Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) n° 58/97 concerning structural business statistics
Date: 2001-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, branch of activity, business policy, company structure, competitiveness, economic statistics

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Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 58/97 concerning structural business statistics

(2001/C 154 E/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 38 final (cid:151) 2001/0023(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 25 January 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,

(5) The

compilation of national and regional accounts
according to Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 (3) of
25 of June 1996 on the European system of national and
regional accounts in the Community requires comparable,
complete and reliable business statistics in the financial
services area.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

by

Council

Regulation

(1) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 (1), as last
Euratom)
amended
410/98 (2) established a common framework for
the
collection, compilation,
transmission and evaluation of
Community statistics on the structure, activity, competi-
the
tiveness
Community.

performance

businesses

(EC,

and

of

in

(2) Developments in Community monetary, economic and
social integration require the extension of the aforesaid
institutions, pension funds, other
framework to credit
financial
to
financial intermediation.

intermediation and

activities

auxiliary

(3) The development and operation of the internal market
increase the need for information measuring its effec-
tiveness, in particular in the sectors of credit institutions,
intermediation and
pension funds,
activities auxiliary to financial intermediation.

financial

other

(4) The

liberalisation process of

in
financial services necessitates business statistics in the
financial services area to support the trade negotiations.

international

trade

(1) OJ L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1.

(6) The introduction of the single currency will have a major
impact on the structure of the financial services industry
and the cross-border flows of capital, which stresses the
importance of information on competitiveness and inter-
nationalisation.

(7) The smooth conduct of policies pursued by the competent
authorities relating to prudential supervision of credit
institutions and the stability of
system
implies the need for additional information on credit insti-
tutions and related services.

the financial

(8) A developing pension funds sector could help to boost
the capital markets in taking increasingly advantage of the
liberalisation of investment rules.

(9) Decision 2179/98/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council on the review of the European Community
the
programme
action
(cid:145)Towards
environment
sustainability(cid:146) (4)
reliable and
comparable data, statistics and indicators as a key tool
for the evaluation of the cost of compliance with environ-
mental regulations.

reiterated the need for

of policy
and

in relation to

development

sustainable

Euratom (5),

the
set up by Directive 77/780/EEC (6),

(10) The Statistical Programme Committee set up by Decision
Advisory
89/382/EEC,
the
Committee
Committee on Monetary, Financial
and Balance of
Payments Statistics set up by Decision 91/115/EEC (7)
set up by Directive
and the
91/675/EEC (8) have been consulted,

Insurance Committee

Banking

(3) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 275, 10.10.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.
(6) OJ L 322, 17.12.1977, p. 30.
(7) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19.
(8) OJ L 374, 31.12.1991, p. 32.

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. In Article 5 the following indents shall be added:

(cid:145). . . a detailed module for structural statistics on credit insti-
tutions defined in Annex 6,(cid:146)

(cid:145). . . a detailed module for structural statistics on pension
funds defined in Annex 7.(cid:146)

2. Annexes 6 and 7, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation,

shall be added.

These preliminary results are to be broken down to NACE
Rev. 1 3-digit level (group), except for Sections H, I and K of
NACE Rev. 1,
for which they are to be broken down
according to the groupings laid down in Section 9. For
the transmission of
the division 67 of NACE Rev. 1,
preliminary results or
shall be decided in
estimates
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of
this Regulation.(cid:146)

3. In section 9, Section J shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)SECTION J

Financial intermediation

To enable Community statistics to be compiled, Member
results broken
States will
down to the classes of NACE Rev. 1.(cid:146)

transmit component national

Article 2

4. In section 10 paragraph 1 the first sentence shall be

replaced by the following:

Annex 1 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 shall be
amended as follows:

1. In section 5 the following sentence shall be added:

(cid:145)Member States will provide the Commission with a report
relating to the definition,
structure and availability of
information on statistical units which are classified under
Sections M to O of NACE Rev. 1.(cid:146)

(cid:145)However the first reference year for which statistics on the
activity classes covered by the NACE Rev. 1 group 65.2 and
division 67 are to be compiled,
shall be decided in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of
this Regulation.(cid:146)

Article 3

Annex 2 to the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 shall be
amended as follows:

2. Section 8 shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)1.
The results are to be transmitted within 18 months of
the end of the calendar year of the reference period, except
for the NACE Rev. 1 activity class 65.11 and the activities of
NACE Rev. 1 covered by the annexes 5, 6 and 7. For the
NACE activity class 65.11 the transmission delay is 10
months. For the activities covered by the annexes 5, 6
and 7 the transmission delay is
laid down in these
annexes. However the transmission delay of the results on
the activity classes covered by the NACE Rev. 1 group 65.2
and division 67 shall be decided in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 13 of this Regulation.

