1. Ag. No. 15.2 Transparency Consultation
Doc.A6465/18/16
Ag. No Transparency Consultation
Working Group on Articles 64 and 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg March 2018

2. Content of this presentation
Legal framework and transparency context
Timeline of freedom-of-information request/reply (access to SRQ)
Reminder of agreed dissemination policy (see also agenda point 15.1)

3. The transparency context
Regulation 1049/2001 adopted by MS, sets out principle and rules of procedure
The 2016 FOI request is not the first for A65 data
Process is burdensome for Commission and for MS!
There is increasing demand for transparency
Rising number of users contact Eurostat media support
Rising number of visitors to Dedicated Section and Free Data Tables
European Statistics Code of Practice applies to A6465 work since 2015: information provided in a structured way, treating all users equally

4. Timeline of the initial request/reply
EuroNews contacts ESTAT
EuroNews formal request
ESTAT consults MS
MS replies (16 explicit 12 tacit)
ESTAT reply to EuroNews (+ data 22)
N/A: EL, HR, RO
-ve: FR, SK, UK

5. Timeline of the subsequent appeal
EuroNews launches appeal
SecGen re-consult FR SK UK
MS reply FR SK UK
SecGen preliminary decision to MS
8.8.17
SecGen reply to EuroNews (+ data 3)

6. Dissemination policy until 2017 WG
a) Details
1.June: launch data collection
31.July: receive MS replies (SRQ)
30.September: validate index calculations
b) Aggregates
15.October: transmit ESTAT annual report (embargo)
31.October: publish ESTAT annual report on website
15.November: Groupe Statut with budget report
15.December: publish in Official Journal (+ Free Data Tables)
c) Details
31.March: A6465WG "annex 2" (SRQ + calculation steps)
…to delegates, with subsequent public release

7. Dissemination policy agreed at 2017 WG
Unchanged except step(c):
publish "Annex 2" report on Eurostat website (in dedicated section)
Target release date: 15 December (ie. advance by 3 months)
Backseries
Start with 2017 "Annex 2" report
Add 2016 report and 2015 report
Not implemented because Transparency Consultation was ongoing… will now be done

8. Thank you for your attention!

9. Reminder of the disclaimer -1
The pay information in this annex is compiled in the context of an indicator which is designed to measure the pay evolution of national civil servants, and is not specifically designed to allow comparison of national pay levels. A detailed benchmarking exercise of that sort would, inter alia, require a more detailed consideration of job content comparability, occupancy profile and equi-representativity that is not required for the purposes of the consistent measurement of national pay over time.

10. Reminder of the disclaimer -2
The information in this annex is compiled according to the specific harmonised methodology adopted for Article 65 purposes. The resulting measures of pay evolution may therefore differ from other figures established using alternative calculation methodologies at national level.

11. Main purposes of the "Annex 2" report
Information for general interest, to complement main report
Summary statistics and tables for all 28 EU Member States
Information to assist with compilation + validation of specific indicators
Detailed data submissions from MS to Eurostat
Subsequent Eurostat calculation tables
"Compliance" tables (eg. transmission dates) 11

12. 7 combination tables for EU28
Annex 2(a)
7 combination tables for EU28
Changes in net remuneration
1.1 Nominal and real changes by category
1.2 Central government personnel by category
1.3 Changes in nominal gross and nominal net
NB. These tables already in Annex 1 report (but separated) 12

13. 7 combination tables for EU28 (cont.)
Annex 2(a)
7 combination tables for EU28 (cont.)
1.5 Comparison Specific Indicator calculation and Forecast (in nominal and net) 1.6 Control indicator "compensation of employees" 1.7 Control indicator "labour cost index" NB. These tables already in Annex 1 report (but separated) 13

14. 4 Tables on Working Conditions
Annex 2(a)
4 Tables on Working Conditions
10.1 Working hours 10.2 Number of days annual leave 10.3 Number of public holidays 10.4 Age of retirement These 4 tables already in Annex 1 report (but separated) 14

15. 7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 1 -
Annex 2(a)
7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 1 -
Table A: Components of gross remuneration 15

16. 7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 2 -
Annex 2(a)
7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 2 -
Table B: Deductions from gross remuneration 16

17. 7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 3 -
Annex 2(a)
7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 3 -
Summary table I: Number of grades per function group/data provided for different salary scales 17

18. 7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 4 -
Annex 2(a)
7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 4 -
Summary table II: Currency/period/average
nominal pay 18

19. 7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 5 -
Annex 2(a)
7 specific summary tables with data for EU28 – 5 -
Summary table III: staff numbers (sample, central government, ESA)
Summary table IV: evolution of gross remuneration (nominal, real)
Summary table V: evolution of net remuneration (nominal, real)
These 3 can be found on Free Data Tables 19