Proposal for a Council Regulation (EU) No …/…. amending Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure
Date: 2010-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, Eurostat, access to information, auditing, budget deficit, public administration, public debt, statistical method

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 15.2.2010 
COM(2010)53 final 

2010/0035 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No …/…. 

amending Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the 
context of the excessive deficit procedure 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The  basis  for  the  EU  fiscal  surveillance  system  is  laid  down  in  the  Treaties  and  further 
specified in EU legislation, notably through the requirements to the quality of fiscal statistics 
for the purpose of the excessive deficit procedure (EDP) exercise. Quality of data in the fiscal 
statistics framework relies primarily on the correct implementation by the Member States of 
the  legal  acts  relevant  in  the  context  of  the  EDP,  such  as  Council  Regulation  (EC) 
No 2223/961 (ESA 95) and Council Regulation (EC) No 479/20092 establishing the statistical 
reference system for standards, definitions and accountancy provisions. The Commission has 
been entrusted with the task of supervising the quality of the reported fiscal data. Article 8(1) 
of  Regulation  (EC)  No  479/2009  sets  forth  that  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  shall  regularly 
assess  the  quality  both  of  actual  data  reported  by  Member  States  and  of  the  underlying 
government  sector  accounts  compiled  according  to  ESA  95.  Quality  of  actual  data  means 
compliance of such data with accounting rules, as well as completeness, reliability, timeliness, 
and consistency of the statistical data. Further, according to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) 
No  479/2009,  Member  States  shall  provide  the  Commission  (Eurostat),  as  promptly  as 
possible, with the  relevant statistical information requested for the needs of the data quality 
assessment, without prejudice to the provisions relating to statistical confidentiality.  

Following the 'Greek case' in 2004, and a subsequent request by the Council to strengthen the 
monitoring  of  the  quality  of  the  reported  fiscal  data,  the  Commission  proposed  in  2005  the 
amendments to the legislation in force, i.e. Council Regulation (EC) No 3605/93, governing 
the quality of EDP data. The amendments in the Commission’s proposal of 20053 sought to 
increase  the  transparency  of  the  EDP-related  statistics,  and,  to  that  end,  to  strengthen  the 
powers  of  Eurostat  with  respect  to  data  quality.  In  particular,  the  Commission  proposed  to 
establish "in-depth monitoring visits". Coupled with a general requirement for Member States 
to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with access to the information required for the purposes 
of the data quality assessment, the proposal was seeking for strengthened competence related 
to  the  quality  of  data.  However,  the  additional  tools  provided  to  the  Commission  by  the 
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2103/20054  were  more  limited  than  initially  requested.  In 
particular,  there  is  no  general  obligation  for  Member  States  to  provide  the  Commission 
(Eurostat)  with  access  to  all  the  information  requested  for  the  purposes  of  the  data  quality 
assessment and the scope of the methodological visits (only conducted in one Member State 
since the adoption of the legislation) is confined to the purely statistical domain. 

Recent  developments  and,  in  particular,  the  Greek  government  deficit  and  debt  statistics 
notified  in  October  20095,  have  revealed  and  made  these  limitations  more  acute  and  have 
demonstrated  that  the  current  system  for  fiscal  statistics  does  not  mitigate,  to  the  extent 

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Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional 
accounts in the Community (OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1). 
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  479/2009  of  25  May  2009  on  the  application  of  the  Protocol  on  the 
excessive  deficit  procedure  annexed  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community  (Codified 
version) (OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 1). 
COM(2005)71. 
Council Regulation (EC) No 2103/2005 of 12 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 
as  regards  the  quality  of  statistical  data  in  the  context  of  the  excessive  deficit  procedure  (OJ  L  337, 
22.12.2005, p. 1). 
Report  by  the  Commission  of  8  January  2010  on  Greek  government  deficit  and  debt  statistics 
(COM(2010)1 final). 

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necessary,  the  risk  of,  for  instance,  incorrect  or  inaccurate  data  being  notified  to  the 
Commission. 

