1. COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT
(CGST)
3 – 4 December 2012
Conclusions

2. Conclusions (1)
Item 3 – Recent developments in the EU transport policies
DG MOVE informed the CGST about the growing importance of transport policies and the consequences in terms of data needs:
data on urban mobility
modal split by distance for both passenger and freight transport
Detailed GHG emissions data for transport
Item 4 –Eurostat priorities and organisational changes in Transport unit
CGST took note of the recent developments at Eurostat level, the changes in responsibilities inside the Transport unit and its priorities for 2013
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

3. Conclusions Item 5.1 – Road freight Conclusion:
CGST was informed on main topics related to Road freight transport statistics and the conclusions of the recent Working Group
Adoption of the Regulation 70/2012 (recast)
Provision of the supplementary tables A, C, D, E is cancelled
Dissemination tables include a new distance class for 300 km
On-going development of an anonymisation method for the road freight micro data
Conclusion:
At the request of the MS, Eurostat will compile and provide the D tables for previous years: 2008, 2007
Eurostat will investigate possibilities to improve the quality of cabotage data
Eurostat will introduce the 300 km distance classes for the reference year 2012 – distribution of the tables to the countries in summer 2013
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

4. Conclusions Item 5.2 – Rail
The CGST took note of the recent developments since the last CGST
There are still countries which did not provide annexes F and G
The error margins to detect suspicious growth rates will be modified
The Guideliness document has been updated in 2012
Ongoing work for the amending Regulation
Based on the informal consultation, some countries have provided their comments in written and during the meeting:
Support for the technical changes
Reservations were raised for the delegated acts and on essential/non-essential elements when it comes to Transport legal acts.
Conclusion: Eurostat will consult the legal service and will modify the text based on the Road freight Regulation. The new draft text will be distributed to the countries
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

5. Conclusions Item 5.3 Inland Waterways
Eurostat presented the on-going work on this domain and planned activities for 2013
Data are provided within the legal requirements
The mirror checks exercise has shown an improvement for the countries with higher traffic volumes
Planned task force for 2013
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

6. Conclusions Item 5.4 Maritime
The CGST took note of the main activities in this domain and main conclusions of the Working Group held in June 2012
First Eurostat delegated act was adopted beginning of 2012 (changes were the result of the work of the TF on Maritime and approved by the WG on Maritime)
Eurostat will start the preparation of a new codified list of ports (countries that have not finalised the harmonisation are urged to do so by the end of 2012)
Gentlemen agreement – ports handling less than 1000 tonnes and 200 passengers annually will no longer be required to report
Proposal from the NL on sharing port to port mirror data on a quarterly basis (no extra work for the countries):
Conclusion: NL proposal was adopted as a general extension of the existing gentlemen's agreement, following the same criteria as for the annual port to port checks:
It is voluntary for countries to participate in these quarterly mirror checks
All concerned countries have to agree to the scope and detail of the tables before quarterly mirror data is shared between countries (taking into account specific concerns regarding confidentiality agreements with ports, the use of estimates in the quarterly data etc.)
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

7. Conclusions Item 5.5 Aviation Item 5.6 – Common Questionnaire
The CGST took note of the work carried out in this domain and on the use of the transport air data for the calculation of emissions using data sources made available by Eurocontrol
Item 5.6 – Common Questionnaire
The CGST was informed about:
Data reception status
The results of the Task Force on streamlining the pilot questionnaires
Different inconsistencies between the CQ and RegWeb
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

8. Conclusions Item 5.7 Regional
The CGST took note of the recent developments as concerns the Regional questionnaire
From 2012 data collection is provided under REGWeb via eDAMIS
RegWeb under TRIS in updated version of the Guidelines was provided to the national data providers
Improvements foreseen for the validation rules
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

9. Conclusions Point 6 Dissemination Point 7.1 Emissions from Transport
The CGST was informed about Eurostat dissemination policy with Statistics Explained playing a central role and the new channel for dissemination used by Eurostat
Point 7.1 Emissions from Transport
The CGST took note of the main objectives of this project that on the basis of available transport statistics will develop a bottom up approach for climate change policy assessment and modelling
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

10. Conclusions Point 7.2 Modal Split Indicators
The CGST was informed on the on-going work to produce MSI by distance classes for the 5 transport modes at EU level
Point 7.3 Anonymisation of Road freight micro data
The analytical importance and sensitivity of RF survey variables was presented
The proposed anonymisation scheme was presented
MS will provide final comments (if any) on the proposed method. Following this consultation the method will be considered final.
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

11. Conclusions Point 7.4 Transport Safety
The CGST took note of the progress in the Safety project
The Memorandum of Understanding with ERA was signed; with DG MOVE is in an advance stage; for EASA and EMSA work is ongoing
Point 7.5 IT and Standardisation
The CGST was informed that
Genedi is on phase out and should not be used anymore for creating and sending gesmes formatted files. Unitl SDMX is available the CSV format can be used to send data
Mode by mode the SDMX standard will be introduced for data exchange.
COORDINATING GROUP FOR STATISTICS ON TRANSPORT (CGST) , 3 – 4 December 2012

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