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

2. 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
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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
– adoption of the proposal by the European Parliament and the Council
– implementing legal act prepared and adopted in a comitology procedure
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11. The Way Forward The need to start the discussion now
Transitional periods and derogations are foreseen
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12. Thank you for your attention!
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