20160405EN511511<TI><P>ANNEX V</P></TI><TI><P>Quality criteria applying to European statistics<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0001" NUMBERING="ARAB" TYPE="FOOTNOTE" NUMBERING.CONTINUED="NO"><P>Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.</P></NOTE></P></TI>| Principles of the Eurostat code of practice |
| Relevance | Degree to which statistics meet current and potential needs of the users. |
| Accuracy | Closeness of estimates to the unknown true values. |
| Timeliness | Period between the availability of the information and the event or phenomenon it describes. |
| Punctuality | Delay between the date of the release of the data and the date by which the data should have been delivered. |
| Accessibility and clarity | Conditions and procedures by which users can obtain, use and interpret data. |
| Comparability | Measurement of the impact of differences in applied statistical concepts, measurement tools and procedures where statistics are compared among geographical areas, sectoral domains or over time. |
| Coherence | Adequacy of the data to be reliably combined in different ways and for various uses. |