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Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2014 of 2 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of            the Council concerning structural business statistics, and Commission Regulations (EC) No 251/2009 and (EU) No 275/2010, as            regards the series of data to be produced and the criteria for evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics            (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Regulation (EU) No 446/2014                     

# of 2 May 2014

# amending Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics,                        and Commission Regulations (EC) No 251/2009 and (EU) No 275/2010, as regards the series of data to be produced and the criteria                        for evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural                           business statistics(1), and in particular Article 11(2)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (j) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council established a common framework for the collection,                              transmission and evaluation of European statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses                              in the Union.

(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009(2) established the frequency of the compilation of the multiannual structural business statistics and the breakdown of the results                              for the production of structural business statistics in order to produce data comparable and harmonised between Member States.

(3)Commission Regulation (EU) No 275/2010(3) laid down the criteria for the evaluation of quality and the contents of the quality reports to be provided by the Member                              States.

(4)It is necessary to update the list of characteristics by specifying data series on the demography of enterprises with at least                              one employee to respond to the need for increased international comparability of results, especially for statistics on entrepreneurship.                              The first reference year, the frequency and the breakdown of results for these characteristics should also be established.                              Therefore, Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 should be amended accordingly.

(5)Experience has shown that the characteristics established in Annexes V to VII to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 are not needed                              at the current annual frequency. The frequency should therefore be adapted to a compilation once every 10 years. Annex I to                              Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 should be amended accordingly.

(6)The quality reports on the statistics compiled pursuant to Annexes V to VII of Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 are no longer needed                              on a yearly basis. Their frequency should therefore be adapted to a submission every 10 years in line with the data requirements.                              The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 275/2010 should be amended accordingly.

(7)For the purposes of ensuring a better monitoring of progress in innovation in the context of the Europe 2020 strategy, Union                              and national stakeholders have called for a single integrated indicator. This indicator is, inter alia, meant to benchmark                              employment in innovative, high-growth enterprises across Europe and internationally. Providing the data underlying this new                              indicator is urgent so as to allow its use in the European Semester 2014. Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 should thus be amended                              accordingly.

(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annexes I, V, VI, VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

# Article 3U.K.

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 275/2010 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

# Article 4U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 May 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEX IU.K.

Annexes I, V, VI, VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 are amended as follows:

in Annex I, point 1 of Section 8 ‘Transmission of results’ is replaced by the following:

### ‘1.The results are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the reference period, except for the                                    NACE Rev. 2 activity classes 64.11 and 64.19. For the NACE Rev. 2 activity classes 64.11 and 64.19 the transmission delay                                    is 10 months. The transmission delay of the results on the activity classes covered by the NACE Rev. 2 groups 64.2, 64.3 and                                    64.9 and division 66 will be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).’;

in Annex V, Section 5 is replaced by the following:

### ‘SECTION 5U.K.**First reference year**

The first reference year for which statistics are compiled for the characteristics listed in Section 4 is the calendar year 2008.’;                           

Annex VI is amended as follows:

in Section 4(d) the word ‘annual’ is replaced by ‘multi-yearly’;

Section 5 is replaced by the following:

### ‘SECTION 5U.K.**First reference year**

The first reference year for which statistics are compiled for the characteristics listed in Section 4 is the calendar year                                          2008.’;                                    

Annex VII is amended as follows:

in Sections 4(2) and 4(3) the word ‘annual’ is replaced by ‘multi-yearly’;

Section 5 is replaced by the following:

### ‘SECTION 5U.K.**First reference year**

The first reference year for which statistics are compiled for the characteristics listed in Section 4 is the calendar year                                          2008.’;                                    

Annex IX is amended as follows:

the following characteristics are added to Section 5, point 1:

the following characteristics are added to Section 5, point 2:

Section 9 is replaced by the following:

### ‘SECTION 9U.K.

Preliminary results for characteristics related to enterprise deaths (11 93 0, 16 93 0 and 16 93 1) are to be transmitted                                          within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the reference period. Revised results for these characteristics, following                                          the confirmation of enterprise deaths after two years of inactivity, are to be transmitted within 30 months of the same reference                                          period.                                    

Preliminary results for characteristics 11 03 0, 16 03 0 and 16 03 1 are to be transmitted within 20 months of the end of                                          the calendar year of the reference period. Revised results for these characteristics, following the confirmation of the status                                          after two years, are to be transmitted within 32 months of the same reference period.                                    

