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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2702/98
of17December 1998
concerningthetechnicalformatforthetransmissionofstructuralbusinessstatistics
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 102)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 L 244 7 12.9.2002
►M2CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1668/2003 of 1 September 2003 L 244 32 29.9.2003
Amended by:
►A1Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnion is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2702/98
of17December 1998
concerning the technical format for the transmission of structural
businessstatistics
(TextwithEEArelevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20
December 1996 (1) concerning structural business statistics, and in
particular Article 12(viii) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a
commonframework for the productionof Commun ity statistics onthestructure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses inthe Community;
Whereas it is necessary to specify the technical format for the transmis-
sionof structural busin ess statistics;
Whereas the envisaged measures are in accordance with the opinion of
the Statistical Programme Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The technical format referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 58/97 concerning structural business statistics is definedin the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Member States shall apply this format for the data concerning the 1996
reference year and subsequent years.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its
publicationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States.1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 1.
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ANNEX
TECHNICAL FORMAT
1.Theformofthedata
The data is sent as a set of records of which a large part describes the character-
istics of the data (country, year, economic activity, etc.). The data itself is a
number which can be linked to flags and explanatory footnotes used for
example to describe aggregations of NACE codes. Confidential data should be
sent with the true value being recorded in the value field and a flag indicating
the nature of the confidential data being added to the record.
In order to be precise about the nature of the data, it is necessary to distinguish
the following special cases:
—data equal to zero (coded ‘0’): real values of zero only,
—confidential data (coded ‘x’): indicates data which the Member State does
not transmit to Eurostat because the data is confidential,
—missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the
Member State intends to supply when available,
—data not available: this is data which is not collected in a Member State.
In this case the corresponding record is not sent.
By default, if an entire dimension (a variable, a NUTS code, a NACE code, etc.)
is not collected then the corresponding records will not exist except for those
which are missing because they form part of a regrouping of NACE codes.
This is why it is important to distinguish data which is really missing by
supplying a record (one per missing item) in which the data value is coded as
‘m’, and data which is really equal to zero by supplying the corresponding
records inwhich the data value is set to 0.
2.Recordstructure
Records are made up of fields of variable length separated by semi-colons (;).
The maximum expected length is shown in the table for information. In order
from left to right they are:
Field TypeMaxi-
mum
lengthValues
Series A 2 1A, 1B, 2C, 3A, 4A, 4B, etc. Alphanu-
meric code of the series (see list below)
Year A 4 Year infour characters e.g. 1995 for 1995
Territorial unit A 6 Corresponds to the country code for
national series or to the NUTS 95 code of
the regionfor region al series. NUTS 95 is
the new nomenclature put in place in June
1995
Size class A 2 Code for the size class (see list below)Economic
activityA 4 NACE Rev 1 code: e.g. the manufacture
of bicycles is coded 3542, the manufacture
of furniture is 36.1, transport via railways
is coded 601
Form of owner-
ship
or
FATS identifi-
cationA 2 A code distinguishing public and private
enterprises (only used in industry and
construction)
ora code identifying the data collection
method for foreignaffiliates trade statistics
— FATS — and the sort of FATS (only
used inservices) (see list below)
Locationof
ownership —
FATSA 2 Code for FATS corresponding to the
country where ownership or control is
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Field TypeMaxi-
mum
lengthValues
Variable A 5 Variable code. The codes laid downinthe
SBS Regulationhave 5 characters (see list
below)
Data value A 12 Numeric value of the data (negative values
are preceded by a minus sign) expressed
as a whole number without decimal
places. An‘X’ should be used if the data
is not sent to Eurostat because the data is
confidential and an ‘M’ should be used if
the data is not sent because it is missing
Quality flag A 1 R: revised data, M: updated data, P:
provisional data
Confidentiality
flagA 1 A, B, C, D: indicates that the data is
confidential and the reason for that confi-
dentiality (see list below). A blank space
indicates non-confidential data
Dominance N 3 A numeric value less than or equal to 100.
