Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Directorate General of Statistics/Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Environmental Statistics Division (B2) Energy & Environment Statistics Section (B24)
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
46 Pireos str. & Eponiton str. 185 10, Piraeus
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
29 December 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
29 December 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
29 December 2025
3.1. Data description
Environmental protection expenditure accounts (EPEA) describe transactions related to preventing, reducing and eliminating pollution and any other degradation of the environment. The main aggregate resulting from EPEA is national expenditure on environmental protection (NEEP), which measures the resources dedicated by resident businesses, households and government to protecting the natural environment. This aggregate covers uses of environmental protection services, investment (gross fixed capital formation) for environmental protection activities, and net transfers to the rest of the world for environmental protection. Countries are required to report on: output, consumption, imports and exports of environmental protection services, investment (gross fixed capital formation and acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets) for the production of EP services, transfers for environmental protection.
3.2. Classification system
The scope of environmental protection is defined according to the classification of environmental purposes (CEP). The mandatory reporting is defined by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1131 of 26 March 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011.
For EPEA data reporting in CEP, Eurostat has introduced an ad hoc breakdown of Cross-cutting and other environmental purposes (CEP 08), i.e. the share âof which for environmental protectionâ (CEP 08 EP) for voluntary reporting to ensure the reconciliation with previous classification (CEPA) and allow the calculation of total environmental protection aggregates including administration, management as well as education, training and information (cross-cutting activities) related to environmental protection.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Data should be reported by institutional sector: general government, corporations, households and the rest of the world. NPISH (non-profit institutions serving households) are not separately identified and are included under general government. The corporations sector is divided between: "corporations as specialist and secondary producers of market EP services" and "corporations other, including corporations as producers of ancillary EP output"; productive activities of households are included under corporations as market producers.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The construction of the EPEA closely follows the concepts, definitions and accounting rules of the core national accounts. The SEEA-CF 2012 (section 4.2) identifies environmental protection activities as those activities whose primary purpose is the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution and other forms of degradation of the environment. These activities include, but are not limited to, the prevention, reduction or treatment of waste and wastewater; the prevention, reduction or elimination of air emissions; the treatment and disposal of contaminated soil and groundwater; the prevention or reduction of noise and vibration levels; the protection of biodiversity and landscapes, including of their ecological functions; monitoring of the quality of the natural environment (air, water, soil and groundwater); research and development on environmental protection; and the general administration, training and teaching activities oriented towards environmental protection.
3.5. Statistical unit
Environmental protection expenditure accounts present data, in a way that is compatible with the data reported under ESA, on the expenditure for environmental protection, i.e. the economic resources devoted by resident units to environmental protection. EPEA use statistical units from national accounts. National accounts define and use various statistical units and groupings of units that interact economically (see ESA 2010, §§ 1.54-1.56, 2.01-2.03).
3.6. Statistical population
The statistical population is the national economy as defined in SEEA CF 2012 and the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). It includes all economic activities undertaken by resident units to produce environmental protection specific services. While some economic activities may be undertaken only for a single purpose, many activities are undertaken for a variety of purposes. Following general principles of classification, activities are deemed to be environmental activities only if the primary purpose of the activity is consistent with the definitions of the environmental protection.
3.7. Reference area
The reference area of the statistics is Greece. The reference area is the economic territory as defined in the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). A unit is said to be a resident unit of a country when it has its centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country, that is, when it engages for an extended period (1 year or more) in economic activities in that territory.
3.8. Coverage - Time
2014 - 2023
3.9. Base period
Not requested for this metadata collection.
Macro economic variables (output, intermediate consumption, investment etc.) are measured in million units of national currency.
The reference period for EPEA data is the calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
EPEA accounts are compiled and reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts (EEEA) and subsequent amendments. EPEA follow internationally agreed concepts and definitions set out in the SEEA Central Framework (2012), the international statistical standard adopted by the UN Statistical Commission. They present data in a way that is compatible with National Accounts (ESA, 2010).
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not applicable.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics applies for EPEA.
