Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics
Date: 1998-05-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU statistics, cyclical fluctuation, data collection, data transmission, economic statistics, statistical method

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1165/98

of 19 May 1998

concerning short-term statistics

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4) Whereas

standardisation is

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

Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by 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),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Monetary
Institute (4),

(1) Whereas Council Directive 72/211/EEC of 30 May
1972 concerning coordinated statistics on the busi-
ness cycle in industry and small craft industries (5)
and Council Directive 78/166/EEC of 13 February
1978 concerning coordinated statistics on the busi-
ness cycle in building and civil engineering (6) which
aimed to provide a body of coherent statistics, have
not been able to take account of economic and tech-
nical changes;

(2) Whereas the European Union has in the meantime
made further progress towards integration; whereas
new economic, competition, social, environmental
and enterprise policies and guidelines call for initi-
atives and decisions based on valid statistics; whereas
the information provided for under existing Com-
munity legislation or available in the various Member
States is partly inadequate or insufficiently com-
parable to serve as a reliable basis for the work of the
Communities;

(3) Whereas the future European Central Bank needs
rapid short term statistics in order to assess economic
development in the Member States in the context of
a single European monetary policy;

(1) OJ C 267, 3. 9. 1997, p. 1.
(2) Opinion delivered on 20 February 1998 (OJ C 80, 16.3.1998).
(3) OJ C 19, 21. 1. 1998, p. 125.
(4) Opinion delivered on 11 September 1997 (not yet published

in the Official Journal).

(5) OJ L 128, 3. 6. 1972, p. 28.
(6) OJ L 52, 23. 2. 1978, p. 17.

Community needs
economic convergence;

for

required

to meet
information concerning

(5) Whereas it is necessary to have reliable and rapid
statistics available in order to report on the economic
development in each Member State of the Union
within the framework of the economic policy of the
Union;

(6) Whereas businesses and their professional associa-
tions need such information in order to understand
their markets and to know their activity and perfor-
mance relative to their sector, at national and inter-
national level;

(7) Whereas the compilation of national accounts ac-
cording to Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of
25 June 1996 on the European system of national
and regional accounts in the Community (7) requires
the development of comparable, complete and re-
liable statistical sources;

(8) Whereas by Decision 92/326/EEC (8)

the Council
adopted a two-year programme (1992 to 1993) for the
development of European statistics on services;
whereas this programme includes the compilation of
harmonised statistics at national and regional levels,
particularly for the distributive trades;

(9) Whereas in accordance with the principle of subsidi-
arity the creation of common statistical norms that
permit the production of harmonised statistics is an
action which can only be undertaken efficiently at
Community level and whereas they will be applied
in each Member State under the authority of the
bodies and institutions in charge of compiling offi-
cial statistics;

(10) Whereas the best method of ascertaining the busi-
ness cycle consists of compiling statistics which
conform to common methodological principles and
with common definitions of characteristics; whereas
it is only from coordinated compilation that har-
monised statistics can be drawn up with reliability,
speed, flexibility and the level of detail required to

(7) OJ L 310, 30. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 131.

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meet the needs of the Commission and of enter-
prises;

(11) Whereas seasonal adjustment and the calculation of
trend-cycle series
for national data can best be
carried out by the national statistical authorities;
whereas
the Commission
(Eurostat) of seasonally adjusted data and trend-cycle
series will increase the coherence between data dis-
seminated nationally and at an international level;

transmission to

the

(12) Whereas kind-of-activity units (KAU) correspond to
one or more operational subdivisions of the enter-
prise; whereas for a KAU to be observable, the enter-
prise’s information system must be capable of indi-
cating or calculating for each KAU at least the value
of production, intermediate consumption, manpower
costs, the operating surplus and employment and
gross fixed capital formation; whereas KAUs falling
within a particular heading in the statistical classi-
in the European
fication of economic activities
Community (NACE Rev.1) can produce products
outside the homogeneous group, on account of
secondary activities connected with them which
identified from available
cannot be
accounting documents; whereas the enterprise and
the KAU are identical when it proves impossible for
an enterprise to indicate or calculate information on
all of the variables listed in this recital for one or
more operational subdivisions;

separately

(13) Whereas the statistical data compiled within the
Community system must be of a satisfactory quality
and this quality, as well as the burden it entails, must
be comparable from one Member State to another,
and whereas it
is therefore necessary to establish
jointly the criteria enabling these requirements to be
met; whereas short-term statistics must be consistent
with the results
transmitted in accordance with
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of
20 December 1996 concerning structural business
statistics (1);

