Environmental Goods and Services Sector (EGSS) Data Collection Handbook and Standard Tables Final Draft Working Group on Environmental Expenditure Statistics Joint Eurostat / EFTA group Meeting of 25 Mars 2009 BECH Building – Room Ampere Luxembourg

The challenge Collecting data on the “environmental” sector: Strong policy interests to implement future measures directed towards the environmental sector. Good quality, comparable, coherent data…limiting the burden on national statistical offices to the minimum.

Structure of the presentation 1.Overview of the Handbook 2.The EGSS: definition and classification 3.Identification of the EGSS population 4.Data collection 5.The Standard Tables 6.Presentation and interpretation of results 7.Final remarks

Overview of the Handbook Sources: Environmental Industry OECD/Eurostat Manual (1999) SERIEE, SEEA Countries’ experiences Task Force: Austria, Sweden, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, The Netherlands, Norway. Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Overview of the Handbook Structure and organisation of the Handbook: Theoretical framework Practical information: Identification of the population Gathering of the relevant data Examples and recommendations Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The EGSSS Three main issues to be discussed before any collection of data on the environmental sector: 1.definition 2.delimitation 3.classification Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The EGSS: definition The Environmental industry OECD/Eurostat Manual definition … … as a starting point. Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The EGSS: delimitation (1) What is included and excluded in the EGSS? –Environmental purpose: technical nature of the activity and producer’s intention –Not included in the sector Natural hazards and risk management Extraction, exploitation and mobilisation of non- renewable resources Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The EGSS: delimitation (2) What kind of environmental technologies, goods and services? –Environmental specific services –Connected products –Adapted goods –End-of-pipe technologies –Integrated technologies Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The EGSS: delimitation (3) What kind of producers? –General Government –Corporations Market/non market activities Principal/secondary/ancillary activities Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The EGSS: classification Environmental purpose –Environmental Protection CEPA 2000 –Resource Management CReMA 2008 Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Identification of the population –Identification of environmental activities –Identification of environmental technologies, goods and services. Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Identification of the population in 4 steps Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Practical approaches and methods for classification of the EGSS Recommendations for: –Climate change prevention activities –Recycling activities –Waste incineration activities –Forest certification activities –Protection of biodiversity and management of wild flora and fauna Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Data Collection Supply side approach Main Sources for data compilation: –Existing statistics –Surveys Demand side approach as a secondary / complementary source, for certain activities (e.g. EP environmental specific services, ancillary EP activities) Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The Standard Tables The Standard Tables are the main tool to report EGSS statistics to Eurostat They have been organised to be as simple and user-friendly as possible They allow for the collection of very detailed data They offer the possibility of being filled in at different levels of detail Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The Standard Tables Introductory sheets Examples sheet Data sheets: –Different levels of breakdown by NACE –Breakdown by type of output –Breakdown by environmental / resource domain –Green shadowed cells Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

The Standard Tables Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Presentation and interpretation of results By economic sector: Government / Corporations –NACE sectors / Government levels By environmental domain: CEPA / CReMA By economic variable: VA / turnover / employment / exports By environmental output: environmental service / connected goods / adapted goods / end-of-pipe technologies / integrated technologies Time series Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Presentation and interpretation of results: adapted goods CAUTION in presenting data, in particular for adapted goods. Only a part “truly” environmental (cfr. SERIEE and the “environmental share”) Harmonization of the goods to be collected. Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

Final remarks and conclusions Strong points Limits Further developments Overview The EGSS The population Data collection Standard Tables Results Final remarks

For further details, comments and questions: ICEDD Bd. F. Orban 4, 5000 Namur, Belgium Maria José Lopez Marco Orsini Céline Martin Thank you for your attention

Annexes 1. Details on goods/services/technologies, general government / corporations, ancillary activities 2. Details on the CEPA and CReMA classifications and examples 3. Correspondence tables NACE 1.1 / NACE 2 4. Identifying the population: examples from countries 5. Identifying integrated technologies and adapted goods: examples 6. The WTO list of env. goods 7. The German list of env. goods and services 8. Classification of sustainable activities 9. The demand side approach 10. Details on estimating variables using surveys 11. The double counting problem 12. Data collection: example from countries

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