Without  an  action  to  countervail  this  weakness,  such  instances  of  non-compliance  with  the 
rules  by  individual  Member  States  will  hence  continue  to  compromise  the  reliability  of  the 
governance system by its participants at both European and Member States’ levels. For that 
reason,  it  is  at  this  stage  both  appropriate  and  policy-consistent  to  propose  certain 
modifications of the governance framework for fiscal statistics. The purpose of the amended 
regulation is to allow the Commission and Member States to work more effectively together 
in improving the quality and reliability of government finance statistics, based on a two-pillar 
approach: first, more frequent and comprehensive regular statistical visits in the context of the 
standard  EDP  procedure;  second,  where  a  risk-based  assessment  identifies  specific  and 
significant problems, Eurostat may conduct additional methodological visits. 

To tackle the existing weaknesses, the Commission, therefore, deems it necessary to propose 
supplementing  the  existing  rules  in  order  to  strengthen  data  monitoring  mechanisms. 
However, the methodological visits will only be undertaken in cases where substantial risks or 
potential problems with the quality of the data are identified, as it is also currently the case 
pursuant to existing legal framework. 

Insofar  as  Eurostat,  as  a  statistical  authority,  must  be  able  to  actually  verify  the  figures 
provided,  there  is  a  need  to  supplement  the  current  framework  in  several  regards.  In 
particular,  there  is  a  need  for  the  recognition  of  the  right  for  Eurostat  to  directly  examine 
public accounts where there are substantial doubts about the reliability of the statistical data 
submitted  by  a  national  statistical  authority  –  together  with  the  corresponding  obligation  of 
national  authorities  to  keep  and  make  available  all  of  the  relevant  sources  of  information. 
Furthermore, there is a need for Member States to ensure the assistance of experts in national 
accounting, including for the preparation and undertaking of the methodological visits.  

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2010/0035 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No …/…. 

amending Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the 
context of the excessive deficit procedure 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the 
third subparagraph of Article 126(14) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 

Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

The  credibility  of  budgetary  surveillance  crucially  hinges  upon  reliable  budgetary 
statistics.  It  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  data  reported  by  Member  States  under 
Regulation  (EC)  No  479/2009  on  the  application  of  the  Protocol  on  the  excessive 
deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community6 are of 
high quality. 

The  European  Union  governance  framework  for  fiscal  statistics  has  been  further 
developed and institutional setting updated over the past years, notably with a view to 
improving the monitoring of the government accounts by the Commission (Eurostat). 

The revised governance framework for fiscal statistics has overall functioned well and, 
in general, has produced a satisfactory outcome in terms of reporting of relevant fiscal 
data  on  government  deficit  and  debt.  In  particular,  the  Member  States  have 
predominantly  demonstrated  a  solid  record  of  co-operation  in  good  faith  and  an 
operational ability to report fiscal data of high quality. 

However,  recent  developments  have  also  clearly  demonstrated  that  the  current 
governance  framework  for  fiscal  statistics  still  does  not  mitigate,  to  the  extent 
necessary,  the  risk  of  incorrect  or  inaccurate  data  being  deliberately  notified  to  the 
Commission. 

(5) 

In this connection, the Commission (Eurostat) should have additional rights of access 
to a widened scope of information for the needs of data quality assessment. 

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(6) 

In  carrying  out  monitoring  visits  to  a  Member  State  whose  statistical  information  is 
under  scrutiny  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  should  be  entitled  to  have  access  to  the 
accounts  of  government  entities  at  central,  state,  local  and  social  security  levels, 
including  the  provision  of  underlying  detailed  accounting  information,  relevant 
statistical  surveys  and  questionnaires  and  further  related  information,  respecting  the 
legislation on data protection as well as statistical confidentiality. 

(7) 

Public  accounts  of  individual  general  government  units,  as  well  as  of  public  units 
classified outside general government sector, should be the main object of the controls, 
and the public accounts should be assessed in terms of their statistical use. 

(8)  Member States should ensure that officials responsible for the reporting of the actual 
data  to  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  and  of  the  underlying  government  accounts  fully 
respect the obligations related to the statistical principles. 

(9) 

Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 is hereby amended as follows: 

Article 1 

(1) 

The following Article 2a is inserted: 

"Article 2a 

'Access' means the opportunity of consulting any relevant document by receiving a copy of it 
or  on  the  spot,  including,  where  available,  an  electronic  copy,  and  of  being  provided  any 
relevant  information.  The  documents  and  information  requested  shall  be  provided  promptly 
and, where available, be readily extractable from available records or sources." 

