Commission Regulation (EC) No 2702/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the technical format for the transmission of structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, branch of activity, company structure, competitiveness, data processing, technical standard

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COMMISSION  REGULATION  (EC)  No  2702/98

of  17  December  1998

concerning  the  technical  format  for  the  transmission  of  structural  business  statistics

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

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 the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance
of  businesses  in  the  Community;

Whereas it is necessary to specify the technical format for the transmission 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  defined  in  the  Annex  to  this  Regulation.

Member  States  shall  apply  this  format  for  the  data  concerning  the  1996  reference  year  and
subsequent  years.

Article  2

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

Article  3

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

Done  at  Brussels,  17  December  1998.

For  the  Commission

Yves-Thibault  de  SILGUY

Member  of  the  Commission

(1) OJ  L  14,  17.1.1997,  p.  1.

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ANNEX

TECHNICAL  FORMAT

1. The  form  of  the  data

The data is sent as a set of records of which a large part describes the characteristics of the data (country,
year,  economic  activity,  etc.).  The  data  itself  is  a  number  which  can  be  linked  to  flags  and  explanatory
footnotes used for example to describe aggregations of NACE codes. Confidential data should be sent with
the  true  value  being  recorded  in  the  value  field  and  a  flag  indicating  the  nature  of  the  confidential  data
being  added  to  the  record.

In  order  to  be  precise  about  the  nature  of  the  data,  it  is  necessary  to  distinguish  the  following  special
cases:

— data  equal  to  zero  (coded  ‘0’):  real  values  of  zero  only,

— confidential  data  (coded  ‘x’):  indicates  data  which  the  Member  State  does  not  transmit  to  Eurostat

because  the  data  is  confidential,

— missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the Member State intends to supply

when available,

— data not available: this is data which is not collected in a Member State. In this case the corresponding

record  is  not  sent.

By  default,  if  an  entire  dimension  (a  variable,  a  NUTS  code,  a  NACE  code,  etc.)  is  not  collected  then  the
corresponding  records  will  not  exist  except  for  those  which  are  missing  because  they  form  part  of  a
regrouping  of  NACE  codes.  This  is  why  it  is  important  to  distinguish  data  which  is  really  missing  by
supplying a record (one per missing item) in which the data value is coded as ‘m’, and data which is really
equal  to  zero  by  supplying  the  corresponding  records  in  which  the  data  value  is  set  to  0.

2. Record  structure

Records  are  made  up  of  fields  of  variable  length  separated  by  semi-colons  (;).  The  maximum  expected
length  is  shown  in  the  table  for  information.  In  order  from  left  to  right  they  are:

Field

Type

Maximum
length

Values

Series

Year

Territorial  unit

Size class

Economic activity

A

A

A

A

A

2

4

6

2

4

1A,  1B,  2C,  3A,  4A,  4B,  etc.  Alphanumeric  code  of  the
series  (see  list  below)

Year  in  four  characters  e.g.  1995  for  1995

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

Code  for  the  size  class  (see  list  below)

NACE  Rev 1  code:  e.g.  the  manufacture  of  bicycles  is
coded 3542, the manufacture of furniture is 36.1, transport
via  railways  is  coded  601

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Field

Type

Maximum
length

Values

Form  of  ownership
or
FATS identification

A

2

Location  of  ownership
—  FATS

Variable

Data value

Quality flag

Confidentiality flag

Dominance

A

A

A

A

A

N

2

5

12

1

1

3

Aggregation  of  NACE
codes

A

40

Breakdown  of  products

A

Turnover  size  classes

Sales  area  size  classes

Units  of  data  values
(optional)

A

A

A

NB: A = Alphanumeric,  N = Numeric

6

2

2

4

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  used  in  services)  (see  list  below)

Code  for  FATS  corresponding  to  the  country  where
ownership  or  control  is  located  (only  used  in  services)

