1. General Comments of the Consultation and Chapter 1 − Introduction Results of the second worldwide consultation

2. Summary of the general comments 60 comments were received Most of them restated their support for IRES and emphasized its importance for the establishment and strengthening of energy statistics programmes 20 issues/suggestions are brought up to the EGM – Technical/specific issues(4) – Presentation issues (4) – Issues in technical assistance (4) – Consistency with/harmonization of international data reporting (4) – Editorial and others (4)

3. Technical/specific issues (4) – Overlap of energy statistics with industrial statistics – Need for review of values for fuelwood – lack of appropriate detail for renewables in IRES Presentational issues – overall consistency through the chapters – clear identification of the target audience of IRES – improving the presentation of technical definitions and concepts

4. Issues in technical assistance – Request of translation of the document – International workshop and overall assistance in the implementation of IRES Consistency with/harmonization of international data reporting – Reduce response burden and consistency with international data collection already in place Editorial and others

5. Chapter contents A.Background (7%) B.Purpose of the IRES(36%) C.Users and uses of energy statistics (16%) D.Revision process and IRES content (24%) E.Implementation and revision policy (18%)

6. Chapter objective: To describe the purpose of IRES, i.e. ‘to provide a firm foundation for the long-term development of energy statistics as a part of official statistics based on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics’ And give a context to these recommendations (e.g. historical background, need for IRES, etc.)

7. A – Background – Reference to the revision process, UN Stat Commission, etc. B – Purpose of IRES – Reference to the UN Fundamental principles of official statistics – Need for updated recommendations C – Users and uses of energy statistics D – Revision process and IRES content E – implementation and revision policy

8. Result of the WWC - summary Question 1.1: Do you overall agree with the content of this chapter? Question 1.2: Do you agree with the purpose of IRES as described in section B of this chapter?

9. WWC – comments received to chapter 1 45 comments received A large number explicitly expressed their agreement with content and the chapter and the purpose of IRES From the comments we have identified – 9 more important issues/comments; and – 10 editorial and other issues

10. Discussion A list of issues brought up by the respondents to the 2 nd WWC has been prepared and presented to the Expert Group. Members of the expert group are invited to provide their opinions on the presented issues.