Inventory of methods, procedures and sources used in the context of the implementation of the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP). April 2025.
The preparation and publication of the Inventory of the methods, procedures and sources used to collect actual deficit and debt data is provided for in Council Regulation 479/2009 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure.
Article 9 of the Regulation provides that Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with a detailed inventory of the methods, procedures and sources used to collect the actual data on deficit and debt and the public accounts on which they are based. The inventories shall be drawn up in accordance with guidelines adopted by the Commission (Eurostat) after consultation of the CMFB. The inventories shall be updated following the revisions of the methods, procedures and sources adopted by the Member States to collect their statistical data. Member States shall publish their inventories.
The updated version published in April 2025 contains changes to the Eurostat manual Manual on Government Deficit and Debt – Implementation of ESA 2010, 2022 edition.