Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics
Date: 2006-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, branch of activity, business policy, company structure, competitiveness, economic statistics, statistical method

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 20.2.2006 
COM(2006) 66 final 

2006/0020 (COD)  

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

concerning structural business statistics 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1)  CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

•  Grounds for and objectives of the proposal 

In order to respond to increased need for statistical data to underpin policy making and 
monitoring,  the  proposed  regulation  improves  the  current  regulation  by  increasing 
coverage  of  service  activities,  by  adding  annexes  on  Business  Demography  and 
Business  Services  and  by  introducing  a  new  tool  to  respond  to  emerging  user  needs. 
Council  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No.  58/97  of  20  December  1996  concerning 
structural  business  statistics,  which  is  the  common  framework  for  the  collection, 
compilation,  transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on  the  structure, 
activity,  competitiveness  and  performance  of  businesses  in  the  Community,  has  been 
amended four times. Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in 
the  interests  of  clarity.  The  recast  regulation  aims  to  continue  with  the  existing 
statistical  support  for  decisions  in  current  policy  areas  and  to  satisfy  the  additional 
requirements  arising  from  new  Community  policy  initiatives,  and  from  the  ongoing 
review of statistical priorities and the necessity of the statistics produced – all this with 
a view to making best use of available resources and minimising response burden. 

Wherever  possible,  the  recast  regulation  proposes  simplifications  and  alleviation  of 
burden to balance the new requirements. In the frame of the discussion of the Annual 
Work  Programme  2005  in  their  53rd  and  54th  meetings,  the  Statistical  Programme 
Committee  welcomed  the  effort  made  by  Eurostat  to  define  negative  priorities  and 
stressed that this process should be improved. In line with the statistical programme for 
the Commission 2005 the recast combines new with negative priorities. 

•  General context 

Statistical data regarding services is missing for many services activities at the detailed 
activity level, especially within business services as this sector is very heterogeneous. 
For  example,  in  Council  Regulation  No  58/97,  manufacturing  industry  is  covered  by 
241  distinct  activities  compared  to  32  for  market  services.  The  proposal  put  forward 
concerned  inter  alia  the  adaptation  of  existing  Regulations  to  put  services  on  equal 
footing  with  manufacturing  and  the  necessity  to  consider  new  approaches  to  data 
collection. 

In  order  to  be  able  to  give  substantial  policy  recommendations  for  the  support  of 
entrepreneurship,  harmonised  data  on  business  demography,  i.e.  data  on  enterprise 
births, survivals and deaths and their respective impact on employment are required. A 
flexible  tool  is  needed  enabling  timely  response  to  newly  emerging  statistical  needs 
due  to  changing  economic  or  technical  conditions.  Currently  there  is  no  legal  text 
setting up a common framework for the systematic production of statistics on business 
services, business demography and ad hoc data collection. 

•  Existing provisions in the area of the proposal 

Council  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No  58/97  of  20  December  1996  concerning 
structural  business  statistics  (OJ  L  14,  17.1.1997,  p.  1).  This  regulation  has  been 
amended  substantively  by  Council  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No  410/98  of  16 

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February 1998 (OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 
of 6 September  2002 (OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7),  Regulation  (EC)  No  2056/2002  of 
the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  5  November  2002,  (OJ  L  317, 
21.11.2002, p. 1), Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 29 September 2003, (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). This proposal for a 
regulation  replaces  Council  Regulation  No  58/97  and  its  amendments  and  proposes 
new  amendments.  A  comprehensive  revision  of  the  NACE  nomenclature  is  in 
preparation.  It  was  discussed  whether  the  SBS  Regulation  recast  could  foresee  any 
mention of the future NACE version as regards the numerous references to its earlier 
version.  For  practical  reasons,  this  was  ruled  out  and  the  NACE  revision  will  in  any 
case have to ensure that all prior references to its earlier versions are transposed. 

•  Consistency with other policies and objectives of the Union 

Up-to-date statistics can substantially support key policy priorities such as the process 
set  in  place  by  the  Lisbon  European  Council  meeting  in  March  2000.  The  Council 
meeting  in  March  2001  in  Stockholm  subsequently  stated  that  "the  creation  of  an 
effectively functioning internal market in services is one of Europe's highest priorities". 
Statistical data is essential to better understand the real forces behind competitiveness 
and  for  giving  guidance  to  decision  making  by  business  operators,  policymakers  and 
other stakeholders and for monitoring of progress in the implementation of policy areas 
as described in the Commission Communication to the Council on the competitiveness 
of  business-related  services  and  their  contribution  to  the  performance  of  European 
enterprises. 

By  its  Decision  2000/819/EC  of  20  December  2000  the  Council  adopted  the  Multi-
Annual  Programme  enterprise  and  entrepreneurship,  and  in  particular  for  small  and 
medium-sized enterprises, with a view to making progress towards the objective set out 
by  the  European  Charter  for  Small  Enterprises.  This  programme  calls  for  indicators 
measuring  successful  entrepreneurship.  In  addition,  the  Commission  has,  on  6  April 
2005,  adopted  a  proposal  for  a  new  Competitiveness  and  Innovation  Framework 
Programme 2007-2013 (COM (2005) 0121 final). Data on business demography are an 
element  of  the  Structural  Indicators  monitoring  the  goals  set  by  the  Lisbon  Strategy. 
Furthermore,  the  Green  Paper  on  Entrepreneurship  in  Europe,  followed  by  the 
Entrepreneurship Action Plan, of the Commission calls for a benchmarking of national 
policies as regards the fostering of entrepreneurship as a source of employment. 

2)  CONSULTATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT 

•  Consultation of interested parties 

Consultation methods, main sectors targeted and general profile of respondents 

The Statistical Program Committee approved the strategy for the services statistics by 
September 2002. The need for a clearly prioritised approach within the area of services 
statistics  was  underlined  as  well  as  the  need  to  identify  negative  priorities  in  other 
fields in order to be able to comply with the requests for new statistics in the area of 
services and to balance this by a reduction of the response burden in other sectors. The 
corresponding  working  groups,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Business  Statistics 
Directors Group, which approved the action plan, were mandated to continue with the 

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development of the proposal. 

The proposed recast version was drafted based on the outcome of pilot studies, written 
consultations of both data providers and user Directorates-Generals and consultation of 
the  responsible  working  groups  (business  services  and  business  demography),  of  the 
Structural  Business  Statistics  Steering  Group  (meeting  in  November  2003,  April  and 
November  2004)  and  the  Business  Statistics  Directors  Group  (meeting  in  October 
2004) and of concerned Commission Directorates-Generals. 

Summary of responses and how they have been taken into account 

The  need  for  a  revision  of  the  Regulation  on  structural  business  statistics  was 
acknowledged  by  all  consulted  groups.  One  component  is  the  extension  for  services. 
All data is requested to be delivered on 4-digit level of the NACE REV. 1.1 in order to 
allow  for  a  finer  analysis  of  the  services  sector,  especially  computer  and  business 
services (Annex I, section 9). A new Annex on business services (Annex VIII) is added 
to  the  regulation  to  provide  data  on  turnover  broken  down  by  product  type  and  by 
residence  of  clients  in  order  to  gain  further  knowledge  on  business  services  and  the 
functioning of the internal market in this area. Annex VIII is in general supported by 
Member States. 

A  new  Annex  on  business  demography  (Annex  IX)  has  been  introduced  to  the 
regulation to provide data on business demography, i.e. on enterprise births and deaths 
as well as the survival of newly born enterprises and the related employment effects. 
Annex IX found overall agreement by the Member States. An ad hoc module for the 
flexible  conduct  of  surveys  in  response  to  newly  emerging  statistical  needs  has  been 
introduced. Some Member States raised concerns about the module and asked for the 
possibility  for  co-financing  from  the  Commission  for  the  carrying  out  of  ad  hoc  data 
collections. 

Variables especially related to gross operating surplus and labour input are moved from 
the  sector  specific  annexes  of  the  regulation  (Annexes  II-IV)  to  the  common  module 
(Annex I) to increase the availability of data in the services sector. The extension of the 
common  module  to  NACE  division  90  (Sewage  and  refuse  disposal,  sanitation  and 
similar  activities)  and  groups  92.1  (Motion  picture  and  video  activities)  and  92.2 
(Radio  and  television  activities)  and  the  planned  pilot  studies  for  sections  M 
(Education), N (Health and social work) and O (Other community, social and personal 
service  activities)  found  support  in  general,  however,  data  for  non-market  activities 
were seen as difficult to collect. In order to fulfil the requirement to, wherever possible, 
simplify and reduce the burden, the following variables have been deleted in agreement 
with data providers and users: 

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Research and development, 

Purchases of energy products from Annexes II and IV, 

Trading by enterprises from Annex III, 

Value of tangible goods acquired through financial leasing from Annexes II to IV

All optional variables. 

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All variables that are either surveyed in the framework of another regulation or 

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where data availability or quality was poor and user needs were limited. 

As  the  quality  of  the  data  was  seen  as  possibly  too  low  by  some  Member  States, 
paragraph 4 has been added to article 6 of the main body of the regulation in order to 
allow for delivery of data flagged for low accuracy in specific cases. The breakdown of 
turnover  by  type  of  activity  has  been  made  multi-annual  (Annexes  II-IV),  whilst 
turnover from the principal is kept annual. The variables were seen by Member States 
as too detailed to be collected annually with high quality. 

•  Collection and use of expertise 

There was no need for external expertise. 

•  Impact assessment 

The information required by this Regulation can be needed for drawing up, monitoring 
and  evaluating  Community  policies,  in  particular  concerning  the  internal  market  as 
well  as  enterprise,  economic,  financial,  employment  and  information  society.  The 
additional  information  can  contribute  to  improved  policies  making  and  monitoring 
including  those  measures  aimed  at  sustainable  development.  It  will  also  enable 
monitoring of business demography and its employment and social effects. 

The information that will become available via this Regulation will help businesses in 
investment  decisions  and  will  assist  enterprises  to  benchmark  their  operation  against 
the industry average. The regulation may therefore help to promote the competitiveness 
of businesses. Together with the improvement of policies, the economic impact will be 
positive.  

3)  LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

•  Summary of the proposed action 

The codified and recast regulation will be the extended framework for the collection, 
compilation,  transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on  the  structure, 
activity,  competitiveness  and  performance  of  businesses  in  the  Community.  New 
economic,  competition,  social,  environmental  and  enterprise  policies  and  guidelines 
call for initiatives and decisions based on valid statistics. The information provided for 
under  existing  Regulation  on  structural  business  statistics  or  under  any  other 
Community  legislation  or  available  in  Member  States  is  insufficient,  inadequate  or 
insufficiently comparable to serve as a reliable basis for the work of the Commission. 

•  Legal basis 

Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof. 

•  Subsidiarity principle 

The  subsidiarity  principle  applies  insofar  as  the  proposal  does  not  fall  under  the 
exclusive competence of the Community. 

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The  objectives  of  the  proposal  cannot  be  sufficiently  achieved  by  the  Member  States 
for the following reason(s). 

Community  legislation  of  structural  business  statistics  is  needed  to  set  common 
statistical  standards  for  data,  with  a  high  degree  of  comparability  between  data 
collected in different Member States. Such comparability is requested by all users, not 
only at Community level, but also within Member States. The regulation defines a set 
of  relevant  statistical  data,  together  with  the  most  important  definitions  needed  to 
ensure  the  comparability  of  the  statistics.  This  is  essential,  for  the  calculation  of  EU 
aggregates, which are in great demand by users. The likely impact of a continuation of 
the  existing  situation  can  be  the  lack  of  information  needed  by  the  users.  In  order  to 
carry  out  the  tasks  entrusted  to  it  under  the  Treaties,  especially  with  regard  to  the 
internal  market,  the  Commission  must  have  an  adequate,  meaningful,  up-to-date, 
reliable and comparable structural business statistics. 

Without  the  Regulation  Member  States  would  suffer  from  the  lack  of  harmonised 
structural business statistics across the EU and would damage significantly their own 
interests.  This  regulation  provides  the  basis  for  data  needed  for  Policy  formulation. 
Businesses  and  their  professional  associations  need  such  information  in  order  to 
understand their markets and to compare their activity and performance with those of 
their competitors, at regional, national and international level. 

Community action will better achieve the objectives of the proposal for the following 
reason(s). 

The  best  method  of  ascertaining  the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and 
performance  of  enterprises  in  the  community  consists  in  compiling  statistics  in 
accordance  with  common  methodological  principals  and  common  definitions  of 
characteristics.  It  is  only  from  coordinated  compilation  that  harmonised  statistics  can 
be drawn up with reliability and the level of detail required meeting the needs of the 
Commission and of enterprises. 

EU aggregates can be calculated only at Community level on the basis of harmonised 
statistics. 

The  national  statistics  need  to  be  co-ordinated  and  harmonised  to  provide  European 
statistics. Only the European Union is in a position to do this. 

The proposal therefore complies with the subsidiarity principle. 

•  Proportionality principle 

The proposal complies with the proportionality principle for the following reason(s). 

The  proposed  regulation  and  all  implementing  regulations  will  be  output  measures, 
defining the statistical characteristics and the breakdown by activities to be provided, 
but  leaving  Member  States  full  flexibility  in  how  to  obtain  to  data.  It  does  not  go 
beyond what is needed and it takes into account burden falling on the parties concerned 
to be minimised and proportionate. The proposed regulation does not prevent Member 
States from collecting other or more detailed statistics if they wish. 

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The recast regulation takes into account the continuation of existing statistical support 
for  decision  in  current  policy  areas  and  the  additional  requirements  from  new 
Community policy initiatives, the need for ongoing review of statistical priorities and 
the  necessity  of  the  statistics  to  be  produced.  It  aims  at  making  best  use  of  available 
resources  and  minimising  response  burden.  Wherever  possible,  the  recast  regulation 
proposes  simplifications  and  alleviation  of  burden  in  order  to  balance  the  new 
requirements. 

•  Choice of instruments 

Proposed instrument: Regulation. 

Other means would not be adequate for the following reason(s). 

The  requirements  of  the  statistics  in  this  regulation  need  direct  and  immediate 
execution in the Member States. They concern specifically identified statistical units in 
the  Member  States,  the  objective  being  clear  and  immediately  applicable  and  the 
elements to be surveyed being specified in the act together with methodology, timing 
and  periodicity.  As  such,  therefore,  they  are  not  in  general  dependant  on  national 
measures for harmonisation, and national authorities, being concerned by the measures, 
simply have to apply them.  

4)  BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

The  costs  of  the  mandatory  data  collection  in  Member  States  are  borne  by  countries. 
For pilot studies co-financing would be necessary to test the feasibility of the collection 
of  the  data  requested  by  our  main  users  but  difficult  to  collect.  The  Commission 
contribution will, following a call for proposals, take the form of grants awarded on the 
basis of grant applications submitted by Member States in advance, which will include 
estimated  cost  statement.  According  to  Article  2  of  Council  Regulation  (CE)  No 
322/97  on  Community  Statistics  national  authorities  shall  mean  national  statistical 
institutes  and  other  bodies  responsible  in  each  Member  States  for  producing 
Community statistics. Commitments of 4.950 € million have been foreseen for the year 
2007-2009 to co-finance pilot studies. 

No  technical  and  administrative  assistance  and  support  expenditure  is  foreseen. 
Existing human resources will be reallocated for the management and the needs of the 
programme,  no  other  sources  are  necessary.  Work  by  Eurostat  to  develop  and 
document  the  Community  methodology  and  to  process,  analyse  and  disseminate  data 
will be covered in full. Additional costs are expected to be marginal.  

5)  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

•  Simulation, pilot phase and transitory period 

There was or there will be a simulation or a pilot phase for the proposal. 

There was or there will be a transitory period for the proposal. 

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•  Simplification 

The proposal provides for simplification of legislation. 

25  variables  have  been  dropped  from  the  regulation.  The  regulation  has  been 
reorganised to cover the necessary data needs and the structure of the different annexes 
has  been  made  similar.  Legal  streamlining,  especially  as  regards  the  use  of 
implementing powers has been performed. The extent and use of Comitology has been 
comprehensively  and  exhaustively  listed  and  cross-referenced  throughout  the  text, 
whenever necessary to ensure clarity. 

•  Repeal of existing legislation 

The adoption of the proposal will lead to the repeal of existing legislation. 

•  Recasting 

The proposal involves recasting 

•  European Economic Area 

The proposed act concerns an EEA matter and should therefore extend to the European 
Economic Area. 

