103 
IV.A.2. General services (Theme 11) 104 
IV.A.3. New computing methods (Theme 12) 104 
IV.A.4. Computer architecture (Theme 13) 105 
IV.A.5. Sectoral applications (Theme 14) 105 
IV.A.6. Administration of Databases (Theme 19) 106 
IV.A.7. Implementation of New products (Theme 20 ) 106 
IV.B. Management of the staff of the institutions (weightings) (Policy 52) 107 
IV.B.1 Weightings (Theme 32) 107 
V. Management and administration 107 
V.A. Management andaAdministration (Policy 10) 107 
V.A.1. Budget and financial services (Theme 01) 107 
V.A.2. Statistical programme and planning (Theme 02) 108 
V.A.3. Training of european statisticians (Theme 03) 109 
V.A.4. Public relations (Theme 05) 109 
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V.A.5. Staff management (Theme 06) 110 
V.A.6. Document administration (Theme 07) 111 
V.A.7. Building administration (Theme 08) 111 
V.A.8. Management, Administration and training (Theme 09) 111 
PART IV - HUMAN RESOURCES, OPERATING BUDGET, MISSIONS AND MEETINGS 112 
ANNEX 127 
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FINAL REPORT OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1 989-1 992 PREFACE 
PREFACE 
The Council Resolution of 19 June 19891 on the Statistical Programme of the European 
Communities (1989 to 1992) requests the Commission to submit a final report on the 
implementation of the Statistical Programme. At its meeting on 25 March 1993, the 
European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social 
Spheres (CEIES) decided to set up a group of experts - of whom Mr Marc Despontin, 
professor at Brussels Free University, Mr Pierre Maillet, honorary Director-General of the 
European Communities and emeritus professor at the University of Lille, and Mr Antonio 
Merediz Monero of the INE, Madrid, are prominent people in social and professional circles, 
the world of science or of government - which has assisted the Commission in drawing up 
this report in order to give a greater degree of objectivity. 
OJC161. 28.06.1989. 
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INTRODUCTION 
The Council Resolution 89/C 161/01 1 of 19 June 1989 on the implementation of a plan of priority 
actions in the field of statistical information of the European Communities (1989 to 1992), requests 
the Commission to submit to the Council a final report on the implementation of the statistical 
programme. This report covers the four years from 1989 to 1992 and has four parts, viz.: 
Parti Main features of Eurostat's 1989-1992 work programme; 
Part II Summary of the results and the problems encountered in implementing the statistical 
programmes connected with Community policies; 
Part III Report on the programme's implementation by theme; 
Part IV Human resources, operating budget, missions and meetings. 
Eurostat's statistical programme consists of 203 activities or projects, which form the basis of its work. 
These activities and projects are grouped together into 73 themes and 17 policies. A list of the 
modules, themes and policies is annexed. 
PART 1 - SUMMARY 
The 1989-1992 Statistical Programme (SP) was drawn up with reference to the main policies of the 
Communities adopted by the European Councils held in Brussels and Hanover in February and June 
1988 respectively. 
The first stage was for each unit in Eurostat to make its own forecast - up to 1993 - of statistical 
developments relating to its area of competence. 
This preparatory work produced a basic aggregate, the module, which forms the reference unit for 
both: 
the technical definition of the surveys, studies or compilations to be made; 
and the preparatory and follow-up work on the financial and human resources to be 
allocated. 
However, in the first year of the project, Eurostat found it more appropriate to classify the modules by 
"themes". The "modules" are now grouped in "themes", which themselves are attached to a sectoral 
policy. 
The content of a module may differ from the definition envisaged in 1989, but the concept of the 
"module" remains the unit of work used for practical and management purposes. The list in the annex 
catalogues these. There are 206 modules, relating to 73 themes spread over 18 policies - the 17 
sectoral policies and 1 specific policy, "Management and administration". 
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I. Objectives of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme 
The objectives listed in the Council Resolution on the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme are as 
follows: 
Objective 1 : to speed up the development of the statistical infrastructure which is necessary for the 
proper operation of the internal market; 
Objective 2: to extend the scope of Community statistics to cover new areas of policy and of public 
interest; 
Objective 3: to permit the assessment of Community policies and the effective management of the 
related budgetary resources by providing reliable and up-to-date information at the 
necessary geographical levels; 
Objective 4: to promote the adoption of European statistical standards; 
Objective 5: to construct an integrated European system built on national systems; 
Objective 6: to contribute towards the development of a shared statistical language that will foster 
progress in the statistical sciences, so as to increase the knowledge of demographic, 
economic and social realities in all Member States. 
II. Monitoring the Statistical Programme 
To monitor the execution of the Statistical Programme, Eurostat has developed a monitoring file 
(TBPS) model. The TBPS exercise was launched in 1991. The objective of this instrument is 
twofold, viz: 
1. to provide information to the hierarchy, i.e. the Director-General and the Directors, on: 
- progress of the work; 
- the human, budgetary and computer resources allocated to each module for taking 
decisions on adjustments necessary for attaining the objectives of the programme. The 
module represents all the activities concerning a given objective identified in the 
Statistical Programme. It is the basic unit for programming, monitoring and technical, 
administrative and budgetary control. It is an integral part of a theme and a policy; 
2. to give each head of unit a management scale on which he can follow the programmes for 
which he is responsible by basic unit, i.e. the module. 
The purpose of the TBPS is to combine the technical calendar for the successive stages of the 
programme with implementation of the logistical resources associated with it over the management 
period concerned. 
Two major difficulties have been the procred in implementing the TBPS, viz.: 
1. The "monitoring file" exercise constitutes a substantial revision of the units' monitoring 
methods, in that each head of unit must define and structure for each module the 
distribution of its current and planned potential. There must be better application of the 
definition given to the module. Because of this lack of standardization and the non­
availability of some data for the period 1989-1982, this report is restricted to evaluating the 
work completed by theme and by policy. 
It is Eurostat's aim to be able to produce a more detailed evaluation for the 1993-1997 
Statistical Programme. 
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2. In order to be complete and really operational, the monitoring file must be more effective in 
combining all the resources contributing to the project. Besides the appropriations allocated 
and those committed by Eurostat, there are appropriations managed on other chapters in 
accordance which are distinguished in the same way, i.e. allocation/commitment. Eurostat 
has no say in how they are determined or committed, unless they are transferred to it by 
budget, which is the exception. 
To reinforce the dialogue between Eurostat and the other Commission directorates-general, 
a Commission Steering Committee for Statistical Information (CDIS) was established. 
III. Implementation of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme 
Statistical information has assumed increasing importance in the context of European integration, not 
only for national governments and European institutions, but also for European firms and citizens. 
III.A. Instruments for achieving the programme 
The setting up of a consultation, coordination and decision-making structure within the European 
Statistical System has continued with the creation by the Council of four major committees, viz.: 
The Statistical Programme Committee, established by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom2, 
which gives the high-level links between Eurostat and the national statistical institutes a 
more formal character, in line with institutional relations between the Commission and the 
Member States. 
the Committee on Statistical Confidentiality, set up by Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 
1588/90 3, which will be responsible for implementing and guaranteeing the provisions 
adopted by the Council on the transmission of confidential data by the NSIs to Eurostat; 
the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payment Statistics, set up by 
Decision 91/115/EEC4, which is composed of representatives from the NSIs and the Central 
Banks and will have the task of developing the statistics necessary for monitoring European 
monetary union; 
the European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social 
Spheres (CEIES), set up by Decision 91/116/EEC5. The CEIES is made up of 
representatives of the Commission, the NSIs, the main trade organizations and scientific 
circles. Its purpose is to help develop the European Statistical System in economic and 
social fields, taking into account user requirements and the needs of the basic information 
providers. 
III.B. Implementing actions 
III.B.1. General coordination within the Institutions 
At the request of the Council, which stated in its Resolution on the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme 
that requests for statistics addressed to the NSIs of the Member States by the Commission should be 
coordinated by Eurostat before being sent to the NSIs, Eurostat initiated a series of actions to 
increase the coordination of the Commission's statistical activities. 
2 OJ L 181. 28.06.1989. 
3 OJ L 151. 15.06.1990. 
4 OJ L 59. 06.03.1991. 
b OJ I 59. 06.03.1991. 
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The Commission's Secretariat-General was instructed to evaluate Eurostat's contribution to the work 
of the Directors-General and to propose the establishment of mechanisms for coordinating and 
strengthening the operating links, including a Commission Steering Committee for Statistical 
Information (CDIS). 
Dialogue with the European Parliament developed along two lines. First, regular technical meetings 
were held between the Secretariats of the Parliamentary Committees and Eurostat departments. The 
aim of these meetings was to simplify access for the Parliamentary Committees to Eurostat data and 
to coordinate ad hoc requests originating from Members of the European Parliament and Committee 
secretariats. 
Secondly, a meeting took place between the Directorate-General of Eurostat and the Chairmen of the 
Parliamentary Committees. The purpose was to improve Eurostat's understanding of the 
Parliament's goals and to ensure that statistics better meet their requirements. 
III.B.2. Dialogues with the national statistical systems 
Cooperation with the Member States' statistical systems continued on the basis of bilateral and 
multilateral contacts. 
The programme is implemented by some 80 sectoral working groups composed of representatives 
from the NSIs, under a Eurostat chairman. 
The Directors-General of the NSIs met twice a year within the Statistical Programme Committee, and 
progamming missions were organized every two years for the follow-up of the programme with each 
Member State. 
III.B.3. International statistical cooperation 
International cooperation developed in several directions. 
The main countries involved were those of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The 
European Community gave the Commission the mandate to negotiate with these countries a Treaty 
defining a framework for cooperation within a European Economic Area. 
Following recent events, cooperation with the countries of central and eastern Europe increased very 
substantially, in the form of coordinated assistance by the Group of 24, the PHARE scheme, and 
bilateral action taken by the Member States: statistical information is regarded as an essential 
ingredient for the development of all the countries involved in the process of transition from a planned 
economy to a market economy. 
In the context of this cooperation, Eurostat took the initiative of setting up an inter-secretariat group of 
international organizations to coordinate the provision of assistance to these countries. 
Demand for comparable statistics at world level has increased considerably. Political and economic 
decision-makers, who operate in the global economic context, are able, as a result of the 
development of data transmission and processing technologies, to process bigger data flows for 
analytical purposes. The increasing integration of world economies also means that their 
requirements go beyond national and regional boundaries and comparable data flows are needed. 
The structure of international statistical coordination does not yet meet these requirements. 
Consequently, other systems of coordination and consultation need to be set up to create statistical 
standards compatible with the economies developed and as economically integrated as possible. 
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The intense development of international statistical cooperation has brought to light the need for 
better coordination of the activities of all the organizations working in Europe. In particular, Eurostat, 
the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE - Geneva) and the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development (OECD) have held a series of discussions to improve the coordination 
of their programmes. Eurostat's involvement on the international scene in 1990 included its 
participation at the Conference of European Statisticians (in June in Geneva) and in the ACC 1 sub­
committee of the statistical activities of the United Nations (in June in Vienna). Eurostat also 
presented the INTRASTAT programme at the Conference of Latin American statisticians. 
The fourth area of development in Eurostat's international activities can be seen in the setting up of a 
consultation system with the United States and Canada. Eurostat, the US Bureau of Management 
and Analysis and Statistics Canada have decided to meet regularly when international meetings take 
place in order to agree on common positions on certain aspects of the development of international 
statistical standards. 
IV. MEASURES TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES 
The day-to-day implementation of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme was carried out basically by 
three approaches, viz.: 
by gentlemen's agreements between Eurostat and the National Statisitcal Institutes, which is 
the usual approach for conventional data; 
Legal instrumentsthrough a continuous dialogue with the users, i.e. the Directorates-
General (CDIS), the NSIs (committees and working parties), and prominent people in 
scientific, economic and social circles (CEIES and CMFB); 
through legal instruments enacted by the Council, establishing a true legal basis. In the 
context of Community law in the field of statistics, 78 legal instruments were drawn up and 
adopted during the period 1989-1992. 
Legal basis 
Regulation 
Directive 
Decision 
Recommendation 
Resolution 
Total 1989 
3 
2 
12 
1 
18 1990 
8 
5 
10 
23 1991 
17 
3 
9 
1 
1 
31 1992 
5 
1 
6 Total 
33 
10 
32 
1 
2 
78 
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Objective 1: to speed up the development of the statistical infrastructure which is necessary 
for the proper operation of the internal market 
The Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation on transit statistics and storage statistics to 
supplement Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 6 relating to statistics on the trading of goods 
between Member States (Intrastat), which introduced a new system for collecting information on 
Community trade relations, as well as three related implementing Regulations on statistical 
thresholds, statistical information media and certain implementing provisions. 
The revision of trade statistics, which are necessary for increasing the transparency of the single 
market and improving firms' competitiveness, received particular attention through the work on 
standardizing business registers throughout the Community and the adaptation of business statistics 
to the needs of the single market. A proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 7 on 
industrial production statistics (PRODCOM) was adopted by the Council, and in-depth discussions 
were held with the national statistical authorities with a view to drawing up a series of legal acts which 
would be implemented over the next few years. 
"Panorama of EC Industry", a publication which was radically reviewed in 1990, will in future give 
statistics on businesses which will be easily accessible to a wide range of users. 
In view of the importance which the Single Act attaches to the problems of education and training, 
and in implementation of the Council Decision establishing the FORCE programme (90/267/EEC) 8, 
the Commission conducted a survey in a sample of firms on continuous training. This allowed the 
statistical and technical procedures for launching the field survey to be determined. 
Work continued on the harmonization of business registers for statistical purposes. 
In order to take account of developments in the Single Market and major changes in the steel market, 
a Directive (90/377/EEC) 9 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas 
and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users, and a Decision (91/612/ECSC) 10 and a 
Recommendation (91/141/ECSC) 10 concerning coal statistics, were implemented with a view to 
improving the transparency of the market. 
Objective 2: to extend the scope of Community statistics to cover new areas of policy and 
of public interest 
Decision 92/326/EEC 11 establishing a two-year programme for the development of European 
statistics on services was adopted by the Council. This programme lays down the objectives and 
plans for the preparatory work on user needs, methodological problems and pilot surveys. In addition, 
it instructs the Member States to analyse their needs and to forward to the Commision their statistics 
on services. 
The Council decided to implement a multiannual programme on Community statistics on tourism. 
On the environment, the Commission speeded up and intensified its work on establishing a European 
statistical system. It started the preparatory work on a four-year development programme on which 
the Council adopted a position. 
6 OJL316. 16.01.1991. 
7 OJ L 374. 31.12.1991. 
8 OJL156, 21.06.1990. 
9 OJL185. 17.07.1990. 
10 OJ L 74. 20.03.1991. 
10 0JL74. 20.03.1991. 
11 OJ L 179. 01.07.1992. 
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In the field of external relations, the multilateral trade negotiations under the Uruguay Round:were 
assisted by the use of an integrated system of information on external trade (Starcom). Within the 
context of the programme for technical cooperation with the developing countries particular interest 
was shown in statistics enabling the social consequences of structural adjustment programmes to be 
monitored. 
Work was also carried out in several domains with a view to speeding up the provision by the 
Member States, in an enlarged Community, of harmonized and more reliable data. 
Objective 3: to permit the assessment of Community policies and the effective management 
of the related budgetary resources by providing reliable and up-to-date 
information at the necessary geographical levels 
Under Council Directive 89/130/EEC 12 on the compilation of gross national product at market prices 
(GNPmp), the GNP Committee started work on improving the comparability and reliability of data on 
gross national product. This work is linked with determining the national contributions to the 
Community's own resources and also with coordinating national economic policies. A proposal for a 
Regulation COM(92) 353 13 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production 
system in the European Community was adopted by the Commission. 
The Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 3711/91 14 on the organization of an annual labour force 
sample survey. 
This new system, which was implemented as from spring 1992, will go further towards meeting users' 
needs for information at national and regional levels, and will also take account of new forms of 
employment and measures to combat unemployment. 
The Council also adopted Regulation (EEC) No 3949/92 15 relating to the organization of a survey of 
labour costs in industry and the services sector. 
In addition, the Commission continued its work of adopting instruments for analysing the effect of the 
new CAP reform measures on production and on income trends in the Community's agricultural 
sector. 
Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 16 concerning statistical information on cereals production, a proposal for 
a Regulation on statistics on crop products other than cereals, and three proposals for Directives on 
surveys to be conducted on pig, cattle, and sheep and goat production respectively are aimed at 
taking account of the statistical implications of the reform of the CAP. 
The Commission also adopted three Decisions (89/651, 652 and 653/EEC) 17 on implementing the 
Regulation concerning Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, thereby 
improving the Eurofarm information system as a source of reliable and comparable data for 
monitoring the common agricultural policy. The simulation results obtained via the model of 
production and incomes in the Community's agricultural sector were used during the GATT (Uruguay 
Round) negotiations and in the annual fixing of producer prices. 
12 OJL49. 21.02.1989 
13 OJ C 267. 16.10.1992. 
14 OJL351. 20.12.1991. 
15 0JL404. 31.12.1992. 
16 OJ L 88. 03.04.1990. 
17 0JL391, 30.12.1989. 
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^Regulations on the submission of data on the landings of fishery products (Regulation (EEC) No 
1382/91 18) and on the submission of nominal catch statistics (Regulations (EEC) Nos 3880/91 and 
3881/91 19) were adopted to improve the monitoring of the Community's supplies and the 
transparency of the market. 
In addition, the Commission made a grant from the European Regional Development Fund to finance 
technical support for improving Portuguese regional statistics (Preder). 
Under the projects financed by the PHARE programme, ECU 5.4 million were granted for 
restructuring the statistical system of the former German Democratic Republic, with particular 
emphasis on staff training and computer equipment, projects and programmes dealing with national 
and regional accounts in particular, and agricultural registers and statistics. 
Objective 4: to promote the adoption of European statistical standards 
Methodological work was done on standardization, particularly with regard to drawing up a new 
classification of activities (NACE), revising the common product classification and revising the 
European System of Integrated Economic Accounts (ESA) and the accounts for trade in goods, 
services and capital. 
Objective 5: to construct an integrated European system built on national systems 
After the adoption of the Council Regulation on the transmission of data subject to statistical 
confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, the Committee on Statistical 
Confidentiality started its work, making an inventory of all confidential data and existing protective 
measures. A draft manual on the protection of confidential data forwarded to Eurostat was drawn up. 
While reinforcing coordination with the national statistical institutes by setting up efficient channels of 
communication, the Commission continued to support the work undertaken by various Member States 
to improve their statistical systems, in particular Greece, where the second phase of the programme 
to restructure the system of agricultural surveys finally started, and Italy and Ireland, where the 
support programmes were completed. 
Objective 6: to contribute towards the development of a shared statistical language that will 
foster progress in the statistical sciences, so as to increase the knowledge of 
demographic, economic and social realities in all Member States 
The Commission adopted a proposal for a Decision establishing a multiannual programme for the 
development of Community statistics on research, development and innovation, which is intended to 
help in establishing an integrated information system in this field. 
18 OJL133. 28.05.1991. 
19 OJ L 365. 31.12.1991. 
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V. Budgetary resources for the Statistical Programme 
The presentation of the budget for Eurostat's work was altered in 1988, before the 1989-1992 
Statistical Programme was adopted. 
1. Formerly, all Eurostat appropriations, both operating and administrative, appeared in Part A 
and were non-differentiated. In the 1988 budget the operating appropriations were 
transferred to part B and broken down into four budget lines, which will be maintained, as 
regards their content, throughout the Statistical Programme. 
Thus, the budgetary framework was in existence before the programme was laid down and 
carried out. It is divided into four chapters for four types of action relating to the sectoral 
statistical programmes, viz: 
- those relating to the provisions of the Single European Act; 
- those for accompanying Community policies; 
- those linked to the working of the Community; 
- those linked to the working of the institutions. 
2. Apart from its methodological and technical aspects, the discussion of the projects 
summarized above provided an opportunity to discuss with the Directorates-General and the 
NSIs the question of their financing procedures, i.e. whether these would be in accordance 
with the traditional form of the annual surveys or in partnership, cofinanced by the NSIs and 
the Directorates-General. 
The Statistical Programme thus had a financial section laying down a required financial 
contribution of ECU 160 000 000 over four years. The annual sums adopted by the 
budgetary authorities - compared with the initial guide figure of ECU 160 000 000 -
amounted to ECU 148 500 000. 
Financial resources requested and 
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(1) Extract from financial form of 17 November 1988. 
(2) Amounts granted by the supervisory authorities, including the mini-budget as from 1991. 
(3) Appropriations for other DGs - in partnership with Eurostat. 
(4) Eurostat's contribution to the National Statistical Systems (NSS). 
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1989 1990 1991 1992 
Financial Statement D Appropriations Received M Appropriations Other DG's 
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92.8% of the appropriations obtained between 1989 and 1992 were committed. This high proportion is 
a significant indication of how much of the Statistical Programme was completed (see also Fig. 1). 
3. An examination of budgetary practice between 1989 and 1992 shows, however, that 40% of 
the statistical work undertaken on the Community's initiative was financed from chapters 
other than those managed by the Statistical Office. The structures surrounding the 
Statistical Programme allow for adjustments during the year by developing "non-
programme" activities, to which the Commission's Directorates-General, which are 
responsible for the demand for unforeseen one-off items, make their contribution in 
appropriations; in such cases Eurostat "validates" the technical aspects of the study, but 
does not manage the appropriations which are not transferred to it. 
VI. Evaluation of overall result 
1. Over the period 1989-1992 there was a substantial increase in demand for harmonized 
statistical information, mainly from the Commission. This demand reflected the needs 
created by the Single Act and by the management of the Single Market and the 
implementation of the Maastricht Treaty as from 1993. The time required to implement or 
amend the statistical measuring instruments requires this discipline to anticipate the needs 
of Community policies by at least two years. 
2. A detailed analysis of the statistical work carried out during the period under review shows 
clearly that the objectives of the Statistical Programme were achieved overall. 
The infrastructure of Community statistics expanded and became more structured to a 
significant extent, and its field of activity reflected that of the policies. Statistical indicators 
produce a better evaluation of Community policies and the related budgetary resources, 
Community standardization of statistics has progressed and has become an important and 
more recognized factor in the world-wide standardization of statistics. 
At the same time, the four-year Statistical Programme also blazed the trail towards the 
creation of a real European statistical system. 
Lastly, research work carried out over these years contributed to the progress of the 
statistical work. 
3. It should also be noted that over this period some statistical projects grew to an extent which 
had not been foreseen initially. This situation reflects the statistical monitoring of new 
political decisions taken by the Commission during the period of the Programme's 
execution. This applies particularly in the context of the Commission's relations with the 
EFTA countries in the planned European Economic Area, the countries of central and 
eastern Europe and the former USSR. 
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Eurostat and the EFTA countries also cooperated closely to prepare for the entry into force 
of the agreement on the European Economic Area, particularly by drawing up the EEA 
statistical programme for 1993-1997. As part of the PHARE programme, the statistical 
programmes developed jointly with Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Rumania were 
launched with a view to the introduction of statistical systems geared to a market economy. 
The programme for Bulgaria and the one for the Baltic countries, in which EFTA will play a 
part, are also in preparation. Under the TACIS programme for assistance to the countries of 
the former Soviet Union, two major statistical cooperation programmes were launched. They 
involve technical assistance, backed by funding of ECU 8 million, in the field of statistics 
and vocational training for statisticians and economists. 
In general, the Directorates-General responsible for implementing these new policies 
cofinanced the related statistical actions with Eurostat, as stated in the description of the 
budgetary resources used. 
In the course of implementing the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme it became clear that 
several improvements should be made in the next Statistical Programmes to make them 
more effective. These improvements concern the programming procedures, and the 
selection criteria and implementing procedures for new Community statistical work. 
- the scope of Community policies means that Community statistical programmes now 
exert a great influence on national statistical programmes. There must be more detailed 
consultation of the Member States on the multiannual and annual Community statistical 
programming procedures. 
- to make the expansion of Community statistics more effective, this detailed consultation 
must be accompanied by detailed analyses of the cost/effectiveness of the new 
Community statistical projects, users' needs, the response burden on those surveyed, 
and how flexibly they can be implemented. 
- the Statistical Programme suffers from the absence of a statement of priorities and of the 
fields where, in the event of unforeseen tasks or limitations on budgetary resources, the 
work can slow down or stop. In future, the component parts of the Statistical Programme 
should be graded into "priorities". 
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PART II- SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS AND THE PROBLEMS 
ENCOUNTERED IN IMPLEMENTING THE STATISTICAL 
PROGRAMMES CONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY POLICIES 
STATISTICAL WORK LINKED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SINGLE 
EUROPEAN ACT 
I.A. Statistical work geared towards the completion of the Internal market 
I.A.1. Standardization and confidentiality 
Following the adoption by the Council of Regulation 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical 
Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, work continued with the preparation 
of legislation on the Classification of Products by Activity (CPA). 
A draft Council Regulation was sumbitted to the Statistical Programme Committee in May 1992 and 
presented to the Council towards the end of 1992. 
A list of products intended for use in compiling European production statistics was drawn up. 
Following the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 on the establishment of a 
Community Survey on Industrial Production (PRODCOM), the main focus of work was the 
management of amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and NACE-CPA linkage. 
As regards standardization for the exchange of the computerized data of economic operators, both 
among themselves and with the administrative authorities, Eurostat played a very active role in the 
EDISTAT project, which comes under the authority of the EDIFACT board's MD6 group. Work on 
message design with a view to recording within the UN/EDIFACT bodies yielded progress in the 
following areas: 
external trade statistics; 
balance of payments; 
the proposal for a general message for statistics; 
messages for the exchange of nomenclatures. 
Eurostat also began work to improve the link between business management and responding to 
statistical requests, by taking advantage of the dissemination of new information management 
technologies, on the one hand and EDIFACT standardization on the other. 
These activities, involving experiments, standardization work and research and development, come 
under the SERT project (Business statistics and telematic networks). 
I.A.2 Intra-Community trade after 1992 
As outlined in the Commission White Paper on the completion of the Internal Market, all technical, 
administrative and fiscal barriers were to be removed at internal borders. This mainly involved 
abolition of the customs offices and of the accompanying document in trade between Member States. 
The former system of collecting data using the Single Administrative Document had to be abandoned. 
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Absolute priority was attached to the work of introducing a new system of statistics on intra-
Community trade, and this resulted in several Regulations directed towards the compilation of these 
statistics. 
The first, the basic Regulation setting up the Intrastat system, was adopted by the Council in 1991 
and supplemented by three Commission Regulations implementing the new system. The first of these 
describes the detailed rules of application, the second deals with the setting of thresholds below which 
enterprises are either exempt from all declarations or make simplified declarations, and the third 
defines the media to be used for collecting the data. 
Following the conclusions of the Economic and Social Affairs Council in 1989, a close link was 
established between indirect taxation and statistics. The new statistical system therefore reflects the 
fiscal provisions (fiscal and statistical periodicity, definition of the party responsible for providing 
information, etc.) applying to the transition period preceding transition to the unified VAT system in 
the Member State of origin. 
As a result, application of the statistical regulations is also limited to this transition period. 
The changes arising from the application of Intrastat to statistics on trade with non-Member countries 
were analysed and a new revised basic regulation governing statistics was adopted by the 
Committee. 
At the same time, Eurostat drew up a draft Council Regulation on transit and warehouse statistics 
which several Member States still consider indispensable after 1992. The Committee on Statistics on 
the trading of goods between Member States succeeded in concluding its discussions on this subject 
at its meeting in October 1992. 
An initial set of studies and practical work was undertaken in connection with the COMEDI project 
(Commerce Electronic Data Interchange), which aims to promote and introduce a telematics 
infrastructure at European level for collecting INTRASTAT statistical data from enterprises, and for 
checking, aggregating and disseminating the resulting statistics. 
The main aims of this project were to lighten the burden for the parties responsible for 
providing the information and to improve the quality of the data collected. 
An extensive information campaign on their declaration obligations was launched among 
enterprises in cooperation with the statistical services of the Member States. Several 
promotional items were produced and widely distributed (video, brochures, technical 
documents, articles, logo, etc.). 
In addition, Eurostat developed IDEP (Intrastat data entry package), a software package for collecting 
and processing basic data, and made it available to the national statistical services. This software is 
linked with a system to aid the classification of goods on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature. 
The Commission also recommended using the Edifact Cusdec/lnstat message, and in particular, the 
Edifact standard, as the standard format for electronic declarations. 
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I.A.3. Business statistics 
Eurostat continued and improved active cooperation with the European Federations of Branches of 
Industry (FEBI) and UNICE, and this resulted in a better understanding and consideration of 
enterprises' needs. 
The major result of the 1989-92 period was the preparation and subsequent adoption at the end of 
1991 of the Council Regulation establishing Community statistics of industrial production. 
Implementation followed, and the first results will be available in 1993. 
In meeting this ambitious aim of the 1989-92 programme, a serious gap in the statistical information 
system needed for the correct development of the Single Market was filled. 
Work began on revising the two sets of Directives covering, firstly, the coordinated survey on 
industrial structures and activity and secondly, short-term indicators. 
In the case of the structures survey, a draft framework Regulation for statistics on the structure of 
enterprises, supplemented by a detailed methodology, is being discussed with the NSIs. Documents 
on the short-term indicators will be available in the near future. 
In the services field, work was based on the Council Decision of 18 June 1992 establishing a two-year 
programme (1992-1993) for the development of European statistics on services. 
Activities covered: 
analysis and evaluation of the user demand for information; 
establishing a methodological framework to prepare a second edition of the methodological 
manual on statistics on services; 
consolidating the data collected by integrating them into the Mercure information system; 
carrying out a first set of pilot surveys of service enterprises in the distributive trades and 
business services sectors. 
Eurostat participated actively in the work of the Voorburg group, under the auspices of the United 
Nations, and in other international bodies, and in this way Community methodology is becoming a 
reference point for the entire international statistical system. 
