RPT-Czechs sees no change to 2005 GDP in revision

(Repeats story published late on Tuesday)

PRAGUE, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The Czech Statistical Office expects to leave full-year 2005 gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 6.1 percent after an upcoming revision of quarterly data, an official said on Tuesday.

CSU's head of national accounts department Jan Heller said the bureau would publish revised quarterly 2005 data and revised figures for the first two quarters of 2006 along with the third quarter GDP statistics on December 8.

CSU chief Jan Fischer added at a meeting with analysts that the bureau planned to introduce a flash GDP estimate statistics from 2008, starting with 2007 data due for publication in February 2008.

Czech economic growth slowed to 6.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter from a peak of 7.1 percent in the first three months of this year. ((Reporting by Marek Petrus, writing by Jan Lopatka, editing by Ron Askew; prague.newsroom@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: jan.lopatka.reuters.com@reuters.net; +420-224 190 474))

Keywords: CZECH STATISTICS/