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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on the modalities, structure, periodicity and assessment indicators of the quality reports on data transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
            
            
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               on the modalities, structure, periodicity and assessment indicators of the quality reports on data transmitted pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
            
            
               (Text with EEA relevance)
            
            
               THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
            
            
               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
            
            
               Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union
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               , and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 sets up the European System of Accounts 2010 (the ‘ESA 2010’) which establishes a programme setting out the time limits by which Member States are to transmit to the Commission the accounts and tables to be compiled in accordance with the methodology set out in that Regulation.
            
            
               (2)Pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, the data covered by that Regulation is subject to the quality criteria set out in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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               . Member States should are to the Commission with a report on the quality of the transmitted data on national and regional accounts.
            
            
               (3)Temporary derogations were granted to Member States pursuant to the Commission Implementing Decision 2014/403/EU
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               . Therefore, the content of the quality reports that the Commission requires Member States to submit should be adapted in accordance with those derogations. The requirement to provide quality reports should be phased in gradually by 2021 to allow Member States time to complete the major adaptations necessary for the introduction of ESA 2010 in the national statistical systems.
            
            
               (4)In accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 and for the purposes of applying the quality criteria referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation, the modalities, structure, periodicity and assessment indicators of the quality reports to be provided by Member States should be defined by the Commission by means of implementing acts.
            
            
               (5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
            
            
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
            
            
               Article 1
            
            
               The quality report on national and regional accounts referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 shall cover the data sent by Member States in accordance with the ESA 2010 transmission programme as laid down in Annex B of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 in the year preceding the report.
            
            
               Member States shall provide the quality report on an annual basis.
            
            
               Article 2
            
            
               The modalities, structure and assessment indicators of the quality reports on national and regional accounts referred to in Article 1 shall be those set out in the Annex.
            
         
         
            
               Article 3
            
            
               This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            
            
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            
            
               Done at Brussels,
            
            
               
                     For the Commission
               
               
                     The President
                     Jean-Claude Juncker 
               
            
         
         
            
                  
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                  OJ L 174, 21.5.2013, p. 1.
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  
                  
                        Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
                  
               
               
                  
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                        Commission Implementing Decision No 2014/403/EU of 26 June 2014 on granting derogations to Member States with respect to the transmission of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 195, 2.7.2014, p. 1).
                  
               
            
      
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               ANNEX
            
            
               Modalities, structure and assessment indicators of the quality reports to be provided by Member States
            
            
               1. Introduction
            
            
               The quality report on national and regional accounts shall contain both quantitative indicators and qualitative descriptions of the quality of the data sent the previous year. The Commission (Eurostat) shall provide to Member States the results of the quantitative indicators, calculated on the basis of the data provided. Member States shall interpret and comment on them, in accordance with their compilation methodology and statistical production process. 
            
            
               2. Modalities 
            
            
               –Before 15 February 2017 and every year thereafter, the Commission (Eurostat) shall supply the Member States with draft documents for quality reports partially pre-filled with all the quantitative assessment indicators specified in Section 4.
            
            
               –Every year, not later than 31 May, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the completed quality report.
            
            
               3. Structure
            
            
               Each Member State shall submit a single quality report covering all the tables of the ESA 2010 transmission programme as set out in Annex B of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
            
            
               The quality reports shall include information on all the quality criteria laid down in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. The information shall be presented according to the following structure:
            
            
               –Relevance
            
            
               –Accuracy and reliability
            
            
               –Timeliness and punctuality
            
            
               –Accessibility and clarity
            
            
               –Coherence and comparability
            
            
               4. Assessment indicators
            
            
               4.1. Quantitative indicators
            
            
               The quality report shall contain the following quantitative indicators:
            
            
                     
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                        Indicator
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Definition*
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Variable and/or table of the ESA 2010 transmission programme
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Reference period*
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Quality criteria
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Implemen-tation from
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Data completeness rate 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Ratio of the number of data cells provided by Member States to the number of data cells required by ESA 2010 transmission programme not covered by derogations
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        All tables, quarterly and annual
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1995 until the latest year and quarter
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Relevance
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        2.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Revision rates of quarterly data 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Revision rate for key quarterly variables between the first and the latest transmissions and average revision rate in subsequent transmissions since the first transmission
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Seasonally and calendar adjusted gross domestic product volume (Table 1)
                     
