WG Environmental Expenditure Statistics OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire on EPER Results from 2010 data collection Luxembourg, March 2011

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Contents EPER data collection – Joint Questionnaire 2010 Validation of data Publication of data JQ 2010 – first results Gap-filling and estimation of EU aggregates Data collection through the Joint Questionnaire 2012 Conclusions/Lessons learnt

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection EPER data collection – JQ 2010 Data collection carried out between July 2010 and February questionnaires were sent out to 38 European countries: – 1 questionnaire based on NACE Rev. 1.1 prefilled with data from Eurostat’s database for years 1990, – 1 questionnaire based on NACE Rev. 2 for years Data reports received from 28 countries, out of them 25 EU Member States Half of the countries (13 Member States, 1 candidate country) met the deadline set for data reporting

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection EPER data collection – JQ countries (23 EU Member States, 2 candidate countries and 1 EFTA country) sent NACE Rev. 1.1 dataset About half of the countries (16 EU Member States and 1 candidate country) provided data in NACE Rev. 2 NACE Rev. 2 data: 2008 – 16 countries, 2009 – 8 countries, 2006 and 2007 – 6 countries 2 countries (LT and RO) reported only NACE Rev. 2 data as they have already provided the complete NACE Rev. 1.1 data set till 2007 during the 2008 data collection

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Validation of data In the prefilled questionnaire a basic checking tool was incorporated in order to help both countries and Eurostat with data quality checks Validation of data - 2 rounds –First round: NACE Rev. 1.1 data are validated and available in Eurostat database –Second round: NACE Rev. 2. data will be validated during spring 2011 Quality of the data has improved However the validation process has still resulted in number of revisions of the delivered datasets. Any revision/modification of the data was made with the agreement of the country.

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Publication of data NACE Rev. 1.1 country data have been published in Eurostat database Calculation of indicators (expenditures per inhabitant and % of GDP) for NACE Rev. 1.1 dataset has been completed and published in Eurostat database NACE Rev. 2. data are planned to be published by end of July 2011 A ‘country fact sheet’ publication based on the data received is being prepared by end of summer SIF on EU aggregates is planning to be published by end of the year Statistics Explained ental_protection_expenditure

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection JQ first results * Public sector, specialised producers and industry are included BE, DK, LU: Industry not included; CY: public sector not included; MT, TR: only public sector; UK: only industry FI: 2007 – only industry; SE: 2007 – specialised producers not included; LT: public sector not included NO: for industry only sectors NACE Rev. 1.1 C and D included; 2007, 2006 – specialised producers not included EE: for public sector only local governments included

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection JQ first results NL: Public specialised producers are included in public sector; EE: for public sector only local governments included IT: Public specialised producers are included in public sector, for private specialised producers only domains 'Wastewater' and 'Waste' are included TR: For specialised producers only public specialised producers included NO: For industry only sectors NACE Rev. 1.1 C and D are included; as of 2008 sector C also includes NACE Rev

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection JQ first results * Public sector, specialised producers and industry are included BE, DK, LU: Industry not included; CY: public sector not included; MT, TR: only public sector; UK: only industry FI: 2007 – only industry; SE: 2007 – specialised producers not included; LT: public sector not included CZ: 2004, 2005 – public sector not included; HR: 2004 – public sector not included; EE: for public sector only local governments included NO: for industry only sectors NACE Rev. 1.1 C and D included; 2007, 2006 – specialised producers not included

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection JQ first results NL: Public specialised producers are included in public sector; EE: for public sector only local governments included IT: Public specialised producers are included in public sector, for specialised producers only domains 'Wastewater' and 'Waste' are included TR and MT: For specialised producers only public specialised producers included NO: For industry only sectors C and D are included; as of 2008 sector C also includes NACE Rev

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection JQ first results

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection JQ first results

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Gap-filling and estimation of EU aggregates Gap-filling and estimation of European aggregates (EU15, EU25, EU27) for the years 2007 and 2008 will be carried out during summer 2011 and published subsequently NACE Rev. 1.1 C, D, E and total industry (C+D+E) EU27, EU25 and EU15 for years 2007 and 2008 will be available for: –Investments, current expenditure and environmental protection expenditure –Total environmental domains

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Gap-filling and estimation of EU aggregates NACE Rev. 1.1 D at 2 digit level (detailed manufacturing) EU25 and EU15 for years 2007 and 2008 will be available for : –Investments, total current expenditure and environmental protection expenditure –air, wastewater, waste, other domains and total domains Planned to be disseminated for the first time in 2011: EU27 aggregates Public sector EU27, EU25 and EU15 for years 2007 and 2008 will be available for: –Investments, total current expenditure and environmental protection expenditure –air, wastewater and waste Planned to be disseminated for the first time in 2011: Aggregates for total domains and other domains Specialised Producers – still no EU aggregates

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Gap-filling and estimation of EU aggregates Would you agree with publishing gap- filled datasets by country?

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Data collection through the JQ 2012 Questionnaire will be launched in summer 2012 Preparation works have already been started Latest date for reporting the data is expected to be in autumn 2012

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Conclusions / Lessons learnt Coverage of data delivered through JQ 2010 has increased Timeliness of data reporting needs to be improved Data quality has increased, however the quality checks still resulted in a number of revisions of the delivered datasets Publication of data and calculated indicators has improved (within 5 months after the deadline set)

Environmental Accounts March 2011OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Results from 2010 data collection Questions to the Working Group: Do you have any problem with meeting the deadline set for data reporting? Would you agree with publishing gap- filled datasets by country?