1. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 1 Household Budget Surveys Working Group - 5-6 May 2003 Conclusions of the TF on COICOP-HBS development Item V.1 of the agenda

2. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 2 Conclusions of the TF on COICOP- HBS development 1.Antecedents 2.Objectives and scope 3. Contributions received 4. Conclusions of the TF 5.Summary Household Budget Surveys Working Group - 5-6 May 2003

3. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 3 1. Antecedents n The HBS WG adopted the OECD-COICOP of 1993 as basic classification to break down the household consumption expenditure. n This classification is also used by the NA n In order to have greater detail, the HBS WG derived a new classification called COICOP-HBS n The last version of COICOP dated from 1997 n Most countries have derived new classifications from COICOP-HBS even more detailed for national purposes n A detailed analysis of these classifications shows some problems of harmonisation

4. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 4 2. Objectives and scope 2.1.Objectives The aim of the TF was to investigate and possibly harmonise the details of the national adaptations of COICOP-HBS used by the countries of the HBS WG

5. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 5 2. Objectives, scope and working procedure 2.2.Scope The priority areas were “food”, “housing” and “financial services” (including insurance) From the following types of problems, only types 2 and 3 were analysed: n Different coding system and numbering n Omissions of categories in COICOP-HBS n Problems of classification leading to conflicts at the current level of detail of COICOP-HBS n Problems of classification leading to conflicts at the fifth level of detail of COICOP-HBS n Different level of desaggregation

6. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 6 n Initial comparative table developed by Eurostat n Written contributions sent by D, FIN, P and UK n Additional contributions by the DAFNE project team and the PPP team of Eurostat n Meeting held in Luxembourg in June 2002 with the participation of experts from D, FIN, NL, P, SE, UK and ESTAT n A few problems required further consultation and were solved afterwards by e-mail communication 3. Contributions received

7. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 7 Summary of the proposed changes to COICOP-HBS: n Improvement of the explanatory notes of 13 categories n Amendment of mistakes in the explanatory notes of 2 categories n Change of the name of 1 category n Addition of 2 new categories n Renumbering of 4 categories 4. Conclusions of the TF

8. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 8 Categories with improved explanations: 01.1.1.4. Pastry-cook products 01.1.1.6. Other products 01.1.2.6. Other preserved or processed meat and meat preparations 01.1.3.4. Other preserved or processed fish and seafood and fish and seafood preparations 01.1.7.7. Other preserved or processed vegetables 01.1.6.5. Stone fruits (fresh, chilled or frozen) 01.1.7.1. Leaf and stem vegetables (fresh, chilled or frozen) 01.1.9.3. Baby food, dietary preparations, baker's yeast and other food preparations 01.1.9.4. Other food products n.e.c. 04.1.1.1. Actual rentals paid by tenants 04.3.1.1. Materials for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling 12.5.2.1. Insurance connected with the dwelling 12.5.5.1. Other insurance 4. Conclusions of the TF

9. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 9 Categories with amended explanations: 01.1.4.6. Other milk products 01.1.4.7. Eggs 4. Conclusions of the TF

10. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 10 Category with new name: 01.1.9.3. Baby food, dietary preparations, baker's yeast and other food preparations 01.1.9.3. Baby food, dietary preparations, baker's yeast and other processed food and food preparations 4. Conclusions of the TF

11. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 11 New categories: 01.1.1.5. Sandwiches 01.1.7.6. Frozen vegetables 4. Conclusions of the TF Renumbered categories: 01.1.1.6. Other products 01.1.7.7. Other preserved or processed vegetables 01.1.7.8. Potatoes 01.1.7.9. Other tubers and products of tuber vegetables

12. Doc. 147/2003 - Slide 12 5. Summary The results of the TF work were a few limited proposals for improvement aiming at correcting some defects of the existing COICOP-HBS The improved COICOP-HBS is proposed to be used for the next round of HBS (ref.year 2005)