Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98 of 16 February 1998 amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 concerning structural business statistics
Date: 1998-02-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU statistics, branch of activity, business policy, company structure, economic statistics, insurance company

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 410/98

of 16 February 1998

amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 concerning structural business
statistics

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of
liament (2),

the European Par-

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 (4) es-
tablished a common framework for the collection, com-
pilation,
transmission and evaluation of Community
statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and
performance of businesses in the Community;

developments

Whereas
in Community monetary,
economic and social integration require the extension of
the aforesaid framework to the insurance sector;

the

Whereas
and regional
compilation of national
accounts according to Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 (5)
requires comparable, complete and reliable insurance
statistics;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 58/97 on the basis of Council Dir-

(1) OJ C 310, 10. 10. 1997, p. 5.
(2) OJ C 14, 19. 1. 1998.
(3) Opinion delivered on 28 January 1998 (not yet published in

the Official Journal).

(4) OJ L 14, 17. 1. 1997, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 310, 30. 11. 1996, p. 1.

ectives 92/49/EEC (6) and 92/96/EEC (7), completing the
internal market for direct life and non-life insurance and
of Council Directive 91/674/EEC (8) concerning the
annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance
undertakings;

Whereas the Statistical Programme Committee set up by
Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (9) and the Insurance
Committee set up by Directive 91/675/EEC (10) have been
consulted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. The following indent shall be added to Article 5:

‘— a detailed module for structural statistics in in-

surance defined in Annex 5’.

2. An Annex 5, as set out in the Annex to this Regula-

tion, shall be added.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

(6) OJ L 228, 11. 8. 1992, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive
95/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 168, 18. 7. 1995, p. 7).

(7) OJ L 360, 9. 12. 1992, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive
95/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 168, 18. 7. 1995, p. 7).
(8) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1991, p. 7.
(9) OJ L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.
(10) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1991, p. 32.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 February 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. CUNNINGHAM

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX 5

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS IN INSURANCE

Section 1

Aims

The aim of this Annex is to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission and
evaluation of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of insurance
services. This module includes a detailed list of characteristics on which statistics shall be compiled in order
to improve knowledge of the national, Community and international development of the insurance sector.

Section 2

Scope

The statistics to be compiled shall relate to the domains referred to in points (i), (ii) and (iii) of Article 2 of
this Regulation, and in particular to:

1. the detailed analysis of the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of insurance enterprises;

2. the development and distribution of total business and business per product, customer patterns, inter-

national activities, employment, investments, capital and reserves and technical provisions.

Section 3

Coverage

1. Such statistics shall be compiled for all activities within the scope of NACE Rev. 1 division 66 except for

class 66.02.

2. The compilation of statistics shall cover the following enterprises:

— non-life insurance enterprises: all those referred to in Article 2(1)(a) of Directive 91/674/EEC (1),

— life assurance enterprises: all those referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 91/674/EEC,

— specialist reinsurance enterprises: all those referred to in Article 2(1)(c) of Directive 91/674/EEC,

— Lloyd’s underwriters: all those referred to in Article 4 of Directive 91/674/EEC,

— composite insurance enterprises: all those carying out life and non-life insurance business.

3. In addition, branches of insurance enterprises referred to under Title III of Directives 73/239/EEC (2) and
79/267/EEC (3) and whose activity falls within one of the NACE Rev. 1 classes referred to in paragraph 1
shall be assimilated to the corresponding enterprises as defined in paragraph 2.

4. For the purposes of the harmonised Community statistics, Member States shall be free to exclude the
enterprises mentioned in Article 3 of Directive 73/239/EEC and in Article 2(2) and (3) and Articles 3 and
4 of Directive 79/267/EEC.

Section 4

Characteristics

1. The characteristics and statistics presented in list A referred to in paragraph 3 and list B refered to in
paragraph 4 shall be compiled in accordance with Section 5. When characteristics are derived directly
from the annual accounts, accounting years ending within a reference year shall be assimilated to the said
reference year.

(1) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1991, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 228, 16. 8. 1973, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 63, 13. 3. 1979, p. 1.

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2. In the lists A and B, characteristics relating to life insurance enterprises are identified by the number 1,
those relating to non-life insurance enterprises by the number 2, those relating to composite insurance
enterprises by the number 3, those relating to specialist reinsurance enterprises by the number 4, those
relating to the life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises by the number 5 and those re-
lating to the non-life insurance business (including acceptances in reinsurance) of composite insurance
enterprises by the number 6.