The issues concerning the observance of statistical confidentiality by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) are arranged by articles 7, 8 and 9 of the Law 3832/2010 as in force, by Articles 8, 10 and 11(2) of the Regulation on Statistical Obligations of the agencies of the Hellenic Statistical System and by Articles 10 and 15 of the Regulation on the Operation and Administration of ELSTAT. Furthermore, ELSTAT disseminates the statistics in compliance with the statistical principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
ELSTAT protects and does not disseminate data it has obtained, or it has access to, which enable the direct or indirect identification of the statistical units that have provided them by the disclosure of individual information directly received for statistical purposes or indirectly supplied from administrative or other sources. ELSTAT takes all appropriate preventive measures so as to render impossible the identification of individual statistical units by technical or other means that might reasonably be used by a third party. Statistical data that could potentially enable the identification of the statistical unit are disseminated by ELSTAT if and only if:
these data have been treated, as it is specifically set out in the Regulation on Statistical Obligations of the agencies of the Hellenic Statistical System (ELSS), in such a way that their dissemination does not prejudice statistical confidentiality or
the statistical unit has given its consent, without any reservations, for the disclosure of data.
The confidential data that are transmitted by ELSS agencies to ELSTAT are used exclusively for statistical purposes and the only persons who have the right to have access to these data are the personnel engaged in this task and appointed by an act of the President of ELSTAT.
ELSTAT may grant researchers conducting statistical analyses for scientific purposes access to data that enable the indirect identification of the statistical units concerned. The access is granted provided the following conditions are satisfied:
an appropriate request together with a detailed research proposal in conformity with current scientific standards have been submitted;
the research proposal indicates in sufficient detail the set of data to be accessed, the methods of analyzing them, and the time needed for the research;
a contract specifying the conditions for access, the obligations of the researchers, the measures for respecting the confidentiality of statistical data and the sanctions in case of breach of these obligations has been signed by the individual researcher, by his/her institution, or by the organization commissioning the research, as the case may be, and by ELSTAT.
Issues referring to the observance of statistical confidentiality are examined by the Statistical Confidentiality Committee (SCC) operating in ELSTAT. The responsibilities of this Committee are to make recommendations to the President of ELSTAT on:
the level of detail at which statistical data can be disseminated, so as the identification, either directly or indirectly, of the surveyed statistical unit is not possible;
the anonymization criteria for the microdata provided to users;
the granting to researchers access to confidential data for scientific purposes.
The staff of ELSTAT, under any employment status, as well as the temporary survey workers who are employed for the collection of statistical data in statistical surveys conducted by ELSTAT, who acquire access by any means to confidential data, are bound by the principle of confidentiality and must use these data exclusively for the statistical purposes of ELSTAT. After the termination of their term of office, they are not allowed to use these data for any purpose.
Violation of data confidentiality and/or statistical confidentiality by any civil servant or employee of ELSTAT constitutes the disciplinary offence of violation of duty and may be punished with the penalty of final dismissal.
ELSTAT, by its decision, may impose a penalty amounting from ten thousand (10,000) up to two hundred thousand (200,000) euros to anyone who violates the confidentiality of data and/or statistical confidentiality. The penalty is always imposed after the hearing of the defense of the person liable for the breach, depending on the gravity and the repercussions of the violation. Any relapse constitutes an aggravating factor for the assessment of the administrative sanction.
8.1. Release calendar
EPEA data are disseminated through ELSTAT website according to Annual Statistical Work Program (Programmes and reports). There are no scheduled Press Releases.
8.2. Release calendar access
Press Release Calendar is available on ELSTAT website (calendar).
8.3. Release policy - user access
In compliance with Community legislation and the European Statistics Code of Practice, ELSTAT releases all national statistical data on its webpage, fully observing professional independence and with a view to ensuring the simultaneous, equal, and timely access of all users to statistical data.
Data are disseminated annually.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
There are not currently any announcements released for EPEA.