Except for the divisions 65 and 66 of NACE Rev. 1,
2.
preliminary national results or estimates are transmitted
within 10 months of the end of the calendar year of the
reference period for the enterprise statistics compiled for the
characteristics listed below:

12 11 0 (turnover)

16 11 0 (number of persons employed)

1. In section 4, paragraph 3 the following characteristic shall
be inserted after
in
equipment and plant for pollution control, and special anti-
pollution accessories (cid:151) mainly end-of-pipe equipment):

the variable 21 11 0 (investment

(cid:145)21 12 0 (cid:151) Investment in equipment and plant linked to
cleaner technology ((cid:147)integrated technology(cid:148)) (*)(cid:146)

2. The footnote in section 4, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by

the following:

(cid:145)(*) If the total amount of the turnover or the number of
persons employed in a division of NACE Rev. 1 Sections
C to E represent, in a Member State, less than 1 % of the
the information necessary for the
Community total,
compilation of
relating to characteristics
21 11 0, 21 12 0, 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 need not be
collected for
If
the purposes of
necessary for Community policy requirements,
the
Commission may,
in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 13 of this Regulation, request ad
hoc collection of this data.(cid:146)

this Regulation.

statistics

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3. In section 4, paragraph 4 the following characteristic shall
be inserted after the variable 20 31 0 (Purchases of elec-
tricity (in value)):

(cid:145)21 14 0 (cid:151) Total current expenditure on environmental
protection (*)(cid:146)

4. To section 4, paragraph 4 the following footnote shall be

added:

(cid:145)(*) If the total amount of the turnover or the number of
persons employed in a division of NACE Rev. 1 Sections
C to E represent, in a Member State, less than 1 % of the
Community total,
the information necessary for the
to characteristic
compilation of
21 14 0 need not be collected for the purposes of the
Regulation.
policy
in accordance
requirements,
this
with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of
Regulation, request ad hoc collection of this data.(cid:146)

the Commission may,

for Community

necessary

statistics

relating

If

5. In section 5 the following two paragraphs shall be added:

The first reference year for which statistics on the
(cid:145)3.
characteristics 21 12 0 and 21 14 0 are to be compiled is
the calendar year 2001.

The characteristic 21 12 0 shall be compiled yearly.
4.
The characteristic 21 14 0 shall be compiled every three
years.(cid:146)

The results for the characteristics 21 11 0, 21 12 0 and
(cid:145)7.
21 14 0, are to be broken down to the following environ-
mental domains: Protection of ambient air and climate,
Wastewater management, Waste management and Other
environmental protection activities. Other environmental
protection activities includes the environmental domains
Protection of soil and groundwater, Noise and vibration
abatement, Biodiversity and landscape, Radiation, Research
and Development, General
the
environment and indivisible expenditure. The results for
the environmental domains
shall be broken down to
NACE Rev. 1 2-digit level (division).(cid:146)

administration

of

8. In section 9, the following characteristic shall be added:

(cid:145)21 11 0 (cid:151) Investment in equipment and plant for pollution
control,
(mainly
end-of-pipe equipment)(cid:146)

anti-pollution accessories

and special

The following comment shall be added for the variables
21 11 0, 21 12 0 and 21 14 0:

(cid:145)Only specific breakdown on the environmental domains
Biodiversity and Landscape, Soil and Groundwater(cid:146).

9. In section 10, the following shall be added:

(cid:145)For
the compilation of statistics on the characteristics
transition period may be
21 12 0 and 21 14 0 this
extended by a further three years in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 13 of this Regulation.(cid:146)

6. In section 7, paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the following:

Article 4

(cid:145)6.
The results for the characteristics 21 11 0, 21 12 0 and
21 14 0, are to be broken down to the NACE Rev. 1 2-digit
level (division) in Section C, D and E and to the NACE Rev.
1 3-digit level (group) for the divisions 21, 23 and 24.(cid:146)

7.

