European system of national and regional accounts

The European System of National and Regional Accounts 2010 (ESA2010) was published in the Official Journal on 26 June 2013 and implemented as from September 2014; i.e. from that date onwards the data transmission from Member States to Eurostat have to follow ESA 2010 rules, instead of those of ESA 95.

The ESA 2010 is broadly consistent with the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA2008), the world-level harmonised reference methodology for national accounts.

Formally, the ESA is a legal act, it has more precise definitions and it is intended as reference guide, whereas the SNA includes more explanations and background information, and it can be used as a teaching handbook for statisticians worldwide.

Related links

 * CIRCA, ESA95
 * CIRCABC, ESA National Accounts Transmissions. Look for the library which contains, inter alia, a set of Excel tables with the codelists
 * CIRCABC, ESA 2010 Guidelines
 * Eurostat, ESA 2010
 * Eurostat, Glossary:European system of national and regional accounts (ESA95) - Statistics Explained
 * Eurostat, Annual national accounts, Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Legislation

 * , Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union Text with EEA relevance
 * , Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community
 * , 2014/3/EU: Guideline of the European Central Bank of 25 July 2013 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of quarterly financial accounts (ECB/2013/24)
 * , 2014/3/EU: Guideline of the European Central Bank of 25 July 2013 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of quarterly financial accounts (ECB/2013/24)