European business statistics compilers guide for European statistics on international supply of services by mode of supply – 2021 edition

The ‘EBS Compilers Guide for European statistics on international supply of services by mode of supply’ provides methodological guidance and practical information to the data compilers, on how to compile of statistics on the international supply of services by modes of supply. The guide builds upon the manual for statistics on international trade in services (MSITS 2010) and is the result of collaborative work between several countries and international organizations (WTO, OECD, UNSD) participating in the Eurostat Task Force on Modes of Supply. The term “international supply of services” appears for the first time in the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in 1995. The GATS defines the supply of services on the basis of the location of the supplier and consumer at the time when the transaction takes place and describes it as ‘the supply of a service through four modes of supply’. This extended dimension of international trade in services matters greatly from a trade policy perspective, as market access conditions vary among the four ways of supplying services internationally. [+]

Quality report on National and Regional Accounts — 2020 data — 2021 edition

This document presents Eurostat’s assessment of the quality of the national and regional accounts transmitted in the year 2020 by the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, and information on Eurostat’s publications of European aggregates. The quality report contains the fifth assessment of results since the start of data transmission according to the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) on 1 September 2014. In general, data sent in 2020 were in line with the ESS quality standards and the ESA 2010 Regulation, and Member States have shown improvements in complying with the new data requirements and methodology. [+]