Variable  code.  The  codes  laid  down  in  the  SBS  Regulation
have  5  characters  (see  list  below)

Numeric value of the data (negative values are preceded by
a  minus  sign)  expressed  as  a  whole  number  without
decimal  places.  An  ‘X’  should  be  used  if  the  data  is  not
sent to Eurostat because the data is confidential and an ‘M’
should  be  used  if  the  data  is  not  sent  because  it  is
missing

R:  revised  data,  M:  updated  data,  P:  provisional  data

A,  B,  C,  D:  indicates  that  the  data  is  confidential  and  the
reason  for  that  confidentiality  (see  list  below).  A  blank
space  indicates  non-confidential  data

A  numeric  value  less  than  or  equal  to  100.  This  indicates
the  percentage  dominance  of  one  or  two  enterprises  which
dominate  the  data  and  make  it  confidential.  The  value  is
rounded  to  the  nearest  whole  number:  e.g.  90.3  becomes
90,  94.50  becomes  95.  This 
for
non-confidential  data.  This  field  is  only  used  when  the
confidentiality  flags  B  or  C  are  used  in  the  previous  field

is  blank 

field 

to  an
Label  explaining 
aggregation  of  several  NACE  codes.  For  example,  31.1  =
31.2 + 31.3 + 31.4

the  data  corresponds 

that 

Corresponds  to  CPA  code  (only  used  in  distributive
trades)

Codes 
distributive  trades)  (see  list  below)

turnover  size  classes 

the 

for 

(only  used 

in

Codes  for  the  sales  area  size  classes  (only  used 
distributive  trades)  (see  list  below)

in

Optional  field  with  codes  for  indicating  if  non-standard
units  have  been  used  (see  list  below)

This  format  may  be  converted  into  a  fixed  format  by  using  the  maximum  length  of  each  field  and  right  justifying  the
contents  of  each  field  preceded  by  blanks.

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3.

Description  of  the  fields

3.1. The  type  of  series

Series  type

Code

Annual  enterprise  statistics  (all  sectors)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  by  size  class  (all  sectors)

Annual  regional  statistics  (all  sectors)

Preliminary  results  (all  sectors)

Sectoral  pilot  studies  (sections  M  to  O)

Pilot  studies  on  characteristics  (all  sectors)

Pilot  studies  on  foreign  affiliates  trade  statistics  (services)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  (industry)

Environmental  protection  expenditure  (industry)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  by  type  of  ownership  (industry)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  by  size  class  (industry)

Annual  KAU  statistics  (industry)

Annual  regional  statistics  (industry)

Multi-yearly  employment  statistics  (industry)

Multi-yearly  intangible  investment  and  subcontracting  statistics  (industry)

Multi-yearly  subcontracting  statistics  by  size  class  (industry)

Multi-yearly  statistics  on  the  purchase  of  energy  products  (industry)

Preliminary  results  (industry)

Pilot  studies  on  characteristics  (industry)

Preliminary  results  (distributive  trades)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  (distributive  trades)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  by  size  class  (distributive  trades)

Multi-yearly  enterprise  statistics  (distributive  trades)

Annual  regional  statistics  (distributive  trades)

Multi-yearly  regional  statistics  (distributive  trades)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  (construction)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  by  type  of  ownership  (construction)

Annual  enterprise  statistics  by  size  class  (construction)

Annual  KAU  statistics  (construction)

Annual  regional  statistics  (construction)

Multi-yearly  employment  statistics  (construction)

Multi-yearly  intangible  investment  and  subcontracting  statistics  (construction)

Multi-yearly  subcontracting  statistics  by  size  class  (construction)

Multi-yearly  statistics  on  the  purchase  of  energy  products  (construction)

Preliminary  results  (construction)

Pilot  studies  (construction)

1A

1B

1C

1D

1E

1F

1G

2A

2B

2C

2D

2E

2F

2H

2J

2K

2L

2N

2P

3A

3B

3C

3D

3E

3F

4A

4C

4D

4E

4F

4H

4J

4K

4L

4N

4P

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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

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The  Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

The  United  Kingdom

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Switzerland

BE

DK

DE

GR

ES

FR

IE

IT

LU

NL

AT

PT

FI

SE

UK

IS

LI

NO

CH

3.3. Size classes

Each  size  class  corresponds  to  a  code.  Most  series  cover  all  size  categories  and  hence  code  30  is  the  most
appropriate.

