Regarding Regional Statistics, the Council of Ministers Decision of 2002/4720 Concerning

12- STATISTICS

Regarding regional statistics, the Council of Ministers Decision of 2002/4720 concerning the Definition of Classification of Regional Units for Statistics in Turkey, which will enable the collection of relevant data compatible with the Union’s NUTS criteria, was published in the Official Gazette on 22 September 2002, nNo.: 24884 on 22 September 2002.

lLaw no: 4651 of 25 April 2001 amending the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey’s (CBRT) Law No 1211, corresponding to the Guideline of the European Central Bank of 11 May 2000 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of balance-of-payments statistics, the international reserves template and international investment position statistics, was published in the Official Gazette on 5 May 2001, No.: 24393 on 5 May 2001, and has entered into force on the same day. This amendment authorizes the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey to request and collect all statistical information relating to balance of payments statistics directly from banks, other financial institutions and persons.

lLaw nNo.: 4651 amending the lLaw of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has also maintained harmonisation with the Council Regulation No 2533/98/EC of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank . With this amendment, authority was given to the CBRT to collect statistical information not only from banks but also from other financial institutions in order to monitor the financial markets.

The same amendment in the lLaw has also maintained harmonisation with Regulation No 2819/98/EC of the European Central Bank of 1 December 1998 concerning consolidated balance sheets of the monetary and financial institutions sector.

Law No. 4904 on Turkish Employment Organization, corresponding to Commission Regulation No 1924/1999/EC, Commission Regulation No 1897/2000/EC, Council Regulation No 577/98/EC and Commission Regulation No 1925/1999/EC regarding labour force statistics, was published in the Official Gazette on 22 September 2002, nNo.: 25159 on 5 July 2003.

The list of secondary legislation promulgated on statistics after the publication of the Council Decision of 8 March 2001 on the Accession Partnership with the Republic of Turkey is enclosed as Annex 12.1.

I- PRIORITY LIST

PRIORITY 12.1 Data Security and Statistical Confidentiality

PRIORITY 12.2 Classifications

PRIORITY 12.3 Registers

PRIORITY 12.4 Statistics Oon Economic Activities of Enterprises

PRIORITY 12.5 Population and Demographic Statistics

PRIORITY 12.6 Statistics Related Tto the Labour Force, Wages, Labour Costs and Structure of Earnings

Task 12.6.1 Labour Force Statistics

Task 12.6.2 Statistics on Wages, Labour Costs Aand Structure of Earnings

PRIORITY 12.7 Health, Safety Aand Consumer Protection

Task 12.7.1 Alignment with the Legislation on Public Health

Task 12.7.2 Alignment with the Legislation on Health and Safety at Work

PRIORITY 12.8 Annual Economic Accounts, Quarterly Aand Environmental Accounts, Monitoring and Resources

PRIORITY 12.9 Financial Accounts

PRIORITY 12.10 Prices

PRIORITY 12.11 Energy and Raw Materials

PRIORITY 12.12 Transport

Task 12.12.1 Road Transport

Task 12.12.2 Road Accidents

Task 12.12.3 Railway Transport

Task 12.12.4 Air Transport

Task 12.12.5 Maritime Transport

PRIORITY 12.13 Tourism

Task 12.13.1 Elimination of Classification Differences in the Certification of Touristic Facilities by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Bby Local Governments

Task 12.13.2 Conducting a Household Tourism Survey

PRIORITY 12.14 Trade in Goods

PRIORITY 12.15 Land Use and Remote Sensing

PRIORITY 12.16 Agricultural Statistics

PRIORITY 12.17 Regional Statistics

PRIORITY 12.18 Committees in the Field of Statistics

PRIORITY 12.19 Balance of Payments Statistics

PRIORITY 12.20 Money and Banking Statistics

Task 12.20.1 Alignment with the Legislation on Money and Banking Statistics

Task 12.20.2 Reporting of Consolidated Balance Sheets of Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI)