In section 7, the following paragraph shall be added:

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of 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.

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A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON CREDIT INSTITUTIONS

ANNEX 6

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, performance and competitiveness of the sector of credit institutions.
This module includes a detailed list of characteristics on which statistics shall be compiled in order to improve
knowledge on the national, Community and international development of the sector of credit institutions.

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, performance and competitiveness of credit institutions;

2. the development and distribution of total business and business per product, international activities, employment,

capital and reserves, and other assets and liabilities.

Section 3

Coverage

1. The statistics shall be compiled for the activities of credit institutions within the scope of NACE Rev. 1 classes 65.12

and 65.22.

2. The statistics shall be compiled for the activities of all credit institutions referred to in Article 2(1)(a) and Article 2(2)

of Council Directive 86/635/EEC (1) (with the exemption of central banks).

3. Branches of credit institutions referred to in Article 24 of Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council (2) of 20 March 2000, whose activity falls within one of the NACE Rev. 1 classes referred to in
paragraph 1, shall be assimilated to the credit institutions specified in paragraph 2.

Section 4

Characteristics

The characteristics and statistics to be compiled are listed below. The characteristics and statistics in italics are also
included in the common module lists of Annex 1. When characteristics are derived directly from the annual accounts,
accounting years ending within a reference year shall be assimilated to the said reference year.

The list of characteristics includes the following information:

(i) characteristics listed in Article 4 of Directive 86/635/EEC: asset side of the balance sheet: item 4; liability side of the

balance sheet: items 2(a) + 2(b) as an aggregate, items 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 as an aggregate.

(ii) characteristics listed in Article 27 of Directive 86/635/EEC: item 2, items 3(a) + 3(b) + 3(c) as an aggregate, item
3(a), item 4, item 5, item 6, item 7, items 8(a) + 8(b) as an aggregate, item 8(b), item 10, items 11 + 12 as an
aggregate, items 9 + 13 + 14 as an aggregate, item 15 + 16 as an aggregate, item 19, items 15 + 20 + 22 as an
aggregate, item 23.

(1) OJ L 372, 31.12.1986, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 126, 25.5.2000, p. 1.

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(iii) additional characteristics listed below:

Code

Title

Comments

Structural data

11 11 0

Number of enterprises

11 11 1

Number of enterprises broken down by legal status

11 11 4

Number of enterprises broken down by residence of the parent enterprise

11 11 6

Number of enterprises broken down by size classes of the balance sheet total

11 11 7

Number of enterprises broken down by category of credit institutions

11 21 0

Number of local units

11 41 1

Total number of branches broken down by location in non-EEA countries

11 51 0

Total number of financial subsidiaries broken down by location in other
countries

Accounting data: profit and loss account

42 11 0

Interest receivable and similar income

42 11 1

Interest receivable and similar income arising from fixed-income securities

42 12 1

Interest payable and similar charges linked to debt securities in issue

12 12 0

Production value

13 11 0

Total purchases of goods and services

13 31 0

Personnel costs

12 14 0

Value added at basic prices

Optional

12 15 0

Value added at factor cost

15 11 0

Gross investment in tangible goods

Accounting data: balance sheet

43 30 0

Balance sheet total (CI)

43 31 0

Balance sheet total broken down according to the residence of the parent
enterprise

43 32 0

Balance sheet total broken down by legal status

Data by product

44 11 0

Interest receivable and similar income broken down by (sub)categories of the
CPA

Optional

44 12 0

Interest payable and similar charges broken down by (sub)categories of the CPA Optional

44 13 0

Commissions receivable broken down by (sub)categories of the CPA

Optional

44 14 0

Commissions payable broken down by (sub)categories of the CPA

Optional

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Code

Title

Comments

Data on internationalisation

45 11 0

45 21 0

Geographical breakdown of the total number of EEA branches

Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income

45 22 0

Geographical breakdown of balance sheet total

45 31 0

45 41 0

45 42 0

16 11 0

16 11 1

16 13 0

16 14 0

47 11 0

47 12 0

Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income via the
freedom to provide services business (in other EEA countries)

Optional

Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income via branch
business (in non-EEA countries)

