Revision of cultural headings
in COICOP
Agenda point
Agenda point 11a
European Commission - DG Eurostat
MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON CULTURE STATISTICS
23-24 November 2016
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COICOP
Classification of individual consumption by purpose
1. Developped by UN SD
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(last version released in 1999)
to measure the structure of expenditure
organisation and general government
of
households,
non-profit
2. Structure
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12 broad divisions (e.g. food, clothing and footwear, housing, and gas,
health, transport, communication, recreaction and culture, education,
restaurant and hotels, etc.)
UN COICOP (4 digits) vs ECOICOP (5 digits)
Distinction (in principle) between expenditure on goods and expenditure on
services (e.g. repair and rental of articles are not classified with physical objects – service)
International classification – it must fit to the context of developping
countries (e.g. fishing ropes are not recreation articles in developing countries)
3. Use/implementation
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HBS (Household budget surveys)
HICP (Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices)
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Eurostat
Revision scheme
1. Context of the revision
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Classification outdated (17 years since last revision):
Changing patterns in consumption (digital shift, new forms of communication, new ways and forms of
education etc.)
2. Engaged bodies and organisation
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Technical Sub-Group (TSG-COICOP) created under the auspices of UN SD composed of international
organisation and bodies (Eurostat, FAO, ILO, IMF, WHO, ISWGNA, IWGPS, UNECE, UNSD) and
representatives of few countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and
Philippines)
Charged to propose concrete changes in the present structure
3. Timetable of the revision
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2012 – 2015 - evaluation of the need for revision, consultation with countries
2015 – start working on the revision
Mid-May 2016 – elaboration of the first draft of the revised classification – extension to 5 digit
End of October 2016 – launching of the global consultation on the draft
Mid-November 2016 – analysis of the results of the global consultation and compilation of comments
End March 2017 – developping of the final proposal
4. Adoption of the new classification
• Mi-March 2018 – presentation of the revised COICOP to UN Statistical Commision for
endorsement
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Eurostat
Culture in present COICOP
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Broad groups
Division 09 'Recreation and culture'
Categories at 4 and 5 digit of disaggregation
Selected by ESSnet-Culture
Available data on cultural expenditure come
from 2010 HBS (next wave – 2015)
Books and
newspapers
Articles for artistic
expression and
creation
Gaps in the present classification
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9.
Obsolete list of audio-visual , information and
communication equipment
No distinction between recorded and unrecorded
media
New media, on-line content, digital content,
streaming services not represented
No category for video games
Not always clear boundaries between categories
Missing category for cultural amateur classes and
artistic e-learning
E-books, audiobooks and other digital forms of
books not identified
Press on-line and on-line subscritpions not
identified
No distinction between fiction books and
educational books (school, encyclopeadia)
Eurostat
Cultural goods and
services
•Books
•Newspapers and periodicals
•Musical instruments
•Photographic and cinematographic
equipment
•Stationery and drawing materials
Equipment
•Information processing equipment
•Reception, recording and reproduction
of sound and vision
•Recording media
•Reception, recording and reproduction
of sound
•Repair of audio-visual, photographic
and information processing equipment
Going out and
entertainment
•Cinemas, theatres, concerts
•Museums, libraries, zoological gardens
•Services of photographers and
performing artists
Fees and
subscriptions
•Television and radio fees, hire of
equipment and accessories for culture
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Main proposals for changes in COICOP cultural headings
1.
Sound and vision equipment merged and moved to 08 'Communication' with TV and
radio fees and subscriptions
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Identification of streaming and VoD services (e.g. Spotify, Netflix) -
(under a separate category
in the group 08 as communication and information services )
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Distinction between recorded and unrecorded media
4.
Identification of the content on physical support (CD, DVD) and downloads
(from
downloading platforms like i-Tunes)
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Downloads of cultural content (e.g. music, films bought on I-Tunes) and physical
supports (CDs, DVDs ) in one category Audio-visual media
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New category for video games equipment and software
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New category for video game on-line subscriptions and rentals
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Identification of paper/digital version of books and paper/on-line version of newspapers
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Separate categories for educational books (including digital forms) and for fiction and
non-fiction books (including digital forms)
10. New category for amateur artistic classes
Eurostat
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Pending questions:
1. To move the Audio-visual equipment, TV fees and subscriptions and Streaming
services under the heading 09 Culture and Recreation – as having recreational purpose?
Impact on the content and data
2. To merge Streaming services (and rental of CDs/DVDs and VoD) with TV fees,
licences and subscriptions?
3. To merge Cameras and accessories with Audio-visual equipment?
4. To keep Game software in Culture or to move to the category for Apps (08
Communication)
5. To remove Services of musicians, clowns and performers for private
entertainment from the category Cinema, theatres and concerts?
6. To keep National parks, zoological and botanical gardens and aquaria with
Museums and libraries?
7. To move Educational books to the division 10 'Education'?
8. To move Newspapers to the division 08 'Communication'?
9. To move Stationery and drawing material go to the division 10 'Education'?
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Pending questions – cultural scope:
• 1. To keep Computers, laptops, typewriters, computer software etc. in Cultural
expenditure?
• 2. To add Smartphones, tablets and Apps to Cultural expenditure?
• 3. To add Bundled communication services (telephony/Internet/television
packages) to Cultural expenditure?
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Pending questions - details
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Main revisions – part I
PRESENT COICOP
REVISED COICOP
09 Culture and Recreation
08 Communication
Equipment for the reception, recording Equipment for the reception, recording
and reproduction of sound and vision
and reproduction of sound and vision
- TV sets and all type of tv aerials
- radio, CD, DVD – players
- Satelite receivers etc
Equipment for the reception, recording - Stereo and car-stereo equipment,
- E-book readers
and reproduction of sound (including
- Digital media players
earphones)
Television and radio licence fees,
subscriptions, hire of equipment and
accessories for culture
TV and Radio licences, fees and
subscriptions
- TV and Radio licenses
- subscription to cable TV, satellite TV, IPTV,
and Pay-TV
Pending questions
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To move back the Equipment, TV fees
and subscriptions and Streaming
services under the heading 09 Culture
and Recreation – as having recreational
purpose?