(14) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of
17 February 1997 on Community statistics (2) consti-
tutes the reference framework for the provisions of
this Regulation,
those which cover
access to administrative data sources and statistical
confidentiality;

in particular

(15) Whereas it is necessary to simplify the administrative
procedures for enterprises, particularly smaller enter-
prises, including the promotion of new technologies
for data collection and compilation; whereas the use

(1) OJ L 14, 17. 1. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 52, 22. 2. 1997, p. 1.

of existing administrative data for statistical purposes
is one of the measures to decrease the burden on
enterprise; whereas if a direct data collection from
businesses is indispensable for compiling the statis-
tics, the methods and techniques must ensure that
the data are reliable and up to date, without giving
rise for the parties concerned, in particular for small
and medium sized businesses, to a burden out of
proportion to the results which users of the said
statistics can reasonably expect;

(16) Whereas it is necessary to have a legal framework
common to all business activities and domains of
business statistics covering also the activities and
domains for which statistics are not yet developed;
whereas the scope of the statistics to be compiled can
be defined by reference to Council Regulation (EEC)
No 696/93 of 15 March 1993 on the statistical units
for the observation and analysis of the production
system in the Community (3) and Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statis-
tical classification of economic activities in the Euro-
pean Community (NACE Rev.1) (4);

(17) Whereas, in order to enable the rules for the collec-
tion and statistical processing of data and for proces-
sing and transmission of the variables to be clarified
further, it is necessary to confer upon the Commis-
sion,
Programme
Committee set up by Council Decision 89/382/EEC,
Euratom (5),
the power to adopt measures for the
application of this Regulation;

Statistical

assisted

the

by

(18) Whereas the Statistical Programme Committee has
been consulted in accordance with Article 3 of De-
cision 89/382/EEC, Euratom,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

General aims

The objective of this Regulation is to establish a
1.
common framework for the production of short-term
Community statistics on the business cycle.

The statistics comprise information (variables) neces-
2.
sary to provide a uniform basis for the analysis of the
short-term evolution of supply and demand, production
factors and prices.

(3) OJ L 76, 30. 3. 1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 293, 24. 10. 1990, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Com-
mission Regulation (EEC) No 761/93 (OJ L 83, 3. 4. 1993, p.
1).

(5) OJ L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.

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Article 2

Scope

This Regulation shall apply to all market activities
1.
in Sections C to K and M to O of the statistical classifica-
tion of economic activities in the European Community
(NACE Rev.1) as established by Regulation (EEC) No
3037/90.

2.
Statistical units of the types listed in Section I of the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 and classified
under one of the activities referred to in paragraph 1 shall
be included in the scope of this Regulation. The use of
particular units for the compilation of statistics is speci-
fied in the Annexes to this Regulation.

Article 3

Annexes

The specific requirements

1.
described in the Annexes.

for

the variables are

The following information is laid down in each

2.
Annex where relevant:

(a) the specific activities for which the statistics are to be

compiled;

(b) the types of statistical unit to be used for the compila-

tion of the statistics;

(c) the lists of variables;

(d) the form of the variables;

(e) the reference period of the variables;

(f)

the level of detail of the variables;

(g) the deadlines for data transmission;

(h) the list of voluntary pilot studies;

(i)

the first reference period;

(j)

the length of
conceded.

the transition period which may be

Article 4

Collection of data

1. Member States shall obtain the necessary data for the
compilation of the variables listed in the Annexes.

2. Member States may acquire the necessary data using
a combination of different
specified below,
applying the principle of administrative simplification:

sources

(a) compulsory surveys:

the legal units as defined in
Regulation (EEC) No 696/93, to which the statistical
units called upon by the Member States belong or of

which they are composed, shall be obliged to give
timely, accurate and complete information;

(b) other appropriate sources,

including administrative

data;

(c) appropriate statistical estimation procedures.