This indicates the percentage dominance
of one or two enterprises which dominate
the data and make it confidential. The
value is rounded to the nearest whole
number: e.g. 90.3 becomes 90, 94.50
becomes 95. This field is blank for non-
confidential data. This field is only used
when the confidentiality flags B or C are
used inthe previous field
Aggregationof
NACE codesA 40 Label explaining that the data corresponds
to anaggregationof several NACE codes.
For example, 31.1 = 31.2 + 31.3 + 31.4
Breakdownof
productsA 6 Corresponds to CPA code (only used in
distributive trades)
Turnover size
classesA 2 Codes for the turnover size classes (only
used indistributive trades) (see list below)
Sales area size
classesA 2 Codes for the sales area size classes (only
used indistributive trades) (see list below)
Units of data
values
(optional)A 4 Optional field with codes for indicating if
non-standard units have been used (see list
below)
Breakdownby
environmental
domainsA 4 Code for environmental domains (only
used inin dustry)
NB:A = Alphanumeric, N = Numeric
This format may be converted into a fixed format by using the maximum length of each
field and right justifying the contents of each field preceded by blanks.
3.Descriptionofthefields
3.1.The type of series
Series type Code
Annual enterprise statistics (all sectors) 1A
Annual enterprise statistics by size class (all sectors) 1B1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 4
▼M2
▼B
▼B
Annual regional statistics (all sectors) 1C
Preliminary results (all sectors) 1D
Sectoral pilot studies (sections M to O) 1E
Pilot studies oncharacteristics (all sectors) 1F
Pilot studies onforeignaffiliates trade statistics (services) 1G
Annual enterprise statistics (industry) 2A
Environmental protection expenditure broken down by environ-
mental domains 2B
Annual enterprise statistics by size class (industry) 2D
Annual KAU statistics (industry) 2E
Annual regional statistics (industry) 2F
Multi-yearly employment statistics (industry) 2H
Multi-yearly intangible investment and subcontracting statistics
(industry)2J
Multi-yearly subcontracting statistics by size class (industry) 2K
Multi-yearly statistics onthe purchase of en ergy products
(industry)2L
Preliminary results (industry) 2NEnvironmental protection expenditure broken down by size classes 2OPilot studies oncharacteristics (in dustry) 2P
Preliminary results (distributive trades) 3AAnnual enterprise statistics (distributive trades) 3B
Annual enterprise statistics by size class (distributive trades) 3C
Multi-yearly enterprise statistics (distributive trades) 3D
Annual regional statistics (distributive trades) 3E
Multi-yearly regional statistics (distributive trades) 3F
Annual enterprise statistics (construction) 4A
Annual enterprise statistics by size class (construction) 4D
Annual KAU statistics (construction) 4E
Annual regional statistics (construction) 4F
Multi-yearly employment statistics (construction) 4H
Multi-yearly intangible investment and subcontracting statistics
(construction)4J
Multi-yearly subcontracting statistics by size class (construction) 4K
Multi-yearly statistics onthe purchase of en ergy products
(construction)4L
Preliminary results (construction) 4N
Pilot studies (construction) 4P
3.2.Territorial unit
This code corresponds to the country for national series or to the region for
regional series (series 1C, 2F, 3E, 3F, 4F). It is based on the NUTS 95 code.
For regions, two characters are added to the two characters for the country (see
NUTS 95).1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 5
▼M2
▼M1
▼B
▼M2
▼B
▼M1
▼B
▼A1
Country Code
Belgium BE
Czech Republic CZ
Denmark DK
Germany DE
Estonia EE
Greece GRSpainES
France FR
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Cyprus CY
Latvia LV
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Hungary HU
Malta MT
Netherlands NL
Austria AT
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Slovenia SI
Slovakia SK
Finland FI
SwedenSE
United Kingdom UKIceland IS
Liechtenstein LI
Norway NO
Switzerland CH
3.3.Size classes
Each size class corresponds to a code. Most series cover all size categories and
hence code 30 is the most appropriate.
All codes from 01 up to 53 refer to the number of persons employed. Codes 80
to 85 refer to gross premiums written.
