MINUTES

AGENDA

Joint Eurostat – ECB

Steering Group on Seasonal Adjustment Meeting

Monday, 16 June 2014 (09.30-16.30)

Room CB04 Commerzbank building, 2^nd floor

Neue Mainzer Strasse 32-36

60311 Frankfurt am Main

1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

2. SA TOOLS DEVELOPMENT

2.1 Report from National Bank of Belgium (NBB) (presentation)

2.2 Report on JDemetra+ user manual (presentation)

2.3 Recent JDemetra+ testing results (BBk) (presentation)

3. POINTS FOR INFORMATION

Presentation of some practical experiences using JDemetra+

             3.1 Bank of Poland (presentation)

4. POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

            4.1 Revision of the ESS Guidelines on SA

• New draft version of the guidelines with highlighted tracked changes
• Summary of modifications following previous comments

            4.2 Next steps for the SACC (minutes of the kick-off meeting)

                  - Draft letter of presentation of the SACC

            4.3 Proposal of a mandate for the users' group collaborating with the SACC

5. NEXT STEPS

Date next meeting

6. ANY OTHER BUSSINESS