I.B. Statistics for administering policies promoting a social and economic area. 
I.B.1 Statistics for administering policies promoting social and economic cohesion -
Standardization 
One of the main objectives of Community policy is to ensure balanced social and economic 
development throughout the Community. The political measures to achieve this, namely the 
coordination of the Member States' economic policies and the policy of Structural Funds, have 
benefited from the existence of a sound statistical bases in the form of national accounts statistics 
and regional statistics. 
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The objective of the work was to introduce harmonized statistical standards in all the Member States 
in order to arrive at a better comparability of results. Two objectives were met: the first in relation to 
the nomenclatures and the second as regards national accounts methodology. 
The NACE (Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community) and the CPA 
(Classification of Products by Activity) were approved by the Council and will enter into force 
gradually between now and 1995. The NACE and CPA nomenclatures are harmonized with those 
used internationally, thereby enabling important comparisons beyond Community borders. 
As regards national accounts. Eurostat worked to implement the existing ESA (European System of 
Integrated Economic Accounts) in a harmonized manner in all the Member States and also to revise 
the current version, which dates from 1968, in order to bring it more into line with economic 
developments. Thanks to the inventories of accounts compiled in each country, the GNP Directive 
served to identify differences in interpretation of the ESA or in the sources of data, as well as to 
propose adjustments aimed at more comparable results. Work on the new NSA, pursued in 
cooperation with the United Nations, the OECD, the IMF and the World Bank, was completed at the 
end of 1992, and the new ESA will be ready in 1993. 
Regional statistics 
Through ongoing management of regional statistics, the appropriate data was transmitted to the 
Commission, thereby enabling it 
to analyse the socio-economic situation and trends in Community regions (fourth periodic 
report); 
to prepare the current revision of regulations on the structural funds (the statistical indicators 
corresponding to eligibility criteria); 
to face the growing demand for regional information. 
I.B.2. Statistics for administering policies aimed at creating a social area 
Active population, employment, unemployment and working hours 
The Community Labour Force Survey (LFS), a vital statistical instrument for analysing labour market 
trends and as such an important policy instrument, was revised as planned during the programme 
period, so as to allow for clearer answers to the questions raised by the ongoing modification of 
structures and employment conditions in a single market and in a Social Europe. In addition, the 
reliability of LFS results was improved to meet the information needs of the Structural Funds. 
Education and vocational training 
The systematic collection of statistics on education and vocational training for specific Community 
purposes was included as an objective for the first time in a Community statistical programme for the 
period 1989-1992. The implementation of numerous Community programmes designed to promote 
education, training and exchanges in view of the single market and economic and social cohesion in 
the Community led to a significant demand for statistical data to enable the patterns and structures of 
the population groups involved to be monitored and to provide the necessary overall view for the 
formulation of relevant policies. 
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Between 1989 and 1992, work focused mainly on vital methodological problems such as the 
demarcation between education and training, elucidation of the classifications (in particular 
UNESCO's International Standard Classification of Education: CITE/ISCED) and definition of the 
fields covered by the various Member States' statistics, as well as the preparation of a specific survey 
on in-service training among a sample of enterprises to be carried out as part of the FORCE 
programme at the end of 93/beginning of 1994. 
Health and Safety 
In the field of accidents in the home and accidents linked to leisure activities, a study was launched in 
1991 to evaluate other information sources apart from the emergency services of the Members States 
(EHLASS Project) and in particular to include Bum and Anti-poison Centres. Another project was 
launched simultaneously to evaluate both consumers' attitudes to risk and the extent to which this 
attitude had been changed by national safety campaigns. 
In 1990 a project to harmonize the methodology for collecting data on accidents at work (ESAW) was 
introduced in the Member States. Its aim was to apply the objectives of the framework Directive on 
health and safety at the workplace, under which employers are required to collect data on all 
occupational accidents resulting in an incapacity to work during three or more days. The methodology 
was finalised in 1992 and published. A feasibility study was launched simultaneously to evaluate the 
difficulties which will be encountered by the Member States in applying the methodology and 
transmitting the data to Eurostat as from 1994. 
The project to harmonize data on occupational diseases was launched in 1992. The first phase of the 
work involved describing the systems used in the Member States. A Working Party was set up, 
assisted by a task force. The final report on the methodology is planned for 1994. 
Income and Consumption 
Faced with a growing demand for comparative statistical data on living conditions in Europe, 
Eurostat's proposals to introduce an integrated system of household surveys was approved at the 
DGINS meeting in November 1989. 
By the end of 1992 most objectives had been met: 
in relation to the family budget surveys: 
The Community individual database combines data from nine Member States. 
(The introduction of Germany is planned for 1993, while Denmark and Ireland 
have not yet approved the transmission of individual data). 
The detailed description of the methodologies used in each Member State, in 
particular as regards the timetable, content, sampling method and structure of 
surveys, was completed. A significant portion was devoted to defining both general 
and individual recommendations for each Member State. It should be published in 
the first quarter of 1993, following consultation of the Member States. 
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In relation to the data on household income: in response to the reservations voiced by the 
DGINS regarding the quality of data in the family budget surveys, Eurostat set up a task 
force responsible for defining the concept of income, drawing up the list of variables, 
evaluating data quality and preparing a system of tables for collecting data from the various 
existing national sources (FBS, income surveys, tax returns, social security files, periodic 
surveys on living conditions and data sources merged by direct linkage or statistical 
matching). 
In relation to the project for a European panel on family income and living conditions, the 
aim of which is to cover the social dimension of the Single Market, feasibility studies were 
carried out in 1990 and 1991. In preparation for the pilot survey to be conducted in 1993, the 
European version of the questionnaire was drawn up and guidelines for adapting it to 
national concepts and regulations, for designing and selecting samples, for sorting and 
processing data were defined with the active participation of the National Statistical 
Institutes. 
The future integrated system of wage and labour cost statistics (short and medium-term) in the 
European Community was adopted by the DGINS in December 1991 with a view to meeting post-
Maastricht needs more closely. The proposals arose mainly from decisions taken at Working Party 
meetings and from the conclusions of the Conference of Users and Producers on the future of such 
statistics held in Stoke Rochford (United Kingdom) in March 1991. The work mainly focused on 
methodological problems such as the design of a quarterly labour cost indicator, which will be tested 
for the first time at the end of 1993, on identifying the Commission's needs in respect of a survey on 
wage structures and on evaluating Member States' existing surveys. Coverage of the services sectors 
in harmonized statistics on earnings was also extended and a study carried out to incorporate new 
variables in the publication. The publication of net earnings appeared in 1992,together with that on 
the updating of labour costs. The survey on labour costs in 1992 was devised and launched, and work 
began on setting up a computerized data management system. 
In the field of social protection, the production of ESSPROS data was resumed from 1990 onwards, 
the aim being to eliminate delays in the publication of social security statistics as guickly as possible. 
The statistical document "Social Protection Expenditure and Receipts 1985-1988", published in 1990, 
was followed by the publication "Social Protection Expenditure and Receipts 1980-1991", which 
covers all the Member States. Eurostat's work took on a new dimension with the publication of an in-
depth study by social protection function. Each study furnishes disaggregated data on the cost of 
benefits, information on the number of beneficiaries, and contains files describing the main 
characteristics of benefits. 
The volumes Old-age, Invalidity/disability and Family were published. Four others are being 
prepared. A micro-economic study was conducted on income replacement ratios on retirement (ratio 
between net retirement income and last net income when working) for the twelve Member States. 
Poverty 
A study entitled "Poverty in figures: Europe at the beginning of the '80s" was published in 1990 for the 
purposes of evaluating the second Community programme to combat poverty. This study estimated 
the number of persons and households livng in conditions of poverty and analysed their socio­
economic characteristics in each Member State. 
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In 1991 and 1992 work concentrated on developing generally accepted common methodological tools 
for estimating the number and characteristics of persons affected by poverty in the Member States at 
the end of the '90s. The aim is to develop a methodology enabling comparable statistics on poverty in 
the European Community to be compiled regularly. To draw up the necessary research programme, a 
seminar was organized in Noordwijk (Netherlands) on the topic of poverty statistics in Europe and the 
proceedings published. 
A project on subjective indicators was launched and six subjective questions were added to the 
Family Budget Surveys in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece. These were 
analysed taking account of the statistical significance of different (subjective) poverty thresholds and 
multi-dimensional equivalence scales. The common element of these approaches was the use of 
micro-data taken from the Family Budget Surveys. In addition, a project designed to match data 
furnished by the Family Budget Survey with data from administrative files (tax returns, etc.) and to 
check them using demographic variables and the national accounts was discussed in a report 
evaluating the technical feasibility and effectiveness of such an approach. 
Demography and migration 
Eurostat significantly broadened its field of activities in the area of demography and improved the 
dissemination of information through the computerization of data management, the reduction in 
transmission times, the regular publication of a demographic yearbook, the organization in 1991 of an 
international conference "Human capital at the dawn of the 21st century" and by compiling 
demographic projections for the year 2020 (scenarios). 
In the area of migration (migratory flows and structure of foreign populations), a programme to collect 
statistical information was drawn up in cooperation with the NSIs; 1990 and 1991 data are for the 
most part available but quality remains questionable. It is still necessary to harmonize certain 
definitions, to develop information sources in some Member States (registers, special surveys, 
administrative documents) and to improve data coherence. 
Integration of less-favoured groups 
Substantial effort was devoted to collecting statistics on migratory flows and foreign nationals. 
Detailed data for 1990 and 1991 are now available but they are of uncertain quality. 
I.B.3. Statistics for administering policies aimed at Economic and Monetary Union 
Owing to efforts to harmonize standards and methods, the national accounts are now available much 
more quickly than before. Eurostat has also developed software and databanks enabling the more 
complete and speedy analysis and dissemination of results. Work was also stepped up on the 1985 
input-output tables in the following fields: capital stock, obligatory levies, structural data and quarterly 
accounts. 
In the field of purchasing power parities, there was a marked improvement in the reliability of results 
following a change from five-year surveys to annual surveys covering one-third of the survey 
products each year. 
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Improvements were also made in the comparability of results, particularly in the area of capital goods 
and construction. 
Work on the harmonization of the consumer price index began only recently, since the countries had 
hitherto been slow to change their method of measuring inflation. The period 1989 to 1992 was 
devoted to drawing up an inventory of national methods, which will provide a sound basis for future 
harmonization work. 
In the field of monetary and financial statistics, the 1989-1992 period witnessed the setting up of 
structures for coordination between the statistical institutes and the central banks (setting up of the 
Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments statistics: CMFD). Statistics on the ecu 
were improved and an international conference was organized in Luxembourg in 1991 to determine 
users' needs in this particular field. The revision of the financial accounts will be completed at the 
same time as the ESA revision. Finally, coverage and dissemination times for statistics on financial 
and monetary indicators were improved. 
I.B.4. Statistics for research and development policies 
Development work has continued on the Community system of statistics on R&D and innovation, viz. 
measuring human resources, harmonizing the surveys on innovation and regionalization of R&D 
statistics. The Commission has put forward a draft outline Decision. 
There has also been continued research and development on statistical tools; in addition to what had 
been carried out under the DOSES programme, a draft Council Regulation on the harmonized 
development of statistical registers of enterprises has been presented to the Council. 
I.B.5. Statistics for environment policies 
1. One of the objectives of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme was to expand the field of 
Community statistics to cover new domains of political action and public interest. Thus, for 
the first time the Programme covered environmental statistics as an original thematic 
sector. Previously, these statistics were treated as a sub-sector of industrial or social 
statistics, without taking account of the sector as a whole. Accordingly, the 1989-1992 
Statistical Programme reflected the new specific rôle assigned to environmental policy in 
the Single European Act. One of the Programme's main aims was to incorporate the 
sections on the environment in the traditional statistical projects into the other Community 
policies, following the integration of the environmental policies, and to insert the statistical 
aspects into Community legislation on the environment. 
2. Considerable progress was made. 
i) The information available was systematically collected to accompany the reports on 
"the state of the environment" and to illustrate the effects of Community environment 
policy. 
ii) The Working Party on environment statistics has held regular meetings and has acted 
as a collection point and coordinator for the Community and EFTA statistical services. 
The involvement of the EFTA countries in this work gave it a fresh impetus. Thus 
Eurostat is performing its role as coordinator of national and international official 
statistics and will be a major partner for the future European Environment Agency. 
iii) The infrastructure has been improved by the development of a databank and a 
geographical information system. 
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However, extraneous events produced a number of adjustments to the initial plans. 
i) Organizing the work was hindered by the delay in bringing into operation the 
European Environment Agency, which in May 1990 was made responsible in a 
Regulation for setting up a network for transmitting data. This did not enter into force, 
pending a decision on its seat. Thus, the proposal for a Council Decision on a four-
year programme to develop statistics of the environment has not yet been adopted by 
the Council and has encountered difficulties in being adopted by the Parliament. The 
Statistical Programme should be coordinated with the Agency's programme. Thus, the 
work of the Community and the Member States was hindered by these organizational 
difficulties. However, the intial studies and developments were completed because 
the Member States were very interested in making progress in this area. In particular, 
the Mediterranean countries showed great interest in having a Community framework 
for setting up a new statistical system. 
ii) International environment policy was reshaped after the UN Conference on the 
Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio in June 1992, one of the results 
of which was the adoption of the "Agenda 21" of projects to be undertaken in the 
various fields. The Community responded to this appeal by adopting its Fifth 
Community Programme of Policy and Action in relation to the Environment and 
Sustainable Development, entitled "Towards Sustainability". The improvement of 
information plays a major role - as a policy instrument - in the two programmes. The 
statistical programme must meet these expectations. 
iii. The recommendations of the Rio Conference provided an international incentive to 
calculate satellite accounts for the environment and to work to internalize costs in 
economic statistics. Eurostat contributed to this work by developing the SERIEE 
system for calculating environmental protection expenditure, which is in the 
consolidation and trial phase. This module should ultimately form part of a more 
comprehensive accounting system. 
II. OTHER COMMUNITY POLICIES 
II.A. Statistics for administering agricultural policies 
1. The existing system of Community agricultural statistics continued to provide the required 
information to meet Community needs, principally for the operation, steering and reform of 
the Common Agricultural Policy and so in very close collaboration with the DG for 
Agriculture. The necessary maintenance work on the existing apparatus to keep it up-to-
date was carried out and the full incorporation of the most recent new Member States (Spain 
and Portugal) mainly accomplished. Steady and successful work in two (Italy and Ireland) 
of the four countries with particular difficulties ("restructuring plans") helped consolidate the 
existing Community system of agricultural statistics. For the two others (Greece and 
Portugal) the plans are still in operation. 
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Good progress was made in development work on: 
0) The EUROFARM computer system for checking, processing, storing and 
disseminating the individual and tabular results of the farm structure surveys. 
fri) the strengthening of crop statistics by a legal underpinning including work on 
methodological aspects; 
(Hi) the application of remote sensing to agricultural statistics including work on integrated 
early assessments; 
(iv) the Total Income of Agricultural Households; 
M the SPEL model for checking data consistency, and for analysis, projection and 
simulation of the agricultural price, output and income situation; 
(vi) the re-use for statistics of administrative data, notably from the vineyard register. 
Some difficulties were experienced however on the agro-food industries project and on 
forestry statistics. A revised approach to the former is now under way. Further efforts are 
intended on forestry statistics. 
An increasingly worrying feature during this programme has been some tendency to 
squeeze resources for agricultural statistics at Community and national level. Faced with 
new statistical needs and generally constant or reduced overall resources, statistical 
managements have envisaged larger than average cuts in agricultural statistics. There is a 
tension between the very great importance of agriculture (and so its statistical support) at 
the Community level and the much smaller importance at national level. Reflections on this 
issue have been included in the comprehensive assessment ("screening") of the Community 
System of Agricultural Statistics which has been carried out. This suggested that by 
rationalisation, by allowing countries to have greater flexibility in the way they meet 
Community requirements and by concentrating efforts where they are most useful, present 
information might be obtained at a usefully lower cost. It is necessary to ensure however 
that coverage, timeliness, quality and comparability of data remain adequate. At the same 
time however new or reinforced needs have been identified which can only be satisfied if, as 
well as efficiency improvements, new resources for Community agricultural statistics can be 
obtained. These valuable pointers are guiding the work plans for the following statistical 
programme. 
Remote Sensing (Rs) And Statistics - Applications In Agriculture 
Eurostat and Member State agricultural statisticians have been closely involved in steering the 
research and development programme MARS (Monitoring Agriculture by Remote Sensing) of the 
Joint Research Centre. The coordination of the use of RS for regional inventories in certain countries 
is being taken over by Eurostat within its enhanced work on the methodology of crop statistics. A 
second action ready for live running, rapid European level crop estimates, will be jointly managed by 
DG VI (Agriculture) and Eurostat. The MARS programme continues. The above interest in RS for 
agriculture has also been generalised into work on RS for statistics and linked to work on the 
geographical dimension of official statistics in the 1993-97 Statistical Programme. 
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II.B. Statistics for the administration of the Common Fisheries Policy 
Emphasis was placed on the implementation of the Council Regulations 1382/91 on the transmission 
of data on the landings of fishery products, 3880/91 and 3881/91 on the transmission of catch 
statistics for the Northeast and Northwest atlantic respectively. 
U.C. Statistics for administering industrial policies 
During this period Eurostat stepped up its initiatives to support the industrial policy priorities of the 
Community. 
Work continued on improving the use made of results obtained from the survey on the structure and 
activity of industry with a view to compiling registers. Contacts were made with enterprises and 
professional associations with the aim of improving cooperation. 
Eurostat is involved in the publication Panorama of Industry and produced the second edition of the 
publication "Enterprises in Europe". In this latter project, Eurostat, in cooperation with the NSIs, is 
developing a system of indicators to enable better monitoring of SMEs which should provide initial 
results in 1993. 
The period under review was characterized by substantial methodological work and the preparation 
and launching of production surveys in the twelve Member States. The first PRODCOM results are 
expected in 1992 and 1993. 
Following the changes in iron and steel policy, Eurostat concentrated on improving and optimizing the 
system: 
revision of the questionnaires; 
development and utilization of the "Acier" database and computerized production of 
publications; 
launching of the survey of iron and steelworks. 
II.D. Statistics for administering energy policies 
Market transparency after 1992 is one of the main objectives of the Community energy policy. 
Implementation of Council Directive No 90/3377 EEC by creating a collection system for gas and 
electricity prices will contribute towards achieving this objective. 
In addition to improving the collection and dissemination system for energy and raw materials 
statistics, three priority measures were carried out: developing oil and gas statistics, implementing a 
system for collecting data on renewable energy sources and conducting a survey on the combined 
production of electricity and heat. 
Certain aspects of environmental protection, in particular calculating emissions of pollutants arising 
from the consumption of energy, had a significant impact on statistical work. 
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II.E. Statistics in support of policies in the service sector 
Services 
A methodological manual comprising a General Framework and sectoral chapters on the various 
service sectors is intended to establish a frame of reference for the construction of a European 
statistical information system on services. The manual was the subject of many discussions in 
meetings with the Member States, the Directorates-General and organizations concerned, the 
Voorburg group (under the auspices of the United Nations) and the OECD. Improvements and 
developments need to be made and will give rise to a second version of the manual following 
adoption of the statistical standards in question (statistical units, registers, nomenclatures). 
In addition, new data were entered in the MERCURE database and several publications were 
prepared, in particular on the distributive trades and the situation in certain service sectors, leading to 
a monthly publication. 
On the basis of the Council Decision on statistics on services (cf. business statistics), further work 
was carried out in the following sectors: 
Insurance 
A second edition of the sectoral chapter on statistical methodology was drawn up with 
reference to the accounting directives covering this sector. 
Distributive Trades 
Preparation of draft Community legislation on the collection of statistical information and of 
a publication on the retail trade in Europe. 
Audiovisual sector 
Work began on the statistical methodology and collection of data in this sector. 
Communication 
Preparation of the first edition of a sectoral yearbook is at an advanced stage. 
Transport 
Transport policy gained a new momentum in the context of the internal market and ratification of the 
Maastricht Treaty. Transparency in a market as broad as the European transport market is particularly 
important. New Community measures were launched in the fields of air and maritime transport. The 
liberalization of international passenger transport is continuing. Finally the Commission was assigned 
new supervisory and negotiating tasks. 
These initiatives significantly increased the information demand placed on enterprises supplying 
transport services. While information on such services was also turned to good account as part of 
information on services in general, a special effort had to be made in the case of transport statistics. 
The Council Directives on road, inland waterway and rail transport are due to be extended and 
supplemented by directives on air and sea transport. 
In July 1989 the Council adopted the revised Directive on statistical returns on the carriage of goods 
by road, thereby considerably improving market transparency. 
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Work also continued on developing a methodology covering the various modes of transport as well as 
the intermodal aspects. A glossary of definitions was compiled in agreement with the European 
Conference of Transport Ministers, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and other 
international and professional organizations. 
Good progress was made in preparing a draft Council Directive on the collection of information on 
sea transport and a draft extension to the road directive has made good progress and should be 
adopted by the Council in 1993. 
The TRAINS database was further supplemented by information obtained from the new "Road" 
Directive of July 1989 and by sector-based information such as airtransport data. 
The EFTA countries participated actively in the activities of the working parties from 1991 onwards. 
Tourism 
Community measures connected with tourism have recently increased. 
The implementation of these measures requires a large volume of information touching on different 
statistical fields. While information on tourist services (travel agencies, hotels, restaurants, etc.) were 
also improved in the wider context of information on services, a special effort had to be made for 
statistics on tourism. 
1990 was declared "European Year of Tourism". Eurostat underpinned this event with a "high-profile" 
publication on tourism in Europe. 
The work programme set out by the Council Decision adopted in 1990 was carried out. In 1993 the 
Council will be presented with a final report providing an analysis of the statistical information 
requirements of national and international users, as well as an analysis of available data in the 
Member States. A reference methodology was developed, the TOUR database was set up, the 
yearbook published and a monthly publication prepared. There was increased cooperation with the 
OECD and the WTO, and the EFTA countries participated actively in the working parties from 1990 
onwards. 
A draft Directive on data collection and a Council Recommendation will be prepared in 1993. 
II.F. Statistics on external relations 
In the field of international trade statistics, activities focused mainly on consolidating and improving 
existing systems, and in particular on extending the geographical coverage of trade and price 
statistics and developing dissemination tools more targeted to users' requirements. 
By including data on the EFTA countries and the principal non-Member countries in the statistical and 
informatics systems, it will henceforth be possible to situate Community trade in relation to its 
principal partners and help shape a trade policy geared towards the European Economic Area. 
Similarly, the development of CD-ROM as a new dissemination medium made statistical information 
both more accessible and more user-friendly, resulting in greater transparency in trade. The creation 
of specialised, targeted systems such as STABEX for the statistical monitoring and management of 
the system provided for under the Lomé Convention, or the ISAM system for monitoring anti-dumping 
measures, helped to ensure more efficient and more direct application of trade statistics. 
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In addition, Eurostat devoted substantial resources to developing systems combining tariff measures 
with trade data, in particular the STARCOM projects to aid the Uruguay Round negotiations, GSP (the 
generalized system of preferences) and the calculation and simulation of the Community's own 
resources. 
Finally, the architecture and analysis of the new COMEXT-93 database system were completed. The 
system is now being developed and implementation is planned for the end of 1993. Its modular 
design will allow it to respond more easily than in the past, and at a lower cost, to new demands in the 
fields of both tariff and trade statistics. 
II.G. Cooperation with the countries of eastern Europe 
In 1989 the Community launched a major technical and economic assistance programme for the 
countries of eastern Europe leaving the communist block (PHARE programme for the CCEE 
countries). In 1991 a similar programme was proposed for the newly-independent republics of the 
former Soviet Union (TACIS programme). 
From the outset, Eurostat was involved in helping the Statistical Institutes of these countries to define 
their new role and to construct a statistical information system adapted to a democratic society and a 
market economy. 
The main objective of cooperation between Eurostat and these countries is to set up the necessary 
infrastructure (statistical legislation, registers, nomenclatures) for compiling statistics in line with 
western models. 
Between 1989 and 1993, in cooperation with the countries concerned, the Community Member States 
and other international bodies, Eurostat drew up statistical cooperation programmes adapted to the 
specific needs of each country. These programmes define the development projects in the priority 
statistical fields. Each project encompasses specific measures which are necessary for the transfer of 
knowledge and experience, such as information seminars, practical training in the statistical institutes 
of Member States and visits by western experts to the countries of central and eastern Europe. 
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HI. FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMUNITY 
III.A. Own Resources 
Statistics have acquired a new role in the Community budget. Statistical work based on the GNP 
Directive has been carried out since 1989. 
The main thrust of work in 1992 involved the drawing up of detailed reports on the methods used in 
the Member States to calculate gross national product. These reports, which were discussed by the 
GNP Committee, contained, for each country, recommendations for improving the comparability and 
exhaustiveness of current estimates. 
In 1992, in accordance with Council Regulation 1552/89 on the system of own resources (Article 
10(8)), the figures for GNP for 1988 were finalized, except for those points notified to the Member 
States by the Commission prior to 30 September 1992. Notification of these points was based on the 
recommendations formulated by Eurostat in the detailed reports. 
III.B Information 
Dissemination policy continued to be developed along two main lines: new "products" and the 
creation of dissemination networks. 
improving the dissemination media according to content: publication using paper and 
diskette, use of new media such as CD-ROM, (COMEXT, EUROSTAT-CD, etc.), co-publishing 
in the case of new technologies (ATLAS CD, etc.), revamping of Europe in figures; 
promoting Eurostat to the outside world using existing dissemination networks such as the 
SSC network, but also using the education networks (the EDCs etc.) and the network of Euro-
info centres, which specializes in SME information. 
IV. Functioning of the Institutions 
IV.A. Informatics 
Consolidation of Eurostat's own informatics architecture and that of the other departments continued. 
The computer links between Eurostat and the National Statistical Institutes were strengthened with a 
view to coping with the constant increase in data flows. As part of the discussion on establishing inter-
administration telematic networks, Eurostat carried out a feasibility study on distributed statistical 
information services with a view to using the European statistical system for collecting, processing 
and disseminating statistical data.. 
IV.B. Support for the statistical institutes of the Member States 
Portugal : 
The PROREG and PREDER measures (ERDF financing) allowed further (though still inadequate) 
development of regional accounts, regionalization (not yet complete) of the National Statistical 
Institute (organization of regional centres in Oporto, Evora and Coïmbra), the computerization of the 
INE and the development of basic statistical tools. 
Greece : 
The implementation of GAPS (Greek Action Plan for Statistics-ERDF and ESF financing) was decided 
by the Commission in 1992; it is mainly intended to promote the computerization of departments and 
the launching of new statistical surveys (in particular INTRASTAT and services). 
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Germany : 
The statistical dimension of the PHARE programme was implemented in the new Lander (staff training 
- specific statistical measures - computerization). 
France : 
The first labour force survey in the French Overseas Départements (DOM) was carried out with the 
aid of ERDF financing . 
IV.C. Staff management 
Salary weightings 
The calculation of salary weightings for staff living in the Community countries was improved: surveys 
are now conducted annually instead of at five-yearly intervals, with one third of the products covered 
in each annual survey. In addition, methodological improvements were made to the calculation 
method, in particular as regards imputed rents. A brand new system was also introduced for the salary 
weightings for staff resident outside the Community. On Eurostat's initiative, a body (EUROCOST) was 
set up to carry out the work of collecting basic data and calculating the weightings. Eurostat can 
therefore now calculate, and provide users with, harmonized data for some 120 non-EC countries in 
which Community officials are working. 
IV.D. Statistical cooperation at Community level 
Statistical cooperation at Community level also involves the establishment of structures for dialogue 
and for the involvement of the various parties contributing to the production of Community statistics. 
Between 1989 and 1992 the Council, on a proposal from the Commission (Eurostat), decided to create 
three committees which have become the bodies in which decisions on the statistical programme are 
prepared at the highest level. 
the Statistical Programme Committee 
the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics and 
the Committee for Statistical Information in the economic and social spheres. 
In addition, the Commission decided to create the Steering Committee for Statistical Information, 
whose task is to coordinate requests for statistics and statistical activities within the Commission. 
Institutional issues 
Training of European statisticians 
The preparation of a "Community Statistical Law" should complete this process of creating a 
Community statistical system which applies the same ethical principles and enables the various 
national and Community partners to play a major role in decisions on the Community Statistical 
Programme. 
The implementation of the TES (Training of European Statisticians) Programme was also an 
important element in the process of integrating the national statistical systems. Each year about 
twenty short courses (from one to three weeks) are organized on Community topics or topics of a 
highly specialized scientific and technical nature. These courses are open to statisticians from the 
EFTA countries and the countries of central and eastern Europe, and are aimed at gradually 
familiarizing them with Community standards, methods and programmes. There were 427 participants 
in the 1991-92 programme and 422 participants in the 1992-93 programme. It is envisaged that some 
550 European statisticians will participate in the 1993-94 programme. Monitoring and evaluation 
structures have been set up to ensure that the programmes comply with the objectives set by the 
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PART III - PROGRESS REPORT BY THEMES 
I. Single European Act 
LA. Economic convergence in the context of the internal market (policy 21 ) 
I.A.1. Classification systems (Theme 26) 
a) Objectives 
To provide the Community with the statistical standards essential to the operation of the Single 
Market after 1992, to improve the quality and comparability of data and to put in place the necessary 
instruments to maintain, disseminate, interpret and manage these standards. 
These objectives are being pursued through the establishment of a Classification of Activities (NACE 
Rev.1), a Classification of Products by Activity (CPA) and a classifications server. 
b) Results 
NACE Rev. 1 
A table of equivalence between the former version of NACE (NACE 70) and the latest one 
(NACE Rev.1) has been drawn up; 
The Member States have begun to submit their national NACE classifications in line with the 
Regulation; 
The application of NACE Rev. 1 (also in the EFTA countries and the countries of Eastern 
Europe) is giving rise to a flood of requests for information, explanations and guidance in 
implementation. 
