MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to

MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 18 – Statistics Bilateral screening: Chapter 18 PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO Luxembourg, June 2013

Chapter 18: STATISTICS Working Group for Chapter 18 – Statistics Bilateral screening: Chapter 18 Presentation of Montenegro Luxembourg, 23 -24 June 2013 MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 18: Statistics

Chapter 18: STATISTICS FATS– 3. 01. 04 Current situation: Ø MONSTAT in 2012 have conducted a pilot survey of foreign affiliates statistics for 2011 Ø From this year , the survey has been introduced as a regular. Ø The survey is harmonized with the Regulation 716/2010, as well as other related regulations such as: Regulation 747/2008, Regulation 364/2008 and Regulation 834/2009 MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 18: Statistics

STATISTICS Chapter 18: FATS– 3. 01. 04 Current situation (cont. ): Ø MONSTAT covered surveys: 1. OFATS, and 2. IFATS OFATS data – questionnaire ü Covered statistical units are all foreign enterprises controlled by institutional units with residence in the country. ü Frame used for OFATS was register of foreign direct investments - Central Bank. MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 18: Statistics

Chapter 18: STATISTICS FATS– 3. 01. 04 Current situation (cont. ): 2. IFATS data – compilation ü Data on IFATS statistics were collected through structural business statistics survey. ü Available variables - turnover, production value, value added at factors costs, total purchase of goods and services, purchase of goods and services for resale, personal costs. MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 18: Statistics

Chapter 18: STATISTICS FATS– 3. 01. 04 Future plans: Ø Conduct survey for IFATS Ø Preparing sample frame from Business Register Ø Survey coverage will be: ü enterprises operating with foreign capital ü enterprises with more than 10 employees, ü all activities of NACE Rev. 2 in sectors B - N, except sector K Ø The variables in this survey are in line with requirements in Regulation 747/2008 MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 18: Statistics

STATISTICS Chapter 18: FATS– 3. 01. 04 Future plans (cont. ): Ø MONSTAT will start with FATS data transmission via e. Damis Ø First transmission is expected for the following data sets: Data sets Code Timeliness Available 1 BOP and FATS BOP_FATS_A t+20 August 2014 2 Geographical breakdown on level 2 combined with activities SBSFATS_1 GA 1_A t+20 August 2014 3 Geographical breakdown on level 3 combined with business economy SBSFATS_1 GB 1_A t+20 August 2014 MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 18: Statistics

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