Functions of the ‘National Non-Financial Accounts’ Department:
1. Developing express, preliminary, regular and final quarterly and annual estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) and the gross value added (GVA) at national and at regional level.
2. Development of non-financial national accounts, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union.
3. Development of quarterly estimates of key macroeconomic indicators, in accordance with the European System of Accounts, in order to implement the mandatory data provision programme in the field of national accounts and to ensure comparability at EU level.
4. Development of the gross national income (GNI) at market prices, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council from March 19 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices for the purposes of the EU's own resources.
5. Answering questionnaires on the composition of GNI aggregates, their components and their quality.
6. Developing quarterly and annual estimates of employment, man-hours worked and labour productivity in accordance with the principles of the European System of Accounts.
7. Development of regional accounts in accordance with the principles of the European System of Accounts.
8. Developing and balancing the Supply - Use tables by components, fulfilling the dimensionality requirements in accordance with the European System of Accounts.
9. Development of annual non-financial national accounts by institutional sectors in accordance with the European System of Accounts.
10. Developing quarterly non-financial national accounts for the institutional sectors ‘General Government’, ‘Rest of the World’ and ‘Total Economy’ in accordance with the European System of Accounts.
11. Developing of estimates for the weighted average VAT rate for the purposes of the EU's own resources in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) 1553/89 and the Manual for administrating the own resources of the general budget of the EU in the Republic of Bulgaria.
12. Developing annual data on the expenditure of the institutional sector ‘General Government’ by functions of the Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG).
13. The department is responsible for the operational planning and reporting of statistical surveys in the specified areas in accordance with the implementation of the National Statistical Programme, the Annual Plan of Activity of NSI, the Data Transmission Programme to Eurostat, and Bulgaria's commitments under signed international treaties.
14. Carrying out revisions of the data in the relevant areas in order to ensure comparability.
15. Carrying out the international exchange of statistical information in the field of national accounts with Eurostat and other international institutions and organizations, the department is responsible for the implementation of the methodology in the field of national accounts in accordance with the principles of the European System of Accounts, it coordinates the activity for ensuring control and quality of the data for national accounts, the department participates in target groups and expert missions of national and international bodies and organizations in the field of national accounts and participates in the preparation of opinions in the field of non-financial accounts.
16. If necessary, requesting additional information from the other structural units of NSI for the provision of sufficient and reliable information for the purposes of the national accounts.
