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of17December 1998
concerningthetechnicalformatforthetransmissionofstructuralbusinessstatistics
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 102)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 of 6 September 2002 L 244 7 12.9.2002
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2003 of 1 September 2003 L 244 32 29.9.2003
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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
common framework for the production of Community statistics on thestructure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses inthe Community;
Whereas it is necessary to specify the technical format for the transmis-
sion of structural business 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 thisRegulation.
Article 2
Member Statess hall apply thisformat for the data concerning the 1996
reference year and subsequent years.
Article 3
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the 20th day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 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 flagsand explanatory footnotesus ed 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 valuesof zero only,
—confidential data (coded ‘x’): indicatesdata 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 intendsto s upply when available,
—data not available: thisisdata which isnot 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
recordsin which the data value iss et to 0.
2.Recordstructure
Recordsare made up of fieldsof variable length separated by semi-colons (;).
The maximum expected length iss hown in the table for information. In order
from left to right they are:
Field TypeMaxi-
mum
lengthValues
SeriesA 2 1A, 1B, 2C, 3A, 4A, 4B, etc. Alphanu-
meric code of the series (see list below)
Year A 4 Year in four characterse.g. 1995 for 1995
Territorial unit A 6 Corresponds to the country code for
national series or to the NUTS 95 code of
the region for regional 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 bicyclesiscoded 3542, the manufacture
of furniture is36.1, trans port via railways
iscoded 601
Form of owner-
ship
orFATS identifi-
cationA 2 A code distinguishing public and private
enterprises (only used in industry and
construction)
or
a code identifying the data collection
method for foreign affiliates trade statistics
— FATS — and the sort of FATS (only
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Field TypeMaxi-
mum
lengthValues
Location of
ownership —
FATSA 2 Code for FATS corresponding to the
country where ownership or control is
located (only used in services)
Variable A 5 Variable code. The codeslaid down in the
SBS Regulation have 5 characters (see list
below)
Data value A 12 Numeric value of the data (negative values
are preceded by a minus sign) expressed
asa 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: indicatesthat the data is
confidential and the reason for that confi-
dentiality (see list below). A blank space
indicatesnon-confidential data
Dominance N 3 A numeric value less than or equal to 100.
Thisindicatesthe percentage dominance
of one or two enterprises which dominate
the data and make it confidential. The
value isrounded to the neares t whole
number: e.g. 90.3 becomes90, 94.50
becomes95. Thisfield isblank for non-
confidential data. Thisfield isonly us ed
when the confidentiality flagsB or C are
used in the previous field
Aggregation of
NACE codesA 40 Label explaining that the data corresponds
to an aggregation of several NACE codes.
For example, 31.1 = 31.2 + 31.3 + 31.4
Breakdown of
productsA 6 Corresponds to CPA code (only used in
distributive trades)
Turnover size
classesA 2 Codes for the turnover size classes (only
used in distributive trades) (see list below)
Salesarea s ize
classesA 2 Codes for the sales area size classes (only
used in distributive trades) (see list below)
Unitsof data
values
(optional)A 4 Optional field with codesfor indicating if
non-standard units have been used (see list
below)
Breakdown by
environmental
domainsA 4 Code for environmental domains(only
used in industry)
NB:A = Alphanumeric, N = Numeric
Thisformat may be converted into a fixed format by us ing the maximum length of each
field and right justifying the contents of each field preceded by blanks.1998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 4
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3.Descriptionofthefields
3.1.The type of series
Seriestype Code
Annual enterprise statistics (all sectors) 1A
Annual enterprise statistics by size class (all sectors) 1B
Annual regional statistics (all sectors) 1CPreliminary results (all sectors) 1D
Sectoral pilot studies (sections M to O) 1E
Pilot studies on characteristics (all sectors) 1F
Pilot studies on foreign affiliates trade statistics (services) 1G
Annual enterprise statistics (industry) 2A
Environmental protection expenditure broken down by environ-
mental domains2B
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 on the purchase of energy products
(industry)2L
Preliminary results (industry) 2NEnvironmental protection expenditure broken down by size classes 2OPilot studies on characteristics (industry) 2P
Preliminary results (distributive trades) 3A
Annual 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) 3FAnnual 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 on the purchase of energy products
(construction)4L
Preliminary results (construction) 4N
Pilot studies (construction) 4P1998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 5
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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).
Country Code
Belgium BE
Denmark DK
Germany DE
Greece GR
Spain ES
France FR
Ireland IE
Italy IT
Luxembourg LU
The NetherlandsNL
Austria AT
Portugal PTFinland FI
Sweden SE
The United Kingdom UK
Iceland 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 isthe mos t appropriate.
