Ag.no.15.1 and 15.3 Dissemination of A65 data Doc.A6465/18/15 Ag.no.15.1 and 15.3 Dissemination of A65 data Working Group on Articles 64 and 65 of the Staff Regulations Meeting in Luxembourg 21+22 March 2018

Content of this presentation Policy reminder CIRCABC EUR-LEX Dedicated section on Eurostat's website Statistics Explained Public data tables and metadata Suggestions for improvement

Policy reminder

Current A65 dissemination policy The Methodology Manual does not give any rules about the dissemination of Article 64 and 65 related documents and data European Statistics Code of Practice requires equal treatment of all user groups Specific procedural rules on Commission expert groups Specific WG agreement 2017 on Annex 2 Report Otherwise, Transparency Regulation 1049/2001 (unless exceptions apply)

Access to CIRCABC

What is CIRCABC ? CIRCABC (Communication and Information Resource Centre for Administrations, Businesses and Citizens) is the central repository for all type of documents used by working groups within the European Institutions. Documents are organized around Interest Groups and access is given to users for specific Interest Groups documents.

Two CIRCABC Interest Groups A64&A65WG (Correction Coefficients and Remuneration Indicators) – Restricted Library folder "Documents from 2018-03 meeting of A64&A65WG" (accessible by working group participants and authorised observers) A64&A65WG (Correction Coefficients and Remuneration Indicators) - Public Library folder "Documents from 2018-03 meeting of A64&A65WG" (currently empty pending meeting decision) https://circabc.europa.eu

Restricted dissemination of documents Documents and powerpoint presentations for the meeting are covered by Reg.1049/2001 exception 1 (decision in progress). They are NOT AUTHORISED FOR DISSEMINATION and only accessible from the restricted CIRCABC. Must not be communicated to anybody outside the Working Group not directly concerned in data supply. Not even to other departments of government ONLY authorised documents will go on public CIRCABC site

EUR-LEX

What is EUR-LEX ? http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html EU law and other public EU documents, including: Legislation (Treaty, Regulation, Directive, Decision) International agreements EU case law Preparatory acts (Commission Communications, Staff working documents, Council common positions, Parliament Resolutions, Audit opinions, etc) Procedures Parliamentary questions

A64 and A65 on EUR-LEX Original Council Decision on the Staff Regulation and "the Method" salaries of EU officials Subsequent Amendments of the Staff Regulations (OJ 'L' series) Consolidated version of Staff Regulations Communication about the annual update of the salaries since 2014 published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal

Downloaded from EUR-LEX A65 in Official Journal Downloaded from EUR-LEX Eurostat

Dedicated section on Eurostat's website

What is a dedicated section? Page on Eurostat website which aims to provide an introduction to a statistical topic and links to further information, including methodology, data and reports The "Civil Servants Remuneration" pages were launched in November 2015 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/civil-servants-remuneration/overview

Visitors to the Dedicated Section Internal External 2018 Jan 181 1 964 2017 Dec 305 1 979 Nov 1 024 3 309 Oct 1 354 3 446 Sep 429 1 547 .. 189 1 421

Where is the A64/A65 dedicated section? Statistics A- Z Civil servants remuneration

Dedicated section – explanatory text SI text : 18

“SEE ALSO” column includes links, eg.: Methodology manual Source data Free data tables GDP % share, HICP % change Free data tables for Control Indicators Statistics explained (national civil servants) 19

Free data tables A65

Extractions from the A65 free data tables Internal External 2018 Jan 24 331 2017 45 279

Database page gives direct link to A65 tables Rules regarding treatment of confidential data European Statistics Code of Practice requires Uploaded after publication in Official Journal 4x sub-tables for Indices of remuneration of national civil servants: Gross nominal, Gross real-terms Net nominal, Net real-terms 22

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Changes proposed to Free Data Tables Add missing data on EU – Total and total for the 11 sample countries about change in gross salary. Information already public in Annex 1 and Annex 2 reports Consider new table with data for average annual remuneration in National currency, € and PPS Information already public in Annex 2 report 25

New table: Average Annual Remuneration From Report, Annex 2: Summary information for EU28: 26

Statistics Explained

What is “Statistics Explained”? ”Statistics Explained” is a Eurostat website with articles presenting statistical topics in an easily understandable way. Together, the articles make up an encyclopedia of European statistics, completed by a glossary clarifying all terms used and by numerous links to further information and the very latest data and metadata, a portal for occasional and regular users alike. 28

Article 65 Statistics Explained Went live in November 2015 Due to change of Eurostat Communication policy, the Statistics Explained part on Articles 64 and 65 will now be integrated into the dedicated section 29

Conclusion: Do you agree with the proposed modifications of free data tables? Any suggestions for improving our dissemination practices? Questions or remarks? 30

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