free access to Eurostat data

["Dagmar M. Meyer" <dmeyer@DROPMEmariecurie.org>]

Dear All,

if you are ever in need of statistical data on the EU and the 25 member
states, you may find the information below of interest.

Kind regards,
Dagmar


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http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/

Dissemination of statistics

Free access to all Eurostat data and publications,
more than 300 million data available

Luxembourg, 13 December 2004   Since 1 October 2004, Eurostat has
made all its data and publications available free of charge on the
Internet. This important change enables Eurostat to fully play its
role as a public service institution, by giving free access to
economic and social information on the euro-zone, the EU and the 25
Member States. More than 300 million data, from many different
domains, are now available online, varying from consumer prices,
through poverty or environmental indicators, to detailed external
trade data by product.

Initiated by the Commission in July 2003, this project was one of the
largest projects ever undertaken by Eurostat, involving around 200
people and requiring extensive cooperation between all services.

The use of Eurostat's site and data has already increased significantly.
During November there were three times as many visitors to the
website, over 400 000, than in earlier months this year. Furthermore,
there has been a three-fold increase in the number of extractions of
data, to over 135 000.