Tangible fixed assets with ecological use

National statistical institute

"Environmental and Energy Account" Department

Silvia Pavlova

Chief expert

2 Panayot Volov St., 1038 Sofia

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 504

The object of the statistical survey are the economic operations related to the acquisition and use of tangible fixed assets with ecological use. They include:

• facilities, installations and equipment necessary for the protection and restoration of the environment in the areas of environmental protection (for waste water, for air, circulating water supply, soil protection, waste disposal, noise protection);

• equipment for monitoring and control.

Tangible fixed assets with ecological use require separate accounting records in accordance with the Accounting Act and the National Chart of Accounts and are part of the total tangible fixed assets in the country. They participate in the activities of enterprises for more than one reporting period.

The monitored indicators include the acquired, out of use and available at the end of the year tangible fixed assets with ecological use, which are given at accounting value. Acquired (entered during the year) tangible fixed assets during the reporting period include the value of fixed tangible assets acquired by the enterprise through construction and purchase.

• Classification of environmental protection activities (CEPA) - a common classification of environmental protection activities which has been adopted by UN and European statisticians and accountants in 1994 and replaced in 2000 by an improved version (CEPA 2000);

• Nomenclature of environmental protection equipment:

- specialized facilities (end-of-pipe)

- integrated technologies

The statistical survey covers all enterprises from all economic sectors that have tangible fixed assets with ecological use.

Specialized equipment for the environment (end-of-pipe) - includes facilities which are not involved in the production process and serve only to reduce pollution resulting from production. Examples: air and water treatment facilities, waste treatment facilities, noise barriers and others.

Integrated technologies - elements of the production process/technologies, which resulted in achieving less environmental pollution compared to other similar technologies.

The basic unit of observation is the enterprise and local units.

The statistical population consists of all statistical units - non-financial enterprises, non-profit enterprises and budgetary enterprises (municipalities, ministries) and banks, or their local units (covering all sectors of the economy), which have facilities available and introduced/acquired during the year, installations and equipment which are part of tangible fixed assets with ecological use.

Total for the country and by districts.

2017-2022

Not applicable.

Data is provided by exhausive annual survey.

Yearly

Exhaustive for all units having available tangible fixed assets with ecological use.

The questionnaire is collected and entered into information system Environmental Statistics in one of the following ways:

Comparing the data with those reported in the previous year for incorrect measure units, for incorrect data by use for environment.

Dataset containing all the units in the terrritory of the country.

Not applicable.

· European Statistics Code of Practice;

· A common framework for quality management in the National Statistical System.

Main users of survey's statistical information are the state and municipal entities, associations, companies and citizens.

No information. Survey about satisfaction of customers has not been conducted.

The survey includes all companies that have tangible fixed assets related to the environment.

The survey is comprehensive and there are no sampling errors.

Not applicable.

Revision of the data is applied if necessary.

Revision of the data is applied if necessary.

The data is published according to the terms laid down in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute..

All publications are prepared timely, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

Due to the unity of principles, variables, definitions and classifications used there is a high degree of comparability between EU Member States with regard to the survey's results.

Time series are available beginning 2000.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Annual press release.

· Electronic Publication "Environment";

· Statistical Yearbook.

Data on Tangible fixed assets with ecological use are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Environment: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5124

Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.

Based on statistical methodology of NSI, in accordance with the requirements of Accountancy Law and the National Accounting Standards in Bulgaria. The methodology is updated and consistent with the latest requirements of the European institutions - Eurostat (Statistical Office of the EU). 

Not available.

In connection with the reduction of respondents burden an electronic version of the questionnaire was introduced.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.