CPA 
With the discontinuation of the CPCCOM, the SPC (NACE Committee) began work on the 
Classification of Products by Activity (CPA), which, while following the structure of NACE Rev 1, 
remains harmonized with the United Nations CPC. 
The draft Regulation planned for the end of 1991 has had to be put back to the second half of 1992. 
Classifications server 
The constantly rising demand for information from economic operators thoughout Europe as well as 
the United States and Canada has made it essential to move towards a classifications server in order 
to ensure continuing harmonization, carry out updating and store all the legislation. 
There have already been contacts with the NSIs, international organizations and professional 
associations in order to identify areas of overlapping interest. 
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I.A.2. Statistical and Accounting Coordination (Theme 28) 
a) Objectives 
Coordination of concepts and definitions between the different areas of statistics making up the 
European statistical system. 
b) Results 
Such coordination work is mainly internal to Eurostat; its results are usually to be seen in the 
methodologies of other areas of statistics (in the context of this report that means other 
themes).Moreover, coordination can be expected to result in progressive convergence on a large 
number of small points rather than major changes. It can most readily influence new methodologies 
as they emerge or existing methodologies when they are revised. At a time of great innovation in the 
statistical system it may be necessary simply in order to avoid divergence. 
Coordination work undertaken can be grouped under three headings: general; bilateral, between 
national accounts and various areas of basic statistics; and multilateral. 
The most visible manifestation of the general coordination work is the Regulation laying down agreed 
standard definitions of the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in 
the European Community. These statistical units (enterprises, local units, kind-of-activity units, etc.) 
are the necessary adjunct for the application of the standard activity classification (NACE Rev.1) and 
provide the basis for convergence and greater comparability of the statistics of the Member States. 
Lengthy discussions were necessary with the various areas of statistics within Eurostat and with the 
Member States in numerous working parties to make it possible for the Council to adopt the 
Regulation in March 1993. This work was closely coordinated with other developments in Eurostat, in 
particular the newly emerging recommendations on enterprise registers and the discussions in the 
NACE working party on the application of that classification. 
Bilateral coordination focused on the relationship between the national accounts and the various 
areas of basic statistics that cover the same field. The national accounts, both as a methodology and 
as a set of data, are the most complete bringing together of statistical information from varying 
sources, where gaps, duplication or inconsistencies become apparent. Work in this area concentrated 
mainly on the revision of the balance of payments manual,the development of statistics on the 
environment, agricultural accounts and the income of agricultural households. 
Wider multilateral coordination was concerned with the consistency of the variables which are defined 
and recorded in a number of basic Community statistical enquiries. Countries also agreed to adopt 
1990 as the base year for indices and data at constant prices. 
The major problem limiting achievement in this area is that given the size and complexity of the task the available 
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I.A.3. Methodology of National Accounts (Theme 29) 
a) Objectives 
Revision of the international systems of national accounts, through participation in the revision of the 
United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA) and parallel revision of the European system of 
integrated economic accounts (ESA). The objectives of these revisions are to update the systems to 
take account of developments in the economy, to clarify the systems on a number of points, to 
reconcile with certain related statistical systems (such as the IMF Balance of Payments 
methodology), and to remove differences between the former Community methodology (ESA) and 
that applied at OECD and world level (the SNA). 
b) Results 
The revised SNA was adopted by the UN Statistical Commission in February 1993. This represents 
the culmination of around ten years work starting in the early 1980s. 
Throughout the process,Eurostat played a very active role in the revision of the SNA both 
organizationally and technically. Firstly, as part of the intersecretariat group which also includes the 
United Nations statistical division.the IMF the World Bank and the secretariat of the OECD, Eurostat 
was integral to the organization and management of the process. Secondly, drawing on the advice 
and expertise of the member states through regular meetings of the Community working party, 
Eurostat was able to provide considerable technical input to the world-level expert group on the 
revision of the SNA. 
By the end of 1989 the bulk of the expert group meetings were over.A small number of 
methodological problems were known to be unresolved and inevitably these tended to be the complex 
and controversial ones. Some additional small problems of consistency between the parts of the 
system were revealed during the preparation of the first draft. Solving these conceptual problems took 
time, but above all the time needed to write, verify, consult and finally approve a text of this scope, 
magnitude and complexity proved longer than expected. During the later stages of the project two 
additional complications arose that entailed extra research: opening up to the needs of the countries 
of Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (who formerly used a different system); and a 
thorough review of how to incorporate new environmental concerns. Hence, it was only possible to 
submit a preliminary version to the 1991 meeting of the UN Statistical Commission. 
Work continued into the middle of 1992 to finalize the text which was then approved by the Statistical 
Commission in February 1993. The revised SNA has been well received. It is broader in coverage 
than its predecessor, yet thanks to clearer exposition should be easier to understand and to apply. It is 
also almost totally reconciled with a number of related statistical systems, thus facilitating the task of 
both producers and users of this macro-economic data. 
A revised ESA is in course of preparation. It will be entirely consistent with the SNA but more specific 
in respect of institutions and conditions in the Community^ in order to provide the greater 
comparability required by the management of Economic and Monetary Union and by the use of 
national accounts aggregates in Community administrative and particularly budgetary calculations. 
Drafting the new ESA began in 1992 and first drafts of all the major chapters had been produced and 
partially revised by the end of 1992. A semi-final version is scheduled to be completed by the end of 
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I.A.4. Trading of goods between Member States after 1992 (Theme 41 ) 
a) Objectives 
To set up a new data-collection system following the abolition of formalities for crossing internal 
borders and of the associated documentation and checks. 
b) Results 
Setting up the new data-collection system, known as Intrastat, which was decided on after a detailed 
analysis of the needs of users after 1992, proved to be a difficult task in both legal and practical 
terms. Although the propoosal for a Council Regulation on statistics on the trading of goods between 
Member States after 1992 was put forward by the Commission in January 1989, it took nearly three 
years for it to be adopted. This delay was due among other things to the uncertainties as to the 
outcome of the discussions on the future VAT system to be applied to intra-Community transactions. 
A key element of the Intrastat system is in fact its link to the tax system, which is reflected in the 
creation of registers of intra-Community operators updated from tax data. In two Member States (F, 
I), this link even takes the form of single tax/statistical declarations. 
Following the adoption by the Council in November 1991 of the basic Regulation No 330/91 (OJ L316 
of 16.11.1991) which introduced the new Intrastat data-collection system, Eurostat put before the 
relevant Committee proposals for the statistical thresholds, the implementing provisions for the basic 
Regulation and the statistical information media. The Committee examined and approved these 
proposals with certain amendments at its meetings in March and June 1992. 
The commission adopted the Regulation on statistical thresholds on 31 July 1992 as Regulation No 
2256/92 (OJ L219 of 4.8.1992). The introduction of statistical thresholds will mean that nearly two 
thirds of intra-Community operators are exempted from statistical obligations. The political 
imperative of relieving the burden on operators as much as possible has thus been satisfied, yet the 
system will cover some 97 to 99% Of the total value of transactions. 
The Commission adopted the Regulation on implementing provisions on 22 October 1992 as 
Regulation No 3046/92 (OJ L309 of 23.10.1992) and that on the statistical information media on 11 
December 1992 as Regulation No 3590/92 (OJ L364 of 12.12.1992). 
The explanatory notes to the Intrastat forms were published in OJ C349 of 31.12.1992. 
All the provisions for implementing the basic Regulation on collecting statistics on trade between the 
Member States were thus brought into force in the course of 1992. In view of the short deadline this 
would not have been possible without the exceptional efforts made by the Member States and 
Eurostat, who, at the same time as the legal framework was being drawn up, also had to organise the 
practical side of this fundamental change in the collection system (adapting the infrastructure, running 
publicity campaigns, training staff etc.). 
Any change of this order of magnitude naturally involves certain teething problems, bearing in mind 
the short time which remained for setting up the system in each Member State. Some delays must 
therefore be expected in the publication of figures for the first few months of 1993. However, these 
problems will be temporary if the essential part of the new system, i.e. fiscal and statistical 
cooperation, works as planned. 
A draft Council Regulation on transit and storage statistics has been drawn up and discussed with the 
Member States and at the end of the year was on the agenda of the European Parliament (second 
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I.A.5. Adaptation of the business statistics after 1992 (Theme 54) 
a) Objectives 
One of the consequences of the completion of the Internal Market will be to enhance the Community 
dimension throughout the industrial statistics sector at both national and Community levels. 
This development has led to the inclusion of a number of specific objectives in the Statistical 
Programme: 
coordination and development of registers, which are essential elements of the statistical 
infrastructure; 
a concerted approach to the use of panels; 
adaptation of existing legal instruments; 
increased support for countries whose statistical systems have to be radically altered in 
order to meet Community requirements; 
development of information campaigns and efforts to improve cooperation with enterprises 
and their representative structures. 
b) Results 
1. The adoption in 1990 of Regulation (EEC) No 1588/90 on statistical confidentiality was a 
fundamental milestone in the development of European statistics. It finally removed the 
obstacle which "polluted" the data received by the Member States and all but prevented the 
calculation of results at the level of the Community as a whole. 
2. The second significant result was the adoption in 1991 of the Regulation setting up a 
Community survey of industrial production (PRODCOM). From 1994 on, this will provide 
the Community with detailed harmonised statistics on industrial production. The list of the 
products covered by these new statistics is in 80% of cases compatible with the most 
detailed levels of the Combined Nomenclature and the Harmonised System. It is also the 
result of zealous cooperation with sectoral professional associations across Europe. 
3. The revision of the Directives has begun. The annual survey of the structure and activity of 
enterprises has already yielded the first version of a methodological manual. As for the 
legal act itself, the examination carried out has made a considerable contribution to the draft 
of a new legal act, currently under examination, thus enabling a real annual Europe-wide 
survey of enterprises to be carried out. Work on the short-term indicators began at the end 
of the programme period. 
4. Support for countries whose system has to be radically altered was broadly concentrated on 
Portugal, under the PREDER programme (based on structural fund financing). Information 
seminars and exchanges on the theme of "Business statistics after 1992" were also 
organised in most of the Member States. 
5. Various measures and initiatives were taken to obtain and develop better cooperation with 
enterprises and their representative structures: 
- organisation of regular information meetings (two to three times a year); 
- organisation of a formal mechanism for cooperation and joint work (DEBA); 
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- carrying out a study on the burden entailed in completing statistical returns; 
- the search for ways and means of reducing this. This aspect also contributed to the 
preparation of the SERT programme (business statistics and telematic networks). 
There were difficulties in beginning to implement less burdensome and more flexible data collection techniques 
(panels), due to both budgetary and institutional constraints. 
A programme of harmonisation and improvement of statistical registers has yet to be implemented, because the 
preparatory work took more time than foreseen and especially because its implementation poses considerable 
problems of resources in the Member States. 
While the revision of legal tools has not only begun but is currently well under way, the timetable for carrying it to 
conclusion depends on the resources available to Eurostat. 
The Regulation on confidentiality is being implemented slowly because of the extreme caution shown by some of 
Eurostat's partners. 
LB. Economic and monetary union (Policy 22) 
I.B.1 National accounts - production (Theme 27) 
a) Objectives 
With regard to the production of national accounts data, the main aims pursued by Eurostat were the 
reduction of the time needed for processing and dissemination, improved coverage (also 
geographical) and greater harmonisation. 
This should permit better control and evaluation of progress concerning the completion of the internal 
market. 
b) Results 
Since these objectives can only be achieved with the cooperation of the Member States, bilateral 
discussions were begun and stepped up on the basis of an inventory of the various problems, 
particularly regarding reporting deadlines and the coverage of the data, and also their degree of 
harmonisation. 
With a view to rationalising and speeding up the processing and dissemination of data, Eurostat made 
changes in the processing software. Following initial changes for the aggregates and branches, 
further changes have now been made for the input-output tables, capital stock and sectors, especially 
general government. The camera-ready preparation of publications has been extended to all fields. 
As a result of these measures a considerable reduction in data production times was achieved. 
During 1991 and 1992 the five-year input-output tables were also processed and disseminated, and 
this work is now almost completed. In addition, the basic instruments were established for input-output 
analysis. At the same time a start was made on collecting, processing and publishing data in a 
number of domains such as capital stock, taxes and structural data. Specific databases for input-
output tables and capital stock were also set up. 
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Lastly, the various publications and databanks continued to undergo systematic scrutiny with a view 
to improving data presentation in general and to bringing the content of the data into line with a 
constantly changing economic environment and thus with users' requirements. 
LB.2. Prices : data collection and calculation of purchasing power parities (Theme 30) 
a) Objectives 
To compare in real terms the ESA aggregates for the EC member states, later extended to include 
Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland. 
Eurostat's co-operation with other international agencies OECD, UNSTAT, UN-ECE) also working on 
international comparisons of national accounts aggregates enables the Community countries to 
compare their economies with many other countries in the world, including the EC's main economic 
partners. 
b) Results 
A major improvement during the period was the change from a quinquennial system of price surveys 
to a rolling three-year programme, with results published each year using price indices to update 
where necessary. 
A joint Eurostat/OECD/UNSTAT expert group decided on the principles governing the choice of 
methods for aggregating basic parities. 
Methodological improvements were made in the field of equipment goods and construction prices, 
and researches were carried out in the fields of educational and health prices. 
Various results have been published in specialised volumes. 
LB.3. Prices: Consumer price indices (Theme 31) 
a) Objectives 
To obtain consumer price indices for about 200 detailed series for the updating of purchasing power 
parities. 
To compare national practices in the field of CPI methodologies and to harmonise them. 
b) Results 
All member states now provide Eurostat with regular indices referred to above. 
A consultant's report on CPI methodologies and possible ways of harmonising them was published, 
and towards the end of the period plans were being made to establish a delegate Working Party to 
take forward the harmonisation project. 
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I.B.4. Integration of the European capital markets in the context of the creation of a 
European financial area (Theme 33) 
a) Objectives 
To establish and collect financial aggregates showing short- and long-term trends in capital supply 
and demand in a capital market which is integrated at European level. 
The main fields of statistical research concern the consolidation of national capital markets with a 
view to creating a European market and the problems of nomenclature, relating to the concepts of a 
Euro-market and financial innovations. 
b) Results 
Monetary integration in Europe has accelerated again following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. 
Even before this Treaty was signed, Eurostat had felt the need for closer, and even formal, 
cooperation on monetary, financial and balance of payments statistics between the Central Banks and 
the National Statistical Institutes. This desire was reflected in a proposal for a Council Decision setting 
up a Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB). This committee 
coordinated all the statistical work relating to its area of competence. 
The allocation of statistical responsibilities between Eurostat and the future European Monetary 
Institute (EMI) was the subject of a detailed discussion in the think-tank set up by the CMFB. With a 
view to extending Community statistics quickly and effectively in the fields supervised by the CMFB, 
the parties concerned concluded an agreement on coordinating this work. Under the terms of this 
agreement, it was decided that the banking and monetary statistics required for the preparatory work 
for economic and monetary union would be the responsibility of the future EMI. On the other hand, 
the balance of payments, financial accounts and ecu statistics would be fields of common interest and 
would be handled by Eurostat and the EMI in close cooperation. 
With regard to financial market statistics, the Committee decided to undertake the work of 
inventorying the sources and methods of banking statistics, which form the basis for a large 
proportion of monetary, financial and balance of payments statistics. 
In 1992 Eurostat produced a manual on sources and methods for all the Member States and the 
EFTA countries. 
EMS and ecu statistics 
a) Objectives 
Production and dissemination of a set of statistical indicators aimed at facilitating the use of the ecu 
by private financial operators. 
Collection of data on ecu bond issues, interest rates and other indicators relating to the functioning of 
the EMS and the private use of the ecu. 
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b) Results 
In order to draw up an inventory of all the available statistics concerning the ecu, Eurostat organised 
an international conference on the statistical aspects of the ecu in September 1991. The documents 
provided at this conference and the contacts made with government and private operators on the ecu 
market since then have made it possible to construct a large databank on all the available statistics 
on the ecu. The information in this bank is disseminated monthly to the users concerned. 
In addition, Eurostat, in cooperation with DG II and DG XVIII, started on preparatory work in 1990 for 
calculating a yield curve. This instrument is designed to facilitate the use of the ecu in contracts 
governed by public or private law which contain reference interest rates. 
I.B.5. Financial accounts and financial balance sheets (Theme 34) 
a) Objectives 
The financial accounts in accordance with the ESA (flows) and the financial balance sheets have 
comparable statistics on the financial flows and stocks of financial assets in the economy. 
The objective laid down in the programme was to collect, harmonise and analyse the data on these 
accounts and to draw up a harmonised methodology along the same lines as the UN revised system 
of national accounts. 
b) Results 
With regard to the collection and dissemination of data on financial accounts, Eurostat set up a 
transmission system, CUB.X, which should make it considerably easier to use the information from 
the financial accounts. 
On the other hand, it was not possible to complete the revision of the financial section of the 
European System of Integrated Economic Accounts (ESA) within the period covered by the statistical 
programme. The reason for this delay was that the United Nations did not adopt its own system of 
accounts, with which the future ESA must correspond exactly, until the beginning of 1993. 
I.B.6 Monetary and financial indicators. Structural and short-term economic indicators 
(Theme 35) 
a) Objectives 
To produce and disseminate the existing monetary and financial indicators which are indispensable 
for evaluating the economic performances of the Member States and the operation of the EMS. 
The programme included the collection and updating of long time series of the conventional monetary 
and financial indicators, the dissemination of these data through the CRONOS databank and their 
publication in a quarterly bulletin. 
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b) Results : 
During the period under review, the coverage of the data and publication deadlines were improved 
considerably. In addition, these data are analysed monthly in a short-term economic indicators report. 
At the request of DG II, Eurostat started to compile a databank of the assets and liabilities of credit 
institutions in accordance with the definitions given in the Directive on the annual accounts and 
consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions. 
I.C. Economic cohesion (structural policy) (Policy 23) 
I.C.1. Regional statistics and accounts (Theme 77) 
a) Objectives 
- to draw up the regional indicators required for implementing the regulations on the 
structural funds; 
- to provide the Commission with appropriate information so that it can analyse the social 
and economic situation and trends in the Community regions on the basis of statistics 
which are as comparable and up-to-date as possible; 
- to publicize widely the statistical information available on the regions. 
b) Results 
The regular updating of the REGIO database has made it possible to publish the unemployment rates 
and GDPs of the regions of the Community each year, to calculate the regional indicators used for the 
implementation of Community structural action and to meet the growing demand for regional statistics 
on the part of the Member States, research and analysis bodies and regional study and economic 
development departments. 
The following aspects of the harmonization and improvement of these data should be mentioned: 
the development (almost concluded) of recommendations on the methods to be used for 
regionalizing value added and fixed capital formation in the regional accounts; 
the improvement of the regional representativeness of the Labour Force Survey (and its 
extension to cover the new German Lander and the French overseas departments). 
A vast amount of work involving the utilization of regional statistics on the dissemination of 
information to decision-makers and regional operators came to fruition in the "Portrait of the 
Regions", which was published in 1993 and gives an account of each of the NUTS-2-level regions 
according to an identical system of tables, graphs, maps and commentaries. It is the result of close 
collaboration between the Commission departments, the National Statistical Institutes and several 
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I.C.2. Infra-regional information system (Theme 78) 
a) Objectives 
- to have a system for managing the nomenclature of the main administrative units in the 
Member States; 
- to have a set of basic statistical information at the most detailed territorial level so as to 
be able to provide, by aggregation, information on areas which do not correspond to the 
NUTS regions. 
b) Results 
Work over the period from 1989 to 1992 on establishing an infra-regionàl information system 
involved: 
definition of the local level (contained in the Council Regulation on statistical units); 
establishment of a computerized system for the progressive management of the 
classification of territorial statistical units up to the most detailed level (local zones) and 
management of the relevant data; 
the collection and regular updating of changes in classification and statistical variables 
concerning the local level (area, population, census results, presence of certain 
infrastructures); 
proposals for a functional breakdown of the Community territory by degree of urbanization 
(for the purposes of the Labour Force Survey as from 1992) or employment zones (pilot 
studies at the request of the Commission). 
I.C.3. Improvement of national statistical infrastructure (Theme 79) 
a) Objectives 
- to expand the statistical infrastructure of the weakest countries or regions. 
b) Results 
Portugal: 
The PROREG and PREDER project (FEDER financed out of the ERDF) have permitted the 
development (still insufficient) of the regional accounts, the regionalization (incomplete) of 
the National Statistical Institute (development of the Porto, Evora and Coïmbra regional 
centres), the computerization of the INE and the development of basic statistical tools. 
Greece: 
In 1992 the Commission decided to implement the Greek action plan for statistics (GAPS), 
financed out of the ERDF and the ESF. This is aimed primarily at promoting computerization 
and setting up new statistical surveys (particularly INTRASTAT and services). 
Germany: 
The statistical section of the PHARE programme was implemented in the new Lander (staff 
training, specific statistical action, computerization). 
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France: 
Financing out of the ERDF has enabled a Labour Force Survey to be conducted in the 
overseas departments for the first time. 
France and its overseas départements: Community finance was used to launch the labour 
force survey in the overseas départements in 1992. 
I.D. Social policy (Politicy 24) 
I.D.1. Active population, employment, unemployment et durée de travail (Theme 70) 
a) Objectives 
The objectives of the 1989-1992 statistical programme as regards statistics of the active population, 
employment and unemployment: 
to extend the field covered by Community statistics to include new areas of political action 
and public interest; 
to permit the development of the Community's policies and the efficient management of the 
relevant budgetary resources by producing reliable,up-to-date information at the requisite 
geographical levels, and 
to promote the adoption of European statistical standards have largely been achieved 
thanks to intensive cooperation on the part of the Member States. 
b) Results 
The Community Labour Force Survey (LFS) is an essential statistical instrument for analysing 
developments on the labour market and is consequently an important policy instrument. It was 
revised as planned over the period covered by the programme in order to correspond better to the 
questions resulting from the continuous modification of employment conditions and structures in a 
Single Market and a Social Europe. The reliability of the LFS results also had to be improved to meet 
the information requirements of the Structural Funds. 
On 16 December 1991, the Council approved a Regulation providing for a regular annual survey from 
1992 onwards with increased coverage and corresponding to certain reliability criteria (Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3711/91). 
The changes to the contents mainly involved an improved description of jobs (primary and secondary 
activity, place of work as opposed to place of residence, size of establishment etc.), the collection of 
the data concerning the organization of work (team work, night work, Sunday work etc.) and problems 
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I.D.2. Education and vocational training (Theme 71) : 
a) Objectives 
The objective of systematically collecting statistics on education and vocational training for the 
specific needs of the Community was included in a Community statistical programme for the first time 
for the period 1989 to 1992. The implementation of several Community programmes aimed at 
promoting education, training and exchanges with an eye to the Single Market and economic and 
social cohesion in the Community has given rise to a substantial demand for statistics permitting 
monitoring of the development and structures of the population groups affected and an overall view 
which is vital for preparing policy in these areas. 
Statistics are particularly difficult to establish in this field, partly because educational systems vary 
considerably over time and from one Member State (or even region) to another and partly because 
there are several possible approaches to the problems of vocational training and a large number of 
actors involved (individuals, education systems, labour administration, companies etc.), which makes 
systematic collection extremely difficult. All this means that the data available at national level are 
often relatively limited compared with other statistics. This therefore called for a major effort 
involving: 
a systematic review of the education on offer (joint OECD/UNESCO/Eurostat questionnaire, 
for example); 
speeding up collection; 
a methodological examination to improve comparability, and 
specific Community initiatives in the field of vocational training. 
One of these Community initiatives was the collection of data on the behaviour of 
individuals through the Community Labour Force Survey (cf. Theme 70) and the other 
involved conducting, under the FORCE programme adopted by the Council in 1990, a 
specific survey on continuous vocational training at a sample of enterprises. 
b) Results 
Work from 1989 to 1992 very much concerned basic methodological questions such as the distinction 
between education and training, the interpretation of classifications - particularly the UNESCO 
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) - and the definition of fields covered by the 
different Member States in the available statistics. 
While the introduction of questions on vocational training into the Labour Force Survey was a fairly 
straightforward matter, the FORCE survey on continuous vocational training at enterprises is requiring 
detailed preparation demanding much more time than initially thought. It is now hoped to conduct the 
survey at the end of 1993 and the beginning of 1994, and the results should be available at the end of 
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I.D.3. Health and safety (Theme 72) 
Home and leisure accidents (EHLASS) 
a) Objectives 
The aim was to provide a Community system of information on accidents involving products related 
to home and leisure activities. As the data provided was based on emergency room cases in selected 
hospitals in Member States, it was felt that the inclusion of other data sources would enhance the 
overall coverage and quality of data. Accordingly, in 1991 a call for tender was launched to evaluate 
other sources of information to include, for example, poisons and burns centres etc. Another project 
was launched at the same time to evaluate consumer attitudes to risk and to investigate whether or 
not these were in fact changed by national safety campaigns. There were also moves to harmonise 
the approach to data collection. Both projects were jointly managed by the CPS and Eurostat. 
b) Results 
Data was supplied by a number of emergency rooms in selected hospitals in Member States. The 
data was sent to Eurostat and evaluated on an aggregated basis. Reports were produced for 1988 
and 1989. 
The two projects outlined above were completed the following year. The first consisted of a 
compilation of other accident data sources available in Member States and provided some insight into 
their possible usage. The second project provided a report on consumer risk and concluded that very 
few safety campaigns were designed on a scientific basis and that little post-evaluation was carried 
out by national governments. 
In view of the fact that EHLASS was set up in 1986 as a five year demonstration project by Council, 
data transmission to the Commission was discontinued in 1991, although Member States have 
continued on a national basis. Attempts have been made to standardise national annual reports so as 
to make comparison on a Community-wide basis easier. 
Occupational Accidents (ESAW) 
a) Objectives 
In 1990, a joint project with DGV was set up to harmonise the methodology for the collection of data 
on occupational accidents in Member States. The objectives were viewed as implementing the 
objectives of the Framework Directive on Health and Safety in the Workplace which required 
employers to keep data on accidents in the workplace resulting in three or more days' absence. 
b) Results 
A Working Group was established which met on a regular basis to discuss progress and exchange 
views. The methodology was completed in 1992 and the final report was published jointly with DGV 
in nine Member State languages. At the same time, a feasibility study was launched to estimate the 
difficulties facing individual Member States in the implementation of the methodology. The 
implementation has been divided into two phases. 
In accordance with the above mentioned Directive on Health and Safety which came into force in 
January 1993, Member States are in the process of setting up structures to implement Phase 1. 
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Occupational Diseases 
a) Objectives 
The project on the harmonisation of data on occupational diseases was begun in 1992 and was based 
on Annex 2 of The European Schedule of Diseases. 
b) Results 
The first stage of the methodology consisted of a thorough overview of systems currently in place in 
Member States, from the diagnoses and recognition criteria through to registration practices. A 
Working Party has been set up, together with a small Task Force which meets on a regular basis to 
monitor the work being carried out. The final report on the methodology is scheduled for 1994. 
Household panel 
a) Objectives 
The general aim of the European Community Household Panel project has been the monitoring of the 
social dimension of the Single Market. Key issues are the economic position of social groups as 
affected by the dynamics of economic and social change, and the role of social protection schemes in 
this process. 
The project is intended as an investment in Europe's capacity for self-assessment but it will also be a 
multi-purpose instrument for specific policy-oriented analysis in a variety of fields subject to action 
programmes of the EC-services. 
b) Results 
In a number of countries, within and outside the EC, experience with household panel surveys at 
national level was accumulated. This know-how was integrated into the organisational structure of the 
EC project. However, the European Community Household Panel is a new start. Comparability of 
methods and content across member countries would make it a truly European undertaking. 
There was coordination and evaluation of seven household panels (Belgium, the Netherlands, 
Luxembourg, Ireland, Greece, Lorraine and Cataluna) to study the effects of social protection policies 
on the poor. 
Feasibility and evaluation studies were completed in 1990 and 1991, and the results were published. 
In 1992, the paralell networks of National Data Collection Units (NDUs) and National Research Units 
(NRUs) were built up in all Member States, with full involvement of the National Statistical Institutes. 
The European version of the questionnaire was completed, as were guidelines to NDUs and NRUs on 
procedures for the adaptation of this version to national concepts and rules, on sampling designs and 
selection, on data cleaning and editing and on the corresponding Eurostat data base. 
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I.D.4. Income and consumption (Theme 73) 
Family budget surveys 
a) Objectives 
The surveys on family budgets which are conducted at varying intervals in all the European 
Community Member States give detailed information on the consumption, income and living 
conditions of households. However, hitherto these survey data have been little used at European 
level owing to: 
major differences in the dates of conducting the surveys, the frequency and the 
methodologies used in the twelve national surveys; 
the way the data are sent to Eurostat: only a specific set of standard tables is sent by each 
country. 
In view of the increasing demand for comparative statistical information on living conditions in 
Europe, it proved necessary to launch a programme to harmonise the surveys which includes 
producing a detailed manual on methodologies and implementing improved procedures for reporting 
and analysing the data. 
b) Results 
The DGINS meeting on 29 and 30 November 1989 approved Eurostat's proposal to set up an 
integrated system of household surveys. This proposal sought to improve and harmonise the family 
budget surveys in particular through: 
making more exhaustive use of the information available in the Member States, in particular 
by drawing up a new tabulation plan for data providing additional information at Community 
level on income, on holidays taken by households, or on groups of persons of particular 
interest (the elderly, single-parent families), and by setting up a Community database from 
the individual data submitted by the Member States; 
publishing the detailed methodologies followed by the twelve national surveys. 
