ESA 2010 transmission

programme

Hans Wouters
European Commission, Eurostat Unit C2
National and Regional accounts and BoP

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Introduction of ESA 2010

ESA 2010 transmission programme (TP)
Main reasons for changes transmission programme
Enlargement countries and ESA 2010

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1. Introduction of ESA 2010 (1)

European system of national and regional
accounts
Three parts: legal act, methodological guide,
transmission programme
Revision of ESA 1995

ESA 79

ESA 95

ESA 2010
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1. Introduction of ESA 2010 (2)

Consistent with SNA 2008

ESA 2010

Some concepts more detailed

For specific EU purposes
Contribution EU budget
Regional aid structural funds
Excessive deficit procedure

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1. Introduction of ESA 2010 (3)

Legally binding

Use of ESA methodology

Transmission programme

Into force on 16 July 2013

To be implemented as of 1 September 2014

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2. ESA 2010 Transmission program (1)

Set of 23 tables of national accounts data

Main aggregates
Tables by industry, capital stock
Sector accounts
Financial accounts
Regional accounts
Government accounts
Input-output supply-use

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2. ESA 2010 Transmission program (2)

Quarterly (4), annual (17) and multi-annual
tables (2)
To be transmitted within specified time limits
Varying between 2 and 36 months

For defined time periods

First year varying between 1995 and 2010

Subject to country-specific (temporary)

derogations

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2. ESA 2010 Transmission program (3)

Regional

Main agg.

Detailed breakdowns

Breakdowns

QSA
GDP
QGFS

Gov

Pensions

Regional
COFOG

ASA

Assets
GFCF

SUTI
OT

Fin.acc
45d

60d

85d

3m

9m 12m

21m 24m
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2. ESA 2010 Transmission program(4)

Content TP: requirements per table
List of variables and codes
Breakdowns: industries, products, sectors, type
of assets, geographical breakdown RoW, regions,
consumption by purpose, government functions
Other characteristics: valuation, seasonal
adjustment, consolidation, use/res assets/liab
Footnotes

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2. ESA 2010 Transmission program(5)

Content TP: part of table 1 (example)
Code

List of variables

B.1g

1.
Gross value added
at basic prices

D.21

2.a) Taxes on products(3)

D.31
B.1g*

Breakdown(2)

A*10

2.b) Subsidies on
products(3)
3. Gross domestic
product market prices

Current
prices

Previous year's
prices and
chainlinked
volumes(10)

Etc.
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3. Main reasons for changes in TP(1)

Methodological changes
User needs and EU policy needs
Reduction reporting burden
Integration transmission requirements into 1
legal act
Alignment of international standards for data
transmission (SDMX)

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3. Main reasons for changes in TP(2)

Methodological changes
44 issues for revision (SNA)
27 (ESA) issues discussed in handbook
Some major issues
Change in asset boundary R&D, weapon systems
Change in sector detail
New variables or breakdowns
Treatment of goods sent abroad for processing
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3. Main reasons for changes in TP(3)

User needs and EU policy needs

Improvement of timeliness
Improved measurement of wealth
Grown interest for ageing population

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3. Main reasons for changes in TP(4)

Reduction reporting burden
Reasons
MS requests related to reduction of resources
Relaxed user requirements

Some important examples

Reduction of backward series
No double reporting
Drop of distributive variables in main aggregates tables
Drop transmission of seasonally adjusted quarterly main
aggregates in previous year's prices
Reduction of requirements for industry breakdowns
Switch to evolving composition RoW breakdown

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3. Main reasons for changes in TP(5)

Legal simplification
Four formerly separate legal acts have been
integrated in ESA 2010 legal act

Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly

non-financial accounts by institutional sector

non-financial accounts for general government
financial accounts for general government
government debt

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3. Main reasons for changes in TP(6)

Alignment of international standards for data
transmission (implementing SDMX)
Technical standards have been evolving since last
ESA data transmission programme chance and
challenge
Decision to use SDMX for NA data exchanges at
world-level (SNA and ESA) and to coordinate
closely with BOP
NA data structure definitions (cooperation
between ECB, OECD, IMF, WB and UN)
coordinated by Eurostat
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4.Enlargement countries and ESA

2010 (1)
Background: Eurostat work with the EC's
Project work
Multi-country IPA projects
National IPA projects
Grants

Assessments
Data transmission
Transmission programme
Transmission tools - SDMX
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4.Enlargement countries and ESA

2010 (2)
Why is ESA2010 and the TP important for IPA
countries?
ESA2010 TP provides key national accounts
information
Comparability with EU countries
Compliance is condition for accession EU

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4.Enlargement countries and ESA

2010 (3)
Introduction of ESA2010 by enlargement
countries
ESTAT recommendation: in September 2014
Discussed in IPA 2011 workshop in Nov. '12
EC's will prepare roadmap for implementation

Roadmap contains two parts

Implementation methodological changes
Implementation data transmission ESA 2010 TP
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4.Enlargement countries and ESA

2010 (4)
Roadmap: methodological changes
List of 74 issues
Based on SNA issues and ESA changes
74 issues analysed and classified by all EC's

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4.Enlargement countries and ESA

2010 (5)
Roadmap: methodological changes (cont.)
July '13: draft roadmap indicating implementation
status of 74 issues

Implemented
Not implemented but not relevant
Not implemented but impact negligible
Not implemented, no plans yet

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2010 (6)
Roadmap: methodological changes (cont.)
End '13: update of draft roadmap
Preliminary conclusion: few changes with high
impact on National Accounts results
EC's will study changes with high impact first
Most EC's will implement changes in September
2014

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4.Enlargement countries and ESA

2010 (7)
Roadmap: transmission programme
Eurostat and enlargement countries monitor
progress compliance with ESA2010
By developing questionnaire
Where 3 groups of tables according to 'level of
importance are distinguished
That is updated by enlargement countries at
least once a year
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ESA 2010 transmission

programme

Hans Wouters
European Commission, Eurostat Unit C2
National and Regional accounts and BoP