Advice to Member States - Government finance statistics and EDP statistics
Advice to Member States
Eurostat provides bilateral advice to EU Member States when requested on specific cases. This may be before or after the transactions themselves are undertaken. The advice takes the form of letters addressed to the National Statistical Authorities.
In certain cases of future events, where the preparation for the events are of a confidential nature, Eurostat does not publish its advice until the events are announced by the national authority concerned.
Please see also the guidelines for Eurostat’s ex-ante and ex-post advice (clarifications and decisions) on methodological issues.
Advice provided in 2024
- Slovakia - Sector classification of Local Action Groups (LAGs)
- Finland - Sector classification Finnfund
- Greece - Sector classification Teloglion Foundation
- Greece - Sector classification Papageorgiou General Hospital
Advice provided in 2023
- Lithuania - Amended PPP contract for compensation on early termination
- Italy - Advice on recording of 2023 Superbonus
- Lithuania - Indexation of construction costs and amendments to PPPs
- Lithuania - Lentvaris street lighting PPP
- Lithuania - Sendvaris Klaipeda multifunctional school center PPP
- Lithuania - Siauliai Police Headquarters PPP
- France - Advice on the statistical recording of EDF capital increase
- Latvia - Advice on the statistical recording of the mandatory electricity procurement scheme
- Italy - Advice on recording of Superbonus, Transition 4.0 and renovation tax credits
- Italy - Advice on the sector classification of SACE (the Italian Export Credit Agency)
Advice provided in 2022
- Germany - The statistical treatment of certain types of public funding in the German short-distance public passenger transport market
- Czechia - Advice on the sector classification of the 2021 established National Development Fund
- Ireland - Bilateral advice on an Energy Performance Contract
- Estonia - Statistical treatment of capital injection in Tallinn Airport (TA)
Advice provided in 2021
- Lithuania – Statistical recording of three PPP military projects
- Latvia – Statistical treatment of the revised Public Private Partnership Project E67/A7 Kekava bypass
- Lithuania – Statistical recording of a PPP contract in the Kaunas District Municipality
- Italy – Statistical recording of tax credit "Bonus 110%" and tax credit relating to "Transition Plan 4.0"
- Spain – Sector classification of SAREB
- Italy – Sector classification of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Teatro alla Scala di Milano
- Belgium – Clarification on public funding in Public Private Partnerships
- Ireland – Statistical recording of Long term leasing agreements
Advice provided in 2020
- Latvia - Statistical treatment of the model Energy Performance Contract of the Republic of Latvia
- The Netherlands - Statistical treatment of the transactions between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and TenneT
- Poland - Statistical recording of the PPP project concerning the expressway section of the bypass of the Tri-City Metropolis
- Belgium - Sector classification of private Zorgkassen
- United Kingdom - Statistical treatment of the Scottish Government’s Energy Performance Contracts (17 January 2020)
Other advice
- Iceland - Classification of the Housing Financing Fund (HFF)
- Iceland - Classification of the Icelandic Student Loan Fund and recording of student loans
Advice provided in 2019
- Spain - Statistical treatment of the PPP contract for the execution, maintenance and operation of the motorway A-7 between Crevillente y Murcia
- Latvia - Sector classification of "RĪGAS SATIKSME" pašvaldības SIA
- Greece - Sector classification of the Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A (HAI S.A.)
- United Kingdom - Scottish Hub Model for Public Private Partnerships
- Germany - Sector classification of "BVG-Fahrzeugfinanzierungsgesellschaft"
Advice provided in 2018
- United Kingdom - Recording of student loans
- United Kingdom - Classification of Companies House
- United Kingdom - Classification of Her Majesty's Land Registry
- Hungary - Statistical classification of the MNB's foundations and their subsidiaries (3)
- Czechia - Recording of the foreign claims renegotiations in government accounts
- Lithuania - Statistical treatment of the PPP project Panevezys County Police Headquarters Building with Lockups
- Spain - Treatment of the fees charged by rail infrastructure managers for services declared as public service obligations (PSO)
- Latvia - Statistical treatment of the PPP Project E67 A7 Kekava bypass
- Germany - Sector classification of the German public broadcasting agencies
- Latvia - Sector classification of Tiesu namu aģentūra (TNA)
- United Kingdom - Statistical classification of the Welsh Mutual Investment Model (WMIM) for Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects
- Belgium - Sector Classification of Société Régionale d'Investissement de Bruxelles (SRIB)
- Greece - Sector classification of EDOEAP
- Austria - Statistical treatment of the '0%-Prämienanleihe' in government accounts
- Germany - Treatment of repurchase and subsequent resale transactions of Federal bonds at a premium/ discount
- Italy - Recording of the winding down of Banca Popolare di Vicenza S.p.A. and Veneto Banca S.p.A.