All codesfrom 01 up to 53 refer to the number of pers onsemployed. Codes80
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 06
20—49 07
50—99 08
20—99 09
10—99 10
100—249 11
100—199 12
200—249 13
250—499 14200—499 15
100—499 16
500—999 17
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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 + 27
Total 30
0—2 40
1—2 41
3—9 42
3—19 43
200 + 44
14 5
24 63—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
(million ECU)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 foreseen by the SBS Regulation and should be coded as follows.
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 74A1998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 7
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Non-standard aggregates should be indicated in the ‘Aggregation of NACE
codesfield’.
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 requirementsconcerning the breakdown of characteris ticsfollowing the
location of ownership or control (FATS) are part of Annex 1, section 10, para-
graph 3 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97. Thusdata collection iss ubject
to testing.
The data concern a breakdown of totalsby 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 isgenerated or employment islocated.
Form of ownership (or FATS identification) Code
FATS identification: ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) data oninward 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
s ame asthe above codesin s ection 3.2). Country codesand 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 birthsof enterpris es 11120
Number of deathsof enterpris es 11130
Number of local units11210
Number of kind-of- activity units11310
Turnover 12110
Production value 12120
Gross margin on goods for resale 12130
Value added at market prices 12141
Value added at factor cost 12150
Income from ordinary activities12160
Gross operating surplus 12170
Financial surplus 12180
Gross ordinary surplus 12190
Profit or loss for the year 122001998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 8
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Variable title Code
Total purchases of goods and services 13110
Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the same
conditionsasreceived13120
Other purchases of goods and services 13130
Paymentsfor agency workers 13131
Change 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
Wagesand s alaries 13320
Social security costs 13330
Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment 13410
Paymentsfor long-term rental and operational leas ing of goods 13411
Cost of selling 13420
Other operating costs 13430
Turnover from intra-Community deliveriesof goodsand s ervices 14110
Turnover from extra-Community exportsof goodsand s ervices 14120
Turnover from non-domestic sales 14130
Turnover from domestic sales 14140
Intra-Community acquisitions of goods and services 14210
Extra-Community importsof goodsand s ervices 14220
Non-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 15140
Gross investment in machinery and equipment 15150
Salesof tangible inves tment goods 15210
Net investment in tangible goods 15250
Value of tangible goodsacquired through financial leas ing 15310
Acquisitions of intangible fixed assets 15410
Gross investment in concessions, patents, licenses, trade marks
and other similar rights15420
Marketing expenditure 15430
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 156501998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 9
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Variable title Code
Number of persons employed 16110
Number of unpaid persons employed 16120Number of employees16130
Number of part-time employees16131
Number of homeworkers16135Number of employeesin full-time equivalent units 16140
Number of hoursworked by employees 16150
Number of enterprises having an association or cooperation
agreement with other enterprises17110
Information on formsof trading by enterpris es 17310
Number of retail stores 17320Category of sales space for retail stores engaged in retail trade 17330
Saless pace 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 18150Turnover 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 (in value) 20111
Purchases of petroleum products (in value) 20112Purchases of natural and derived gas (in value) 20113
Purchases of renewable energy sources (in value) 20114
Purchases of heat (in value) 20115Purchases of electricity (in value) 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 21140
Total intra-mural R&D expenditure 22110
Total number of R&D personnel 22120
Paymentsto s ubcontractors 23110
Income from subcontracting 231201998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 10
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Variable title Code
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 91150Labour 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 93110
Turnover 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 isgiven in units(IEP),
— Spain, Greece and Italy: data isgiven in millionsof national currency
units.
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 valuesof zero only,
—confidential data (coded ‘X’): indicatesdata 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
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—missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the
Member State intendsto s upply when available,
—data not available: thisisdata, which isnot 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 CConfidential data due to secondary confidentiality D
3.11.Turnover size classes
The size classes below are measured in million ECU.
Turnover size class Code
0—1 01
1—2 02
2—4 034—5 04
5—10 05
10—20 06
20—50 07
50—200 08
200—1 000 09
1 000 + 10
2—5 11
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3.12.Sales area size classes
Sales area size class Code
less than 120 m201
120—399 m202
400—999 m203
1 000—2 499 m204
2 500—4 999 m205
5 000—9 999 m206
10 000 and more m207
3.13.Units of data values
Thisfield isoptional and allowsMember Statesto s pecify which unitshave
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.