At the end of 1992 most of these objectives had been achieved. 
The Community database for individual data contains the data for nine Member States. (The input of 
data on Germany is planned for 1993, but Denmark and Ireland have not yet agreed to supply 
individual data. Ireland will be included with effect from the 1994 survey). In 1993 this Cobol base 
will be converted to a SAS base. 
The data from the surveys conducted by the Member States around 1988 were forwarded or drawn up 
by Eurostat in the new tabulation plan. The data relating to six countries (DK, G, F, IRL, L and NL) 
had already been published in five volumes (total households, the elderly, childless persons, single-
parent families or couples with children, and other). Publication of data relating to the other six 
countries is in the 1993 programme of work. 
The first version of the detailed description of the methodologies followed in each Member State, 
particularly in terms of dates, content, sampling and structure of the surveys, was completed. A large 
section was devoted to defining recommendations, both general and individual to each Member 
State. It should be published during the first half of 1993, after the Member States have been 
consulted. 
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Household incomes : 
a) Objectives 
The Conference of Directors-General of National Statistical Institutes (DGINS) had expressed some 
reservations at its meeting in November 1989 about the quality of income data derived from 
Household Budget Surveys (HBSs). 
Eurostat's response was to set up a Task Force, that would centre on conceptualisation of income, 
establishment of an inventory of variables, assessment of data quality and setting up a tabulation plan 
for capturing data from a variety of existing national sources, viz, HBSs, income surveys, tax records, 
social security files, periodic surveys of living standards and data sources merged by either exact 
linkage or statistical matching. 
b) Results 
Major outcomes were the completion of the variable list according to principles agreed at Task force 
meetings, the design of the questionnaires subsequently disseminated to Member States and the 
reaching of consensus on quality criteria for the evaluation of HBSs and administrative records. 
Statistics on wages and labour costs 
The future integrated system for short- and medium-term statistics on wages and labour costs in the 
European Community was adopted by the DGINS in December 1991, and concerns four fields: 
introduction of a quarterly indicator of labour costs; 
relaunching a survey on the structure of wages; 
further harmonisation of the labour cost and industrial surveys; 
improving the harmonised statistics on earnings. 
These proposals arise mainly from the decisions taken in working party meetings and the conclusions 
of the Conference on the future of these statistics which was held in Stoke Rochford (United 
Kingdom) in March 1991 and was attended by producers and users. It reviewed the various methods 
of drawing up statistics on wages and the data available at European level were evaluated. Specific 
studies were carried out by a team of experts from various EC countries. 
Harmonised statistics on earnings 
These are half-yearly statistics compiled on a harmonised basis from national sources. 
a) Objectives 
To conduct the day-to-day management of the harmonised statistics on earnings and 
derived products (net earnings). 
To improve the available information: to extend the statistics on the services sector, provide 
regional coverage for certain countries and compile monthly wage statistics for manual 
workers and for the group "manual and non-manual workers". 
To publish the methodology for the harmonised statistics on earnings. 
To carry out a study on the transfer of data from CRONOS to a database on ACUMEN; to 
set up a database for net earnings. 
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b) Results 
By the end of 1992 various countries had extended the statistics on the services sector to cover 
transport and communications and hotels and catering; the publication "Earnings - industry and 
services, 1992" contains data on these sectors for the first time. In addition, two new publications 
were issued in 1992: "Labour costs: updating" (some results of which were presented in a chapter of 
"Earnings in industry and services") and "Net earnings of manual workers in manufacturing industry in 
the Community". The methodology of the harmonised statistics on earnings was published during the 
second quarter of 1992. The HEARNING and GAINNETS databases were set up. 
Community labour cost surveys 
These surveys are carried out every four years. 
a) Objectives 
To process and publish the results of the 1988 survey. 
To set up a database containing the results of previous labour cost surveys. 
To carry out preparatory work for the 1992 survey. 
b) Results 
The definitive results of the 1988 survey for the twelve EC countries were not published until the first 
quarter of 1992, since the time taken to forward the data was much longer than planned. An update 
(1989-1990) of the main survey results, based on estimates, was published shortly afterwards. The 
preparatory work prior to the 1992 surveys led to a review of the variables to be collected, an 
extension of the coverage of the services sector and the application of the revised classification of 
activities, NACE Rev.1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 3949/92 relating to the organization of a survey 
of labour costs in industry and the services sector was adopted on 21 December 1992. Lastly, work 
began on setting up the LACOSTS database, which will contain the results of the surveys since 1975. 
Survey on earnings of agricultural workers 
a) Objectives 
To publish the statistical document "Earnings in agriculture -1988". 
To forward to the Council the report on the 1988 surveys. 
To set up a new computerised management system for the survey results. 
Member States to check and process the data for the 1991 survey. 
b) Results 
By the end of 1992 all the above objectives had been achieved. A database, GAINAGRI, was set up 
on ACUMEN. 
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Short-term wage indicators 
Two projects were undertaken on this topic, i.e. the introduction of an employment cost index 
(European Employment Cost Index - EECI), and the compilation of wage indicators already existing 
in the Member States. 
a) Objectives 
To define a methodological framework (variables to be observed, sampling methods, 
aggregation procedure, tabulation plan) for the EECI. 
b) Results 
A Task Force was set up in which seven EC countries (Germany, Denmark, Greece, France, the 
Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom), Sweden and the Czech Republic are represented. 
The general methodological framework of the EECI and the cost classification to be used were 
defined. 
Social protection 
a) Objectives 
To collect, harmonise and publish data on social protection expenditure and receipts on the basis of 
the ESSPROS harmonised system. To provide comparable data on the number of beneficiaries. 
To make a more detailed analysis by function (i.e. the risks). 
To throw new light on the social protection structure by means of micro-economic studies. 
To review the computer system. 
b) Results 
In 1990 a new team resumed the production of ESSPROS data. 
The aim was to make up, as quickly as possible, the backlog in the publication of social protection 
statistics. The statistical document "Social protection expenditure and receipts 1985-1988", which 
was published in 1990, was followed by the publication "Social protection expenditure and receipts 
1980-1991", which covers all the Member States. 
Between collecting and publishing the data, Eurostat put much effort into processing them. In order 
to make this processing more operational, the transfer from CRONOS to a database on ACUMEN is in 
hand. 
Eurostat gave a new dimension to its work by launching the publication of a collection comprising 
individual volumes on various social protection functions. Each of these volumes gives 
disaggregated data on the sums paid in benefits and information on the number of beneficiaries, and 
contains forms describing the main characteristics of the benefits. The volumes on old age, 
invalidity/infirmity and the family have been published. Four others are in preparation. 
A micro-economic study was carried out on income replacement ratios at the time of retirement (the 
ratio between the net retirement income and last net earned income) for the twelve Member States. 
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I.D.5. Poverty (Theme 74) 
a) Objectives 
Poverty and social exclusion are recognised as major problems within the EC. The social dimension 
of the Single Market has become a matter of great concern in the Member States and among 
politicians. Adequate, reliable, comparable and timely information on the nature and the extent of the 
problem is therefore of vital importance for the formulation and monitoring of policies in this area. 
E2's activities on the statistics of poverty aim at measuring and analysing the problem with respect to : 
proper definitions and concepts, 
the number of individuals and households living in poor conditions, 
their socio-economic characteristics, 
their perceptions, 
where they live, 
the persistence of the problem both at the individual and at the aggregate level. 
In order to establish statistics which satisfy these aims and are generally accepted, considerable 
research was undertaken. Poverty and social exclusion are politically contentious phenomena, 
requiring careful analysis in order to be measured in a way that can achieve broad consensus. 
b) Results 
The scope of the family budget surveys in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Greece 
was enlarged by the inclusion of six subjective questions in order to derive data on subjective 
poverty. The resulting data were analysed. 
A study on the potential of administrative data sources for providing data on poverty was undertaken 
in Portugal and Spain. 
A Seminar was organised, in Noordwijk, Netherlands, on "Poverty statistics in Europe". Administrative 
proceedings on this Seminar were published. 
Meetings of the Working Group on Poverty Indicators were held each year since 1989. A number of 
partial results from different methodological approaches were presented at these meetings as working 
documents. This includes also a feasibility study concerning the setting up of a European Community 
Household Panel for the future monitoring of the social situation in Member States. 
A study "Poverty in figures; Europe in the early eighties" was published in 1990. This study estimated 
the number of poor people and households and their socio-economic characteristics in each Member 
State. 
The work in 1991 and 1992 has focused primarily on the development of methodological tools and on 
updating basic data. 
The research project on objective monetary indicators has resulted in a major report on estimates of 
the number and characteristics of poor people in Member States. A strong emphasis was given to the 
sensitivity of poverty estimates to varying assumptions and definitions concerning such matters as 
equivalence scales, the use of income or expenditure as resources yardsticks, different poverty 
thresholds and so on. 
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The project on subjective indicators has analysed the data research with respect to the statistical 
significance of different (subjective) poverty lines and multi-dimensional equivalence scales. A report 
was produced. 
Common to these approaches has been the use of micro-data from household budget surveys in 
most countries. 
A project on statistically matching household survey data with administrative files (tax-records, etc.), 
controlling for demographic and national accounts aggregates, has also resulted in a report on the 
technical feasibility and effectiveness of this approach. 
Finally, a project to map and include available non-monetary indicators of poverty in the statistics was 
completed. The aim of this approach was to supplement financial indicators with an index based on a 
broader range of deprivations suffered by the households, thus capturing more dimensions of the 
phenomeon. 
I.D.6. Population and migrations (Theme 75) 
a) Objectives 
- to provide the Commission, both sides of industry and the political decision-makers with 
the statistics they need for forecasting the consequences of population movements on 
the labour market, the equilibrium of social security and the overall social situation in the 
Community; 
- to assemble available information on migrations and to decide on a collection 
programme. 
b) Results 
With the computerization of data management, the reduction in transmission times, the regular 
publication of a demographical yearbook of some 300 pages, the organization in 1991 of an 
international conference on "Human Resources at the dawn of the 21st Century" and the production 
of demographic forecasts for the year 2020 (scenarios) Eurostat substantially extended its activities in 
the field of demography and improved the dissemination of information. 
As regards migrations (flows and the structure of foreign populations), a programme for collecting 
statistics was developed in cooperation with the NSIs. Data for 1990 and 1991 are largely available 
but the quality is still dubious. Work still to be done includes harmonizing certain definitions, 
developing sources of information in certain Member States (registers, specific surveys, 
administrative documents) and promoting consistency in the data. 
I.D.7. Sociales digests (Theme 76) 
a) Objectives 
- publication of a social yearbook; 
- construction of a social databank; 
- expansion of social indicators; 
- statistical analysis of the social situation of specific populations. 
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b) Results 
Work in this field principally led to: 
the publication of "A Social Portrait of Europe" (1991) 
the establishment, following the 1991 conference on human resources, of a European forum 
on population studies aimed to encourage statisticians and decision-makers to consider 
social questions in connection with European policies; 
studies on documents on populations which may be disadvantaged (women, the elderly, 
handicapped people, etc.). 
Little progress was made on statistics on culture, justice, housing and public health. 
I.E. Research and development (Policy 25) 
I.E.1. Statistics on research, development and innovation (Theme 65) 
a) Objectives 
The responsibilities for research and technological development conferred on the Community by the 
Single European Act and Community policy on promoting innovation demand accurate and up-to-date 
statistical information. 
Eurostat's objective is : 
1. to provide the Commission with the information necessary for the definition, implementation 
and monitoring of Community activities in this area. More precisely, indicators of resources 
from national budgets applied to R&D are made available (project 6510). 
2. to encourage exchanges of information between Member States by harmonising national 
R&D statistics and circulating the information (project 6510). 
b) Results 
1. The ZRD1 database was updated regularly using statistics on the public financing of R&D, 
broken down by socio-economic objective in accordance with the NABS. It is available to 
Commission departments and other users. 
2. An annual publication, "Public Financing of R&D", in the Eurostat 9C series, which analyses 
trends in public financing of R&D for the years 1980 to 1991, was disseminated. 
3. Methodological work on the régionalisation of R&D and innovation statistics was begun in 
response to the needs of Community regional policy. 
4. Data collected on human resources in R&D are in the process of being harmonised. 
5. The NABS nomenclature was revised and a pilot survey of technological innovation is under 
way. This survey is being run in close cooperation with the departments of DG XIII 
responsible for managing the SPRINT programme. 
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6. A new working party on R&D and innovation statistics was set up in 1990, and has met 
several times. Its brief includes discussion of the work programme for forthcoming years. 
7. Cooperation with the OECD on the exchange of data and coordination of methodological 
work was stepped up from 1990 on, and formal contacts have been established with the 
users of statistics on R&D and innovation (setting up of a users' group comprising 
representatives from the various Commission departments concerned). 
8. A proposal for a Council Decision establishing a multiannual development programme for 
Community statistics on R&D and innovation was submitted to the Council by the 
Commission in April 1992. 
The Commission's role in collecting information on private R&D financing is very passive, and it is 
highly dependent on the OECD. Numerous data necessary for monitoring Community policies on 
R&D and innovation are not currently available in the Member States. 
I.E.2. Statistical research and development (Theme 66) 
a) Objectives 
Statistics are themselves a field of research. The development of new statistical instruments is one 
of Eurostat's objectives. This objective is pursued through: 
the promotion of the use of expert systems in statistics (project 6610); 
the promotion of remote sensing for agricultural statistics (project 6610); 
the design and development of a distributed system of statistical information within the ENS 
project (project 6610). 
b) Results 
1. The DOSES programme was launched in 1989. Some ten coordinated projects and seven 
shared-cost projects have been co-financed. An interim assessment of the programme 
carried out by an external consultant was very positive. Ways of extending the programme 
are being examined. Initial results/software are available. 
2. The success of the work undertaken at the JRC, with Eurostat's cooperation, on the use of 
remote sensing for agricultural statistics (MARS project) has allowed the scope initially 
envisaged to be expanded. A new programme has been prepared and the instruments are 
in place to receive the data as soon as they are available. 
3. A detailed feasibility study on a distributed system of statistical information has been 
drafted. The study has been discussed with the Member States on numerous occasions. 
4. Work has continued on harmonising the methodologies for the registers. The proposal for a 
Council Regulation on the coordinated Community development of business registers for 
statistical purposes was submitted to the Council by the Commission on 12 September 
1992. The implementation of the Regulation will have to entail a number of exceptions. The 
development and adjustment costs to be met by the Member States are considerable. 
The switch from models, prototypes and pilot projects developed as part of an R&D programme to 
systems which are capable of operating in a production environment poses some difficulty. Special 
financing conditions for exploiting results obtained in operational systems (essentially for 
governments) still have to be found. 
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I.F. Environnment (Policy 26) 
I.F.1. Environnment (Theme 88) 
During the period covered by the programme Eurostat managed to: 
a. establish a unit responsible for defining a working programme, setting up a study 
programme and proposing a Council Decision to implement it; 
b. create a working party for "environmental statistics" as a forum for exchanging 
experience, which meets twice a year and has sub-groups to devise methods and 
discuss contributions from Member States; 
c. collect available statistical series relating to environmental policies in the 
"Environmental Statistics" publication which appeared in 1990 and 1992, and 
incorporate an "environment" theme in the general Eurostat publications. A 
database for handling the basic series was installed and developed as a 
computerised databank; 
d. produce a handbook for the collection of economic information on the environment 
(expenditure on environmental protection) in the form of a partial satellite account 
linked to national accounts (the SERIEE system); 
e. compare and develop statistical survey methods for recording environmental 
expenditure in industry and general government; 
f. carry out a study to draw up proposals for a survey system for recording waste 
statistics and the development of a waste classification system in connection with 
the reform of the Community Directives; 
Eurostat teamed up with the OECD for the joint revision and use of a questionnaire for collecting data 
to accompany the reports on the environment, so as not to duplicate the work being done at 
international level. These data could not be extended to regional level without a basic system being 
set up. 
On ongoing concern was to incorporate the "environmental aspects" into the other political and 
statistical sectors, such as industry, transport, agriculture and tourism. Preponderant attention was 
given to statistics on raw materials and energy. A study by one of the EFTA countries proposed 
indicators on the environment and tourism. 
Eurostat made a contribution to the policy of reducing emissions by drawing up series and coefficients 
for CO emissions, taking part in the CORINAIR exercise, and harmonizing and updating the 
OECD/Eurostat questionnaires. 
Eurostat is taking part in the Commission exercise on standardizing the reports to be sent to the 
Commission in implementation of the various Directives in the domains of water, air and waste, and 
in the collection of regional indicators. However, it has proved difficult to re-use the administrative 
data forwarded under the Community Directives incorporated as far as possible into the 
Commission's Corine programme. 
National and international relations were developed, in particular with the EFTA countries and the 
countries of eastern Europe, mainly Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. 
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Eurostat is involved in drawing up the first pan-European report, "The European environment - 1993", 
and is working on the preparation and production of a statistical compendium to be annexed to the 
report, which is intended to be a joint publication with UNECE, the OECD, the WHO and the Task 
Force for the European Environment Agency. 
Survey on municipalities 
See I.C.2 - Infra-regional information systems 
I.F.2 Infrastructures and spatial statistics (Theme 89) 
Environment database 
A database for managing basic series was constructed and is being expanded as a computerized 
databank. 
Geographical information system 
During the period covered by the programme Eurostat set up the Geographical Information System 
(GISCO) in Eurostat, for the use and dissemination within the Commission of the basic data obtained 
through the Commission's Corine programme. 
Remote sensing 
See II A and II.A.5 (Theme 85) 
IL Politiques Communautaires 
II.A. Common agricultural policy (Policy 31) 
II.A.1. Agricultural and foresty statistics (Theme 80) 
Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings (8010) 
a) Objectives 
On the basis of several Council Regulations and Commission Decisions, the Statistical Programme of 
the European Communities provides for a series of Community structure surveys carried out by the 
Member States approximately every two years. The results of these surveys are required for the 
design, implementation and assessment of the new CAP in respect of agricultural structures, potential 
holding income and rural developments. 
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b) Results -
The Community basic survey on the structure of agricultural holdings, laid down in Council Regulation 
571/88/EEC for the period 1988 to 1991, was carried out correctly in all the Member States. Pursuant 
to Article 2 (2) of this Regulation, Germany (1989), France (1990), Ireland (1989) and Greece (1989) 
also carried out an additional sample survey on the structure of agricultural holdings. 
In processing, checking and transmitting the survey results, which must be supplied to Eurostat in the 
form of individual data on holdings, the responsible authorities in almost all the Member States found 
themselves up against serious organisational, technical and staffing difficulties; this led to regrettable 
delays in producing and publishing the tabular results. As far as was necessary, the Community legal 
bases for the agricultural structure surveys were worked out or adapted in close collaboration between 
Eurostat and the responsible authorities in the Member States (including the Working Party on 
Statistics of the structure of Agricultural Holdings) and forwarded to the Council and the Commission. 
These bases are: 
1. Council Regulation No 807/89 (EEC) of 20 March 1989 amending Annex I of Regulation No 
571/88 (EEC) on the set-aside of arable land. 
2. Commission Decision 89/651/EEC of 26 October 1989 laying down the definitions of survey 
characteristics and agricultural products for the purposes of Community surveys on the 
structure of agricultural holdings in the period from 1988 to 1997. 
3. Commission Decision 89/652/EEC of 26 October 1989 determining the final deadlines for 
transmitting the results of the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in the period 
1988 to 1997 to the Statistical Office of the European Communities. 
4. Commission Decision 89/653/EEC of 26 October 1989 on establishing the Community 
programme of tables for the tabular databank (BDT) of the EUROFARM system to enable 
surveys of the structure of agricultural holdings to be carried out in the period 1988 to 1997. 
5. Commission Decision No 93/156/EEC of 9 February 1983 amending Annex I of Council 
Regulation No 807/89 (EEC) with reference to the surveys on the structure of agricultural 
holdings in the period 1993 to 1997. 
6. Draft Commission Decision laying down the final deadlines for transmitting the results of the 
1993 agricultural structure survey to Eurostat. 
The most important results of the 1987 structure surveys were published by Eurostat in 1991 under 
general theme 5, series C, as were the results of a study into the regional structure of agricultural 
production. All the tabular results of these surveys were also stored in the FSSRS databank and are 
thus readily accessible for the user. The computer programs required to transfer the FSSRS results 
from the surveys for the period 1975 to 1987 to the EUROFARM databank were developed and tested 
successfully. 
In addition to this publication, the manuscripts for three further publications were prepared; these give 
analyses of three especially important aspects of agricultural structure (regional aspects; agricultural 
labour force; dairy holdings). Owing to certain problems with the translation service (very long 
deadlines) and staff difficulties, these analyses, in English, German and French, can only be 
published in the course of 1993. 
The individual data from the surveys 1988-1991 sent to Eurostat by the Member States were collated 
under the EUROFARM databank system, stored, checked and analysed. Owing to the late supply of 
these data to Eurostat, it has not yet been possible to adhere to the 1992 timetable for the publication 
of the most important results. 
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In 1991, a manuscript was started * for a new Eurostat publication on the Member State and 
Community methodologies underlying the agricultural structure surveys. This publication takes on 
particular importance in view of the information requirement of the EFTA and the Eastern European 
countries. 
In order to resume publication of annual statistics of the consumption of fertilizers and biocides, 
arrangements were made to adapt these statistics (based on NIMEXE up to and including 1987) to the 
Combined Nomenclature. This change reduced still further the Member States' replies, which were 
already inadequate. 
EUROFARM 
a) Objectives 
Annex II to Council Regulation No 571/88 (EEC) calls upon the Commission to develop the 
EUROFARM project. 
EUROFARM is a system of databanks enabling individual data (from the agricultural structure surveys) 
sent to Eurostat by the Member States, to be stored, checked, analysed and disseminated. 
EUROFARM will also contain the tabular results of the vineyard surveys ("VITIS") and of certain fruit 
tree plantations ("FRUCTUS"). 
b) Results 
The work on developing the EUROFARM system began in 1989 and was finished in 1992 to the extent 
that individual data from the survey period 1988 to 1991 could be processed and analysed. From the 
very beginning, the aim was to develop a central databank which could cover user requirements in 
rapid, flexible and reliable fashion. To this end, the EUROFARM system contains a databank for 
highly confidential individual data (BDl) and an on-line tabular databank (BDT). 
The EUROFARM system was developed in close cooperation with the Member States whose 
experience and wishes were incorporated in the project. Once again, it was apparent that these 
authorities attach great importance to safeguarding statistical confidentiality and to estimating the 
statistical reliability of sampling results. This meant very extensive programming work and also 
resulted in the Member States reserving the right of consultation before releasing BDT standard tables 
or ad-hoc analyses; this led to a labour-intensive and time-consuming procedure for the release of 
such information. 
All the basic functions of the EUROFARM system are operational and have been tested, particularly 
the programs for checking the coherence of individual and tabular data, guaranteeing statistical 
confidentiality and assessing the reliability of sampling results. In addition, the system was designed 
to be able to absorb further functions and be adapted to the requirements of future surveys. 
Parallel to this development work, the individual data sent to Eurostat from the second half of 1990 
were checked and, where necessary, corrected in collaboration with the statistical departments of the 
Member States. 
EUROFARM contains not only the results of the Community surveys from 1988 but also those of the 
surveys of the period 1975 to 1987. 
The standard tables stored in the BDT tabular databank will also be available on CD-ROM; the 
preliminary work has virtually been concluded. 
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Surveys of areas under vines 
a) Objectives 
In accordance with Council Regulation No 357/79 (EEC) of 5 February 1979, the Member States 
concerned must carry out a basic survey of areas under vines every ten years (the first being in 1979 
or before 1 April 1980 at the latest), with intermediate surveys every year (the first being in 1981) 
covering the changes that have occurred in the interim, particular/ clearance and new plantations; the 
results are sent to Eurostat. 
b) Results 
All the Member States concerned duly carried out the basic survey in accordance with this Regulation 
(France in 1988 and Italy in 1990 in accordance with Council Decision No 89/287/EEC and sent 
Eurostat the results in the form of tables as laid down in Regulation 357/79/EEC. 
The results were stored by Eurostat on the VITIS databank (the technical development of which was 
completed and tested. Work started on preparing a publication. 
Two publications were completed on the wine sector, one dealing with the results of the annual 
intermediate surveys from 1981 to 1989 and a second giving graphs of the development of areas 
under vines in the 1980s. The work on harmonising the results of the annual intermediate surveys 
was also carried out as planned. 
Surveys of certain fruit tree plantations 
a) Objectives 
Council Directive 76/625/EEC provides for basic surveys to be carried out to determine the 
production potential of certain fruit tree plantations - the first in 1987 and then every five years. 
These surveys cover dessert apples and pears, peaches, apricots, oranges, lemons and small citrus 
fruit. The Member States also send Eurostat annual estimates of areas cleared or newly planted for 
the above-mentioned varieties. 
b) Results 
Where necessary, Community legislation was adapted as follows: 
1. Commission Decision No 91/618/EEC of 18 November 1991 amending Decision 77/144/EEC 
laying down a standard code and transmitting the survey data on certain fruit varieties in 
machine-readable form and on delimiting the production zones. 
With the exception of Spain, all the Member States carried out the Community survey in 1992. The 
results were to be forwarded to Eurostat in tabular form by 1 April 1993; Eurostat stores them in the 
FRUCTUS databank, tests them and then makes them available to users. 
The results of the annual intermediate surveys are used by Eurostat to make regular short-term 
forecasts of the development of certain fruit tree plantations. 
A detailed analysis of the results of the 1977, 1982 and 1987 surveys was published in 1992; this 
describes the situation in the 1980s and the probable development after 1987. 
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Statistical analysis of the register of vineyards and citrus fruit and olive tree plantations 
a) Objectives 
The most important Community legal basis for these registers are: 
1. Council Regulation No 2932/86 (EEC) of 24 July 1986 on introducing a Community vineyard 
register. 
2. Council Regulation No 1198/90 (EEC) on producing a Community register of citrus fruit 
plantations. 
3. Council Regulation No 154/75 (EEC) of 21 January 1975 on producing a register of olive tree 
plantations in those countries producing olive oil. 
b) Results 
Since it was planned to use these registers for statistical purposes, Eurostat played an advisory role in 
the work carried out by DG VI. 
The aim of a study commissioned by Eurostat in 1990 was to define a precise framework for the 
statistical units of the vineyard register and gather all the information necessary to this end; this 
resulted in a report which was sent to the Member States for information and comment in 1992. 
Forestry statistics 
a) Objectives 
The aim of Community forestry statistics is to provide comparable data at Community level covering 
the economic fields of "forestry" and "Production and consumption of raw wood and wood products". 
These statistics are particularly important for DG VI in connection with the reform of the Common 
Agricultural Policy and for coordinating the forestry policies of the Member States. They are, 
however, also necessary for other institutions, offices and persons involved with questions of the 
forestry economy, the wood-processing industry, environmental problems and local and regional 
development. 
b) Results 
Eurostat's activities in the reporting period had to be restricted to continuing existing work on 
Community forestry statistics owing to staff shortages. A certain amount of preliminary work was also 
done on developing the European Forestry Information and Communication System (EFICS) which 
the Commission must set up in accordance with Council Decision No 1615/89. 
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System for classifying agricultural holdings (typology) 
a) Objectives 
The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) and the Community Surveys on the structure of 
agricultural holdings make it necessary to calculate the economic size and type of farming of these 
holdings. This is done by means of an indicator, the standard gross margin (SGM). The Member 
States must calculate the SGM at regional level, using the catalogue of characteristics for the 
structure surveys, and send the result to Eurostat, normally every two years. 
b) Results 
The standard gross margins are collected by Eurostat, checked and published in Series C of the 
Official Journal: 
1. Commission Communication No 90/C317/01: Standard gross margins (SGM) for the various 
branches of agricultural production and coefficients in accordance with Commission 
Decision 85/377/EEC of 7 June 1985, establishing a Community typology for agricultural 
holdings. 
2. Commission Communication No 91/C268/01: Standard gross margins (SGM) for the various 
branches of agricultural production and coefficients in accordance with Commission 
Decision 85/377/EEC of 7 June 1985 establishing a Community typology for agricultural 
holdings. 
The Community legal basis for typology had to be adapted to the structure surveys in the period 1988 
to 1997: 
1. Commission Decision No 90/36/EEC of 16 January 1990 on determining the coefficients for 
agricultural development to define a European size unit as part of the Community typology 
for agricultural holdings. 
2. Draft Commission Decision adapting Commission Decision No 85/377/EEC of 7 June 1985 
(establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings) to Council Regulation 
571/88/EEC of 29 February 1988 (on conducting Community surveys on the structure of 
agricultural holdings in the period 1988-1997). 
II.A.2. Economics Accounts for Agriculture, Agricultural Incomes and Prices (Theme 81) 
Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA): 
a) Objectives 
The objective here is to provide harmonized macro-economic data on production (broken down by 
product), intermediate consumption, value added, agricultural income and fixed capital formation in 
agriculture, and an analysis of productivity trends in agriculture. 
The main effort at improvement should be made on: 
collecting annual data from the twelve Member States; 
accelerating the updating procedure for the results and improving the harmonization of the 
data; 
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:- incorporating Spain and Portugal in the economic accounts for agriculture; 
formulating instructions for the automatic calculation of data in the CRONOS database (ECU 
and PPS); 
storing data in the CRONOS database so that new income indicators can be produced; 
making information available on productivity trends in agriculture and breaking down 
productivity gains according to the various agents (farmers, consumers, suppliers, the State, 
banks and agricultural workers); 
production of an annual publication, "Economic accounts for agriculture", containing 
updated data and graphics. 
b) Results 
The work detailed in the Statistical Programme for 1989-1992 was carried out satisfactorily by the A 
grade official responsible despite the fact that he was twice transferred. This work included. 
The regular updating, checking and storing (domain "COSA" in CRONOS) of EAA data. 
