TEU declaration for intermodal transport units (ITUs) Anna BIAŁAS-MOTYL 2-3 April 2009 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1

Number of ITUs and their TEU in tables A7&A8 TTU (Type of Transport Unit): 1 – containers and swap bodies 2 – semi-trailers 3 – road vehicles 9 – unknown intermodal transport units DSETID RCOUNT* PERIOD TRANSID TTU YEAR* NBRITU TEUITU A7 XX A00 1 XXXX 390 996 621 636 2 5 362 10 558 3 9 Methodology 13-Jul-07 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1

Written consultation on the TEUs data provisions Written consultation launched by Eurostat with the two proposals: for data already in the production database: the TEU figures for ITU types 2, 3, 9 should be changed by Eurostat into empty (blank) fields and disseminated as '–' (not applicable) for future data provisions (in tables A7 and A8 ): countries should leave empty (blank) the TEU figures for ITU types 2, 3 and 9 in order to disseminate '–' (not applicable) Results of the consultation: Out 28 countries, 19 countries provided feedback on this consultation Out 19 countries, answers provided: 17 countries agreed with both proposals 1 country agreed with the second proposal only 1 country agreed with the first proposal only 13-Jul-07 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1

Examples of extractions from Eurostat dissemination database 13-Jul-07 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1

Consequences on future data provisions Two new validation rules will generate the following text whenever a problem is detected: “TEUITU must be present in Tables A7 and A8 when TTU=1” — wherever the countries provide a null TEU value for “Containers and swap bodies” “TEUITU must be empty in Tables A7 and A8 for the TTU= 2, 3 or 9” — wherever the countries do not provide a null TEU value for types of transport other than “Containers and swap bodies” 13-Jul-07 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1

Summary For any future data provisions on TEU (Tables A7 & A8): both, the number and TEU should be provided for TTU=1 number of units and empty field for TEU should be provided for TTU=2, 3, 9 Eurostat intends to consult the countries on the possible changes to the data collection on ITUs (e.g. the feasibility of supplying additional data on ITU=2, 3, 9 carrying containers and swap bodies). 13-Jul-07 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1

Thank you for your attention ! 2-3 April 2009 Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics Agenda point: 9 Doc Rail-2009-8_1