Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB)


Special Data Dissemination Standard

(As provided to the IMF by the respective country)
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Euro Area
Central government debt-(General Government Debt)
(General Government Debt)
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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 


Notes:
Periodicity

4.1.1 Periodicity

Quarterly
Notes:
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.
Notes:
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of
release calendar

5.1.3 Advance release calendar

No release calendar.
Flexibility Notes:
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 
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


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