EPEA data are disseminated with data files at ELSTAT's website. Data are also disseminated on the Eurostat database at the following website.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not requested for this metadata collection.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Data can be provided to users (given that restrictions on statistical confidentiality are fully met) usually by e-mail, by submitting a relevant data request. Users have to submit their request, describing in detail the requested data, to the Division of Statistical Information and Publications. The requests must be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: data.dissem@statistics.gr.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not requested for this metadata collection.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
The EPEA manual and other methodological information can be downloaded from Eurostat's website.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not requested for this metadata collection.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
European Member States are obliged to provide quality reports, according to EU Regulation 691/2011, article 7.
11.1. Quality assurance
Quality of the data is ensured with the following procedures:
Implementation of methodological guidelines provided by the Eurostat with the EPEA handbook (2017 edition) and additional guideline documents.
Extensive validation procedure of the data by Eurostat. The validation tools checks for inappropriate symbols, consistency and plausibility (e.g. changes in time series, extreme values, revisions, internal consistency of variables).
11.2. Quality management - assessment
The overall quality of the data is considered satisfactory at the current stage of EPEA development. EPEA compilation has started recently (mandatory reporting from 2017) and the length of available data is still relatively short (2014 â 2022). The quality and coverage in terms of mandatory variables are expected to improve in the next few years.Â
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
No identification of the users of EPEA at national level is currently performed. Main potential users for the EPEA could be: the Ministry of Environment & Energy, the Ministry of Development and Investments, Researchers, Corporations and non-profit institutions, press and media. There are also foreign institutional users (Eurostat, OECD, United Nations, etc.).
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
The Statistical Information and Publications Division of ELSTAT conducts a survey on user satisfaction, the results of which are available at the website.
However, as EPEA data have been recently published for the first time, there is currently no feedback from users yet.
12.3. Completeness
The requirements of the Regulation 691/2011 for mandatory reporting are fully met.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
The overall accuracy is considered to be satisfactory. Accuracy is also ensured by checking the Supply and Use framework for each CEP category. Accuracy of national data is also systematically assessed through Eurostatâs validation checks to all EPEA data reported.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable to these accounts that do not use a sample survey.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not requested for this metadata collection.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not requested for this metadata collection.Â
14.1. Timeliness
The data are submitted to Eurostat 24 months after the end of the reference year. After validation data are published by the third quarter of the following year according to the release schedule of the Statistical Program of ELSTAT.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Approximately 30 months after the reference period
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Normally final results are produced 2 years after first results, meaning approximately 54 months after the reference period.
14.2. Punctuality
The data were delivered to Eurostat on 29 December 2025. The reporting deadline for EPEA to Eurostat is 31 December.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not requested for this metadata collection.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
EPEA are compiled according to harmonised guidelines provided by Eurostat and hence are comparable across European member states that report EPEA. The adoption of common statistical concepts and definitions, as defined in the Eurostat handbook, and the validation checks applied by Eurostat enhance the comparability between countries.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not requested for this metadata collection.
15.2. Comparability - over time
EPEA data are available and comparable from 2014. The data refer to the mandatory data as reported in the regulation 691/2011.
Data on Intermediate Consumption and NEEP are comparable from year 2018.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not requested for this metadata collection.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Data are coherent with principles, definitions and concepts in National Accounts (ESA - European System of Accounts), and Environmental Accounting (SEEA - System of Environmental-Economic Accounting). This ensures a high level of coherence with the core national accounts.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not requested for this metadata collection.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Coherence with National Accounts is totally ensured as compilation process followed performs benchmarking to NA data (COFOG, SUT and more detailed available breakdowns for certain variables) at current prices.
15.4. Coherence - internal
The internal coherence is considered as high, ensured by the accounting framework and reporting tables (totals are consistent with the sum of the breakdowns). Appropriate compilation methods (as described below in 18 section) and the validation of the accounting framework (supply and use tables) for each CEP category ensure internal consistency.
Approximately, 4 months of full-time equivalents (FTE) were used for this data compilation (2025) of EPEA.
17.1. Data revision - policy
EPEA data should comply with the revision policy of the underlying data sets used, meaning mainly National Accounts and Structural Business Statistics data.
17.2. Data revision - practice
EPEA data by CEP categories have been revised for the reference years of 2021 and 2022 mainly due to the respective National Accounts revisions. It is also noted that the new CEP classification is introduced for the first time with this data publication.Â
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not requested for this metadata collection.