Employment size class Code
00 1
1—9 02
0—9 03
10—19 04
0—19 05
1—19 0620—49 07
50—99 08
20—99 09
10—99 101998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 6
▼B
▼B
100—249 11
100—199 12
200—249 13
250—499 14
200—499 15
100—499 16
500—999 17
1 000—1 999 18
2 000—4 999 19
1 000—4 999 20
5 000 + 21
1 000 + 22
500 + 23
250 + 24
100 + 25
20 + 26
10 + 27Total 30
0—2 40
1—2 41
3—9 42
3—19 43
200 + 44
14 5
24 6
3—4 47
5—9 48
1—49 49
10—49 50
2—4 51
50—249 52
1—4 53
2-9 54
Size class by gross premiums written
(millionECU)Code
<5 8 0
5—50 81
51—250 82
251—500 83
501—1 000 84
1 000 + 85
3.4.Economic activity
This field is used for the NACE Rev.1 heading. A number of standard aggre-
gates are foreseenby the SBS Regulationan d should be coded as follows.1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 7
▼M1
▼B
▼B
Economic activity standard aggregates Code
55.1 + 55.2 55A
55.3 + 55.4 + 55.5 55B
60.21 + 60.22 + 60.23 602A
63.1 + 63.2 + 63.4 63A
71.1 + 71.2 71A
74.11 + 74.12 + 74.14 + 74.15 741A
74.2 + 74.3 74A
Non-standard aggregates should be indicated in the ‘Aggregation of NACE
codes field’.
3.5.Form of ownership or FATS identification
This field is used either for breakdowns according to form of ownership (only
used in industry and construction) or FATS identification (only used in
services). There are no series that breakdown by both classifications.
The requirements concerning the breakdown of characteristics following the
location of ownership or control (FATS) are part of Annex 1, section 10, para-
graph 3 of Regulation(EC, Euratom) No 58/97. Thus data collectionis subject
to testing.
The data concern a breakdown of totals by the country or geographical region
where ownership or control is located. Three pieces of information are required:
— the method used for the collection: ultimate beneficial owner or ‘first
shot’ information,
— the kind of FATS: inward/resident FATS or outward FATS,— the country where ownership or control is located or for outward FATS
where, for example, turnover is generated or employment is located.
Form of ownership (or FATS identification) Code
FATS identification: ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) data on
inward FATS30
FATS identification: ‘First shot’ data on inward FATS 40
FATS identification: ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) data on
outward FATS50
FATS identification: ‘First shot’ data on outward FATS 60
3.6.Location of ownership — FATS
Only used in services.The codes to be used are those also used for balance of payments statistics (the
same as the above codes in section 3.2). Country codes and other area codes (an
incomplete list) are shown at the end of this format.
3.7.Variable
Variable title Code
Number of enterprises 11110
Number of births of enterprises 11120
Number of deaths of enterprises 11130
Number of local units 11210
Number of kind-of- activity units 11310
Turnover 12110
Productionvalue 121201998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 8
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▼M1
▼M1
Variable title Code
Gross marginongoods for resale 12130
Value added at market prices 12141
Value added at factor cost 12150
Income from ordinary activities 12160Gross operating surplus 12170
Financial surplus 12180
Gross ordinary surplus 12190Profit or loss for the year 12200
Total purchases of goods and services 13110
Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the same
conditions as received13120
Other purchases of goods and services 13130
Payments for agency workers 13131Change in stocks of goods and services 13210
Change in stocks of goods and services purchased for resale in
the same condition as received13211
Change in stocks of raw materials and consumables 13212
Change in stocks of finished products and work in progress
manufactured by the unit13213
Personnel costs 13310
Wages and salaries 13320
Social security costs 13330
Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment 13410Payments for long-term rental and operational leasing of goods 13411
Cost of selling 13420
Other operating costs 13430
Turnover from intra-Community deliveries of goods and services 14110
Turnover from extra-Community exports of goods and services 14120
Turnover from non-domestic sales 14130Turnover from domestic sales 14140
Intra-Community acquisitions of goods and services 14210
Extra-Community imports of goods and services 14220Non-domestic purchases of goods and services 14230
Domestic purchases of goods and services 14240
Gross investment in tangible goods 15110
Gross investment in land 15120
Gross investment in buildings, structures, construction and
alterations15119
Gross investment in existing buildings and structures 15130
Gross investment in construction and alteration of buildings 15140Gross investment in machinery and equipment 15150
Sales of tangible investment goods 15210
Net investment in tangible goods 15250Value of tangible goods acquired through financial leasing 15310
Acquisitions of intangible fixed assets 15410
Gross investment in concessions, patents, licenses, trade marks
and other similar rights15420
