Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2174 of 24 November 2015 on the indicative compendium of environmental goods and services, the format for data transmission for European environmental economic accounts and modalities, structure and periodicity of the quality reports pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts (Text with EEA relevance)

Indicative compendium of environmental goods and services and of economic activities

Article 1

The indicative compendium of environmental goods and services and of economic activities is established as set out in the Annex.

Technical format for data transmissions

Article 2

Member States shall provide data required by the Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 using SDMX compliant data formats. The Commission (Eurostat) shall make available detailed documentation in relation to these formats.

Modalities, structure and periodicity of the quality reports

Article 3

1.   Every year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with reports on the quality of the data transmitted under Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 with the same transmission deadlines as stipulated in Annexes I to VI, section 4 of that Regulation. 2.   The quality reports shall include the following information: (a) the quality of sources used for data transmitted under Regulation (EU) No 691/2011; (b) the adjustments made to basic statistics to make the result align to the concepts and definitions of the accounts or for other methodological reasons; (c) the estimation and compilation of data which cannot be derived directly from statistical sources; (d) the breaks in time series resulting from changes in methodology or data sources and the steps taken to ensure time series are as comparable as possible.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX In order to facilitate a uniform application of Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011, this Annex establishes an indicative compendium of environmental goods and services and of economic activities. The compendium consists of a list of environmental goods and services and a list of economic activities. The goods, services and economic activities should be nationally relevant. The following aspects may be used to assess national relevance: (a) the production of the goods and services and the economic activities are statistically significant in the country, (b) data sources to estimate the goods, services and economic activities exist. The indicative compendium is not exhaustive and it does not exclude the existence of other nationally relevant environmental goods, services and economic activities. Environmental goods and services — Organic agricultural (plant and livestock) and aquaculture products and supporting services; — Fuel wood; other wood when complying with sustainability measures; — Rehabilitation of mining sites services; — Drainage water capturing services to prevent groundwater contamination; — Electric and more resource-efficient transport equipment; exhaust pipes and their parts (also particles filters); — Instruments, machinery and apparatus for analysis of pollutants, filtering or purifying gases and liquid; — Septic tanks, perforated buckets and similar articles used to filter water at the entrance to drains; pumps for use in wastewater treatment, vehicles for wastewater collection and sewer cleaning, activated carbon for water-filtering purposes; — Tubes and pipes for wastewater treatment plants as well as for water management; — Sacks and bags for replacing plastic bags; bins, boxes, containers and other receptacles for storing and transporting waste; boards, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, straw or wood waste, agglomerated with mineral binders; incinerators and machinery for waste treatment (e.g. used at landfilling sites); — Lead containers for radioactive waste; — Maintenance and repair services for reducing water losses; — Specific equipment for the production of energy from renewable sources: e.g. storage systems for biogas, wood-fired boilers and other appliances, solar panels and photovoltaic cells, hydraulic turbines and water wheels, wind turbines; — Biofuels; — Charcoal when complying with sustainability measures; — Goods for thermal and noise insulation mainly in buildings: e.g. cork products, windows with three insulating layers, insulation materials for facades, roofs and other elements of buildings such as materials made of glass fibre, rock wool, cellulose, polymers and polyurethane and others; — Reconditioned wooden containers; — Specific equipment produced for environmental protection and resource management products: e.g. thermostats for heating and cooling regulation, thermostatic valves, heat pumps, condensing boilers, solar water heaters; — Discharge lamps as low pressure lamps (e.g. compact fluorescent lamps) and the most efficient domestic appliances; — Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip, bio-plastic sacks and bags; — Machinery for metal recovery; — Maintenance, repair and installation services for environmental goods; — Electricity, gas and heat from renewable sources; — Desalinated water and collected rainwater; maintenance of water mains for reducing water losses; — Sewerage services: e.g. collecting, transporting and treating wastewater, operation, maintenance and cleaning of sewer systems; — Collection, treatment and disposal services for non-hazardous and hazardous waste; — Nuclear waste treatment and disposal services; — Materials recovery services; secondary raw materials; — Remediation and clean-up services for soil, groundwater and surface water; — Remediation and clean-up services for air; — Other remediation and specialised pollution control services; — Low