(2) 

In Article 8, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 

"2.  Member States shall as promptly as possible provide the Commission (Eurostat) with 
access to all the information requested for the needs of the data quality assessment, including 
statistical  information  such  as  data  from  national  accounts,  inventories,  excessive  deficit 
procedure  notification  tables,  additional  questionnaires  and  clarification  related  to  the 
notifications. 

The  format  of  the  questionnaires  shall  be  defined  by  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  after 
consultation  of  the  Committee  on  Monetary,  Financial  and  Balance  of  Payments  Statistics 
(hereinafter referred to as CMFB)." 

(3) 

In Article 11, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 

"3. 
The  methodological  visits  are  designed  to  monitor  the  processes  and  verify  the 
accounts  which  justify  the  reported  actual  data  and  to  draw  detailed  conclusions  as  to  the 
quality of reported data, as defined in Article 8(1). 

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The  methodological  visits  shall  only  be  undertaken  in  exceptional  cases  where  significant 
risks or problems with the quality of the data have been clearly identified." 

(4) 

In Article 12, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 

"1.  Member  States  shall,  at  the  request  of  the  Commission  (Eurostat),  provide  the 
assistance of experts in national accounting, including for the preparation and undertaking of 
the  methodological  visits.  In  the  exercise  of  their  duties,  these  experts  shall  provide  an 
independent  expertise.  A  list  of  those  experts  in  national  accounting  shall  be  constituted  on 
the  basis  of  proposals  sent  to  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  by  the  national  authorities 
responsible for the excessive deficit reporting. 

The  Commission  shall  lay  down  the  rules  and  procedures  related  to  the  selection  of  the 
experts and their working arrangements." 

(5) 

In Article 12, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 

In the framework of the methodological visits, the Commission (Eurostat) shall have 
"2. 
the  right  to  access  the  accounts  of  all  government  entities  at  central,  state,  local  and  social 
security levels, including the provision of underlying detailed accounting information, such as 
transactions  and  balance  sheets,  relevant  statistical  surveys  and  questionnaires  and  further 
related  information,  such  as  analytical  documents  and  the  accounting  data  of  other  public 
bodies. 

Member States shall take all necessary measures to facilitate the methodological visits. Those 
visits  may  be  carried  out  in  national  authorities  involved  in  the  excessive  deficit  procedure 
reporting,  as  well  as  in  all  services  directly  or  indirectly  involved  in  the  production  of 
government accounts and debt. Member States shall ensure that those national authorities and 
services, and where necessary, their national authorities who have a functional responsibility 
for  the  control  of  the  public  accounts,  provide  the  Commission  officials  or  other  experts 
referred  to  in  paragraph  1  with  the  assistance  necessary  to  carry  out  their  duties,  including 
making  documents  available  to  justify  the  reported  actual  deficit  and  debt  data  and  the 
underlying government accounts. Confidential records of the national statistical system should 
only be provided to the Commission (Eurostat)." 

(6) 

In Article 16, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 

"2.  Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that officials responsible for 
the  reporting  of  the  actual  data  to  the  Commission  (Eurostat)  and  of  the  underlying 
government  accounts  are  accountable  and  act  in  accordance  with  principles  established  by 
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
11 March 2009 on European statistics*. These measures must be effective, proportionate and 
dissuasive.  Member  States  shall  notify  these  measures  to  the  Commission  by  31  December 
2011 at the latest, and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendments affecting 
them." 

Article 2 

Entry into force 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

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∗ 

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

NAME OF THE PROPOSAL 

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EC)  No  479/2009  as  regards  the 
quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure. 

2. 

ABM / ABB FRAMEWORK 

Policy Area concerned and associated Activity/Activities: 

Statistics  (Production  of  Statistical  Information;  Policy  Strategy  and  Coordination; 
Administrative Support) 

3. 

BUDGET LINES 

3.1. 