All  codes  from  01  up  to  53  refer  to  the  number  of  persons  employed.  Codes  80  to  85  refer  to  gross
premiums  written.

Employment  size  class

Code

0
1—9
0—9
10—19
0—19
1—19
20—49
50—99
20—99
10—99
100—249
100—199
200—249
250—499
200—499
100—499
500—999

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

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Employment  size  class

Code

1 000—1 999
2 000—4 999
1 000—4 999
5 000 +
1 000 +
500 +
250 +
100 +
20 +
10 +
Total

0—2
1—2
3—9
3—19
200 +
1
2
3—4
5—9
1—49
10—49
2—4
50—249
1—4

Size  class  by  gross  premiums  written
(million  ECU)

, 5
5—50
51—250
251—500
501—1 000
1 000 +

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
30

40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53

Code

80
81
82
83
84
85

3.4. Economic activity

This  field  is  used  for  the  NACE  Rev.1  heading.  A  number  of  standard  aggregates  are  foreseen  by  the  SBS
Regulation  and  should  be  coded  as  follows.

Economic  activity  standard  aggregates

55.1 + 55.2

55.3 + 55.4 + 55.5

60.21 + 60.22 + 60.23

63.1 + 63.2 + 63.4

71.1 + 71.2

74.11 + 74.12 + 74.14 + 74.15

74.2 + 74.3

Code

55A

55B

602A

63A

71A

741A

74A

Non-standard  aggregates  should  be  indicated  in  the  ‘Aggregation  of  NACE  codes  field’.

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3.5. Form  of  ownership  or  FATS  identification

This  field  is  used  either  for  breakdowns  according  to  form  of  ownership  (only  used  in  industry  and
construction)  or  FATS  identification  (only  used  in  services).  There  are  no  series  that  breakdown  by  both
classifications.

The  requirements  concerning  the  breakdown  of  characteristics  following  the  location  of  ownership  or
control (FATS) are part of Annex 1, section 10, paragraph 3 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97. Thus
data  collection  is  subject  to  testing.

The data concern a breakdown of totals by the country or geographical region where ownership or control
is  located.  Three  pieces  of  information  are  required:

— the  method  used  for  the  collection:  ultimate  beneficial  owner  or  ‘first  shot’  information,

— the  kind  of  FATS:  inward/resident  FATS  or  outward  FATS,

— the country where ownership or control is located or for outward FATS where, for example, turnover is

generated  or  employment  is  located.

Form  of  ownership  (or  FATS  identification)

Code

Form  of  ownership:  all

Form  of  ownership:  public

Form  of  ownership:  private

FATS  identification:  ultimate  beneficial  owner
(UBO)  data  on  inward  FATS

FATS  identification:  ‘First  shot’  data  on  inward
FATS

FATS  identification:  ultimate  beneficial  owner
(UBO)  data  on  outward  FATS

FATS  identification:  ‘First  shot’  data  on
outward  FATS

00

10

20

30

40

50

60

3.6. Location  of  ownership  —  FATS

Only  used  in  services.

The codes to be used are those also used for balance of payments statistics (the same as the above codes in
section  3.2).  Country  codes  and  other  area  codes  (an  incomplete  list)  are  shown  at  the  end  of  this
format.

