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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Euro Area Central government debt - (General Government Debt) (General Government Debt ) Last Posted: Nov-8-2006 Last Updated: Nov-8-2006 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Unit C3 Public finance , European Statistical Data Support: http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/pls/portal/url/page/PGP_DS_SUPPORT, Eurostat, Statistical Office of the European Communities, Luxembourg L-2920 Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation Data cover EU Member States, Romania and Norway. Debt means total gross debt at nominal value outstanding at the end of the year and consolidated between and within the sectors of general government (ref. Maastricht Treaty, Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure) ‘Quarterly government debt’ means the total gross debt at nominal value outstanding at the end of each quarter of the sector of general government (ref. Council Regulation No 1222/2004). Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat website at: http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/gov/gov_ggdebt_q_base.htm and http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/gov/gov_ggdebt_q_sm.htm
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Quarterly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness Data are transmitted from Member States to Eurostat at the latest three months after the end of the quarter to which the data refer. Thereafter data are validated before publication.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar No release calendar.
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release Data are disseminated simultaneously to all interested parties through a database update and on Eurostat's website.
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics Eurostat Rules on statistical compilation Council Regulation (EC) N° 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics (OJ N° L 52/1) sets the rules for General provisions, the Community statistical program and its implementation, Principles, Dissemination, Statistical confidentiality and Final provisions. Central government debt Rules on statistical compilation National accounts are compiled in accordance with the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995) adopted in the form of a Council Regulation (EC) dated 25 June 1996, No 2223/96. A consolidated version incorporating related legislation is available on http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/main/1996/en_1996R2223_index.html Quarterly government debt are compiled with reference to COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1222/2004 of 28 June 2004 (OJ No L 233/1) concerning the compilation and transmission of data on the quarterly government debt. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Eurostat Council Regulation (CE) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 (OJ No L 52/1) and Council Regulation (EURATOM, EEC) no 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of the data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ No L 151/ 1) stipulates the detailed rules used for receiving, processing and disseminating the confidential data. 1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Rules on statistical compilation A consolidated version incorporating related legislation of the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995) adopted in the form of a Council Regulation (EC) dated 25 June 1996, No 2223/96,  is available on http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/main/1996/en_1996R2223_index.html
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release Data may be released by national authorities before release by Eurostat.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule Revisions may be done with each new data transmission every quarter. 4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data For all countries, revisions are flagged in the database. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Major changes in methodology may occur as a result of EU legislation or Eurostat decisions (following a consultation procedure with Member States), and therefore announced in the Official Journal of the European Communities or else in a press release.
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques The ESA95 methodology is referred to in Council Regulation (EC) N° 2223/96 and subsequent legal amendments. 5.2.2 Disseminated level of detail Metadata in SDDS format are also available on Eurostat website at: http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/gov/gov_ggdebt_q_base.htm and http://europa.eu.int/estatref/info/sdds/en/gov/gov_ggdebt_q_sm.htm  (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.1 Internal consistency National data may be available from official national sources. The consistency of aggregated data with its sub-components is validated before publication. Debt at the end of the fourth quarter of each year is validated against annual data provided for the EU excessive deficit procedure. 4.2.2 Temporal consistency Time coverage Data are available starting from the first quarter of 2000
Footnotes Last posted: Date IMF staff last posted an update to these metadata on the DSBB. Last certified: Date subscriber last officially certified the accuracy of these metadata. Last updated: Date subscriber last submitted an update of these metadata to the IMF.