3. Member States and the Commission within their
respective fields of competence shall promote the condi-
tions for increased use of electronic data collection and
automatic data processing.

Article 5

Periodicity

All variables shall be produced more frequently than
annually. The frequency for each variable is specified in
the Annexes.

Article 6

Level of detail

The variables shall be produced in accordance with the
prevailing classifications at the level of detail specified in
the Annexes.

Article 7

Processing

Member States shall process the completed data acquired
in accordance with Article 4(2) into comparable variables
following the rules laid down in the Annexes. Member
States shall also take account of the guidance provided by
the advisory methodological manual
referred to in
Article 12.

Article 8

Transmission

Member States shall transmit the variables provided for in
Article 7, including confidential data, to Eurostat by elec-
tronic or other appropriate means within a period of time
from the end of the reference period which is laid down
in the Annexes. In any case, the variables shall be trans-
mitted to the Commission (Eurostat) not later than the
day they are disseminated by the national authority.

Article 9

Treatment of confidential data

The treatment of confidential data and the transmission
of such data as provided for in Article 8 shall be carried
out in accordance with the existing Community provi-
sions governing statistical confidentiality.

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Article 10

Quality

Article 14

Reports

1. Member States shall ensure that the transmitted vari-
ables reflect the population of units. For this purpose, the
data acquired in accordance with Article 4(2) must cover
as many units as necessary to ensure a sufficient degree of
representativeness.

The quality of the variables shall be measured by

2.
each Member State according to common criteria.

The quality of the variables shall be tested regularly
3.
by comparing them with other statistical information. In
addition they shall be checked for internal consistency.

4. Quality evaluation shall be carried out comparing
the benefits of the availability of the data with the costs of
collection and the burden on businesses, especially on
small enterprises. For the purpose of
this evaluation,
Member States shall transmit to the Commission, at its
request, the necessary information.

Article 11

Change of weightings and base year

1. Member States
shall adapt where necessary the
weighting system of composite indices at least every five
years. The weights used in the adapted weighting systems
shall be transmitted to the Commission within three years
after the end of the new base year.

2.
Every five years, Member States shall rebase the
indices using as base years the years ending with a 0 or a
indices must be rebased on the new base year
5. All
within three years after the end of this new base year.

Article 12

Methodological manual

1.
The Commission, after consulting the Statistical
Programme Committee, shall publish an advisory meth-
odological manual which explains the rules set out in the
Annexes and also contains guidance concerning short
term statistics.

2.

The manual shall be revised at regular intervals.

Article 13

Transition period and derogations

1.
Transition periods may be conceded, not extending
more than five years from the date of entry into force of
this Regulation.

2. During the transition periods derogations from the
provisions of this Regulation may be accepted by the
Commission in so far as the national statistical systems
require major adaptations.

1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission, at
its request, any relevant information with regard to the
implementation of this Regulation in the Member States.

2.
The Commission shall, within three years of the
date of entry into force of this Regulation and again every
three years thereafter, submit a report to the European
Parliament and the Council on the statistics compiled
pursuant to this Regulation and in particular on their
relevance and quality and the burden on business.

Article 15

Coordination in the Member States

In each Member State one national authority shall co-
ordinate:

1. the transmission of variables (Article 8),

2. the quality measurement (Article 10),

3. the transmission of relevant information (Article 14(1)).

Article 16

Pilot studies

The Commission shall,

1.
in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 18, institute a series of
voluntary pilot studies to be carried out by Member States.
These pilot studies are specified in the Annexes.

