1. Quarterly Government Debt (also called Quarterly Maastricht Debt)

2. 1. Introduction and legal acts
Quarterly government debt – Council regulation (EC) no 1222/2004 of 28 June 2004
Currently concerns EU 27 + Data from Norway and possibly, Iceland in the future

3. 2. Definition
Total consolidated gross debt of general government at nominal/face value outstanding at the end of a quarter
By this definition, quarterly government debt is identical to EDP (Maastricht debt)

4. 2. Definition
Consolidated (debt held by other sub-sectors of GG should be eliminated)
Recorded at nominal value
Including accrued interests when they are actually credited
Note differences with ESA-95 debt definition

5. 3. Components AF2: Currency and deposits AF21 Currency
AF22_29 Deposits
AF33: Securities other than shares, exc. financial derivatives
- AF331 Short-term
- AF332 Long-term
AF4: Loans
- AF41 Short-term
- AF42 Long-term

6. 3. Components Detail by sub-sector not requested in the regulation
As agreed practice, all countries transmit the breakdowns by sub-sector of general government: central government (S1311), state government (S1312), local government (S1313) and social security funds (S1314)
Sub-sectors are consolidated within but not between

7. 4. Data checking
Several checks carried out: Internal and External checks
Fourth quarter debt compared with the end-of-year debt sent with the EDP notification exercise

8. 5. Data transmission
The data should be transmitted from 2000Q1 onwards
Timeliness: 90 days after the end of the reference quarter
Gesmes/TS. Since 1st July 2008, eDamis Single Entry Point.