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(cid:208) 58/97 recast (adapted) 

2006/0020 (COD)  

Proposal for a  

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

concerning structural business statistics 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
213 ⌦ 285(1) ⌫ thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 

Having regard to the opinion of the ⌦ European ⌫ Economic and Social Committee2, 

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

Whereas: 

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Council  Regulation  (EC,  EURATOM)  No  58/97  of  20  December  1996  concerning 
structural  business  statistics3  has  been  substantially  amended  several  times4.  Since 
further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity. 

Regulation  (EC,  EURATOM)  No  58/97  established  a  common  framework  for  the 
collection,  compilation,  transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on  the 
structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community. 

OJ 
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OJ  L  14,  17.1.1997,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1882/2003  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p.1.) 
See Annex X. 

(1) 

(2) 

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(cid:208) 58/97 recital 1 

(1)  Whereas  in  its  resolution  of  14  November  1989  on  internal  trade  in  the  context  of  the 
internal market5 the Council requested the Commission in particular to improve trade 
statistics  by making them compatible with Community definitions and increasing, as 
far as necessary, the supply of such statistics to the Statistical Office of the European 
Communities; 

(2)  Whereas  in  Decision  92/326/EEC6  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 harmonized statistics at national and regional levels, particularly 
for the distributive trades; 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 2 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 3 

(3)  Whereas in its Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 based on Article 54 (3) (g) of the 
Treaty  on  the  annual  accounts  of  certain  types  of  companies 7  the  Council  adopted 
measures  to  improve  the  coordination  of  national  provisions  concerning  the 
presentation and content of annual accounts and annual reports, the valuation methods 
used therein and their publication in respect of certain types of company. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 4 

(4)  Whereas  the  Community  has,  in  the  mean  time,  made  substantial  progress  towards 
integration. New economic, competition, social, environmental and enterprise policies 
and  guidelines  call  for  initiatives  and  decisions  based  on  valid  statistics.  The 
information  provided  for  under  existing  Community  legislation  or  available  in 
Member  States  is  insufficient,  inadequate  or  insufficiently  comparable  to  serve  as  a 
reliable basis for the work of the Commission. 

(3) 

Decision  No  2367/2002/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  of  16 
December  2002  on  the  Community  statistical  programme  2003  to  20075 adopted  the 
programme  to  be  guided  by  the  principal  Community  policy  priorities  of  economic 
and  monetary  union,  European  Union  enlargement  and  competitiveness,  regional 

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OJ No C 297, 25. 11. 1989, p. 2. 
OJ No L 179, 1. 7. 1992, p. 131. 
OJ No L 222, 14. 8. 1978, p. 11. Directive as last amended by Directive 94/8/EC (OJ No L 82, 25.3. 
1994, p. 33). 
OJ L 358, 31.1.2002, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No 787/2004/EC (OJ L 138, 30.4.2004, 
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policy,  sustainable  development  and  the  social  agenda.  Statistics  on  the  economic 
activity of enterprises form an essential part of this programme.  

(4) 

The  regulation  should  provide  for  the  continuation  of  existing  statistical  support  for 
decisions in current policy areas and to satisfy the additional requirements arising from 
new Community policy initiatives, and from the ongoing review of statistical priorities 
and  of  the  relevance  of  the  statistics  produced,  with  a  view  to  making  best  use  of 
available resources and minimising response burden. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 5 

(5)  Whereas by its Decision 93/379/EEC8 the Council adopted a multiannual programme 
of Community measures to intensify the priority areas and to ensure the continuity and 
consolidation  of  policy  for  enterprise,  in  particular  small  and  medium-sized 
enterprises,  in  the  Community;  whereas  statistics  are  needed  to  assess  the  impact  of 
the  measures  undertaken  to  achieve  the  objectives  laid  down  in  the  Decision,  in 
particular  to  have  statistics  which  are  comparable  for  businesses  of  all  sectors, 
statistics on the national and international subcontracting relations between businesses 
and  improved  statistics  on  small  and  medium-sized  enterprises;  whereas  these  needs 
must  not  lead  to  the  imposition  of  unreasonably  onerous  reporting  requirements  on 
small and medium-sized enterprises; 

(6)  Whereas  in  its  Decision  93/464/EEC9  the  Council  adopted  a  framework  programme 

for priority actions in the field of statistical information for 1993 to 1997; 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 6 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 7 

(7)  Whereas  there  is  a  need  for  statistics  on  business  conduct,  in  particular  concerning 
research,  development  and  innovation,  environmental  protection,  investment,  eco-
industries, 
the 
Community and the operation of the internal market increase the need for comparable 
data on the structure of earnings of employees, the cost of labour and on training. 

industries.  The  development  of 

tourism  and  high-technology 

(8)  Whereas there is a need for complete and reliable statistical sources in order to enable 
a correct application of Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom of 13 February 1989 
on  the  harmonization  of  the  compilation  of  the  gross  national  product  at  market 
prices10. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 8 

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OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 68. 
OJ No L 219, 28. 8. 1993, p. 1. 
OJ No L 49, 21. 2. 1989, p. 26. 

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(9)  Whereas the compilation of national and regional accounts according to the European 
system  of  integrated  economic  accounts  (ESA11)  requires  the  development  of 
comparable, complete and reliable statistical sources. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 9 

(10)  Whereas there is a need for regional indicators and accounts. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 10 

(11)  Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to it under the  Treaties, especially 
with regard to the internal market, the Commission must have exhaustive, up-to-date, 
reliable  and  comparable  information  on  the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and 
performance of enterprises in the Community. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 11 

(12)  Whereas  standardization  is  required  to  meet  Community  needs  for  information 

concerning economic convergence. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 12 

(13)  Whereas businesses and their professional associations need such information in order 
to understand their markets and to compare their activity and performance with those 
of their competitors, at regional, national and international level. 

(cid:208) 58/97 recital 13 

(14)  Whereas  the  creation  of  common  statistical  standards  that  permit  the  production  of 
harmonized data is an action which can only be undertaken efficiently at Community 
level. Such standards will be implemented in each Member State under the authority 
of the bodies and institutions in charge of compiling official statistics. 

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(15)  Whereas  the  best  method  of  ascertaining  the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and 
performance  of  enterprises  in  the  Community  consists  in  compiling  statistics  in 
accordance  with  common  methodological  principles  and  common  definitions  of 

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Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional 
accounts in the Community, OJ L 310 , 30.11.1996, p. 1. 

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characteristics. It is only from coordinated compilation that harmonized statistics can 
be drawn up with reliability, speed, flexibility and the level of detail required to meet 
the needs of the Commission and of enterprises. 

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(16)  Whereas  the  definition  of  kind-of-activity  units  (KAU)12 corresponds  to  one  or  more 
operational subdivisions of the enterprise. For a KAU to be observable, the enterprise's 
information system must be capable of indicating 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.  KAUs  falling  within  a 
particular  heading  in  the  statistical  classification  of  economic  activities  in  the 
European  Community13  (NACE  REV.  1)  can  produce  products  outside 
the 
homogeneous  group,  on  account  of  secondary  activities  connected  with  them  which 
cannot  be  separately  identified  from  available  accounting  documents.  It  can  be 
concluded  that  the  enterprise  and  the  KAU  are  indentical  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; 

(17)  Whereas  the  statistical  data  compiled  within  a  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.  It  is  therefore  necessary  to  establish 
jointly the criteria enabling these requirements to be met. 

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(18)  Whereas  it  is  necessary  to  simplify  the  administrative  procedures  for  enterprises, 
particularly  small  and  medium-sized  enterprises,  including  the  promotion  of  new 
technologies for data collection and compilation of statistics. It may still be necessary 
to  collect  directly  from  enterprises  the  data  necessary  to  compile  structural  business 
statistics,  using  methods  and  techniques  which  will  ensure  that  they  are  exhaustive, 
reliable and up to date, without giving rise for the parties concerned, in particular for 
small and medium-sized enterprises, to a burden which is disproportionate in relation 
to the results which users of the statistics can reasonably expect. 

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13 

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, OJ No L 76, 30.03.1993 p. 1. 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic 
activities  in  the  European  Community,  OJ  No  L  293,  24.10.1990,  as  last  amended  by  Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 29/2002 of 19 December 2001, OJ No L 6, 10.1.2002, p. 3. 

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(19)  Whereas the signing of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has led 
to a substantial need for information on the size of the signatories' markets and their 
shares of those markets for the purpose of managing and developing that Agreement; 

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(20) 

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. 

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(21)  Whereas Directive No 64/475/EEC14 and Directive No 72/221/EEC15, which aimed to 
provide a body of coherent statistics, have not been able to take account of economic 
and technical changes that have occurred since their adoption and should therefore be 
repealed; 

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(22)  Whereas,  in  order  to  enable  the  rules  for  the  collection  and  statistical  processing  of 
data  and  for  processing  and  transmission  of  the  results  to  be  clarified  further,  it  is 
necessary  to  confer  on  the  Commission,  assisted  by  the  Statistical  Programme 
Committee set up by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom16, the power to adopt measures 
for the application of this Regulation. 

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(5) 

There  is  an  increasing  need  for  data  on  services,  in  particular  business  services. 
Statistics are needed for the economic analysis and policy formulation on what is the 
most  dynamic  sector  of  modern  economies,  especially,  in  terms  of  its  potential  for 
growth  and  employment  creation.  The  Lisbon  European  Council  meeting  in  March 
2000  highlighted  the  importance  of  services.  The  measurement  of  turnover  broken 
down to detailed service products is a necessary prerequisite for a true understanding 
of  the  services’  role  in  the  economy.  The  Stockholm  European  Council  meeting  in 
March 2001 concluded that the creation of effectively functioning internal markets for 
services is one of Europe’s highest priorities. Statistics by detailed service products on 
cross-border trade are essential to the monitoring of the functioning of internal markets 

14 

15 

16 

Council Directive 64/475/EEC of 30 July 1964 concerning coordinated annual surveys of investment in 
industry (OJ No L 131, 13. 8. 1964, p. 2193). Directive as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession. 
Council  Directive  72/211/EEC  of  6  June  1972  concerning  coordinated  annual  surveys  of  industrial 
activity (OJ No L 133, 10. 6. 1972, p. 57). Directive as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession. 
OJ No L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47. 

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(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

(10) 

for  services,  the  evaluation  of  the  competitiveness  of  services  and  the  assessment  of 
the impact of barriers on trade in service. 

There is a need for data on business demography, in particular as they are an element 
of  the  Structural  Indicators,  established  for  monitoring  the  achievements  concerning 
the  goals  set  by  the  Lisbon  Strategy.  In  addition,  harmonised  data  on  business 
demography and their respective impact on employment are necessary to substantiate 
policy recommendations for the support of entrepreneurship. 

There is a need for a flexible tool within the statistical framework which can respond 
in a quick and timely manner to emerging user needs resulting from the increasingly 
dynamic,  innovative  and  complex  characteristics  of  the  knowledge-based  economy. 
Linking  such  ad  hoc  data  collections  with  the  ongoing  collection  of  Structural 
Business Statistics data brings value added to the information gathered in both surveys 
and  can  reduce  the  total  burden  on  respondents  by  avoiding  duplication  of  data 
collection. 

It  is  necessary  to  provide  for  a  procedure  for  the  adoption  of  measures  for  the 
implementation  of  this  Regulation  in  order  to  enable  the  rules  for  the  collection  and 
statistical  processing of  data and for processing and transmission of the results  to be 
clarified further. 

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted 
in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission6. 

If  the  Commission,  on  the  basis  of  the  evaluation  of  pilot  studies  concerning  non-
market activities in Sections M to O of NACE Rev. 1.1, according to Annex I, Section 
10, paragraph 1, and Annex IX, Section 12, deems it necessary to expand the current 
scope of this Regulation it should make a proposal in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty. 

(11)  Since the objectives of the action to be taken, namely to provide harmonised data on 
the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and  performance  of  businesses  in  the 
Community, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, 
by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Community level, 
the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity 
as  set  out  in  Article  5  of  the  Treaty.  In  accordance  with  the  principle  of 
proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is 
necessary in order to achieve those objectives. 

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Article 1 

⌦ Subject matter ⌫ 

The  objective  of  tThis  Regulation  shall  be  to  establish  ⌦ establishes ⌫  a  common 
framework  for  the  collection,  compilation,  transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community 
statistics  on  the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and  performance  of  businesses  in  the 
Community. 

Article 2 

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The compilation of statistics shall have as its purpose, in particular, to analyse: 

(i)(a) 

the structure and evolution of the activities of businesses; 

(ii)(b) 

the  factors  of  production  used  and  other  elements  allowing  business  activity, 
performance and competitiveness to be measured; 

(iii)(c) 

the regional, national, Community and international development of businesses and 
markets; 

(iv)(d)  business conduct; 

(v)(e) 

small and medium-sized enterprises;  

(vi)(f) 

of 
specific 
⌦ breakdown ⌫ of activities. 

characteristics 

enterprises 

related 

to 

particular 

groupings 

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Article ⌦ 2 ⌫ 3 

⌦ Scope ⌫ 

1.  This  Regulation  shall  cover  all  market  activities  in  Sections  C  to  K  and  M  to  O  of  the 
statistical  classification  of  economic  activities  in  the  European  Community  (NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ ). 

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2. Statistical units of the types listed in Section I of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 696/937 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in 
the  European  Community  and  which  are  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 ⌫ shall be specified in the Annexes to this Regulation. 

Article ⌦ 3 ⌫ 4 

⌦ Modules ⌫ 

1. The statistics to be compiled for the areas referred to in Article ⌦ 1 ⌫ 2 shall be grouped 
as modules. The modules shall be ⌦ as ⌫ defined in the Annexes to this Regulation. 

2. The modules in this Regulation shall be: 

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(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

a  common  module  for  annual  structural  statistics  ⌦ ,  as ⌫  defined  in  Annex 
⌦ I ⌫ 1,; 

a  detailed  module  for  structural  statistics  in  industry  ⌦ ,  as ⌫  defined  in  Annex 
⌦ II ⌫ 2,; 

a  detailed  module  for  structural  statistics  in  trade  ⌦ ,  as ⌫  defined  in  Annex 
⌦ III ⌫ 3,; 

a detailed module for structural statistics in construction ⌦ , as ⌫ defined in Annex 
⌦ IV ⌫ 4; 

(e) 

a detailed module for structural statistics in insurance ⌦ , as ⌫ defined in Annex 
⌦ V ⌫ 5; 

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(f) 

a detailed module for structural statistics on credit institutions ⌦ , as ⌫ defined in 
Annex ⌦ VI ⌫ 6; 

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(g) 

a  detailed  module  for  structural  statistics  on  pension  funds  ⌦ ,  as ⌫  defined  in 
Annex ⌦ VII ⌫ 7.; 

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(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

a detailed module for structural statistics on business services, as defined in Annex 
VIII; 

a  detailed  module  for  structural  statistics  on  business  demography,  as  defined  in 
Annex IX;  

a  flexible  module  for  the  conduct  of  a  small  ad  hoc  data  collection  of  enterprise 
characteristics. 

2.3. The following information shall be laid down in each module: 

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(i)(a) 

the  activities  for  which  the  statistics  are  to  be  compiled,  drawn  from  the  coverage 
indicated in Article ⌦ 2 ⌫ 3 (1); 

(ii)(b) 

the types of statistical unit to be used for the compilation of the statistics, drawn from 
the list of statistical units referred to in Article ⌦ 2 ⌫ 3 (2); 

(iii)(c) 

lists of characteristics for which statistics are to be compiled for the ⌦ areas referred 
to ⌫  domains  listed  in  Article  ⌦ 1 ⌫  2  and  the  reference  periods  for  those 
characteristics; 

(iv) 

a list of statistics to be compiled on business demography; 

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(v)(d) 

the  frequency  for  the  compilation  of  the  statistics,  which  shall  be  yearly  or  multi-
yearly.  If  the  compilation  is  multi-yearly,  it  shall  be  done  at  least  once  every  10 
years; 

(vi)(e) 

the timetable showing the first reference years for the statistics to be compiled; 

(vii)(f) 

the standards relating to representativeness and quality evaluation; 

(viii)(g)  the period of time from the end of the reference period within which the statistics are 

to be transmitted; 

(ix)(h) 

the maximum length of the transitional period which may be conceded. 

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4. The frequency, topics, list of characteristics, reference period, activities to be covered and 
quality standards of the flexible module referred to in point (j) of the second paragraph shall 
be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12 (2) at least 12 month 
before the beginning of the reference period.  

The scope of the flexible module shall be restricted in order to limit the burden on businesses 
and the costs for data collection by Member States.  

The  costs  of  such  data  collection  may  be  co-financed  by  the  Commission  using  established 
procedures. 

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Article 4 

Pilot studies 

1. A series of pilot studies shall be instituted by the Commission and carried out by Member 
States as specified in the Annexes. The Commission shall award grants to national authorities 
within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 322/978, following a Call for 
Proposals. 

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

3.  The  Commission  shall  inform  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  of  the  results  of 
pilot studies. 

4.  On  the  basis  of  the  evaluation  of  the  pilot  studies,  the  Commission  shall  adopt  the 
necessary implementation measures in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12 
(2).  

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Article ⌦ 5 ⌫ 6 

⌦ Acquisition of data ⌫ 

1. Member States shall acquire the necessary data for the observation of the characteristics in 
the lists referred to in the modules in Article ⌦ 3 ⌫ 5. 

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

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(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

compulsory  surveys:  the  legal  units,  to  which  the  statistical  units  called  on  by  the 
Member  States  belong  or  of  which  they  are  composed,  shall  be  obliged  to  give 
accurate and complete information within the prescribed deadlines, 

other sources which are at least equivalent as regards accuracy and quality, 

statistical  estimation  procedures  where  some  of  the  characteristics  have  not  been 
observed for all of the units. 

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3. In order to reduce response burdens, the national authorities and the Community authority 
shall, under the limits and the conditions fixed by each Member State and by the Commission 
in their respective spheres of competence, have access to administrative data sources covering 
the  fields  of  activity  of  their  own  public  administrations  to  the  extent  that  these  data  are 
necessary to meet the accuracy requirements referred to in Article ⌦ 6 ⌫ 7. 

4.  Member  States  and  the  Commission,  within  their  respective  fields  of  competence,  shall 
promote the conditions for increased use of electronic data transmission and automatic data-
processing. 

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Article ⌦ 6 ⌫ 7 

⌦ Accuracy ⌫ 

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1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the data transmitted reflect 
the structure of the population of the statistical units laid down in the Annexes. 

2. Quality evaluation shall be carried out comparing the benefits of the availability of the data 
with the costs of collection and the burden on business, especially on small enterprises. 

3.  Member  States  shall  transmit  to  the  Commission,  at  its  request,  all  the  information 
necessary for the evaluation referred to in paragraph 2. 

4. In specific cases where a low accuracy at national level has been indicated by a Member 
State for a specific NACE Rev. 1.1 class, the Commission (Eurostat) may consider using the 
data transmitted only for compiling aggregates at Community level. 

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Article ⌦ 7 ⌫ 8 

⌦ Comparability ⌫ 

1.  From  the  collected  and  estimated  data  Member  States  shall  produce  comparable  results, 
following  the  breakdown  stipulated  for  each  module  in  Article  ⌦ 3 ⌫  5  ⌦ and  the 
respective Annexes. ⌫ 

2.  In  order  that  Community  aggregates  may  be  compiled,  Member  States  will  ⌦ shall ⌫ 
produce component national results according to the levels of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ , laid 
down  in  the  modules  in  the  Annexes,  or  determined  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid 
down ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 12 ⌫ 13 ⌦ (2) ⌫ . 

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⌦ Transmission of results ⌫ 

1.  Member  States  shall  transmit  the  results  provided  for  in  Article  ⌦ 7 ⌫  8  of  this 
Regulation, including confidential data, to the Statistical Office of the European Communities 
in  accordance  with  the  existing  Community  provisions  on  transmission  of  data  subject  to 
statistical  confidentiality ⌦ ,  in  particular  Council  Regulation  (EURATOM,  EEC)  No 
1588/909 ⌫. These Community provisions shall apply to the treatment of the results, in so far 
as they include confidential data. 

2. The results shall be transmitted in an appropriate technical format, and within a period of 
time from the end of the reference period which shall be laid down ⌦ in accordance with the 
procedure referred to in Article 12 (2) ⌫ for each module referred to in Article ⌦ 3 ⌫ 5 
and shall be no longer than 18 months. In addition, a small number of estimated preliminary 
results shall be transmitted within a period of time from the end of the reference period which 
shall  be  laid  down ⌦ in  accordance  with  that  procedure ⌫  for  each  module  referred  to  in 
Article ⌦ 3 ⌫ 5 and shall be no longer than 10 months. 

Article ⌦ 9 ⌫ 10 

⌦ Information on implementation ⌫ 

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

Article ⌦ 10 ⌫ 11 

⌦ Transitional periods ⌫ 

1.  During  the  transitional  periods,  derogations  from  the  provisions  of  the  Annexes  may  be 
accepted ⌦ granted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12 (2) ⌫ in so 
far as the national statistical systems require major adaptations. 

2.  A  supplementary  transitional  period  (cid:214) Supplementary  transitional  periods (cid:213)  may  be 
⌦ granted ⌫  accorded  to  a  Member  State  for  the  compilation  of  statistics  where  it  is 
impossible  to  ⌦ comply  with ⌫  meet  the  provisions  of  this  Regulation  because  of 
derogations granted pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/9310 of 22 July 1993 on 
Community coordination in drawing up business registers for statistical purposes . 

3. The obligations under this Regulation shall be fully applied by Member States by the end of 
the transitional periods. 

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⌦ Implementing measures ⌫ 

The  Commission  shall  determine,  under  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  13,  tThe 
procedures  for  implementing  this  Regulation  including  the  measures  for  adjustment  to 
economic and technical developments concerning the collection and statistical processing of 
data, the processing and the transmission of the results, ⌦ shall be determined in accordance 
with the procedure referred to in Article 12 (2) ⌫, taking into consideration the principle that 
the  benefits  of  the  measure  must  outweigh  its  cost  and  provided  that  major  additional 
resources are not involved either for the Member States or for enterprises as compared with 
the  original  provisions  of  this  Regulation.  ⌦ Implementing  measures  concern ⌫  in 
particular: 

(a)(i) 

the  updating  of  the  lists  of  characteristics,  statistics  on  business  demography  and 
preliminary  results  in  so  far  as  such updating,  after  a  quantitative  assessment,  does 
not  imply  an  increase  in  the  number  of  units  surveyed  nor  a  burden  on  the  units 
which is disproportionate to the anticipated results (Articles ⌦ 3 ⌫ 4 and ⌦ 8 ⌫ 
9 ⌦ and Annex I, Section 6, Annex III, Section 6, Annex IV, Section 6, and Annex 
IX, Section 10 ⌫ ); 

(b)(ii) 

the  frequency  of  the  compilation  of  the  statistics  (Article  ⌦ 3  and  Annex  III, 
Section 3, paragraph 3, and Annex IV, Section 3, paragraph 3 ⌫ 4); 

(c)(iii) 

the definitions of the characteristics and their relevance for certain activities (Article 
⌦ 3 and Annex I, Section 4, paragraph 1 ⌫ 4); 

(d)(iv) 

the definition of the reference period (Article ⌦ 3 ⌫ 4); 

(e)(v) 

the  first  reference  year  for  the  compilation  of  the  preliminary  results  (Article ⌦ 8 
and Annex I, Section 5 ⌫ 9); 

(f)(vi)  criteria for the evaluation of quality (Article 7 ⌦ 6 and Annex II, Section 6 ⌫ ); 

(g)(vii)  the  breakdown  of  results,  in  particular  the  classifications  to  be  used  and  the 
combinations of the size classes (Article ⌦ 7 and Annex VIII, Section 4, paragraphs 
2 and 3, and Annex IX, Section 8, paragraphs 2 and 3 ⌫ 8); 

(h)(viii)  the  appropriate  technical  format  for  the  transmission  of  results  (Article  ⌦ 8  and 

Annex I, Section 9, paragraph 2, and Annex VI, Section 8 ⌫ 9); 

(i)(ix) 

the  updating  of  the  periods  of  time  for  the  transmission  of  data  (Article  ⌦ 8  and 
Annex I, Section 9, paragraph 1, and Annex VI, Section 7 ⌫ 9); 

(j)(x) 

the transitional period and derogations from the provisions of this Regulation granted 
during  that  period  (Article ⌦ 10 ⌫  11 ⌦ and  Annex  II,  Section  10,  Annex  VII, 
Section 10, and Annex VIII, Section 8 ⌫ ); 

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(k) 

(l) 

(m) 

the  adaptation  of  the  breakdown  of  activities  to  amendments  or  revisions  of  the 
NACE.  

the frequency, topics, list of characteristics, reference period, activities to be covered 
and quality standards of the flexible module referred to in Article 3 (2) j; 

the procedures to be followed in relation to the ad hoc data collections referred to in 
Annex II, Sections 3 and 4, Annex III, Section 3, paragraph 3, and Annex IV, Section 
3, paragraph 3.  

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Article ⌦ 12 ⌫ 13 

⌦ Committee ⌫ 

1.  The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the  Statistical  Programme  Committee  set  up  by 
Decision 89/382/EEC, EURATOM, hereinafter referred to as «the Committee». 

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pt. 69 

2.  Where  reference  is  made  to  this  ⌦ paragraph ⌫  Article,  Articles  5  and  7  of  Decision 
1999/468/EC11 shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. 

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pt. 69 (adapted) 

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months. 

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. 

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pt. 69  

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Article ⌦ 13 ⌫ 14 

⌦ Report ⌫ 

1. 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 quality 
and the burden on business. 

2. In the reports referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall propose any amendments it 
considers necessary. 

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Article 15 

Directives 64/475/EEC and 72/221/EEC shall cease to apply after the transmission of all the 
data for the 1994 reference year. 

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Article 14  

Repeal  

Regulation (EC, EURATOM) No 58/97 is repealed. 

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this regulation and 
shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex XI. 

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Article ⌦ 15 ⌫ 16 

⌦ Entry into force ⌫ 

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

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

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the European Parliament 
The President 
[…] 

For the Council 
The President 
[…]

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ANNEX ⌦ I ⌫ 1 

A COMMON MODULE FOR ANNUAL STRUCTURAL STATISTICS 

SECTION 1 

Aims 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
the  structure,  activity, 
competitiveness and performance of business in the Member States. 

SECTION 2 

Scope 

The  statistics  to  be  compiled  relate  to  the  domains  referred  to  in  Article  ⌦ 1 ⌫  2  (i)(a), 
(ii)(b),  and  (iii)(c)  ⌦ and  (e) ⌫  of  this  Regulation,  in  particular  to  the  analysis  of  value-
added and of its main components. 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

1. 

2. 

The statistics are to be compiled for the activities listed in Section 9. 

Pilot studies are to be conducted for the activities ⌦ mentioned ⌫ listed in Section 
10. 

SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

1. 

2. 

The  lists  of  characteristics  set  out  below  indicate,  where  relevant,  the  type  of 
statistical unit for which the statistics are to be compiled. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

The Commission will, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of 
this  Regulation, lay  down tThe corresponding titles of the characteristics for which 
the statistics are to be compiled on activities in Section J of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 
which correspond most closely to those listed in paragraphs 3 to 5 ⌦ shall be laid 
down  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  in  Article  12  (2)  of  this 
Regulation ⌫ . 

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3. 

Yearly demographic statistics: 

(cid:208) 58/97 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 11 0  Number of enterprises 

11 21 0  Number of local units 

4. 

Enterprise characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled complied: 

(cid:208) 58/97 

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt.1 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

Code 

Title 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

Comment 

12 11 0 

Turnover 

12 12 0 

Production value 

12 15 0 

Value-added at factor cost 

(cid:214) 12 17 0 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Gross operating surplus (cid:213) 

13 11 0 

Total purchases of goods and services 

13 12 0 

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

(cid:214) 13 13 1 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Payments for agency workers (cid:213) 

13 31 0 

Personnel costs 

13 32 0 

Wages and salaries 

13 33 0 

Social security costs 

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⌦ Data related to the capital account ⌫ 

15 11 0 

Gross investment in tangible goods 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0 

Number of persons employed 

16 13 0 

Number of employees 

(cid:214) 16 13 1 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Number of part-time employees (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 16 14 0 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Number of employees in full-time equivalent units (cid:213) 

5. 

Characteristics for which yearly regional statistics are to be compiled: 

(cid:208) 58/97 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

13 32 0  Wages and salaries 

15 11 0  Gross investment in tangible goods  Optional 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

6. 

Pilot studies are to be conducted for the characteristics listed in Section 10. 

(cid:208) 58/97 

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SECTION 5 

First reference year 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 2056/2002 Art. 2 pt.1 
(cid:214) new 

The first reference year for which statistics are to be compiled is the calendar year (cid:214) 2006 for 
characteristics  12 17 0,  13 13 1,  16 13 1  and  16 14 0 and  (cid:213)  1995  (cid:214) for  all  other 
characteristics.  Data  shall  be  compiled  according 
the  breakdown  of  Section 
9.(cid:213) (cid:206)1 However the first reference year for which statistics on the activity classes covered 
by  the  NACE  REV.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫  group  65.2  and  division  67  are  to  be  compiled,  shall  be 
decided in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article ⌦ 12 ⌫ 
13 ⌦ (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. (cid:205)  

to 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

SECTION 6 

Report on the quality of statistics 

For  each  of  the (cid:214) key (cid:213) characteristics  listed  in  Section  4,  point  4,  Member  States 
⌦ shall ⌫ will indicate the degree of precision by reference to a confidence level of 95%, 
which  the  Commission  ⌦ shall ⌫  will  include  in  the  report  provided  for  in  Article 
⌦ 13 ⌫ 14 of this Regulation, taking account of the application in each Member States of 
that Article. (cid:214) The  key characteristics  shall be  laid down in  accordance with the  procedure 
referred to in Article 12 (2) of this Regulation. (cid:213)  

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

SECTION 7 

Production of results 

1. 

2. 

The  results  are  to  be  broken  down  to  the  ⌦ class ⌫  level  of  the  groupings  of 
activities listed in Section 9. 

Some results are also to be broken down into size classes for each group of Sections 
C  to  G  (cid:214) K (cid:213)  and  of  (cid:214) division  90,  sewage  and  refuse  disposal,  sanitation  and 
similar activities, and for group 92.1, motion picture and video activities, and group 
92.2, radio and television activities (cid:213) to the level of the groupings listed in Section 9 
for the other sections. of NACE REV. 1. ⌦ 1 ⌫. 

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3. 

The  results  of  the  regional  statistics  are  to  be  broken  down  to  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ 2-digit level (divisions) and level II of the nomenclature of territorial units 
(NUTS ⌦ 12 ⌫ ). 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 2 pt. 2 
(adapted) 

SECTION 8 

Transmission of results 

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 ⌦ .1 ⌫ activity class 65.11 and the activities 
of  NACE  REV.  1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ covered  by  Annexes ⌦ V,  VI  and  VII ⌫  5,  6  and  7.  For  the 
NACE  REV.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫ activity  class  65.11  the  transmission  delay  is  10  months.  For  the 
activities covered by Annexes ⌦ V, VI and VII ⌫ 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  ⌦ .1 ⌫  group  65.2  and  division  67  shall  be  decided  in 
accordance  with  the  procedure  ⌦ referred  to ⌫  laid  down  in  Article  ⌦ 12 ⌫  13 
⌦ (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. 

2. Except for the divisions 65 and 66 of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ , 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: 

⌦ Code ⌫ 

⌦ Title ⌫ 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0 

Turnover 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0 

Number of persons employed 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 2 pt. 2 
(adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

These  preliminary  results  or  estimates  are  to  be  broken  down  to  NACE  REV.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫ 
three-digit  level  (group)  (cid:214) from  reference  year  2006  onwards. Until  reference  year  2005 
included the breakdown for Section H, I and K of NACE REV. 1.1 shall be according to the 

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the  Council 
Regulation 
of  26  May  2003  on  the  establishment  of  a  common  classification  of  territorial  units  for  statistics 
(NUTS), OJ L 154 , 21.06.2003, p. 1. 

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breakdown listed in section 9.(cid:213) , 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 division 
67 of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ , the transmission of preliminary results or estimates shall be 
decided  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  laid  down  in  Article  ⌦  12 ⌫  13 
⌦ (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 9 

⌦ Breakdown ⌫ Groupings of activities 

The following groupings of activities refer to the NACE REV. 1 classification. 

(cid:216) (new) 

1.  From  reference  year  2006  onwards,  data  are  to  be  compiled  according  to  the  following 
breakdown  of  activities  of  NACE  REV.  1.1  classification.  However  the  first  reference  year 
for  which  statistics  on  the  activity  classes  covered  by  the  NACE  REV.  1.1  group  65.2  and 
division 67 are to be compiled, shall be decided in accordance with the procedure referred to 
in Article 12 (2) of this Regulation. 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results broken down to the classes of NACE REV. 1.1 for Sections C to K and to the 
following classes of NACE REV. 1.1 for Section O:  

Class 

Title 

90.01 

Collection and treatment of sewage 

90.02 

Collection and treatment of other waste 

90.03 

Sanitation, remediation and similar activities 

92.11 

Motion picture and video production 

92.12 

Motion picture and video distribution 

92.13 

Motion picture projection 

92.20 

Radio and television activities 

2.  Until  reference  year  2005  included,  data  are  to  be  compiled  according  to  the  following 
breakdown of activities of the NACE REV. 1.1 classification: 

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SECTIONS C, D, E AND F 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

Mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas and water supply; construction. 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  ⌦ shall ⌫  will  transmit 
component national results broken down to the classes of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ . 