2.
The pilot studies shall be carried out in order to
assess the relevance and feasibility of obtaining data,
taking into account the benefits of the availability of the
data in relation to the cost of collection and the burden
on business.

The Commission shall inform the Council of the

3.
results of the pilot studies.

Article 17

Implementation

The Commission shall determine, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 18,
the measures for
implementing this Regulation, including the measures to
accommodate economic and technical developments
concerning the collection and statistical processing of
data and the transmission of the variables. In doing so,
consideration shall be given to the principle that the
benefits of the measure must outweigh its cost, and to the
principle that major additional resources are not involved
either for Member States or for enterprises as compared
with the original provisions of this Regulation. In parti-
cular the measures for implementing this Regulation shall
include:

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(a) the use of particular units (Article 2);

(b) the updating of the list of variables (Article 3);

(c) the definitions and the appropriate forms of the trans-

mitted variables (Article 3);

(d) the frequency of compilation of the statistics (Article

5);

(e) the levels of breakdown and aggregation to be applied

to the variables (Article 6);

(f)

the transmission deadlines (Article 8);

(g) the criteria for the measurement of quality (Article 10);

(h) the transition periods and derogations granted during

the transition period (Article 13);

(i)

the institution of pilot studies (Article 16).

Article 18

Committee procedure

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical
Programme Committee, hereinafter referred to as ‘the
committee’.

2.
The representative of the Commission shall submit
to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
time limit which the chairman may lay down according
to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be de-
livered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the

Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council
is
required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission.
The votes of the representatives of the Member States
within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set
out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.

the measures envisaged are not

they are in accordance with the opinion of

The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged
3.
the
if
committee. If
in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the committee, or if no
opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay
submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures
to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.

If on the expiry of a period of three months from the date
of the referral to the Council, the Council has not acted,
the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commis-
sion.

Article 19

Repealing provisions

Directives 72/211/EEC and 78/166/EEC are hereby
repealed.

Article 20

Entry into force

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1998.

For the Council

The President

G. BROWN

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ANNEX A

INDUSTRY

(a) Scope

This Annex applies to all activities listed in Sections C to E of NACE Rev.1.

(b) Observation unit

1. Unless otherwise stated in paragraph 2 or decided otherwise according to the procedure in paragraph

3, the observation unit for all variables in this Annex is the kind-of-activity unit.

2. For enterprises with few persons employed in secondary activities the local unit or the enterprise may

be used as the observation unit.

3. The use of other observation units can be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in

Article 18.

(c) List of variables

1. The statistics in this Annex comprise the following variables:

Variable

Name

110

120

121

122

130

131

132

210

220

230

310

311

312

Production

Turnover

Domestic turnover

Non-domestic turnover

New orders received

Domestic new orders

Non-domestic new orders

Number of persons employed

Hours worked

Gross wages and salaries

Output prices

Output prices of the domestic market

Output prices of the non-domestic market

2. Only if output prices of the non-domestic market (No 312) are not available, then this variable may

be approximated by the unit value index (No 313).

3. Starting from the beginning of the first reference period the information on new orders (Nos 130,
131, 132) may be approximated by an alternative leading indicator, which may be calculated from
business opinion survey data. This approximation is permitted for a period of five years from the date
of entry into force of the Regulation. This period shall be extended for up to five more years unless
decided differently in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

4. Starting from the beginning of the first reference period the information on persons employed (No
210) may be approximated by the number of employees (No 211). This approximation is permitted
for a peirod of five years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation. This period shall be
extended by up to five more years unless decided differently in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 18.

5. The term ‘domestic’ means the territorial area of the Member State in question.

6. The information on production (No 110) is not required for Division 41 and Group 40.3 of NACE

Rev.1.

7. The information on turnover (Nos 120, 121, 122) is not required for NACE Rev.1, Section E.

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8. The information on orders (Nos 130, 131, 132) is only required for the following divisions of NACE
Rev.1: 17, 18, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. The list of NACE divisions could be modified
within three years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 18.

