Dangerous goods carried by railway transport

National Statistical Institute

"Short-term Business Statistics and Transport Statistics" Department

Marin Toshev

State expert

2, P.Volov Str. Sofia 1038, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+ 359 9857 190

Data refers to transported goods in tons and transport performance in tkm for different types dangerous goods by the railway transport between two places (place of loading and place of unloading).

Annex K, Regulation (EC) 91/2003 - Classification of dangerous goods.

Covers all types of dangerous goods covered in International Classification of dangerous goods - ADR.

Dangerous goods ? explosives, flammable, toxic and other dangerous goods.

National undertakings licensed for performing goods carriages by railway transport.

Railway undertakings licensed for carriages of goods with transport performance over 500 million tkm per year.

Transported dangerous goods at national territory or/and between two countries - country of loading and country of unloading.

Since 2005

Not applicable.

Tones, tonne-kilometres

Year

Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics.

Not applicable.

Individual data are not disseminated

Aggregated data are published.

Data are published according to the deadlines set in the National statistical program and the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://old.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data are published on the internet site of NSI and can be accessed from all users of statistical information.

Annually

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Data on dangerous goods carried are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Transport and Communications - Other annual data -Transport - Railway transport: https://old.nsi.bg/en/node/7193

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Reference Manual on Railway Transport Statistics issued by Eurostat.

Not applicable.

According to Law on Statistics the respondents should provide accurate information.

Logical control of the received data.

Different organizations and specialized in the sector enterprises.

Not applicable.

According to requirements of Regulation 91/2003/EO.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

According to the set deadlines.

Data are sent to Eurostat 5 month after the reference period.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Cost and Burden for the survey are defined according the National Statistical Program for each reference year.

Data control and validation.

It is allowed by changes in the methodology or mistakes.

The information is from survey of enterprises with main activity according to NACE BG 2008 - Class 49.20 Freight rail transport.

Annual

The survey is exhaustive.

By necessity validation checks of transmitted data series are made.

Aggregated individual data from the railway undertakings.

Not applicable.