SECTION G 

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household 
goods. 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  ⌦ shall ⌫  will  transmit 
component national results broken down to the classes of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ . 

SECTION H 

Hotels and restaurants 

55.1 + 55.2 

«Hotels» and «Campsites and other provision of short-stay 
accommodation» 

55.3 + 55.4 + 5
5.5 

«Restaurants» and «Bars» and «Canteens and catering» 

SECTION I 

Transport, storage and communication 

60.1 

Transport via railways 

60.21 + 60.22 + 6
0.23 

«Other land transport» without «freight transport by road» 

60.24 

Freight transport by road 

60.3 

61.1 

61.2 

62 

Transport via pipelines 

Sea and coastal water transport 

Inland water transport 

Air transport 

63.1 + 63.2 + 63.4  «Supporting and auxiliary transport activities» without «activities of 

travel agencies and tour operators; tourist assistance activities nec» 

63.3 

«Activities of travel agencies and tour operators; tourist assistance 

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64.11 

64.12 

64.2 

activities nec» 

National post activities 

Courier activities other than national post activities 

Telecommunications 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 2.3 (adapted) 

SECTION J 

Financial intermediation 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  ⌦ shall ⌫  will  transmit 
component national results broken down to the classes of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ . 

SECTION K 

(cid:208) 58/97 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 2.3 

Real estate, renting and business activities 

70 

Real estate activities 

71.1 + 71.2 

«Renting of automobiles» and «renting of other transport 
equipment» 

71.3 

71.4 

72 

73 

Renting of other machinery and equipment 

Renting of personal and household houshold goods nec 

Computer-related activities 

Research and development 

74.11 + 74.12 + 74.14 
+ 74.15 

«Legal activities» and «accounting bookkeeping and auditing 
activities, tax consultancy» and «business and management 
consultancy activities» and «management activities of holding 
companies» 

74.13 

Market research and public opinion polling 

74.2 + 74.3 

«Architectural and engineering activities and related technical 

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74.4 

74.5 

74.6 

74.7 

74.8 

consultancy» and «Technical testing and analysis» 

Advertising 

Labour recruitment and provision of personnel 

Investigation and security activities 

Industrial cleaning 

Other business activities nec 

SECTION 10 

Reports and pilot studies 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 2056/2002 Art. 2 pt. 4 
(cid:214) new 

(cid:214) 1.  A series of pilot studies for activities under Sections M to O of NACE REV. 1.1 shall 
be  instituted  by  the  Commission to  test  the  feasibility  of  covering  market  and  non-
market activities in these Sections. If the Commission, on the basis of the evaluation 
of pilot studies concerning non-market activities in Sections M to O of NACE Rev. 
1.1, deems it necessary to expand the current scope of this Regulation, it shall make a 
proposal in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty. (cid:213) 
(cid:206)1 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:205)  The  Commission  will,  in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of this Regulation, institute a 
series of pilot studies for these activities to be completed by Member States for the 
1998  reference  year  at  the  latest.  These  pilot  studies  will  be  carried  out  in  order  to 
assess the feasibility of collecting the data necessary for the compilation of results for 
these  activities,  taking  into  account  the  benefits  of  the  avaibility  of  the  data  in 
relation to the cost of collection and the burden on business. 

(cid:208) 58/97 

2. 

For  the  activities  listed  in  Section  9,  Member  States  will  provide  the  Commission 
with a report relating to the availability of the necessary data for the compilation of 
results for the following characteristics: 

Code 

Title 

12 18 0  Financial surplus 

Comment 

Legal persons only 

14 11 0  Turnover from intra-Community deliveries of goods and 

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14 12 0  Turnover from extra-Community exports of goods and 

services 

14 21 0 

Intra-Community acquisitions of goods and services 

14 22 0  Extra-Community imports of goods and services 

15 11 0  Gross investment in tangible goods 

For regional data 
only 

2. 

3. 

4. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

The  Commission  ⌦ shall ⌫  will,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in 
Article 13 of this Regulation, institute a series of pilot studies for (cid:214) characteristics 
relating  to  financial  accounts,  intangible  investments  and  forms  for  organising  the 
production system. (cid:213) these characteristics to be completed by Member States for the 
1998  reference  year  at  the  latest  These  pilot  studies  (cid:214) shall  be  adapted  to  the 
specificities  of  the  sectors(cid:213)  will  be  carried  out  in  order  to  assess  the  feasibility  of 
collecting the data necessary for the compilation of results for this breakdown, taking 
into  account  the  benefits  of  the  data  in  relation  to  the  costs  of  collection  and  the 
burden on business. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (new) 

For sections G to K of NACE REV. 1, Member States will provide the Commission 
with a report relating to the availability of the necessary data for the breakdown of 
results according to the existence or otherwise of a majority control by non-resident 
enterprises  as  defined  in  the  GATS.  The  Commission  will,  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure laid down in Article 13 of this Regulation, institute a series of pilot studies 
for this breakdown to be completed for the 1998 reference year at the latest. These 
pilot studies will be carried out in order to assess the feasibility of collecting the data 
necessary for the compilation of results for this breakdown, taking into account the 
benefits of the data in relation to the costs of collection and the burden on business. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (new) 

The Commission will inform the Council of the possibilities of compiling statistics 
for the activities, characteristics and breakdowns listed in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and 
will  include  a  recommendation  on  the  addition  of  some  or  all  of  these  activities, 
characteristics and breakdowns to the lists in Sections 4, 7 and 9. 

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SECTION 11 

Transitional period 

For  the  purposes  of  the  common  module  defined  in  this  Annex,  the  transitional  period 
⌦ shall ⌫  will not  extend  more  than  four  years  beyond  the  first  reference  years  for  the 
compilation of the statistics indicated in Section 5. 

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ANNEX II2 

SECTION 1 

Aims 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
the  structure,  activity, 
competitiveness and performance of the industry sector. 

SECTION 2 

Scope 

The  statistics  to  be  compiled  relate  to  the  domains  referred  to  in  Article  ⌦ 1 ⌫  2  (a)(i), 
(b)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(iv) and (e)(v) of this Regulation, in particular to: 

– 

– 

a central list of statistics for a detailed analysis of the structure, activity, performance 
and competitiveness of industrial activities, 

a further list of statistics for the study of special subjects. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

The statistics are to be compiled for all activities classified within the coverage of Sections C, 
D  and  E  of  NACE  REV.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫  .  These  sections  cover  the  activities  of  mining  and 
quarrying  (C),  manufacturing  (D)  and  electricity,  gas  and  water  supply  (E).  Enterprise 
statistics  ⌦ shall ⌫  will  relate  to  the  population  of  all  enterprises  classified  according  to 
their main activity in Sections C, D and E. 

SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

(cid:208) 58/97 

1. 

The  lists  of  characteristics  and  statistics  set  out  below  indicate,  where  relevant,  the 
type of statistical unit for which the statistics are to be compiled and whether they are 
to  be  compiled  with  a  yearly  or  multi-yearly  frequency.  The  statistics  and 
characteristics in italics are also included in the lists in the common module. 

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2. 

Yearly demographic statistics: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 11 0  Number of enterprises 

11 12 0  Number of births of enterprises 

11 13 0  Number of deaths of enterprises 

11 21 0  Number of local units 

11 31 0  Number of kind of activity units 

3. 

Enterprise characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

(cid:208) 58/97 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 2(a) 
(cid:206)2 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 1 
(cid:214) new 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0 

Turnover 

12 12 0 

Production value 

12 13 0 

Gross margin on goods for resale 

12 15 0 

Value-added at factor cost 

 12 17 0 

Gross operating surplus 

13 11 0 

Total purchases of goods and services 

13 12 0 

Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the 
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 Payments for agency workers 

13 21 3 

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

 13 32 0  

 Wages and salaries  

 13 33 0  

 Social security costs  

13 41 1 

Payments for long-term rental and operational leasing of 
goods 

⌦ Data relating to capital account ⌫ 

⌦ 15 11 0 ⌫  ⌦ Gross investment in tangible goods ⌫ 

15 12 0 

Gross investment in land 

15 13 0 

Gross investment in existing buildings and structures 

15 14 0 

Gross investment in construction and alteration of buildings 

15 15 0 

Gross investment in machinery and equipment 

15 21 0 

Sales of tangible investment goods 

15 31 0 

Value of tangible goods acquired through financial leasing 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0 

Number of persons employed 

16 13 0 

Number of employees 

 16 13 1  

 Number of part-time employees  

(cid:206)1 --- (cid:205) 

(cid:206)1 --- (cid:205) 

 16 14 0  

 Number of employees in full-time equivalent units  

16 15 0 

Number of hours worked by employees 

⌦ Breakdown of turnover by type of activity ⌫ 

(cid:206)1 18 11 0 (cid:205)  (cid:206)1 Turnover from the principal activity at the NACE REV.1 

⌦ .1 ⌫ three digit-level (cid:205) 

18 12 0 

Turnover from industrial activities 

18 15 0 

Turnover from service activities 

18 16 0 

Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and 
from intermediary activities 

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⌦ Purchases of energy products ⌫ 

20 11 0 

Purchases of energy products (in value) 

Section E 
excluded 

⌦ Environmental data ⌫ 

21 11 0 

Investment in equipment and plant for pollution control, and 
special anti-pollution accessories (mainly end-of-pipe 
equipment).* 

(cid:206)2 21 12 0 (cid:205)  (cid:206)2 Investment in equipment and plant linked to cleaner 
technology (integrated technology)* (cid:205) 

22 11 0 

22 12 0 

Total intramural R&D expenditure17 

Total number of R&D personnel18 

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

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 2(b) (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 3 
(cid:214) new 

4. 

Enterprise characteristics for which multi-yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Data relating to capital account ⌫ 

15 42 0 

Gross investment in concessions, patents, 
licences, trade marks and similar rights 

17 

18 

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  compilation  of  statistics  relating  to  characteristics  21  11  0, 21  12  0,  22 11 0  and 
22 12 0 need not be collected for the purposes of this Regulation. If 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 these data. 
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  compilation  of  statistics  relating  to  characteristics  21  11  0, 21  12  0,  22 11 0  and 
22 12 0 need not be collected for the purposes of this  Regulation. If 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 these data. 

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Investment in purchased software 

15 44 2 

Investment in software produced by the unit 

Optional 

16 13 5 

Number of homeworkers 

Divisions 
17/18/19/21/22/25/28/31/3
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⌦ Breakdown of turnover by type of activity ⌫ 

(cid:214) 18 12 0 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Turnover from industrial activities (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 15 0 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Turnover from service activities (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 16 0 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Turnover from trading activities of 

purchase and resale and from intermediary 
activities (cid:213) 

Purchases of energy products 

20 11 1 

Purchases of solid fuels (in value) 

Section E excluded 

20 11 2 

Purchases of petroleum products (in value) 

Section E excluded 

20 11 3 

Purchases of natural and derived gas (in value)  Section E excluded 

20 11 4 

Purchases of renewable energy sources (in 
value) 

Section E excluded 

20 11 5 

Purchases of heat (in value) 

Section E excluded 

20 11 6 

Purchases of electricity (in value) 

Section E excluded 

⌦ Environmental data ⌫ 

(cid:206)1 21 14 0 (cid:205)  (cid:206)1 Total current expenditure on 

environmental protection* (cid:205) 

23 11 0 

Payments to subcontractors 

⌦ Subcontracting ⌫ 

*  If  the  total  amount  of  the  turnover  or  the  number  of  persons  employed  in  a  division  of 
NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ Sections C to E represent, in a Member State, less than 1 % of the 
Community  total,  the  information  necessary  for  the  compilation  of  statistics  relating  to 
characteristic 21 14 0 need not be collected for the purposes of this Regulation. If necessary 
for Community policy requirements, the Commission may, in accordance with the procedure 
⌦ referred  to ⌫  laid  down  in  Article  13 ⌦ 12  (2) ⌫  of  this  Regulation,  request  ad  hoc 
collection of these data. 

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5. 

Characteristics for which yearly regional statistics are to be compiled: 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

13 32 0  Wages and salaries 

⌦ Data relating to the capital account ⌫ 

15 11 0  Gross investment in tangible goods 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

6. 

Kind-of-activity unit characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0  

 Turnover  

12 12 0  

 Production value  

13 32 0  

 Wages and salaries  

⌦ Data relating to the capital account ⌫ 

15 11 0  

 Gross investment in tangible 
goods  

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  

 Number of persons employed  

7. 

Pilot studies are to be conducted for the characteristics listed in Section 9. 

(cid:208) 58/97 

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SECTION 5 

First reference year 

1. 

The first reference year for which yearly statistics are to be compiled is the calendar 
year  1995.  The  first  reference  years  for  the  statistics  to  be  compiled  with  a  multi-
yearly  frequency  are  specified  below  for  the  codes  under  which  the  characteristics 
are listed: 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

⌦ Calendar year ⌫ 

⌦ Code ⌫ 

1997 

1999 

2000 

20 21 0 to 20 31 015 42 0 (cid:214) and (cid:213) 15 44 1 
and 15 44 2 

23 11 0 

16 13 5 

(cid:214) 2004 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 12 0, 18 15 0 and 18 16 0 (cid:213) 

2. 

Multi-yearly statistics are to be compiled at least every five years. 

(cid:208) 58/97 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 5 

3. 

4. 

The first reference year for which statistics on characteristics 21 12 0 and 21 14 0 are 
to be compiled is the calendar year 2001. 

The  statistics  on  characteristic  21  12  0  are  to  be  compiled  yearly.  The  statistics  on 
characteristic 21 14 0 are to be compiled every three years. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 6 

Report on the quality of statistics 

For each key characteristic Member States ⌦ shall ⌫ will indicate the degree of precision 
by reference to a confidence level of 95% which the Commission ⌦ shall ⌫ will include in 
the  report  provided  for  in  Article  ⌦ 13 ⌫  14  of  this  Regulation,  taking  account  of  the 
application in each Member State of that Article. The key characteristics are to be laid down 

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by the Commission in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article 
13 ⌦ 12 (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. 

SECTION 7 

Production of results 

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 2(c) (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

1. 

The  results  for  the  statistics,  except  for  characteristics  18 11 0,  (cid:214) 18 12 0,  18 15 0 
and 18 16 0 (cid:213) 20 11 1, 20 11 2, 20 11 3, 20 11 4, 20 11 5, 20 11 6, 22 11 0 and 22 
12 0 are to be broken down to the NACE REV.1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 4-digit level (class). 

The characteristics 18 11 0, (cid:214) 18 12 0, 18 15 0 and 18 16 0 (cid:213) 20 11 1, 20 11 2, 20 
11 3, 20 11 4, 20 11 5, 20 11 6, 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 are to be broken down to the 
NACE REV.1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit level (group). 

2. 

Some  results  are  also  to  be  broken  down  into  size  classes  and  to  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit level (group). 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 2(c) 

--- 

34. 

45. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

The  results  for  the  statistics  compiled  from  kind-of-activity  units  are  to  be  broken 
down to the NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 4-digit level (class). 

The  results  for  the  regional  statistics  are  simultaneously  to  be  broken  down  to  the 
NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 2-digit level (division) and level II of the nomenclature of 
territorial units (NUTS). 

56. 

The results for characteristics 21 11 0, 21 12 0 and 21 14 0, are to be broken down to 
the NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ two-digit level (division). 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 6 
(adapted) 

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(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 7 
(adapted) 

67. 

The results for characteristics 21 11 0, 21 12 0 and 21 14 0, are to be broken down to 
the  following  environmental  domains:  protection  of  ambient  air  and  climate, 
wastewater  management,  waste  management  and  other  environmental  protection 
activities. The results for the environmental domains shall be broken down to NACE 
REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ two-digit level (division). 

SECTION 8 

Transmission of results 

(cid:208) 58/97 

The  results  are  to  be  transmitted  within  18  months  of  the  end  of  the  calendar  year  of  the 
reference period. 

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 referred to in Section 4 (3) 
compiled for the characteristics listed below: 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

⌦ Code ⌫ 

⌦ Title ⌫ 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 11 0  

 (Number of enterprises)  

⌦ Data relating to the capital account ⌫ 

12 11 0  

 (Turnover)  

12 12 0  

 (Production value)  

13 11 0  

 (Total purchases of goods and services)  

13 32 0  

 (Wages and salaries)  

15 11 0  

 (Gross investment in tangible goods)  

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  

 (Number of persons employed)  

These preliminary results are to be broken down to the NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit level 
(group). 

