Legal provisions of COM(2001)100 - Quarterly non-financial accounts for general government

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dossier COM(2001)100 - Quarterly non-financial accounts for general government.
document COM(2001)100 EN
date June 10, 2002


Contents

Article 1 - Purpose

The purpose of this Regulation is to define the content of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government, to lay down the list of the ESA 95 categories to be transmitted by Member States from 30 June 2002 and to specify the main characteristics of these categories.

Article 2 - Content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government

The content of the quarterly non-financial accounts for general government is defined in the Annex by reference to a list of ESA 95 categories constituting general government expenditure and revenue.

Article 3 - Categories concerned by the transmission of quarterly data

1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly data for the categories or groups of categories included in the list provided in the Annex, with the exception of those categories for which data must be transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 264/2000.

2. Quarterly data shall be transmitted for the following categories (or groups of categories) of general government expenditure and revenue:

(a) expenditure:

- intermediate consumption (P.2)

- gross capital formation + Acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets (P.5 + K.2)

- gross fixed capital formation (P.51)

- compensation of employees (D.1)

- other taxes on production (D.29)

- subsidies, payable (D.3)

- property income (D.4)

- interest (D.41)

- current taxes on income, wealth etc. (D.5)

- social transfers in kind related to expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers (D.6311 + D.63121 + D.63131)

- other current transfers (D.7)

- adjustment for the change in net equity of households in pension funds reserves (D.8)

- capital taxes + Investment grants + Other capital transfers, payable (D.91 + D.92 + D.99).

(b) revenue:

- market output + Output for own final use + Payments for the other non-market output (P.11 + P.12 + P.131)

- other subsidies on production, receivable (D.39)

- property income (D.4)

- imputed social contributions (D.612)

- other current transfers (D.7)

- investments grants + Other capital transfers, receivable (D.92 + D.99).

3. Transactions D.41, D.7, D.92 and D.99 are consolidated within the general government sector. The other transactions are not consolidated.

Article 4

Compilation of quarterly data: sources and methods

1. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 2001 onwards shall be compiled according to the following rules:

(a) quarterly data shall be based as much as possible on direct information from basic sources, with the objective of minimising, for each quarter, differences between the first estimates and the final figures;

(b) direct information shall be completed by coverage adjustments, if needed, and by conceptual adjustments in order to bring quarterly data in line with ESA 95 concepts;

(c) the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data shall be consistent.

2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2000 shall be compiled according to sources and methods ensuring consistency between the quarterly data and the corresponding annual data.

Article 5 - Timetable for the transmission of quarterly data

1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate.

Any revision of quarterly data for previous quarters shall be transmitted at the same time.

2. The first transmission of quarterly data shall relate to data for the first quarter of 2002. Member States shall deliver these data no later than 30 June 2002.

However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data for the first quarter of 2002 onwards, in so far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations.

Article 6 - Transmission of backdata

1. Member States shall deliver to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly backdata for the categories referred to in Article 3, starting from the first quarter of 1999.

2. Quarterly data relating to the first quarter of 1999 until the fourth quarter of 2001 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than 30 June 2002.

However, the Commission may grant a derogation, not exceeding one year, concerning the date of the first transmission of quarterly data from the first quarter of 1999 onwards, in so far as national statistical systems require major adaptations.

Article 7 - Implementation

1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data referred to in Article 3 (initial description), at the same time as they start to transmit quarterly data according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(2).

2. Any revision of the initial description of the sources and methods used to compile the quarterly data shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) when the revised data are communicated.

3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall keep the SPC and the CMFB informed of the sources and methods used by each Member State.

Article 8 - Report

On the basis of the data transmitted for the categories specified in Article 3, and after consulting the SPC, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, by 31 December 2005 at the latest, submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing an assessment of the reliability of quarterly data delivered by Member States.

Article 9 - Transitional provisions

1. Member States which are not in a position to transmit, during the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, quarterly data from the first quarter of 2001 onwards according to the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1) and to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1) shall apply paragraph 2.

2. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) their 'best quarterly estimates' (that is, incorporating all new information that becomes available during the process of compiling an improved system of quarterly non-financial accounts for general government) according to the timetable referred to in Article 5(1).

They shall indicate at the same time which steps still need to be accomplished in order to comply with the sources and methods provided for in Article 4(1).

3. During the transitional period provided for in paragraph 4, the Commission (Eurostat) shall examine the progress made by Member States towards full compliance with Article 4(1).

4. The transitional period shall start from the date of the first transmission referred to in Article 5(2) and shall end on 31 March 2005 at the latest.

Article 10 - Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.


This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.