DIMESA JUNE 2010 7.2 Legal Base for Environmental Accounts: Next Steps Luxembourg, 14 and 15 June 2010 14 and 15 June 2010

Overview Update on the Current Proposal Further Development of New Modules: Next Steps Possible Modules for Further Development Monetary Modules – Restructuring Physical Modules – Energy Accounts Timetable (Preliminary Planning) The Way Forward DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Update on the Current Proposal 9 April 2010 – formal approval of the Proposal for a Regulation of the EP and the Council by the Commission – COM(2010) 132 Negotiations with the Council: - 01 June 2010 – first meeting at Working Group level, generally positive support from the Council; second meeting scheduled for 22 June Negotiations with the European Parliament: - Rapporteur has been appointed – Mr Jo Leinen, Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety - 07 June 2010 – first informal meeting with the Rapporteur’s parliamentary assistant DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Further Development of New Modules: Next Steps Political priorities – Europe 2020, resource efficiency, low-carbon economy The Revised European Strategy for Environmental Accounting (ESEA) 2008 Time considerations DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Possible Modules for Future Development Monetary Modules Physical Modules Taxes Air Emissions Subsidies EW-MFA EPER or EPEA Energy Accounts EGSS Water Accounts RUMEA Land use Accounts DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Possible Modules for Future Development Monetary Modules Physical Modules Taxes Air Emissions Subsidies EW-MFA EPER or EPEA Energy Accounts EGSS Water Accounts RUMEA Land use Accounts DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Monetary Modules - Restructuring Reorganisation of existing modules to have better methodological consistency and compatibility with the SNA Environmental Transactions with two major sub-parts: (i) Environmentally-Related Transactions – Taxes and Subsidies, and (ii) Supply and Use of Environmental Goods and Services (incorporating the current modules of EPER/EPEA, EGSS, RUMEA, etc.) Reflection Paper DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Physical Modules – Energy Accounts High political priority for Energy Added value of accounts – integrated environmental-economic analysis, greater detail on an industry breakdown, consumption perspective Current progress on methodological work – Task Force on Energy Accounts held on 6 and 7 May 2010: - most conceptual issues have been clarified - reporting tables have largely been agreed upon and are to be presented to the WG in March 2011 - voluntary data collection to start in 2011 - Eurostat will coordinate the writing of the Manual, with next TF scheduled for May/June 2011 DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Timetable (preliminary planning) Summer 2010 – Reflection Paper on the strategic restructuring of monetary accounts: (i) Environmentally-related transactions – Taxes and Subsidies and (ii) Supply and Use of Environmental Goods and Services Autumn 2010 – written consultation of relevant stakeholders on the Reflection Paper March 2011 – first draft of a second set of modules to be included in the legal base presented and discussed at Working Group level June 2011 – new modules discussed at the DIMESA meeting DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Timetable (preliminary planning) cont. July 2011 – final draft submitted to an Interservice Consultation in the Commission November 2011 – proposal discussed and opinion issued by the ESS Committee meeting Early 2012 – adoption of the proposal by the Commission 2012-2013 – adoption of the proposal by the European Parliament and the Council 2013-2014 – implementing legal act prepared and adopted in a comitology procedure DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

The Way Forward The need to start the discussion now Transitional periods and derogations are foreseen DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010

Thank you for your attention! DIMESA 14 and 15 June 2010