Variable  title

3.7. Variable

Number  of  enterprises

Number  of  births  of  enterprises

Number  of  deaths  of  enterprises

Number  of  local  units

Number  of  kind-of-  activity  units

Turnover

Production  value

Gross  margin  on  goods  for  resale

Code

11110

11120

11130

11210

11310

12110

12120

12130

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Variable  title

Value  added  at  basic  prices

Value  added  at  market  prices

Value  added  at  factor  cost

Income  from  ordinary  activities

Gross  operating  surplus

Financial surplus

Gross  ordinary  surplus

Profit  or  loss  for  the  year

Total  purchases  of  goods  and  services

Purchases  of  goods  and  services  purchased  for  resale  in  the  same  conditions  as  received

Other  purchases  of  goods  and  services

Payments  for  agency  workers

Change  in  stocks  of  goods  and  services

Change  in  stocks  of  goods  and  services  purchased  for  resale  in  the  same  condition  as
received

Change  in  stocks  of  raw  materials  and  consumables

Change  in  stocks  of  finished  products  and  work  in  progress  manufactured  by  the  unit

Personnel  costs

Wages and salaries

Social  security  costs

Operating  costs  linked  to  buildings  and  equipment

Payments  for  long-term  rental  and  operational  leasing  of  goods

Cost  of  selling

Other  operating  costs

Turnover  from  intra-Community  deliveries  of  goods  and  services

Turnover  from  extra-Community  exports  of  goods  and  services

Turnover  from  non-domestic  sales

Turnover  from  domestic  sales

Intra-Community  acquisitions  of  goods  and  services

Extra-Community  imports  of  goods  and  services

Non-domestic  purchases  of  goods  and  services

Domestic  purchases  of  goods  and  services

Gross  investment  in  tangible  goods

Gross  investment  in  land

Gross  investment  in  buildings,  structures,  construction  and  alterations

Gross  investment  in  existing  buildings  and  structures

Gross  investment  in  construction  and  alteration  of  buildings

Gross  investment  in  machinery  and  equipment

Sales  of  tangible  investment  goods

Code

12140

12141

12150

12160

12170

12180

12190

12200

13110

13120

13130

13131

13210

13211

13212

13213

13310

13320

13330

13410

13411

13420

13430

14110

14120

14130

14140

14210

14220

14230

14240

15110

15120

15119

15130

15140

15150

15210

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Variable  title

Net  investment  in  tangible  goods

Value  of  tangible  goods  acquired  through  financial  leasing

Acquisitions  of  intangible  fixed  assets

Gross  investment  in  concessions

Marketing  expenditure

Gross  investment  in  software

Investment  in  purchased  software

Investment  in  software  purchased  by  the  unit

Purchases  of  shares  and  participating  interests

Sales  of  shares  and  participating  interests

Net  purchases  of  shares  and  participating  interests

Number  of  persons  employed

Number  of  unpaid  persons  employed

Number  of  employees

Number  of  part-time  employees

Number  of  apprentices

Number  of  homeworkers

Number  of  employees  in  full-time  equivalent  units

Number  of  hours  worked  by  employees

Number  of  enterprises  having  an  association  or  cooperation  agreement  with  other
enterprises

Information  on  forms  of  trading  by  enterprises

Number  of  retail  stores

Category  of  sales  space  for  retail  stores  engaged  in  retail  trade

Sales space

Number  of  fixed  market  stands  and/or  stalls

Turnover  from  agriculture,  forestry,  fishing  and  industrial  activities

Turnover  from  the  principal  activity  at  the  NACE  Rev.1  four-digit  level

Turnover  from  industrial  activities

— Turnover  from  industrial  activities  excluding  construction

— Turnover  from  construction

Turnover  from  trading  activities  of  purchase  and  resale

Turnover  from  intermediary  activities  (agents)

Turnover  from  services  activities

Turnover  from  trading  activities  of  purchase  and  resale  and  intermediary  activities  (agents)

Breakdown  of  turnover  by  product  (according  to  Section  G  of  the  CPA)

