1. 1 Short-term Statistics (STS) of Service Activities in SORS Iris Rošker SORS, Service Statistics Department

2. 2 Two main viewpoints of the presentation 1.Results of STS-surveys as a basis for the calculation of the EU aggregate; 2.Review of results of STS-surveys on service activities in Slovenia

3. 3 1 Results of STS-surveys as a basis for the EU aggregate 1.1 Joining the European processes; 1.2 Scope of STS-statistics on service activities; 1.3 Inquiries within STS-statistics on service activities; 1.4 Significance of the length of the data series and base year.

4. 4 1.1 Joining the European processes Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 with the Amendment to the CR provides guidelines for conducting of STS-statistics, for example: Methodology, Data processing, Timeliness and other components of the EU countries STS-statistics results.

5. 5 1.2 Scope of STS-statistics on service activities Widely, STS-statistics on service activities in SORS includes: Retail trade and motor trade statistics; Hotels and restaurants statistics; Other service statistics.

6. 6 1.3 Inquiries within STS-statistics on service activities Monthly statistics on turnover and persons working in the enterprises comprises three surveys, regarding the main activity of the enterprise: TRG/M - retail trade and motor trade activities; GO/M - hotels and restaurants activities; STOR/M - supporting and auxiliary transport activities, travel agencies, post and telecommunications, computer and related activ., enterprise activities, other service activities.

7. 7 1.4 Significance of the length of the data series and base year Significance of the length of the data series regarding the further processing of the results, e.g. working-day adjustment and seasonal adjustment (at least 3-5 years); Significance of the determination of the base year - in order to be able to calculate the EU aggregate.

8. 8 2. Review of turnover fluctuations in STS service activities The fluctuation of turnover (excl. VAT) in the following activities: 2.1 Retail trade; 2.2 Motor trade; 2.3 Hotels and restaurants; 2.4 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities and travel agencies; 2.5 Post and telecommunications; 2.6 Computer and related activities; 2.7 Enterprise activities; 2.8 Other service activities.

9. 9 2.1 Volume of turnover in retail trade

10. 10 2.2 Volume of turnover in motor trade

11. 11 2.3 Volume of turnover in hotels and restaurants

12. 12 2.4 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities and activities of travel agencies

13. 13 2.5 Post and telecommunications

14. 14 2.6 Computer and related activities

15. 15 2.7 Enterprise activities

16. 16 2.8 Other service activities

17. 17 Further implementation of STS- statistics on service activities includes Harmonization with the regulation, regarding the newly included activities (e.g. land transport, transport via pipelines, water transport, air transport); Working-day adjustment and seasonal adjustment of some at present too short data series; Collecting of information on deflators for some service activities; Quality assessment and increasing of quality of the data; Shortening of time for the data publishing and automation of the data dissemination process.