- France - National accounts treatment of the capital injections into AREVA
- Portugal - Statistical treatment of the recapitalization of Caixa Geral de Depósitos
- France - Recording of court decisions regarding the 3% tax on dividends
- Ireland - Sector classification of Approved Housing Bodies
- Greece - Sector classification of MAICH
Advice provided in 2017
- Latvia - Statistical treatment of the government investment in SJSC “Latvijas Dzelzceļš”
- Sweden - Recording of the accrued pension contributions of the local government pension scheme during the transitional management phase
- Greece - Sector classification of HHRM
- Greece - Sector classification of EOAN
- Greece - Sector classification of HFRI
- Greece - Sector classification of PPA
- United Kingdom - Sector Classification of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Road Project (AWPR)
- Slovenia - Sector Classification of the DSU company
- Belgium - Sector Classification of Investsud
- Greece - Sector classification of EIEAD
- Germany - Ex-Ante consultation on the sector classification of BVG Fahrzeugfinanzierungsgesellschaft (BVG FFG)
- Belgium - PPP concerning the reorganization and modernization of the Liège urban public transport network
Advice provided in 2016
- Belgium - EX-ante advice on the PPP concerning the heightening of 7 bridges over the Albert Canal
- Greece - Ex ante consultation on the PPP Region of Epirus Waste Management
- Greece - Sector classification of the Consignment Deposits & Loans Fund (CDLF)
- Austria - Statistical treatment of a planned transfer of pension obligations. (Note: commercially sensitive data have been redacted from the published version)
- France - Classification of the Fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution (FGDR) in national accounts
- Greece - Sector classification of the Operator of the Electricity Market S.A (LAGIE)
- Greece - Sector classification of Onaseio hospital
- France - Mobile phone license allocation - time of recording (2)
- Estonia - Recording of euro coin in Estonia
- Estonia - Recording of intra-governmental deposits
- Belgium - Statistical treatment of a DBFM project for School Buildings
- Greece – Sector classification of the Hellenic Deposit and Investment Guarantee Fund (HDIGF/TEKE)
- Spain – Sector classification of Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA)
- Slovenia - Statistical treatment of the Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) and its operations
- Greece – Statistical treatment of the 2015 bank recapitalisations
- Hungary - Statistical classification of Eximbank (2)
- Belgium - Sector Classification of Belgian hospitals under ESA 2010
- Portugal - Consultation of the statistical recording of the resolution process of BANIF
- Greece - Sector classification of the Public Utility Corporation (KEPA) of the Municipality of Veroia
- Greece - Sector classification of “EPISEY EMP”
- Belgium – Statistical Treatment of the Tram de Liége project - Summary
Advice provided in 2015
- Greece - Sector classification of EDEKT S.A.
