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N O I T I D E 3 0 0 2 Asymmetries of Current account in the intra-UE balance of payments E U R O P E A N C O M M I S S I O N Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union New freephone number: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2003 ISBN 92-894-5329-X ISSN 1725-4825 © European Communities, 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I - RECONCILIATION OF INTRA-EU BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 1. Introduction 2 2. A world-wide problem 3 3. Evolution of the intra-EU asymmetries 3 4. Detailed description of the Global Method (top-down approach) for EU-15 6 PART II - RECONCILIATION OF INTRA-EU STATISTICS ON TRADE IN GOODS 5. Evolution of the intra-EU asymmetries 8 6. Work on reconciliation 9 7. References 9 1 Asymmetries of Current account in the intra-EU balance of payments The work in the