1. Conclusions Working Group Rail Transport Statistics 9 – 10 November 2011
Ruxandra Roman Enescu

2. Conclusions (1) Point 4 (Data availability and mirror checks)
It has to be a single interpretation of the legal act and
its definitions and methodology
Countries have to ensure that data providers have the right
understanding on how to report
Where mirror checks show important differences (% in correlation
with the absolute values),
- Eurostat encourages the MS to discuss bilaterally
- If problems linked with the interpretation of the definitions
and/or methodology are detected, countries are kindly
requested to inform Eurostat
- In such cases, Eurostat will take the lead to solve
these issues in collaboration with the MS (eg. Task Force)

3. Conclusions (2) Point 5 – Intermodal Conclusions
Eurostat will compile all comments received a.s.a.p
The document will be send to all participants
for quick comments/approval
The updated version will be included in the report
for the CGST in December 2011

4. Conclusions (3) Point 7.1 – Changes in the legislation 91/2003
Deleting simplify reporting (annex B and D)
Deleting Annex I
New Annexes X

5. Conclusions (4) Member States should report for:
- all undertakings having a total volume of freight transport being more than 200 million tonne-km or more than tonnes.
- all undertakings having a total volume of passenger transport being more than 100 million passenger-km.

6. Conclusions (5) New Article 4 Data collection
The statistics to be collected are set out in the Annexes to this Regulation.
They shall cover the following types of data:
(a) annual statistics on goods transport — detailed reporting (Annex A);
(b) annual statistics on passenger transport — detailed reporting (Annex C);
(c) quarterly statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex E);
(d) regional statistics on goods and passenger transport (Annex F);
statistics on traffic flows on the rail network (Annex G);
2. Member States may use an optional reporting as alternatives to the normal detailed reporting set out in Annexes A and C. In particular, for undertakings having a total volume of freight transport being less than 200 million tonne-km and less than tonnes the reporting should be optional. For undertakings having a total volume of passenger transport being less than 100 million passenger-km the reporting should be optional.

7. Level of transport activity
ANNEX X 1
Level of transport activity
List of variables and units of measurement
Total number of railway undertakings
Goods transported in:
— total tonnes
— total tonne-km
Goods train movements in:
— total train-km
Reference period
Year
Frequency
Every year
Deadline for transmission of data
Five months after end of reference period
First reference period
20XX
Notes
Only for undertakings with total volume of freight transport less than 200 million tonne-km and less than tonnes and not reporting under Annex A (detailed reporting)
9-10 November 2011
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point 7.1 7

8. Level of transport activity
ANNEX X2
Level of transport activity
List of variables and units of measurement
Total number of railway undertakings
Passengers transported in:
— total number of passengers
— total passenger-km
Passenger train movements in:
— total train-km
Reference period
Year
Frequency
Every year
Deadline for transmission of data
Eight months after end of reference period
First reference period
20XX
Notes
Only for undertakings with total volume of passenger transport less than 100 million passenger-km and not reporting under Annex C (detailed reporting)
9-10 November 2011
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point 7.1 8

9. Conclusions (5) Point 7.1 – Changes in the legislation Annex C
deleting C1 and C2 tables
New deadline: 8 months instead of 14 months
Deleting Annex H
Include the “rail freight waybill”, into the Regulation

10. Conclusions (6) Point 7.2 – Developments
The WG agreed to extend the mandate for the Task Force to evaluate the possibility to obtain data for: Distance classes, High speed trains, GHG emissions, Transit data in passenger transport
Composition of the TF – NL, the UK, DE, Fr (to be contacted
Other MS willing to participate, pls. contact Franz
Point 9 – revision of error margins
The WG adopted the revised error margins
Eurostat will update the Guidelines with the new error margins
Revised approach for the values <10 (similar with the approach adopted for annex H)

11. Transport unit – contact information
Processes
Road freight -
Rail –
Inland Waterways -
Maritime –
Aviation –
Common questionnaire -
Regional statistics –

12. Transport unit – contact information
Projects
TRIS –
Intermodal –
Modal split indicators -
Transport safety –
Emissions by Transport sector - and
Secretariat:
Head of Unit: