1 / 9

Headlines

SEEA 2003: chapter 5 ”Accounting for economic activities and products related to the environment” and chapter 6 ”Accounting for other environmentally related transactions” Presentation for the LG 26-30 March, Johanesburg Nancy Steinbach, Viveka Palm SCB Julio Cabe ça Eurostat. Headlines.

ghazi
Download Presentation

Headlines

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. SEEA 2003: chapter 5 ”Accounting for economic activities and products related to the environment” and chapter 6 ”Accounting for other environmentally related transactions”Presentation for the LG 26-30 March, JohanesburgNancy Steinbach, Viveka Palm SCBJulio Cabeça Eurostat

  2. Headlines Introduction and history 4 areas of discussion Environmental taxes and subsidies Permits to access the resources and emission permits Classification of natural resource management accounts Environmental goods and services sector

  3. Introduction • Decision process • UNCEEA in NY August 2005 • London Group meeting in NY June 2006 • Ideas for chapter 5 and 6 of the SEEA 2003: • The chapters cover related issues • Most issues are well described • Minor issues needs clarification (taxes, subsidies, permits) • Some issues need further work (environmental sector, natural resource management expenditure ) • Make two chapters into one.

  4. 4 areas of discussion • Environmental taxes and subsidies: Are broadly described in SEEA 2003. OECD and Eurostat tested a definition of environmental taxes that was adopted in 2001. Subsidies are not yet dealt with. • Permits to access the resources and emission permits: Permits within the national accounts and balance of payments are open for debate at the moment with the current SNA revision. • Classification of natural resource management accounts: The area has of yet not a classification. • Environmental goods and services industry: Not well described in the SEEA 2003. CA and Europe are currently working actively within this field.

  5. Environmental taxes and subsidies • Taxesare dealt with in chapter 6, part B. • Proposal: No changes needed in part B. • Subsidies are dealt with in chapter 5 and 6 depending on the framework it is related to. • The SEEA presents • EPEA type subsidies • Income/capital accounts by environmental subsidies and non-environmental subsidies. Proposal: Harmonise into one sub-chapter dealing with environmentally related subsidies.

  6. Property rights and permits Property rights are dealt with in chapter 6. Proposal: no changes needed Emission trading permits (eg. Carbon trading rights):Especially the issue of carbon trading rights needs some further discussion. The SNA revision is currently discussing the area. No final decision is taken, however they recommend to follow SEEA 2003 (non-financial, non-produced asset). Proposal: Keep up-dated with SNA revision and adjust text accordingly.

  7. Classification of natural resource management accounts SEEA 2003 describes briefly natural resource management and exploitation activities. Proposal: long term development and should not be included in the revised SEEA. Eurostat’s TF on government and specialised producer’s EPE recommends the WG on “Environmental expenditure statistics” to take up the work on natural resource management accounts.

  8. Environmental goods and services sector • SEEA 2003 is in chapter 5 part 4 briefly describing ”The environment industry”. • Canada and Europe is working extensively on this topic at the moment. Proposal: long term development and should not be included in the revised SEEA. Eurostat is currently developing a compilation guide with the help of a Task Force. Publishing date foreseen next year (third quarter 2008).

  9. Summary • Chapter 5 and 6 cover related issues. • Main texts are well written and most areas well established. • Harmonise chapter 5 and 6 into one chapter • Some discussions needed for subsidies, permits and licences. • Long term issues not to be resolved within time frame: natural resource managment and environmental goods and services sector.

More Related