9. The information on output prices or the unit value index (Nos 310, 311, 312 or 313) is not required
for the following groups of NACE Rev.1: 12.0, 22.1, 23.3, 29.6, 35.1, 35.3. The list of groups could be
modified within three years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 18.

(d) Form

1. All of the variables except production (No 110) are to be transmitted in an unadjusted form.

2. The production variable (No 110) is to be transmitted in a working-day adjusted form.

3.

In addition Member States may transmit the variables seasonally adjusted and may also transmit the
variables in the form of trend-cycles. Only if data are not transmitted in these forms, then the
Commission (Eurostat) may produce seasonally adjusted and trend cycle series for these variables.

4. The variables Nos 110, 310, 311, 312 and 313 are to be transmitted as an index. All other variables

are to be transmitted either as an index or as absolute figures.

(e) Reference period

The following reference periods shall apply:

Variable

Reference period

110

120

121

122

130

131

132

210

220

230

310

311

312 or 313

(f) Level of detail

month

month

month

month

month

month

month

at least quarter

at least quarter

at least quarter

month

month

month

1. All variables are to be transmitted at the 2-digit level of NACE Rev.1.

2.

In addition, for Section D of NACE Rev.1, the index of production (No 110) and the index of output
prices (Nos 310, 311, 312 or 313) are to be transmitted at the 3-digit and 4-digit levels of NACE
Rev.1. The transmitted indices at the 3-digit and 4-digit levels must represent at least 90 % of the
total value added for each Member State of Section D of NACE Rev.1 in a given base year. These
variables need not be transmitted at these detailed levels by those Member States whose total value
added of Section D of NACE Rev.1 in a given base year represents less than 5 % of the European
Community total.

3. The variables transmitted at the 3-digit and 4-digit levels of NACE Rev.1 are used to produce aggre-
gated indicators at these levels for the Community as a whole and for the group of Member States
participating in the single currency. These indicators may also be disseminated at 3-digit and 4-digit
levels for individual Member States and other groupings of Member States, where the Member States
concerned have indicated that the data are of sufficient quality.

4.

In addition, all variables are to be transmitted for main industrial groupings, the definition of which
(reference to NACE Rev.1 activities) shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 18.

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(g) Deadlines for data transmission

1. The variables shall be transmitted by the following deadlines after the end of the reference period:

Variable

Deadlines

110

120

121

122

130

131

132

210

220

230

310

311

312

313

1 month and 15 calendar days

2 months

2 months

2 months

1 month and 20 calendar days

1 month and 20 calendar days

1 month and 20 calendar days

3 months

3 months

3 months

1 month and 15 calendar days

1 month and 5 calendar days

1 month and 5 calendar days

1 month and 15 calendar days

2. The deadline may be up to 15 calendar days longer for those Member States whose value added in
Sections C, D and E of NACE Rev.1 in a given base year represents less than 3 % of the European
Community total.

(h) Pilot studies

The priorities for the pilot studies are as follows:

1. assess the possibilities of earlier data transmission;

2. collect output prices of the non-domestic market;

3. break down the non-domestic market variables into ‘Monetary Union’,

‘intra-EC’ and ‘extra-EC’;

4. collect short-term information concerning births and deaths of enterprises;

5. produce monthly employment information;

6. collect data on inventories;

7. provide information for more activities than listed in paragraphs 6 to 9 of Section C;

8. collect short-term investment information;

9. collect data on the stock of orders.

(i) First reference period

The first reference period for which all variables are to be transmitted is January 1998 for monthly data
and the first quarter for quarterly data.

(j) Transition period

1. For the production variable (No 110), persons employed and the hours worked variables (Nos 210,
220) and the domestic output prices variable (No 311) a transition period of no longer than three
years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation may be conceded in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 18. This transition period may be extended by a further two years in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

2. For all other variables a transition period of no longer than five years from the date of entry into force
of the Regulation may be conceded in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

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ANNEX B

CONSTRUCTION

(a) Scope

This Annex applies to all activities listed in Section F of NACE Rev. 1.