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To merge Streaming services (and
rental of CDs and DVS and VoD) with
TV fees, licences and subscritpions?
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To merge TV and radio fees, licences
and subscriptions and Streaming
services to with Audio-visual media
(09) (Recorded media on physical
support and downloads)?
Streaming services and rental
– Netflix, Spotify
- rental and downloads of CDs, DVDs - VoD
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Main revisions – part II
PRESENT COICOP
REVISED COICOP
09 Culture and Recreation
09 Culture and Recreation
Cameras (photographic and
cinematographic equipment)
Accessories for photographic and
cinematographic equipment
Cameras and accessories for
photographic and cinematographic
equipment
Not distinguished
Repair of audio-visual, photographic
and information processing equipment
Not distinguished
Pending questions
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To merge Cameras and accessories
with audio-visual equipment?
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- video game consoles
- gamepads, joysticks, racing wheels and other
accessories for video gaming
- electronic games
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- video game software (for game consoles,
computers, tablets, smartphones, download
and on any media, including CD-ROMs,
cartridges, DVDs, Blu-rays, flash drives, etc.)
This category includes physical objects
and software to run video games no
subscription to online games
Should the games software remain
in Culture or should be moved to
the category for Apps (08
Communication)
Game consoles and software
Rental and repair of photographic and
cinematographic equipment and optical
instruments
Rental and on-line subscription of games
and game software
Rental and repair of game consoles
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To merge on-line game
subscriptions with rental and repair
of game consoles
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Main revisions – part III
PRESENT COICOP
REVISED COICOP
09 Culture and Recreation
09 Culture and Recreation
Musical instruments
Audio-visual media (recorded media and
downloads)
- CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, gramophone records
- Dowloads of films and music
Excludes:
- Streaming services (Netflix and Spotify)
- video games
- educational books (school, encyclopaedia,
dictionaries), other books
- software
Musical instruments
Recording media (recorded and
unrecorded)
Pending questions
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Should this category cover TV and
radio fees , licences and
subscriptions and Streaming
services?
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Main revisions – part IV
PRESENT COICOP
REVISED COICOP
09 Culture and Recreation
Cinemas, theatres, concerts
- cinemas, theatres, operas, concert and music hals,
Cinemas, theatres, concerts (excluding circuses and shows and other
- Services of musicians, clowns and performers for
services of musicians, clowns,
performers for private entertainments) private entertainment
Pending questions
09 Culture and Recreation
• Should services of musicians, clowns and
performers for private entertainment be
included?
Museums, libraries, cultural and natural
sites (e.g. zoological gardens)
Museums, libraries, zoological
- museums, art galleries, exhibitions, including •
gardens
historical monuments and archeologic sites
Includes also national parcs and botanical gardens
To keep national parks, zoological
and botanical gardens, aquaria?
- libraries
- national parks, zoological and botanical
gardens, aquaria
Services of musicians, clowns,
performers for private entertainers, Photographic services
and photographers
Not distinguished
Other cultural services (artistic amateur
classes, repair of musical equipment)
- services of rental and repair of musical instruments
- binding services
- music, dancing and artistic classes
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Amateur artistic classes on-line (elearning) should be included?
Excludes: Formal education of music, dancing and
art (Division 10 according to the level)
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Main revisions – part V
PRESENT COICOP
REVISED COICOP
09 Culture and Recreation
09 Culture and Recreation
Educational or text books (paper,
electronic and digital)
Books
- educational books
- educational material (encyclopaedia, dictionaries,
foreign language trainers)
Pending questions
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Should educational books go to the
division 10 Education?
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Should Newspapers be moved to
the division 08 Communication?
Other books (fiction) – paper and digital
- fiction and non-fiction (novels, poetry, travel
guides, children books)
Newspapers (paper and internet
subscriptions)
- newspaper bought in kiosks
- subscription for newspapers (home delivery)
- Internet subscription for newspapers
Newspapers and periodicals
Magazines and periodicals (paper and
internet subscriptions)
- lifestyle magazines
- children magazines
- hobbies, leisure magazines
- business, political magazines
- TV magazines
- subscription for magazines and periodicals (home
delivery)
- Internet subscription for magazines and periodicals
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Main revisions – part VI
PRESENT COICOP REVISED COICOP
09 Culture and Recreation
Stationery and drawing
materials
09 Culture and Recreation
Information processing
equipment
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Computers
Software
Calculators
Typewriters and word processors
Miscellaneous accessories
09 Culture and Recreation
Paper products
- writing pads, envelopes, account books, diaries, etc.
- drawing paper
- educational materials such as exercise books
- wrapping paper
Other stationery and drawing materials
- pens, pencils, inks- paper cutters, scissors, glue, staplers, adhesive tapes
- drawing material (cards, canvas, crayons etc)
08 Communication
Computers and laptops
Peripheral equipment and its consumable
components
- printers, scanners
- typewriters and word processors
- tonner and ink cartridges
- calculators
Pending questions
• Should these categories be moved to
"Education"?...
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Should these categories be kept in
Cultural expenditure?
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Should these categories be added to
Cultural expenditure?
Accessories for information processing
equipment
Smartphone and tablets
Software – Apps
- programs designed to run on mobile devices
Software – other software
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computer software and packages
Bundled communication services
- telephony/Internet/television packages
- any combination of telecommunication package
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