GUIDELINE (EU) 2025/603 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 7 March 2025
on government finance statistics
(ECB/2025/9)
(recast)
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Statistical information to be reported by the NCBs
Article 4
Timeliness
Article 5
Revisions
Article 6
Database on GFS
Article 7
Cooperation with the competent authorities other than NCBs
Article 8
Transmission
Article 9
Quality
Article 10
Publication
Article 11
Simplified amendment procedure
Article 12
Repeal
Article 13
Taking effect and implementation
Article 14
Addressees
ANNEX I
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Revenue, expenditure and deficit/surplus statistics
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                     
                         Reporting derogation  | 
                  
| 
                         Deficit (–) or surplus (+)  | 
                     
                         1 = 6 – 21 1 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 5  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Central government  | 
                     
                         2  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         State government  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Local government  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Social security funds  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Total revenue  | 
                     
                         6 = 7 + 19  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Total current revenue  | 
                     
                         7 = 8 + 9 + 13 + 16 + 17  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Current taxes on income, wealth, etc.  | 
                     
                         8  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Taxes on production and imports  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Taxes on products  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: value added tax (VAT)  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Other taxes on production  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Net social contributions  | 
                     
                         13  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: employers’ actual social contributions  | 
                     
                         14  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: households’ actual social contributions  | 
                     
                         15  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Sales  | 
                     
                         16  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Other current revenue  | 
                     
                         17  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: interest receivable  | 
                     
                         18  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Total capital revenue  | 
                     
                         19  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: capital taxes  | 
                     
                         20  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Total expenditure  | 
                     
                         21 = 22 + 31  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Total current expenditure  | 
                     
                         22 = 23 + 24 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Intermediate consumption  | 
                     
                         23  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Compensation of employees  | 
                     
                         24  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: wages and salaries  | 
                     
                         25  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Interest payable  | 
                     
                         26  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Subsidies payable  | 
                     
                         27  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Social benefits other than social transfers in kind  | 
                     
                         28  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Social transfers in kind – purchased market production  | 
                     
                         29  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Other current expenditure  | 
                     
                         30  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Total capital expenditure  | 
                     
                         31 = 32 + 33 + 34  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Gross fixed capital formation  | 
                     
                         32  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Other net acquisitions of non-financial assets and changes in inventories  | 
                     
                         33  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers payable  | 
                     
                         34  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Memorandum items:  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers representing taxes and social contributions assessed but unlikely to be collected  | 
                     
                         35  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                  
| 
                         Revenue of the European Union (EU) budget from the Member State  | 
                     
                         1 = 2 + 3 + 7  | 
                  
| 
                         Current international cooperation  | 
                     
                         2  | 
                  
| 
                         EU own resources and miscellaneous contributions  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: Custom and agricultural duties  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: VAT-based own resource  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: gross national income-based own resource  | 
                     
                         6  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers  | 
                     
                         7  | 
                  
| 
                         Expenditure of the EU budget in the Member State  | 
                     
                         8 = 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14  | 
                  
| 
                         Subsidies  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                  
| 
                         Current transfers to government  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                  
| 
                         Current transfers to non-government units  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers to government  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers to non-government units  | 
                     
                         13  | 
                  
| 
                         Own resources collection costs  | 
                     
                         14  | 
                  
| 
                         Balance of Member State vis-à-vis the EU budget (net receiver +, net payer –)  | 
                     
                         15 = 8 – 1  | 
                  
| 
                         Contributions to the Single Resolution Board (SRB) / Single Resolution Fund (SRF)  | 
                     
                         16  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers from SRB/SRF  | 
                     
                         17  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: to financial entities in general government  | 
                     
                         18  | 
                  
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                     
                         Reporting derogation  | 
                  
| 
                         Final consumption expenditure  | 
                     
                         1 = 2 + 3 1 = [1A.23] + [1A.24] + [1A.29] + 4 + 5 + 6 – [1A.16]  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Individual consumption expenditure  | 
                     
                         2  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Collective consumption expenditure  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Consumption of fixed capital  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Taxes on production paid minus subsidies received  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Net operating surplus  | 
                     
                         6  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         Memorandum items:  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Final consumption expenditure at prices of the previous year  | 
                     
                         7  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Gross fixed capital formation at prices of the previous year  | 
                     
                         8  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                     
                         x  | 
                  
| 
                         GDP at prices of the previous year  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Current taxes on income, wealth, etc. paid by corporations to government and rest of the world  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Current taxes on income, wealth, etc. paid by households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) to government and rest of the world  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
Deficit-debt adjustment statistics
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                  
| 
                         Adjustment between financial and non-financial accounts  | 
                     
