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European Occupational Diseases Statistics Manual – 2025 edition

This manual provides essential guidance for the harmonised collection and reporting of occupational diseases data across EU and EFTA countries, supporting Eurostat’s European Occupational Diseases...

Backcasting manual – 2025 edition

This publication provides guidance to producers of official statistics that need to produce consistent historical time series for an updated classification. It gives an overview of methods that can...

Guidance on cross-border electricity trade and related market mechanisms in balance of payment statistics – 2025 edition

This note provides BPM6-based guidance on recording cross-border electricity trade, transmission rights, congestion income, and balancing in BOP. It clarifies classification, proposes estimation...

Healthcare non-expenditure statistics manual and guidelines for completing the Joint questionnaire on non-monetary healthcare statistics – 2025 edition

The purpose of this publication is to support Member States in completing the OECD, Eurostat, WHO Europe Joint Questionnaire on Non-Monetary Healthcare Statistics (JQNMHC) in line with Commission...

European business statistics methodological manual for business demography statistics – 2025 edition

This is the first edition of the European Business Statistics Methodological Manual for Business Demography Statistics. It contains guidance for compiling and interpreting comparable and harmonised...

NACE Rev. 2.1 – Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Union – 2025 edition

This publication provides guidance to statistics producers on the classification of economic activities according to NACE Rev. 2.1. At the same time, it allows statistics users to better understand...

Guidelines for statistical disclosure control methods applied on geo-referenced data – 2025 edition

Users of official statistics are often interested in aggregates for small geographic areas, but publishing such aggregates may violate confidentiality. These guidelines help practitioners of...

Causes of death statistics manual – 2025 edition

The manual is primarily aimed at national experts engaged in the production of causes of death statistics transmitted to Eurostat. The purpose is to provide information on the statistical...

European business statistics geonomenclature applicable to European statistics on international trade in goods – 2025 edition

The purpose of this publication is to provide the compilers and users of European statistics on international trade in goods with sound information on the nomenclature used to classify the...

Methodologies used in road freight transport surveys in Member States, EFTA and 3 Candidate countries – 2025 edition

The present document describes the methods used by Member States, candidate and EFTA countries in their surveys on road freight transport statistics. Part I describes national methodologies for...