Commission Regulation (EC) No 772/2005Show full title

ANNEX II TECHNICAL FORMAT

1. THE FORM OF THE DATA

The data are sent as a set of records of which a large part describes the characteristics of the data (country, year, economic activity etc.). The data itself is a number which can be linked to flags and explanatory footnotes. Confidential data should be sent with the true value being recorded in the value field and a flag indicating the nature of the confidential data being added to the record.

2. RECORD STRUCTURE

Records are made up of fields of variable length separated by semi-colons (;). The maximum expected length is shown in the table for your information. In order from left to right they are:

Field	Type	Maximum length	Values
Series	A	3	Alphanumeric code of the series (see list below).
Year	A	4	Year in four characters e.g. 2003.
Country	A	6	Country code (see list below).
Type of production	A	3	To distinguish Maximum Possible Production from the Actual Production (only used for the statistics on capacity) or to distinguish the type of plant (plant for load preparation, rolling mill departments, blast furnaces and electric iron making furnaces, electricity generating stations, melting shops, other plant) (only used for the statistics on fuel and energy consumption).
Variable	A	4	Variable code. The codes laid down in Regulation (EC) No 48/2004 on the production of annual Community statistics on the steel industry for the reference years 2003-2009 have 4 characters (see list below).
Data value	N	12	Numeric value of the data expressed as a whole number without decimal places.
Confidentiality flag	A	1	A, B, C, D: indicates that the data are confidential and the reason for that confidentiality (see list below). A blank space indicates non-confidential data.
Dominance	N	3	A numeric value less than or equal to 100. This indicates the percentage dominance of one or two enterprises which dominate the data and make it confidential. The value is rounded to the nearest whole number: e.g. 90,3 becomes 90, 94,50 becomes 95. This field is blank for non-confidential data. This field is only used when the confidentiality flags B or C are used in the previous field.
Units of data values	A	4	Codes for indicating the units.

3. DESCRIPTION OF THE FIELDS

3.1. The type of series

Series type	Code
Yearly statistics on the steel and cast iron scrap balance sheet	S10
Annual statistics on the Fuel and Energy Consumption broken down by type of plant	S2A
Annual statistics on the Balance Sheet for Electrical Energy in the Steel Industry	S2B
Enquiry on Investments in the Iron and Steel Industry	S3A
Annual statistics on capacity	S3B

3.2. Countries

Country	Code
Belgium	BE
Czech Republic	CZ
Denmark	DK
Germany	DE
Estonia	EE
Greece	GR
Spain	ES
France	FR
Ireland	IE
Italy	IT
Cyprus	CY
Latvia	LV
Lithuania	LT
Luxembourg	LU
Hungary	HU
Malta	MT
Netherlands	NL
Austria	AT
Portugal	PT
Poland	PL
Slovenia	SI
Slovakia	SK
Finland	FI
Sweden	SE
United Kingdom	UK
Iceland	IS
Liechtenstein	LI
Norway	NO
Switzerland	CH

3.3. Type of production or type of plant

Type of production	Code
Maximum possible production	MPP
Actual production (optional)	ACP
Type of plant
Plant for load preparation	PLP
Rolling mill departments	RMD
Blast furnaces and electric iron making furnaces	FRN
Electricity generating stations	EGS
Melting shops	MLS
Other plant	OTH

