DRAFT COMMISSION REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING EP AND COUNCIL REGULATION No 1338/2008 ON: - CAUSES OF DEATH STATISTICS - ACCIDENTS AT WORK (ESAW) AGENDA POINTS 4.1 and 4.2 Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

Structure of the presentation Background to the proposals Content of the proposed regulation on CoD Content of the proposed regulation on ESAW Derogations Next steps Conclusion Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

1. Background to the proposals Annual data collections since the early nineties based on a Gentlemen's Agreement Based on administrative information EP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 on public health and health and safety at work Article 9 paragraph 1 (and Annex III and IV), two implementing measures for the Causes of Death Statistics (CoD) and for Accidents at Work Statistics (ESAW) Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

1. Background to the proposals Comparability of the produced information: CoD: Collection according to UN and WHO recommendations Codification according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ESAW: ESAW methodology ILO Resolution on “Statistics on occupational injuries resulting from accidents at work” Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

1. Background to the proposals Policy relevance: Wide contribution to EU public health and health and safety at work policies (DG SANCO and EMPL) CoD ECHI list of indicators: Indicators of disease-specific mortality; smoking and alcohol-attributable deaths; Ad-hoc indicators such as of excess mortality by heat waves ESAW Indicators used in Community strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work, Sustainable Development Indicators, Lisbon Structural Indicators ECHI (Incidence rates of non-fatal and fatal accidents) Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

2. Content of the proposed regulation on CoD Improvement of data quality in terms of accuracy and completeness Challenges concern: Transmission of data to the country of residency for deceased persons dying abroad Definitions of stillbirths and residents Data collection for stillbirths and neonatal deaths Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

2. Content of the proposed regulation on CoD One transmission by MS to Eurostat: One file for residents (possibly with data on causes of death of residents dying abroad) And another one for non-residents dying in the reporting country Eurostat will disseminate data on: Residents (by causes of death, region of residence, age/sex) Non-residents who died within the EU (by cause of death, country of residence, age/sex (without country/region of occurrence)) Deaths by country of occurrence (by cause of death, region of occurrence, age/sex (without country/region of residency)) Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

3. Content of the proposed regulation on ESAW Focuses on employees of almost all NACE sectors – remain optional: Sectors T and U Professions/activity sectors, difficult to cover for confidentiality reasons Gradual implementation in 2 phases (2013 and 2015): Coverage of NACE sectors in 2 steps Data on causes and circumstances transmitted for 2015 Actual timeliness of transmission to 18 months kept T: ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS; UNDIFFERENTIATED GOODS- AND SERVICES-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE U: ACTIVITIES OF EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

4. Derogations CoD For BG, CZ, DE, FR, NL, FI and IT ESAW For BE, DE, IE, EL, FR, LV, NL and UK Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

5. Next steps If positive opinion of DSS: November 2011: Both regulations to be presented to the European Statistical System Committee (ESS) First trimester of 2011: Publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union The main element for preparing the 2nd round is represented by the workshop that will be organised by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, most probably in May 2010. Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010

6. Conclusion The DSS are asked to give their opinion on the two draft Commission regulations on: Causes of Death (CoD) Accidents at Work (ESAW) The main element for preparing the 2nd round is represented by the workshop that will be organised by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, most probably in May 2010. Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) 23-24 September 2010