energy consumption and passive buildings and energetic refurbishment of existing buildings; — Maintenance and repair of water networks services; — Wastewater and waste treatment plants and sewage systems; — Renewable energy power plants including installation of photovoltaic panels; — Noise insulation works; — Engineering and architectural services for low energy consumption and passive buildings and energetic refurbishment of existing buildings; — Engineering and architectural services for renewable energy projects; — Engineering and architectural services for water, wastewater and waste management projects; — Technical inspection services of road transport vehicles regarding air emissions; — R & D services for environmental protection and resource management; — Environmental consulting services; — Public litter and collection of garbage from the street; — Administration services for environmental protection and resource management purposes; — Training services in environmental protection and resource management; — Environmental services furnished by membership organisation; — Nature reserve services including wildlife preservation. Environmental economic activities — Organic agricultural (plant and livestock) and aquaculture activities and supporting services; — Fuel wood; other wood production when complying with sustainability measures; — Rehabilitation of mining sites; — Capturing drainage water to prevent groundwater contamination; — Manufacture of electric and more resource-efficient transport equipment; exhaust pipes and their parts (also particles filters); — Manufacture of instruments, machinery and apparatus for analysis of pollutants, filtering or purifying gases and liquid; — Manufacture of septic tanks, perforated buckets and similar articles used to filter water at the entrance to drains; pumps for use in wastewater treatment, vehicles for wastewater collection and sewer cleaning, activated carbon for water-filtering purposes; — Manufacture of tubes and pipes for wastewater treatment plants as well as for water management; — Manufacture of sacks and bags for replacing plastic bags; bins, boxes, containers and other receptacles for storing and transporting waste; boards, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, straw or wood waste, agglomerated with mineral binders; incinerators and machinery for waste treatment (e.g. used at landfilling sites); — Manufacture of lead containers for radioactive waste; — Maintenance and repair activities for reducing water losses; — Manufacture of specific equipment for the production of energy from renewable sources: e.g. storage systems for biogas, wood-fired boilers and other appliances, solar panels and photovoltaic cells, hydraulic turbines and water wheels, wind turbines; — Manufacture of biofuels; — Manufacture of charcoal complying with sustainability measures; — Manufacture of goods for thermal and noise insulation mainly in buildings: e.g. cork products, windows with three insulating layers, insulation materials for facades, roofs and other elements of buildings such as materials made of glass fibre, rock wool, cellulose, polymers and polyurethane and others; — Reconditioning of wooden containers; — Manufacture of specific equipment produced for environmental protection and resource management: e.g. thermostats for heating and cooling regulation, thermostatic valves, heat pumps, condensing boilers, solar water heaters; — Manufacture of discharge lamps as low pressure lamps (e.g. compact fluorescent lamps) and the most efficient domestic appliances; — Manufacture of reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip, bio-plastic sacks and bags; — Manufacture of machinery for metal recovery; — Maintenance, repair and installation activities for environmental goods; — Production of electricity, gas and heat from renewable sources; — Desalination of water and collection of rainwater; maintenance of water mains for reducing water losses; — Provision of sewerage services: e.g. collecting, transporting and treating wastewater, operation, maintenance and cleaning of sewer systems; — Provision of collection, treatment and disposal services for non-hazardous and hazardous waste; — Provision of nuclear waste treatment and disposal services; — Provision of materials recovery services; production of secondary raw materials; — Provision of remediation and clean-up services for soil, groundwater and surface water; — Provision of remediation and clean-up services for air; — Provision of other remediation and specialised pollution control services; — Constructing low energy consumption and passive buildings and energetic refurbishment of existing buildings; — Maintenance and repair of water networks; — Construction work for wastewater and waste treatment plants and sewage systems; — Construction work for renewable energy power plants including installation of photovoltaic panels; — Noise insulation works; — Engineering and architectural services for low energy consumption and passive buildings and energetic refurbishment of existing buildings; — Engineering and architectural services for renewable energy projects; — Engineering and architectural services for water, wastewater and waste management projects; — Technical inspection services of road transport vehicles regarding air emissions; — R & D services for environmental protection and resource management; — Environmental consulting services; — Public litter and collection of garbage from the street; — Administration services for environmental protection and resource management purposes; — Training services in environmental protection and resource management; — Environmental services furnished by membership organisation; — Nature reserve services including wildlife preservation.