Task 12.20.3 Compilation of Financial Accounts in compliancey with ESA 95

PRIORITY 12.21 Services

PRIORITY 12.22 Training of Staff and Administrative Capacity Building

PRIORITY 12.23 State Institute of Statistics (SIS) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) System

II- MEASURES FOR HARMONISATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

PRIORITY 12.1 Data Security Aand Statistical Confidentiality

1- Priority Description

In the framework of the Turkish National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis of 24 March 2001, a new Statistical Law must be prepared with respect to work to be completed in the statistical area and the draft law model proposed by Eurostat. For this purpose, a Legislation Preparation Sub-Committee was formed for the works foreseen in the first national programme. The Draft Statistical Law prepared by this Committee was presented to the Presidency of the Institute. Following high-level meetings in the Presidency, the draft law has been completed. After preparation of justifications and translation into English, it will be presented to other public institutions for their opinions.

2-Schedule of Necessary Legislative Changes

Table 12.1.1

3- Schedule for Necessary Institutional Changes

Table 12.1.2

No / Necessary Institutional Changes (State Institute of Statistics) / Period of Implementation
1 / Translation of Turkish Statistical Law / June 2003
2 / Training on Data Security and Statistical Confidentiality / June 2004

4- Financing Requirements and Sources of Financing

Table 12.1.3 (Euro)

Requirements- (State Institute of Statistics) / Year / National Budget / EUu Resources / Other Resources / Total
I- Investment
II- Harmonisation with the EU Legislation and Implementation
Personnel
Training / 2003-2004 / 12,000 / 12,000
Consultancy
Translation / 2003-2004 / 3,000 / 3,000
Other / 2003-2004 / 5,000 / 5,000
Total / 20,000 / 20,000

PRIORITY 12.2 Classifications

1- Priority Description

Turkey has to comply with the EU legislation regarding implementation and usage of classification, standards, and terminology.

The correct and efficient usage of international, European and national classifications in the data collection and compilation process at the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) as well as at the other public administrations and private institutions should be improved.

2- Schedule of Necessary Legislative Changes

Table 12.2.1

No / Title and Number of EU Legislation / Title of Draft Turkish Legislation / Responsible Institution / Proposed Date of the Approval of the Minister / Council of Ministers / Proposed Date of
1- Adoption by the Parliament
2- Entry into Force
1 / Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/98 of 17 June 1998 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature / Customs General Communiquée on tariff classification of certain goods / Undersecretariat of Customs / 2004, II. Quarter / 2004, II. Quarter
2 / Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community / Turkish Statistical Law / State Institute of Statistics / November 2003 / 1- June 2004
2- June 2004
3 / Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3046/92 of 22 October 1992 laying down provisions implementing and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States / State Institute of Statistics,
Undersecretariat of Customs,
Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade,
Ministry of Finance / Upon Accession
4 / Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade
Corrigendum, 6 January 2001, OJL 003 / The Protocol on the transfer of the data related with the foreign trade transactions in customs to SIS by Undersecretariat of Customs in order to form foreign trade statistics / State Institute of Statistics, Undersecretariat of Customs / 2- July 2003
5 / Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code / Law Amending Certain Provisions of the Customs Law No: 4458 / Undersecretariat of Customs / December 2003 / 1- December 2003
2- May 2004
6 / Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff / Under sSecretariat of Customs,
Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade / Mevzuatın yapısı gereği tam uyum, üyelik ile sağlanacaktır.Due to the content of legislation, full alignment will be ensured upon accessionby membership. (a)

Table 12.2.1 (Continued)