Optional

Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income via the
freedom to provide services business (in non-EEA countries)

Optional

Data on employment

Number of persons employed

Number of persons employed broken down by category of credit institutions

Number of employees

Number of employees in full-time equivalent units

Residual data

Number of accounts broken down by (sub)categories of the CPA

Number of loans and advances to customers broken down by (sub)categories of
the CPA

Optional

Optional

47 13 0

Number of automatic teller machines (ATM) owned by credit institutions

(iv) characteristics for which yearly regional statistics are to be compiled:

Code

Title

Comments

11 21 0

Number of local units

13 32 0

Wages and salaries

16 11 0

Number of persons employed

Optional

Section 5

First reference year

The first reference year for which annual statistics shall be compiled for the characteristics listed in Section 4 is the
calendar year 2001.

Section 6

Production of results

1. The results are to be broken down to the following NACE Rev. 1 classes: 65.12 and 65.22 separately.

2. The results of the regional statistics are to be broken down to NACE Rev. 1 4-digit level (classes) and level 2 of the

nomenclature of territorial units (NUTS).

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Section 7

Transmission of results

The transmission delay of the results shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of this
Regulation. It shall not be longer than 10 months from the end of the reference year.

Committee for Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics

Section 8

The Commission shall inform the Committee for Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics about the
implementation of
this module and about all measures for adjustment to economic and technical developments
concerning the collection and statistical processing of data, the processing and the transmission of results.

Section 9

Pilot studies

For the activities covered by this Annex, the Commission will institute the following pilot studies to be carried out by
Member States:

(cid:151) information on derivatives and off-balance sheet items,

(cid:151) information on the distribution networks,

(cid:151) information needed for the decomposition of the transactions of credit institutions according to prices and volumes.

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.

Section 10

Transitional period

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

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A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON PENSION FUNDS

ANNEX 7

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, performance and competitiveness of the pension funds sector. 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 pension funds 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, performance and competitiveness of pension funds,

2. the development and distribution of total business, patterns of pension funds members,

international activities,

employment, investments and liabilities.

Section 3

Coverage

1. The statistics are to be compiled for all activities within the scope of NACE Rev. 1 class 66.02. This class covers the

activities of autonomous pension funds.

2. Some statistics are to be compiled for enterprises with non-autonomous pension funds which are carried out as

ancillary activities.

Section 4

Characteristics

1. The list of characteristics and statistics set out below indicate, where relevant, the type of statistical unit for which the
statistics are to be compiled. The statistics and characteristics in italics are also included in the common module lists
of Annex 1. When characteristics are derived directly from the annual accounts, accounting years ending within a
reference year shall be assimilated to the said reference year.

2. Demographic and enterprise characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled (for autonomous pension

funds only):

Code

Title

Comments

Structural data

11 11 0

Number of enterprises

11 11 8

Number of enterprises broken down by size of investments

11 11 9

Number of enterprises broken down by size classes of members

11 61 0

Number of pension schemes

Optional

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Code

Title

Comments

Accounting data: profit and loss (income and expenditure) accoun

12 11 0

Turnover

48 00 1

Pension contributions receivable from members

48 00 2

Pension contributions receivable from employers

48 00 3

Incoming transfers

48 00 4

Other pension contributions

48 00 5

Pension contributions to defined benefits schemes

48 00 6

Pension contributions to defined contributions schemes

48 00 7

Pension contributions to hybrid schemes

48 01 0

Investment income (PF)

48 01 1

Capital gains and losses

48 02 1

Insurance claims receivable

48 02 2

Other income (PF)

12 12 0

Production value

12 14 0

Value added at basic prices

Optional

12 15 0

Value added at factor cost

48 03 0

Total expenditure on pensions

48 03 1

Regular pensions payments

48 03 2

Pension payments of lump sums

48 03 3

Outgoing transfers

48 04 0

Net change in technical provisions (reserves)

48 05 0

Insurance premiums payable

48 06 0

Total operational expenses

13 11 0

Total purchases of goods and services

13 31 0

Personnel costs

15 11 0

Gross investment in tangible goods

48 07 0

All taxes

Balance sheet data: assets

48 11 0

Land and buildings (PF)

48 12 0

Investments in affiliated enterprises and participating interests (PF)

