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Document 32007R0332

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2007 of 27 March 2007 on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics (Text with EEA relevance )

    OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 16–28 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    OJ L 56M, 29.2.2008, p. 191–203 (MT)

    This document has been published in a special edition(s) (HR)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2007/332/oj

    29.3.2007   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 88/16


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 332/2007

    of 27 March 2007

    on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    It is necessary to specify the format in which rail transport data are to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) in sufficient detail to ensure that the data can be processed rapidly and in a cost-effective way.

    (2)

    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, set up by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (2),

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    The technical format for the transmission of data to the Commission (Eurostat) shall be as set out in the Annex.

    Member States shall use this format for the data concerning reference year 2007 and subsequent years.

    Article 2

    The data and metadata supplied pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 shall be transmitted in electronic format to the single entry point for data at the Commission (Eurostat) by any organisation designated by the national authorities. Transmission shall conform to an appropriate interchange standard specified by Eurostat.

    Article 3

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 27 March 2007.

    For the Commission

    Joaquín ALMUNIA

    Member of the Commission


    (1)   OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1192/2003 (OJ L 167, 4.7.2003, p. 13).

    (2)   OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.


    ANNEX

    TECHNICAL FORMAT FOR DATA TRANSMISSION

    1.   DATA STRUCTURE

    The individual data records to be sent to Eurostat for each quarter, year or period of five years, comprise 9 datasets, each corresponding to an annex of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003. These datasets thus contain the following data:

    annual statistics on goods transport — detailed reporting (Annex A),

    annual statistics on goods transport — simplified reporting (Annex B),

    annual statistics on passenger transport — detailed reporting (Annex C),

    annual statistics on passenger transport — simplified reporting (Annex D),

    quarterly statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex E),

    quinquennial regional statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex F),

    quinquennial statistics on traffic flows on the rail network (Annex G),

    statistics on accidents (Annex H),

    a list of the railway undertakings for which statistics are provided (Annex I).

    Annexes B and D set out simplified reporting requirements that may be used by Member States as an alternative to the normal detailed reporting set out in Annexes A and C, for undertakings below the thresholds laid down in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003.

    2.   LIST OF FIELDS

    Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 91/2003, one dataset has to be provided for each annex in the form of a flat file using the semi-colon ‘;’ as a field separator. Each dataset, except dataset C, must contain data for all mandatory tables required by the annex. For each dataset, the number of fields in each record is fixed. In other words, all fields must be present even if they are empty (two successive field separators indicate an empty field).

    The individual fields are described below as follows:

    Field number: this identifies the position of the field in the record,

    Field name: this either refers to a variable in Regulation (EC) No 91/2003, or to an internal identifier used to identify the record,

    Description: short description of the contents of the field,

    Coding: in tables A2 and A4 certain fields are to be coded according to Annexes J to K of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003. Additional coding rules are noted here. Further explanations and recommendations on coding are provided by Eurostat in the Guidelines for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003,

    Field type: indicates whether the field contains a numeric quantity or a text string, all numeric quantities are to be provided as integers,

    Maximum length: the maximum expected length of the data for a particular field. Data that are too long cannot be loaded,

    Confidentiality flag (FlagC) indicates if the record is considered confidential by the Member State (Council Regulations (EC) No 322/97 (1), Article 13(1) and (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 (2), Article 2),

    Flag of authorisation for dissemination of confidential data (FlagD) indicates if confidential data provided by the Member States can be disseminated (Council Regulations (EC) No 322/97, Article 13(2) and (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90, Article 5(4)). Hence, the Commission is legally permitted to change the Member State’s judgment in well-defined cases. This is done by changing FlagD=1 to FlagD=0 when FlagC=1.