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SECTION 9 

Reports and pilot studies 

Member  States  ⌦ shall ⌫  will  provide  the  Commission  with  a  report  relating  to  the 
availability  of  the  necessary  data  for  the  compilation  of  results  for  the  following 
characteristics: 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 8 
(cid:214) new 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

12 16 0 

Income from ordinary activities 

Legal persons only 

12 18 0 

Financial surplus 

Legal persons only 

12 19 0 

Gross ordinary surplus 

Legal persons only 

12 20 0 

Profit or loss for the year 

Legal persons only 

14 11 0 

14 12 0 

14 21 0 

14 22 0 

Turnover from intra-Community 
deliveries of goods and services 

Turnover from extra-Community 
exports of goods and services 

Intra-Community acquisitions of goods 
and services 

Extra-Community imports of goods 
and services 

15 43 0 

Marketing expenditure 

15 61 0 

15 62 0 

Purchases of shares and participating 
interests 

Legal persons only 

Sales of shares and participating 
interests 

Legal persons only 

⌦ Environmental data ⌫ 

(cid:206)1 21 11 0 (cid:205)  (cid:206)1 Investment in equipment and plant 

for pollution control, and special anti-
pollution accessories (mainly end-of-

(cid:206)1 Only specific breakdown on 
the environmental domains 
biodiversity and landscape, soil 

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pipe equipment) (cid:205) 

and groundwater (cid:205) 

21 12 0 

Investment in equipment and plant 
linked to cleaner technology 
(«integrated technology») 

21 14 0 

Total current expenditure on 
environmental protection 

(cid:206)1 Only specific breakdown on 
the environmental domains 
biodiversity and landscape, soil 
and groundwater (cid:205) 

(cid:206)1 Only specific breakdown on 
the environmental domains 
biodiversity and landscape, soil 
and groundwater (cid:205) 

23 12 0 

Income from subcontracting 

⌦ Subcontracting ⌫ 

(cid:208) 58/97 (new) 

⌦ A series of pilot studies for these characteristics shall be instituted by the Commission. ⌫ 
The  Commission  will,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  13  of  this 
Regulation, institute a series of pilot studies for these characteristics to be completed by the 
Member States for the 1998 reference year at the latest. These pilot studies will be carried out 
in order to assess the feasibility of collecting the data necessary for the compilation of results 
for  these  characteristics,  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 will inform the 
Council  of  the  possibilities  of  compiling  statistics  for  the  characteristics  and  will  submit  a 
recommendation on the addition of some or all of these characteristics to the lists in Section 
4.  

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 2056/2002 Art. 3 pt. 9 

SECTION 10 

Transitional period 

For the purposes of the detailed module defined in this Annex, the transitional period will not 
extend  more  than  four  years  beyond  the  first  reference  years  for  the  compilation  of  the 
statistics indicated in Section 5.(cid:206)1 For the compilation of statistics on characteristics 21 12 0 
and 21 14 0 this transitional period may be extended by a further period of up to four years in 
accordance  with  the  procedure  ⌦ referred  to ⌫  laid  down  in  Article  ⌦ 12 ⌫  13 
⌦ (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. (cid:205) 

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ANNEX ⌦ III ⌫ 3 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON DISTRIBUTIVE 
TRADES 

SECTION 1 

Aims 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
the  structure,  activity, 
competitiveness and performance of the distributive trade sector. 

SECTION 2 

Scope 

The  statistics  to  be  compiled  relate  to  the  domains  referred  to  in  Article  ⌦ 1 ⌫  2  (a)(i), 
(b)(ii), (c)(iii), and (d)(vi) ⌦ and (e) ⌫ of this Regulation, in particular to: 

– 

– 

the structure of the distributive trade network and its evolution, 

distributive activity and forms of selling, as well as patterns of supply and sale. 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

1. 

2. 

The statistics are to be compiled for all activities within the coverage of Section G of 
NACE  REV.  1 ⌦ .1 ⌫  .  This  sector  covers  the  activities  of  wholesale  and  retail 
trade;  repair  of  motor  vehicles,  motorcycles  and  personal  and  household  goods. 
Enterprise statistics refer to the population of all enterprises whose main activity is 
classified in Section G. 

If the total amount of the turnover and the number of persons employed in a division 
of  NACE  REV.  1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ Section  G  normally  represent,  in  a  Member  State,  less 
than 1 % of the Community total, the information laid down in this Annex which is 
not in Annex ⌦ I ⌫ 1 need not be collected for the purposes of the Regulation. 

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3. 

If  necessary  for  Community  policy  requirements,  ⌦ ad  hoc  collection  of  the  data 
referred to in paragraph 2 may be requested ⌫ the Commission may, in accordance 
with  the  procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article ⌦ 12 (2) ⌫ 13 of this 
Regulation., request ad hoc collection of the data referred to in paragraph 2. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

1. 

The  lists  of  characteristics  and  statistics  set  out  below  indicate,  where  relevant,  the 
type of statistical unit for which the statistics are to be compiled and whether they are 
to  be  compiled  with  a  yearly  or  multi-yearly  frequency.  The  statistics  and 
characteristics in italics are also included in the common module lists. 

2. 

Yearly demographic statistics: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

Demographic ⌦ Structural ⌫ data 

11 11 0  Number of enterprises 

11 21 0  Number of local units 

3. 

Enterprise characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

(cid:208) 58/97 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 3 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

Accounting data 

12 11 0 

Turnover 

12 12 0 

Production value 

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12 13 0  

 Gross margin on goods for resale  

12 15 0 

Value-added at factor costs 

12 17 0  

 Gross operating surplus  

13 11 0 

Total purchases of goods and services 

13 12 0 

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

13 21 0 

Change in stocks of goods and services 

13 21 1 

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

13 31 0 

Personnel costs 

13 32 0 

Wages and salaries 

13 33 0 

Social security costs 

Data relating to the capital account 

15 11 0 

Gross investment in tangible goods 

15 12 0 

Gross investment in land 

15 13 0 

Gross investment in existing buildings and structures 

15 14 0 

Gross investment in construction and alteration of 
buildings 

15 15 0 

Gross investment in machinery and equipment 

15 21 0 

Sales of tangible investment goods 

15 31 0 

Value of tangible goods acquired through financial 
leasing 

Data on employment 

16 11 0 

Number of persons employed 

16 13 0 

Number of employees 

16 13 1  

 Number of part-time employees  

(cid:214) 16 14 
0 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Number of employees in full-time equivalent 
units (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 16 15 

(cid:214) Number of hours worked by employees (cid:213) 

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0 (cid:213) 

Breakdown of turnover by type of activity 

18 10 0 

Turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and 
industrial activities 

18 15 0 

Turnover from service activities 

18 16 0 

Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale 
and intermediary activities 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

4. 

Enterprise characteristics for which multi-yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

Information on operating costs other than personnel 
costs 

13 41 0 

Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment 

Optional 

13 42 0 

Cost of selling 

13 43 0 

Other operating costs 

Optional 

Optional 

 Information on forms of trading by enterprises  

Division 52 only 

17 32 0 

Number of retail stores 

17 33 0 

Category of sales space for retail stores engaged in 
retail trade 

17 34 0 

Number of fixed market stands and/or stalls 

Breakdown of turnover by type of activity 

18 10 0 

Turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and 
industrial activities 

18 15 0 

Turnover from service activities 

18 16 0 

Turnover from trading activities of purchase and 
resale and intermediary activities 

Breakdown of turnover by product type 

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18 21 0 

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

Information on types of supplier and types of 
customer 

Percentage share of turnover by customer type, 
specifically: 

Division 51 only 

25 11 1 

Resale traders: retail traders 

25 11 2 

Professional users (wholesalers, others) 

25 11 3 

Final consumers (retail trade activity) 

Optional 

Optional 

Optional 

Percentage share of purchases by type of supplier, 
specifically: 

Division 52 
uniquement 

25 21 1 

Wholesalers, purchasing groups 

25 21 2 

Producers 

Optional 

Optional 

5. 

Characteristics for which yearly regional statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

13 32 0  Wages and salaries 

15 11 0  Gross investment in tangible goods  Optional 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

6. 

Characteristics for which multi-yearly regional statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 

Accounting data 

12 11 
0  

 Turnover  

Divisions 50 and 52 only 

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Information on forms of trading by enterprises 

17 33 1  Sales space 

Division 52 only 

7. 

Pilot studies are to be conducted for the characteristics listed in Section 9. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (new) 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

SECTION 5 

First reference year 

1. 

The  first reference year  for which statistics are to be compiled is the calendar  year 
(cid:214) 2006  for  characteristics  16 14 0  and  16 15 0 and  (cid:213)  1995  (cid:214) for  all  other 
characteristics (cid:213).  The  first  reference  years  for  the  statistics  to  be  compiled  with  a 
multi-yearly frequency are specified below for each of the divisions of NACE REV. 
1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ for  which  the  data  are  to  be  collected  and  for  the  multi-yearly  regional 
statistics: 

⌦ Calendar year ⌫ ⌦ Breakdown ⌫ 

1997 

1998 

1999 

2000 

Division 52 

Division 51: 

Regional statistics: 

Division 50: 

2. 

The multi-yearly frequency is five years. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 6 

Report on the quality of statistics 

For each key characteristic Member States ⌦ shall ⌫ will indicate the degree of precision 
by reference to a confidence level of 95% which the Commission ⌦ shall ⌫ will include in 
the  report  provided  for  in  Article  ⌦ 13 ⌫  14  of  this  Regulation,  taking  account  of  the 
application in each Member State of that Article. The key characteristics are to be determined 
by the Commission in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article 
⌦ 12 (2) ⌫ 13 of this Regulation. 

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SECTION 7 

Production of results 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

In order that Community aggregates may be compiled, Member States are to produce 
component national results broken down to the classes of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ . 

Some  results  are  also  to  be  broken  down  into  size  classes  for  each  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ group. 

The  regional  statistics  are  simultaneously  to  be  broken  down  to  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit  level  (group)  and  level  II  of  the  nomenclature  of  territorial  units 
(NUTS). 

The  coverage  of  regional  statistics  to  be  compiled  on  a  multi-yearly  basis 
corresponds  to  the  population  of  all  local  units  whose  main  activity  is  classified  in 
Section  G.  However,  it  may  be  limited  to  the  local  units  dependent  on  enterprises 
classified in Section G of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ if such a population covers more 
than 95 % of the total coverage. This ratio is to be calculated using the employment 
characteristic available in the business register. 

SECTION 8 

Transmission of results 

(cid:208) 58/97 

1. 

2. 

The results are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of 
the reference period. 

Preliminary  national  results  or  estimates  are  to  be  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: 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

⌦ Code ⌫ 

⌦ Title ⌫ 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0  

(Turnover)  

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  

(Number of persons 

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employed)  

These preliminary results are to be broken down to NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit 
level (group). 

(cid:208) 58/97 (new) 

SECTION 9 

Reports and pilot studies 

Member  States will provide the Commission with a report relating to the availability of the 
necessary data for the compilation of results for the following characteristics: 

Code 

Title 

12 18 0  Financial surplus 

Comment 

Legal persons only 

13 41 0  Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment 

13 42 0  Cost of selling 

13 43 0  Other operating costs 

14 11 0  Turnover from intra-Community deliveries of goods and 

services 

14 12 0  Turnover from extra-Community exports of goods and 

services 

14 21 0 

Intra-Community acquisitions of goods and services 

14 22 0  Extra-Community imports of goods and services 

15 11 0  Gross investment in tangible goods 

For regional 
statistics only 

15 41 0  Acquisitions of intangible fixed assets 

17 11 0  Number of enterprises having an association or cooperation 

agreement with other enterprises 

17 31 0 

Information on forms of trading by enterprises 

Division 52 only 

25 11 1  Resale traders: retail traders 

25 11 2  Professional users (wholesalers, others) 

25 11 3  Final consumers (retail trade activity) 

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25 21 1  Wholesalers, purchasing groups 

25 21 2  Producers 

The  Commission  will,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  13  of  this 
Regulation, institute a series of pilot studies for these characteristics to be completed by the 
Member States for the 1998 reference year at the latest. These pilot studies will be carried out 
in order to assess the feasibility of collecting the data necessary for the compilation of results 
for  these  characteristics,  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 will inform the 
Council of the possibilities of compiling statistics for these characteristics and will submit a 
recommendation on the addition of some or all of these characteristics to the lists in Section 4. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 910 

Transitional period 

For  the  purposes  of  the  detailed  module  defined  in  this  Annex,  the  transitional  period 
⌦ shall ⌫  will  not  extend  more  than  four  years  beyond  the  first  reference  years  for  the 
compilation of the statistics indicated in Section 5.  

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ANNEX ⌦ IV ⌫ 4 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS IN CONSTRUCTION 

SECTION 1 

Aims 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
the  structure,  activity, 
competitiveness and performance of the construction sector. 

SECTION 2 

Scope 

The  statistics  to  be  compiled  relate  to  the  domains  referred  to  in  Article  ⌦ 1 ⌫  2  (a)(i), 
(b)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(iv) and (e)(v) of this Regulation, in particular to: 

– 

– 

a central list of statistics for a detailed analysis of the structure, activity, performance 
and competitiveness of construction activities, 

a further list of statistics for the study of special subjects. 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

1. 

2. 

The  statistics  are  to  be  compiled  for  all  activities  classified  within  the  coverage  of 
Section F of NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ . Enterprise statistics ⌦ shall ⌫ will relate to 
the population of all enterprises classified according to their main activity in Section 
F. 

If the total amount of the turnover and the number of persons employed in a division 
of  NACE  REV.  1 ⌦ .1 ⌫  Section  F  normally  represent,  in  a  Member  State,  less 
than 1 % of the European Community total, the information laid down in this Annex 
which  is  not  in  Annex  ⌦ I ⌫  1  need  not  be  collected  for  the  purposes  of  this 
Regulation. 

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3. 

If  necessary  for  Community  policy  requirements,  ⌦ ad  hoc  collection  of  the  data 
referred to in paragraph 2 may be requested, ⌫ the Commission may, in accordance 
with  the  procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article 13 ⌦ 12  (2) ⌫ of this 
Regulation ⌦ . ⌫ request ad hoc collection of the data referred to in paragraph 2. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

1. 

The  lists  of  characteristics  and  statistics  set  out  below  indicate,  where  relevant,  the 
type of statistical unit for which the statistics are to be compiled and whether they are 
to  be  compiled  with  a  yearly  or  multi-yearly  frequency.  The  statistics  and 
characteristics in italics are also included in the lists in the common module. 

2. 

Yearly demographic statistics: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 11 0  Number of enterprises 

11 12 0  Number of births of enterprises 

11 13 0  Number of deaths of enterprises 

11 21 0  Number of local units 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 4(a) 
(cid:214) new 

3. 

Enterprise characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0 

12 12 0 

Turnover 

Production value 

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Gross margin on goods for resale 

(cid:206)1 --- (cid:205) 

12 15 0 

(cid:206)1 --- (cid:205) 

Value-added at factor cost 

12 17 0  

Gross operating surplus  

Groups 45.1 and 45.2 - 
optional 

(cid:206)1 --- (cid:205) 

13 11 0 

13 12 0 

13 13 1 

13 21 3 

13 32 0  

13 33 0  

13 41 1 

Total purchases of goods and services 

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

Groups 45.1 and 45.2 - 
optional 

Payments for agency workers 

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

Wages and salaries  

Social security costs  

Payments for long-term rental and operational 
leasing of goods 

⌦ Data relating to the capital account ⌫ 

(cid:214) 15 11 0 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Gross investment in tangible goods (cid:213) 

15 12 0 

15 13 0 

15 14 0 

15 15 0 

15 21 0  

15 31 0 

16 11 0 

16 13 0 

Gross investment in land 

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  

Value of tangible goods acquired through 
financial leasing 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

Number of persons employed 

Number of employees 

(cid:214) 16 13 1 (cid:213)  (cid:214) Number of part-time employees (cid:213) 

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16 14 0  

Number of employees in full-time equivalent 
units  

16 15 0 

Number of hours worked by employees 

⌦ Breakdown of turnover by type of activity ⌫ 

(cid:206)1 18 11 0 (cid:205)  (cid:206)1 Turnover from the principal activity at the 

NACE REV.1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ three digit-level (cid:205) 

18 12 1 

18 12 2 

18 15 0 

18 16 0 

Turnover from industrial activities excluding 
construction 

Turnover from construction activities 

Turnover from service activities 

Turnover from trading and intermediary 
activities 

18 31 0 

Turnover from building 

18 32 0 

Turnover from civil engineering 

⌦ Purchases of energy products ⌫ 

20 11 0 

22 11 0 

22 12 0 

Purchases of energy products (in value) 

Total intramural R& D expenditure 

Total number of R& D personnel 

Only groups 451 and 
452 

Only groups 451 and 
452 

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt. 4(b) (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

4. 