(b) Observation unit

1. Unless otherwise stated in paragraph 2 or 3 or decided otherwise according to the procedure in
paragraph 4, the observation unit for all variables in this Annex is the kind-of-activity unit.

2. For enterprises with few persons employed in secondary activities the local unit or the enterprise may

be used as the observation unit.

3. Where appropriate, the statistics may be derived from information produced according to the classifi-

cation of constructions (CC).

4. The use of other observation units can be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in

Article 18.

(c) List of variables

1. The statistics in this Annex comprise the following variables:

Variable

Name

110

115

116

130

135

136

210

220

230

320

321

322

411

412

Production

Production of building construction

Production of civil engineering

New orders received

New orders received for building construc-
tion

New orders received for civil engineering

Number of persons employed

Hours worked

Gross wages and salaries

Construction costs

Material costs

Labour costs

Building permits: number of dwellings

Building permits: square metres of useful
floor area or alternative size measure

2. Starting from the beginning of the first reference period, the information on new orders (No 130)
may be approximated by an alternative leading indicator, which may be calculated from business
opinion survey data. This approximation is permitted for a period of five years from the date of entry
into force of the Regulation. The period shall be extended for up to five more years unless decided
differently in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

3. Starting from the beginning of the first reference period the information on persons employed (No
210) may be approximated by the number of employees (No 211). This approximation is permitted
for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation. The procedure shall be
extended for up to five more years unless decided differently in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 18.

4. The information on new orders variables (Nos 130, 135, 136) may be approximated by information on
building permits. Further approximations for these and other variables can be defined in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

5. Only if construction costs variables (Nos 320, 321, 322) are not available, then they may be approx-

imated by the output prices variable (No 310).

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(d) Form

1. All of the variables except production (No 110) are to be transmitted in an unadjusted form.

2. The production variable (No 110) is to be transmitted in a working-day adjusted form.

3.

In addition Member States may transmit the variables seasonally adjusted and may also transmit the
variables in the form of trend-cycles. Only if data are not transmitted in these forms, then the
Commission (Eurostat) may produce seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle series for these variables.

4. The variables Nos 110, 115, 116, 320, 321 and 322 are to be transmitted as an index. The variables
Nos 411 and 412 are to be transmitted in absolute figures. Other variables are to be transmitted either
as an index or as absolute figures.

(e) Reference period

A reference period of at least a quarter shall apply to all variables in this Annex.

(f) Level of detail

1. The variables Nos 110, 130, 210, 220 and 230 are to be transmitted at least at the two-digit level of

NACE Rev. 1.

2. The new orders variables (Nos 130, 135 and 136) are required only for groups 45.1 and 45.2 of NACE

Rev. 1.

3. Construction costs variables (Nos 320, 321 and 322) are only mandatory for new residential buildings

excluding residencies for communities.

4. The building permits variable (No 411) covers only new residential buildings (excluding residencies

for communities) and is to be broken down between:

(i) one-dwelling residential buildings;

(ii) two- and more dwelling residential buildings.

5. The building permits variable (No 412) covers only buildings and is to be broken down between:

(i) one-dwelling residential buildings;

(ii) two- and more dwelling residential buildings;

(iii) residencies for communities;

(iv) office buildings;

(v) other buildings.

(g) Deadlines for data transmission

1. The variables shall be transmitted by the following deadlines after the end of the reference period:

Variable

Deadline

110

115

116

130

135

136

210

220

230

320

321

322

411

412

2 months

2 months

2 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

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2. The deadline may be up to 15 calendar days longer for those Member States whose total value added
in Section F of NACE Rev.1 in a given base year represents less than 3 % of the Community total.

