Elzbieta Broniewicz

Bialystok University of Technology,

Poland,

e.broniewicz@pb.edu.pl

The output of Environmental Goods and Services Sector in Poland

Abstract. The main objective of this paper is to present the output of Environmental Goods and Services Sector (EGSS) in Poland as of  2014. The presented data are the results of a Eurostat pilot project, which was conducted in Poland during 2014-2015 by the  Central Statistical Office. The aim of this project was to adapt the Eurostat methodology of EGSS accounts to Polish conditions and to gather data about EGSS, in accordance with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No 538/2014 as of 16 April 2014 amending Regulation. Output of Environmental Goods and Services System covers environmental protection domains and also the domains of natural resources management. The results of the survey are also presented broken down by types of economic activity.

Received: March, 2016

1st Revision: June, 2016

Accepted: November, 2016

DOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2016/9-3/4

JEL Classification: O44, Q56

Keywords: output, environmental economic accounts, environmental goods and services sector, national accounts