Progress was made in speed of updating as well as in the degree of harmonization. The 
latter presupposed clarification of numerous methodological questions by the competent 
working party (some of this work has not yet been concluded): assessing the changes in 
stocks of crop products, contract work, subsidies, taxes linked to production, treatment of 
VAT compensation and headings for the distribution of income account. 
The integration of Spain and Portugal into the Community system of the EAA. 
The revision of the CRONOS data system (COSA domain) so that EAA data can 
automatically be calculated in ecus and PPS, as can the income indicators in accordance 
with the definitions of the project "Agricultural Income Index" (previously called "Sectoral 
Income Index"). 
Calculating productivity increases in agriculture. This work was commissioned from INRA 
(France) by Eurostat. The results of the study were published in 1990 and 1991 by Eurostat 
in three languages (FR, EN, DE; c.f; J.C. Bureau, J.P. Butault et al "Generation and 
Distribution of Productivity Increases in European Agriculture 1967-1987"). 
The annual publication of the EAA data for which completely new printing programmes were 
prepared in the reporting period. 
Apart from the tasks referred to in the Statistical Programme, the following work was carried out in the 
reporting period: 
Checking of the EAA (Data sources, methods and technologies employed). This entire task 
will take several years and is connected with the GDP Directive. The work has begun as 
planned but had to be interrupted in 1992 owing to a staff transfer. 
Publication of the EAA Handbook in the six Community languages which were missing. In 
addition, an addendum to this handbook was brought out in 1992 which contains further 
details and changes on the EAA methodology. 
Analysis of the development of EAA data as part of a study conducted by Mrs I.J. Terluin 
(LEI, Netherlands). The results were published by Eurostat in English under the title 
"Production, Prices and Income in EC Agriculture. An analysis of the Economic Accounts for 
Agriculture 1973-1988". 
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Agricultural Income Index (All) (previously called Sectoral Income Index): 
a) Objectives 
Every year, Eurostat makes forecasts on the variation in agricultural income in the Member States 
and in the Community as a whole. These forecasts cover the current year and are based on updated 
estimates provided by the national institutes on variations in the price, volume and value of the 
factors which constitute agricultural income, taking the economic accounts for agriculture as a starting 
point. Eurostat analyses trends in income and publishes its conclusions, with tables and graphics, as 
part of the annual price-setting procedure. 
Work is being done on improving the system of income indicators, by producing a cash flow indicator, 
methods of analysing income and the annual report on income. 
b) Results 
Four annual reports containing the forecasts of agricultural income were drawn up and published as 
scheduled in the reporting period. The results were also conveyed to DG VI to enable it to prepare the 
agricultural price decisions in the Council of Ministers ("PP dossier") and published in the form of two 
rapid notes per year. 
In accordance with the goals of the agricultural income index, the quality of analysis was steadily 
improved. A chapter on the long-term income development in agriculture and the results of a cash 
flow indicator for eight Member States were also included in the annual reports. 
Total Income of Agricultural Households (TIAH) 
a) Objectives 
Because of the new requirements of the common agricultural policy regarding statistics, the objective 
pursued here is to draw up a macro-economic indicator of the total income of agricultural households 
(TIAH) based on a harmonized methodology; this indicator should make it possible to (i) analyse the 
variation in TIAH from one year to another in the Member States, (ii) analyse changes in the 
composition of income, (iii) compare trends in the TIAH with those in the other social and 
occupational categories, and (iv) compare the absolute income of farmers with that of the other social 
and occupational categories. 
Work will be concerned with: 
drawing up the methodology and producing a handbook; 
a financial contribution when the project is being launched; 
collecting information, storing it in the CRONOS base and analysing the results. 
b) Results 
The work planned for 1989-1992 was carried out in its entirety. We cannot, however, hide the fact that 
considerable efforts are still necessary to provide up-to-date and/or methodologically harmonized 
data for most of the Member States, particularly Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom. 
The TIAH project has not yet reached the status of routine statistics. In addition, Eurostat depends 
heavily on the services of an external expert. 
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The main activities in the reporting period were carried out as programmed: : 
Financial support of the Member States in the start-up phase of the project by concluding 
appropriate study contracts. 
Preparing a methodology for the TIAH project which is documented in the three-language 
"TIAH Handbook" published in 1990. 
Transmission of the data on the TIAH from the Member States to Eurostat. The first TIAH 
results were analysed in a study as long ago as 1988 and published in 1989 (cf. B. Hill 
"Total income of agricultural households: inventory of existing information and proposal for 
a method to develop a harmonized aggregated indicator")- A further report was produced by 
this expert (B. Hill, Wye College, University of London) in 1991 which was then adopted by 
the competent working party and published in three languages by Eurostat in 1992. It 
presents the progress made so far and the ITAH figures for 11 Member States (only 
Belgium was missing and this information was sent to Eurostat later). 
Creation of a PC-assisted database for the TIAH projects (it was originally intended to store 
the data in CRONOS). 
An unexpected question which was raised in 1992 by DG VI (additional objective) concerned 
the practicality of using a "broad" definition of agricultural households as an additional 
definition in the project. To clarify this question, two study contracts were concluded in 1992, 
one with the CBS in Voorburg (NL) and the other with the StBA in Wiesbaden (D). The 
results are to be discussed in the competent working party in 1993. 
Agricultural price statistics: 
a) Objectives 
The agricultural price strategy in the Community is based on agreements freely entered into with the 
Member States and comprises two groups of time series, which are stored in the PRAG domain of the 
CRONOS databank, i.e. (i) absolute agricultural prices and (ii) EC agricultural price indices (output 
and input). 
The data on absolute agricultural prices comprise monthly and annual selling prices for crop and 
animal products and purchase prices for the means of agricultural production. These prices are 
expressed in national currency, ecus and PPS. There are two EC agricultural price indices, viz. (i) the 
EC index of producer prices for agricultural products and (ii) the EC index of purchase prices for the 
means of agricultural production. These indices contain series expressed in nominal and real 
(deflated) values. 
The work will consist of collecting and providing harmonized time series, incorporating Spain and 
Portugal into the Community system, continuing development of the methodology, rebasing the 
indices every five years and forecasting price indices which will be used as part of the Commission's 
annual price-setting procedure. 
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b) Results 
The work planned in the Statistical Programme for the years 1989-1992 was carried out satisfactorily 
despite staffing difficulties. The work concentrated on the following as scheduled: 
Updating, checking, storing (domain "PRAG" in CRONOS) and regular publication of the 
monthly and annual EC agricultural price indices (output and input) and of the monthly and 
annual absolute agricultural prices. 
Forecasting the annual EC agricultural price indices (output and input) as of 1 October and 
13 November for the current year. The results were regularly made available (i) to GD VI as 
a contribution to the "PP Dossier" and (ii) in a model for the short-term forecasting of 
agricultural income (SPEL) and (iii) in a rapid note published in December. 
The integration of Spain and Porgual into the Community system of agricultural price 
statistics. The monthly output and input price indices for Portugal were not, however, 
available at the end of the reporting period. 
The re-basing of the EC agricultural price indices in 1989 to 1985 = 100. 
The clarification of numerous methodological questions. This involved the preparation and 
publication (1992) of an addendum, comprising around 350 pages, to the catalogue of 
characteristics of the agricultural price series stored in CRONOS. Apart from the following 
tasks listed in the Statistical Programme, the following further objectives were tackled: 
The complete revision of the publication system which now comprises: (i) a quarterly series 
of agricultural prices (monthly EC agricultural price indices and a selection from the series 
of monthly absolute agricultural prices), (ii) a glossary in nine languages, (iii) an annual 
publication on the annual EC agricultural price indices and the annual agricultural prices, 
and (iv) six rapid notes. 
The checking of the agricultural price statistics (data sources, methods and technologies 
used), a project which will extend over several years similarly to the EAA. Owing to staffing 
difficulties, the progress achieved here was unfortunately limited. 
The new design of the statistics of absolute agricultural prices; the initiative for this came 
from DG VI which had special wishes regarding data on absolute agricultural prices 
following the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. 
A study on agricultural price developments in the Community which was not originally 
planned and was carried out by Professor S. Tangermann (University of Gôttingen in 
Germany). This study, which appeared in autumn 1992 in English ("Agricultural Price 
Trends in the EEC"), presents the long and medium-term agricultural price trends as well as 
an analysis of agricultural prices as seen against the functioning of the agricultural markets 
arid the functioning of agricultural policy measures. 
Final comment on agricultural price statistics: consolidation of current work and substantial progress 
in the special task "Revision of Agricultural Price Statistics (data sources, methods and technologies 
used)" were hampered in the reporting period by the fact that it has not yet been possible to fill an 
existing A grade post with a suitable candidate. This part of the work was therefore characterized by 
improvisation. 
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II.A.3. Integrated Sectoral Databank for Agriculture and Agricultural Sector Models 
(Theme 82) 
a) Objectives 
This model (for analysing and forecasting production and incomes in the Community agricultural 
sector), is based on a structured matrix of data covering the whole of this sector and provides data 
which are comparable from one Member State to another. This model was produced so as to provide: 
a retrospective analysis of trends in the sector; 
short- and medium-term forecasts of trends in agricultural incomes; 
a simulation of the effects of agricultural policies under consideration; 
verification of the cohesion of Eurostat's agricultural statistics. 
Work must be concentrated on: 
incorporating Spain and Portugal into the Community system; 
transferring the model onto Community computer media; 
producing an improved version of the whole of the SPEL system (version B); 
producing a system for medium-term projection and simulation. 
The model is to be updated regularly and will be used in cooperation with DG VI. 
b) Results 
The objectives laid down for the reporting period 1989-1992 were achieved as planned, the only 
exception being the medium-term version of the SPEL model. An improved version (LP/NLP) was 
produced in the middle of 1992 and this is to be implemented in the period up to the end of 1994. 
Objectives planned and achieved by the end of 1992 include: (i) implementation of the SPEL System 
(Version A) on the Community's Amdahl computer in Luxembourg, (ii) the integration of Greece, 
Spain and Portugal into the SPEL system, (iii) the design, data checking and implementation of an 
improved version of the SPEL system (Version B) and the annual application of the SPEL model for 
carrying out ex-post analysis, short-term forecasts of agricultural income (contributions to the "PP 
dossier") and medium-term simulation calculations on the effects of alternative political scenarios. 
The numerous simulation calculations made with the aid of the SPEL/EC-MFSS module on estimating 
the medium-term effects of Commission proposals, and subsequently the decisions of the Council of 
Agricultural Ministers of May 1992 on the reform of the CAP, should be emphasized; they were not 
originally foreseen and they have particular relevance to the production and income development of 
agriculture. 
The new objectives which arose in the reporting period are basically: (i) producing an international 
model of external trade under the SPEL system (this was done in 1989 and 1990 under the 
responsibility of DG VI by the author of the SPEL system, Professor W. Henrichsmeyer), (ii) producing 
comprehensive methodological and technical documentation on the SPEL system (three volumes 
being published in the series 5/E by Eurostat in 1992), (iii) checking the databases of each of the 
Member States by experts in these countries corresponding contracts being concluded with INSEE (F) 
and CERA (IRL), the work being concluded in 1991 and reports available at the end of 1992. An 
invitation to tender for similar work for GR, I, NL and UK was published in autumn 1992, (iv) opening 
up access to the new SPEL data (SPEL/EC data, version B.) for privileged users and all other 
interested parties (this was implemented at the beginning of 1993, a USER MANUAL of around 400 
pages being produced by the end of 1992 and sent on diskette to interested parties, together with the 
SPEL data for the years 1973 up to and including 1992), (v) integration of eastern-Germany into the 
existing SPEL system (goal not achieved by the end of 1992 because of missing data) and (vi) 
comprehensive information for the Member States provided during a two-day meeting of the Working 
Party on Agricultural Accounts (meeting held in October 1992). 
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In the opinion of DG VI, the SPEL system is a useful instrument for the CAP; the model results 
produced in the reporting period were appreciated. 
II.A.4. Restructuring plans (Theme 83) 
a) Objectives 
The Italian, Greek and Irish plans are intended to help the Member States concerned to organise a 
system of statistical surveys in the agricultural sector which will fully satisfy Community requirements 
for statistical information in this field. 
b) Results 
Italian plan : 
The plan was completed by the end of 1991. The Italian restructuring plan, which started in 
1981, enabled the Italian authorities to set up an effective technical and administrative 
infrastructure at regional level and to implement a coherent programme of statistical 
surveys. 
Irish plan : 
The plan was completed by the end of 1991. The specific aid for the development of 
agricultural statistics, granted in 1988, enabled the Irish authorities to set up an effective 
technical and administrative infrastructure at both central and local levels, to create a 
register of agricultural holdings and to implement a coherent programme of statistical 
surveys. 
Greek plan : 
In spite of the increase in the Community contribution, the execution of the plan remains is 
still somewhat behind schedule. 
The main difficulties encountered are in the following fields: 
administrative infrastructure (at central and regional level) 
staff recruiting (by NSSG and Ministry of Agriculture) 
computer equipment (at NSSG only). 
In order to overcome these problems, the Council decided to extend the Greek plan by three years (completion 
in 1996). Council Decision 92/582/EEC of 14.12.1992. 
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II.A.5. Crop Production (Theme 85) 
a) Objectives 
Crop statistics over the period 1989-92 were strongly influenced by two important decisions in the 
framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): the introduction of "maximum guaranteed 
quantities" (in some cases also "maximum guaranteed areas") in 1988 for three (or four) years (so-
called "agricultural stabilisers") and the fundamental reform of the CAP in 1992. Both policy measures 
stressed the importance of reliable and up-to-date crop statistics. A legal cover for crop products 
statistics should be envisaged. 
Moreover, some statistics like external trade statistics used, among others, for supply balance sheets 
will have to be reviewed in the context of the internal market. 
New technical instruments, like remote sensing for example, have to be checked as to their 
applicability in crop statistics. 
b) Results 
For basic statistics (area, yield and production) on cereal and non cereal crops, Community legislation 
in form of Regulations has been proposed. In general, these two Regulations did not ask for new 
statistics but aimed at further harmonising and improving the existing data flows. The Regulations 
define data to be submitted, fix dead-lines for data transmission and quantify levels of accuracy for 
the data in order to assure objectivity and representativity of the figures (minimum requirements) but 
give the freedom to the Member States to choose the methods by which these requirements can be 
met. 
The Regulations are in full accordance with the way the European Statistical System has been 
organised: The collection and the treatment of data and the survey organisation at national level 
remain the responsibility of the statistical services of the Member States. The Commission ensures 
the collection, coordination and harmonisation of statistical information at European level 
(subsidiarily). 
Account is being taken of the relative importance of crops in each country to ensure effort is 
concentrated where it matters (AGRIFLEX principle). 
Cereals statistics: The Regulation on cereals statistics has been adopted on 26 March 1990 1 As 
planned in the Regulation the Member States have meanwhile submitted their methodological reports 
and are providing regularly the annual data on cereal area, yield and production. Restructuring of 
survey methods is under way in some countries. A Community financial contribution to Member 
States is granted from 1990 to 1993. 
Non cereal crops statistics: A Draft Regulation has been discussed in the Working Party on crop 
products statistics in 1991 and 1992. Its adoption by the Council is foreseen for April 1993. 
Supply balance sheets: The introduction of the internal market from 1993 onwards made it 
necessary to review (by discussion within the competent Working Party) the system of supply balance 
sheets, because important statistics like external trade statistics are changing fundamentally. At the 
moment a reduced programme of balance sheets is envisaged, combined possibly with a legal cover 
for such a reduced programme. 
Council RBQUI. (EEC) No. 837/90. OJ No. L 88, 03.04.1990 
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Remote sensing applied to agricultural statistics: the MARS 2 project. Together with DG VI 
Eurostat is steering this project which is managed by the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications of 
the Joint Research Centre in Ispra. Based on a Council Decision 3 a first work phase has been 
foreseen up to 1993. The pilot project comprises four main actions: 1) Regional inventories (on 
areas); 2) Vegetation conditions and yield indicators; 3) Models of yield prediction and 4) European 
rapid estimates of acreages and potential yield. 
Besides these main actions three supporting actions (advanced agricultural information systems, area 
frame sampling and long-term studies) are defined. The results of the project, especially of the four 
main actions (1-4) are very promising. Regional area estimates (action 1) and rapid European 
estimates (action 4) can be judged operational. Action 2 on vegetation conditions and action 3 on 
yield forecasting models have so far already produced very interesting results but there is still 
considerable work to be done before they are becoming operational. 
In order to intensify work on the integration of (parts of) the MARS project into the future Statistical 
Information System Eurostat has created a Task Force on Remote Sensing and Geographical 
information systems. The 1992 Bad Neuenahr Seminar brought together for the first time the Remote 
Sensing Community and the official statisticians from Member States. 
II.A.6. Animal production (Theme 86) 
a) Objectives 
Since the Directives on the numbers and the production of slaughter animals were amended very 
many times, if only to take account of the accession of new Member States, they needed to be 
consolidated and adjusted in line with the trends observed in these sectors. Over the period covered 
by the programme, the need was felt to reduce as far as possible the requests for statistics from the 
Member States while not jeopardizing the reliability of the data at European level (the "AGRIFLEX" 
principle). 
Similarly, in the dairy sector, at the end of the period covered by the programme it turned out that 
some reduction could be made in the statisitical programme, and that some adjustments, due to the 
introduction of new products, should be considered. 
b) Results 
The three exisiting Directives on the numbers of slaughter animals were completely revised by the 
working party concerned, and new texts were forwarded to the Council at the end of 1992. Substantial 
cuts were made for some Member States. 
Statistics on the dairy sector were discussed with the Member States during 1992. It is probable that 
proposals for amendments will be made to the working party concerned at the end of 1993. 
? Monitoring agriculture by remote sensing 
3 Council Decision 88/503/EEC of 26 September 1988, OJ L 273 of 05.10.1988 
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il.B. Business policy (industry and services) (Policy 32) 
II.B.1. Industry - methodology and analyses (Theme 55) 
a) Objectives 
The objectives set for this theme in the Statistical Programme include setting up detailed Community 
statistics on industrial production (PRODCOM), an active contribution by industrial statisticians to the 
development of NACE Rev.1 and, as regards analysis, active participation by Eurostat in the 
publication by the Commission of the "Panorama of EC Industry" and the regular production of 
estimates based on the results of the Community survey on the structure and activity of industry. 
b) Results 
1. The initial implementation of the programme was marked by an active commitment to the 
revision of NACE Rev.1, in particular by critical consideration of the needs of, and demand 
from, European professional associations. 
2. The management of the PRODCOM list began in 1992, taking changes in the Combined 
Nomenclature into account and processing new requests. 
3. A substantial investment was made in terms of methodology to improve the estimates 
produced by Eurostat in order to update the results of the annual survey on the structure 
and activity of industry. 
4. Eurostat undertook the statistical section of the publication "Panorama of EC industry". By 
reconciling data from official European statistics and from private sources (mainly 
professional associations), this exercise represents a reference tool which was awarded a 
prize by the association of European economic journalists for its 1991-1992 edition. 
It has hitherto not been possible to achieve real Community coordination in developing more detailed 
headings in NACE Rev.1 (fifth digit). 
The limitations imposed on the management of the Combined Nomenclature are an obstacle to the 
progress of PRODCOM adjustments. 
As for the estimation work or the activity in connection with the Panorama of Industry, the constraints 
inherent in the development of the various national systems are a considerable obstacle to the correct 
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II.B.2. Industry - production and dissemination (Theme 56) 
a) Objectives 
This theme covers both the routine activities of production and dissemination of industrial statistics 
(Community survey on the structure and activity of industry, short-term indicators, current statistics of 
industrial products) and a number of projects related to the Commission's policy priorities, mainly: 
statistics on SMEs, 
statistics on large enterprises, 
statistics on the textile sector. 
b) Results 
1. There has been a considerable improvement in the speed of publication of the results of the 
annual survey on the structure and activity of industry. They are increasingly widely used, 
particularly for the purposes of the structural funds. 
2. Considerable progress was made with the short-term indicators: better detail in terms of 
activities, a change in the base, a better quality of indices, development of a new database 
and the use of remote transmission to reduce the time taken to supply data. 
3. At the request of DG XXIII, Eurostat set up a specific SME database. This exercise 
combines data from the annual survey by size and the five-year exercise on SMEs with 
processed data from specific sources. In addition to the base, which covers a limited 
number of variables, SME-specific indicators are now being developed. Two publications 
on the state of SMEs in Europe have been produced: "Enterprises in Europe". 
4. Considerable work has been carried out in the textile/clothing sector to add to, shape up and 
facilitate the use of statistics on this field. This work has given Eurostat a European 
statistical system fit to take over the statistical side of the work carried out by the European 
textiles and clothing observatory (OETH). 
5. Eurostat has also begun work on processing the accounts published by large industrial 
enterprises. 
The time taken to produce results from the annual survey and the effect of national rules on 
confidentiality are still serious obstacles to improving the quality of data on the structure and activity 
of industrial enterprises. 
The implementation of the short-term Directives is still inadequate in the case of certain indicators 
(new orders, social indicators). 
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1KB.3. Iron and steel statistics (Theme 59) 
a) Objectives 
Given that the iron and steel statistics are well-established and have been thoroughly run in for 35 
years now, the main objectives were: 
to improve the statistics so that they could take the place of the surveillance system, 
to speed up their collection and the availability of results. 
The second objective involves the publication of the results of the studies on steel consumption by 
producer branch, on which any forecast on the development of the steel industry is based. 
b) Results 
1. The Community iron and steel industry has adjusted to the ending of the surveillance 
system: revision of questionnaires, amendment of the rules on transmission, simplification 
and trimming. 
2. Remote transmission and the use of computer media have expanded considerably, bringing 
substantial gains in productivity and cutting the time needed to make data available. 
3. The Acier database has been successfully run in for inter-departmental use: decentralised 
use, automatic publication production, improved productivity, automatic updating of other 
databases (CRONOS), etc. 
4. The studies carried out have allowed regular production of data on steel consumption by 
branch and a first version of a "Steel" input-output table. 
The expiry of the ECSC Treaty and the new crises in the sector raise a number of questions and 
difficulties regarding this activity (limited study appropriations). 
II.B.4. - II.B.5. Services statistics 
a) Objectives 
The major objective was the adoption and implementation of Council Decision 92/326/EEC. The 
action plan envisages the following five points: 
assessment of national and Community user needs, 
setting up a reference methodological framework, 
setting up the components of a European system of information on services statistics, 
carrying out pilot surveys in certain sectors, 
developing the basic statistical tools. 
These measures constituted the main lines for work even before the Decision was adopted. The 
Decision expressly stipulates that the subsidiarity principle is to apply in the implementation of the 
action plan. 
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b) Results 
Eurostat is continuing to cooperate with European federations in the services sector and with UNICE 
so as to take better account of enterprises' needs for statistics concerning them. 
The process of setting up a regular collection system in the distributive trades sector gave rise to a 
draft legal act, which was then merged in a general act covering this kind of structural survey of 
industry and services. 
Council Decision 92/326/EEC of 18 June 1992 establishing a two-year programme (1992 to 1993) for 
the development of European statistics on services was the basis for activity in the services field. 
The measures taken included: 
analysis and evaluation of the demand for information from users, whether Community 
users or national users, private or public; 
drawing up a methodological manual consisting of an overall framework and sectoral 
chapters, on the basis of which specific collection measures were to be organised; a second 
edition of the methodological manual for statistics on services is planned, taking account of 
all general statistical developments; 
consolidation of the data collected by incorporating them into the MERCURE information 
system; this section also covers extending collection to the existing methodologies applied 
in the Member States; a regular "services yearbook" publication is being prepared. 
carrying out a first set of pilot surveys of service enterprises in the retail trade, "économie 
sociale" and business services sectors. A second set of pilot surveys is being prepared in 
the audiovisual, hotels and travel agents and transport sectors. 
By virtue of Eurostat's active involvement in the work of the Voorburg Group, under the auspices of 
the United Nations, and in other international bodies, the Community methodology is becoming a 
reference standard for the whole international statistical system. International cooperation has been 
intensified by coordinating the work of the various secretariats. 
Statistics in support of policies in the services sector 
By reference to the Council Decision on services statistics (cf. business statistics), it has been 
possible to go into greater depth in the work relating to the following sectors: 
Insurance 
Second edition of the sectoral chapter of the statistical methodology drawn up by reference 
to the accounting Directives governing this sector and by reference to the single market 
rules laid down in the corresponding Council Directives. Study of the surveillance systems 
set up by the Member States and the consequences for statistical collection. 
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Financial services : 
First version of a sectoral chapter of the statistical methodology drawn up by reference to 
the accounting Directives governing this sector and by reference to adjacent statistical 
fields. Continuation of the process of drawing up financial and banking statistics in 
consultation with the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments 
Statistics. 
Distributive trade 
Preparation of draft Community legislation and a list of variables on the collection of 
statistical data, subsequently merged with a general draft legal text on business statistics. 
Setting up a network of national correspondents and preparation of a prestige publication on 
"Retail distribution in Europe". 
Audiovisual 
Work has begun on statistical methodology and data collection in this sector. At the same 
time, a functional study of the sector is being carried out with the aim of creating the AUVIS 
base. Monitoring of the framework established by Directive 89/552/EEC "Television without 
frontiers". 
Communication 
The first edition of a "Communication" yearbook has been prepared and is well advanced. 
Transport and HORECA/TA activities 
A chapter of the methodological manual concerning the enterprises aspect of these two 
sectors has been drawn up and will be tested in forthcoming pilot surveys. 
Quite apart from the scale of the undertaking of establishing services statistics, the level to which these statistics 
have developed in the different Member States reveals great discrepancies. Eurostat is trying to counter the 
implicit tendency to align on the slowest. 
Another problem lies in contact with the Commission's Directorates-General. It is still very difficult to establish 
substantial working relations with all the DGs concerned. This task is proving easier in the areas for which a 
specific Community policy already exists. 
II.B.6. Agro-industry (Theme 84) 
Since Eurostat's proposed Directive on agro-industry was not accepted by the Member States, a 
completely new approach has been adopted. 
This approach involves using all available information without asking Member States to carry out new 
surveys. 
It is proposed to build up a database containing data from every available source (for example, 
CRONOS, COMEXT, etc.). 
Various Eurostat departments will be needed to complete this task, bringing together the different 
Community statistical sub-systems. 
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I.C. Energy politicy (Policy 33) 
II.C.1. Energy - methodology and surveys (Theme 50) 
a) Objectives 
Adaptation to new requirements in energy policy produced an improvement in statistical methodology, 
particularly in the context of surveying consumption, by expanding the coverage of the products used 
and by taking account of structural phenomena involved in more efficient energy use. 
A major aim was the international harmonisation of energy balance sheet systems and of the criteria 
for collecting information by means of questionnaires. 
b) Results 
1. The execution and analysis of the "Households' energy consumption" survey were 
concluded. 
2. The survey on the combined production of electricity and heat was launched in 1992. 
3. A nomenclature and a methodology were defined for renewable energy sources and, with 
the conclusion of an initial experiment, data collection is already in the second phase. 
4. The few cases of international methodological harmonisation still unresolved were settled in 
1990 and 1991. There are no outstanding disputes currently. 
5. Data collection by means of a joint questionnaire adopted for gas and electricity may be 
said to be largely coordinated. 
U.C.2. Energy and raw materials - production and dissemination (Theme 51) 
a) Objectives 
The purpose of this theme is to cover all the main activities of producing and disseminating statistics 
on energy and raw materials, and to provide the Commission with the information it requires for 
implementing and monitoring the Community's energy policy. To be more specific, the aim is to 
monitor energy supply policy as regards both security and diversification, along with the policy for the 
rational use of energy in terms of conversion and final consumption. 
A further objective, transparency on the energy market, is to be attained by collecting prices for the 
various energy products. 
b) Results 
1. Maintenance and expansion of an energy statistics database. 
2. Maintenance and expansion of the "Raw materials" database. 
3. Revision of the "Coal" questionnaires. 
4. Improvement and deepening of the assessment of the impact on the environment related to 
energy conversion and consumption. 
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5. Consolidation of the system for collecting gas and electricity prices. 
6. Production of energy statistics on post-unification Germany and the countries of eastern 
Europe. 
7. Extension and consolidation of data on short-term trends. 
As regards dissemination, the SIRENE database (System of distributed information on energy) was 
further improved and expanded as part of an ongoing programme. The graphics software for 
illustrating energy flows was made compatible with the equipment available in Eurostat, while 
improving the service provided. As for print dissemination, the range of energy publications was 
extended by more Rapid Reports and new statistical documents. 
II.D. Fisheries politicy (Policy 34) 
II.D.1. Fisheries (Theme 87) 
a) Objectives 
Catches offish 
Regarding information on catches of fish broken down according to species and fishing area, Eurostat 
will continue to collect and process the data from the STATLANT questionnaires, to update the ad hoc 
databases and to publish the Fisheries statistics yearbook. The STATLANT questionnaires, which are 
coordinated by the Group for coordinating fisheries statistics in the Atlantic, are supplemented every 
year by the Member States in the six months following the end of the calendar year concerned and a 
copy of these questionnaires is then forwarded to Eurostat. The work programme also includes 
cooperation with international agencies with a view to harmonizing definitions and concepts (including 
a Community nomenclature) and drawing up questionnaires. Several international agencies are 
concerned, viz. FAO, ICES, NAFO, ICSEAF, ICCAT, ACFM and CCAMLR. 
Landings offish 
New Community legislation on landings of fish which has now been finalized stipulates that the 
Member States shall provide data regularly (each month). 