    Dataset for Annex A: Annual statistics on goods transport — detailed reporting

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    A1 to A9

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    Period

    Reference period

    A0

    Text

    2

     

    5

    TransID

    Type of transport

    0

    :

    total transport

    1

    :

    national transport

    2

    :

    international transport — total

    3

    :

    international transport — outgoing

    4

    :

    international transport — incoming

    5

    :

    transit transport

    Text

    1

     

    6

    Goods

    Type of goods

    annex J of the Regulation

    Text

    2

     

    7

    DGoods

    Type of dangerous goods

    annex K of the Regulation

    Text

    3

     

    8

    LDG

    Country of loading

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

    XX

    9

    UNL

    Country of unloading

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

    XX

    10

    Consgmt

    Type of consignment

    1

    :

    full trainloads

    2

    :

    full wagonloads

    3

    :

    other

    9

    :

    unknown

    Text

    1

     

    11

    TTU

    Type of transport Unit

    1

    :

    containers and swap bodies

    2

    :

    semi-trailers (unaccompanied)

    3

    :

    road vehicles (accompanied)

    9

    :

    unknown

    Text

    1

     

    12

    Tonnes

    Total goods transport

    Tonnes

    Numeric

    10

     

    13

    Tkm

    Total goods transport in 1 000 tonne-kilometres

    1 000 Tonnes-km

    Numeric

    10

     

    14

    NbrITU

    Number of Intermodal transport unit

    Number of ITU

    Numeric

    8

     

    15

    TeuITU

    Intermodal transport units carried in TEU

    TEU

    Numeric

    8

     

    16

    TrainKM

    Goods train movement in 1 000 km

    1 000 Train-km

    Numeric

    8

     

    17

    FlagC

    Confidentiality flag

    1

    :

    confidential

    0

    :

    not confidential

    Text

    1

     

    18

    FlagD

    Flag of authorisation for dissemination

    1

    :

    dissemination not authorised

    0

    :

    dissemination authorised

    Text

    1

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex A, each record comprises 18 fields. The following table shows in grey the fields that have to be provided for the different tables of Annex A. The white cells correspond to blank fields in the record. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

     

    DsetID

    Field number

    Field name

    A1

    A2

    A3

    A4

    A5 (3)

    A6

    A7

    A8

    A9

    1

    RCount

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    4

    Period

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    5

    TransID

    *

     

    *

     

     

    *

    *

    *

     

    6

    Goods

     

    *

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    7

    DGoods

     

     

     

    *

     

     

     

     

     

    8

    LDG

     

     

    *

     

     

     

     

     

     

    9

    UNL

     

     

    *

     

     

     

     

     

     

    10

    Consgmt

     

     

     

     

    *

     

     

     

     

    11

    TTU

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    12

    Tonnes

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    13

    Tkm

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    14

    NbrITU

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    15

    TeuITU

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    16

    TrainKM

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    17

    FlagC

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    18

    FlagD

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Dataset for Annex B: Annual statistics on goods transport — simplified reporting

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    B1 to B2

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    Period

    Reference period

    A0

    Text

    2

     

    5

    TransID

    Type of transport

    0

    :

    total transport

    1

    :

    national transport

    2

    :

    international transport — total

    3

    :

    international transport — outgoing

    4

    :

    international transport — incoming

    5

    :

    transit transport

    Text

    1

     

    6

    Tonnes

    Total goods transport

    Tonnes

    Numeric

    10

     

    7

    Tkm

    Total goods transport in 1 000 tonne-kilometres

    1 000 Tonnes-km

    Numeric

    10

     

    8

    TrainKm

    Goods train movement in 1 000 train-km

    1 000 Train-km

    Numeric

    8

     

    9

    FlagC

    Confidentiality flag

    1

    :

    confidential

    0

    :

    not confidential

    Text

    1

     

    10

    FlagD

    Flag of authorisation for dissemination

    1

    :

    dissemination not authorised

    0

    :

    dissemination authorised

    Text

    1

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex B, each record comprises 10 fields. The following table shows in grey the fields that have to be provided for each of the two tables of Annex B. The white cells correspond to blank fields in the record. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

     

    DsetID

    Field number

    Field name

    B1

    B2

    1

    RCount

    *

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    *

    4

    Period

    *

    *

    5

    TransID

    *

     

    6

    Tonnes

     

     

    7

    Tkm

     

     

    8

    TrainKM

     

     

    9

    FlagC

     

     

    10

    FlagD

     

     

    Dataset for Annex C: Annual statistics on passenger transport — detailed reporting

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    C1 to C5

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    Period

    Reference period

    A0

    Text

    2

     

    5

    TransID

    Type of transport

    1

    :

    national transport

    2

    :

    international transport — total

    3

    :

    international transport — outgoing

    4

    :

    international transport — incoming

    Text

    1

     

