1. Ch. 12.6 EDP work arrangements at Eurostat
GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Ch EDP work arrangements at Eurostat
GFS/EDP course 2014 1
GFS course ch. 14.6 1

2. Main issues covered The role of Eurostat in the context of EDP
GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Main issues covered
The role of Eurostat in the context of EDP
Information and data sources used in the context of the EDP notifications
Established working procedures
Eurostat working tools
GFS/EDP course 2014 2
GFS course ch. 14.6 2

3. Check the data reported by Member States
GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
The role of Eurostat in the context of the EDP (CR 479/2009, as amended)
Check the data reported by Member States
Publish the data in bi-annual press releases
Clarify application of accounting rules
Organisation of task-forces
EDP dialogue visits
GFS/EDP course 2014 3
GFS course ch. 14.6

4. Bi-annual notifications ESA95 transmission programme
GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Information and data sources used in the context of the EDP notifications
Bi-annual notifications
ESA95 transmission programme
EDP inventories on sources and methods
Questionnaire related to EDP tables
Bilateral clarifications (Paradise) - ad-hoc questionnaires
Mission follow-up
GFS/EDP course 2014 4
GFS course ch. 14.6

5. GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Established working procedures by Eurostat (October 2014 as an example)
July 2014 – agreement on provisional EDP planning
11 August – letter to national reporting authorities with EDP notification tables, questionnaire related to EDP (including an ad-hoc questionnaire o revisions), supplementary tables on financial crisis and draft time- schedule
30 September – all notifications received
6 October – deadline for sending first request for information (clarification)
GFS/EDP course 2014 5
GFS course ch. 14.6

6. GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Established working procedures by Eurostat (October as an example) - II
8 October cob – deadline reply to first bilateral request for clarification (3 working days)
14/15 October – deadline reply to second/third bilateral request for clarification
15 October – draft press release including tables and short explanations of revisions, notes on trade credits, on financial crisis and on implementation of ESA 2010
GFS/EDP course 2014 6
GFS course ch. 14.6

7. GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Established working procedures by Eurostat (October 2014 as an example) - III
15 October cob deadline for final request(s) for clarifications
16 October – communication to Member States and the EFC on reservations/amendments to data
21 October 11 a.m. Publication of EDP press release, notification tables, EDP data, ESA table 2 data, stock flow adjustment note, background note on financial crisis, note on the stock of trade credits, note on implementation of ESA 2010
GFS/EDP course 2014 7
GFS course ch. 14.6

8. GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Established working procedures by Eurostat (October 2014 as an example) - IV
21 October - Publication of GFS tables (incl. quarterly data)
23 October - Report to the EFC on main results of the October 2014 reporting on government deficit and debt data
November /December – analysis of candidate countries and future candidate countries
November – Report to the EC and the EP on the quality of reported data (annual)
GFS/EDP course 2014 8
GFS course ch. 14.6

9. Eurostat working tools
GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Eurostat working tools
EDP database output files (% of GDP, revisions in % of GDP, revisions in absolute numbers, consolidation checks, stock-flow adjustment, etc.)
Consistency checks for ESA95 tables 2, (6,7) 25, 27 (+sub-sectors), and 28
EDP related questionnaire
Bilateral clarifications and ad-hoc questionnaires
GFS/EDP course 2014 9
GFS course ch. 14.6

10. Eurostat working tools - bilateral clarifications
GFS/EDP course 2013
26/12/2018
Eurostat working tools - bilateral clarifications
Consistency ESA and EDP
Issues on EDP tables
Questionnaire related to EDP tables
Methodological issues – follow-up from FAWG
Administrative issues
GFS/EDP course 2014 10
GFS course ch. 14.6