3. List A includes the following information:

(i) characteristics listed in Article 6 of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning life, non-life, composite and
specialist reinsurance, enterprises: asset side of the balance sheet: items C I (showing land and
buildings occupied by an insurance enterprise for its own activities separately), C II, C II 1 + C II 3
as an aggregate, C II 2 + C II 4 as an aggregate, C III, C III 1, C III 2, C III 3, C III 4, C III 5, C III 6
+ C III 7 as an aggregate, C IV, D; liability side of the balance sheet: items A, A I, A II + A III +
A IV as an aggregate, B, C 1 a (separately for the life and non-life business of composite enterprises),
C 2 a (separately for the life and non-life business of composite enterprises), C 3 a (separately for the
life and non-life business of composite enterprises), C 4 a, C 5, C 6 a, D a, G III (without separation
of convertible loans), G IV;

(ii) characteristics listed in Article 34, Part I, of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning non-life and specialist
reinsurance enterprises and the non-life business of composite insurance enterprises: items 1 a, 1 b,
1 c, 1 d, 2, 4 a aa, 4 a bb, 4 b aa, 4 b bb, 7 (gross amount), 7 d, 9, 10 (separately for the gross and net
amount);

(iii) characteristics listed in Article 34, Part II, of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning life insurance enter-
prises and the life business of composite insurance enterprises: items 1 a, 1 b, 1 c (the gross amount
and the reinsurers’ share separately), 2, 3, 5 a aa, 5 a bb, 5 b aa, 5 b bb, 6 a aa, 6 a bb, 8 (gross amount),
8 d, 9, 10, 12, 13 (the gross and net amount separately);

(iv) characteristics listed in Article 34, Part III, of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning life, non-life,
composite and specialist reinsurance enterprises: items 3, 4 (only for life and composite enterprises),
5, 6 (only for non-life, composite and specialist reinsurance enterprises), 7, 8, 9 + 14 + 15 as an
aggregate, 10 (before tax), 13, 16;

(v) characteristics referred to in Article 63 of Directive 91/674/EEC:

— concerning life and non-life insurance enterprises and life and non-life business of composite
insurance enterprises: gross premiums written in direct business by (sub)categories of the CPA
(5-digit level and subcategories 66.03.21, 66.03.22),

— concerning non-life insurance enterprises and non-life business of composite insurance enter-
prises: gross claims incurred, direct buisness, gross operating expenses, direct business and rein-
surance balance, direct business, all variables by (sub)categories of the CPA (5-digit level and
subcategories 06.03.21, 66.03.22),

— concerning life insurance enterprises and life business of composite insurance enterprises: gross

direct premiums written with the breakdown as shown in number II, item 1;

(vi) characteristics referred to in Article 64 of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning life, non-life, composite
and specialist reinsurance enterprises: commissions for direct insurance business (excluding specialist
reinsurance enterprises) and total insurance business;

(vii) additional characteristics listed below:

Code

Title

Structural data

11 11 0

Number of enterprises

11 11 1

Number of enterprises broken down by legal status

Enterprises/
business
concerned

(1, 2, 3, 4)

(1, 2, 3, 4)

(1, 2, 3)

11 11 2

11 11 3

11 11 5

Number of enterprises broken down by size class of gross
premiums written

Number of enterprises broken down by size class of gross tech-
nical provisions

(1)

Number of enterprises broken down by country of residence of
the parent enterprise

(1, 2, 3, 4)

11 41 0

Total number and location of branches in other countries

(1, 2, 3)

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Code

Title

Enterprises/
business
concerned

Accounting data/technical part of the profit and loss
account

32 11 4

32 11 5

32 11 6

32 18 2

32 16 0

32 18 0

32 18 8

Gross premiums written broken down by legal status

Gross direct premiums written broken down according to the
country of residence of the parent enterprise

Gross reinsurance premiums accepted, written premiums broken
down according to the country of residence of the parent enter-
prise

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 6)

Reinsurers’
according to the country of residence of the parent enterprise

share of gross premiums written broken down

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

Other items in the technical account, gross amount

Reinsurance balance

Reinsurers’ share of the gross amount of other items in the tech-
nical account

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

Accounting data/non-technical part of the profit and loss
account

32 19 0

Sub-total II (net balance of the technical account)

(3)

32 61 4

13 31 0

32 61 5

32 61 6

32 61 7

32 61 8

32 61 9

32 71 1

32 71 3

32 71 4

32 71 5

32 71 6

32 72 1

32 72 2

32 72 3

Additional data relating to the profit and loss account

External expenses on goods and services

Personnel costs

External and internal claims management expenses

Acquisition costs

Administrative expenses

Gross other technical charges

Investment management charges

Income from participating interests

Income from land and buildings

Income from other investments

Value re-adjustments on investments

Gains on the realisations of investments

Investment management charges, including interest

Value adjustments on investments

Losses on the realisations of investments

Data by product by (sub)categories of the CPA

(1, 2, 3, 4)

(1, 2, 3, 4)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

33 12 1

Reinsurers’ share of gross direct premiums written (5-digit-level,
subcategories 66.03.21, 66.03.22)