— Turnover  from  building

— Turnover  from  civil  engineering

Code

15250

15310

15410

15420

15430

15440

15441

15442

15610

15620

15650

16110

16120

16130

16131

16132

16135

16140

16150

17110

17310

17320

17330

17331

17340

18100

18110

18120

18121

18122

18130

18140

18150

18160

18210

18310

18320

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Variable  title

Purchases  of  energy  products  (in  value)

Purchases  of  hard  coal  (in  value)

Purchases  of  coke  (in  value)

Purchases  of  patent  fuels  (in  value)

Purchases  of  gasoil  (in  value)

Purchases  of  heavy  fuel  oil  (in  value)

Purchases  of  other  petroleum  products  (in  value)

Purchases  of  natural  gas  (in  value)

Purchases  of  derived  gas  (in  value)

Purchases  of  renewable  energy  sources  (in  value)

Purchases  of  heat  (in  value)

Purchases  of  electricity  (in  value)

Investment  in  equipment  and  plant  for  pollution  control

Investment  in  equipment  and  plant  linked  to  cleaner  technology  (‘integrated  technology’)

Total  current  expenditure  on  environmental  protection

Total  intra-mural  R & D  expenditure

Total  number  of  R & D  personnel

Payments  to  subcontractors

Income  from  subcontracting

Percentage  share  of  turnover  to  resale  traders:  retail  traders

Percentage  share  of  turnover  to  professional  users  (wholesalers,  others)

Percentage  share  of  turnover  to  final  consumers  (retail  trade  activity)

Percentage  share  of  purchases  from  wholesalers,  purchasing  groups

percentage  share  of  purchases  from  producers

Gross  value  added  per  person  employed  (labour  productivity)

Gross  value  added  per  unit  labour  cost  (wage-adjusted  labour  productivity)

Gross  value  added  per  employee

Gross  value  added  per  employee  FTE

Gross  value  added  per  hour  worked  by  employees

Labour  cost  per  employee  (unit  labour  cost)

Labour  cost  per  employee  FTE

Labour  cost  per  hour  worked  by  employees

Share  of  employers’  social  charges  as  a  percentage  of  wages  and  salaries

Code

20110

20210

20220

20230

20240

20250

20260

20270

20280

20290

20300

20310

21110

21120

21140

22110

22120

23110

23120

25111

25112

25113

25211

25212

91110

91120

91130

91140

91150

91210

91220

91230

91310

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Code

92110

93110

93120

93210

93220

94110

94210

94220

94310

94320

94410

95110

95120

95210

95220

Variable  titel

Gross  operating  surplus/turnover  (gross  operating  rate)

Turnover  from  non-domestic  sales  as  a  share  of  turnover

Turnover  from  domestic  sales  as  a  share  of  turnover

Non-domestic  purchases  as  a  share  of  total  purchases

Domestic  purchases  as  a  share  of  total  purchases

Share  of  principal  activity  in  turnover  (degree  of  specialisation)

Share  of  value  added  in  manufacturing  total

Share  of  value  added  in  industry  total

Share  of  employment  in  manufacturing  total

Share  of  employment  in  industry  total

Ratio  of  stocks  of  finished  products  and  work  in  progress  to  production  value

Share  of  R & D  expenditure  in  value  added

Share  of  R & D  employment  in  the  number  of  persons  employed

Share  of  environmental  protection  investment  in  total  tangible  investment

Share of environmental protection expenditure in total purchases of goods and services and
labour  cost

3.8. Data value

Monetary  data  is  expressed  in  thousands  of  national  currency  units  except  for:

— Ireland:  data  is  given  in  units  (IEP),

— Spain,  Greece  and  Italy  :  data  is  given  in  millions  of  national  currency  units.

