EN Official Journal of the European Union L 186/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1031/2006

of 4 July 2006

implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 concerning Community statistics on the information society (1), and in particular Articles 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on the information society.

(2) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 implementing measures are necessary to determine the data to be supplied for preparation of the statistics defined in Articles 3 and 4 of that Regulation and the deadlines for their transmission.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The data to be transmitted for the production of Community statistics on the information society as laid down in Articles 3(2) and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be as specified in Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 4 July 2006. For the Commission Joaquín ALMUNIA Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 49.

(2) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

ANNEX I Module 1: Enterprises and the information society 1. SUBJECTS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS (a) The subjects to be covered for the reference year 2007, selected from the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004, are the following: — ICT systems and their usage in enterprises, — use of Internet and other electronic networks by enterprises, — e-Commerce and e-Business processes, — ICT competence in the enterprise unit and the demand for ICT skills. (b) The following enterprise characteristics shall be collected: ICT systems and their usage in enterprises Characteristics to be collected for all enterprises: — computer usage. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that use computers: — (optional) percentage of persons employed using computers at least once a week, — existence of wireless LAN, — existence of wire-based LAN, — existence of Intranet, — existence of Extranet, — existence of IT system to manage the placing and/or receipt of orders. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have an IT system to manage the placing and/or receipt of orders: — orders management IT system linked to an internal system for re-ordering replacement supplies, — orders management IT system linked to invoicing and payment systems, — orders management IT system linked to a system for managing production, logistics or service operations, — orders management IT system linked to suppliers’ business systems, — orders management IT system linked to customers’ business systems. Use of Internet and other electronic networks by enterprises Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that use computers: — access to Internet. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have access to Internet: — percentage of persons employed using computers connected to the World Wide Web at least once a week, — internet connection: traditional modem, — internet connection: ISDN, — internet connection: DSL, — internet connection: other fixed Internet connection, — internet connection: mobile connection, — internet usage for banking and financial services, — internet usage for training and education, — internet usage for market monitoring, — internet usage for interaction with public authorities, in the previous calendar year, — existence of own website. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that interacted with public authorities via Internet, in the previous calendar year: — internet usage for obtaining information from public authorities’ websites, in the previous calendar year, — internet usage for obtaining forms from public authorities’ websites, in the previous calendar year, — internet usage for returning filled in forms to public authorities, in the previous calendar year, — internet usage for submitting a proposal in an electronic tender system (public e-procurement), in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have a website: — website for marketing own products, — website for facilitating access to catalogues and price lists, — website for providing after-sales support. e-Commerce and e-Business processes Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that use computers: — use of ERP software application, — use of CRM software to store, process and analyse information about clients, — use of CRM software for data-mining, — free/Open Source adoption at operating systems level, — use of e-invoices in sending, — use of e-invoices in receiving, — use of advanced e-signatures (digital signatures). Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have access to Internet, and not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — have ordered via Internet, in the previous calendar year, — have received orders via Internet, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have ordered via Internet, and not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — percentage of total purchases resulting from orders placed via Internet, in percentage classes, in the previous calendar year ([0;1[, [1;5[, [5;10[, [10;25[, [25;100]). Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have received orders via Internet, and not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — percentage of total turnover resulting from orders received via Internet, in the previous calendar year, — use of secure protocols (SSL/TLS) in receiving Internet orders. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that use computers, and not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — have ordered via computer networks other than Internet, in the previous calendar year, — have received orders via computer networks other than Internet, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have ordered via computer networks other than Internet, and not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — percentage of total purchases resulting from orders placed via computer networks other than Internet, in percentage classes, in the previous calendar year ([0;1[, [1;25[, [25;50[, [50;75[, [75;100]). Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have received orders via computer networks other than Internet, and not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — percentage of total turnover resulting from orders received via other computer networks than Internet, in the previous calendar year. ICT competence in the enterprise unit and the demand for ICT skills Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that use computers: — employment of ICT/IT specialists, — have recruited or tried to recruit personnel for jobs requiring ICT specialist skills, in the previous calendar year, — have recruited or tried to recruit personnel for jobs requiring ICT user skills, in the previous calendar year, — have provided training to develop or upgrade ICT specialist skills, in the previous calendar year, — have provided training to develop or upgrade ICT user skills, in the previous calendar year, — existence of external suppliers to perform ICT functions requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year, — existence of suppliers from foreign affiliates established by the enterprise to perform ICT functions requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year, — existence of suppliers from other foreign enterprises to perform ICT functions requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year, — (optional) existence of external suppliers to perform business functions requiring users of ICT, in the previous calendar year, — (optional) existence of suppliers from foreign affiliates established by the enterprise to perform business functions requiring users of ICT, in the previous calendar year, — (optional) existence of suppliers from other foreign enterprises to perform business functions requiring users of ICT, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that employ ICT/IT specialists: — percentage of ICT/IT specialists employed in relation to the total number of persons employed. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have recruited or have tried to recruit ICT/IT specialists: — existence of hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have recruited or have tried to recruit personnel for jobs requiring skills in the use of ICT: — existence of hard-to-fill vacancies because of applicants’ lack of skills in the use of ICT, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that engaged foreign suppliers to perform ICT functions: — have engaged foreign suppliers’ ICT/IT specialists from other EU Member States, in the previous calendar year, — have engaged foreign suppliers’ ICT/IT specialists from non-EU countries, in the previous calendar year, — (optional) ICT function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: ICT management, — (optional) ICT function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: ICT development and implementation, — (optional) ICT function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: ICT operations, — (optional) ICT function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: other. (Optional) characteristics to be collected for enterprises that engaged foreign suppliers to perform business functions: — (optional) business function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT users, in the previous calendar year: sales and marketing, customer services, — (optional) business function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT users, in the previous calendar year: research and development, product design and engineering, — (optional) business function performed by foreign suppliers’ ICT users, in the previous calendar year: other (non-ICT) business functions, — (optional) have engaged foreign suppliers’ ICT users from other EU Member States, in the previous calendar year, — (optional) have engaged foreign suppliers’ ICT users from non-EU countries, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises that have hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists: — reasons for hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: lack or low number of applicants, — reasons for hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: lack of qualifications, — reasons for hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: lack of work experience, — reasons for hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: salary requests too high, — (optional) reasons for hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring ICT/IT specialists, in the previous calendar year: other. (c) The following enterprise background characteristics shall be collected or obtained from alternative sources: Characteristics to be collected for all enterprises: — main economic activity of the enterprise, in the previous calendar year, — average number of persons employed, in the previous calendar year, — location in terms of Objective 1/non-Objective 1 region, in the previous calendar year. Characteristics to be collected for enterprises not classified in Section J of NACE Rev. 1.1: — total purchases of goods and services (in value terms, excluding VAT), in the previous calendar year, — total turnover (in value terms, excluding VAT), in the previous calendar year. 2. COVERAGE The characteristics defined in headings 1(b) and 1(c) of this Annex are to be collected and obtained for enterprises classified in the following economic activities, of the following enterprise size and with the following geographical scope. (a) Economic activity: enterprises classified in the following categories of NACE-Rev. 1.1: NACE category Description Section D ‘Manufacturing’ Section F ‘Construction’ Section G ‘Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods’ Groups 55.1 and 55.2 ‘Hotels’ and ‘Camping sites and other provision of short-stay accommodation’ Section I ‘Transport, storage and communication’ Class 65.12 ‘Other monetary intermediation’ Class 65.22 ‘Other credit granting’ Class 66.01 ‘Life insurance’ Class 66.03 ‘Non-life insurance’ Section K ‘Real estate, renting and business activities’ Groups 92.1 and 92.2 ‘Motion picture and video activities’ and ‘Radio and television activities’ Enterprises classified in the following categories of NACE-Rev. 1.1 are to be covered optionally: NACE category Description Section E ‘Electricity, gas and water supply’ Groups 55.3, 55.4 and 55.5 ‘Restaurants’, ‘Bars’ and ‘Canteens and catering’ Groups 92.3 to 92.7 inclusive ‘Recreational, cultural and sporting activities’, except ‘Motion picture and video activities’ and ‘Radio and television activities’ Division 93 ‘Other service activities’ Classes 67.12, 67.13, 67.2 ‘Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation’, except ‘Administration of financial markets’ (b) Enterprise size: enterprises with 10 or more persons employed; enterprises with fewer than 10 persons employed are to be covered optionally; (c) Geographical scope: enterprises located in any part of the territory of the Member State. 3. REFERENCE PERIODS The reference period is the year 2006 for the characteristics which refer to the previous calendar year. The reference period is January 2007 for the other characteristics. 4. BREAKDOWNS The subjects and their characteristics listed in heading 1(b) of this Annex shall be provided separately for the following breakdowns. (a) Economic activity breakdown: Data shall be broken down according to the following NACE Rev. 1.1 aggregates: NACE aggregation DA + DB + DC + DD + DE DF + DG + DH DI + DJ DK + DL + DM + DN F 50 51 52 55.1 + 55.2 60 + 61 + 62 + 63 64 65.12 + 65.22 66.01 + 66.03 72 70 + 71 + 73 + 74 92.1 + 92.2 (Optional) 22 (Optional) 40 + 41 (Optional) 55.3 + 55.4 + 55.5 (Optional) 67.12 + 67.13 + 67.2 (Optional) 92.3 to 92.7 (Optional) 93 (b) Size class breakdown: data shall be broken down by the following size classes of the number of persons employed: Size class (Optional) fewer than 10 persons employed (Optional) fewer than five persons employed (Optional) five to nine persons employed 10 or more persons employed 10 to 49 persons employed 50 to 249 persons employed 250 or more persons employed (c) Geographical breakdown: data shall be broken down by the following regional groups: Regional Group Objective 1 regions (including transitional or phasing-out Objective 1 regions) Non-Objective 1 regions 5. PERIODICITY The data shall be provided once for the year 2007. 6. DEADLINES (a) The aggregate data, where necessary flagged for confidentiality or unreliability, referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be forwarded to Eurostat before 5 October 2007. By that date, the dataset has to be finalised, validated and accepted. The tabulated, computer readable transmission format shall follow the instructions provided by Eurostat. (b) The metadata referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be forwarded to Eurostat before 31 May 2007. The metadata shall follow the report template provided by Eurostat. (c) The quality report referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be forwarded to Eurostat by 5 November 2007. The quality report shall follow the report template provided by Eurostat.