(1, 2, 5, 6)

Data on internationalisation (geographical breakdown of
the business written under the right of establishment)

34 31 1

Gross direct premiums written by CPA category (5-digit-level)
and by Member State

(1, 2, 5, 6)

Data on internationalisation (geographical breakdown of
the business written under the right of freedom to provide
services)

34 32 1

Gross direct premiums written by CPA category (5-digit-level)
and by Member State

(1, 2, 5, 6)

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Code

Title

Data on employment

Enterprises/
business
concerned

16 11 0

Number of persons employed

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Data on the balance sheet (assets/liabilities)

36 30 0

Balance sheet total

(1, 2, 3, 4)

37 33 1

Gross provisions for outstanding claims, related to direct business

(2, 6)

37 30 1

Total net technical provisions

(1, 2, 3, 4)

4. List B includes the following information:

(i) characteristics listed in Article 34, Part I, of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning non-life and specialist
reinsurance enterprises and the non-life business of composite insurance enterprises: items 3, 5, 6, 8;

(ii) characteristics listed in Article 34, Part II, of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning life insurance enter-

prises and the life business of composite insurance enterprises: items 4, 6 b, 7, 11;

(iii) characteristics referred to in Article 63 of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning life and non-life
insurance enterprises and life and non-life business of composite insurance enterprises: geographical
breakdown of gross direct premiums written in the Member State of the enterprise’s head office, other
Member States, other EEA countries, Switzerland the USA, Japan or third countries;

(iv) additional characteristics listed below:

Code

Title

Enterprises/
business
concerned

Comments

Accounting data/technical part of the profit
and loss account

32 13 2

Gross payments in respect of claims incurred in
the current accounting year

(2, 4, 6)

International activities (in general)

34 12 0

34 13 0

Geographical breakdown of gross
premiums accepted, premiums written

reinsurance

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

Geographical breakdown of reinsurers’ share of
gross premiums written

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

Data on the balance sheet (assets/liabilities)

36 11 2

Land and buildings (current value)

36 12 3

Investments in affiliated enterprises and particip-
ating interests (current value)

(1, 2, 3, 4)

(1, 2, 3, 4)

36 13 8

Other financial investments (current value)

(1, 2, 3, 4)

36 21 0

36 22 0

37 10 1

37 33 3

for

Investments
life-assurance
policyholders who bear the investment risk —
land and buildings

the benefit of

for

Investments
life-assurance
policyholders who bear the investment risk —
other financial investments

the benefit of

(1, 3)

(1, 3)

Total capital and reserves, broken down by legal
status

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Gross provision for outstanding claims related to
direct business, by (sub)category of
the CPA
(5-digit level) and subcategories 66.03.21, 66.03.22

(2, 6)

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Code

Title

Enterprises/
business
concerned

Comments

39 10 0

39 20 0

39 30 0

39 40 0

39 50 0

Residual data

Number of contracts outstanding at the end of the
accounting year, relating to direct business for all
individual
the
the CPA: 66.01.1,
following (sub)categories of
66.03.1, 66.03.4 and 66.03.5

life insurance contracts and for

insured persons at

Number of
the
accounting year, relating to direct business for all
group life insurance contracts and for the fol-
lowing subcategories of the CPA: 66.03.1

the end of

insured vehicles at

Number of
the
accounting year, relating to direct business, for the
following subcategories of the CPA: 66.03.2

the end of

Gross insured sum at the end of the accounting
year, relating to direct business, for the following
subcategories of the CPA: 66.01.1 and 66.01.4

Number of claims incurred during the accounting
year, relating to direct business, for the following
subcategory of the CPA: 66.03.2

Section 5

First reference year

(1, 2, 5, 6)

(1, 2, 5, 6)

(2, 6)

Optional

(1, 5)

Optional

(2, 6)

Optional

The first reference year for which annual statistics shall be compiled is the 1996 calendar year for the charac-
teristics and statistics of list A and the 2000 calendar year for the characteristics and statistics of list B.

Section 6

Production of results

The results are to be broken down to the NACE Rev. 1, 4-digit level (classes).

Section 7

Transmission of results

The results shall be transmitted within 12 months from the end of the reference year for the enterprises
referred to in Section 3, except specialist reinsurance enterprises, for which the results shall be transmitted
within 18 months from the end of the reference period.

Section 8

Insurance Committee

The Commission shall inform the Insurance Committee set up under Directive 91/675/EEC (1) about the
implementation of this module and about all such measures for adjustment to economic and technical
developments concerning the collection and statistical processing of data and the processing and the trans-
mission of results, which it adopts in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation.

Section 9

Transit period

For the purposes of this detailed module, the transition period shall not exceed three years from the begin-
ning of the first reference years for the compilation of the statistics indicated in Section 5.’

(1) OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1991, p. 32.