Enterprise characteristics for which multi-yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

15 42 0 

Title 

Gross investment in concessions, patents, licences, trade 
marks and similar rights 

⌦ Data related to the capital account ⌫ 

Comment 

Optional 

15 44 1 

Investment in purchased software 

EN 

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Investment in software produced by the unit 

Optional 

15 44 2 

16 13 1 

20 11 1 

20 11 2 

20 11 3 

20 11 4 

20 11 5 

20 11 6 

Number of part-time employees 

Purchases of solid fuels (in value) 

Purchases of petroleum products (in value) 

Purchases of natural and derived gas (in value) 

Purchases of renewable energy sources (in value) 

Purchases of heat (in value) 

Purchases of electricity (in value) 

(cid:214) Turnover broken down by type of activity (cid:213)  

(cid:214) 18 12 1 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Turnover from industrial activities excluding 
construction (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 12 2 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Turnover from construction activities (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 15 0 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Turnover from service activities (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 16 0 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Turnover from trading and intermediary activities (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 31 0 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Turnover from building (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 32 0 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Turnover from civil engineering (cid:213) 

⌦ Subcontracting ⌫ 

23 11 0 

23 12 0 

Payments to subcontractors 

Income from subcontracting 

Optional 

Optional 

Optional 

Optional 

Optional 

Optional 

(cid:214) Only 
groups 45.1 
and 45.2 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Only 
groups 45.1 
and 45.2 (cid:213) 

5. 

Characteristics for which yearly regional statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

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⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

13 32 0  Wages and salaries 

15 11 0  Gross investment in tangible goods 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

6. 

Kind-of-activity unit characteristics for which yearly statistics are to be compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0   Turnover  

12 12 0   Production value  

13 32 0   Wages and salaries  

15 11 0   Gross investment in tangible goods  

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0   Number of persons employed  

7. 

Pilot studies are to be conducted for the characteristics listed in Section 9. 

SECTION 5 

First reference year 

1. 

The first reference year for which yearly statistics are to be compiled is the calendar 
year (cid:214) 2006 for characteristic 16 13 1 and (cid:213) 1995 (cid:214) for all other characteristics. (cid:213) 
The  first  reference  years  for  the  statistics  to  be  compiled  with  a  multi-yearly 
frequency are specified below for the codes under which the characteristics are listed. 

(cid:214) Calendar year (cid:213) 

(cid:214) Code (cid:213) 

1997 

1998 

1999 

20 21 0 to 20 31 0 15 42 0, 15 44 1 and 15 
44 2 

16 13 1 and 16 13 2 

23 11 0 and 23 12 0 

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(cid:214) 2004 (cid:213) 

(cid:214) 18 21 1, 18 12 2, 18 15 0, 18 16 0, 
18 31 0 and 18 32 0 (cid:213) 

2. 

Multi-yearly statistics are to be compiled at least every five years. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 6 

Report on the quality of statistics 

For each key characteristic Member States ⌦ shall ⌫ will indicate the degree of precision 
by reference to a confidence level of 95% which the Commission ⌦ shall ⌫ will include in 
the  report  provided  for  in  Article  ⌦ 13 ⌫  14  of  this  Regulation,  taking  account  of  the 
application in each Member State of that Article. The key characteristics are to be established 
by the Commission in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article 
13 ⌦ 12 (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. 

SECTION 7 

Production of results 

(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt.4(c) (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

1. 

The results for the statistics, except for characteristics 18 11 0, 20 11 1, 20 11 2, 20 
11 3, 20 11 4, 20 11 5, 20 11 6, 22 11 0, 22 12 0, 15 42 0, (cid:214) and (cid:213) 15 44 1 and 15 
44 2, are to be broken down to NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 4-digit level (class). 

The results for the characteristics 18 11 0, 20 11 1, 20 11 2, 20 11 3, 20 11 4, 20 11 
5,  20  11  6,  15  42  0,  15  44  1  (cid:214) ,  18 12 1,  18 12 2,  18 15 0,  18 16 0,  18 31 0  and 
18 32 0 (cid:213)and  15  44  2  are  to  be  broken  down  to  NACE  REV.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫  3-digit 
level (group). 

The results for characteristics 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 are to be broken down to NACE 
REV.1 2-digit level (division). 

2. 

Some  results  are  also  to  be  broken  down  into  size  classes  and  to  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit level (group). 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

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(cid:208) 1614/2002 Art. 1 and Annex I 
pt.4(c) 

--- 

34. 

45. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

The  results  for  the  statistics  compiled  from  kind-of-activity  units  are  to  be  broken 
down to NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 4-digit level (class). 

The  results  for  the  regional  statistics  are  to  be  broken  down  to  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ 2-digit level (divisions) and level II of the nomenclature of territorial units 
(NUTS). 

SECTION 8 

Transmission of results 

(cid:208) 58/97 

The  results  are  to  be  transmitted  within  18  months  of  the  end  of  the  calendar  year  of  the 
reference period. 

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: 

⌦ Code ⌫ 

⌦ Title ⌫ 

Comment 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 11 0  

(Number of enterprises)  

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

12 11 0  

(Turnover)  

12 12 0  

(Production value)  

13 11 0  

(Total purchases of goods and services)  

13 32 0  

(Wages and salaries)  

⌦ Data related to the capital accounts ⌫ 

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15 11 0  

(Gross investment in tangible goods)  

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  

(Number of persons employed)  

These  preliminary  results  are  to  be  broken  down  to  NACENAVE  REV.  1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ 3-digit 
level (group). 

(cid:208) 58/97 (new) 

SECTION 9 

Reports and pilot studies 

Member States will provide the  Commission with a report relating to the availability of the 
necessary data for the compilation of results for the following characteristics: 

Code 

Title 

12 16 0 

Income from ordinary activities 

12 18 0  Financial surplus 

12 19 0  Gross ordinary surplus 

12 20 0  Profit or loss for the year 

Comment 

Legal persons 
only 

Legal persons 
only 

Legal persons 
only 

Legal persons 
only 

14 11 0  Turnover from intra-Community deliveries of goods and 

services 

14 12 0  Turnover from extra-Community exports of goods and services 

14 21 0 

Intra-Community acquisitions of goods and services 

14 22 0  Extra-Community imports of goods and services 

15 42 0  Gross investment in concessions, patents, licences, trade marks 

and similar rights 

15 43 0  Marketing expenditure 

15 44 2 

Investment in software produced by the unit 

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15 61 0  Purchases of shares and participating interests 

15 62 0  Sales of shares and participating interests 

Legal persons 
only 

Legal persons 
only 

The  Commission  will,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  13  of  this 
Regulation,  adopt  a  series  of  pilot  studies  for  these  characteristics  to  be  completed  by  the 
Member States for the 1998 reference year at the latest. These pilot studies will be carried out 
in order to assess the feasibility of collecting the data necessary for the compilation of results 
for  these  characteristics,  taking  into  account  the  advantages  of  the  availability  of  the  data 
compared  to  the  cost  of  collection  and  the  burden  on  the  enterprises.  The  Commission  will 
inform the Council of the possibilities of compiling statistics for these characteristics and will 
submit a recommendation on the addition of some or all of these characteristics to the lists in 
Section 4. 

(cid:208) 58/97 (adapted) 

SECTION 910 

Transitional period 

For  the  purposes  of  the  detailed  module  defined  in  this  Annex,  the  transitional  period 
⌦ shall ⌫  will  not  extend  more  than  four  years  beyond  the  first  reference  years  for  the 
compilation of the statistics indicated in Section 5. 

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(cid:208) 410/98 (adapted) 

ANNEX ⌦ V ⌫ 5 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS IN INSURANCE 

SECTION 1 

Aims 

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

SECTION 2 

Scope 

The statistics to be compiled shall relate to the domains referred to in points (i), (ii) and (iii) 
of Article ⌦ 1 (a), (b) and (c) ⌫ 2 of this Regulation, and in particular to: 

1. 

2. 

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

the  development  and  distribution  of  total  business  and  business  per  product, 
customer  patterns,  international  activities,  employment,  investments,  capital  and 
reserves and technical provisions. 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

1. 

Such statistics shall be compiled for all activities within the scope of NACE Rev. 1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ division 66 except for class 66.02. 

(cid:208) 410/98 (adapted) 

2. 

The compilation of statistics shall cover the following enterprises: 

(cid:208) 410/98 

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– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

non-life  insurance  enterprises:  all  those  referred  to  in  Article  2(1)(a)  of 
Directive 91/674/EEC13, 

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

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

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

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

3. 

4. 

(cid:208) 410/98 (adapted) 

In addition, branches of insurance enterprises referred to under Title III of Directives 
73/239/EEC14 and  79/267/EEC15, and whose activity falls within one  of the NACE 
Rev.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫ classes  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  shall  be  assimilated  to  the 
corresponding enterprises as defined in paragraph 2. 

(cid:208) 410/98 (adapted) 
(cid:214) new 

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

SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

1. 

2. 

13 

14 

15 

(cid:214) The  characteristics  in  italics  are  also  included  in  the  common  module  lists  of 
Annex  I.(cid:213)  The  characteristics  and  statistics  presented  in  list  A  referred  to  in 
paragraph  3  and  list  B  referred  to  in  paragraph  4  shall  be  compiled  in  accordance 
with Section 5. When characteristics are derived directly from the annual accounts, 
accounting  years  ending  within  a  reference  year  shall  be  assimilated  to  the  said 
reference year. 

In the lists A and B, characteristics relating to life insurance enterprises are identified 
by  the  number  1,  those  relating  to  non-life  insurance  enterprises  by  the  number  2, 
those relating to composite insurance enterprises by the number 3, those relating to 
specialist reinsurance enterprises by the number 4, those relating to the life insurance 

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

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business of composite insurance enterprises by the number 5 and those relating to the 
non-life  insurance  business  (including  acceptances  in  reinsurance)  of  composite 
insurance enterprises by the number 6. 

3. 

List A includes the following information: 

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

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

(c)(iii) 

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

(d)(iv) 

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

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

– 

– 

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

concerning  non-life  insurance  enterprises  and  non-life  business  of 
composite  insurance  enterprises:  gross  claims  incurred,  direct  business, 
gross operating expenses, direct business and reinsurance balance, direct 
business,  all  ⌦ characteristics ⌫  variables  by  (sub)categories  of  the 
CPA (5-digit level and subcategories 6606.03.21, 66.03.22), 

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– 

concerning  life  insurance  enterprises  and  life  business  of  composite 
insurance enterprises: gross direct premiums written with the breakdown 
as shown in number II, item 1; 

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

(g)(vii) 

additional characteristics listed below: 

Code 

Title 

Enterprises/business 
concerned 

Structural data 

11 11 0  Number of enterprises 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

11 11 1  Number of enterprises broken down by legal status 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

11 11 2  Number of enterprises broken down by size class of 

(1, 2, 3) 

gross premiums written 

11 11 3  Number of enterprises broken down by size class of 

(1) 

gross technical provisions 

11 11 5  Number of enterprises broken down by country of 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

residence of the parent enterprise 

11 41 0  Total number and location of branches in other 

(1, 2, 3) 

countries 

Accounting data/technical part of the profit and loss account 

32 11 4  Gross premiums written broken down by legal status 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

32 11 5  Gross direct premiums written broken down according 

(1, 2, 5, 6) 

to the country of residence of the parent enterprise 

32 11 6  Gross reinsurance premiums accepted, written 

(1, 2, 4, 6) 

premiums broken down according to the country of 
residence of the parent enterprise 

32 18 2  Reinsurers' share of gross premiums written broken 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

down according to the country of residence of the 
parent enterprise 

32 16 0  Other items in the technical account, gross amount 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

32 18 0  Reinsurance balance 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

32 18 8  Reinsurers' share of the gross amount of other items in 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

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the technical account 

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

32 19 0 

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

(3) 

Additional data relating to the profit and loss account 

32 61 4  External expenses on goods and services 

13 31 0  Personnel costs 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

32 61 5  External and internal claims management expenses 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

32 61 6  Acquisition costs 

32 61 7  Administrative expenses 

32 61 8  Gross other technical charges 

32 61 9 

Investment management charges 

32 71 1 

Income from participating interests 

32 71 3 

Income from land and buildings 

32 71 4 

Income from other investments 

32 71 5  Value re-adjustments on investments 

32 71 6  Gains on the realisations of investments 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

32 72 1 

Investment management charges, including interest 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

32 72 2  Value adjustments on investments 

32 72 3  Losses on the realisations of investments 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

Data by product by (sub)categories of the CPA 

33 12 1  Reinsurers' share of gross direct premiums written (5-

(1, 2, 5, 6) 

digit-level, subcategories 66.03.21, 66.03.22) 

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

34 31 1  Gross direct premiums written by CPA category (5-

(1, 2, 5, 6) 

digit-level) and by Member State 

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

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34 32 1  Gross direct premiums written by CPA category (5-

(1, 2, 5, 6) 

digit-level) and by Member State 

Data on employment 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

Data on the balance sheet (assets/liabilities) 

36 30 0  Balance sheet total 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

37 33 1  Gross provisions for outstanding claims, related to 

(2, 6) 

direct business 

37 30 1  Total net technical provisions 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

4. 

List B includes the following information: 

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

(b)(ii) characteristics listed in Article 34, Part II, of Directive 91/674/EEC concerning 
life  insurance  enterprises  and  the  life  business  of  composite  insurance 
enterprises: items 4, 6 b, 7, 11; 

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

(d)(iv)additional characteristics listed below: 

Code 

Title 

Enterprises/business 
concerned 

Comments 

Accounting data/technical part of the profit and loss account 

32 13 2  Gross payments in respect of claims 

(2, 4, 6) 

incurred in the current accounting year 

International activities (in general) 

34 12 0  Geographical breakdown of gross 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

reinsurance premiums accepted, premiums 
written 

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34 13 0  Geographical breakdown of reinsurers' 

(1, 2, 4, 5, 6) 

share of gross premiums written 

Data on the balance sheet (assets/liabilities) 

36 11 2  Land and buildings (current value) 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

36 12 3 

Investments in affiliated enterprises and 
participating interests (current value) 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

36 13 8  Other financial investments (current value) 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

36 21 0 

36 22 0 

Investments for the benefit of life-
assurance policyholders who bear the 
investment risk - land and buildings 

Investments for the benefit of life-
assurance policyholders who bear the 
investment risk - other financial 
investments 

(1, 3) 

(1, 3) 

37 10 1  Total capital and reserves, broken down by 

(1, 2, 3, 4) 

legal status 

37 33 3  Gross provision for outstanding claims 

(2, 6) 

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

39 10 0  Number of contracts outstanding at the end 

(1, 2, 5, 6) 

Residual data 

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

39 20 0  Number of insured persons at the end of 

(1, 2, 5, 6) 

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

39 30 0  Number of insured vehicles at the end of 

(2, 6) 

Optional 

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

39 40 0  Gross insured sum at the end of the 

(1, 5) 

Optional 

accounting year, relating to direct business, 

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for the following subcategories of the 
CPA: 66.01.1 and 66.01.4 

39 50 0  Number of claims incurred during the 

(2, 6) 

Optional 

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

SECTION 5 

First reference year 

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

SECTION 6 

Production of results 

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

(cid:208) 410/98 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 410/98 (adapted) 

SECTION 7 

Transmission of results 

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

SECTION 8 

Insurance Committee 

The Commission shall inform the Insurance Committee set up under Directive 91/675/EEC16 
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 

16 

OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1991, p. 32. 

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data  and  the  processing  and  the  transmission  of  results,  which  it  adopts  in  accordance  with 
Article 13 ⌦ 12 (2) ⌫ of this Regulation. 

SECTION 9 

Transitional period 

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

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Annex (adapted) 

ANNEX ⌦ VI ⌫ 6 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON CREDIT 
INSTITUTIONS 

SECTION 1 

Aim 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
the  structure,  activity, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
competitiveness  and  performance  of  the  credit  institutions  sector.  This  module  includes  a 
detailed  list  of  characteristics  on  which  statistics  are  to  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 ⌦ 1 (a), (b) and (c) ⌫ 2 of this Regulation, and in particular to: 

1. 