(h) Pilot studies

The priorities for the pilot studies are as follows:

1. provide output prices information;

2. break down production (No 110) into new work and repair and maintenance;

3. provide monthly data;

4. break down the variables Nos 210, 220 and 230 into building and civil engineering;

5. provide cost information (Nos 320, 321 and 322) for other types of construction than residential

buildings as well as for repair and maintenance work;

6. break down the production of building construction (No 115) into residential and non-residential

buildings;

7. provide short-term investment information;

8. provide short-term information concerning births and deaths of enterprises.

(i) First reference year

The first reference period for which all variables are to be transmitted is January 1998 for monthly data
and the first quarter 1998 for quarterly data.

(j) Transition period

1. For the production variable (No 110) and the persons employed and hours worked variables (Nos 210
and 220) a transition period of no longer than three years from the date of entry into force of the
Regulation may be conceded in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. This trans-
ition period may be extended by a further two years in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 18.

2. For all other variables a transition period of no longer than five years from the date of entry into force
of the Regulation may be conceded in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

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ANNEX C

RETAIL TRADE AND REPAIR

(a) Scope

This Annex applies to the activities listed in Division 52 of NACE Rev. 1.

(b) Observation unit

1. The observation unit for all variables in this Annex is the enterprise.

2. The use of other observation units can be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in

Article 18.

(c) List of variables

1. The statistics in this Annex comprise the following variables:

Variable

Name

120

210

330

Turnover

Number of persons employed

Deflator of sales

2. The information on the volume of sales (No 123) may be produced instead of the deflator of sales

(No 330).

3. Starting from the beginning of the first reference period the information on persons employed (No
210) may be approximated by the number of employees (No 211). This approximation is permitted
for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation. This period shall be
extended for up to five more years unless decided differently in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 18.

(d) Form

1. All variables are to be transmitted in an unadjusted form.

2. The turnover variable (No 120) and the volume of sales variable (No 123) are also to be transmitted in

a working-day adjusted form.

3.

In addition Member States may transmit the variables seasonally adjusted and may also transmit the
variables in the form of trend-cycles. Only if data are not transmitted in these forms, then Eurostat
may produce seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle series for these variables.

4. All variables are to be transmitted either as an index or as absolute figures.

(e) Reference period

The following reference periods shall apply:

Variable

Reference period

120

210

330 or 123

month

quarter

month

(f) Level of detail

1. The turnover variable (No 120) and the deflator of sales/volume of sales variables (No 330/123) are to
be transmitted according to the levels of detail defined in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. The persons
employed variable (No 210) is to be transmitted according to the levels of detail defined in paragraphs
3 and 4.

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2. Detailed level regrouping NACE Rev. 1 classes and groups:

Class 52.11;

Class 52.12;

Group 52.2;

Group 52.3;

sum of Classes 52.41, 52.42 and 52.43;

sum of Classes 52.44, 52.45 and 52.46;

sum of Classes 52.47 and 52.48;

Class 52.61.

3. Aggregate levels regrouping NACE Rev. 1 classes and groups:

sum of Class 52.11 and Group 52.2;

sum of Class 52.12 and Groups 52.3 to 52.6;

sum of Groups 52.1 to 52.6.

4. Division 52

Member States whose value added for Group 52.7 represents less than 5 % of their value added for
Division 52 in a given base year may approximate Division 52 by the sum of Groups 52.1 to 52.6.

(g) Deadlines for data transmission

1. The variables shall be transmitted within three months after the end of the reference period. The vari-
ables shall be transmitted for turnover (No 120) and the deflator of sales/volume of sales (No 330/123)
within two months at the levels of detail specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Section F.

2. The deadline may be up to one month longer for those Member States whose value added in Division

52 in a given base year represents less than 3 % of the European Community total.

(h) Pilot studies

The priorities for the pilot studies are as follows:

1. provide a more detailed activity breakdown;

2. assess the possibilities of earlier data transmission;

3. collect information on the number of employees;

4. collect wages and salary information;

5. use the kind-of-activity unit as observation unit;

6. collect short-term information on the births and deaths of enterprises.

(i) First reference year

The first reference period for which all variables are to be transmitted is January 1998 for monthly data
and the first quarter 1998 for quarterly data.

