(i) in respect of household final consumption expenditures, the product, for each household final consumption expenditure category, of those expenditures in the province for the fiscal year, net of federal and provincial general sales taxes, and a fraction

’Consumption’ activities are presented in total and also divided into three sub-classes (transport, heating/cooling, other) for private households' final consumption.

55. Points out that in 2010 the energy consumption in buildings constituted the largest share of the total final energy consumption in the EU – 40 %, of which households accounted for 26,7 % – and that this consumption accounted for 36 % of the Union’s CO2 emissions; regrets that most Member States fall short when it comes to making full use of the energy saving potential of buildings; calls on the Commission to find ways to encourage efforts to ensure that the greatest energy saving potential ...[+++]does not remain untapped by delivering proposals for clear objectives as regards to the energy consumption of buildings in Member States;

N. whereas, in view of the severe economic, social and long-term impact of the crisis, not only on economic growth, employment rates and poverty and exclusion levels, but also on access to housing and on investment in social housing within the EU, urgent action on the part of Member States and the Union is required to guarantee access to decent and affordable housing; whereas, given that housing is the largest household expenditure item in Europe, the sharp rise in housing-related prices (land prices, purchase and rental prices and energy prices) is a cause of instability and anxiety, and must be seen as a major concern; whereas, given that unemployment has also shot up in the EU, as is illustrated by the fact that the average rate for t ...[+++]he EU 27 rose to 10,9 % in January 2013, and given that, at the same time, Europe’s population is ageing, there is a major risk of an increasing gap between rich and poor, social exclusion and homelessness, with 80 million Europeans already at risk of poverty;

N. whereas, in view of the severe economic, social and long-term impact of the crisis, not only on economic growth, employment rates and poverty and exclusion levels, but also on access to housing and on investment in social housing within the EU, urgent action on the part of Member States and the Union is required to guarantee access to decent and affordable housing; whereas, given that housing is the largest household expenditure item in Europe, the sharp rise in housing-related prices (land prices, purchase and rental prices and energy prices) is a cause of instability and anxiety, and must be seen as a major concern; whereas, given that unemployment has also shot up in the EU, as is illustrated by the fact that the average rate for th ...[+++]e EU 27 rose to 10.9 % in January 2013, and given that, at the same time, Europe’s population is ageing, there is a major risk of an increasing gap between rich and poor, social exclusion and homelessness, with 80 million Europeans already at risk of poverty;

In 2009 the private final consumption expenditure figures for Greece followed the same negative trend as the EU-27 average.