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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   France Central government operations Last Posted: Oct-4-2007 Last Certified: Jan-7-2009 Last Updated: Oct-3-2007 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mr. Vianey BOURQUARD, Chief of bureau 1-BRE, Budget Directorate, Ministry of Economy and Finance,   Phone : 33 1 5318 7036   Fax : 33 1 4024 7139   Email : vianney.bouquard@budget.finances.gouv.fr  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 The monthly statement La situation du budget de l'Etat provides the following information: central government budget (budgetary organizations of central government excluding various central government agencies, local government, and social security); detailed presentation of central government expenditure and revenue ("budget general"); and the general execution balance broken down into the general budget balance and special treasury account balances. The Situation Provisoire des Operations du Tresor (SPOT), which is published in the Notes Bleues de Bercy, provides information on the central government financing by type of debt instrument, broken down into negotiable instruments (OAT, Treasury bills and notes), non-negotiable instruments and cash position.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness 45 days after the end of each month. Notes: France is availing itself of a flexibility option on the timeliness of the central government operations data.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar The data release date is included in the calendar for the four coming months, issued by I.N.S.E.E. on the 25th of each month. The general public can gain direct access to this calendar on I.N.S.E.E. 's web site (http://www.insee.fr/en/agenda/agenda_indic.asp). This calendar is also published once a month in INSEE's Tableau de bord hebdomadaire (in French).
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release The monthly statement La situation de budget de l'Etat is sent by post simultaneously to all users. The statement may also be accessed on the Internet at (http://www.finances.gouv.fr/minefi/minefi_ang/chiffres/index.htm).The Notes Bleues de Bercy, which includes SPOT, is available by subscription and is published (abstracts only) on the Internet at (http://www.minefi.gouv.fr/minefi/recherche/index.phtml).
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 Decisions of the Budget Minister (1994 for La situation du budget de l'Etat and 1988 for the SPOT data).
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release There is no internal government access to the data prior to release.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products The press release on La situation du budget de l'Etat issued by the Ministry of Economy and Finance includes ministerial commentary. There is no ministerial commentary for the SPOT.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule The monthly statement provides final accounting data for the period covered. However, only the annual data have an official and legal standing. 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Information on changes in methodology are always provided and are explained at the time they occur.
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 Data provided by the Directorate of Government Accounting refer to the annual approved budgets ("lois de finances") and, where applicable, supplementary budgets ("lois de finances rectificatives"). Additional methodological information and factual commentaries are published with the monthly data . (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 Accounting data are compared to N-1 or N-2 data for expenditure, N-1 data for revenue. They can be cross-checked subsequently with the Summary Statements of Treasury Operations (SROT) and the general accounting records of the fiscal administration.
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