Fishing fleet statistics 
Eurostat will devise a system for fishing fleet statistics which will enable it each year to obtain these 
from an administrative register which is at present being drawn up by the Commission's Directorate-
General for Fisheries. Once this system is in operation, Eurostat will stop requiring the Member 
States to provide statistics so that it can keep its existing statistical database up to date. 
b) Results 
1. As was foreseen in the 1989-1992 Statistical programme? work in fishery statistics 
concentrated on three sectors of importance in administering the Common Fisheries Policy, 
i.e. catch statistics, landings statistics and fishing fleet statistics. This work was carried out 
in close collaboration with the concerned services of the Directorate-General for Fisheries. 
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2. Collaboration with the Directorate-General for Fisheries has included reviews at frequent 
intervals of the quality of data available for the rearrangement of the CAP and examination 
of the sectors of the fishing industry for which improved statistics need to be made 
available, in the latter respect, particular attention has been paid to the statistics on 
aquaculture production and on statistics for the fish processing industry. 
3. An associated important element of the work was the collaboration with International 
fisheries agencies having responsibilities for assessing and/or managing the fishery 
resources of importance to the Community. In several instances the Community has legal 
obligations to supply these organisations with the statistical and other data required for the 
assessment of the resources and, in turn, is dependent on the scientific advice resulting 
from these assessments for the implementation of the CAP. The availability and quality of 
the statistics required for such work has been, and will continue to be, of great importance in 
the programme of fishery statistics 
Catch statistics 
Two Council Regulations covering the statistics on the catches by Member States in the Northeast 
and Northwest Atlantic respectively have been passed and are currently being implemented. These 
will make more readily available complete and timely statistics for regions of great importance to the 
Community's fishing industry and will permit the Community to meet in a more satisfactory manner its 
obligations to supply data for the assessment of marine resources. 
Landing statistics 
A Council Regulation on the transmission of monthly data on the landings of fishery products in 
Member States has been passed and is currently being implemented. Early indications are that many 
Member States are able to supply the required data with little difficulty and that the remainder will be 
able to meet fully the provisions of the Regulation by the end of the three-year introductory period 
foreseen by the legislation. 
Fishing fleet statistics 
The programme foresaw the establishing of fishing fleet statistics from extracts of the Directorate-
General for Fisheries administrative file of fishing vessels. Unfortunately this file was not operational 
until the end of 1992 and thus it has not been possible to compile fleet statistics for several years. 
However trials suggest that, now that the file is operational, the statistics will be more complete, better 
harmonised and of improved quality than those previously available. 
ILE. Transport and tourism policy (Policy 35) 
II.E.1. Transport - Tourism (Theme 62) 
a) Objectives 
Eurostat's objectives in this field are to provide the Commission, the Member States and the transport 
market operators with the data required, to pursue the methodological developments needed for 
intermodal comparability and to promote coordination with international organisations with 
responsibility for transport statistics in Europe. 
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b) Results : 
The extension of the EEC Directive on carriage of goods by road was approved by the Council in July 
1989. 
The concept of methodological development with a view to an intermodal approach was favourably 
received by the Member States. One of the decisions made was to attach particular importance to 
combined transport and devote a specific chapter in the methodology to it, putting it on a par with the 
other five modes of transport. 
The ICST-COM, the Community classification of vessels, was approved and transmitted to the United 
Nations for use in conjunction with Edifact techniques. 
Coordination with the international organisations yielded a first proposed common work programme 
covering harmonisation of glossaries, data collection procedures and cooperation on publications and 
databases. 
The EFTA countries' active participation in Eurostat's transport work programme was agreed. 
Continued collection of statistics covered by the four Council Directives in force on the carriage of 
goods by road, rail and inland waterway. Three publications (one for each mode concerned) and a 
yearbook with data on transport not covered by the Directives are also being prepared. Quarterly 
information now available for the three inland transport modes is being published for the first time as 
a chapter of a monthly publication covering other services as well. 
Preliminary discussion with the Member States of draft proposals for legal acts: 
a Council Decision on a three-year working programme for Community transport statistics; 
a second extension to the Council Directive on statistics on carriage of goods by road, to 
include appropriate coverage of international interregional goods road transport as well as of 
the utilisation of the available road transport capacity; 
a Council Directive on statistics on the carriage of goods and passengers by sea, following 
the needs expressed by the main users of this information. 
Preliminary work on the preparation of an air transport statistical database containing 
origin/destination information relating to commercial airports in the EC. This activity was carried out 
in coordination with the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC). 
The discussion of the legal acts being prepared took more time than originally foreseen. 
Tourism statistics 
a) Objectives 
The objective where tourism is concerned is to provide the basic data necessary for the 
implementation and monitoring of Community measures in this field. 
In carrying out this tourism-specific task, Eurostat's objectives are the following: 
to set up a European reference framework in order to fill in the gaps, permit comparisons 
and facilitate convergence in data collection; 
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to develop the methodologies necessary for the development of new statistics in the tourism 
field; 
to enhance existing statistics (collection, study, dissemination at European level); 
to establish the legal components necessary for a system of comprehensive, standardised 
tourism statistics. 
With these objectives in mind, the Commission submitted a proposal for a Council Decision on a bi­
annual programme for the development of tourism statistics. This programme was approved by the 
Council in December 1990, with the objective of preparing a European reference framework. 
In carrying out this tourism-specific task, the following measures are planned: 
analysis of user needs 
collection, analysis and dissemination of existing information 
analysis of statistical systems 
methodological developments. 
b) Results 
A supply-side database and a short-term trend database have been developed ("TOUR"). 
These have been used to prepare a number of publications on tourism in the EC countries at regional 
level, and for analysing the structure and development of tourism in the European Community. A 
reference base provides data for electronic dissemination on diskette and optical disk. 
The active participation of the EFTA countries, the OECD and the WTO has given an international 
dimension to the Eurostat working programme established by the Council Decision. 
An enlarged (EC/EFTA/OECDAA/TO) working party, four task forces and a team of consultants have 
been set up to carry out the work contemplated in the Decision. 
The professional associations and the various Commission departments have been brought together 
in a consultation procedure for the implementation of this programme. 
A survey of users' needs has been carried out by the EC/EFTA countries at national level and by the 
Commission at international level. 
The EC/EFTA countries have provided Eurostat with the existing information on tourism, which has 
been collated in a summary report on existing statistical systems and measures. 
Sectoral needs have been analysed and the following fields chosen for methodological development. 
The supply and demand side of tourism (including long- and short-stay trips, same-day travel and 
passenger transport), rates, prices and costs, regional and rural tourism, cultural tourism, tourism and 
the balance of payments, employment and training in the tourism sector, tourism and the 
environment, nomenclatures on tourism. 
Lastly, the system is rounded off with a general working framework, key figures and the plan for an 
integrated tourism statistics system. 
Close cooperation between Eurostat, the OECD and the WTO was established in 1991. Eurostat 
played an active role in preparing the international conference on tourism held in Ottawa in June 
1991, especially by drawing up the basic definitions of tourism and the international classification of 
types of tourist activities. Eurostat also presented a response paper on classifications at this 
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For the purposes of the harmonisation of questionnaires at international level, Eurostat analysed the 
existing information and questionnaires and presented an initial proposal to the meeting of the OECD 
working party on tourism in December 1991. 
The two-year time limit on the working programme provided for in the Council Decision and the 
limited number of meetings have caused some delays in the methodological work. 
II.F. International relations policy (Policy 36) 
II.F.1. Management and development of the external trade methodlogy (Theme 40) 
a) Objectives 
With regard to statistics on the trading of goods (Project 4010), three objectives must be achieved: to 
develop new statistical methodologies, to improve international comparability and to improve day-
today management. 
b) Results 
A draft Council Regulation to replace the present Regulation on statistics on trade with non-
Community countries (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75) has been drawn up and discussed with 
the Member States. This proposal will be forwarded to be discussed by the Council in the course of 
1993; together with the Intrastat Regulation it will form the framework for trade statistics. 
A draft Commission Regulation on the rules of application of the above-
mentioned Council Regulation has been drawn up by the relevant departments and will be discussed 
with the Member States in 1993. 
In a broader context the EEA countries are involved in preparing these Regulations. 
The problem of comparability in international trade statistics has continued to be a constant concern 
over the last few years. Solving this problem is of great practical importance for trade negotiations. 
Major work has been undertaken and completed with the United States on the one hand and Canada 
on the other on reconciling the 1989 data (SH6 level for Eurostat). 
Substantial work on reconciliation has also been completed with China, leading to the drafting of a 
report which will shortly (in April 1994) be submitted to the EC-China Joint Committee. 
Lastly, promising contacts have been established with a view to future work with Japan and Mexico. 
The revision of customs legislation for 1.1.1993 and the subsequent adoption of the Community 
Customs Code and its implementing provisions have obliged the departments concerned to take 
steps to safeguard the statistical status quo, since the main medium for statistical information (the 
single Administrative Document - SAD) is drawn up and managed by Customs. 
Since there are still insufficient resources to cover both current activities and the urgent projects 
connected with the completion of the Single Market, it has not been possible to arrange systematic 
checks on the implementation of Community law. 
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II.F.2. Management of external trade classifications (Theme 42) 
a) Objectives 
Annual updating of the Combined Nomenclature (CN). Work on incorporating national statistical 
subdivisions into the CN, which is now, following the implementation of the Intrastat system, almost 
the only European reference classification for external trade statistics. Coordination with other 
international goods or activities classifications (work on incorporating the headings in PRODCOM List 
B). 
Preparation of explanatory notes (creation and updating of notes to clarify terms used in the wording 
of CN statistical subdivisions in order to prevent mistakes in classification). 
Cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. 
Updating of the country classification (GEONOM). 
b) Results 
The deadlines for updating the CN have been met, in that changes to subdivisions to be shown in the 
CN are generally adopted in June to be published during September - OJ, L Series - for official 
implementation from 1 January of the following year. 
The work started in September 1991 on incorporating national subdivisions into the CN, on the same 
lines as the work on PRODCOM List B, is still continuing but should be completed at the beginning of 
1994. 
Over this period more than 1000 documents have been put before the CN Committee. The total 
number of subdivisions in the CN has increased by some 400. 
The updated version of the explanatory notes to the CN, which are independent of what is regularly 
published in the OJ, appeared in 1991 in a separate publication produced in collaboration with DG 
XXI. 
The cooperation on nomenclatures with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which had 
developed steadily since 1989, has been considerably curtailed since the end of 1992. 
The annual versions of the country classification (Project 4220) were adopted, but the break-up of the 
USSR and Yugoslavia meant that corrections had to be made during 1992. 
II.F.3. Production of external trade statistics (Theme 43) 
a) Objectives 
In compiling statistics on the Community's external trade and trade between its Member States, the 
purpose is to improve the quality of the data disseminated while making information available more 
promptly on more user-friendly media directed at the main sectors of activity. 
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b) Results 
Efforts to improve the quality and topicality of the data disseminated have continued. Results for the 
main non-Community countries, particularly the EFTA countries, are now accessible to users. 
Software (under the title IDEP/CN8) has been developed for businesses to allow them to fill in 
Intrastat declarations (IDEP) and give assistance in the classification of goods (CN8). 
New publications have appeared. 
statistics by mode of transport 
trade with developing countries. 
The monthly bulletin is currently being revised to incorporate the new Intrastat data. 
A new CD-ROM will shortly be distributed to incorporate the SITC and NACE classifications and the 
data on the Intrastat system. 
H.F.4. Tariff and trade statistics for the Community and non-Community countries (Theme 
44) 
a) Objectives 
Compilation of trade and tariff statistics, extended to include data on non-Community countries, 
provides a back-up for multilateral and bilateral negotiations under the Community's trade policy. 
The purpose of harmonizing the data collected and extending the statistics to non-Community 
countries is to do more to meet users' expectations. 
b) Results 
New data have been collected from the EFTA countries, Japan and the United States. This extension 
is to be continued to include Canada and the newly industrialized Asian countries. 
Comedi/Comext 93 
a) Objectives 
The purpose of the Comedi/Comext 93 project is to: 
set up a trans-European telematics infrastructure to harmonize and simplify data collection; 
set up a new database system for trade and tariff statistics (Comext 93) which will be 
capable of managing all trade data and have user-friendly interfaces with users and the 
various dissemination systems. Comext 93 is intended to be available for dissemination in 
the Member States. 
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b) Results 
The Comedi Task Force has met every two months to direct and monitor the work on Comedi. 
An Intrastat publicity campaign, directed at those responsible for providing statistical information, has 
been launched to promote the new system. 
Various tools have been developed for automating the collection of data, including: 
IRIS (Netherlands) and IDEP-CN8 electronic forms; the INE in Portugal has also developed 
forms of its own; 
experimental collection of data using electronic data interchange; 
experiments with OCR and automatic reading of diskettes. 
These products are to be supplemented by further development of IDEP-CN8, the definition of a 
protocol for the EDI transfer of information between national government departments and 
businesses and the selection of national and European telecommunications networks. 
The gradual setting up of the Comext 93 system is planned to start in May 1993 and to be completed 
by the end of the year. 
II.F.5. Management and development of the balance of payments methodology (Theme 45) 
a) Objectives 
To improve the quality of Community data by means of greater harmonization, the use of common 
classifications and concepts, greater detail and improved reliability. These objectives are pursued on 
the one hand through joint work with the OECD and the IMF and on the other through purely 
Community work on developing a compatible collection system. 
b) Results 
a) Participation in IMF and OECD work: the whole programme has been carried out. 
Eurostat has taken part in IMF work on the following: 
IMF Manual (to be published in June 1993), 
IMF report "Measurement of International Flows" (December 1992), 
IMF Compilation Guide (1992). 
Eurostat has developed a number of projects jointly with the OECD: 
"International trade in services" questionnaire (joint Eurostat OECD version 
to be finalized in May 1993); 
joint Eurostat-OECD questionnaire on direct investment (January 1993); 
joint Eurostat-OECD geographical classification (January 1993); 
revision of the detailed definition of direct investment. 
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b) Technical support to MemberStates. 
Work has started on the Community collection system. Given the complexity of 
the work involved, the proposal for a compatible system at Community level is not 
scheduled to be put forward before the end of 1994. 
II.F.6. Production of balance-of-payment statistics (Theme 46) 
a) Objectives 
Dissemination of basic Community data by means of: 
creation/updating of databases, 
studies and publications, 
dissemination on request (tables, diskettes). 
b) Results 
The planned publications have been produced. Two publications have been updated: 
External Trade and Balance of Payments (quarterly), 
International Trade in Services EUR 12 (1980-89). 
Three new publications have been created, significantly extending the scope of the information 
available: 
Geographical Breakdown of the Current Account (1980/89), 
European Community Direct Investment (1984-89), 
Balance of Payments of the Community Institutions (1987-90). 
The databases have been created under Acumen, but their documentation is not yet complete (work 
to be carried out in 1993). 
II.F.7. Study and analyses of external trade (Theme 48) 
a) Objectives 
Analyses of external trade need to be refined in order to meet users' needs: 
new publications (mode of transport, developing countries); adaptation of existing 
publications (rapid reports, structural analyses); 
consolidation of the TREND and VOLIMEX databases on trade indices; 
checks on data quality; 
production of seasonally adjusted figures for the main external trade series. 
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b) Results 
A system for detecting inconsistent data transmitted by the Member States has been developed. 
Seasonally adjusted versions of the main external trade series are produced as a matter of routine. 
Work is nearing completion on extending this to more detailed series. 
The TREND and VOLIMEX databases have been revised. A database called TREX on modes of 
transport is being developed. 
Implementation of the Intrastat Regulation threatens to cause breaks in the series on intra-Community 
trade. A study has been launched on adjusting the data transmitted by the Member States with a 
view to trials before the end of 1993. 
Rapid reports on various subjects have been developed (quarterly series on EC trade with ACP 
countries and Central and Eastern Europe). 
Various structural studies have been published (EC trade with developing countries, CMEA countries, 
NICs and EFTA). 
II.G. International Cooperation (Policy 37) 
II.G.1. Cooperation with developping countries (including ACP countries) (Theme 49) 
a) Objectives 
Framing of the European Community's policy in the field of "statistical cooperation with 
developing countries" 
Liaison with DG I, DG VIII and occasionally the other DGs 
Liaison with the ACP, ALA and SEM countries 
Identification of specific cooperation projects 
Establishment of the annual programme for the Community European Training Centre for 
Statisticians from Developing Countries (CESD) 
Liaison with the CESD network (Lisbon, Madrid, Munich and Paris) 
Overview of the implementation of the programme on statistical cooperation in the following 
domains, including inspection of the projects on the ground: 
. STATISTICAL TRAINING 
. EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS 
. STATISTICS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SUPPLY SECURITY 
. SOCIAL POLICY STATISTICS 
OTHER PROJECTS 
Coordination with the Member States and the EFTA countries. Working party "Statistical 
cooperation with developing countries" 
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Coordination with the other providers of funds - bilateral and multilateral. 
Budgetary aspects and finance for the statistical cooperation programme, including: forms I and 
III, monitoring file, Eurostat's bank accounts in the ACP countries, actions financed by the EAC, 
financing of the CESD network by budget line B-7-5031, etc. 
b) Results 
Eurostat has continued its activities in this field in close cooperation with DGs I and VIII. 
Programmes have been directed principally at the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries 
under the Lomé Convention. Other operations have been carried out in certain countries of the 
Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEM) and in Asia and Latin America (ALA). 
Assistance with the training of statisticians has continued in Africa, particularly in the regional colleges 
IAMSEA (Kigali) and ISSEA (Yaounde), the national colleges of regional importance ENSEA 
(Abidjan) and EASTC (Dar-es-Salaam) and the ISAE (University of Kampala). Assistance has been 
organized for certain Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa and Spanish-speaking Latin American 
countries. There have been other operations to support statistical training in Zaire, Ghana, Botswana, 
Nigeria and Lesotho (particularly as part of the PFSA project). 
Work on developing external trade statistics has continued with the setting up of national and regional 
"Eurotrace" systems in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. This software has been installed in 
10 African countries. 
The implementation of the system has started in four sub-regions comprising 41 ACP countries and a 
number of SEM and ALA countries. 
The main work on compiling statistics on food security and rural development has been in connection 
with the DIAPER II project, which is being conducted in conjunction with the EDF in the nine countries 
of the Interstate Permanent Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel. 
The main work for the social statistics project has been completed in Togo, Benin, Mozambique, 
Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire. In Côte d'Ivoire the work was carried out in close cooperation with the 
World Bank. In addition, a specification has been drawn up for a project for compiling social 
indicators in Mauritius. 
Reports on Zimbabwe, Togo, Uganda, Namibia and Cameroon have been published under the joint 
programme with the German Statistical Office. A large number of Inter-Stat publications have been 
produced in collaboration with the ODA (United Kingdom) and the INSEE (France). Other projects 
have related to assistance in the development of national accounts in Tanzania, aid to Trinidad and 
Tobago with regard to economic modelling and forecasting and cooperation in the PIAF and DIAL 
programmes. Eurostat has also played an active part in setting up the CASD. Lastly, the 
specification of the ICP Africa project, Phase VI, has been transmitted to DG VIII and DG I; this 
project is to be financed from the regional funds. 
The Community programme for statistical cooperation with developing countries is implemented by 
the European Training Centre for Economist Statisticians from the Developing Countries (CESD) in 
Luxembourg and the network of national centres in Lisbon, Madrid, Munich and Paris. 
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Training of statisticians » 
a) Objectives 
Coordination of the operations for training statisticians from the developing countries which are 
supported and financed by the Community (participation in the management and running of the 
CESD and the centre in Munich; coordination and monitoring of the second support project for the 
STPA; support for the creation of new training centres). 
b) Results 
Monitoring and finalization of the project "Assistance by the European Community to 
the Statistical Training Programme for Africa (STPA)", which is. financed by the EDF. 
The project provided for activities at various levels, such as assistance for 
transferring the training of economist-statisticians to Africa, teaching visits, 
reorientation of programmes, preparation and monitoring of twinning arrangements, 
supply of equipment, Africanization of staff. The results of the project have been 
relatively satisfactory, though a few administrative problems have caused delays, 
mainly through the fault of certain organizations on contract. 
A project has been prepared for the remaining uncommitted appropriations. 
The COMSTAT project proposal regarding the training of statisticians in the ACP 
countries over a five-year period (1993-1997), which has the overall final objective of 
producing reliable up-to-date statistics in the ACP countries, has been finalized. 
The national project for training medium-grade statisticians in Zaire has encountered 
major problems because of the country's political and economic situation and the 
position of the Institut National de la Statistique (INS) in Kinshasa. 
A project has been prepared for support and technical assistance for the EASTC in 
Dar es Salaam with the aim of consolidating its role in training medium-grade 
statisticians and in-service training. 
Monitoring and support of the activities of the CESD network (Paris, Lisbon, Madrid 
and Community CESDs) has been consolidated. 
A project has started for supporting the training of statisticians in Laos. 
A study has been finalized on the state of statistics in the five African countries with 
Portuguese as their official language (PALOP - Pays Africains de Langue Officielle 
Portugaise). 
Scholarships have been financed to enable graduates of the ENSEA in Abidjan to 
take Master's degrees. 
Other activities include the finalization of a study on training in micro-computing in the 
ACP countries, preparation for a study on the training needs of the Sothern African 
Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) and development of video teaching 
materials for high-level training of statisticians. 
With regard to the main problems encountered, it must be stressed that two of the three 
training centres supported by Eurostat in French-speaking Africa (the ISSEA in Yaounde 
and the IAMSEA in Kigali) are in the throes of a serious crisis (above all financially) due to 
their status as regional centres and the failure of the countries which sit on the colleges' 
boards of management to pay their contributions. It is nonetheless hoped that thanks to the 
COMSTAT programme to be set up this year most of the problems will be overcome. 
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Statistics for food and rural development policies 
a) Objectives 
To improve the information required for the formulation and management of food policies (forecasts 
and harvests; early warning system; monitoring consumption, production and marketing of food 
products; coordination of field work; development of surveys). 
b) Results 
The DIAPER II project (1988-1992) has improved the quality of statistics in the cereals and 
stockrearing sectors, making it possible to formulate national policies for self-sufficiency in food more 
precisely and to coordinate these policies at regional level. The tangible results of the project include: 
adoption of the annual agricultural surveys by the agricultural statistics departments; 
completion of these surveys; 
setting up of a database in each country and coordination at regional level. 
In addition, the project has developed methods for diagnosis and turned the attention of the 
departments concerned to new information requirements for food security, with the introduction of test 
surveys (on stocks and consumption) relating to headings in the cereals balance other than on the 
production side and to marketing and risk detection. 
The main problems encountered have been the following: 
making decision-makers aware of the importance of information for food strategies and food 
security in their countries; 
late arrival of funds for the project; 
lack of data-processing facilities in the national departments in certain countries; 
lack of staff in most countries; 
excessively restricted distribution of situation assessments; 
lack of supervision of the implementation of methodologies in the field; 
insufficient linking of the DIAPER projects and other complementary projects. 
Under the project for the development of the system of agricultural surveys in Tunisia, technical 
support and micro-computers have been supplied to improve the processing of agricultural surveys 
and a new methodology has been studied. 
A seminar has been organized in Nairobi on "Food Supply Information Systems in Africa" (jointly with 
the Commonwealth secretariat). 
Cooperation in the field of foreign trade statistics 
a) Objectives 
To study, improve and harmonize the foreign trade statistics of the developing countries and their 
regional organizations (methodological support, implementation of the Harmonized System, 
installation of SYDONIA and TRACE software). 
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b) Results 
Overall, the activities for supporting foreign trade statistics have given positive results. There have 
been two main planks to these activities: development of the "Eurotrace" software and establishment 
of regional support programmes for foreign trade statistics. 
As regards the software development part, the "Eurotrace National" module (which replaces the old 
version TRACE) has been finalized and the user manual is available in French and English. This 
software was presented to the sub-
regional ACP organizations in November 1990. Similarly, the "Eurotrace Regional" module has been 
developed and was presented to the ACP sub-regional organizations in October 1992. It appears 
from the systems installed so far that "Eurotrace National" fully satisfies the needs of the statistical 
offices, i.e.: 
production of foreign trade statistics in good time, 
checks on the quality and completeness of data, 
creation of databases, 
comparability of data produced at sub-regional level. 
In addition, the way Eurotrace runs on micro-computers makes it easily accessible to staff with 
minimum training in micro-computing. 
As regards the implementation of regional programmes, programmes have been specified and are 
under way with the following: 
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African 
Economic Community (CEAO), 
the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), 
the Eastern and Southern African Preferential Trade Area (PTA), 
the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). 
In general, these programmes comprise two phases: a data standardization phase with the 
establishment at regional level of a statistical regulation, classification based on the Harmonized 
System and a single customs document, and a phase of improving data collection, with the 
installation at national and regional levels of Eurotrace and the setting up at regional level of a 
computer team responsible for software maintenance and training national officials in the use of 
Eurotrace. From 1989 to 1992, Eurotrace National was installed in the following countries: Togo, 
Niger, Benin, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mauritius, Central African Republic. 
Apart from a few local problems (difficult relations between national customs and statistical 
departments, shortage of staff with micro-computer training etc) which sometimes hold up the 
production of foreign trade statistics, most of the countries in which Eurotrace has been installed have 
made considerable progress. The main problems are more a matter of the constant increase in the 
number of countries wanting the Eurotrace software and the difficulties of planning demand. 
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Cooperation in the field of social statistics * 
a) Objectives 
Production of statistics for measuring and monitoring the social consequences of structural 
adjustment programmes (and boosting national capacity for producing such statistics). In particular, 
statistical support for the "Social Dimension of Structural Adjustment" project, participation in the 
project's steering committee and support for and technical supervision of the work (household surveys 
etc.) to be carried out in the participant countries. 
b) Results 
In this field Eurostat has adopted an ad hoc approach rather than trying to develop a system of 
standard "turn-key" surveys. Accordingly, Eurostat's activities in this field between 1989 and 1992 
can be summarized in terms of the following: 
establishment of a Permanent Information Bank (BIP) in Togo, 
finalization of the survey of budgets and consumption in Benin, 
study on the impact of the structural adjustment programme on the living conditions of 
households in Côte d'Ivoire, 
study on living conditions in Mozambique, 
study of the informal sector in an environment undergoing adjustment in Uganda 
specification of a project for compiling social indicators in Mauritius. 
In general, these activities have suffered from local political instability and from staff turnover. The 
scale of the data collection and statistical processing involved in social surveys has also often caused 
not inconsiderable delays in producing results. However, it has been possible to publish and 
disseminate pertinent information on households' living conditions. 
Statistical cooperation in other fields 
a) Objectives 
To set up specific projects in fields other than those listed above. 
b) Results 
i. With regard to publications, Eurostat has collaborated with the German Federal 
Statistical Office in the publication of two national reports per year, starting in 1990. 
The reports published so far cover Zimbabwe, Togo, Uganda, Namibia and 
Cameroon. In addition, cooperation has started with the ODA and the INSEE for the 
publication of two issues per year of "Inter-Stat" a journal for statisticians working in 
the developing countries. 
ii. A project has been finalized for evaluating Tanzania's national accounts at current 
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iii. As regards the reorganization of the Cronos-ZPVD database (undertaken in order to 
improve the quality, timeliness and relevance of the data with a view to the launching 
of a new publication), work has started on updating most of the domains of Cronos-
ZPVD, essentially by means of computer processing. The new database will be 
operational in May 1993. The publication on this theme is currently being finalized, 
and the first language version should be published by the end of 1993. 
iv. With regard to the CASD (Coordinating Committee for Statistical Development in 
Africa), Eurostat has taken part in meetings with representatives of the main bilateral 
and multilateral providers of funds; it is co-chairman of the sub-Committee on training 
and participates in the sub-Committee on the management of statistical systems in 
Africa. 
v. A project for cooperation with CRESET (Centra Regional de Estudios del Tercer 
Mundo) in Bogota gave rise to an exploratory visit which resulted in detailed 
arrangements for cooperation in the field of foreign trade statistics, the transfer of 
information and access to databases. In addition, Eurostat publications have been 
sent to CRESET. 
Statistical cooperation activities have been finalized with the SIECA (Secretaria 
Permanente del Tratado General de Integraciôn Economica Centroamericana). A visit has 
been made to check: 
the installation of the computer equipment in each SIECA country, 
the proper working of the equipment and its use in accordance with the planned 
objectives (to speed up the processing of data and the transfer of foreign trade 
statistics to the SIECA), 
to assess the training needs for optimum use of this equipment. 
The trip established that the equipment had actually been installed and was in operation, 
except in Panama, where the equipment went missing in customs because of political 
disturbances. 
vi. Development of Investigations into Long-term Adjustment (DIAL): a three-year work 
programme has been drawn up. Studies on various macro-economic aspects of 
structural adjustment have been carried out in Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Ghana. 
In Ethiopia the implications have been assessed of the transition from a war economy 
to a peacetime economy. Lastly, analyses of agricultural production chains have 
been carried out in Africa and Asia. Work has also been done on improving 
understanding of the role of the informal sector and its effects on the adjustment of 
African economies. 
All this work has undoubtedly built up DIAL'S expertise in the field of analysing structural 
adjustment. 
vii. International Price Comparison Programme in Africa: following Phase V (1985) a new 
programme (Phase VI) has been specified and will involve 23 African countries. This 
programme aims to strengthen the price and national accounts departments in the 
national statistical offices. 
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viii. Trinidad and Tobago: this project for assistance in planning and macro-economic 
modelling was completed at the end of 1992. The delays incurred were due above all 
to the inadequacy of the available statistical series and the lack of staff with training in 
macro-economics. Nonetheless, the project led to the production of a model for 
short-term economic forecasting, which was in line with the objectives and the wishes 
of the Trinidad and Tobago authorities. 
ix. Integrated Programme of Financial Applications (PIAF): this is a project for the 
development of integrated computer tools to improve economic and financial 
management in government departments. In connection with this Eurostat has taken 
part in the following: 
development of the Eurotrace foreign trade software, 
a pre-feasibility study on software for processing investment budgets, 
development of the ERE/TES module for processing national accounts data. 