18.1. Source data
Source data - detailed - General government and NPISHÂ
COFOG statistics and detailed GG accounts from NA are the main data sources. COFOG Statistics are available in table «General government expenditure by function» of the National Accounts (ESA 2010) transmission program. CEP categories are derived from the direct correspondence of the sub items of division 05 - Environmental Protection of COFOG statistics. Certain variables not available in COFOG statistics table (like intermediate consumption of EP services, consumption of fixed capital, and payments for non-market output) have been complemented by detailed General Government data provided by the respective National Accounts section. Market output is 0 for General Government as derived from detailed general government accounts data. Non marlket Output is derived from Final consumption of EP services by adding payments for non-market output (p.131).Â
Source data - detailed â Corporations (specialist and ancillary)
Corporations as specialist and secondary producers of market EP services :
Supply and use tables (SUT) data at current prices compiled by National Accounts, where data are aggregated for NACE sectors and CPA products 37-39 âSewerage; waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery; remediation activities and other waste management servicesâ.
CEP categories are calculated by using detailed respective Nace Rev.2 4-digit data from Structural Business Statistics (SBS).
Intermediate Consumption of EP srvices is calculated (as also reported in EPEA handbook) by aplying the ratio of IC to Output (from Supply and Use Tables) for EP services to market output
Corporations other - producers of ancillary EP services
SBS data are used for Corporations' mandatory items.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) is based on SBS variables:
Investments for the purchase of environmental equipment and installations for the management, treatment, measurement of emissions and waste, which do not entail any change in the production process (separate equipment)
Investments for the purchase of environmental equipment and facilities, which bring about a change in the production process (integrated equipment).
Ancillary Output is calculated using SBS variable for âTotal current expenditure on environmental protectionâ. SBS figures are available with subcategories that correspond directly to CEPA categories and to Nace Rev.2 -digit breakdown. Intermediate Consumption of EP services for other production is calculated starting from the IC reported in SUT for products 37-39 and subtracting a) the amount of IC not attributed to EP services (nace 38.3 ratio as calculated from SBS statistics) and b) the IC of EP service producers (GG and Corporations). The remaining IC is allocated amongst Nace sectors (SUT data for IC) and CEP categories.
Source data - detailed - HouseholdÂ
Household Final Consumption is based on respective National Accounts data as compiled for the COICOP classification on Final Consumption.
Source data - detailed - other macro-economic data (import, export, VAT etc.)
NA Supply and Use table data are utilized for Imports, exports and taxes concerning product 37-39 (âSewerage; waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery; remediation activities and other waste management servicesâ). CEP categories figures for imports and exports are calculated on information available in international trade statistics.
Source data - detailed - national expenditure on environmental protection NEEP
NEEP aggregate: The automatic calculation method provided by Eurostat is followed
Source data - detailed â other information
Transfers :
Subsidies data from General Goverment expenditure available in COFOG statistics for division 05 - Environmental Protection are mainly used
Concerning Transfers from the institutional sector âRest of the Worldâ EU transfers data from the EU Financial Transparency System (FTS) as proposed in the EPEA handbook are used.
Resource management (RM):Â No data compilation is currently performed for resource management.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Data are collected annually.
18.3. Data collection
The data collection for compiling EPEA is performed by the following data providers:
1) National Accounts Division from ELSTAT which provide economic variables for:
General Government (COFOG Statistics),
Detailed Supply and Use tables (SUT),
Householdsâ final consumption data.
2) Business Statistics Division of ELSTAT for Structural Business Statistics data at Nace Rev.2 classification for Output (market and ancillary) and Gross fixed Capital Formation data for the institutional sector of Corporations.
3) Other administrative like EU transfers data from the Financial Transparency System (FTS) for the institutional sector âRest of the Worldâ.
18.4. Data validation
Before finalizing, data also undergo a series of logical and consistency checks as regards the change of variables over time, revisions, extreme values and cross domain consistency.
Data are also extensively validated by Eurostat using IT tools and validation reports.
