Purpose of the statistical surveyThe purpose of the Environmental Protection Expenditure survey is to collect data on expenditure on environmental protection related assets and services. The data are collected in a way recommended by Eurostat (Environmental Accounts as satellite accounts of National Accounts).
Source and methods for data collection
Data presented in the release are obtained through the statistical survey on environmental protection expenditure for 2013 by the method of questionnaires (EPE) sent by post.
Legal basis for the survey
- The Law on State Statistics ("Official Gazette of RM" 54/97, 21/07, 51/11 and 104/13). - Programme of Statistical Surveys 2013-2017 ("Official Gazette of RM" 20/13 and 24/14). - Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 538/2014 on environmental economic accounts
Observation units
Reporting units are all business entities listed in the Statistical Business Register and classified according to the NACE Rev. 2 in any activity section that invested in environmental protection.
Definitions
Environmental protection expenditures are the sum of investments and current expenditures for undertaking environmental protection activities.
Environmental protection investments include all capital expenditures relating to environmental protection activities (involving methods, technologies, processes, equipment or parts thereof), where the main purpose is to collect, treat, monitor and control, reduce, prevent, or eliminate pollutants and pollution or any other degradation of the environment resulting from the operating activity of the business. Environment protection investments are divided as follows:
- Pollution treatment investments (“end-of-pipe” investments) and
- Pollution prevention investments (investments in integrated technologies)
Current expenditures for environmental protection include labour costs, payments of rents, use of energy and other material goods and purchases of services, where the main purpose is to prevent, reduce, treat or eliminate pollutants and pollution or any other degradation of the environment resulting from the operating activity of the business. Current expenditures for environmental protection are divided into:
- Current expenditures within the reporting unit (internal current expenditures) – operation and maintenance of environmental protection facilities (use of material and energy), labour costs (only employees who are involved in activities related to environmental protection), and other internal current expenditures (education, information, general administration and other expenditures related to environmental protection, etc.).
- Current expenditures paid to third parties for environmental protection services (external current expenditures) – payments to third parties (public sector and specialised producers) for environmental protection services – waste collection, wastewater treatment, monitoring by authorized institutions, expenditures for soil decontamination, etc. Payments of taxes directly used for financing environmental protection expenditure – so called "ear-marked" environmental taxes and penalties are not reported here.
Expenditures for health and safety at work are excluded from current expenditures for environment protection.
Environmental domains
Data on environmental expenditures are collected according to different environmental domains as defined by the Single European Statistical Classification of Environmental Protection Activities (CEPA).
Environmental domains are divided into:
1. Protection of ambient air and climate
2. Waste water management
3. Waste management
4. Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water
5. Noise abatement
6. Protection of biodiversity and landscape
7. Research and development
8. Other environmental protection activities
