1. Ag.no.17.1 Advancing the SRQ collection date
Doc.A6465/18/17
Ag.no.17.1 Advancing the SRQ collection date
Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg March 2018

2. Content of this presentation
Background: Remuneration data collected by the International Service of Remunerations and Pensions (ISRP) vs Remuneration data collected by Eurostat
Synchronize the ISRP collection process with Eurostat's SRQ collection process for 7 countries
Delegates are asked to agree with the proposed change in time schedule

3. Current practices to collect data
For BE, DE, ES, FR, IT, LU, NL the ISRP collects remuneration data which should be identical to the SRQ data collected by Eurostat
ISRP and Eurostat follow different practical approach:
ISRP has designed for each country a questionnaire
Eurostat has designed one common Standard Remuneration Questionnaire
ISRP and Eurostat follow different time schedules:
ISRP send questionnaires beginning of April and process possible modifications until middle of May
So far, Eurostat launches its collection in June

4. Synchronize data collection between ISRP and Eurostat for 7 countries
April: Eurostat requests the remuneration data in the SRQ (reference date 31 March)
April to June: ISRP and Eurostat cooperate in checking the data
June: MS send preliminary validation to Eurostat and ISRP
July: ISRP sends request (copy to Eurostat) to update to reference date 1st July
July and August: final validation

5. Objectives
For the Eurostat exercise, the collection of data for the 7 countries concerned will be advanced and the overall work load in Eurostat more evenly distributed: reduced risk of errors during peak period
For the 7 countries, duplication of effort is avoided, via single dual transmission: risk of conflicting datasets is removed
For ISRP, the proposed time schedule follows the established, achievable time schedule
The 1st July reference date is retained

6. Conclusion
Do delegates (of the 7 Member States concerned) agree with this modification to the time schedule for supply of the remuneration data to Eurostat?

7. Thank you for your attention!