                         1 = [1A.1] – 2  | 
                  
| 
                         Net financial transactions (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         2 = 3 – 17  | 
                  
| 
                         Financial assets (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         3 = 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + 15  | 
                  
| 
                         Monetary gold and special drawing rights (SDRs)  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                  
| 
                         Currency and deposits  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                  
| 
                         Debt securities  | 
                     
                         6  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term loans  | 
                     
                         7  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term loans  | 
                     
                         8  | 
                  
| 
                         Equity and investment fund shares or units  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                  
| 
                         Privatisations (net)  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                  
| 
                         Equity injections (net)  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                  
| 
                         Other  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                  
| 
                         Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes  | 
                     
                         13  | 
                  
| 
                         Financial derivatives and employee stock options  | 
                     
                         14  | 
                  
| 
                         Other accounts receivable  | 
                     
                         15  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: taxes and social contributions  | 
                     
                         16  | 
                  
| 
                         Liabilities (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         17 = 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27  | 
                  
| 
                         Monetary gold and SDRs  | 
                     
                         18  | 
                  
| 
                         Currency and deposits  | 
                     
                         19  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term debt securities  | 
                     
                         20  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term debt securities  | 
                     
                         21  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term loans  | 
                     
                         22  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term loans  | 
                     
                         23  | 
                  
| 
                         Equity and investment fund shares or units  | 
                     
                         24  | 
                  
| 
                         Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes  | 
                     
                         25  | 
                  
| 
                         Financial derivatives and employee stock options  | 
                     
                         26  | 
                  
| 
                         Other accounts payable  | 
                     
                         27  | 
                  
| 
                         General government borrowing requirement  | 
                     
                         28 = 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 28 = 30 + 31 + 32 28 = 1 – [1A.1] + 3 – 18 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 27  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: long-term  | 
                     
                         29  | 
                  
| 
                         Denominated in national currency  | 
                     
                         30  | 
                  
| 
                         Denominated in currencies of euro area Member States  | 
                     
                         31  | 
                  
| 
                         Denominated in other currencies  | 
                     
                         32  | 
                  
| 
                         Other flows in government debt  | 
                     
                         33 = 34 + 37  | 
                  
| 
                         Revaluation effects  | 
                     
                         34 = 35 + 36  | 
                  
| 
                         Appreciation and depreciation of foreign- currency debt  | 
                     
                         35  | 
                  
| 
                         Other revaluation effects (differences compared to face value)  | 
                     
                         36 = 38 – 28 – 35 – 37  | 
                  
| 
                         Other changes in volume  | 
                     
                         37  | 
                  
| 
                         Change in government debt  | 
                     
                         38 = 28 + 33 38 = 1 – [1A.1] + 3 – 18 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 27 + 33 38 = [3A.1][T] – [3A.1][T – 1]  | 
                  
| 
                         Memorandum items:  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Net incurrence of loans granted by central bank  | 
                     
                         39  | 
                  
Government debt statistics
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                  
| 
                         Government debt (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         1 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 1 = 7 + 12 1 = 13 + 14 + 15 1 = 16 + 17 1 = 19 + 20 + 22  | 
                  
| 
                         Currency and deposits  | 
                     
                         2  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term debt securities  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term debt securities  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term loans  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term loans  | 
                     
                         6  | 
                  
| 
                         Held by residents of the Member State  | 
                     
                         7 = 8 + 9 + 10 + 11  | 
                  
| 
                         Central bank  | 
                     
                         8  | 
                  
| 
                         Other monetary financial institutions  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                  
| 
                         Other financial institutions  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                  
| 
                         Other residents  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                  
| 
                         Held by non-residents of the Member State  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                  
| 
                         Denominated in national currency  | 
                     
                         13  | 
                  
| 
                         Denominated in currencies of euro area Member States  | 
                     
                         14  | 
                  
| 
                         Denominated in other currencies  | 
                     
                         15  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term debt  | 
                     
                         16  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term debt  | 
                     
                         17  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: variable interest rate  | 
                     
                         18  | 
                  
| 
                         Residual maturity up to one year  | 
                     
                         19  | 
                  
| 
                         Residual maturity over one and up to five years  | 
                     
                         20  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: variable interest rate  | 
                     
                         21  | 
                  
| 
                         Residual maturity over five years  | 
                     
                         22  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: variable interest rate  | 
                     
                         23  | 
                  
| 
                         Memorandum items:  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Average residual maturity of debt  | 
                     
