European system of national accounts

The European System of National Accounts (ESVG; English European System of Accounts , ESA) is intended as a uniform system for national accounts to compare the economies in the European Union . For this purpose, for example, “common statistical standards” are to be created. The ESA was drawn up in 1970 and is based on the corresponding system of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The new versions date from 1979 and 1995. The currently valid version from 1995 (ESA 1995) came into force with a regulation of the Council of the European Union of June 25, 1996 and is essentially, but not completely, the same as the 1993 SNA. There is a new version from 2008 for the SNA. Accordingly, a new version of the ESA was drawn up, which was adopted in 2011 and should be implemented by the national statistical offices by 2014.

The Federal Statistical Office presented the national accounts with the major revision 1999 to ESA 1995th In September 2014, ESA 1995 was retrospectively replaced by ESA 2010.

The Statistical Office of the European Communities ( Eurostat ) has published a method book on the ESA.

Web links

• Regulation (EC) No. 2223/96 (PDF) ofthe Council of 25 June 1996 on the European System of National Accounts at the national and regional level in the European Community
• Handbook on the ESA 1995: Government deficit and debt level (PDF; 4.1 MB)
• From ESA 1995 to ESA 2010 (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 2223/96 of the Council of June 25, 1996 on the European System of National Accounts, page 2, paragraph 18
2. ↑ Eurostat: Update of the SNA 1993 and revision of ESA95
3. ↑ National accounts, domestic product according to ESA 1995 - methods and principles - , Federal Statistical Office
4. ↑ European Commission: Eurostat: ESA 2010 ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.