                     
                        Seasonally adjusted total employment in thousands of persons (Table 1)
                     
                     
                        Non-seasonally adjusted gross disposable income of households (Table 801)
                     
                     
                        Non-seasonally adjusted final consumption expenditure by households (Table 801)
                     
                     
                        Non-seasonally adjusted gross value added of non-financial corporations (Table 801)
                     
                     
                        Non-seasonally adjusted gross fixed capital formation of non-financial corporations (Table 801)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Available quarters of the latest three years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Accuracy and reliability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2019
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        2019
                     
                     
                     
                        2021
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        2021
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        2021
                     
                     
                     
                     
                        2021
                     
                  
               
                     
                        3.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Revision rates of annual data
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Average revision rates for key annual variables in subsequent transmissions since the first transmission
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Table 1:
                     
                     
                        Gross domestic product (current prices and volumes), Gross value added (current prices)
                     
                     
                        Table 1 (current prices):
                     
                     
                        Compensation of employees, Gross operating surplus and mixed income
                     
                     
                        Table 1 (current prices):
                     
                     
                        Final consumption expenditure of households and non-profit institutions serving households,
                     
                     
                        Final consumption expenditure of government,
                     
                     
                        Gross fixed capital formation,
                     
                     
                        Exports of goods and services,
                     
                     
                        Imports of goods and services
                     
                     
                        Table 1 (thousands of persons):
                     
                     
                        Total employment,
                     
                     
                        Employees
                     
                     
                        Table 2 (current prices):
                     
                     
                        Government expenditure,
                     
                     
                        Government revenue
                     
                     
                        Table 7 (current prices):
                     
                     
                        Total financial sector liabilities (non-consolidated)
                     
                     
                        Table 7 (current prices):
                     
                     
                        Debt of non-financial corporations (consolidated),
                     
                     
                        Debt of households and non-profit institutions serving households (consolidated)
                     
                     
                        Table 10:
                     
                     
                        Gross value added in current prices, employment in persons (t+12 months),
                     
                     
                        Compensation of employees in current prices (t+24 months) (NUTS 2)
                     
                     
                        Table 13 (current prices):
                     
                     
                        Net disposable income of households (NUTS 2)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Accuracy and reliability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2019
                     
                  
               
                     
                        4.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Punctuality – delivery dates
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        First delivery date and delivery date of validated data  for each table of the ESA 2010 transmission programme for all transmissions due in the latest year
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        All tables, quarterly and annual 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Timeliness and punctuality
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        5.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - internal within and between tables
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Average and maximum absolute difference showing the extent to which statistics are consistent within a given data set, i.e. all the appropriate arithmetic and accounting identities are observed, no unexplained changes and the consistent with integrity rules
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Gross domestic product, current prices (quarterly and annual):
                     
                     
                        Within table 1 (gross domestic product according to production, expenditure and income approaches)
                     
                     
                        Gross value added, current prices (only annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 3
                     
                     
                        Compensation of employees, current prices (annual only):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 3
                     
                     
                        Gross fixed capital formation, current prices (only annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 3 and tables 1 and 22
                     
                     
                        Exports of goods and services, current prices (quarterly and annual):
                     
                     
                        Within table 1 (taken from gross domestic productexpenditure approach and from the detailed exports breakdown)
                     
                     
                        Imports of goods and services, current prices (quarterly and annual):
                     
                     
                        Within table 1 (taken from gross domestic productexpenditure approach and from the detailed imports breakdown)
                     
                     
                        Total employment, employees and self-employed (annual only, thousands of persons):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 3
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        6.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - annual data and sum of quarters
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        The extent to which annual and quarterly statistics are reconcilable
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        (For all variables except employment, reconciliation is tested between annual data and the sum of four quarters; for employment – between annual data and the average of four quarters)
                     
                     
                        Gross domestic product, current prices, non-seasonally adjusted (table 1)
                     
                     
                        Total employment in thousands of persons, non-seasonally adjusted (table 1)
                     
                     
                        Gross operating surplus for non-financial corporations sector (table 8, current prices)
                     