UnitsCode
UnitsUNIT
Thousands 1 000
MillionsMIO
National currency in unitsNCNational currency in thousands KNC
National currency in millionsMNC
Ecu in unitsECU
Ecu in thousands KECU
Ecu in millionsMECU
Square metre m
2
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 activitiesED09
4.Examplesofrecords
Example 1: Aggregation of NACE-codes
Series2A data for 1995 for Germany. The NACE code 231 containsthe aggre-
gation of codes231 + 232 + 233 for variable 16 11 0: number of pers ons
employed. It isnot confidential.
2A;1995;DE;30;231;;;16110;2700;M;;;231 = 231 + 232 + 233;
Example 2: Confidential data: too few enterprises
Total wagesand s alaries(DEM 12 124 million) for the manufacture of iron and
steel (NACE 271) in 1995 in the region of Fribourg (series C) is confidential
because there are too few enterprises. This is revised data.
2C;1995;DE13;30;271;;;13320;12124000;R;A;;;1998R2702 — EN — 19.10.2003 — 002.001 — 13
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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 employeesfor NACE 141 isconfidential. One enterpris e 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 m2wasLUF 1 000 million. It isupdated
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
In order to facilitate reading the data, the data must be supplied on 3,5 ″diskette.
6.Othermethods
Upon written request Eurostat can provide Member States with electronic 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 AD
Argentina AR
Aruba AW
Australia AU
Austria AT
BahamasBS
Belgium BE
Bosnia and Herzegovina BABrazil BR
Bulgaria BG
Canada CA
Chile CL
China CN
Croatia HR
CyprusCY
Czech Republic CZ
Denmark DK
Finland FI
France FR
Germany DE
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Name Code
Hong Kong HK
Hungary HU
Iceland IS
India IN
Indonesia ID
Ireland IE
Israel IL
Italy IT
Japan JP
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) KR
Latvia LV
Liechtenstein LI
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
NetherlandsNL
NetherlandsAntilles AN
New Zealand NZ
Norway NOPoland PL
Portugal PT
Republic of South Africa ZA
Romania RO
Russia RU
Saudi Arabia SA
Singapore SG
Slovakia SK
Slovenia SI
Spain ES
Sweden SE
Switzerland CH
Taiwan TW
Turkey TR
Ukraine UA
United Kingdom UK
United Statesof America US
(1) Except for the United Kingdom for which the code ‘UK’ is to be used instead of GB.
Name Code TypeAfrica E4 GEO
African ACP countriesB6 ECO
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries(Lomé
Convention)B5 ECO
America E7 GEO
American Oceania F9 GEO
Asia F2 GEO
Asia-Pacific economic cooperation D1 ECO
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Australia, Oceania and other territories F7 GEO
Australian Oceania F8 GEO
Baltic countriesE3 GEO
Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union A3 ECO
Caribbean ACP countriesB7 ECO
Central American countriesE9 GEO
Central and South African countriesE6 GEO
Commonwealth of Independent StatesC6 ECO
Core newly industrialised countries B9 ECO
Countries from the Association of South-East Asian
NationsB3 ECO
Countriesfrom Central and Eas tern Europe A9 ECO
Countriesfrom Mas hreq C8 ECO
EUR12 (intra EUR12) A2 ECO
EUR15 (intra EUR15) D2 ECO
Europe E1 GEO
European countriesnot EU or EFTA E2 GEOEuropean Economic Area A6 ECO
European Free Trade Association A5 ECO
Extra EUR12 A4 ECO
Extra EUR12 not allocated Z4 ECO
Extra EUR15 D4 ECO
Extra EUR15 not allocated Z8 ECO
French Franc zone C5 ECO
Gulf Arabian CountriesF4 GEO
Intra EUR12 not allocated Z2 ECO
Intra EUR15 not allocated Z6 ECO
Latin America B2 ECO
Latin American NICs of the second wave of industria-
lisationC2 ECO
Maghreb countriesC7 ECO
Mediterranean Basin countries C3 ECO
Mercosur (Southern Cone Common Market) C9 ECO
Near and Middle East countries F3 GEO
New Zealand Oceania G1 GEO
North African countriesE5 GEO
North American countriesE8 GEO
North American Free Trade Association B1 ECO
OECD countriesA8 ECO
Offshore financial centres C4 ECOOrganisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries B4 ECO
Other Asian countries F6 GEO
Other Near and Middle East countries F5 GEO
Pacific ACP countriesB8 ECO
Polar regionsG2 GEO
South American countriesF1 GEO
World (all entities) A1 ECO
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