Marketing expenditure 154301998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 9
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Variable title Code
Gross investment in software 15440
Investment in purchased software 15441
Investment in software produced by the unit 15442
Purchases of shares and participating interests 15610
Sales of shares and participating interests 15620
Net purchases of shares and participating interests 15650
Number of persons employed 16110
Number of unpaid persons employed 16120
Number of employees 16130
Number of part-time employees 16131
Number of homeworkers 16135
Number of employees in full-time equivalent units 16140
Number of hours worked by employees 16150
Number of enterprises having an association or cooperation
agreement with other enterprises17110
Information on forms of trading by enterprises 17310
Number of retail stores 17320
Category of sales space for retail stores engaged in retail trade 17330
Sales space 17331
Number of fixed market stands and/or stalls 17340
Turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activ-
ities18100
Turnover from the principal activity at the NACE Rev.1 three-
digit level18110
Turnover from industrial activities 18120
— Turnover from industrial activities excluding construction 18121
— Turnover from construction 18122
Turnover from services activities 18150
Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and inter-
mediary activities (agents)18160
Breakdown of turnover by product (according to Section G of
the CPA)18210
— Turnover from building 18310
— Turnover from civil engineering 18320
Purchases of energy products (value) 20110
Purchases of solid fuels (invalue) 20111
Purchases of petroleum products (invalue) 20112
Purchases of natural and derived gas (in value) 20113
Purchases of renewable energy sources (in value) 20114
Purchases of heat (invalue) 20115
Purchases of electricity (invalue) 20116
Investment in equipment and plant for pollution control, and
special anti-pollution accessories (mainly end of pipe equipment)21110
Investment in equipment and plant linked to cleaner technology
(integrated technology) 21120
Total current expenditure on environmental protection 211401998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 10
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Variable title Code
Total intra-mural R&D expenditure 22110
Total number of R&D personnel 22120
Payments to subcontractors 23110
Income from subcontracting 23120
Percentage share of turnover to resale traders: retail traders 25111
Percentage share of turnover to professional users (wholesalers,
others)25112
Percentage share of turnover to final consumers (retail trade
activity)25113
Percentage share of purchases from wholesalers, purchasing
groups25211
percentage share of purchases from producers 25212
Gross value added per person employed (labour productivity) 91110
Gross value added per unit labour cost (wage-adjusted labour
productivity)91120
Gross value added per employee 91130
Gross value added per employee FTE 91140
Gross value added per hour worked by employees 91150
Labour cost per employee (unit labour cost) 91210
Labour cost per employee FTE 91220
Labour cost per hour worked by employees 91230
Share of employers' social charges as a percentage of wages and
salaries91310
Gross operating surplus/turnover (gross operating rate) 92110
Turnover from non-domestic sales as a share of turnover 93110Turnover from domestic sales as a share of turnover 93120
Non-domestic purchases as a share of total purchases 93210
Domestic purchases as a share of total purchases 93220
Share of principal activity in turnover (degree of specialisation) 94110
Share of value added in manufacturing total 94210
Share of value added in industry total 94220
Share of employment in manufacturing total 94310
Share of employment in industry total 94320
Ratio of stocks of finished products and work in progress to
production value94410
Share of R&D expenditure in value added 95110
Share of R&D employment in the number of persons employed 95120
Share of environmental protection investment in total tangible
investment95210
Share of environmental protection expenditure in total purchases
of goods and services and labour cost95220
3.8.Data value
Monetary data is expressed in thousands of national currency units except for:
— Ireland: data is given in units (IEP),
— Spain, Greece and Italy: data is given in millions of national currency
units.1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 11
▼M1
▼B
▼B
In order to be precise about the nature of the data, it is necessary to distinguish
the following cases:
—data equal to zero (coded ‘0’): real values of zero only,
—confidential data (coded ‘X’): indicates data which the Member State does
not transmit to Eurostat because the data is confidential. A flag should
also be used to indicate that the data is missing due to confidentiality
(see 3.10 below),
—missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the
Member State intends to supply when available,
—data not available: this is data, which is not collected in a Member State.
