Glossary

Part-time employees are considered to be those who, in accordance with a contract with the employer, do not perform a full day's work or do not complete a full week's work within the local unit.

Pensions are periodical and regular amounts of money paid to individual persons by Public Administrations and Bodies and are due when:- the person reaches a certain age; - the social contributions, after having been accrued for a minimum period, become due for payment ;- the person is unable to work because of disability (congenital or unexpected);- the person entitled to the pension dies (reversionary pension);- the person has a particular merit towards the Country.

Age, defined by law, at which a worker can retire from work and is entitled to receive an old pension

Publication containing news on recent events or subjects of particular or general interest. Every issue, which is published at regular intervals (normally once a week), is characterised by a sequential numbering.

Comprise, amongst others: grapes, olives, citrus fruit, plant nurseries, canes, mulberry leaves.

Land used permanently (for five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops, through cultivation (sown) or naturally (self-seeded), and that is not included in the crop rotation on the holding.The land can be used for grazing or mown for silage, hay or used for renewable energy production.

Any person not killed, but who sustained an injury as result of an injury accident, normally needing medical treatment.

All persons aged 15 and over who during the reference week worked at least one hour for pay or profit, or were temporarily absent from such work. Family workers are included

This group comprises:- all types of medicine, including vitamins and diet products;- thermometers, ice bags, first-aid articles, wheelchairs, physiotherapy equipment, etc.

Preparations that can be used in the form they are supplied to the consumers. Are intended for the following purposes:a) to destroy organisms that may damage plants or vegetable products or to prevent from their damaging action;b) to favour or regulate the production of vegetables, excluding the case of fertilisers or substances intended to improve the quality of the soil.c) to preserve vegetable products, including those used in the protection of wood;d) to destroy harmful plants;e) to destroy certain parts of plants or to avoid their developmentThese include herbicides, fungicides, pesticides and other similar inorganic and organic substances (e.g. poisoned bait).

Areas used for the cultivation of poplars, even though the soil is partially used for marginal herbaceous cultivations.

Total volume of atmospheric wet precipitation (rain, snow, hail, ....). Precipitation is usually measured by meteorological or hydrological institutes.

The population present in a given Commune (and, by analogy, in other territorial divisions) comprises those persons who were present on the reference date, who normally lived in the same Commune or in another one. Also included are, therefore, foreigners who are temporarily living in the given commune for a period shorter than one year (seasonal workers, travelling persons, etc.)

comprise nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Activity by means of which a person obtains most of their income or to which a person dedicated most of his working time. In the case of difficulty in defining the principal activity, another variables are taken into consideration (regularity of the work, etc.).

Juridical form that comprises: general or unlimited partnerships, limited partnerships, "de facto" partnerships; simple partnerships.

Natural or legal person that produces electricity. It may not be the owner of the generating plant.

In this account are recorded all operations concerning the production process in its strict sense. This account is tabulated either by branch or by sector. Ingoings are represented by the output while outgoings by intermediate consumption.The balance represents value-added at market prices.

As a rule, productivity is defined as the ratio of production to the total factors used in the production itself.

Refers to people's position in the labour market. A person in employment or unemployed seeking a new job is considered as in professional condition.

Exam held at the end of the 3-year courses of professional institutes or art institutes. Students who pass the exam are awarded a school-leaving certificate recognised by the State.

Value of exports as % of the total producton value.

Ecosystem that is protected in order to preserve its biodiversity. The objective is to favour a sustainable development of the territory.

Comprises all institutional units whose activity consists in producing non-marketable services and in re-distribution of the nation's income and welfare. The principal resources are originated from compulsory deposits (direct or indirect) made by units operating in other sectors. The Public Administration sector is composed of three sub-sectors: - General Government central administrations and Bodies other than Social Security Institutes, which have jurisdiction over the whole national territory; - Local Administrations, which have jurisdiction over a part of the territory (e.g. Regions, Provinces; Communes, public hospitals, chambers of commerce, universities, etc.); - Social insurance bodies.

Comprises the state school and the public non-state school

Economic sector whose prevalent activity is the publication and distribution of books.

The purchase price is the price the purchaser actually pays for the products. It includes taxes less subsidies on products (but excludes deductible taxes like deductible VAT).