In  order  to  be  precise  about  the  nature  of  the  data,  it  is  necessary  to  distinguish  the  following  cases:

— data  equal  to  zero  (coded  ‘0’):  real  values  of  zero  only,

— confidential  data  (coded  ‘X’):  indicates  data  which  the  Member  State  does  not  transmit  to  Eurostat
because  the  data  is  confidential.  A  flag  should  also  be  used  to  indicate  that  the  data  is  missing  due  to
confidentiality  (see  3.10  below),

— missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the Member State intends to supply

when available,

— data not available: this is data, which is not collected in a Member State. In this case the corresponding

record  is  not  sent.

By  default,  if  an  entire  dimension  (a  variable,  a  NUTS  code,  a  NACE  code,  etc.)  is  not  collected  then  the
corresponding  records  will  not  exist  excepts  for  those  which  are  missing  because  they  form  part  of  a
regrouping  of  NACE  codes.  This  is  why  it  is  important  to  distinguish  data  which  is  really  missing  by
supplying  a  record  (one  per  missing  item)  in  which  the  data  value  is  coded  as  ‘m’.

3.9. Quality flag

Data  type

Revised  data

Updated  data

Provisional  data

Code

R

M

P

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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  confidentiality.

Reason  for  confidentiality

Too  few  enterprises

One  enterprise  dominates  the  data

Two  enterprises  dominate  the  data

Confidential  data  due  to  secondary  confidentiality

Flag

A

B

C

D

3.11. Turnover  size  classes

The  size  classes  below  are  measured  in  million  ECU.

Turnover  size  class

Code

0—1
1—2
2—4
4—5
5—10
10—20
20—50
50—200
200—1 000
1 000 +
2—5
200 +

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12

3.12. Sales  area  size  classes

Sales  area  size  class

Code

less  than  120  m2
120—399  m2
400—999  m2
1 000—2 499  m2
2 500—4 999  m2
5 000—9 999  m2
10 000  and  more  m2

01
02
03
04
05
06
07

3.13. Units  of  data  values

This  field  is  optional  and  allows  Member  States  to  specify  which  units  have  been  used  for  the  data  values
used  in  the  data  transmission.  The  correct  implementation  of  section  3.8  makes  it  unnecessary  to  use  this
field.

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Units

Units

Thousands

Millions

National  currency  in  units

National  currency  in  thousands

National  currency  in  millions

Ecu  in  units

Ecu  in  thousands

Ecu  in  millions

Square  metre

Index

%

Code

UNIT

1 000

MIO

NC

KNC

MNC

ECU

KECU

MECU
m2

INDX

PCT

4. Examples  of  records

Example  1:  Aggregation  of  NACE-codes

Series 2A data for 1995 for Germany. The NACE code 231 contains the aggregation of codes 231 + 232 +
233  for  variable  16 11 0:  number  of  persons  employed.  It  is  not  confidential.

2A;1995;DE;30;231;;;16110;2700;M;;;231  =  231 + 232 + 233;

Example  2:  Confidential  data:  too  few  enterprises

Total wages and salaries (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;;;

Example  3:  Confidential  data:  dominance  by  one  enterprise

The  number  of  persons  employed  (2 700)  in  France  in  1996  for  enterprises  of  250  to  499  employees  for
NACE  141  is  confidential.  One  enterprise  dominates  the  data  and  represents  92 %  of  employment.  This  is
provisional data.

2D;1996;FR;14;141;;;16110;2700;P;B;92;;

Example  4:  Size  class  data:  sales  area  in  retail  trade

The turnover of the retail sale of foods (NACE Rev.1 52.2) in Luxembourg in 1996 for a sales space of 120
to  399  m2  was  LUF  1 000  million.  It  is  updated  data.

3C;1996;LU;30;522;;;12110;1000000;M;;;;;;02

Example  5:  Inward  FATS  in  road  freight  transport

In  1995  the  number  of  enterprises  (code  11110)  in  the  Netherlands  in  road  freight  transport  owned  or
controlled by an enterprise in the USA, following the concept of ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO), is 4.
The  data  is  provisional.  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. Type  of  magnetic  media

In  order  to  facilitate  reading  the  data,  the  data  must  be  supplied  on  3,50  diskette.