                         24  | 
                  
| 
                         Government debt – zero-coupon bonds  | 
                     
                         25  | 
                  
| 
                         Government debt – loans granted by central bank  | 
                     
                         26  | 
                  
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                  
| 
                         Government debt (non-consolidated between sub-sectors)  | 
                     
                         1 = 7 + 11 + 15 + 19  | 
                  
| 
                         Consolidating elements  | 
                     
                         2 = 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 2 = 8 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 20 + 21 + 22  | 
                  
| 
                         Currency and deposits  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                  
| 
                         Short-term securities  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                  
| 
                         Long-term securities  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                  
| 
                         Loans  | 
                     
                         6  | 
                  
| 
                         Issued by central government (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         7  | 
                  
| 
                         held by state government  | 
                     
                         8  | 
                  
| 
                         held by local government  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                  
| 
                         held by social security funds  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                  
| 
                         Issued by state government (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                  
| 
                         held by central government  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                  
| 
                         held by local government  | 
                     
                         13  | 
                  
| 
                         held by social security funds  | 
                     
                         14  | 
                  
| 
                         Issued by local government (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         15  | 
                  
| 
                         held by central government  | 
                     
                         16  | 
                  
| 
                         held by state government  | 
                     
                         17  | 
                  
| 
                         held by social security funds  | 
                     
                         18  | 
                  
| 
                         Issued by social security funds (consolidated)  | 
                     
                         19  | 
                  
| 
                         held by central government  | 
                     
                         20  | 
                  
| 
                         held by state government  | 
                     
                         21  | 
                  
| 
                         held by local government  | 
                     
                         22  | 
                  
ANNEX II
METHODOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS
1.
Definition of sectors and subsectors
| 
                         Sectors and subsectors in the ESA 2010  | 
                  |
| 
                         Total economy  | 
                     
                         S.1  | 
                  
| 
                         Non-financial corporations  | 
                     
                         S.11  | 
                  
| 
                         Financial corporations  | 
                     
                         S.12  | 
                  
| 
                         Central bank  | 
                     
                         S.121  | 
                  
| 
                         Deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank  | 
                     
                         S.122  | 
                  
| 
                         Money market funds  | 
                     
                         S.123  | 
                  
| 
                         Non-MMF investment funds  | 
                     
                         S.124  | 
                  
| 
                         Other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds  | 
                     
                         S.125  | 
                  
| 
                         Financial auxiliaries  | 
                     
                         S.126  | 
                  
| 
                         Captive financial institutions and money lenders  | 
                     
                         S.127  | 
                  
| 
                         Insurance corporations  | 
                     
                         S.128  | 
                  
| 
                         Pension funds  | 
                     
                         S.129  | 
                  
| 
                         Monetary financial institutions  | 
                     
                         S.121 + S.122 + S.123  | 
                  
| 
                         General government  | 
                     
                         S.13  | 
                  
| 
                         Central government (excluding social security funds)  | 
                     
                         S.1311  | 
                  
| 
                         State government (excluding social security funds)  | 
                     
                         S.1312  | 
                  
| 
                         Local government (excluding social security funds)  | 
                     
                         S.1313  | 
                  
| 
                         Social security funds  | 
                     
                         S.1314  | 
                  
| 
                         Households  | 
                     
                         S.14  | 
                  
| 
                         Non-profit institutions serving households  | 
                     
                         S.15  | 
                  
| 
                         Rest of the world  | 
                     
                         S.2  | 
                  
| 
                         Member States and institutions and bodies of the European Union (EU)  | 
                     
                         S.21  | 
                  
| 
                         Member States of the EU  | 
                     
                         S.211  | 
                  
| 
                         Institutions and bodies of the EU  | 
                     
                         S.212  | 
                  
| 
                         The European Central Bank (ECB)  | 
                     
                         S.2121  | 
                  
| 
                         European institutions and bodies, except the ECB  | 
                     
                         S.2122  | 
                  
| 
                         Non-member countries and international organisations non-resident in the EU  | 
                     
                         S.22  | 
                  
2.
Definitions of the categories
(1) (2)
Table 1A
Table 1B
Table 1C
Table 2A
Table 3A
Table 3B
ANNEX III
STATISTICAL INFORMATION TRANSMITTED BY EUROSTAT
(1)
Revenue, expenditure and deficit/surplus statistics
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                  
| 
                         Deficit (–) or surplus (+)  | 
                     
                         1 = 6 – 21 1 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 5  | 
                  
| 
                         Central government  | 
                     
                         2  | 
                  
| 
                         State government  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                  
| 
                         Local government  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                  
| 
                         Social security funds  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                  
| 
                         Total revenue  | 
                     