II.G.2. Cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Theme 90) 
Statistical cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe covers two parts which are 
quite distinct as regards approach and method of financing: cooperation with countries other than the 
former Soviet Union (PHARE) and cooperation with the republics of the former Soviet Union (TACIS). 
In this context the Baltic republics are covered by the PHARE programme. 
Cooperation with the PHARE countries 
a) Objectives 
To draw up, manage and coordinate statistical cooperation activities for the purpose of developing in 
these countries the whole range of infrastructures, technologies and methodologies so as to promote 
the creation of statistical systems which are compatible with a market economy and a democratic 
society. 
To assist the National Statistical Institutes in designing and planning a data processing system 
(hardware and software). For the PHARE countries Eurostat acts as main coordinator between the 
countries and the institutions providing aid (G-24). 
b) Results 
Cooperation started in 1989 with Poland and Hungary. The process was later stepped up and the 
emphasis shifted from training in theory to practical training on the basis of experience gained in the 
Community countries. Recently the Community classifications of economic activities and foreign 
trade have been introduced. 
A tendering procedure has been concluded for the supply of computer equipment to the Polish 
statistical office; a similar procedure is under way for Hungary. 
In 1990 the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was added to the programme. Cooperation was 
bearing its first fruits when the break-up of the federation was announced. At the end of 1992 
cooperation came to a halt, but since early 1993 the two Statistical Offices have each been preparing 
a new programme. 
Invitations to tender for computer equipment are also in preparation for these two Offices. 
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In 1991 Eurostat embarked upon cooperation with the Romanian Statistical Office, which had 
previously been the responsibility of the INSEE. An intensive cooperation programme has been 
drawn up and implemented; the main partner providing assistance in 1992 continued to be the 
INSEE. 
Delivery of computers, financed by a national PHARE programme, has started. The current task is to 
integrate the new computer infrastructure into the process of producing statistics. 
The programme for cooperation with the Baltic republics (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) has been drawn 
up by EFTA in consultation with Eurostat. Implementation of the programme is mainly the 
responsibility of the Swedish and Finnish Statistical Offices, with co-financing by the Community. 
Invitations to tender for the supply of computer equipment are in preparation for these three Statistical 
Offices. 
Eurostat's cooperation with Albania, Slovenia and Bulgaria only started in 1992. The Slovenian and 
Bulgarian Statistical Offices have just drawn up cooperation programmes, which are to be 
implementated in 1993. 
Cooperation with the republics of the former Soviet Union (TACIS) 
a) Objectives 
The basic objectives of cooperation with the TACIS countries are identical to those of cooperation 
under PHARE. In view of the size of these countries and the scale of the task, a different approach is 
necessary, aimed more at "trainer training" by means of a general training programme (TES-FSU) 
together with a technical assistance programme. 
b) Results 
Initial contacts for preparing cooperation were made in 1991. 1992 was devoted to the development 
of cooperation programmes with the statistical institutes of the republics and of the CIS itself. An 
introductory seminar directed at senior managers of the statistical institutes was held in 1992. Other 
information seminars followed in early 1993. High-level advisers (former directors general of 
statistical institutes or persons of equivalent standing) have already carried out their initial exploratory 
visits to the capital cities with a view to preparing statistical development programmes for the coming 
years. 
III. Fonctionnement de la Communauté 
III. A. Financial resources of the Community (Policy 41 ) 
III.A.1. Gross national product (Theme 25) 
a) Objectives 
The Council Directive of 13 February 1989 gave a new major rôle to statistics and, in particular, 
national accounts: the gross national products at market prices (GNPmp) of the Member States 
became the basis for calculating a new own resource in the Community budget. In addition, they are 
used in assessing the coordination of economic policies. 
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Accordingly, the Directive established a Management Committee, which is responsible for analysing 
and promoting the comparability and representativeness of the annual estimates for the GNPmp. 
Within the Management Committee, Eurostat coordinates the work and prepares and organises 
meetings. It is also the Committee's responsibility to make recommendations for improving the 
comparability and representativeness of national estimates. Naturally, Eurostat must follow up their 
implementation in the countries concerned. 
b) Results 
Following the institutional phase of setting up the Committee, during which its composition and rules 
of procedure were defined, the initial discussions quickly showed the need for a thorough revision of 
the systems of accounts in Luxembourg, Greece and Portugal, and also the need, in several other 
countries, to make an immediate start on certain major statistical projects for which Community 
financial support and also, in some cases, technical support is to be provided. The Committee then 
turned to defining the content of the inventories, in summary form initially and in detail later on, which 
all the countries must forward to describe the statistical sources and the calculation methods used for 
estimating GNPmp. 
On the basis of the national inventories, Eurostat prepared and submitted to the Committee a report 
for each country - except, provisionally, for Greece and Portugal, pending the completion of the 
revision work mentioned above - which identifies the strong and weak points in the various national 
procedures for calculating GNPmp. Following discussion in the Management Committee, the 
recommendations in the reports were used as a basis for the reservations notified to the Member 
States by the Commission pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1552/89. The GNP evaluations 
for year t-4 are declared to be definitive on 1 October of year t, except for the reservations notified 
before that date by either the countries concerned or the Commission. 
Furthermore, discussion of the reports showed the need for analysing in depth certain problems which 
must arise from a transverse approach. The respective situations of the Member States must be 
considered at the same time. Thus, the Committee has already discussed the problem of defining the 
economic territory of the Member States. This question was finally settled, on 26 July 1991, by a 
Commission Decision, on a proposal from Eurostat. In addition, work and discussions have 
progressed well on the following topics which could have a major impact on measuring GNP: 
changeover from GDP to GNP (in liaison with the Committee for Monetary, Financial and 
Balance of Payments Statistics); 
evaluating imputed rents; 
classification of taxes and subsidies; 
the question of exhaustiveness in measuring GNP. This is, of course, a fundamental and 
complex question, on which Eurostat has recently proposed to the Member States a 
programme of actions to extend statistical coverage of production activities, and in 
particular those in the field of the black economy. This programme consists mainly of 
mobilising at regular intervals demographic and employment data on the one hand and the 
results of fiscal checks on the other. In any event, it will not be possible to implement it fully 
before the end of 1994. 
Unlike the above topics, other questions have hardly been considered (because of the lack of 
sufficient staff so far). These concern: 
the treatment of general government and private non-profit institutions; 
the treatment of financial institutions; 
the split between intermediate and final uses; 
the discrepancies between theoretical and actual VAT; 
the estimation of value added in agriculture. 
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On the last topic, «the Management Committee has adopted the principle of collaborating with the 
Working Party on Economic Accounts for Agriculture. The first documents on these subjects should 
be available between now and the end of 1993. 
III.A.2. The Community's own resources (Theme 47) 
a) Objectives 
To set up a system for estimating the Community's own resources. 
b) Results 
Changes have been made to the TARIC database in order to harmonize the nomenclature part with 
the trade declarations and to code customs duties. These changes will be completed in early 1994. 
IILB. Politique d'information (Policy 42) 
III.B.1. Dissemination policy (Theme 15) 
a) Objectives 
The general aim is to improve access to statistics for both internal and external users. 
b) Results 
Activities fall into three categories: 
7* Organization of products 
The various products on offer to users are organized as a function of the database 
architecture, and the loading of all Eurostat's public data into reference databases 
which may be accessed via simple, user-friendly tools has been fully programmed 
but not yet totally implemented; 
"Paper" products have been completely reorganized on the basis of the main 
target groups. The distinction between "publications", which are geared to the 
general public, and "statistical documents", which are geared to specialists, has 
now been fully established and accepted, and is being applied appropriately. This 
very much simplifies matters for the user; 
New media have been introduced, facilitating access through diversification (CD-
ROM, diskette, PC-Simple, etc.); 
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2* Publicity 
Establishment and organization of an information bureau to provide an initial 
analysis in response to requests from outside; 
Establishment, in cooperation with the NSIs, of a European information 
dissemination network to increase awareness of the existence and availability of 
information; 
Reorganization and regular publication of the catalogue of all Eurostat products, 
and monthly publication of a leaflet entitled "Just published" in three languages, 
thus ensuring that the catalogue is genuinely up-to-date; 
Reorganization of free-distribution files; 
3' Dissemination 
Dissemination policy has been totally revamped to give it a more commercial bias and to 
base contacts more on the intermediaries than the final users. All dissemination contracts 
have been revised and Eurostat has considerably diversified its intermediaries by having 
them specialize in a given statistical domain or type of medium. 
III.B.2. Public relations (Theme 16) 
a) Objectives 
The main aim is to promote Eurostat's image both within and outside the Directorate-General. 
b) Results 
A policy of systematic internal communication has been implemented with the introduction of the 
"Eurostat-info" newsletter, which all staff working at Eurostat receive at least one a month and which 
contains information on the results of meetings, the activities of the various departments and staff 
movements. 
Work has started on several projects involving communication with the outside world: 
Eurostat's contribution to the "Statistics" section of the monthly Bulletin of the European 
Communities gives a summary of the principal statistical results and informs readers of new 
publications; 
The page devoted to statistics in "Europe without borders", a monthly DG X publication 
which is widely disseminated, contains four statistical indicators on a given subject and thus 
permits comparisons between the different Member States; 
The leaflets entitled "Facts through figures" were produced for the 12 Member States of the 
European Community in 1989/1990 and for the 19 Member States of the EEA in 1991/1992 
and contain the main statistical indicators. They were designed for the general public and 
have been distributed at fairs, exhibitions etc. Certain national additions have been 
sponsored and disseminated on a large scale by private partners; 
"SIGMA, the Bulletin of European Statistics" was launched to keep users of Eurostat 
products and services informed of the establishment and implementation of the European 
Statistical System and Eurostat's most recent work. 
A staff survey was conducted in order to obtain an impression of the image which Eurostat 
projects. This survey highlighted Eurostat's principal values, both as perceived by staff and 
as they should be, so that some initial steps could be taken towards defining a 
communication policy. 
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The costs involved by all the above work fall into two categories: 
human resources: 2 outside staff (A + C); 
specific resources: costs of preparing Sigma (ECU 8 000 per issue, 5 issues a 
year); the cost of organizing a working party and producing the report has risen to 
ECU 35 000. 
III.B.3. Synthesis (Theme 17) 
a) Objectives 
Here the objective was much more modest, in that the human resources were comparatively limited. 
b) Results 
The task was to maintain the status quo, i.e. the annual publication of "Basic Statistics" and the 
monthly publication of "Eurostatistics", and to revise and produce the third edition of "Europe in 
Figures". 
As the Synthesis team has expanded over the years, some thought has been given to establishing a 
system of short-term economic information and revising the short-term publications, which will be 
done at the end of 1993. 
III.B.4. Data Shop (Theme 18) 
a) objectives: 
Consultancy and documentation service 
Provision and dissemination of Eurostat publications 
Supply of statistical data from Eurostat publications or databases or from other 
national sources (NSIs, Central Banks, etc.) and international sources (UN, IMF, 
OECD, etc.) 
Production of files for the Directorates-General 
Consultancy work concerning the information contained in databases external to 
the Institutions 
Training on Eurostat products. 
This work is beamed at the Commission and the other Institutions, and also at public- and 
private-sector social/economic operators. 
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b) * Results 
During the period 1989-1992 there was a substantial increase in the number of requests and an 
explosion of orders for value-added services of the Data Shop, including in particular the 
reprocessing of data. 
Number of orders met over the period 74 350 
Invoices issued through the Publications Office8 191 800 Ecu 
(excluding tapes and subscriptions) 
Expenditure on the External Bases budget for 
the account of the SOEC and the other DGs ECU 536 000 Ecu 
Number of people on courses (1992 only) 376 
IV. Fonctioning of the Institutions 
IV.A. Technical infrastructure of Eurostat (Policy 51) 
IV.A.1. Computer security (Theme 10) 
a) Objectives 
Analysis and definition of computing and administrative procedures safeguarding the security of local 
machines and the network. 
b) Results 
Definition and implementation of measures aimed at ensuring computer security and the protection of 
confidential statistical data at Eurostat. In particular: 
laying down basic guidelines for the processing of confidential data; 
initiating a study of LSU security; 
defining a plan of action to improve computer security; 
defining security procedures; 
introducing into UNIX and DOS tools and software which safeguard security. 
The Data Shop's services are free to a number of preferential users, which include the Institutions. 
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IV.A.2. General services (Theme 11) 
a) Objectives 
The objective is to develop an integrated set of services to cover widely-identified needs in the fields 
of processing and disseminating statistical information (including the office automation aspects). 
b) Results 
During the period under review, the infrastructure for telecommunications with the Member States 
was improved, under the STATEL project, as a result of the design of a set of primitives which were 
developed and implemented for four protocols (Kermit, uucp, FTP and X.400). The STADIUM project, 
which is used to receive data regularly from the Member States, has been running on this 
infrastructure since 1990. 
The STRINGS project, which is aimed at automating the production chain for statistical reports and 
publications, was developed and installed. The interface with Eurostat's applications environment was 
produced. The infrastructure which was laid is finding increasing use, especially for standardized, 
repetitive or particularly bulky publications. 
The PC-SIMPLE software, which is used for accessing Eurostat's public databases and downloading 
their contents to the user's workstation (PC), was developed. An additional tool for displaying and 
handling data (CUB.X) is available. 
A study was conducted with an external consultant to design a local scenario for office automation for 
Eurostat. The recommendations of this study are being implemented in stages. 
IV.A.3. New computing methods (Theme 12) 
a) Objectives 
The main objectives are to explore the new computer methods for statistics and to coordinate 
Eurostat's work in the field of standardization, EDI and telematics networks. 
b) Results 
On the initiative of Eurostat, a statistical messages development group (MD6) was set up at the end 
of 1989 under the Western Europe/Edifact Board, with the active participation of the National 
Statistical Institutes, the OECD, the UN/ECE and standardization groups. 
The group has focused on: 
defining a generic message (GESMES) for the exchange of aggregated data between 
statisticians; 
devising messages suited to the needs of international, and more particularly intra-
Community, trade statistics (CUSDEC/INSTAT message for the INTRASTAT project); 
designing messages for exchanging nomenclatures (CLAREQ and CLASET); 
designing messages for reporting the information required by the central banks and 
statistical bodies for drawing up the balance of payments statistics. 
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In addition, a feasibility study on "Distributed Statistical Information Services" (DSIS) was conducted 
in the twelve Member States in 1992. The option chosen was validated in the EFTA countries. The 
final report contains a number of recommendations and sets up a five-year work programme. 
IV.A.4. Computer architecture (Theme 13) 
a) Objectives 
The objective is to provide Eurostat users with the computer and automated office resources which 
they need for their work. 
b) Results 
Each Eurostat official now has a PC/MS.DOS workstation, linked by local network to a set of Unix 
servers, which themselves are linked by a high-throughput line to the Computer Centre equipment. 
More than 500 PCs were installed over the period 1989-1992. 
The power and disk capacity of the Unix machines has increased accordingly, which has made it 
possible to resume at local level a number of statistical production tasks which hitherto have been 
carried out centrally. The software systems used for this are mainly ORACLE, SAS and FAME. 
IV.A.5. Sectoral applications (Theme 14) 
a) Objectives 
The objective is to enable the Eurostat production units to process and disseminate their statistical 
data while maintaining the cohesion of the various information systems. 
b) Results 
A study on the architecture of Eurostat's information systems was carried out with the help of external 
consultants in 1991 and 1992. Its main recommendations (to differentiate between the production, 
reference and dissemination environments, the fundamental rôle of meta-data, to install centralized 
data catalogues, etc.) are at present being studied in depth, and in some cases prototypes have been 
produced. 
During the reference period, most of Eurostat's basic systems were renewed, mainly because the 
Commission's Computer Centre is shortly to abandon the ICLA/ME system. This work affected 
mainly CRONOS (the time-series database), SABINE (the nomenclatures database) and OSIRIS (for 
producing statistical tables). 
The introduction, as from 1 January 1993, of a new system for collecting intra-Community trade 
statistics also created a great deal of work (COMEXT 93). 
Lastly, new information systems were developed or are in course of development for processing 
regional statistics, data on the structure of agricultural holdings, social statistics, the balance of 
payments, national accounts and statistics on energy, steel and the environment, among others. 
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IV.A.6. Administration of Databases (Theme 19) • 
a) Objectives 
The activities under this theme relate to the day to day management of Eurostat general services for 
both data reception and dissemination of data. The objectives foreseen within this area can be 
summarised as : 
a) rationalisation of services to provide better cost/efficient solutions 
b) promoting general services where appropriate to increase efficiency, reliability and 
timeliness 
c) providing continuity of services for users by ensuring adequate coverage and support 
d) integration of new or enhanced products and services in the routine work of the unit as they 
become available 
b) Results 
In all of these objectives considerable strides have been made. To cite the most evident exemples 
one should mention the following : 
data collection via network (the STADIUM service) is now a routine part of Eurostat 
collection facilities and is extending to more and more domains of data and a wider range of 
countries and institutionnal partners 
dissemination products have been significantly remodelled with a greater emphasis on 
Electronic products; Eurostat has one CD-ROM product with two more appearing int the first 
half of 1993; EUROCRON is now a routine service for internal users and external access 
via EUROBASES host is available 
publication procedures now allow more than 70 % of Eurostat publications to be produced in 
Camera-ready form. 
An ara which still requires attention as progress has been less extensive than hoped is in the aera of 
data documentation. 
This topic is now substantially integrated into the Information System architecture work being 
undertaken by Unit A1 of Eurostat and significant advences can be expected in the next two years. 
Valuable input to this has been obtained from projects under the DOSES programme (g.v.). 
IV.A.7. Implementation of New products (Theme 20 ) 
a) Objectives 
This theme covers the creation of new products and services for Eurostat, particulary in the area of 
data dissemination. 
b) Results 
The period covered by this programme has seen the EUROCRON product implemented with success. 
Usage rates are higher than experienced with earlier generations of databases dissemination services 
and external access is assured via the "EUROBASES" server of the Commission. CR-ROM 
dissemination is now in routine production and further products are on the point of release. This 
places Eurostat in the vanguard of CD-ROM distribution technology which is expanding at an 
exponential rate. 
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A prototype generalised data access tool (PC-SIMPLE) has been in service for some time and further 
developments in this area (originated in the ABIS project) are the subject of work under the 
Information systems Architecture studies being out by Unit A1 of Eurostat. 
IV.B. Personnel management of the institutions (Coefficients correcteurs) 
(Politique 52) 
IV.B.1 Weightings (Theme 32) 
a) Objectives 
The main aim is to calculate a weighting for each place where EC officials are employed, on the basis 
of price surveys and surveys on the structure of officials' consumption. Another aim is to draw up an 
annual report on officials' remuneration, covering the joint index for Brussels and the specific indicator 
of the change in national officials' purchasing power. 
b) Results 
For places of employment within the Community, the system of calculation was changed from a 
quinquennial verification and annual global updatings to a rolling three-year system using detailed 
price indices for updating, in parallel with the surveys described under Theme 30. A number of 
methodological improvements were made, including a more objective method for measuring rents. 
For places of employment outside the Community a totally new system was introduced whereby 
parities are calculated using Eurostat's own data sources derived from direct price surveys and price 
indices in the various cities concerned. The data collection and computation is carried out by 
EuroCost, a non-profit making agency created and funded by the Commission for this specific 
purpose. 
The annual reports on remuneration were completed and subsequently adopted by the Council. 
Towards the end of the period a programme was begun for updating and improving the methodology 
in the light of changed circumstances in Member States. 
V. Management et Administrations 
V.A. Management and Administration (Policy 10) 
V.A.1. Budget and financial services (Theme 01) 
a) Objectives 
The main objective is to manage those chapters and items of the Commission's general budget for 
which Eurostat is the authorizing body. 
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b) Results 
The work essentially involves: 
closing budget N-1 ; 
managing budget N with monitoring of appropriations and expenditure for each unit, 
preparing budget N+1. 
V.A.2. Statistical programme and planning (Theme 02) 
a) Objectives 
In order to achieve its objectives, Eurostat needs a plan (the statistical programme) and a 
management tool (the monitoring file). 
Eurostat's statistical programme has been subdivided into policies, themes and modules. This plan 
describes the basic features of each module. 
The monitoring file is a management tool for keeping the official responsible for the module and 
his/her superiors informed at any moment about the progress of work and the resources position; it 
can be used for setting up measuring and warning systems and allocating new resources or 
reallocating existing resources. 
b) Results 
The 1989-1992 Statistical Programme (SP) was drawn up with reference to the main policies of the 
Community adopted by the European Councils held in Brussels and Hanover in February and June 
1988 respectively. 
These proposals were forwarded to the Council, which approved them by Resolution 89/C 161/01 of 19 
June 1989. 
Four annual reports were made by Eurostat on the execution of the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme 
of the European Communities. 
To monitor the execution of the Statistical Programme, in 1991 Eurostat developed a monitoring file 
(TBPS) model. 
Two major difficulties were encountered in implementing the TBPS, viz.: 
the "monitoring file" exercise constitutes a substantial revision of the units' forecasting 
methods, in that each head of module must define and structure for each module the 
distribution of its current and planned resources; 
in order to be complete and really operational, the monitoring file must combine all the 
resources contributing to the project. 
It is Eurostat's aim to implement the TBPS fully for the 1993-1997 Statistical Programme. 
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V.A.3. Training of european statisticians (Theme 03) 
a) Objectives 
The objectives laid down by the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme included: 
the construction of an integrated statistical system based on the national systems; 
the development of a common statistical language to foster progress in statistical sciences. 
The seminar which was held in Brussels in April 1989 on the European system of statistical 
information after 1992 laid down, as one of the ways of attaining these objectives, the implementation 
of a Community programme for the ongoing training of statisticians from the Member States, with the 
object of comparing and enhancing their experience at national level and reinforcing the process of 
harmonising Community statistical standards and methods and, in addition, disseminating the most 
modern technologies for collecting, processing and analysing data. 
b) Results 
The TES programme (Training of European Statisticians) began in 1991 and was very well received by 
the Member States. The first annual programme included the completion of 15 training modules, 
each lasting for one week on average, attended by 427 official statisticians from the National 
Statistical Institutes. The EFTA-country statisticians were involved in the work from the start, both as 
trainees and as instructors. In 1992 the courses were thrown open to statisticians from the central 
and eastern European countries too. The 1992-93 programme was attended by 422 European 
statisticians, comprising 276 EC, 56 EFTA and 81 central and eastern European statisticians, in 16 
modules. The 1993-94 programme will comprise 24 modules, and it is expected that some 550 
statisticians will attend. 
As from 1993, TES also covers the development of training activities for statisticians from the former 
USSR (TES-FSU), in close collaboration with the Statistisches Bundesamt. 
Canadian and American statisticians have decided to cooperate in organising TES courses, under 
transatlantic agreements. 
V.A.4. Public relations (Theme 05) 
This theme covers the following: 
Cooperation with the other Community institutions 
Organization of statistical work in conjunction with the Council Secretariat, the European 
Parliament and Economic and Social Committee. Replying to parliamentary questions. 
Contacts and meetings with Members of Parliament, in particular the Committee on 
Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy. 
Relations with the Member States 
Organizing relations between Eurostat and the national statistical systems in respect of the 
whole statistical programme. 
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International relations 
Cooperation and coordination with other bodies working in the field of statistics. 
Institutional matters and the European statistical system 
a) Objectives 
The objectives laid down in the 1989-1992 Statistical Programme included: 
to speed up the development of the statistical infrastructure necessary for the single 
European market to operate properly; 
to construct an integrated statistical system based on the national systems. 
In a Europe where the convergence of economic, social and environmental policies is becoming the 
norm, statistics must be an instrument which in every case follows the same fundamental principles 
and is based on the principles of cooperation and partnership between national and Community 
levels, which are the basis of the organisation of the Community statistical system. 
b) Results 
Eurostat decided to propose to the Commission that a legal instrument should be enacted (a Council 
Regulation) on the organisation of the Community statistical system. This document is called the 
statistical law and will constitute the legal basis for constructing a coherent, flexible and effective 
system which will follow the same fundamental principles in every country. 
This text, on which work began in 1991, will be forwarded by the Commission to the Council in the 
second half of 1993. 
The main obstacles encountered so far in drawing up this document have been of a psychological 
nature. Eurostat's hardest task was to convince the NSIs that this "statistical law" was an instrument 
which reinforced the system in all its parts, including and in particular the national systems, giving 
them a primary role in laying down objectives and priorities for the production of Community statistics. 
Eurostat considers that after two years of discussions with the NSIs, considerable progress has been 
made in the mutual understanding of the problems which the Council text is meant to resolve. 
At the same time, Eurostat is drafting a Commission Decision on the independence of the statistical 
function within the Institution, its rôle and its responsibilities. 
V.A.5. Staff management (Theme 06) 
The essential objectives of this project are recruitment and the management of human resources, 
including the organization chart. 
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V.A.6. Document administration (Theme 07) 
Setting up a computerized system of coding and classifying documents on the basis of a suitable 
typology. 
V.A.7. Building administration (Theme 08) 
Management of office accommodation and locating individuals and units. 
V.A.8. Management, Administration and training (Theme 09) 
The main objective is the day-to-day management of matters connected with Eurostat's training 
activities. 
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PART IV- HUMAN RESOURCES, OPERATING BUDGET, MISSIONS AND 
MEETINGS 
Eurostat's Statutory Personnel since 1982 
Situation on 31.12 of each year 
1982 
1983 
1984 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1989 
1990 
1991 
1992 ^teveî A 
113 
112 
112 
116 
120 
131 
138 
144 
144 
146 
159 .. "level 8s 
104 
107 
112 
115 
116 
122 
128 
138 
138 
139 
141 Jjèvel C 
95 
95 
92 
93 
93 
96 
100 
104 
104 
102 
110 UveJD^ 
2 
4 
4 Total 
312 
314 
316 
324 
329 
349 
366 
386 
388 
391 
414 
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Eurostat's Statutory Personnel since 1982 
Situation on 31.12 of each year 
«a 425 
400 
375 
350 
325 
300 
275 
250 
225 
200 
175 
150 
125 
100 
75 
50 
25 
0 
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 
A Level B Level C Level D Level Total 
Number of Statutory Staff Posts by Category and Policy from 31.12.1990 to 31.12.1992 
Policy CATEGORY 
1990 !• 
1991 1992 1990 11111: 1991 1992 1990 1111; 1991 1992 1990 iii 
1991 1992 1990 iii! 
1991 1992 
10 Management and Administration *** 
21 Economic alignment within the internal market 
22 Economic and monetary union 
23 Economic cohesion (structural policies) 
24 Social policy 
25 Research and Development 
26 Environment 
Total : Single Act 
31 Common agricultural policy 
32 Business policy (industry and service) 
33 Energy policy 
34 Fisheries policy 
35 Transport and tourism policy 
36 International relations policy 
37 Cooperation with LCD's and with Central 
Total : Community policies 
41 Financial resources of the Community 
42 Information and dissemination 
Total : Operation of the Community 
51 Technical infrastructure of Eurostat 
52 Personnel management of the institutions 
Total : Operation of the Institutions 
Total : Eurostat 37 
10 
12 
5 
12 
2 
3 
44 
8 
8 
1 
3 
10 
5 
43 
10 
3 
13 
144 36 
9 
8 
5 
18 
1 
5 
46 
13 
8 
4 
1 
3 
9 
7 
45 
3 
3 
9 
4 
13 
146 40 
9 
5 
19 
2 
5 
48 
10 
10 
4 
2 
. 3 
11 
9 
49 
3 
5 
10 
4 
14 
159 21 
2 
12 
3 
11 
1 
0 
29 
12 
17 
7 
1 
2 
13 
0 
52 
3 
6 
24 
3 
27 
138 20 
3 
9 
4 
12 
1 
0 
29 
13 
15 
7 
2 
3 
14 
0 
54 
3 
4 
25 
4 
29 
139 24 
2 
9 
4 
8 
2 
1 
26 
10 
18 
8 
1 
3 
15 
0 
55 
2 
7 
24 
3 
27 
141 40 
4 
7 
2 
3 
2 
1 
19 
10 
7 
4 
0 
1 
8 
3 
33 
1 
7 
4 
0 
4 
104 33 
5 
5 
3 
4 
2 
1 
20 
10 
8 
3 
0 
1 
8 
4 
34 
3 
5 
5 
2 
7 
102 46 
4 
4 
2 
3 
2 
0 
15 
8 
7 
2 
1 
1 
9 
4 
32 
2 
7 
6 
2 
8 
110 100 
16 
31 
10 
26 
5 
4 
92 
30 
32 
19 
2 
6 
31 
8 
128 
7 
17 
24 
38 
6 
44 
388 93 
17 
22 
12 
34 
4 
6 
95 
38 
31 
14 
3 
5 
31 
11 
133 
9 
12 
21 
39 
10 
49 
391 114 
14 
22 
11 
30 
6 
6 
89 
28 
35 
14 
4 
7 
35 
13 
136 
7 
19 
26 
40 
9 
49 
414 
*** included under the heading "Management and Administration'are : all officials who have management responsibilities 
(DG, Directors and Heads of Unit), their secretariat, administrators and assistants who have administrative tasks relating to the Office. 
Number of Statutory Posts by Policy from 31.12.90 to 31.12.92 
1990 1991 1992 
Management 
and 
Administration Economic 
alignment 
within the 
internal market Economic and 
monetary 
union Economic 
cohesion 
(structural 
policies) Social policy Research and 
Development Environment Common 
agricultural 
policy Business 
. policy 
(industry and 
services) 
120 
110 
100 
90 
80 
70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
0 
Energy policy Fisheries 
policy Transport 
and tourism 
policy International 
relations 
policy Cooperation 
with LDC's 
and with 
Central and Financial 
resources of 
the 
Community Information Technical 
and infrastructure 
dissemination of Eurostat Personnel 
management 
of the 
institutions 
•••) included under ihc hcwlinj; "Management and Administration* art : ill official, who have management responsibilities (DG. Directors 
mid Head, of Unn). their secictaiiai. administrators and assistants whn have administrative tasks relating to the Office. 
