Environmental subsidies and similar transfers accounts
The environmental subsidies and similar transfers accounts record entities paying the subsidies and similar transfers, entities receiving the subsidies and similar transfers, ESA transaction type, and size of the transfer. | |
Classification of Economic Activities in Estonia (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2; Until 2025, data are collected, processed, and published in accordance with the Classification of Environmental Protection Activities and Expenditure (CEPA 2000) and from 2026 in accordance with the Classification of Environmental Purposes (CEP) | |
The environmental subsidies and similar transfers accounts cover all institutional sectors that are used in the European system of national accounts. | |
Consumption of environmental protection services – environmental services purchased during the reference period and investments made for producing environmental services. A distinction is made between final consumption, intermediate consumption, and investments. Enterprises providing environmental protection services – enterprises that provide services classified as environmental protection activities Environmental products – products that have been produced for the purpose of environmental protection. Environmental protection includes all activities and actions which have as their main purpose the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution and of any other degradation of the environment. Environmental protection activity – the area of environmental protection. Nine areas are distinguished: protection of ambient air and climate, wastewater management, waste management, protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water, noise and vibration abatement, protection of biodiversity and landscapes, protection against radiation, environmental research and development, other environmental protection activities. Environmental protection expenditure accounts – measure society's contribution to environmental protection. Provide information on how much economic resources have been used to prevent, reduce, and mitigate environmental pollution. Provide an overview of environmental protection output, consumption, investments, imports, and transfers. Environment protection investments (gross fixed capital formation) – consists of resident producers’ acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during a given period plus certain additions to the value of non-produced assets realised by the productive activity of producer or institutional units. Fixed assets are produced assets used in production for more than one year. Environmental research and development – creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge and the use of this knowledge to devise new applications in the field of environmental protection. The class covers all research and development (R&D) activities and expenditures oriented towards environmental protection: the identification and analysis of sources of pollution, the mechanisms of the dispersion of pollutants in the environment, and the effects of pollution on human beings, species, and the biosphere. It covers R&D for the prevention and elimination of all forms of pollution, and also R&D oriented towards equipment and instruments for the measurement and analysis of pollution. General government – consists of institutional units which are non-market producers whose output is intended for individual and collective consumption, and are financed by compulsory payments made by units belonging to other sectors Households – consists of individuals or groups of individuals as consumers and as entrepreneurs producing market goods and non-financial and financial services (market producers) provided that the production of goods and services is not by separate entities treated as quasi-corporations. It also includes individuals or groups of individuals as producers of goods and non-financial services for exclusively own final use. Noise and vibration abatement – measures and activities aimed at the control, reduction and abatement of industrial and transport noise and vibration. Activities for the abatement of neighbourhood noise (e.g. soundproofing of dancing halls, etc.) and for the abatement of noise in places frequented by the public (e.g. swimming pools, schools, etc.) are included. Non-financial corporations – consists of institutional units which are independent legal entities and market producers, and whose principal activity is the production of goods and non-financial services Non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) – consists of non-profit institutions which are separate legal entities, which serve households and which are private non-market producers. Their principal resources are voluntary contributions in cash or in kind from households in their capacity as consumers, from payments made by general government, and from property income. These non-profit institutions provide goods and services to households free of charge or at prices that are not economically significant. Other environmental protection activities – all environmental protection activities which are not classified elsewhere in CEPA (Classification of Environmental Protection Activities) and which take the form of general environmental administration and management activities or training or teaching activities specifically oriented towards environmental protection or which consist of public information. It also includes activities leading to indivisible classification, in addition to activities not classified elsewhere. Protection against radiation – activities and measures aimed at the reduction or elimination of the negative consequences of radiation emitted from any source. It includes the handling, transportation, and treatment of high-level radioactive waste, i.e. waste that, because of its high radionuclide content, requires shielding during normal handling and transportation. Protection and remediation of soil, groundwater and surface water – measures and activities aimed at the prevention of pollutant infiltration, the cleaning up of soils and water bodies, and the protection of soil from erosion and other physical degradation and from salinisation. The monitoring and control of soil and groundwater pollution are included. Protection of ambient air and climate – measures and activities aimed at the reduction of emissions into the ambient air or ambient concentrations of air pollutants, and at the control of emissions of greenhouse gases and gases that adversely affect the stratospheric ozone layer Protection of biodiversity and landscapes – measures and activities aimed at the protection and rehabilitation of fauna and flora species, ecosystems and habitats as well as natural and semi-natural landscapes. The maintenance and establishment of certain landscape types, biotopes, eco-zones, and related issues (hedgerows, lines of trees to re-establish “natural corridors”) have a clear link to the preservation of biodiversity. Resident – an institutional unit with economic interests in a country. Economic interest means economic ties with the economic territory of the country (e.g., production facilities and land located there). Institutional units are considered residents of a country if they participate in economic activities in the economic territory of the country for a year or longer. Rest of the world – grouping of units without any characteristic functions and resources; it consists of non-resident units insofar as they are engaged in transactions with resident institutional units, or have other economic links with resident units Total environmental protection expenditure – the sum of environmental product consumption, environmental investments, and environmental transfers (transactions not reflected in consumption and investments are included), less environmental transfers received from the rest of the world Transfers – all current or capital transfers intended to support environmental protection activities and actions Waste management – activities and measures aimed at the prevention of the generation of waste and at the reduction of its harmful effect on the environment. It includes the collection and treatment of waste, including monitoring and regulation activities. It also includes recycling and composting, the collection and treatment of low-level radioactive waste, street cleaning and the collection of public litter. Wastewater management – activities and measures aimed at the prevention of the pollution of surface water, by reducing the release of wastewater into inland surface water and seawater. It includes the collection and treatment of wastewater, including monitoring and regulation activities. | |
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All enterprises that have received or financed environmental subsidies FRAME A list of all Estonian enterprises that have received European Union or state budget subsidies during the calendar year. Enterprises are aggregated at the letter level of EMTAK (EMTAK A; B, C; D; etc.). | |
Estonia as a whole | |
2022–… | |
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Data are published in the statistical database under the subject area Environment / Environmental protection and supervision / Environmental protection expenditure in the following table: KK40: Environmental subsidies and similar transfers. | |
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Data are transmitted to Eurostat annually via its data transmission program EDAMIS. Eurostat publishes the data in its dissemination database. | |
Environmental Subsidies and Similar Transfers – Guidelines, Eurostat (2015) | |
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The data are in compliance with the EU regulation 691/2011 and Environmental Subsidies and Similar Transfers Guidelines. |
The data are geographically comparable with data from other EU countries, as a common methodology is used. Differences between countries may be due to the source data and their quality. | |
The data are comparable over time. Differences may be due to the introduction or discontinuation of support measures. Significant changes to methodology are announced and time series are revised if deemed necessary. | |
Environmental subsidies and similar transfers accounts are coherent with national accounts statistics. Differences between the ESST and NA may arise from the more detailed data used in the compilation of ESST. | |
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SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Data of the register of structural support are obtained from the State Shared Service Centre; data on agriculture subsidies are obtained from the Agricultural Registers and Information Board; data on subsidies are obtained from the Environmental Investment Centre; the register of state aid and de minimis aid data are obtained from the Ministry of Finance. DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Not used | |
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The data are validated by the data provider. The data are checked against the national accounts data. | |
Variables and statistical units which were not collected but which are necessary for producing the output are calculated. | |
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