Eurostat/ OECD regional report Own comparison, which will be linked to ICP at basic heading level Consumer prices: 3 years rolling benchmark Equipment goods and construction bi-annual (OECD every 3 years); both collect prices in 2005 rents, salaries, expenditure weights annual

Eurostat/ OECD regional report Finance: Cost of annual slice about 5 Mio euro Of which 1,4 Mio subsidies to countries Organisation: Consumer prices: 3 groups with a group leader Equipment goods and construction: central survey with expert contactor for central organisation and contracted country experts rents, salaries, expenditure weights: central survey organised by Eurostat

Eurostat/ OECD regional report Where are we? Regular publication calendar Consumer prices: 3 of 6 surveys which will form 2005 data already executed (2 published) One more survey in 2004, 2 in 2005 Equipment goods and construction experts contracted at the moment; pre-survey November 2004 to June 2005, survey September-October 2005 rents, salaries, expenditure weights Data for 2002/3 collected by end-September 2004 Data for 2003/4 collected by end-September 2005 Data for 2004/5 collected by end-September 2006