1. 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 _1

2. 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 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 _1

3. 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 _1

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

5. 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 _1

6. 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 _1

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