Eurostat - Material flow accounts - flows in raw material equivalents (RME)

The dataset 'Material flow accounts' in raw material equivalents - modelling estimates (env_ac_rme)' provides model-based estimates, for the aggregate EU economy only, of material flow accounts as extension to the dataset ´Material flow accounts' (env_ac_mfa), also referred to as economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA).



Both EW-MFA and material flow accounts in raw material equivalents (MFA-RME) present the flows of natural resources (minerals, metal ores, biomass, fossil energy materials) from the environment into the economy. Both datasets include domestic extraction of materials measured in tonnes of gross ore (or gross harvest). However, in EW-MFA imports and exports are measured in mass weight of the products as they cross country borders. For the derived indicators this implies that they combine data with different underlying measurement concepts. The MFA-RME dataset overcomes this drawback by replacing the material trade flows in mass weight by estimates of the raw material equivalents of the products traded, i.e. how much extraction was needed to produce the traded products.



The MFA-RME dataset (env_ac_rme) includes:



a) domestic material extraction by material, directly taken from the EW-MFA dataset (env_ac_mfa),



b) estimates of the imports and exports in raw material equivalents (RME)



c) derived indicators, namely raw material input (RMI) and raw material consumption (RMC).



Metadata description: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/env_ac_rme_esms.htm



Website:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/env_ac_rme

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Date (Creation)
Date (Publication)
Date (Revision)
2017-04-06
Edition

env_ac_rme
Citation identifier
https://www.mica-project.eu/ / MICA_B3-61

MICA WP3 2018-11-03T15:16:00 Record extracted from Batch 3 spreadsheet

Other citation details

No other citation details provided
Purpose

The indicator 'Raw Material Consumption (RMC)' included in this data set is the 'desired' lead indicator of the EU 2020 flagship initiative 'A resource efficient Europe'. However, Eurostat currently only publishes data for the aggregate EU-28 economy. Some Member States have incidentally published data on RMC, but the methodology needs to be further developed and harmonized, and more widely applied, before RMC can be considered a mature alternative.



Conceptually economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) belong to the international system of environmental economic accounting (SEEA-Central Framework). Furthermore, EW-MFA is one of several physical modules of Eurostat's programme on European environmental economic accounts. It is covered by Regulation (EU) No. 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, E2: Environmental statistics and accounts; sustainable development

 		Resource provider
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
dataCentre

  • MICA

  • MET4TECH

MICA ontology (TemporalScheme)

  • Mixture of historic (up to 2005) and recent (2006 onwards)

MICA ontology (DataScheme)

  • Statistical data / Electronic (Statistical data) (e.g. web portals)
Keywords

  • Requirement for data generation: Legal
Keywords

  • Method of data or information generation: Model developed using other data or information classes

GEMET Concepts

  • Environmental impact assessment

GEMET Concepts

  • Exports

GEMET Concepts

  • Imports

GEMET Concepts

  • Minerals

GEMET Concepts

  • Other economic activities

GEMET Concepts

  • Production

GEMET Concepts

  • Resources

INSPIRE commodities

  • Gold

INSPIRE commodities

  • Silver

INSPIRE commodities

  • Platinum

INSPIRE commodities

  • Palladium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (iridium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (osmium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (rhodium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (ruthenium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Aluminium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Copper

INSPIRE commodities

  • Lead

INSPIRE commodities

  • Tin

INSPIRE commodities

  • Zinc

INSPIRE commodities

  • Anthracite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Bituminous coal

INSPIRE Fossil Fuel

  • Other hard coal

INSPIRE commodities

  • Lignite

INSPIRE Fossil Fuel

  • Crude oil

INSPIRE Fossil Fuel

  • Oil shale

INSPIRE Fossil Fuel

  • Natural gas

INSPIRE Geothermal Potential

  • Geothermal energy

INSPIRE Fossil Fuel

  • Peat

INSPIRE commodities

  • Thorium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Uranium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Pyrite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Phosphate rock

INSPIRE commodities

  • Potash

INSPIRE commodities

  • Bentonite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Fuller's earth

INSPIRE commodities

  • Sepiolite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Kaolin

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other kaolinitic clays (ball clays)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Brick or tile clays

INSPIRE Enduse Potential

  • Engineering clay (Other clays)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Halloysite (Other clays)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Crushed rock aggregates

INSPIRE commodities

  • Sand and gravel

INSPIRE Enduse Potential

  • Dimension and building stone

INSPIRE commodities

  • Limestone for cement

INSPIRE commodities

  • Limestone for lime

INSPIRE commodities

  • Dolomite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Marble

INSPIRE commodities

  • Calcite for filler

Eurostat Waste categories

  • Concrete, bricks and gypsum waste

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

  • Material footprint

MICA ontology (MethodsScheme)

  • Material Flow Accounting
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
  • Economy
Geographic identifier
Europe - non-EU28 only (aggregated total only)
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Data uncertainty
Date
Explanation

Are any uncertainty measures provided (e.g. standard errors, confidence intervals, etc.)?
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No

Conformance result

Title

Quality assurance procedures
Date
Explanation

Are quality assurance procedures described?
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Title

Information generation methods
Date
Explanation

Are data or information generation methods formally described?
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Title

Record review
Date
Other citation details

Reviewed by: British Geological Survey
Explanation

Record validation
Pass
No

Conformance result

Title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Organisation source implies that information should be of good quality

Metadata

File identifier
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Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Series
Hierarchy level name

series
Date stamp
2024-11-11
Metadata standard name

ISO19115
Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

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Keywords

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