(j) Transition period

1. For the persons employed variable (No 210) a transition period of no longer than three years may be
conceded in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. This transition period may be
extended by a further two years in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

2. For the turnover variable (No 120) at the levels of detail specified in paragraph 3 of Section F a
transition period of no longer than two years may be conceded in accordance with procedures laid
down in Article 18.

3. For the turnover variable (No 120) at the level of detail specified in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Section F
and the deflator of sales/volume of sales (No 330/123) a transition period of no longer than five years
may be conceded from the date of entry into force of the Regulation in accordance with the proce-
dure laid down in Article 18.

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ANNEX D

OTHER SERVICES

(a) Scope

This Annex applies to all activities listed in Divisions 50 and 51 and Sections H, I, J, K, M, N and O of
NACE Rev. 1.

(b) Observation unit

1. The observation unit for all variables in this Annex is the enterprise.

2. The use of other observation units can be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in

Article 18.

(c) List of variables

1. The statistics in this Annex comprise the following variables:

Variables

Name

120

210

Turnover

Number of persons employed

2. Starting from the beginning of the first reference period the information on persons employed (No
210) may be approximated by the number of employees (No 211). This approximation is permitted
for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation. The period shall be
extended by up to five more years unless decided differently in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 18.

(d) Form

1. All of the variables are to be transmitted in an unadjusted form.

2. The turnover variable (No 120) is also to be transmitted in a working-day adjusted form.

3.

In addition Member States may transmit the variables seasonally adjusted and may also transmit the
variables in the form of trend cycles. Only if data are not transmitted in these forms, may the
Commission (Eurostat) produce seasonally adjusted and trend-cycle series for these variables.

4. All variables are to be transmitted either as an index or as absolute figures.

(e) Reference period

A reference period of a quarter shall apply to all variables in this Annex.

(f) Level of detail

1. The turnover variable (No 120) is to be transmitted according to the following groupings of NACE

Rev. 1:

sum of 50.1, 50.3, 50.4;

50.2;

50.5;

51, 64 each at three-digit;

50, 60, 61, 62, 63, 72 each at two-digit;

sum of 74.11, 74.12, 74.13, 74.14;

sum of 74.2, 74.3;

74.4 to 74.8 each at three-digit.

2. The persons employed variable (No 210) is to be transmitted at the two-digit level of NACE Rev. 1

for Divisions 50, 51, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 72 and 74.

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3. For Divisions 50, 51, 64 and 74 of NACE Rev. 1, the turnover variable need only be transmitted at
the two-digit level by those Member States whose value added in those divisions of NACE Rev. 1 in a
given base year represents less than 5 % of the European Community total.

4. For Section I of NACE Rev. 1, the persons employed variable (No 120) need only be transmitted at
Section level by those Member States whose total value added in Section I in a given base year repre-
sents less than 5 % of the European Community total.

(g) Deadlines for data transmission

The variables shall be transmitted within three months after the end of the reference period.

(h) Pilot studies

The priorities for the pilot studies are as follows:

1. collect wages and salary information;

2. collect information on deflators;

3. assess the feasibility and relevance of collection data on:

(i) travel agents NACE Rev. 1 Group 63.3;

(ii) real estate NACE Rev. 1 Division 70;

(iii) renting activity NACE Rev. 1 Division 71;

(iv) research and development NACE Rev. 1 Division 73;

(v) management activities of holding companies NACE Rev. 1 Class 74.15;

(vi) NACE Rev. 1 Sections J, M, N and O;

4. produce a more detailed breakdown;

5. assess the possibility of earlier data transmission;

6. collect information on the number of employees;

7. use the kind-of-activity unit as observation unit;

8. collect short-term information on the births and deaths of enterprises.

(i) First reference period

The first reference period for which all variables are to be transmitted is the first quarter 1998.

(j) Transition period

For all variables a transition period of five years may be conceded from the date of entry into force of the
Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.