Budget  lines  (operational  lines  and  related  technical  and  administrative 
assistance lines (ex B.A lines)) including headings: 

29.0203 Community Statistical Programme 2008-2012 

29.010401  Statistical 
management 

information  policy  —  Expenditure  on  administrative 

3.2. 

Duration of the action and of the financial impact: 

Indeterminate 

3.3. 

Budgetary characteristics: 

Budget line 

Type of expenditure 

New 

EFTA 
contribution 

Contributions 
from applicant 
countries 

Heading in 
financial 
perspective 

29.020101  Non-comp  Diff7 

NO  YES 

29.010401  Non-comp  Non-diff8  NO  YES 

NO 

NO 

No 1 

No 1  

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Differentiated appropriations. 
Non-differentiated appropriations hereafter referred to as NDA. 

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4. 

SUMMARY OF RESOURCES 

4.1. 

Financial Resources 

4.1.1.  Summary of commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA) 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Section 
no. 

Expenditure type 

2011 

2012 

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016 
and 
later 

Total 

Operational expenditure 

Commitment 
Appropriations (CA) 

8.1 

Payment  Appropriations 
(PA) 

a 

b 

Administrative expenditure within reference amount 

Technical & 
administrative assistance 
(NDA) 

8.2.4 

c 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

TTOOTTAALL  RREEFFEERREENNCCEE  AAMMOOUUNNTT  

Commitment 
Appropriations 

Payment 
Appropriations 

a+c 

b+c 

Administrative expenditure not included in reference amount 

Human 
associated 
(NDA) 

resources 

and 
expenditure 

Administrative  costs,  other 
than  human  resources  and 
associated 
not 
included in reference amount 
(NDA)* 

costs, 

* Mission costs 

8.2.5 

d 

1.709  1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

8.2.6 

e 

0.19 

0.24 

0.24 

0.24 

0.24 

0.24 

1.39 

4.1.2.  Compatibility with Financial Programming 

(cid:59) 

Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming. 

4.1.3.  Financial impact on Revenue 

(cid:59) 

Proposal has no financial implications on revenue 

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4.2. 

Human  Resources FTE (including officials, temporary and external staff – see 
detail under point 8.2.1.) 

Annual requirements 

2011 

2012 

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016 
and 
later 

Total  number  of 
human resources 

20 

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20 

20 

20 

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5. 

CHARACTERISTICS AND OBJECTIVES 

5.1. 

Need to be met in the short or long term 

Recent  developments  and,  in  particular,  the  notified  Greek  government  deficit  and  debt 
statistics9 have demonstrated that the current system for fiscal statistics does not mitigate, to 
the extent necessary, the risk of, for instance, incorrect or inaccurate data being notified to the 
Commission. 

Without  an  action  to  countervail  this  weakness,  such  instances  of  non-compliance  with  the 
rules  by  individual  Member  States  will  hence  continue  to  compromise  the  reliability  of  the 
governance system by its participants at both European and Member States’ levels. For that 
reason,  it  seems  at  this  stage  both  appropriate  and  policy-consistent  to  propose  certain 
modifications of the governance framework for fiscal statistics. 

5.2. 

Value-added  of  Community  involvement  and  coherence  of  the  proposal  with 
other financial instruments and possible synergy 

The Commission has a major direct responsibility in analysing and assessing deficit and debt 
figures for a correct implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, and is responsible for 
providing the statistics on the excessive deficit procedure, based on data reported by Member 
States  and  Candidate  Countries.  This  is  an  important  role  to  be  played  by  the  Commission 
given the fact that the Member States constitute an interested party. 

This  enhanced  Community  involvement  will  also  increase  harmonisation  of  national 
approaches and will exploit the available synergies by including experts from other Member 
States in methodological visits. 

5.3. 

Objectives, expected results and related indicators of the proposal in the context 
of the ABM framework 

The Commission has a major responsibility to provide an independent view on data 
quality  according  to  the  protocol  attached  to  the  Maastricht  Treaty  and  to  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  479/2009.  The  main  objective  would  be  to  establish  tools  for 
control  of  national  systems  for  production  of  budgetary  statistics  and  minimise  the 

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cases of incorrect reporting of deficit and debt figures (as exemplified by the cases in 
Greece in 2004 and 2009). 