No / Title and Number of EU Legislation / Title of Draft Turkish Legislation / Responsible Institution / Proposed Date of the Approval of the Minister / Council of Ministers / Proposed Date of
1- Adoption by the Parliament
2- Entry into Force
7 / Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 of 15 March 1993 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community / Turkish Statistical Law / State Institute of Statistics / November 2003 / 1- June 2004
2- June 2004
8 / Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 of 29 October 1993 on the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in the European Economic Community / Turkish Statistical Law / State Institute of Statistics / November 2003 / 1- June 2004
2- June 2004
9 / Commission Regulation (EEC) No 761/93 of 24 March 1993 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community / Turkish Statistical Law / State Institute of Statistics / November 2003 / 1- June 2004
2- June 2004
10 / Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries / The Protocol on the transfer of the data related with the foreign trade transactions in customs to SIS by Undersecretariat of Customs in order to form foreign trade statistics / State Institute of Statistics
Unders Secretariat of Customs / 2- July 2003

a) Turkey is largely in conformity (i.e. codes and definitions of goods, duty rates of goods covered by the customs union, measurement units, chapter and section notes and annex notes) with the Combined Nomenclature provided in Annex 1 of Council Regulation 2658/87. The first alignment was implemented with the Decision of the Council of Ministers No 95/7591 amending the Customs Tariff List. In accordance with the revisions in the Combined Nomenclature of the EU, Turkish Customs Tariff Lists are published as a Decision of the Council of Ministers every December (The latest Decision of the Council of Ministers was published in the Official Gazette No 24078 of 29 December 2002). Partial harmonization has been made with the trade measures listed in Annex 2 of the above mentioned Regulation. Due to its structure, full alignment with the Regulation and also with the TARIC will be attained by the time of membership. In addition, transposition of the Classification Decisions and Explanatory Notes of Combined Nomenclature Manual will be accomplished in 2005.Turkey …….

3- Schedule for Necessary Institutional Changes

Table 12. 2.2

No / Necessary Institutional Changes (State Institute of Statistics) / Period of Implementation
1 / Translation of classifications / 2003-2004

Table 12. 2.2 (Continued)

No / Necessary Institutional Changes (State Institute of Statistics) / Period of Implementation
2 / Acquisition (Provision) and installation of new equipment, establishment of a classification server / 2004
3 / Development of a classification database and adaptation to conditions in Turkey / 2003-2005
4 / Training courses, study visits and meetings / 2003-2005
5 / Training courses for representatives of other public administrations on application of classification server, and use of classifications / 2004-2005

4- Financing Requirements and Sources of Financing

Table 12.2.3 (Euro)

Requirements (State Institute of Statistics) / Year / National Budget / EU Resources / Other Resources / Total
I- Investment / 19,000 a) / 19,000
II- Harmonisation with the EU Legislation and Implementation
Personnel / 2003-2005 / 100,000 / 100,000
Training (1) / (1)+(2) = 344,400 a) / 344,400
Consultancy (2)
Translation
Other
Total / 100,000 / 363,400 a) / 463,400

a) Project Ref No. DG ELARG/MEDTQ/14-2001 CLS (Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey-Developing a Classification Server and Establishing Links with other Public Administrations )

PRIORITY 12.3 Registers

1- Priority Description

Modelling and applying a new Business Registers System

The concepts and definitions of European Union regulations related to setting up a new Business Registers system should be adopted. Based on this study, the new system should be modelled and implemented.

Applying address standards for administrative sources

Administrative sources to be used for establishing and updating procedures of Business Registers are required to use the standard address structure. The purpose of this study is to compare data from the same region originating from different sources.

Data sharing

Related Public institutions (Ministry of Finance, Social Insurance Institution (SSK), Turkish Employment Organization (ISKUR), Labour Institution, The Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey etc.) providing data to SIS within the scope of Business Registers, should introduce some changes in their laws in order to share those data with SIS. Registers to be used in forming and updating the business registers system cannot be shared because of data confidentiality. Therefore, legal and administrative obstacles should be removed.

Adjustment of Ministry of Finance and other related Institutions’s Registers

Studies should be conducted in order to keep the necessary variables in compliance with the EU acquisregulations within the framework of Ministry of Finance and related institutions’ records which are the main administrative source for Business Registers.