    6

    LDG

    Country of embarkation

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

    XX

    7

    UNL

    Country of disembarkation

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

    XX

    8

    Pass

    Total passenger transport

    Passengers

    Numeric

    10

     

    9

    Passkm

    Total passenger transport in 1 000 passenger-kilometres

    1 000 pkm

    Numeric

    10

     

    10

    TrainKm

    Passengers train movements in 1 000 train-km

    1 000 Train-km

    Numeric

    8

     

    11

    FlagC

    Confidentiality flag

    1

    :

    confidential

    0

    :

    not confidential

    Text

    1

     

    12

    FlagD

    Flag of authorisation for dissemination

    1

    :

    dissemination not authorised

    0

    :

    dissemination authorised

    Text

    1

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex C, each record comprises of 12 fields. The following table shows in grey the fields that have to be provided for the different tables of Annex C. The white cells correspond to blank fields in the record. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

    Provisional (tables C1 and C2) and final consolidated data (tables C3 and C4) are to be sent at different times following the same structure.

     

    DsetID

    Field Number

    Field name

    C1 (4)

    C2 (4)

    C3 (5)

    C4 (5)

    C5

    1

    RCount

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    4

    Period

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    5

    TransID

    * 1 & 2

    * 3 & 4

    * 1 & 2

    * 3 & 4

     

    6

    LDG

     

    *

     

    *

     

    7

    UNL

     

    *

     

    *

     

    8

    Pass

     

     

     

     

     

    9

    Passkm

     

     

     

     

     

    10

    TrainKM

     

     

     

     

     

    11

    FlagC

     

     

     

     

     

    12

    FlagD

     

     

     

     

     

    Dataset for Annex D: Annual statistics on passenger transport — simplified reporting

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    D1 to D2

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    Period

    Reference period

    A0

    Text

    2

     

    5

    Pass

    Total passenger transport

    Passengers

    Numeric

    10

     

    6

    Passkm

    Total passenger transport in 1 000 passenger-kilometres

    1 000 pkm

    Numeric

    10

     

    7

    TrainKm

    Passenger train movements in 1 000 train-km

    1 000 Train-km

    Numeric

    8

     

    8

    FlagC

    Confidentiality flag

    1

    :

    confidential

    0

    :

    not confidential

    Text

    1

     

    9

    FlagD

    Flag of authorisation for dissemination

    1

    :

    dissemination not authorised

    0

    :

    dissemination authorised

    Text

    1

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex D, each record comprises of 9 fields. The following table shows in grey the fields that have to be provided for each of the two tables of Annex D. The white cells correspond to blank fields in the record. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

     

    DsetID

    Field number

    Field name

    D1

    D2

    1

    RCount

    *

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    *

    4

    Period

    *

    *

    5

    Pass

     

     

    6

    Passkm

     

     

    7

    TrainKM

     

     

    8

    FlagC

     

     

    9

    FlagD

     

     

    Dataset for Annex E: Quarterly statistics on goods and passenger transport

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    E1 to E2

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    Period

    Reference period

    Q1 to Q4

    Text

    2

     

    5

    Tonnes

    Total goods transport

    Tonnes

    Numeric

    10

     

    6

    Tkm

    Total goods transport in 1 000 tonne-kilometres

    1 000 Tonnes-km

    Numeric

    10

     

    7

    Pass

    Total passenger transport

    Passengers

    Numeric

    10

     

    8

    Passkm

    Total passenger transport in 1 000 passenger-kilometres

    1 000 pkm

    Numeric

    10

     

    9

    FlagC

    Confidentiality flag

    1

    :

    confidential

    0

    :

    not confidential

    Text

    1

     

    10

    FlagD

    Flag of authorisation for dissemination

    1

    :

    dissemination not authorised

    0

    :

    dissemination authorised

    Text

    1

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex E, each record comprises 10 fields. The following table shows in grey the fields that have to be provided for each of the two tables of Annex E. The white cells correspond to blank fields in the record. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

     

    DsetID

    Field number

    Field name

    E1

    E2

    1

    RCount

    *

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    *

    4

    Period

    *

    *

    5

    Tonnes

     

     

    6

    Tkm

     

     

    7

    Pass

     

     

    8

    Passkm

     

     

    9

    FlagC

     

     