In this case the corresponding record is not sent.
By default, if an entire dimension (a variable, a NUTS code, a NACE code, etc.)
is not collected then the corresponding records will not exist excepts for those
which are missing because they form part of a regrouping of NACE codes. This
is why it is important to distinguish data which is really missing by supplying a
record (one per missing item) in which the data value is coded as ‘m’.
3.9.Quality flag
Data type Code
Revised data R
Updated data M
Provisional data P
Revised data refers to data which are sent for a second (or more) time and are
corrections of data which have been previously sent. Updated data concerns data
which was not previously available and was coded as missing in the data value
field (see 3.8) but has since become available. The flag indicating provisional
data should be used in order to indicate that it is likely that that the data being
transmitted may be corrected.
3.10.Confidentiality
Member States are asked to clearly indicate confidential data using the flags
listed below.
Countries which cannot send confidential data are asked to set the value to ‘x’
(see 3.8) and to indicate using a flag that the data is missing due to confidenti-
ality.
Reason for confidentiality Flag
Too few enterprises A
One enterprise dominates the data B
Two enterprises dominate the data C
Confidential data due to secondary confidentiality D
3.11.Turnover size classes
The size classes below are measured inmillionECU.
Turnover size class Code
0—1 01
1—2 02
2—4 03
4—5 04
5—10 05
10—20 06
20—50 07
50—200 08
200—1 000 091 000 + 10
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▼B
Turnover size class Code
200 + 12
3.12.Sales area size classes
Sales area size class Code
less than120 m201
120—399 m202
400—999 m203
1 000—2 499 m204
2 500—4 999 m205
5 000—9 999 m206
10000 and more m207
3.13.Units of data values
This field is optional and allows Member States to specify which units have
been used for the data values used in the data transmission. The correct imple-
mentation of section 3.8 makes it unnecessary to use this field.
Units Code
Units UNIT
Thousands 1000
Millions MIO
National currency in units NC
National currency in thousands KNC
National currency in millions MNC
Ecu inun its ECU
Ecu inthousan ds KECU
Ecu inmillion s MECU
Square metre m2
Index INDX% PCT
3.14.Breakdown by environmental domains
Breakdown of products/environmental domains Code
Protection of ambient air and climate ED01
Wastewater management ED02
Waste management ED03
Other environmental protection activities ED09
4.Examplesofrecords
Example 1: Aggregation of NACE-codes
Series 2A data for 1995 for Germany. The NACE code 231 contains the aggre-
gation of codes 231 + 232 + 233 for variable 16 11 0: number of persons
employed. It is not confidential.
2A;1995;DE;30;231;;;16110;2700;M;;;231 = 231 + 232 + 233;1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 13
▼M2
▼B
▼B
Example 2: Confidential data: too few enterprises
Total wages and salaries (DEM 12124 million) for the manufacture of iron and
steel (NACE 271) in1995 inthe regionof Fribourg (series C) is con fiden tial
because there are too few enterprises. This is revised data.
2C;1995;DE13;30;271;;;13320;12124000;R;A;;;
Example 3: Confidential data: dominance by one enterprise
The number of persons employed (2 700) in France in 1996 for enterprises of
250 to 499 employees for NACE 141 is confidential. One enterprise dominates
the data and represents 92 % of employment. This is provisional data.
2D;1996;FR;14;141;;;16110;2700;P;B;92;;
Example 4: Size class data: sales area in retail trade
The turnover of the retail sale of foods (NACE Rev.1 52.2) in Luxembourg in
1996 for a sales space of 120 to 399 m2was LUF 1 000 million. It is updated
data.