2. 

the  detailed  analysis  of  the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and  performance  of 
credit institutions; 

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 are to be compiled for the activities of credit institutions within the scope of 
NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ classes 65.12 and 65.22. 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt.2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

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Annex  

2.  The  statistics  are  to  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 of 8 December 1986 on the 
annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions17, with the 
exemption of central banks. 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt.2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

3.  Branches  of  credit  institutions  referred  to  in  Article  24  of  Directive  2000/12/EC  of  the 
European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  20  March  2000  relating  to  the  taking  up  and 
pursuit of the business of credit institutions18 whose activity falls within the scope of NACE 
REV.  1  ⌦ .1 ⌫ classes  65.12  and  65.22,  are  to  be  assimilated  to  the  credit  institutions 
referred to in paragraph 2. 

SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

The  characteristics  are  listed  below.  The  characteristics  in  italics  are  also  included  in  the 
common module lists of Annex ⌦ I ⌫ 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 includes: 

(a)(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; 

(b)(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,  items  15 + 16  as  an  aggregate,  item  19,  items 
15 + 20 + 22 as an aggregate, item 23; 

(c)(iii) 

the following additional characteristics: 

17 

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OJ  L  372,  31.12.1986,  p.  1.  Directive  as  last  amended  by  Directive  2001/65/EC  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 28). 
OJ L 126, 26.5.2000, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/28/EC (OJ L 275, 27.10.2000, 
p. 37). 

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Code 

Title 

Structural data 

Comment 

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 

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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 

Optional 

CPA 

44 14 0  Commissions payable broken down by (sub)categories of the CPA 

Optional 

Data on the internal market and internationalisation 

45 11 0  Geographical breakdown of the total number of EEA branches 

45 21 0  Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income 

45 22 0  Geographical breakdown of balance sheet total 

45 31 0  Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income 

Optional 

via the freedom to provide services business (in other EEA 
countries) 

45 41 0  Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income 

Optional 

via branch business (in non-EEA countries) 

45 42 0  Geographical breakdown of interest receivable and similar income 

Optional 

via the freedom to provide services business (in non-EEA countries) 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

Data on employment 

16 11 1  Number of persons employed broken down by category of credit 

institutions 

16 11 2  Number of women employed 

16 13 0  Number of employees 

16 13 6   Number of female employees  

16 14 0   Number of employees in full-time equivalent units  

Residual data 

47 11 0  Number of accounts broken down by (sub)categories of the CPA 

Optional 

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47 12 0  Number of loans and advances to customers broken down by 

Optional 

(sub)categories of the CPA 

47 13 0  Number of automatic teller machines (ATM) owned by credit 

institutions 

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

Code 

Title 

Comment 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt.2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 21 0  Number of local units 

⌦ Accounting data ⌫ 

13 32 0  Wages and salaries 

Optional 

⌦ Data on employment ⌫ 

16 11 0  Number of persons employed 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex  

SECTION 5 

First reference year 

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

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SECTION 6 

Production of results 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt.2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

1. The results are to be broken down to the following NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ classes: 65.12 
and 65.22, separately. 

2.  The  results  of  the  regional  statistics  are  to  be  broken  down  to  NACE  REV.  1 
⌦ .1 ⌫ four-digit level (classes) and level 1 of the nomenclature of territorial units (NUTS). 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

SECTION 7 

Transmission of results 

The  transmission  delay  of  the  results  shall  be  decided  in  accordance  with  the  procedure 
⌦ referred  to ⌫  laid  down  in  Article  13 ⌦ 12  (2)  ⌫  of  this  Regulation.  It  shall  not  be 
longer than 10 months from the end of the reference year. 

SECTION 8 

Committee for Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics 

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 transmission of results. 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

SECTION 9 

Pilot studies 

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

(a) 

(b) 

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(c) 

information needed to break down the transactions of credit institutions according to 
prices and volumes. 

2.  The  pilot  studies  are  to  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. 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

SECTION 10 

Transitional period 

For the purposes of this detailed module, the transitional period ⌦ shall ⌫ will 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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(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

ANNEX ⌦ VII ⌫ 7 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON PENSION FUNDS 

SECTION 1 

Aim 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
the  structure,  activity, 
competitiveness and performance of the pension funds sector. This module includes a detailed 
list of characteristics on which statistics are to 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 ⌦ 1 (a), (b) and (c) ⌫ 2 of this Regulation, and in particular to: 

1. 

2. 

the  detailed  analysis  of  the  structure,  activity,  competitiveness  and  performance  of 
pension funds; 

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 
⌦ .1 ⌫ class 66.02. This class covers the activities of autonomous pension funds. 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

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

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

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SECTION 4 

Characteristics 

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

2.  Demographic  and  enterprise  characteristics  for  which  yearly  statistics  are  to  be  compiled 
(for enterprises with autonomous pension funds only): 

Code 

Title 

Structural data 

Comment 

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 

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

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  Productioned value 

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12 14 0  Value added at basic prices 

Optional 

12 15 0  Valued-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 

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 

Optional 

administrations 

48 15 2  Other debt securities and other fixed income securities 

Optional 

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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 «the sponsoring enterprise» 

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 the internal market and internationalisation 

48 61 0  Geographical breakdown of turnover 

48 62 0  Shares and other variable-yield securities broken down by 

Optional 

location 

48 63 0  Total investments broken down by location 

Optional 

48 64 0  Total investments broken down into euro and non-euro 

components 

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 

48 70 3  Number of members of hybrid schemes 

48 70 4  Number of active members 

48 70 5  Number of deferred members 

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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): 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 15 0  Number of enterprises with non-autonomous pension funds 

⌦ Accounting data: profit and loss (income and expenditure) account ⌫ 

48 08 0  Turnover of non-autonomous pension funds 

Optional 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex  

SECTION 5 

First reference year 

The first reference year for which annual statistics are to be compiled for the characteristics 
listed in Section 4 is the calendar year 2002. 

SECTION 6 

Production of results 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

1. The results for the characteristics listed in Section 4, paragraph 2, are to be broken down 
according to the NACE REV. 1 ⌦ .1 ⌫ , four-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 ⌦ .1 ⌫ section level. 

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Annex 

SECTION 7 

Transmission of results 

The results are to 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  measures  for  adjustment  to  economic  and  technical  developments 
concerning the collection and statistical processing of data, the processing and transmission of 
results. 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

SECTION 9 

Pilot studies 

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

1. 

More in-depth information on cross-border activities of pension funds: 

Code 

Title 

comment 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

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 

⌦ Data on internal market and internationalisation ⌫ 

48 65 0   Geographical breakdown of number of members by gender 

48 65 1  Geographical breakdown of number of members of defined benefits 

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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 

⌦ Residual data ⌫ 

48 70 7   Number of female members  

2. 

Additional information on non-autonomous pension funds: 

Code 

Title 

comment 

⌦ Structural data ⌫ 

11 15 1  Number of enterprises with non-autonomous pension funds, broken 

down by size classes of members 

⌦ Balance sheet data: liabilities ⌫ 

48 40 1  Net technical provisions of non-autonomous pension funds 

⌦ Residual data ⌫ 

48 72 0  Number of members of non-autonomous pension funds 

⌦ Data on internal market and internationalisation ⌫ 

48 66 1  Geographical breakdown of number of active members of non-

autonomous pension funds 

48 66 2  Geographical breakdown of number of deferred members of non-

autonomous pension funds 

48 66 3  Geographical breakdown of number of retired persons receiving a 

pension of non-autonomous pension funds 

48 66 4  Geographical breakdown of number of persons receiving a derived 

pension of non-autonomous pension funds 

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⌦ Accounting data: profit and loss (income and expenditure) account ⌫ 

48 09 0 

Pension payments by non-autonomous pension funds 

(cid:208) 2056/2002 Art. 1 pt. 2 and 
Annex (adapted) 

3. 

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 transitional period ⌦ shall ⌫ will not exceed 
three years from the beginning of the first reference year for the compilation of the statistics 
indicated in Section 5. This period may be extended by a further period of up to three years in 
accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ laid down in Article 13 ⌦ 12 (2) ⌫ of this 
Regulation. 

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ANNEX VIII 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON BUSINESS 
SERVICES 

SECTION 1 

Aims 

The  aim  of  this  Annex  is  to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, 
transmission  and  evaluation  of  Community  statistics  on 
the  structure,  activity, 
competitiveness and performance of the business services’ sector.  

SECTION 2 

Scope  

The statistics are to be compiled related to the domains referred to in Article 1 (a), (b), (c), (d) 
and (f) of this Regulation, in particular to:  

–  a  list  of  characteristics  for  a  detailed  analysis  of  the  structure,  activity,  performance  and 

competitiveness of business services. 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

The  statistics  are  to  be  compiled  for  all  activities  within  the  coverage  of  division  72  and 
classes 74.11, 74.12, 74.13, 74.14, 74.20, 74.30, 74.40 and 74.50 of NACE REV. 1.1. These 
sectors  cover  the  activities  of  Computer  related  activities  and  a  part  of  Other  business 
activities. Statistics in this module refer to the population of all enterprises with 10 or more 
persons employed whose main activity is classified in the above division and classes. 

SECTION 4 

Characteristics  

1. 

2. 

The list of characteristics and statistics set out below indicate the statistics which are 
to be compiled with a yearly or biennial frequency. 

Characteristics  for  which  yearly  statistics  are  to  be  compiled  for  enterprises  in 
division 72 and classes 74.40 and 74.50 of NACE REV. 1.1. 

Code 

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Comment 

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Number of enterprises 

Structural data 

Breakdown of turnover by product type 

12 11 0 

Breakdown  of  turnover  by  product  (according 
to CPA19) 

The  product  breakdown  shall 
be  determined  in  accordance 
with the procedure referred to 
in  Article  12  (2)  of  this 
Regulation. 

Information on residence of client 

12 11 0 

Turnover by residence of client, specifically: 

Resident 

Non-resident, of which 

–  Intra-EU 

–  Extra-EU 

3. 

Characteristics for which biennial statistics are to be compiled for enterprises in the 
classes 74.11, 74.12, 74.13, 74.14, 74.20 and 74.30 of NACE REV. 1.1. 

Code 

Title 

Comment 

Breakdown of turnover by product type 

Structural data 

11 11 0 

Number of enterprises 

12 11 0 

Breakdown  of  turnover  by  product  (according 
to CPA) 

The  product  breakdown  shall 
be  determined  in  accordance 
with the procedure referred to 
in  Article  12  (2)  of  this 
Regulation. 

Information on residence of client 

12 11 0 

Turnover by residence of client, specifically: 

Resident 

19 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 on the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in 
the  European  Economic  Community,  OJ  L  342,  31.12.1993,  p.  1,  as  last  amended  by  Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 204/2002, OJ L 036, 06.02.2002, p. 1. 

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Non-resident, of which 

–  Intra-EU 

–  Extra-EU 

SECTION 5 

First reference year 

The  first  reference  year  for  which  yearly  statistics  on  the  activities  covered  by  the  NACE 
REV. 1.1 division 72 and classes 74.40 and 74.50 and for which biennial statistics covered by 
the NACE REV. 1.1 classes 74.11, 74.12 and 74.14 are to be compiled is the calendar year of 
entry into force of this Regulation. The first reference year for which biennial statistics on the 
activities covered by NACE REV. 1.1 classes 74.13, 74.20 and 74.30 are to be compiled is the 
calendar year following the year of entry into force of this Regulation. 

SECTION 6 

Production of results 

1. 

2. 

In order that Community statistics may be compiled, Member States are to produce 
component  national  results  broken  down  to  the  NACE  REV.  1.1  division  72  and 
classes 74.11, 74.12, 74.13, 74.14, 74.20, 74.30, 74.40 and 74.50. 

Turnover results are also to be broken down  by product  and residence of client for 
the NACE REV. 1.1 division 72 and classes 74.11, 74.12, 74.13, 74.14, 74.20, 74.30, 
74.40 and 74.50. 

SECTION 7 

Transmission of results 

The  results  are  to  be  transmitted  within  18  months  of  the  end  of  the  calendar  year  of  the 
reference period. 

SECTION 8 

Transitional period 

For the purposes of the detailed module defined in this Annex, the transitional period shall not 
extend  more  than  two  years  beyond  the  first  reference  years  (see  Section  5)  for  the 
compilation of the statistics indicated in section 4. This transitional period may be extended 
by a further period of two years in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12 (2) 
of this Regulation. 

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ANNEX IX 

A DETAILED MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL STATISTICS ON BUSINESS 
DEMOGRAPHY 

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 business demography. 

SECTION 2 

Scope 

The statistics to be compiled relate to the domains referred to in Article 1 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) 
and (f) of this Regulation, in particular to: 

–  a  list  of  characteristics  for  a  detailed  analysis  of  the  population  of  active  enterprises, 
enterprise  births,  enterprise  deaths  and  the  survival  of  newly  born  enterprises  and  the 
related effects on the structure, activity and the evolution of the business population. 

SECTION 3 

Coverage 

1. 

2. 

The statistics are to be compiled for the activities listed in Section 10. 

Pilot  studies  are  to  be  conducted  for  the  statistical  unit,  activities  and  demographic 
events listed in section 12. 

SECTION 4 

Definitions 

For the purpose of this annex, the following definition applies: 

–  “reference  period”  shall  mean  the  year  in  which  populations  of  active  enterprises, 
enterprise births, enterprise deaths and enterprise survivals are observed. It is referred to as 
“t” in section 5. 

SECTION 5 

Characteristics 

1. 

Yearly  demographic  statistics  using  the  enterprise  as  the  statistical  unit  are  to  be 
compiled for the following characteristics: 

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Title 

Structural data 

11 91 0 

Population of active enterprises in t 

11 92 0 

Number of births of enterprises in t 

11 93 0 

Number of deaths of enterprises in t 

11 94 1 

Number of enterprises newly born in t-1 having survived to t 

11 94 2 

Number of enterprises newly born in t-2 having survived to t 

11 94 3 

Number of enterprises newly born in t-3 having survived to t 

11 94 4 

Number of enterprises newly born in t-4 having survived to t 

11 94 5 

Number of enterprises newly born in t-5 having survived to t 

2. 

Enterprise characteristics for the populations of active enterprises, enterprise births, 
enterprise  deaths  and  enterprise  survivals  for  which  yearly  statistics  are  to  be 
compiled: 

Code 

Title 

Data on employment 

16 91 0 

Number of persons employed in the population of active enterprises in t 

16 91 1 

Number of employees in the population of active enterprises in t 

16 92 0 

Number of persons employed in the population of births in t 

16 92 1 

Number of employees in the population of births in t 

16 93 0 

Number of persons employed in the population of deaths in t 

16 93 1 

Number of employees in the population of deaths in t 

16 94 1 

Number of persons employed in the population of enterprises newly born in t-1 
having survived to t 

16 94 2 

Number of persons employed in the population of enterprises newly born in t-2 
having survived to t 

16 94 3 

Number of persons employed in the population of enterprises newly born in t-3 
having survived to t 

16 94 4 

Number of persons employed in the population of enterprises newly born in t-4 
having survived to t 

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16 94 5 

Number of persons employed in the population of enterprises newly born in t-5 
having survived to t 

16 95 1 

Number  of  persons  employed  in  the  year  of  birth  in  the  population  of 
enterprises newly born in t-1 having survived to t 

16 95 2 

Number  of  persons  employed  in  the  year  of  birth  in  the  population  of 
enterprises newly born in t-2 having survived to t 

16 95 3 

Number  of  persons  employed  in  the  year  of  birth  in  the  population  of 
enterprises newly born in t-3 having survived to t 

16 95 4 

Number  of  persons  employed  in  the  year  of  birth  in  the  population  of 
enterprises newly born in t-4 having survived to t 

16 95 5 

Number  of  persons  employed  in  the  year  of  birth  in  the  population  of 
enterprises newly born in t-5 having survived to t 

SECTION 6 

First reference year 

The first reference year for which annual statistics shall be compiled is as follows: 

Calendar year 

Code 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

11 91 0,  11 92 0,  11 93 0,  16 91 0,  16 91 1,  16 92 0, 
16 92 1, 16 93 0 and 16 93 1 

11 94 1, 16 94 1 and 16 95 1 

11 94 2, 16 94 2 and 16 95 2 

11 94 3, 16 94 3 and 16 95 3 

11 94 4, 16 94 4 and 16 95 4 

11 94 5, 16 94 5 and 16 95 5 

SECTION 7 

Report on the quality of statistics 

The  Member  States  shall  produce  quality  reports  that  shall  indicate  the  comparability  of 
characteristics 11 91 0 and 16 91 0 with characteristics 11 11 0 and 16 11 0 in Annex I of this 
Regulation  and,  if  necessary,  the  compliance  of  the  delivered  data  with  the  common 
methodology as laid down in the recommendations manual referred to in section 11. 