All other results related to annual demographic statistics on enterprises with at least one employee are to be transmitted                                          within 20 months of the end of the reference period.                                    

Preliminary results for characteristics related to high growth enterprises measured in employment are to be transmitted within                                          12 months of the end of the reference period.                                    

All other results are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the reference period.’                                    

## ANNEX IIU.K.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 is amended as follows:

point 1 is amended as follows:

in the summary table, the title of series code 1D is replaced by the following:

‘Annual enterprise statistics for central banking and credit institutions classified in NACE Rev.2 64.19’                                    

the following series code is added to the summary table:

the table labelled ‘**Annual enterprise statistics for central banking**’ is replaced by the following:                                    

**‘Annual enterprise statistics for central banking and credit institutions classified in NACE Rev.2 64.19** listed in Section 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008                                    

**Series 1D**                                    

the following table is added:

**‘Annual enterprise statistics for insurance services and pension funds** listed in Section 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008                                    

**Series 1G**                                    

points 5, 6 and 7 are amended as follows:

in the summary tables, the word ‘Annual’ is deleted;

the tables are amended as follows:

in the titles and in the series names, the word ‘Annual’ is deleted;

under ‘Frequency’, the word ‘Annual’ is replaced by ‘Every 10 years’;

point 9 is amended as follows:

the following series are added to the summary table:

the following tables are added:

**‘Annual demographic statistics on enterprises with at least one employee, broken down by legal form** listed in Section 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008                                    

**Series 9E**                                    

The data, besides data relating to characteristics 11 03 0, 16 03 0, 16 03 1, included in this series shall be transmitted                                       within 20 months after the end of the reference year.                                    

The data relating to characteristics 11 03 0, 16 03 0, 16 03 1 included in this series shall be transmitted within 32 months                                       after the end of the reference year.                                    

**Annual demographic statistics on enterprises with at least one employee, broken down by employee size class** listed in Section 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008                                    

**Series 9F**                                     

The data, besides data relating to characteristics 11 03 0, 16 03 0, 16 03 1, included in this series shall be transmitted                                       within 20 months after the end of the reference year.                                    

The data relating to characteristics 11 03 0, 16 03 0, 16 03 1 included in this series shall be transmitted within 32 months                                       after the end of the reference year.                                    

**Annual preliminary results on deaths of enterprises with at least one employee, broken down by legal form** listed in Section 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008                                    

**Series 9G**                                     

Data included in this series shall be transmitted within 20 months after the end of the reference year.

**Annual preliminary results on deaths of enterprises with at least one employee, broken down by employee size class** listed in Section 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 295/2008                                    

**Series 9H**                                     

Data included in this series shall be transmitted within 20 months after the end of the reference year.

Annual statistics on high growth enterprises measured in employment listed in Section 5, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex IX to                                       Regulation (EC) No 295/2008.                                    

**Series 9M**                                     

Data on high growth enterprises measured in employment included in this series shall be transmitted within 18 months after                                       the end of the reference year.                                    

**Series 9P**                                     

Data on high growth enterprises measured in employment included in this series shall be transmitted within 12 months after                                       the end of the reference year.'                                    

## ANNEX IIIU.K.

Section II of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 275/2010 is replaced by the following:

### ‘SECTION IIU.K.**Timeline**

Every year starting from 2011, the Commission (Eurostat) shall supply the Member States, by the end of January, with quality                        reports on reference years t – 3, in accordance with the ESS standard quality report structure partly pre-filled with quantitative                        indicators and other information available to the Commission (Eurostat) on Annexes I, II, III, IV, VIII and IX. For these                        Annexes, Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) every year, by 31 March, with the completed quality reports.                  

Every 10 years starting from 2021, the Commission (Eurostat) shall supply the Member States, by the end of January, with quality                        reports on reference years t – 3, in accordance with the ESS standard quality report structure partly pre-filled with quantitative                        indicators and other information available to the Commission (Eurostat) on Annexes V, VI and VII. For these Annexes, Member                        States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) every 10 years starting from 2021, by 31 March with the completed quality reports.’                  

1

OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13.                           

2

Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European                              Parliament and of the Council as regards the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics and the adaptations                              necessary after the revision of the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) (OJ L 86, 31.3.2009, p. 170).                           

3

Commission Regulation (EU) No 275/2010 of 30 March 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament                              and of the Council, as regards the criteria for the evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics (OJ L 86, 1.4.2010, p. 1).