- Greece – Time of recording of the Real Estate Property tax (ENFIA)
- Greece – Sector classification of the State Orchestra of Greek Music
- Greece – Recording of ANFA revenue in the quarterly accounts of 2015
- Belgium – Statistical treatment of the Viapass project
- Poland - Consultation on the statistical recording of the PPP project concerning the concerning the Poznań incineration plant
- Ireland - Classification of Irish Water - Update III
- Ireland - Classification of Irish Water - Summary
- Ireland - Classification of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
- Bulgaria - Sector classification of Deposit Insurance Fund
- Slovenia - Sector classification of the Slovenian Export Bank according to ESA 2010
- Portugal - Statistical classification of Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
Advice provided in 2014
- Poland - Eligibility of the Polish pension reform of 1999 as amended for a treatment as a systemic pension reform
- Lithuania - Statistical treatment of the PPP project Courts infrastructure
- Poland - Statistical classification of the Bank Guarantee Fund
- Belgium - Statistical treatment of the Oosterweel Link concession project
- Poland - Ex-ante consultation on the registration in GFS and in national accounts of the transactions connected with the pension reform in 2013
- Luxembourg - Statistical treatment of the Société National de Crédit et d'Investissement (SNCI) under ESA 2010
- Estonia - Statistical treatment of the KredEx Fund and recording of the grants provided from the EU budget to KredEx
- Czechia - Statistical treatment of the Czech Export Bank
- Ireland - Classification of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) under ESA 2010
- Austria - Sector classification of KA Finanz AG under ESA 2010
- The Netherlands - Nationalization of SNS Reaal in Q1 and Q4 of 2013
- Belgium – Recording in national accounts of the PPP project for the construction and renovation of schools in Flanders
- Latvia - Statistical treatment of the contract between Riga City and Deutsche Bank AG
- Slovakia - Accounting treatment of the sale of emergency oil stock reserves from the State Material Reserves of the Slovak Republic to EOSA (Emergency Oil Stock Agency)
- Lithuania - Statistical treatment of the PPP project Palanga bypass
- Hungary - Statistical classification of the newly established Savings Cooperatives Integration Unit and statistical treatment of the related budgetary contribution
- Poland - Ex-ante consultation on the statistical treatment of existing in the Polish pension system accounts on which information about contributions paid (ZUS) and assets accumulated (OFE) are registered
Advice provided in 2013
- France - Treatment of CICE (Crédit d'impôt pour la compétitivité et l'emploi) in National Accounts (published in July 2018)
- Hungary - Statistical treatment of the change in method of calculating the EU contribution to operational programmes under the EU Structural Funds (from public cost to total cost method)
- United Kingdom - Statistical classification of MyCSP Ltd.
- Romania - Recording of cancellation of payables related to penalties and fines to be paid by CFR Cai Ferate to private energy suppliers
- United Kingdom - Treatment of tax refunds, penalty payments and interim payments in the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax case
- The Netherlands - Recording of IABF Guarantee Fee
- Belgium -LAK Invest Real estate transaction in the Flemish Region
- Hungary - Statistical treatment of the mobile phone spectrum 15 years concession
- Romania - Recording of financial corrections related to EU funds in accordance with Regulation 1083/2006 art 100(1)
- Spain - Classification of the Sociedad de activos de Restructuracion (SAREB)
- Belgium - Recapitalisation of the Dexia Group
- Portugal - Statistical treatment of a concession sale before privatisation
- Annex 1: Letter from INE on the statistical treatment of a concession before privatisation
- United Kingdom - Treatment of the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility Fund (BEAPFF) and flows between the Bank of England and HM Treasury
Advice provided in 2012
- Romania - Recording of payments related to the reimbursement of social contribution incorrectly calculated in 2011-2012
+ Addendum - Hungary - Methodological treatment of government injections in the revaluation reserves of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank
- Romania - Recording of payment obligations established by Court decision with retroactive effect
- Hungary - Statistical recording of the early repayments of mortgage loans at preferential exchange rates and the related tax rebate
- Austria - Treatment of capital injection ('Gesellschafterzuschuss') and state guarantee granted to KA Finanz AG
- Ireland – ESA95 accounting treatment of July 2011 capital injections into Irish banks (Note: commercially sensitive data have been redacted from the published version)
- Annex 1: CSO cover letter to Eurostat
- Annex 2: CSO methodological note to Eurostat (Note: commercially sensitive data have been redacted from the published version)
Advice provided in 2011
- Austria - Treatment of the debt of the Austrian railway company Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)
- Poland - Changes in the Polish pension system
- Spain - Classification of a road network project run by the Autonomous Community of Aragon II
- Spain - Classification of assets in the Public-private partnership of the Regional Government of the Autonomous Community of Navarra (Irrigable area of the Navarra Canal, Phase 1)
- Spain - Classification of assets in the Public-private partnership of the Regional Government of the Autonomous Community of Navarra (Autovía A-21 del Pirineo motorway)