It  is  expected  that  better  quality  data  will  result,  based  on  a  more  reliable  and 
consistent approach. The appropriate detection of structural weaknesses in the system 
(systemic risk) and unreliable data will indicate progress. Two main indicators will 
be the number of reservations and amendments of the data in the Eurostat EDP press 
release as well as the number of methodological visits. 

5.4.  Method of implementation (indicative) 

(cid:59)  Centralised Management 

(cid:59) 

directly by the Commission 

6. 

MONITORING AND EVALUATION 

6.1.  Monitoring system 

The quality of the data reported will be monitored in the context of the application of 
the  provisions  of  the  European  system  of  national  and  regional  accounts  in  the 
Community,  adopted  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2223/96  (ESA95),  which  constitutes 
the  basis  for  the  reporting  and  provision  of  statistical  data  in  the  context  of  the 
excessive  deficit  procedure.  The  statistical  systems  put  in  place  by  Member  States 
and  Candidate  Countries  will  be  checked  against  those  systems  already  providing 
good  quality  figures  as  stated  in  the  Code  of  Conduct.  Regular  reports  on  the 
functioning  of  the  systems  and  the  results  of  the  monitoring  process  (countries 
visited,  problems  encountered  and  envisaged  solutions)  will  be  submitted  to  the 
Commission, the Parliament and to the Council. 

6.2. 

Evaluation 

6.2.1.  Ex-ante evaluation 

Recent Council meetings have concluded that the independence and quality of statistics need 
to be further improved and have requested the Commission to make proposals in this area. 

6.2.2.  Measures  taken  following  an  intermediate/ex-post  evaluation  (lessons  learned  from 

similar experiences in the past) 

This is a new intervention. 

6.2.3.  Terms and frequency of future evaluation 

Evaluations on the appropriateness of the system providing public finance data necessary for 
the application of the Treaties will be regularly carried out by Eurostat. 

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7. 

ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES  

The  proposal  itself  can  be  considered  to  be  destined  inter  alia  as  a  measure  to  detect  and 
mitigate  any  potential  non-compliance  of  Member  States/Candidate  Countries  with  the 
established  rules.  In  addition,  to  ensure  the  continuing  independence  and  integrity  of  the 
inspection capability, a policy of strict rotation of personnel involved in methodological visits 
to specific Member States and Candidate Countries will be introduced. 

8. 

DETAILS OF RESOURCES 

8.1. 

Objectives of the proposal in terms of their financial cost 

8.2. 

Administrative Expenditure 

8.2.1.  Number and type of human resources 

Types of post 

Staff to be assigned to management of the action using existing and/or 
additional resources (number of posts/FTEs) 

Year 2011  Year 2012  Year 2013  Year 2014  Year 2015  Year 2016 

Officials or 
temporary 
staff10  
(29 01 01) 

A*/AD 

B*, 
C*/AST 

Staff financed11 by 
art.29 01 02 01 
(Seconded National 
Experts)  

Staff financed12 by 
art.29 01 02 02 
(Contractual agents)  

TOTAL 

5 

1 

9 

5 

20 

5 

1 

9 

5 

20 

5 

1 

9 

5 

20 

5 

1 

9 

5 

20 

5 

1 

9 

5 

20 

5 

1 

9 

5 

20 

The  needs  for  human  resources  shall  be  covered  within  the  allocation  already  granted  for 
managing this action and/or redeployed within the DG, complemented as the case may be by 
any additional allocation that might be granted to the managing DG in the framework of the 
annual allocation procedure in the light of budgetary constraints. 

8.2.2.  Description of tasks deriving from the action 

The requested human resources will be assigned to the new task that the Council Regulation 
will  entrust  the  Commission  with  and  which  will  consist  in  carrying  out  in-depth 
methodological  visits  in  Member  States,  as  well  as  increasing  the  frequency  of  the  regular 
visits.  There  will  be  methodological  visits  in  the  cases  of  evidence  or  suspicion  of 

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Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount. 
Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount. 
Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount. 

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misreporting and at the time of important events for a Member State in the context of the SGP 
and EDP (ex: before the accession to the euro-zone). 