6. Other  methods

Upon  written  request  Eurostat  can  provide  Member  States  with  electronic  questionnaires  for  the  service
sectors  using  Microsoft  Excel.  The  request  should  be  made  well  in  advance  of  the  planned  date  of  data
delivery.

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INCOMPLETE  EXAMPLE  SET  OF  CODINGS  FOR  FAT  STATISTICS

Codings  to  be  used  are  those  used  for  balance  of  payments  statistics (1)

Name

Albania

Andorra

Argentina

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Belgium

Bosnia  and  Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech  Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong  Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea,  Republic  of  (South  Korea)

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Netherlands  Antilles

New  Zealand

Norway

Poland

Code

AL

AD

AR

AW

AU

AT

BS

BE

BA

BR

BG

CA

CL

CN

HR

CY

CZ

DK

FI

FR

DE

GR

HK

HU

IS

IN

ID

IE

IL

IT

JP

KR

LV

LI

LT

LU

NL

AN

NZ

NO

PL

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Name

Code

Portugal

Republic  of  South  Africa

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Turkey

Ukraine

United  Kingdom

United  States  of  America

PT

ZA

RO

RU

SA

SG

SK

SI

ES

SE

CH

TW

TR

UA

UK

US

(1) Except for the United Kingdom for which the code ‘UK’ is to be used

instead  of  GB.

Name

Code

Type

Africa

African  ACP  countries

African,  Caribbean  and  Pacific  countries  (Lomé  Convention)

America

American Oceania

Asia

Asia-Pacific  economic  cooperation

Asian  NICs  of  the  second  wave  of  industrialisation

Australia,  Oceania  and  other  territories

Australian Oceania

Baltic  countries

Belgo-Luxembourg  Economic  Union

Caribbean  ACP  countries

Central  American  countries

Central  and  South  African  countries

Commonwealth  of  Independent  States

Core  newly  industrialised  countries

Countries  from  the  Association  of  South-East  Asian  Nations

Countries  from  Central  and  Eastern  Europe

Countries  from  Mashreq

EUR12  (intra  EUR12)

EUR15  (intra  EUR15)

Europe

E4

B6

B5

E7

F9

F2

D1

C1

F7

F8

E3

A3

B7

E9

E6

C6

B9

B3

A9

C8

A2

D2

E1

GEO

ECO

ECO

GEO

GEO

GEO

ECO

ECO

GEO

GEO

GEO

ECO

ECO

GEO

GEO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

GEO

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Name

Code

Type

European  countries  not  EU  or  EFTA

European  Economic  Area

European  Free  Trade  Association

Extra  EUR12

Extra  EUR12  not  allocated

Extra  EUR15

Extra  EUR15  not  allocated

French  Franc  zone

Gulf  Arabian  Countries

Intra  EUR12  not  allocated

Intra  EUR15  not  allocated

Latin America

Latin  American  NICs  of  the  second  wave  of  industrialisation

Maghreb  countries

Mediterranean  Basin  countries

Mercosur  (Southern  Cone  Common  Market)

Near  and  Middle  East  countries

New  Zealand  Oceania

North  African  countries

North  American  countries

North  American  Free  Trade  Association

OECD  countries

Offshore  financial  centres

Organisation  of  Petroleum  Exporting  Countries

Other  Asian  countries

Other  Near  and  Middle  East  countries

Pacific  ACP  countries

Polar  regions

South  American  countries

World  (all  entities)

World  not  allocated

E2

A6

A5

A4

Z4

D4

Z8

C5

F4

Z2

Z6

B2

C2

C7

C3

C9

F3

G1

E5

E8

B1

A8

C4

B4

F6

F5

B8

G2

F1

A1

Z1

GEO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

GEO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

GEO

GEO

GEO

GEO

ECO

ECO

ECO

ECO

GEO

GEO

ECO

GEO

GEO

ECO

ECO