                         6 = 7 + 19  | 
                  
| 
                         Total current revenue  | 
                     
                         7 = 8 + 9 + 13 + 16 + 17  | 
                  
| 
                         Current taxes on income, wealth, etc.  | 
                     
                         8  | 
                  
| 
                         Taxes on production and imports  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                  
| 
                         Taxes on products  | 
                     
                         10  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: value added tax (VAT)  | 
                     
                         11  | 
                  
| 
                         Other taxes on production  | 
                     
                         12  | 
                  
| 
                         Net social contributions  | 
                     
                         13  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: employers’ actual social contributions  | 
                     
                         14  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: households’ actual social contributions  | 
                     
                         15  | 
                  
| 
                         Sales  | 
                     
                         16  | 
                  
| 
                         Other current revenue  | 
                     
                         17  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: interest receivable  | 
                     
                         18  | 
                  
| 
                         Total capital revenue  | 
                     
                         19  | 
                  
| 
                         of which: capital taxes  | 
                     
                         20  | 
                  
| 
                         Total expenditure  | 
                     
                         21 = 22 + 31  | 
                  
| 
                         Total current expenditure  | 
                     
                         22 = 23 + 24 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30  | 
                  
| 
                         Intermediate consumption  | 
                     
                         23  | 
                  
| 
                         Compensation of employees  | 
                     
                         24  | 
                  
| 
                         Interest payable  | 
                     
                         26  | 
                  
| 
                         Subsidies payable  | 
                     
                         27  | 
                  
| 
                         Social benefits other than social transfers in kind  | 
                     
                         28  | 
                  
| 
                         Social transfers in kind – purchased market production  | 
                     
                         29  | 
                  
| 
                         Other current expenditure  | 
                     
                         30  | 
                  
| 
                         Total capital expenditure  | 
                     
                         31 = 32 + 33 + 34  | 
                  
| 
                         Gross fixed capital formation  | 
                     
                         32  | 
                  
| 
                         Other net acquisitions of non-financial assets and changes in inventories  | 
                     
                         33  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers payable  | 
                     
                         34  | 
                  
| 
                         Memorandum items:  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Capital transfers representing taxes and social contributions assessed but unlikely to be collected  | 
                     
                         35  | 
                  
| 
                         Category  | 
                     
                         Number and linear relation  | 
                  
| 
                         Final consumption expenditure  | 
                     
                         1 = 2 + 3 1 = [1A.23] + [1A.24] + [1A.29] + 4 + 5 + 6 – [1A.16]  | 
                  
| 
                         Individual consumption expenditure  | 
                     
                         2  | 
                  
| 
                         Collective consumption expenditure  | 
                     
                         3  | 
                  
| 
                         Consumption of fixed capital  | 
                     
                         4  | 
                  
| 
                         Taxes on production paid minus subsidies received  | 
                     
                         5  | 
                  
| 
                         Net operating surplus  | 
                     
                         6  | 
                  
| 
                         Memorandum items:  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices  | 
                     
                         9  | 
                  
ANNEX IV
REPEALED GUIDELINE WITH LIST OF THE SUCCESSIVE AMENDMENTS THERETO
(referred to in Article 12)
| 
                         Guideline of the European Central Bank of 25 July 2013 on government finance statistics (ECB/2013/23)  | 
                     
                         
  | 
                  
| 
                         Guideline of the European Central Bank of 3 June 2014 amending Guideline ECB/2013/23 on government finance statistics (ECB/2014/21)  | 
                     
                         Annexes I and II replaced  | 
                  
| 
                         Guideline (EU) 2018/861 of the European Central Bank of 24 April 2018 amending Guideline ECB/2013/23 on government finance statistics (ECB/2018/13)  | 
                     
                         Annexes I and II replaced  | 
                  
| 
                         Guideline (EU) 2020/1552 of the European Central Bank of 14 October 2020 amending Guideline ECB/2013/23 on government finance statistics (ECB/2020/50)  | 
                     
                         Article 7, paragraphs 2 and 3, replaced; Article 7, paragraph 4, added.  | 
                  
ANNEX V
CORRELATION TABLE
| 
                         Guideline ECB/2013/23  | 
                     
                         This Guideline  | 
                  
| 
                         — Article 1 Article 2  | 
                     
                         Article 1 Article 2 Article 3  | 
                  
| 
                         Article 3 Article 4 — — Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 — Article 8  | 
                     
                         — Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 Article 11  | 
                  
| 
                         Article 9  | 
                     
                         Article 12  | 
                  
| 
                         Article 10 — — Annexes I-II Annex III — — Annex IV  | 
                     
                         — Article 13 Article 14 Annexes I-II — Annex III Annex IV Annex V  |