    10

    FlagD

     

     

    Dataset for Annex H: Statistics on accidents

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    H1 to H4

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    Period

    Reference period

    A0

    Text

    2

     

    5

    AccID

    Type of accident

    1

    :

    Collisions

    2

    :

    Derailments

    3

    :

    Accidents involving level crossings

    4

    :

    Accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion

    5

    :

    Fire in rolling stock

    6

    :

    Others

    7

    :

    Total

    9

    :

    Unknown

    Text

    1

     

    6

    PersID

    Category of person

    1

    :

    Passengers

    2

    :

    Employees

    3

    :

    Others

    4

    :

    Total

    [5: Level-crossing users]

    [6:

    Unauthorised persons on railway premises]

    9

    :

    Unknown

    Text

    1

     

    7

    NbAccSign

    Number of significant accidents

    Number

    Numeric

    8

     

    8

    NbAccInj

    Number of serious injury accidents

    Number

    Numeric

    8

     

    9

    NbAccDGIn

    Number of accident involving the transport of dangerous goods

    Number

    Numeric

    8

     

    10

    NbAccDGRe

    Number of accident releasing dangerous goods

    Number

    Numeric

    8

     

    11

    NbPersK

    Number of persons killed

    Number

    Numeric

    8

     

    12

    NbPersI

    Number of persons seriously injured

    Number

    Numeric

    8

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex H, each record comprises 12 fields. The following table shows in grey the fields that have to be provided for each table of Annex H. The white cells correspond to blank fields in the record. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

    The table contains two further categories of persons that may be required in future: ‘5: Level-crossing users’; and: ‘6: Unauthorised persons on railway premises’.

     

    DsetID

    Field number

    Field name

    H1

    H2

    H3

    H4

    1

    RCount

    *

    *

    *

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    *

    *

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    *

    *

    *

    4

    Period

    *

    *

    *

    *

    5

    AccID

    *

     

    *

    *

    6

    PersID

     

     

    *

    *

    7

    NbAccSign

     

     

     

     

    8

    NbAccInj (6)

     

     

     

     

    9

    NbAccDGIn

     

     

     

     

    10

    NbAccDGRe

     

     

     

     

    11

    NbPersK

     

     

     

     

    12

    NbPersI

     

     

     

     

    Dataset for Annex I

    Field number

    Field name

    Description

    Coding

    Field type

    Max length

    Specific codes for missing values

    1

    RCount

    Reporting country

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

     

    2

    DsetID

    Dataset identifier

    I1

    Text

    2

     

    3

    Year

    Year of the dataset

    4 digits

    Text

    4

     

    4

    UCode

    Undertaking code (constant over years)

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for the United Kingdom + 3-digit number

    Text

    5

    XX

    5

    UName

    Name of undertaking

     

    Text

    100

     

    6

    CountID

    Country in which undertaking is based

    ISO-3166-alpha2 nomenclature except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    Text

    2

    XX

    7

    IntFret

    Freight transport activity: international

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    8

    Natfret

    Freight transport activity: national

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    9

    Intpass

    passenger transport activity: international

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    10

    Natpass

    passenger transport activity: national

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    11

    DsetA

    Data included in Annex A

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    12

    DsetB

    Data included in Annex B

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    13

    DsetC

    Data included in Annex C

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    14

    DsetD

    Data included in Annex D

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    15

    DsetE

    Data included in Annex E

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    16

    DsetF

    Data included in Annex F

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    17

    DsetG

    Data included in Annex G

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    18

    DsetH

    Data included in Annex H

    1

    :

    YES

    0

    :

    NO

    Text

    1

     

    19

    Tonnes

    Total freight transport (in tonnes)

    Tonnes

    Numeric

    10

     

    20

    Tkm

    Total freight transport (1 000 tkm)

    1 000 Tonne-kilometre

    Numeric

    10

     

    21

    Pass

    Total passenger transport (in passenger)

    Number of passengers

    Numeric

    10

     

    22

    Passkm

    Total passenger transport (1 000 passenger-km)

    1 000 passenger-km

    Numeric

    10

     

    In the flat file containing the data for Annex I, each record comprises of 22 fields. The following table shows all fields in grey because there is only one table in Annex I. Optional fields may be left empty. An asterisk indicates a key field. The combination of the values of the key fields for a record must constitute a unique key value within the file. If duplicate key values are found, the file will not be loaded correctly.