18.5. Data compilation
Compilation process based on the aforementioned data sources from National accounts (COFOG statistics, Supply and Use tables) performs benchmarking to NA data at current prices.
The following tables are compiled and published for the economic aggregates related to Environmental Expenditure:
Detailed EPEA economic aggregates (Output, Intermediate Consumption, Final consumption, GFCF, Transfers) by Institutional Sector:
Table 1) General Government and NPISH
Table 2) Corporations as specialist and secondary producers of market EP services
Table 3) Corporations other for ancillary Output and GFCF
Table 4) Households final consumption
Table 5) Transfers
National Expenditure on Environmental Protection. The final key aggregate produced based on the EPEA data is national expenditure on environmental protection (âNEEPâ) which measures the total resources devoted by resident units to protecting the natural environment. It is calculated as a sum of the above detailed data on uses of environmental protection (EP) services by resident units, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) for EP activities, and net transfers to the rest of the world for EP.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable for annual data.
No comment.
Environmental protection expenditure accounts (EPEA) describe transactions related to preventing, reducing and eliminating pollution and any other degradation of the environment. The main aggregate resulting from EPEA is national expenditure on environmental protection (NEEP), which measures the resources dedicated by resident businesses, households and government to protecting the natural environment. This aggregate covers uses of environmental protection services, investment (gross fixed capital formation) for environmental protection activities, and net transfers to the rest of the world for environmental protection. Countries are required to report on: output, consumption, imports and exports of environmental protection services, investment (gross fixed capital formation and acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets) for the production of EP services, transfers for environmental protection.
29 December 2025
The construction of the EPEA closely follows the concepts, definitions and accounting rules of the core national accounts. The SEEA-CF 2012 (section 4.2) identifies environmental protection activities as those activities whose primary purpose is the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution and other forms of degradation of the environment. These activities include, but are not limited to, the prevention, reduction or treatment of waste and wastewater; the prevention, reduction or elimination of air emissions; the treatment and disposal of contaminated soil and groundwater; the prevention or reduction of noise and vibration levels; the protection of biodiversity and landscapes, including of their ecological functions; monitoring of the quality of the natural environment (air, water, soil and groundwater); research and development on environmental protection; and the general administration, training and teaching activities oriented towards environmental protection.
Environmental protection expenditure accounts present data, in a way that is compatible with the data reported under ESA, on the expenditure for environmental protection, i.e. the economic resources devoted by resident units to environmental protection. EPEA use statistical units from national accounts. National accounts define and use various statistical units and groupings of units that interact economically (see ESA 2010, §§ 1.54-1.56, 2.01-2.03).
The statistical population is the national economy as defined in SEEA CF 2012 and the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). It includes all economic activities undertaken by resident units to produce environmental protection specific services. While some economic activities may be undertaken only for a single purpose, many activities are undertaken for a variety of purposes. Following general principles of classification, activities are deemed to be environmental activities only if the primary purpose of the activity is consistent with the definitions of the environmental protection.
The reference area of the statistics is Greece. The reference area is the economic territory as defined in the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). A unit is said to be a resident unit of a country when it has its centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country, that is, when it engages for an extended period (1 year or more) in economic activities in that territory.
The reference period for EPEA data is the calendar year.
The overall accuracy is considered to be satisfactory. Accuracy is also ensured by checking the Supply and Use framework for each CEP category. Accuracy of national data is also systematically assessed through Eurostatâs validation checks to all EPEA data reported.
Macro economic variables (output, intermediate consumption, investment etc.) are measured in million units of national currency.
Compilation process based on the aforementioned data sources from National accounts (COFOG statistics, Supply and Use tables) performs benchmarking to NA data at current prices.
The following tables are compiled and published for the economic aggregates related to Environmental Expenditure:
Detailed EPEA economic aggregates (Output, Intermediate Consumption, Final consumption, GFCF, Transfers) by Institutional Sector:
Table 1) General Government and NPISH
Table 2) Corporations as specialist and secondary producers of market EP services
Table 3) Corporations other for ancillary Output and GFCF
Table 4) Households final consumption
Table 5) Transfers
National Expenditure on Environmental Protection. The final key aggregate produced based on the EPEA data is national expenditure on environmental protection (âNEEPâ) which measures the total resources devoted by resident units to protecting the natural environment. It is calculated as a sum of the above detailed data on uses of environmental protection (EP) services by resident units, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) for EP activities, and net transfers to the rest of the world for EP.