                     
                        Gross disposable income for households and non-profit institutions serving households sectors (table 8, current prices)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        7.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - totals and sum of components
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        The extent to which the sum of sub-components is equal to a total
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Gross domestic product, current prices, non-seasonally adjusted, total and sum of expenditure components (quarterly and annual), table 1
                     
                     
                        Gross value added, current prices, total and A10 breakdowns (quarterly and annual), table 1
                     
                     
                        Total employment in thousands of persons, non-seasonally adjusted, total and sum of employees and self-employed (quarterly and annual), table 1
                     
                     
                        Total employment, in thousands of persons, total and sum of A10 breakdowns (annual only), table 1
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        8.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - main aggregates and non-financial sector accounts
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Differences between main aggregates data and corresponding data in non-financial sector accounts
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Gross domestic product, current prices, non-seasonally adjusted (quarterly and annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 8/801
                     
                     
                        Final consumption expenditure for households and non-profit institutions serving households sectors, current prices, non-seasonally adjusted (quarterly and annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 801/8
                     
                     
                        Gross fixed capital formation, current prices (annual only):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 8
                     
                     
                        Compensation of employees, current prices (annual only):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 8
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2021
                     
                  
               
                     
                        9.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - main aggregates and regional accounts
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Differences between main aggregates data and corresponding data in regional accounts
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Gross value added, current prices (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between total of table 1 and sum of NUTS2 regions of tables 10 and 12
                     
                     
                        Employment in thousands of persons (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between total of table 1 and sum of NUTS2 regions of tables 10 and 12
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2021
                     
                  
               
                     
                        10.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - main aggregates and supply and use tables
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Differences between main aggregates data and corresponding data in supply and use tables
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        (all data in current prices, annual)
                     
                     
                        Gross value added:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                     
                        Taxes less subsidies on products:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 15
                     
                     
                        Final consumption expenditure, final consumption expenditure of households, final consumption expenditure of general government, final consumption expenditure of non-profit institutions serving households:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                     
                        Gross capital formation, gross fixed capital formation, changes in inventories, acquisitions less disposals of valuables:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                     
                        Exports of goods and services:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                     
                        Imports of goods and services:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                     
                        Compensation of employees:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                     
                        Operating surplus and mixed income gross:
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 16
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2021
                     
                  
               
                     
                        11.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - main aggregates and government finance statistics 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Differences between main aggregates data and corresponding data in government finance statistics
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        (all data in current prices)
                     
                     
                        Individual consumption expenditure (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 2
                     
                     
                        Collective consumption expenditure (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 2
                     
                     
                        Taxes on products (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 1 and 9
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2021
                     
                  
               
                     
                        12.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence - non-financial sector accounts and government finance statistics
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Differences between non-financial sector accounts data and corresponding data in government finance statistics
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Net lending and net borrowing, government sector, current prices (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 8 and 2
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2021
                     
                  
               
                     
                        13.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence – non-financial sector accounts and financial accounts
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Differences between non-financial sector accounts data and corresponding data in financial accounts
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Net lending and net borrowing, all sectors, current prices (annual):
                     
                     
                        Between tables 8 and 6
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Latest five years
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2019
                     
                  
               
         
            
               * Unless otherwise specified, quantitative indicators are calculated based on the most recent vintage of Member States' data published at Eurostat's website.
            
            
               4.2. Qualitative information
            
            
               The quality report shall contain the following qualitative information:
            
            
                     
                        No
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Indicator
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Definition
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Quality criteria
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Implementation from
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Data revision policy
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Metadata on national data revision policy containing:
                     
                     
                        links to existing metadata published nationally;
                     
                     
                        brief information about benchmark and/or major routine revisions and their impacts on gross domestic product.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Accuracy and reliability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        2.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Documentation on methodology
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        List of national publications on the data sources used and methodology applied containing the titles of these publications and links to them, if available
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Accessibility and clarity
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2017
                     
                  
               
                     
                        3.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Length of comparable time series over time
                     
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Metadata on the length of comparable time series over time containing:
                     
                     
                        links to existing metadata published nationally;
                     
                     
                        brief information about the length of comparable time series, breaks in the time series and explanations for the breaks.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Coherence and comparability
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2021