    Field number

    Field name

    DsetID I1

    1

    RCount

    *

    2

    DsetID

    *

    3

    Year

    *

    4

    UCode

    *

    5

    UName (7)

     

    6

    CountID

     

    7

    IntFret

     

    8

    Natfret

     

    9

    Intpass

     

    10

    Natpass

     

    11

    DsetA

     

    12

    DsetB

     

    13

    DsetC

     

    14

    DsetD

     

    15

    DsetE

     

    16

    DsetF

     

    17

    DsetG

     

    18

    DsetH

     

    19

    Tonnes (8)

     

    20

    Tkm (9)

     

    21

    Pass (10)

     

    22

    Passkm (11)

     

    3.   MISSING VALUES

    For certain fields, Eurostat may recommend the use of specific codes for missing values or other special values (see column ‘specific codes for missing values’).

    Additional information is provided in the Guidelines for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003.

    4.   ALTERNATIVE STANDARD FORMATS

    Member States may use other standard formats which support the abovementioned data structures, where these are proposed by Eurostat.

    5.   VALIDATION OF DATA BY EUROSTAT

    Eurostat will apply some validation checks to the data transmitted by Member States, before the data are loaded into the production database. Where a significant number of records fail these checks, Eurostat will notify the Member State of the records in error and indicate the reasons for non-acceptance. The Member State will be requested to rectify the errors noted and then to re-submit the complete dataset (not just the records that were in error). This procedure is necessary in order to guarantee the correctness of the data within and between different datasets.

    6.   NAMING OF DATASET FILE

    The following file naming convention must be used:

    RAIL_annex_frequency_CC_YYYY_period[_OptionalField].format ’ where:

    RAIL

    For RAIL data

    Annex

    Dataset identification (i.e. Annex of the Regulation):

    A

    :

    Annual statistics on goods transport — detailed reporting

    B

    :

    Annual statistics on goods transport — simplified reporting

    C

    :

    Annual statistics on passenger transport — detailed reporting

    D

    :

    Annual statistics on passenger transport — simplified reporting

    E

    :

    Quarterly statistics on goods and passenger transport

    F

    :

    Regional statistics on goods and passenger transport

    G

    :

    Statistics on traffic flows on the rail network

    H

    :

    Statistics on accidents

    I

    :

    List of Railway undertakings

    Frequency

    A for Annual

    Q for Quarterly

    5 for every five years

    CC

    Reporting country: use ISO3166-alpha2 except ‘UK’ for United Kingdom

    YYYY

    Year of reference (e.g. 2004)

    Period

    ‘0000’ for Annual

    ‘0001’ for the first quarter

    ‘0002’ for the second quarter

    ‘0003’ for the third quarter

    ‘0004’ for the fourth quarter

    ‘0005’ for quinquennial

    [_OptionalField]

    Can contain any chain of 1 to 220 characters (only ‘A’ to ‘Z’, ‘0’ to ‘9’ or ‘_’ are allowed). This field is not interpreted by Eurostat tools.

    .format

    File format: ( e.g. ‘CSV’ for Comma Separated Value, ‘GES’ for GESMES)

    One file has to be sent for each annex of the Regulation and period.

    Example:

    The file ‘RAIL_E_Q_FR_2004_0002.csv’ is the data file that contains the data from France for Annex E of the Regulation, covering the second quarter of the year 2004.

    7.   TRANSMISSION METHOD

    Data shall be transmitted or uploaded by electronic means to the single entry point for data at Eurostat. This method assures the secure transmission of confidential data.


    (1)   OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1.

    (2)   OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.

    (3)  Table A5 is an optional table.

    (4)  Provisional data.

    (5)  Final consolidated data.

    (6)  Number of serious injury accidents (NbAccInj) is an optional variable in table H1.

    (7)  Name of undertaking (UName) is an optional variable.

    (8)  Total freight transport (in tonnes) is an optional variable.

    (9)  Total freight transport (in 1 000 tkm) (Tkm) is an optional variable.

    (10)  Total passenger transport (in passengers) (Pass) is an optional variable.

    (11)  Total passenger transport (in 1 000 pkm) (Passkm) is an optional variable.


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