Source data - detailed - General government and NPISHÂ
COFOG statistics and detailed GG accounts from NA are the main data sources. COFOG Statistics are available in table «General government expenditure by function» of the National Accounts (ESA 2010) transmission program. CEP categories are derived from the direct correspondence of the sub items of division 05 - Environmental Protection of COFOG statistics. Certain variables not available in COFOG statistics table (like intermediate consumption of EP services, consumption of fixed capital, and payments for non-market output) have been complemented by detailed General Government data provided by the respective National Accounts section. Market output is 0 for General Government as derived from detailed general government accounts data. Non marlket Output is derived from Final consumption of EP services by adding payments for non-market output (p.131).Â
Source data - detailed â Corporations (specialist and ancillary)
Corporations as specialist and secondary producers of market EP services :
Supply and use tables (SUT) data at current prices compiled by National Accounts, where data are aggregated for NACE sectors and CPA products 37-39 âSewerage; waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery; remediation activities and other waste management servicesâ.
CEP categories are calculated by using detailed respective Nace Rev.2 4-digit data from Structural Business Statistics (SBS).
Intermediate Consumption of EP srvices is calculated (as also reported in EPEA handbook) by aplying the ratio of IC to Output (from Supply and Use Tables) for EP services to market output
Corporations other - producers of ancillary EP services
SBS data are used for Corporations' mandatory items.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) is based on SBS variables:
Investments for the purchase of environmental equipment and installations for the management, treatment, measurement of emissions and waste, which do not entail any change in the production process (separate equipment)
Investments for the purchase of environmental equipment and facilities, which bring about a change in the production process (integrated equipment).
Ancillary Output is calculated using SBS variable for âTotal current expenditure on environmental protectionâ. SBS figures are available with subcategories that correspond directly to CEPA categories and to Nace Rev.2 -digit breakdown. Intermediate Consumption of EP services for other production is calculated starting from the IC reported in SUT for products 37-39 and subtracting a) the amount of IC not attributed to EP services (nace 38.3 ratio as calculated from SBS statistics) and b) the IC of EP service producers (GG and Corporations). The remaining IC is allocated amongst Nace sectors (SUT data for IC) and CEP categories.
Source data - detailed - HouseholdÂ
Household Final Consumption is based on respective National Accounts data as compiled for the COICOP classification on Final Consumption.
Source data - detailed - other macro-economic data (import, export, VAT etc.)
NA Supply and Use table data are utilized for Imports, exports and taxes concerning product 37-39 (âSewerage; waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery; remediation activities and other waste management servicesâ). CEP categories figures for imports and exports are calculated on information available in international trade statistics.
Source data - detailed - national expenditure on environmental protection NEEP
NEEP aggregate: The automatic calculation method provided by Eurostat is followed
Source data - detailed â other information
Transfers :
Subsidies data from General Goverment expenditure available in COFOG statistics for division 05 - Environmental Protection are mainly used
Concerning Transfers from the institutional sector âRest of the Worldâ EU transfers data from the EU Financial Transparency System (FTS) as proposed in the EPEA handbook are used.
Resource management (RM):Â No data compilation is currently performed for resource management.
Data are disseminated annually.
The data are submitted to Eurostat 24 months after the end of the reference year. After validation data are published by the third quarter of the following year according to the release schedule of the Statistical Program of ELSTAT.
EPEA are compiled according to harmonised guidelines provided by Eurostat and hence are comparable across European member states that report EPEA. The adoption of common statistical concepts and definitions, as defined in the Eurostat handbook, and the validation checks applied by Eurostat enhance the comparability between countries.
EPEA data are available and comparable from 2014. The data refer to the mandatory data as reported in the regulation 691/2011.
Data on Intermediate Consumption and NEEP are comparable from year 2018.
