Ag.06 Context (staff number, GDP) No document 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

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

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

Situation at 31.12.2013 per Eurostat Source: Eurostat PSEO database Estimate at 4.3.2014 (situation at 31.12.2013) 58 410 Active officials 20 612 Retired officials in receipt of pension/invalidity + orphans/survivors 460 Other (eg. deferred) total: 79 482

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).

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

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

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

GDP (2013 percentage of EU28) BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR HR IT CY LV 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: 27.02.2014 from Eurostat database [nama_gdp_c] 16.03.2015 from Eurostat database [nama_gdp_c] 16.03.2015 from Eurostat database [nama_10_gdp]

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.

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)

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