3C;1996;LU;30;522;;;12110;1000000;M;;;;;;02
Example 5: Inward FATS in road freight transport
In 1995 the number of enterprises (code 11110) in the Netherlands in road
freight transport owned or controlled by an enterprise in the USA, following
the concept of ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO), is 4. The data is provi-
sional. It concerns Annex 1 data and the specification on the data value is
added.
1G;1995;NL;30;6024;30;US;11110;4;P;;;;UNIT
5.Typeofmagneticmedia
Inorder to facilitate readin g the data, the data must be supplied on3,5 ″diskette.
6.Othermethods
Uponwrittenrequest Eurostat canprovide Member States with electron ic ques-
tionnaires for the service sectors using Microsoft Excel. The request should be
made well in advance of the planned date of data delivery.
INCOMPLETE EXAMPLE SET OF CODINGS FOR FAT STATISTICS
Codings to be used are those used for balance of payments statistics (1)
Name Code
Albania AL
Andorra ADArgentina AR
Aruba AW
Australia AU
Austria AT
Bahamas BS
Belgium BE
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA
Brazil BR
Bulgaria BG
Canada CA
Chile CL
China CN
Croatia HR
Cyprus CY
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Name Code
Denmark DK
Finland FI
France FR
Germany DE
Greece GR
Hong Kong HK
Hungary HU
Iceland IS
India IN
Indonesia ID
Ireland IE
Israel IL
Italy IT
JapanJP
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) KR
Latvia LV
Liechtenstein LI
Lithuania LTLuxembourg LU
Netherlands NL
Netherlands Antilles AN
New Zealand NZ
Norway NO
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Republic of South Africa ZA
Romania RO
Russia RU
Saudi Arabia SA
Singapore SG
Slovakia SK
Slovenia SI
SpainES
SwedenSE
Switzerland CH
TaiwanTW
Turkey TR
Ukraine UA
United Kingdom UKUnited States of America US
(1) Except for the United Kingdom for which the code ‘UK’ is to be used instead of GB.
Name Code Type
Africa E4 GEO
AfricanACP coun tries B6 ECO
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (Lomé
Convention)B5 ECO1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 15
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America E7 GEO
AmericanOcean ia F9 GEOAsia F2 GEOAsia-Pacific economic cooperation D1 ECOAsian NICs of the second wave of industrialisation C1 ECO
Australia, Oceania and other territories F7 GEO
AustralianOcean ia F8 GEOBaltic countries E3 GEOBelgo-Luxembourg Economic Union A3 ECOCaribbeanACP coun tries B7 ECOCentral American countries E9 GEOCentral and South African countries E6 GEOCommonwealth of Independent States C6 ECOCore newly industrialised countries B9 ECOCountries from the Association of South-East Asian
NationsB3 ECO
Countries from Central and Eastern Europe A9 ECO
Countries from Mashreq C8 ECOEUR12 (intra EUR12) A2 ECOEUR15 (intra EUR15) D2 ECO
Europe E1 GEO
European countries not EU or EFTA E2 GEOEuropeanEcon omic Area A6 ECOEuropeanFree Trade Association A5 ECOExtra EUR12 A4 ECOExtra EUR12 not allocated Z4 ECOExtra EUR15 D4 ECOExtra EUR15 not allocated Z8 ECOFrench Franc zone C5 ECOGulf ArabianCoun tries F4 GEO
Intra EUR12 not allocated Z2 ECO
Intra EUR15 not allocated Z6 ECOLatinAmerica B2 ECOLatin American NICs of the second wave of industria-
lisationC2 ECO
Maghreb countries C7 ECO
Mediterranean Basin countries C3 ECO
Mercosur (SouthernCon e CommonMarket) C9 ECONear and Middle East countries F3 GEONew Zealand Oceania G1 GEONorth Africancoun tries E5 GEONorth Americancoun tries E8 GEONorth AmericanFree Trade Association B1 ECOOECD countries A8 ECOOffshore financial centres C4 ECO
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries B4 ECO
Other Asiancoun tries F6 GEOOther Near and Middle East countries F5 GEOPacific ACP countries B8 ECOPolar regions G2 GEO1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 16
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South Americancoun tries F1 GEO
World (all entities) A1 ECO
World not allocated Z1 ECO1998R2702 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 17