Budgets 1989-1992 of Eurostat and Contribution to Official Statistical Systems by Policy 
Policy 
o> Management and Administration 
Economic alignment within the Internal market 
Economic and monetary union 
Economic cohesion (structural policies) 
Social policy 
Research and development 
Environment 
Common agricultural policy 
Business policy (industry and services) 
Energy policy 
Fisheries policy 
Transport and tourism policy 
International relations policy 
Coop, with LDCs and with Central and Eastern Europe 
Financial resources of the Community 
Information and dissemination 
Technical infrastructure of Eurostat 
Personnel management of the institutions (post ajustment) 
Total Eurostat 
1989 
412 640 
741 290 
565 960 
191000 
5 333 000 
826 000 
203 600 
4 520000 
525 000 
613 500 
40 600 
14 000 
551300 
1450 000 
1 215 410 
2 031616 
2 180 384 
600 000 
22 015 300 1990 
3 883 493 
1460 516 
1090 759 
397 649 
7 038 513 
2 002 441 
634 347 
7 827 097 
1 591 016 
465 030 
38 000 
470 981 
1 744 393 
1 599 605 
1 844 160 
627 891 
3 538 122 
1384 929 
37 639 742 1991 
3 443 355 
1 774 600 
1 688 445 
587 408 
6 809 117 
1 910 350 
1 742 668 
9 763 837 
2 515 961 
574 417 
0 
985 068 
2 593 446 
2 259 892 
2 356 000 
889 955 
3 616 606 
1 722 989 
45 434 114 ' 50 822164 1992 
6 508 369 
2 205 121 
1 810 635 
562 518 
6 610 360 
1 283 207 
2 890 335 
8 330 433 
1 852 028 
739 558 
0 
1 384 316 
5 224 458 
2 098 721 
1 948 901 
956 190 
4 330 644 
2 086 370 of which NSrs 
1989 
0 
77 000 
106 200 
0 
4 501600 
0 
0 
3 431500 
47 100 
132 000 
0 
0 
0 
0 
943 000 
0 
0 
0 
9 238 400 1990 
0 
475 000 
194 325 
222 000 
4 934 770 
0 
223 310 
6 236 500 
53 000 
126 000 
0 
0 
120 000 
8 400 
1 333 250 
0 
0 
0 
13 926 555 1991 
0 
758 420 
332 100 
142 529 
4616319 
15000 
370 000 
7 846 560 
130 000 
189 000 
0 
409 500 
0 
11500 
1777 000 
0 
0 
47 000 
16644 928 1992 
0 
943 700 
251 500 
8 100 
3 143 023 
425 000 
85 800 
6 127 880 
648 500 
150 800 
0 
244 000 
425 037 
0 
1 382 100 
0 
0 
20 000 
13 855 440 
Evolution of Budget Imputation by policy from 1989 to 1992 in 1000 Ecus 
Budget Imputation by Category from 1989 to 1992 
Total year = 100% 
5.00% 
0.00% 
Management 
of the 
Statistical 
Program Single Act Community 
policies Operation of 
the 
Community 
1989 • 1990 • 1991 1992 Operation of 
the 
institutions 
Budget Eurostat and Contributions of the Other DG's to the Statistical Programme : 
Dotation by country -1989-1992 (in 1000 Ecus) 
COUNTRY 
B 
D 
DK 
E 
FR 
GR 
IRL 
IT 
L 
NL 
P 
UK 
Other 
^lllllllll EUROSTAT 
m& 
2887 
2000 
1235 
1588 
3560 
498 
716 
859 
4225 
735 
1678 
1849 
185 
lllllll 1990 
2583 
3257 
1686 
1777 
3541 
1827 
1575 
2065 
7909 
1531 
1952 
5107 
2830 
lllllll 1991 
2754 
4225 
2119 
1869 
2425 
1747 
2017 
1041 
8910 
1220 
779 
5015 
11313 
llllllll: 1992 
2728 
3433 
1712 
1370 
1980 
1438 
1916 
1446 
10700 
1947 
1941 
6793 
13418 of which NSrs 
1989 
279 
823 
623 
1397 
1514 
341 
616 
694 
248 
441 
1641 
623 
0 1990 
575 
1557 
878 
1360 
1432 
1568 
1207 
1727 
47 
678 
1820 
1077 
0 
WÈÊÈÊÊÈÊÈÊÊÊÊÊÈIÈÈÈÊÊÊÊ 1991 
678 
3491 
1058 
1787 
1446 
1632 
1953 
920 
269 
896 
758 
1758 
0 
|:||||||| 1992 
661 
2218 
987 
1070 
554 
1389 
1751 
963 
271 
981 
1768 
1242 
0 
IIIIIIJI OTHER D G 
: 
1989 
3413 
130 
60 
770 
1370 
3380 
1100 
3550 
1742 
70 
100 
1270 
4350 
llllllll 199Ô 
855 
282 
145 
317 
1183 
2260 
350 
5157 
1081 
235 
161 
1649 
5454 
llllllll 1991 
3015 
291 
145 
768 
1804 
4267 
1024 
6152 
1995 
215 
184 
2062 
6927 
Hlllll 1992 
3464 
334 
166 
882 
2072 
4901 
1177 
7066 
2291 
248 
212 
2369 
7956 
lllillil 
Contribution of the Eurostat budget to the Official Stat. Systems by Member States in 1000 Ecus from 1989 to 1992 
DK FR GR IRL IT NIL UK 
1989 H 1990 S 1991 • 1992 
Budgets 1989-1992 : Contribution to Official Statistical Systems, per Member States (in 1000 Ecus) 
2> «a Modutt LB 
2S10 
2610 
2820 
3020 
3220 
3230 
3250 
3260 
3410 
3420 
4010 
4110 
4410 
4420 
4820 
5020 
S110 
5120 
5130 
5510 
5610 
5930 
6120 
6210 
6220 
6510 
6610 
6620 Hem 
Establishment of GNP: own resource. 
Nomenclatures of economic activities 
Centrtl product classification (CPCCOM) 
Price surveys on gross fixed capital formation 
Price and expenditure surveys among EC stall in the Member States 
Price and expenditure surveys among EC staff in non-/ec countries 
Surveys of prices used in calculating final consumption 
Regional price surveys 
Financial flow accounts 
financial balance-sheet accounts 
Statistics on (rade goods between Member States 
Statistics on trade In goods between Member States after 1992: 
methodology 
Collection of trade data 
COMEXT-93 
Analysis of International trade 
Surveys on energy consumption 
Production and dissemination of energy statistics 
Priority action programmes of the Commission 
Raw materials 
Industrial statistics: methodology 
Industry: production and dissemination 
Analysis of steel products 
Priority action programmes for services 
Transport: methodology 
Transport: production and dissemination 
Statistics on reserch and development 
Development of statistical expert systems (OOSES) 
Methods and Instruments lor data analysis and presentation 323 
130.0 
180 
40.0 
20 0 
78 0 Contribution to NSI 
OK ! 0 total 
8100 
130.0 
50.0 
16.5 
492 
330 
50 0 
38.0 
2t 0 
830 
52 0 777.0 
30 0 
17.0 
55.1 
100.0 
79.0 
318.0 
20.0 
60.0 
77.0 
54.6 
109 0 725.0 
130.0 
26.5 
430 
44.0 
500 565.1 
3392 
28 8 
670 
360 
40 0 
47 0 IRl 
485.0 
220.0 
165 
492 
40.0 
120 0 
170 
270.0 465.0 
10.0 
I6.S 
76.0 GR 
625.0 
130 0 
33.0 
40.0 
527 
206 
51.0 
130 83.9 
130.0 
120 
492 
40.0 NL 
60.0 
16.5 
49.2 
55.0 
50.0 
10.0 
57.0 
60.0 
170.0 
15.0 530.0 
130.0 
16.5 
49.2 
59.3 
60.0 
11.5 
70.0 
23.0 
21.5 
26.5 
53.5 
40.0 
15.0 UK 
257.1 
130.0 
16.5 
10.0 
49.2 
100.0 
28.7 
217.5 
32.0 
36.0 
25.0 
20.0 5435.4 
1469.2 
50.0 
106.5 
50.0 
17.0 
45S.1 
200.0 
33.0 
90.0 
146.0 
6S8.0 
267.5 
120.0 
11.5 
50.6 
464.0 
60.0 
23.0 
423.0 
51.0 
166.1 
283.0 
26.5 
644.5 
125.0 
30.0 
285.0 
Budgets 1989-1992 : Contribution to Official Statistical Systems, per Member States (in 1000 Ecus) 
Module LB 
_? 
<6 7010 
7310 
7330 
7340 
7350 
7410 
7420 
7510 
7620 
7730 
7740 
7810 
6010 
6020 
6030 
8110 
6120 
8130 
6140 
8210 
8410 
6540 
6550 
8800 
6610 
8820 
8830 
6920 
9010 Hem 
Community labour force survey 
Harmonization of the Family Budget Survey 
Community labour-cost surveys 
Survey on earnings of agricuHural workers 
Social protection 
Statistics on poverty 
Household panels 
Population, migrations and migrants 
Social statistics observatory 
Agricultural statistics at regional level 
Other regional statistics (transport, energy, environment) 
Local statistics 
Surveys on structure of agricultural holdings 
EUROFARM 
Vineyard surveys 
Agricultural accounts 
Agricultural Income Indices 
Total Income of agricultural households 
Agricultural price statistics 
SPEL 
Agro-Industry 
Cereals production 
Other major crops 
Environment 
Physical data on the environment 
Economic data on the environment 
Sectoral data on the environment 
Spatial statistics 
Cooperation wHh Central and Eastern European countries Contribution to NSI 
OK ! 0 
942.6 
109 0 
102 
13.1 
7500 
375 
Total 2192.7 681.5 
122.5 
36.0 
20.5 
120 
750.0 
10.0 
25 
153.8 
110 0 
102 0 
3546.1 2241.0 
235 
3600 
180 
94 0 
400 
347 
2600.0 
40.5 
505 
644.5 
156 1 
62 0 
64 
80899 IRL 
1416.0 
50.9 
140.0 
720 
197 
2600 0 
256 6 
5613.7 1516.0 
32 6 
U30 0 
30 4 
306 6 
4945 I 1201.5 
17.0 
129 
1610.0 
37.2 
4493.2 1363.0 
340.0 
60.0 
5.0 
40.2 
35.8 
2480.0 
135.0 
400 
222.3 
265 
5337.3 GR 
1157.0 
65.0 
66.6 
300 
28 0 
24200 
56 0 
4930.6 314.0 
0.0 
28.5 
1.5 
6.0 
100.0 
15 0 
50.0 
634.5 NL 
914.2 
56.4 
126.9 
14.7 
5.0 
14.2 
17.2 
940.0 
100.3 
57.3 
54.0 
142 
2996.1 853.0 
1.6 
189.0 
30.0 
6.0 
70.5 
12.4 
3301.0 
195.0 
10.0 
20.0 
19.2 
63.3 
250 
54.0 
11.5 
5987.7 UK total 
I 
1464.0 
0.0 
275.5 
3.0 
14.3 
1600.0 
15.0 
205.8 14263.8 
197.8 
2263.4 
272.4 
36.5 
23.7 
110.7 
25.1 
3.0 
94.0 
40.0 
238.7 
20781.0 
135.0 
216.0 
70.5 
60.0 
92.0 
19.2 
30.4 
15.0 
2126.4 
110.0 
181.1 
57.3 
396.0 
14.2 
26.5 
19.9 
4699.6 j 53666.5,' 
Budgets 1989-1992 : Contribution to Official Statistical Systems, per Member States (in 1000 Ecus) by modules 
2> 
«a 21000 
20000 
19000 
18000 
17000 
16000 
15000 
14000 
13000 
12000 
11000 
10000 
9000 
8000 
7000 
6000 
5000 
4000 
3000 
2000 
1000 
0 
Establishment of 
GNP: own 
resources Nomenclatures 
of economic 
activities Statistics on 
trade in goods 
between 
Member States Transport: 
production and 
dissemination Community 
labour force 
survey Community 
labour-cost 
surveys Surveys on 
structure of 
agricultural 
holdings Cereals 
production 
Number of missions effected by Eurostat in the 12 Member States, 1989-1992 
B 
D 
DK 
E 
F 
GR 
I 
IRL 
L 
NL 
P 
UK 1989 
30 
122 
16 
22 
141 
29 
58 
9 
10 
25 
15 
45 1990 
24 
149 
41 
46 
176 
40 
65 
19 
6 
40 
36 
69 1991 
30 
161 
11 
32 
204 
24 
75 
39 
17 
57 
43 
68 1992 
24 
195 
18 
30 
197 
49 
56 
23 
19 
44 
42 
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Number of Meetings Organized by Eurostat, 1989-1992 by policy 
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Management and administration 11 i 16 i 22 i 25 
Economic alignment within the internal market 26 j 16 [ 18 j 13 
Economic and monetary union 3 i 6 i 8 i 13 
Economic cohesion (structural policies) 1 ] 3 | 6 | 8 
Social policy 10 ' 12 ' 18 ' 21 
Research and development 1 ! 3 ! 3 ! 4 
Environment 2 | 3 ] 4 j 5 
Common agricultural policy 20 | 13 ! 25 ] 15 
Business policy (industry and services) 23 j 18 ] 22 ] 18 
Energy policy 4 • 3 i 1 i 2 
Fisheries policy j 2 \ 2 j 1 
Transport and tourism policy 9 • 4 • 13 • 14 
International relations policy 2 ! 11 ! 12 ! 30 
Cooperation with LDC's and with Central and Eastern Europe 1 ] 4 | 2 | 6 
Financial resources of the Community 2 ] 2 ] 3 \ 3 
Information and dissemination 1 j 2 ' 5 ' 3 
Technical infrastructure of Eurostat [ 1 ] [ 5 
Personnel management of the institutions (post ajustment) 3 • 6 > 5 • 4 
Total 119 | 125 | 169 j 190 
FINAL REPORT OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1 989-1 992 ANNEX 
ANNEX 
- Page 127 
List of policies 
Code Reference Policy 
10 Management and Administration Management and Administration 
21 Single Act Economic alignment within the internal market 
22 " Economic and monetary union 
23 " Economic cohesion (structural policies) 
24 j " Social policy 
25 " Research and development 
26 " Environnment 
31 Community Policies Common agricultural policy 
' 32 " Business policy (industry and services) 
33 " Energy policy 
34 " Fisheries policy 
35 • Transport and tourism policy 
36 " j International relations policy 
37 " Cooperation with LDC's and with Central and Eastern Europe 
' 41 Operation of the Community Financial resources of the Community 
42 " Information and dissemination 
51 Operation of the Institutions Technical infrastucture of EUROSTAT 
52 " Personnel management of the institutions (post Adjustment) 
LIST OF POLICIES/ THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
l 
Unie |C<x)e| Code 
3> BO |2410|Public aeetor: methodology 
80 124201 Public ••«or: data acquisition 
80 |-430|Public aeetor: dlgeata and dlaaemlnatlon 
•1 |2S10|E_tabllahment of GNP: own reaourcea 
Il |27io|Matlon*l aceounta • aggregates I ESA) 
Bl |2720|Ouarterly national aceounta (ESA) 
81 |27JO|Aceounta of general government 
81 |2740|Detailed aceounta by aeetor 
81 127501 Detailed aceounta by branch (atruetural data baaea, 
capital atocks) 
81 |27<0|lnput»output tablea 
Bl |27»0|Monitorlng of own reaourcea • VAT 
82 |2ll0|ttatlatlcal and accounting coordination • Central 
affaira 
82 |2l20|Coordinaelon between macro-economic ayatema 
M |2tl0|8tatlatleal and accounting coordination! micro-macro 
82 |2i40|«tatiatleal coordination for the internal market 
82 |2»10|Methodology of the Community ayatem of aceounta (ESA) 
89 |2»20|Routine methodological queatlona In national aceounta 
82 |2920|Development of balance aheet aceounta 
82 |2i40|Cooparatlon: national aeeounta 
82 130101Methodology and international relatione in purehaaing 
power paritlea 
83 |3020|Prlce aurveya on groaa fixed capital formation 
83 131101Methodology and harmonization of consumer price 
Indicée 
83 131201 Production of eonaumer price indicée 
83 |3210|Annual report on remuneration 
83 |3220|Priée and expenditure aurveya among EC ataff in the 
Member ttatea 
83 132301Price and expenditure aurveya among EC ataff in | 
non-tC countrlea 
__-__! i , i Public aeetor 
Cross national product 
National aceounta • production 
Statlatleal and accounting coordination 
National aceounta methodology 
Prlcea: data collection and calculation 
of parltiea 
Prlcea: data collection and calculation 
of tlire indicée 
Salary veighelnga Economic alignment within the Internal market 
Financial resources of the Community 
Economic and monetary union 
Economic alignment within the Internal market 
Economic and monetary union 
Peraonnal manager-tent of the inatltutiona (poat Adjustment) 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
2? 
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BO 
BO 
Bl 
Bl 
Bl 
Bl 
Bl 
Bl 
Bl 
Bl 
B2 
B2 
B2 
B2 
B2 
B2 
B2 
B2 
B3 
B3 
B3 
S3 
B3 
83 Code | 
24lO|Publlc aeetor: methodology 
2<20|Public aeetor: data acquisition 
2430|Publlc sector: digests and dlaaemlnatlon 
2S10|Eatabllshment of GNP: own resources 
2710[National accounts • aggregates (ESA) 
2720|Ouarterly national accounts (ESA) 
2730|Accounta of general government 
2740|Detailed aceounta by sector 
27S0|Detailed aceounta by branch (structural data bases, 
capital atocka) 
27*0|Input-output tablea 
2?90|Monitoring of own reaources • VAT 
2810|Statiatical and accounting coordination • General 
affaira 
2120(Coordination between macro-economic system» 
2(30|8tatlatleal and accounting coordination! micro-macro 
2l40|Statlatlcal coordination for the internal market 
2»10|Methodology of the Community system of accounts (ESA) 
2»20|Routine methodological questions in national accounts 
2930|Development of balance sheet aceounta 
2940|Cooperatlon: national accounts 
3010|Methodology and international relatione in purchasing 
power parities 
3020|Price aurveya en groaa fixed capital formation 
3110[Methodology and harmonisation of conaumer price 
Indicée 
3120|Production of consumer price indices 
3210|Annual report on remuneration 
3220|Price and expenditure aurveya among EC ataff in the 
Member Statea 
3230|Price and expenditure aurveya among EC ataff in 
non-EC countries Public sector 
Gross national product 
National accounts • production 
Statistical and accounting coordination 
National accounts methodology 
Prices: data collection and calculation 
of parities 
Prlcea: data collection and calculation 
of time indicée 
Salary weightings 
I I Economic alignment within the Internal market 
Financial resources of the Community 
Economic and monetary union 
Economic alignment within the Internal market 
Economic and monetary union 
S2 (Personnel management of the Institutions (post Adjustment) 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
|Unit |Code| 
B3 |3240|Calculatlon of weightings, DO IX, staff and Council 
relatione 
B3 |32S0|Surveya of prices used In calculating final 
conaumptlon 
B3 |32<0|fteglonal price surveys 
B4 |3310|European financial area 
B4 |3320|Statletice on the European Monetary Syatem (EMS) and 
the ecu 
B4 |3330|8xtemal position of the EC Member States 
B4 |34l0|Pinanelal flow account* 
B4 |3420|Financial balance-sheet aceounta 
B4 |3S10|Short-term financial indicators 
B4 13520(Structural financial indicators 
B5 |2C10|Nomenclaturea of économie activities 
B5 |2«20|Central product classification (CPCCOM) 
BS |2<30|Nomeneleturea aerver 
CI |4010|Statiaties on trade in goods: methodology 
CI |4020|Statiatlce on trade in services between Member 
States: methodology 
CI |4110|Statlatlce on trade in goods between Member States 
after 1992: methodology 
CI |4210|Nomenclaturea of goods in external trade 
Cl |4220(Country nomenclature 
C2 |4310|Produetion of external trade statistics 
C2 |4320|Tariff and trade statistics - dissemination 
C2 |4330|Tarlff atatiatlcs • Generalized preferences • own 
reeourcea 
CÎ |4410|Collectlon of trade data Salary weightings 
Statistics for European monetary 
integration 
Financial accounts 
35 (Financial and monetary indicators 
2« (Nomenclatures 
External trade atatiatlcs: management and 
development of the 
Trade in goods between Member States 
after 1992 (INTRA »2) 
Management of the external trade 
classifications 
Production of external trade statistics 
44 (Tariff and trade atatiatlcs for the 
Community and third countries (STARCOM) Personnel management of the Institutions (poet Adjustment) 
Economic and monetary union 
Economic alignment within the internal market 
International relations policy 
Economic alignment within the internal market 
International relations policy 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
C2 
C2 
C2 
C3 
C3 
C3 
C3 
C3 
C3 
C3 
C3 
C4 
C4 
C4 
C4 
C4 
cs 
cs 
Dl 
Dl 
Dl 49(0 
4510 
4S20 
4530 
4510 
4C20 
4(30 
4S10 
4820 
4910 
4920 
4930 
4940 
4950 
9010 
9020 
5010 
S020 
5110 Tariff and trade atatiatlcs • computerized systems 
External trade • Indices • Estimates • Seasonal 
adjustment 
Statletlca on LDC's countries 
Balance-of-payments statistics: methodology 
Balance of payments of the Community Institutions 
Data collection ayatem for the balance of payments 
Production of balance-of-payment* statistics 
Statletlca on international movementa of capital 
Statiatlea on international trade in services 
Statlatieal tools for the analysis of international 
trade 
Analyala of international trade 
Training of statistician» in developing countries 
Cooperation: external trade atatiatlcs of developing 
countries 
Statiatlea on food policies and rural development in 
developing countries 
Statietlcal cooperation with developing countries 
(other field*) 
Statiatlea linked to the SDA project in developing 
countrlee 
Cooperation with Central and Eaatern European 
countrlee 
Relation with EFTA countrlee 
Methodology of energy statiatlea 
Surveys on energy consumption 
Production and diaaeminatlon of energy statist lea Tariff and trade atatiatlcs for the 
Community and third countries (STARCOM) 
Own resources of the Community 
Studies and analyaea of external trade 
Management and development of the 
balance-of-payments methodology 
Production of statistics on the balance 
of payments and its components 
Studies and analysée of external trade 
Cooperation with developing countries 
(ACP and non-EC countries In Europe) 
Energy : methodology and survey» 
Energy and raw materials: production and International relations policy 
Financial resources of the Community 
International relation» policy 
Cooperation with LDC's and with Central and Eastern Europe 
Energy policy 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
| Unit 
Dl 
D2 
D2 
D2 
D2 
02 
D2 
D2 
D2 
D2 
D2 
02 
D3 
D3 
D3 
03 
D4 
04 
04 
04 
D4 
D4 
04 
El MODULE 
Code | 
$120|Prlority action programmée of the Commit»ton 
5130|Raw materlala 
S410|Statlstieal confidentiality 
S420(Adaptation of business statistics 
5430|Links with businesses 
5510|Industrial atatiatlcs: methodology 
5520|Industrial atatiatlcs. analysis 
5(10|Industry: production and dissemination 
5(20|Industryt priority action programmée 
5910|Development of iron and ateel atatiatlcs (ECSCI 
S920|Statlatlcs on first-stage processing of steel 
products 
S930|Analyals of ateel producta 
S940|Productlon and dissemination of iron and steel 
statistics 
(SlOjStaelstlcs on reeeareh and development 
((10(Development of statistical expert systems (DOSES) 
((20|Method* and Instrument* for data analysis and 
presentation 
((301Assistance In data ana lye la 
(010|Servicee: methodology 
(020(Services: analysis and synthesis 
(110(Services• production and dissemination 
(1201Priority set Ion programmée for eervleea 
(2lO|Traneporti methodology 
(220|Trensport : production and dlasemlnation 
(230|Statlatlca on tourlam 
7010|Community labour force survey Code 
dissémination 
Energy and raw materials: production and 
dissemination 
Adaptation of business statistics to the 
requirements of 1992 
Industry: methodology and analyses 
Industry: production and dissemination 
Iron and steel statiatlea 
Statistics on research and development 
Reaearch and development In the field of 
atatiatlcs 
Services: methodology and analyaes 
Service*: production and dissemination 
Transport and tourism 
70 |Active population, employment. Energy policy 
Economic alignment within the Internal market 
Business policy (industry and servlcesl 
Research and development 
Business policy (industry and services) 
Transport and tourism policy l«> 
24 ISoclal policy 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
|Unit |Code| 
El |7020|Analysis of the Community's active and inactive 
population 
El |7030|Development of atatiatlcs on working time and volume 
of work 
Bl |7040|Methodologlcal analyais of changea in employment 
atructure* 
El |7iiO|Edueatlon 
El |7120(Vocational training 
Bl |7130|Training survey (FORCE) 
El |714 0|Method and claaaiflcation for education and training 
atatiatlcs 
E2 |7210|Health and safety at work 
B2 |7220|Accidents at home and in recreational activities 
E2 |7230(Occupational dlaeaaea 
E2 |7310|Marmonixation of the Family Budget Survey 
E2 |7320|Harmonized statistics on earnlnga 
E2 |7330|Communlty labour-cost surveys 
E2 |734 0|Survey on earnings of agricultural workers 
E2 |7350|Soclal protection 
B2 |7410|Statlstles on poverty 
B2 |7420(Household panels 
S3 |7510|Population, migrations and migrante 
B3 |7S20|Houalng 
E3 |7«l0|Soelal statiatlea data bank 
S3 |7(20|Soclal etatietice observatory 
13 |7(30|Social dimension of the Internal market 
E3 |7«40|Social situation of specific populations 
S3 |7(50|Cultural statiatlea 
E4 177101Regional accounts 
E4 |7720|Social statistics at regional level 
E4 |7730(Agriculture! etatiatlca at regional level unemployment 
Active population, employment, 
unemployment 
Education and vocational training 
Health and safety 
Income and consumption 
Poverty 
Population snd migrations 
Social dlgeata 
Regional statistics and aceounta Social policy 
Economic cohesion (structural policies) 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
limit 
<Q 
Co E4 
84 
84 
S4 
B4 
E4 
E4 
E4 
PI 
n 
l-pi 
Fl 
Fl 
Fl 
Fl 
PI 
Fl 
Fl 
Fl 
PI 
PI 
Fl 
PI 
PI 
PI 
PI 
PI 
P2 
P2 7740 
7750 
77(0 
7770 
7110 
7910 
7920 
7930 
8010 
8020 
6030 
8040 
8050 
80(0 
8070 
8110 
8120 
8130 
8140 
8210 
8220 
8310 
8320 
8330 
8340 
8410 
8420 
8510 
8520 Other regional atatiatlcs (transport, energy, 
environment) 
Community's financial participation in investments 
RBOIO data bank 
Publication "A Regional Portrait of the Community-
Local atatiatlcs 
Oreeee (Plan) 
Portugal (PREDER) 
Eaatern Germany (PHARE) 
Surveye on structure of agricultural holdings 
EUROFARM 
Vineyard survey» 
Fruit tree aurveys 
Vineyard and oil registers 
Forestry statistics 
Community typology of agricultural holdings 
Agricultural aceounta 
Agricultural income indices 
Total Income of agricultural households 
Agricultural price atatiatlcs 
Integrated agricultural aeetor database 
Agricultural sector modelling 
Italian plan 
Oreek plan 
Irish plan 
Other plana 
Agro-induatry 
Fertilisera-peatic ides 
Utilisation of agricultural land 
Utllltatlon of agricultural land: cereal crops THEME 
Code 
Regional statistic* and accounts 
Local data 
Improvement of the atatlstlcal 
Infrastructure (plana) 
Agricultural and forestry structures 
Agricultural prices and accounts 
Agricultural models 
Restructuring plans for agricultural 
statistics 
Agro-Industry 
Crop production Economie cohesion (structural policies) 
Common agricultural policy 
Business policy (Industry and services) 
Common agricultural policy 
LIST OF POLICIES, THEMES AND MODULES 
OF THE STATISTICAL PROGRAMME 1989-1992 
j? I Unit 
F2 
P2 
P2 
P2 
P2 
P2 
F2 
F2 
P2 
P2 
F2 
n 
P2 
F2 
F2 
P2 
P2 
P3 
P3 
P3 
P3 
F3 
F3 
F3 
F3 8S30 
8540 
8SSO 
8SS0 
8570 
8580 
8(10 
8(20 
8(30 
8(40 
8(50 
• ((0 
8(70 
8710 
8720 
8730 
8740 
8810 
8820 
8(30 
8840 
(850 
8910 
(920 
8930 Utilisation of agricultural land: other major crops 
Cereals production 
Other major eropa 
Cereals balance aheete 
Balance sheete for other major cropa 
Harvest forecaatlng, agromet 
Pig survey 
Cattle survey 
Sheep and goat survey 
Slaughtering, meat balance sheet* 
Milk production, balance aheeta 
Poultry production (poultry, egg*), balance sheets 
Animal feed 
Fishing fleet 
Catches by fishing region 
Landings of fisheries products 
Supply balance aheet for fisheries 
Physical data on the environment 
Economic data on the environment 
Sectoral data on the environment 
Digest of environmental data 
Wests statistic* 
Environment data bank 
Spatial statistic* 
Environment : Geographical information system Crop production 
Animal production 
Environment 
Environment data bank and remote sensing POLICY 
Common agricultural policy 
Fisheries policy 
Environnment 
ISSN 0254-1475 
COM (93) 454 final 
DOCUMENTS 
EN 17 
Catalogue number : CB-CO-93-501-EN-C 
ISBN 92-77-59553-1 
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