estat history Flashcards
The Statistics Division for the European Coal and Steel Community established. Év?
1953
The European Community founded and the forerunner of Eurostat established.
1958
The present name of Eurostat as the Statistical Office of the European Communities adopted. First publication issued - on agricultural statistics.
1959
First Community Labour Force Survey.
1960
The European System of Integrated Economic Accounts (European System of Accounts, ESA) published and the general Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE) established.
1970
First domain in the statistical database Cronos databank installed.
1974
European Commission adopts a document defining the first policy for statistical information.
1988
The Statistical Programme Committee established and the first programme (1989–1992) adopted by the council as an instrument for implementing statistical information policy.
1989
The Council adopts a directive on transmission of confidential data to Eurostat, previously an obstacle to Community statistical work.
1990
Eurostat’s role extended as a result of the agreement on establishment of the European Economic Area and adoption of the Maastricht Treaty.
1991
The single market extends Eurostat’s activities e.g. Intrastat established for statistics on intra-EU trade. Eurostat starts issuing regular news releases.
1993
First European household panel held, analysing income, employment, poverty, social exclusion, households, health, etc.
1994
Statistics added for the first time to the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Statistical Law approved by the council. Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices HICP published for the first time - designed for Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU) convergence criteria.
1997
The eleven countries in at the start of EMU (EUR-11) announced, and Eurostat issues the first indicators specific to the EMU area.
1998
Start of EMU, 1 January 2001.
1999