I. I ntroduction 1. This data module of the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) comprises a summary of Uruguay’s practices with respect to the coverage, periodicity, and timeliness of the SDDS data categories, and an assessment of the quality of national accounts, prices, fiscal, monetary and financial, and external sector statistics. This assessment is based on information (data and metadata, i.e., information about data and its dissemination practices) provided during a mission in November 1999 and further refined in mid-2000. 2
I. O verall A ssessment 1. Germany subscribed to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) on December 2, 1996 and started posting its metadata on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) on September 12, 1997. Germany met the SDDS requirements on March 23, 2000 and is currently in observance of the SDDS. It meets the SDDS specifications for coverage, periodicity, and timeliness for all data categories. The SDDS data categories are disseminated on Germany’s National Summary Data Page, which is hyperlinked on the DSBB, and is updated on
Plus data categories. However, an SDDS Plus adherent maintains the right to apply the flexibility options available to it for the SDDS data categories, in accordance with the SDDS legal framework. A transition period is available for an SDDS Plus adherent that commits to comply with all SDDS Plus requirements within five years of the date of adherence. The transition period allows countries to be considered adherents to the SDDS Plus even if they meet the requirements for only five of the nine additional categories and they have plans in place to meet all the