Public  accounts  of  individual  general  government  (GG)  units,  as  well  as  of  public  units 
classified  outside  GG  sector,  would  be  the  main  object  of  the  auditing,  and  the  public 
accounts  would  be  controlled  in  terms  of  their  statistical  use.  More  in  detail,  the  following 
issues/processes will be the object of the reporting: 

- faithful transition from data sources into national accounts and into EDP tables; 

- assessment of underlying detailed information, including transactions; 

-  identification  of  which  data  sources  are  audited  at  national  level  (by  a  recognised 
independent audit body) and which are not. This is crucial as the assessment could focus on 
the areas which are not already audited at a national level. For the areas which are not audited, 
an identification of other sources of assurance would be needed; 

-  promotion  of  adoption  of  public  accounting  standards  -  provide  assistance  to  MS  at  their 
request  in  moving  to  a  system  of  audited  data  and  accrual  accounting  for  their  public 
accounts, preferably following international standards. 

8.2.3. 

Sources of human resources (statutory) 

(cid:59) 

Posts to be requested in the next allocation procedures 

Posts to be redeployed within the DG after a screening to be completed by the 

(cid:59) 
end of July 2010 

8.2.4.  Other  Administrative  expenditure  included  in  reference  amount  (XX  01  04/05  – 

Expenditure on administrative management) 

N/A 

8.2.5.  Financial cost of human resources and associated costs not included in the reference 

amount 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Type of human resources 

2011 

2012 

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016  

and later 

Officials  and  temporary  staff 
(29 01 01) 

Staff financed by 
art.29 01 02 01 and 
art.29 01 02 02 (Seconded 
National Experts and 
Contractual agents) 

0.732 

0.732 

0.732 

0.732 

0.732 

0.732 

0.977 

0.977 

0.977 

0.977 

0.977 

0.977 

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Total cost of Human 
Resources and associated 
costs (NOT in reference 
amount) 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

1.709 

Calculation– Officials and Temporary agents 
With  an  average  cost  of  a  permanent  official  estimated  at  122.000  euro/year,  the  financial 
cost  of  human  resources  and  associated  costs  (not  included  in  the  reference  amount)  is 
732.000 euro/year in total. 
Calculation– Staff financed under art. 29 010201 
With an average cost of a seconded national expert for the European Union budget estimated 
at 73.000 euro/year, the financial cost of human resources and associated costs (not included 
in the reference amount) of staff financed by Art 29 01 02 is 657.000 euro/year in total. 
With an average cost of a contract agent estimated at 64.000 euro/year, the financial cost of 
human resources and associated costs (not included in the reference amount) of staff financed 
by Art 29 01 02 is 320.000 euro/year in total. 

The  needs  for  human  resources  shall  be  covered  within  the  allocation  already  granted  for 
managing this action and/or redeployed within the DG, complemented as the case may be by 
any additional allocation that might be granted to the managing DG in the framework of the 
annual allocation procedure in the light of budgetary constraints. 

8.2.6. Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Year 
n 

Year 
n+1 

Year 
n+2 

Year 
n+3 

Year 
n+4 

Year 
n+5 

and 
later 

TOTAL 

29 01 02 11 01 – Missions 

0.05 

0.1 

0.1 

0.1 

0.1 

0.1 

0.55 

29 01 02 11 02 – Meetings & Conferences 

0.14 

0.14 

0.14 

0.14 

0.14 

0.14 

0.84 

29 01 02 11 03 – Committees 

29 01 02 11 04 – Studies & consultations 

29 01 02 11 05 - Information systems 

 2  Total  Other  Management  Expenditure  (29 

01 02 11) 

3  Other  expenditure  of  an  administrative 
nature  (specify  including  reference  to  budget 
line) 

Total Administrative expenditure, other than 
human resources and associated costs (NOT 
included in reference amount) 

0.19 

0.24 

0.24 

0.24 

0.24 

0.24 

1.39 

EN 

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The  needs  for  administrative  appropriations  shall  be  covered  within  the  allocation  already 
granted for managing this action and/or redeployed within the DG, complemented as the case 
may  be  by  any  additional  allocation  that  might  be  granted  to  the  managing  DG  in  the 
framework of the annual allocation procedure in the light of budgetary constraints. 

EN 

15 

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