48 13 0

Shares and other variable-yield securities

48 13 1

Shares traded on a regulated market

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Code

Title

Comments

48 13 2

Shares traded on a regulated market specialised in SMEs

48 13 3

Non-publicly traded shares

48 13 4

Other variable yield securities

48 14 0

Units in undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

48 15 0

Debt securities and other fixed-income securities

48 15 1

Debt securities and other fixed-income securities issued by public adminis-
trations

48 15 2

Other debt securities and other fixed income securities

Optional

48 16 0

Participation in investment pools (PF)

48 17 0

Loans guaranteed by mortgages and other loans not covered elsewhere

48 18 0

Other investments

48 10 0

Total investments of pension funds

48 10 1

Total investments invested in (cid:145)the sponsoring enterprise(cid:146)

48 10 4

Total investments at market values

48 20 0

Other assets

Balance sheet data: liabilities

48 30 0

Capital and reserves

48 40 0

Net technical provisions (PF)

48 50 0

Other liabilities

Data on internationalisation

48 61 0

Geographical breakdown of turnover

48 62 0

Shares and other variable-yield securities broken down by location

48 63 0

Total investments broken down by location

48 64 0

Total investments broken down by currencies

Optional

Optional

Optional

Data on employment

16 11 0

Number of persons employed

Residual data

48 70 0

Number of members

48 70 1

Number of members of defined benefits schemes

48 70 2

Number of members of defined contributions schemes

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Code

Title

Comments

48 70 3

Number of members of hybrid schemes

48 70 4

Number of active members

48 70 5

Number of deferred members

48 70 6

Number of retired persons

3. Enterprise characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled (for enterprises with non-autonomous pension

funds only):

Code

Title

Comments

11 15 0

Number of enterprises with non-autonomous pension funds

11 15 1

Number of enterprises with non-autonomous pension funds, broken down by
size classes of members

48 08 0

Turnover of non-autonomous pension funds

Optional

48 40 1

Net technical provisions of non-autonomous pension funds

48 72 0

Number of members of non-autonomous pension funds

Section 5

First reference year

The first reference year for which annual statistics shall be compiled for the characteristics listed in Section 4 is the
calendar year 2001.

Section 6

Production of results

1. The results for the characteristics listed in section 4 paragraph 2 are to be broken down according to the NACE

Rev. 1, 4-digit level (class).

2. The results for the characteristics listed in section 4 paragraph 3 are to be broken down according to the NACE

Rev. 1 section level.

Section 7

Transmission of results

The results shall be transmitted within 12 months from the end of the reference year.

Section 8

Insurance Committee

The Commission shall inform the Insurance Committee 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 transmission of results.

Section 9

Pilot studies

For the activities covered by this Annex, the Commission will institute the following pilot studies to be carried out by
Member States:

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(cid:151) the following more in-depth information on cross-border activities of pension funds:

Code

Title

Comments

11 71 0

Number of enterprises with members in other EEA countries

11 72 0

Number of enterprises with active members in other EEA countries

48 65 0

Geographical breakdown of number of members

48 65 1

Geographical breakdown of number of members of defined benefits schemes

48 65 2

Geographical breakdown of number of members of defined contributions
schemes

48 65 3

Geographical breakdown of number of members of hybrid schemes

48 65 4

Geographical breakdown of number of active members

48 65 5

Geographical breakdown of number of deferred members

48 65 6

Geographical breakdown of number of retired persons

48 65 7

Geographical breakdown of number of persons receiving a derived pension

(cid:151) the following additional information on non-autonomous pension funds:

Code

Title

Comments

48 66 1

48 66 2

48 66 3

48 66 4

Geographical breakdown of number of active members of non-autonomous
pension funds

Geographical breakdown of number of deferred members of non-autonomous
pension funds

Geographical breakdown of number of retired persons receiving a pension of
non-autonomous pension funds

Geographical breakdown of number of persons receiving a derived pension of
non-autonomous pension funds

48 09 0

Pension payments by non-autonomous pension funds

(cid:151) information on derivatives and off-balance sheet items.

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.

Section 10

Transitional period

For the purposes of this detailed module, the transition period will not exceed three years from the beginning of the first
reference year for the compilation of the statistics indicated in Section 5.