3.4. Variables and unit of data value

Code	Title	Unit of data value
	Steel and Cast Iron Scrap Balance Sheet	Metric tonnes
1010	Stocks on first day of year	MTON
1020	Arising within the works	MTON
1030	Receipts (1031 + 1032 + 1033)	MTON
1031	from home sources	MTON
1032	from Community countries	MTON
1033	from third countries	MTON
1040	Total available (1010 + 1020 + 1030)	MTON
1050	Consumption total …	MTON
1051	… of which electric furnaces	MTON
1052	… of which stainless scrap	MTON
1060	Deliveries	MTON
1070	Stocks on last day of year (1040 – 1050 – 1060)	MTON
	Fuel and Energy Consumption
2010	Solid fuels (2011 + 2012)	MTON
2011	Coke	MTON
2012	Other solid fuels	MTON
2020	Liquid fuels	MTON
2030	Gas (2031 + 2032 + 2033 + 2034)	GJ
2031	Blast furnace gas	GJ
2032	Coke oven gas	GJ
2033	Converter gas	GJ
2034	Other gas	GJ
2040	External deliveries of blast furnace gas	GJ
2050	External deliveries of converter gas	GJ
	Annual statistics on the Balance Sheet for Electrical Energy in the Steel Industry	MWh
3100	Resources (3101 + 3102)	MWh
3101	Gross production	MWh
3102	Receipts from outside	MWh
3200	Used (3210 + 3220 + 3230)	MWh
3210	Consumption by plant (3211 + 3212 + 3213 + 3214 + 3215 + 3216 + 3217)	MWh
3211	Sinter plant and plant for preparation of burden	MWh
3212	Blast furnaces and electric iron making furnaces	MWh
3213	Electric melting shops and continuing casting	MWh
3214	Other melting shops and continuing casting	MWh
3215	Rolling mill departments	MWh
3216	Electricity generating stations	MWh
3217	Other plant	MWh
3220	Deliveries to outside	MWh
3230	Losses	MWh

Monetary data must be expressed in thousands of euros for euro zone countries and in thousands of national currencies for countries outside the euro area.

Code	Title	Unit of data value
	Investment expenditure in the Iron and Steel Industry	Thousands of euros or thousands of national currency
4010	Coking plant	KEUR or KNC
4020	Plant for load preparation	KEUR or KNC
4030	Plant for iron making and ferro-alloys (including blast furnaces)	KEUR or KNC
4040	Steelworks melting shops	KEUR or KNC
4041	of which electric	KEUR or KNC
4050	Continuous casting	KEUR or KNC
4060	Rolling mills (4061 + 4062 + 4063 + 4064)	KEUR or KNC
4061	Flat products	KEUR or KNC
4062	Long products	KEUR or KNC
4063	Cold wide strip mills	KEUR or KNC
4064	Coating installations	KEUR or KNC
4070	Other plant	KEUR or KNC
4100	General total (4010 + 4020 + 4030 + 4040 + 4050 + 4060 + 4070)	KEUR or KNC
4200	Of which to combat pollution	KEUR or KNC
	Maximum Possible Production in the Iron and Steel Industry (Capacity)	1 000 tonnes per year
5010	Coke	1 000
5020	Load preparation	1 000
5030	Pig iron and ferro-alloys	1 000
5040	Crude steel	1 000
5041	of which electric	1 000
5042	of which used in continuous casting	1 000
5050	Products obtained directly by hot rolling (5051 + 5052)	1 000
5051	Flat products	1 000
5052	Long products	1 000
5060	Products obtained from hot rolling products (excluding coated products)	1 000
5061	of which products obtained by cold rolling	1 000
5070	Coated products	1 000

3.5. Confidentiality flags

Member States are asked to clearly indicate confidential data using the flags listed below:

Reason for confidentiality	Flag
Too few enterprises	A
One enterprise dominates the data	B
Two enterprises dominate the data	C
Confidential data due to secondary confidentiality	D

4. EXAMPLES OF RECORDS

Example 1

S10;2003;DE;;1010;12345;;;MTON

As far as the yearly statistics on the steel and cast iron scrap balance sheet is concerned, the stocks on 1.1.2003 in Germany was 12 345 metric tonnes. These data were not confidential.

Example 2

S3B;2003;SK;MPP;5010;12000;;;MTON

As far as the annual statistics on capacity are concerned, the maximal possible production of Coke in Slovakia in 2003 was 12 000 tonnes. These data were not confidential.

Example 3

S3B;2003;ES;ACP;5040;12000;B;95;MTON

As far as the annual statistics on capacity are concerned, the actual production of crude steel in Spain in 2003 was 12 000 tonnes. These data were confidential, as one enterprise dominated the data and represented 95 % of the production.

5. ELECTRONIC FORM

Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data and metadata required by this Regulation in an electronic format compliant with an interchange standard proposed by the Commission (Eurostat).