1. Ag.06 Context (staff number, GDP)
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Ag.06 Context (staff number, GDP)
Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg 26th & 27th March 2015

2. Contents
Numbers of EU officials
MS percentage share of EU total GDP

3. What source for EU staff numbers?
Authorised posts? (annex to EU budget)
Various databases in various institutions?
eg. Commission: NAPS, SYSPER
Various publications?
eg. Commission "metrics", "bulletin", HR report
PSEO database
All EU active staff and pensioners; all organisations; all duty stations

4. Situation at 31.12.2013 per Eurostat
Source: Eurostat PSEO database
Estimate at (situation at )
Active officials
Retired officials in receipt of pension/invalidity + orphans/survivors
460 Other (eg. deferred)
total:

5. Staff ratio Brussels : Luxembourg
Required to calculate the Joint BE-LU Index
As source is an estimate, ratio is also estimated!
The estimate for Dec.2013 is a projection of Dec.2012 figures
Main adjustment is for retirements (ie. new pensioners) and recruitments (ie. new actives).

6. Staff ratio Brussels : Luxembourg
Number of permanent officials and other servants in active service at December 2013
Duty station
No. %
Brussels
34,932
78.3
Luxembourg
9,676
21.7
Total
44,608
100.0
Source: PSEO database

7. Comparison JBLI BXL LUX June 2013 (PMO) 78 22
June 2014 (PSEO Dec.2013)
June 2015 (PSEO Dec.2014)
TBA

8. GDP as % EU total, 2013
Source: ESA 2010 submissions September 2014, as published on Eurostat free data website
NB. The values reflect two sets of changes from previous ESA 1995 methodology
Per ESA 2010 regulation affecting all MS
Improvements introduced unilaterally by MS
visible decrease in share for BG, DE, FR, PL
visible increase in share for IE, CY, NL, UK

9. GDP (2013 percentage of EU28) BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR HR IT CYLV
2.6
0.7
1.7
1.4
20.0
0.2
1.2
8.7
14.1
0.5
12.1
0.3
20.1
1.1
1.6
8.6
14.0
11.8
0.1
0.6
19.8
13.8 LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK
0.4
0.3
1.3
0.1
4.2
2.2
5.1
1.6
2.1
0.8
1.2
2.4
13.2
5.2
13.3
4.3
13.7
Highest: DE Germany
FR France
UK United Kingdom
Lowest: EE Estonia
CY Cyprus
MT Malta
Sum = 100.6
Extracted: from Eurostat database [nama_gdp_c]
from Eurostat database [nama_gdp_c]
from Eurostat database [nama_10_gdp]

10. Reminder of main method changes (1)
Capitalisation of research and development expenditure, instead of "intermediate consumption"
Capitalisation of military equipment, instead of "intermediate consumption"
Goods sent abroad for processing now only an export if ownership changes. Instead, reimport includes value of processing service done.

11. Reminder of main method changes (2)
Value of liability of unfunded pension schemes now recognised as well as funded schemes
New formula for non-life insurance premiums and claims, smooths impact of catastrophes.
Other changes include reclassification of units, etc. which affect components of public deficit.
Modify data transmission programme to Eurostat by MS (expanded content, earlier deadlines)

12. Plus unilateral MS improvements
Revisions are common as methods improve over time
Resolution of historic non compliance 'reservations'