- Romania - Treatment of infrastructure investment projects
- Romania - Recording of restructuring schemes for public corporations with accumulated arrears
- Latvia - Methodological treatment of foreign exchange derivatives linked to the EDP debt
- Poland - Ex-ante consultation on the statistical recording of the project of construction and operation of A1 motorway Tuszyn - Pyrzowice stretch
- Bulgaria - Recording of EU transfers and national co-financing -JEREMIE
- Bulgaria - Recording of the BDB repayment scheme (1)
- Bulgaria - Recording of the BDB repayment scheme (2)
- Portugal - Preliminary opinion of INE on the possible transfer of some assets and responsibilities of the banking sector's Pension Funds to General Government
Advice provided in 2010
- Belgium - Recording in National Accounts/EDP of early redemption by KBC of government aid
- Belgium - Recording in National Accounts EDP of government bonds´collaterals in derivative contracts
- Ireland - Preliminary view on the ESA95 accounting treatment of time of recording of interest payments on promissory notes payable to Anglo Irish Bank
- Belgium - Sector Classification of Antwerp Masterplan Projects
- The Netherlands - Recording of the illiquid assets back-up facility for ING Bank
- Hungary - Time of recording of transactions for return of certain groups of people to the social security system
- Germany - Sector classification of the EAA (Erste Abwicklungsanstalt)
- Spain - Classification of a road network project run by the Autonomous Community of Aragon I
Advice provided in 2009
- Latvia - Accounting treatment of the Joint Stock Company Parex Banka takeover
- Ireland - Preliminary view on the ESA95 accounting treatment of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and related majority privately owned SPV
- Annex 1: Letter from the CSO on classification of NAMA and SPV
- Annex 2: Methodological paper for Eurostat on classification of NAMA and SPV
Advice provided in 2008
- Belgium - Sector classification of CITEO in the context of a PPP operation
- Belgium - Renovation of the Residence Palace II
- Czechia - Restitution of confiscated property to churches and religious organisations
- Czechia - Treatment of a claim repurchase following a court decison
- Czechia - Classification of joint stock companies administrating compulsory public health insurance
- Spain - Treatment of capital injections into RENFE-Operadora
- Spain - Classification of the assets in the Public-private partnership ( Autovia del flames, Tramo enlace con la P0-531-SANXENXO) - Annex
- Italy - Classification of VAT reimbursements
- Italy - Classification of the social security bodies privatised according to legislative decree 509/1994
- Italy - Classification of the holding company ‘Equitalia S.p.A.'
- Lithuania - Treatment of EEA and Norwegian financial support
- Netherlands - Dividends paid by the Dutch Central Bank
- Austria - Treatment of the €1.4 bn capital injection into OBB (Austrian Railways) in 2004
- Finland - Revision of property income from mutual funds - Annex
- Portugal - Treatment of lump sums paid on early termination of interest rate swaps
Advice provided in 2007
- Belgium - Financial, flows connected to short-term interest rate options
- Bulgaria - Military expenditure: Delivery of multipurpose corvettes
- Bulgaria - Transactions related to the concession for building the "Tracia" motorway from Kalotina to Bourgas II
- Ireland - Classification of the Housing Finance Agency (HFA)
- Ireland - Sectorization of Irish Rail
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex 3
- Annex 4
- Spain - Capital injections into the Administrator de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF)
- Annex 1
- France - Liquidation of the Société de Gestion du Fonds de Garantie de l'Accession Sociale à la propriété (SGFGAS)
- France - Securitisation of EU receivables II
- France - Treatment of the SNCF debt allocated in a special debt account (Service annexe d'amortissement de la dette SAAD)
- Italy - Securitisation operation undertaken by the Ferrovie dello Stato I
- Italy - Severance pay (Trattamento di fine rapporto - TFR)
- Italy - Securitisation operation undertaken by the Ferrovie dello Stato II
- Latvia - Recording of the financing of the Riga South Bridge
- Lithuania - Repayments of unpaid employees' compensations and pensions
- Hungary - Sale/transfer criterion in national accounts for cost based fees
- Slovakia - Payment of social contributions from the State budget to the social security funds for groups of individuals determined by law
- Slovakia - Change in method of recording taxes and social contributions
Advice provided in 2006
- Belgium - Renovation of the Residence Palace
- Belgium - Restructuring of the SNCB
- Belgium - Investments in the social sector
- Belgium - Classification of a road SPV owned by government
- Belgium - Establishment of a dedicated real estate fund SICAFI
- Bulgaria - Transactions related to the concession for building the "Tracia" motorway from Kalotina to Bourgas I
- Bulgaria - Classification of the National Investment Company
- Greece - Military expenditure: Accounting of contracts labelled in foreign currency
- France - Securitisation of EU receivables I
- Italy - Restructuring operations related to trade credits of the local health units
- Italy - Operations undertaken by ANAS (Italian National Road Company)
- Hungary - Treatment of claims towards third countries
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex 3
- Hungary - Privatization proceeds of Budapest Airport
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex 3
- The Netherlands - Division of the Nederlandse Gasunie
- Austria - Provision of loans by regional government to hospitals
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex 3
- Annex 4