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Air emissions accounts (AEA) record flows of gaseous and particulate materials emitted into the atmosphere as a result of economic activity. AEA are a subset of environmental-economic accounts and are compiled in line with Regulation (EU) No 691/2011. They offer a detailed breakdown for 64 emitting economic activities (NACE), plus households, as defined in the national accounts of EU countries. They are aligned with economic statistics and GDP. Air emissions are available by year from 1995 onwards for six greenhouse gasses and seven air pollutants. The data includes emissions from bridging items, which show the relationship between the AEA and the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Air Pollutants Emissions Inventory, which report national emissions in terms of the territory principle.

The environmental tax statistics are compiled based on Eurostat’s 2024 Environmental taxes - a statistical guide. Environmental tax is defined as "A tax whose tax base is a physical unit (or a proxy of a physical unit) of something that has a proven, specific negative impact on the environment, and which is identified in ESA2010 as a tax". Environmental tax statistics are part of European environmental economic accounts, which constitute satellite accounts to national accounts. Thus, environmental tax statistics follows ESA2010 definition of ‘taxes’. Consequently, only payments that are identified as taxes in the national accounts can be reported as environmental taxes whereas other types of payments to government are not excluded from the scope of the data collection. Compliance with the tax definition of the national accounts improves international comparability of the statistics, and is in line with the guidance, concepts, and definitions of the System of environmental and economic accounting (SEEA).

Waste is defined as ‘any substance or object which the holder discards, or, intends or is required to discard.’ Waste is classified according to the Statistical European Waste Classification (EWC-Stat. Version 4). This classification has been published in the Waste Statistics Regulation 2150/2002 (WStatR) and is a substance-oriented nomenclature used to report waste generation data. According to Annex 1, Section 2 of the WStatR, for reporting purposes, the EWC-Stat is aggregated into 51 items. Waste generation refers to waste arising from all economic activities and/or households located within the geographical territory of the country. Primary waste generation refers to waste that arises as a result of production and consumption processes. Secondary waste is generated by waste treatment facilities during the process of waste treatment and includes waste that should undergo further treatment either by disposal or recovery operations. This dataset includes both primary and secondary waste generation. Waste recycled on the site where it was generated is excluded. Economic activities are classified according to the ‘statistical classification of economic activities’ in the European Community (NACE). These are aggregated into 18 items according to Section 8 in Annex 1 of the WStatR.

Waste is defined as ‘any substance or object which the holder discards, or, intends or is required to discard.’ Waste is classified according to the Statistical European Waste Classification (EWC-Stat. Version 4). This classification has been published in the Waste Statistics Regulation 2150/2002 (WStatR) and is a substance-oriented nomenclature used to report waste generation data. According to Annex 2, Section 2 of the WStatR, for reporting purposes, the EWC-Stat is aggregated into 51 items. Waste treatment refers to waste undergoing recovery and disposal operations within the geographical territory of the country. Recovery and disposal operations are classified according to the items published in Annex 2, Section 8 of the WStatR and comprise Backfilling, Energy Recovery and Recycling under Recovery, and Incineration, Landfill and Other operations under Disposal.