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SECTION 8 

Production of results 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The results are to be broken down to the level of the breakdown of activities listed in 
Section 10. 

Some  results,  to  be  determined  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  referred  to  in 
Article 12 (2) of this Regulation, shall also be broken down into size classes to the 
level of detail listed in section 10, except for NACE REV. 1.1 section K, where the 
breakdown is required only to the group level. 

Some results to be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 
12  (2)  of  this  Regulation  shall  also  be  broken  down  according  to  legal  form  to  the 
level of the detail listed in section 10, except for NACE REV. 1.1 section K, where 
the breakdown is required only to the group level. 

SECTION 9 

Transmission of results 

Preliminary results for characteristics related to enterprise deaths (11 93 0, 16 93 0, 16 93 1) 
are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the reference period. 
Revised results for these characteristics, following the confirmation of enterprise deaths after 
two years of inactivity, are to be transmitted within 30 months of the same reference period. 
All other results are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the 
reference period. 

SECTION 10 

Breakdown of activities 

The following breakdown of activities refer to the NACE REV. 1.1 classification: 

Section C 

Mining and quarrying 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results broken down to the section level of NACE REV. 1.1. 

Section D 

Manufacturing 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results broken down to the subsection level of NACE REV. 1.1 

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Sections E and F 

Electricity, gas and water supply and construction 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results broken down to the section level of NACE REV. 1.1. 

Section G 

Wholesale  and  retail  trade;  repair  of  motor  vehicles,  motorcycles  and  personal  and 

household goods 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results for the NACE REV. 1.1 codes G, 50, 51, 52, 52.1, 52.2, 52.3+52.4+52.5, 52.6 
and 52.7. 

Section H  

Hotels and restaurants 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results for the NACE REV. 1.1 codes 55, 55.1+55.2 and 55.3+55.4+55.5. 

Section I 

Transport, storage and communication 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results for the NACE REV. 1.1 codes I, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 64.1 and 64.2. 

Section J 

Financial Intermediation 

To  enable  Community  statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component 
national results broken down to the division level of NACE REV. 1.1. 

Section K 

Real estate, renting and business activities 

NACE REV. 1.1 class 74.15 is excluded from the scope of this Annex. To enable Community 
statistics  to  be  compiled,  Member  States  shall  transmit  component  national  results  broken 
down to the class level of NACE REV. 1.1. 

Special aggregates 

To enable Community statistics on business demography to be compiled for the Information 
and Communication Technology sector, a number of special aggregates of the NACE REV. 
1.1  shall  be  transmitted.  These  aggregates  shall  be  determined  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure referred to in Article 12 (2) of this Regulation. 

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SECTION 11 

Recommendations manual 

The  Commission  shall  publish  a  recommendations  manual  in  close  co-operation  with  the 
Member States, which contains supplementary guidance concerning the Community statistics 
produced pursuant to this Annex. The recommendations manual shall be published when this 
Regulation enters into force. 

SECTION 12 

Pilot studies 

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

–  production of the data using the local unit as the statistical unit; 

–  production  of  data  on  other  demographic  events  than  enterprise  births,  survivals  and 

deaths, and 

–  production of data on NACE REV. 1.1 sections M, N and O. 

If  the  Commission,  on  the  basis  of  the  evaluation  of  pilot  studies  concerning  non-market 
activities in Sections M to O of NACE REV.  1.1, deems it necessary  to  expand the current 
scope of this Regulation it shall make a proposal in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 251 of the Treaty. 

SECTION 13 

Transitional period 

For the purposes of the detailed module defined in this Annex, the transitional period shall not 
extend  more  than  four  years  beyond  the  first  reference  years  for  the  compilation  of  the 
statistics indicated in section 6. 

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ANNEX X 

Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments 

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 (OJ No L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 1) 

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98 (OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1) 

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002 (OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7) 

Regulation (EC) No 2056/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 

317, 21.11.2002, p. 1) 

Point 69 of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament 

and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1) 

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ANNEX XI 

CORRELATION TABLE 

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 
58/97 

This Regulation 

Article 1 

Article 2 

Article 3 

Article 1 

Article 1 

Article 2 

Article 4, paragraph 1 

Article 3, paragraph 1 

Article 4, paragraph 2 

Article 3, paragraph 3 

Article 5 

- 

- 

Article 6 

Article 3, paragraph 2 

Article 3, paragraph 4 

Article 4 

Article 5 

Article 7, paragraphs 1-3 

Article 6, paragraphs 1-3 

- 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Article 10 

Article 11 

Article 6, paragraph 4 

Article 7 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Article 10 

Article 12, paragraphs (i) to (x) 

Article 11, paragraphs (a) to (j) 

- 

Article 13 

Article 14 

Article 15 

- 

Article 16 

Article 11, paragraphs (k), (l) and (m) 

Article 12 

Article 13 

- 

Article 14 

Article 15 

Annex 1, Sections 1 – 9 

Annex I, Sections 1 – 9 

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Annex 1, Section 10, paragraphs 1 and 2  

Annex I, Section 10, paragraphs 1 and 2, with 
deletions  

Annex 1, Section 10, paragraphs 3 and 4 

-  

Annex 1, Section 11 

Annex I, Section 11 

Annex 2 

Annex II 

Annex 3, Sections 1 – 8 

Annex III, Sections 1 - 8 

Annex 3, Section 9 

Annex 3, Section 10 

- 

Annex III, Section 9 

Annex 4, Sections 1 – 8 

Annex IV, Sections 1 - 8 

Annex 4, Section 9 

Annex 4, Section 10 

- 

Annex IV, Section 9 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Annex V 

Annex VI 

Annex VII 

Annex VIII 

Annex IX 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

1. 

NAME OF THE PROPOSAL : 

Proposal for a Regulation (EC) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the 
Council concerning structural business statistics. 

2. 

ABM / ABB FRAMEWORK 

Policy Area(s) concerned and associated Activity/Activities: 

3. 

3.1 

Statistics 

BUDGET LINES 

Budget  lines  (operational  lines  and  related  technical  and  administrative 
assistance lines (ex- B.A lines)) including headings : 

29 02 01 

Statistical Information Policy  

29 01 01 
statistics 

Expenditure  related  to  staff  in  active  employment  of  policy  area 

3.2 

Duration of the action and of the financial impact: 

Yearly  data  collection  and  compilation  starting  from  the  year  after  entry  into 
force of the regulation. 

3.3 

Budgetary characteristics (add rows if necessary) : 

Budget 
line 

Type of expenditure 

New 

EFTA 
contribution 

Contributions 
from applicant 
countries 

Heading in 
financial 
perspective 

29 02 01 

Non-comp 

Diff19 

NO 

YES 

YES 

29 01 01 

Non-comp  Non-Diff 

NO 

YES 

YES 

No 3 
Internal 
Policies 

No 3 
Internal 
Policies 

19 Differentiated appropriations 

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4. 

SUMMARY OF RESOURCES 

4.1 

Financial Resources 

4.1.1 

Summary of commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA) 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Section 
no. 

Expenditure type 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

Total 

Operational expenditure20 

Commitment 
Appropriations (CA) 

8.1 

Payment  Appropriations 
(PA) 

a 

b 

2.000  1.950 

1.000 

0 

0 

0 

4.950 

1.000  2.000 

1.450 

0.500 

4.950 

Administrative expenditure within reference amount21 

Technical 
& 
administrative  assistance 
(NDA) 

8.2.4 

c 

TTOOTTAALL  RREEFFEERREENNCCEE  AAMMOOUUNNTT  

Commitment 
Appropriations 

Payment 
Appropriations 

2.000  1.950 

1.000 

0 

0 

1.000  2.000 

1.450 

0.500 

0 

0 

0 

4.950 

4.950 

a+c 

b+c 

Administrative expenditure not included in reference amount22 

Human 
associated 
(NDA) 

resources 

and 
expenditure 

Administrative  costs,  other 
than  human  resources  and 
associated 
not 
included in reference amount 
(NDA) 

costs, 

0.540  0.540 

0.540 

0.216 

0.216 

0.216 

2.268 

8.2.5 

d 

8.2.6 

e 

Total indicative financial cost of intervention 

TOTAL  CA 
cost 
Resources 

of 

including 
Human 

a+c
+d+
e 

2.540  2.490 

1.540 

0.216 

0.216 

0.216 

7.218 

20 Expenditure that does not fall under Chapter xx 01 of the Title xx concerned. 
21 Expenditure within article xx 01 04 of Title xx. 
22 Expenditure within chapter xx 01 other than articles xx 01 04 or xx 01 05. 

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TOTAL  PA 
cost 
Resources 

of 

including 
Human 

b+c
+d+
e 

Co-financing details 

Co-financing body 

1.540  2.540 

1.990 

0.716 

0.216 

0.216 

7.218 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

Total 

Member State 

f 

0.200  0.195 

0.100 

0 

0 

0 

0.495 

TOTAL CA including co-
financing 

a+c
+d+
e+f 

2.740  2.685 

1.640 

0.216 

0.216 

0.216 

7.713 

4.1.2  Compatibility with Financial Programming 

Proposal  is  compatible  with  the  Commission's  February  2004  Communication 
on  the  financial  perspective  2007-2013  (COM  (2004)  101).  The  appropriations 
from  2007  onwards  are  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  next  financial 
programming period. 

4.1.3 

Financial impact on Revenue 

Proposal has no financial implications on revenue 

4.2 

Human Resources FTE (including officials, temporary and external staff) – 
see detail under point 8.2.1. 

Annual requirements 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 
and 
later 

Total 
number 
human resources 

of 

5 

5 

5 

2 

2 

2 

 5. 

5.1 

CHARACTERISTICS AND OBJECTIVES 

Need to be met in the short or long term 

This  codified/recast  version  of  the  Council  and  the  European  Parliament 
Regulation  aims  at  adjusting  the  available  data  on  the  structure,  activity, 

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competitiveness  and  performance  of  businesses  in  the  Community  to  the  new 
Community policy needs. 

5.2 

Value-added  of  Community  involvement  and  coherence  of  the  proposal 
with other financial instruments and possible synergy 

Community legislation of structural business statistics is needed to set common 
statistical standards for data, with a high degree of comparability between data 
collected  in  different  Member  States.  Such  comparability  is  requested  by  all 
users,  not  only  at  Community  level,  but  also  within  Member  States.  The 
regulation defines a set of relevant statistical data to ensure the comparability of 
the statistics. This is essential, for the calculation of EU aggregates, which are in 
great  demand  by  users.  The  likely  impact  of  a  continuation  of  the  existing 
situation can be the lack of information needed by the users. In order to carry out 
the tasks entrusted to it under the Treaties, especially with regard to the internal 
market,  the  Commission  must  have  adequate,  meaningful,  up-to-date,  reliable 
and comparable structural business statistics. 

5.3 

Objectives,  expected  results  and  related  indicators  of  the  proposal  in  the 
context of the ABM framework 

The  objective  for  the  amendment  is  to  put  services  on  equal  footing  with 
manufacturing,  to  provide  data  on  business  demography  and  a  flexible  tool  to 
make ad hoc surveys to respond to user needs. 

The feasibility of collecting harmonised statistical information  

–  for activities under Sections M to O of NACE REV. 1.1 (Annex I, section 10, 

paragraph 1), 

–  for  characteristics  relating  to  financial  accounts,  intangible  investments  and 
forms of organising the production system (Annex I, section 10, paragraph 2), 

–  for  environmental  characteristics  and  subcontracting  in  industry  (Annex  II, 

section 9), 

–  for information on derivatives and off-balance sheet items, information on the 
distribution  networks,  and  information  broken  down  to  prices  and  volumes 
for credit institutions (Annex VI, section 9), 

–  for  information  on  cross-border  activities  of  pensions  funds,  information  on 
non-autonomous  pension  funds  and  information  on  derivatives  and  off-
balance sheet items for pensions funds (Annex VII, section 9), 

–  for data using the local unit as the statistical unit, activities under Sections M 
to  O  of  NACE  REV.  1.1  and  demographic  characteristics  other  than 
enterprise  births,  survivals  and  deaths  for  business  demography  (Annex  IX, 
section 12) 

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shall be tested via pilot studies. 

The  information  is  needed  for  drawing  up,  monitoring  and  evaluating  Community 
policies,  in  particular  concerning  the  internal  market  as  well  as  enterprise,  economic, 
financial, employment and information society policies 

5.4 

Method of Implementation (indicative) 

Show below the method(s)23 chosen for the implementation of the action. 

ٱ Centralised Management Directly by the Commission 

6. 

MONITORING AND EVALUATION 

6.1 

Monitoring system 

The  Commission  shall  - according  to  article  13  of  the  proposed  regulation - 
submit  a  report  to  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  on  the  statistics 
compiled  pursuant  to  this  Regulation  and  in  particular  on  their  quality  and  the 
burden on businesses. In this report the Commission shall take into account the 
outcome of the pilot studies and propose amendments if necessary. 

6.2 

Evaluation 

6.2.1 

Ex-ante evaluation 

The  feasibility  of  collecting  the  data,  taking  into  account  the  benefits  of  the 
availability  of  the  data  in  relation  to  the  costs  of  collection  and  the  burden  of 
businesses  was  tested  for  the  new  modules  on  business  services  (Annex  VIII) 
and business demography (Annex IX) in pilot studies on a voluntary basis.  

The  legal  basis  for  the  pilot  studies  was  Annex  I  Section  10  of  Council 
Regulation  No  58/97  of  20  December  1996  concerning  structural  business 
statistics. The pilot studies have proven that the data collection is possible. It has 
been shown convincingly that the data can be collected, that the statistics can be 
produced in a cost-effective way, and that the results are of great interest to users 
inside and outside the European Commission. 

Several publications presenting the results of the data collection so far have been 
produced.  Detailed publications on business demography and business services 
and  several  Statistics  in  Focus  have  been  published.  Data  are  also  available  in 
Eurostat’s  free  database,  Theme  Industry,  Trade  and  Services,  Domain 
Structural Business Statistics. 

23  If  more  than  one  method  is  indicated  please  provide  additional  details  in  the  "Relevant  comments" 

section of this point 

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The  main  limitation  is  the  lack  of  coverage  of  all  Member  States.  For 
Community  policies,  in  particular  to  evaluate  the  functioning  of  the  Internal 
Market, it is essential to have data for all EU Member States. 

The benefits of the availability of the data have been measured against the costs 
of collection and the burden on businesses for the pilot studies. The burden on 
businesses was difficult to quantify, because there are limited data existing in the 
Member States quantifying it. However, the information to be collected is  also 
needed in Member States. The amendment proposal brings about simplifications 
and alleviations to burden in order to balance to the new requirements. Several 
characteristics  have  been  deleted  from  Annexes  I  to  IV.  The  Business 
Demography is made of existing data and does not imply a significant additional 
burden on national authorities and businesses. 

The  implementation  of  new  statistics  always  involves  set-up  costs  as  well  as 
costs for the research and development of the data process in the implementation 
phase.  For  the  pilot  studies  carried  out  the  Commission  contributed  financial 
support to help cover the costs of the Member States. The recast regulation is a 
response to high needs expressed by Commission Directorates-General. 

The  benefits  are  also  difficult  to  quantify  in  figures.  However,  in  the  past  few 
years the Member States and Eurostat have registered a growth in the number of 
requests  for  new  information  from  international  organisations,  as  well  as  from 
economists, banks, academics and other statistical offices.  

6.2.2  Measures  taken  following  an  intermediate/ex-post  evaluation  (lessons  learned 

from similar experiences in the past) 

According to article 13 of the proposed regulation it is envisaged that a report on 
the implementation of this regulation shall be submitted within three years of the 
entry into force of the regulation, to the European Parliament and the Council. In 
particular on the burden on their businesses. 

6.2.3 

Terms and frequency of future evaluation 

The first report shall be prepared within three years after the data of entry into 
force of this Regulation and again every three years thereafter. 

7. 

ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES  

A revised system of internal management and control was put in place following 
the  Commission’s  Reform  initiative  on  financial  management.  This  system 
included a reinforced internal audit capacity. 

Annual  monitoring  of  progress  with  implementation  of  the  Commission’s 
Internal  Control  standards  is  designed  to  give  assurance  on  the  existence  and 

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functioning  of  procedures  for  prevention  and  detection  of  fraud  and 
irregularities. 

New  rules  and  procedures  have  been  adopted  for  the  principal  budgetary 
process:  calls  for  tenders,  grants,  commitments,  contracts  and  payments.  The 
manual of procedures are made available to all those intervening in financial acts 
with  a  view  to  clarify  responsibilities,  simplify  workflows  and  indicate  key 
control  points.  Training  on  their  use  is  provided.  The  manuals  are  subject  to 
regular review and updating. 

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8. 

DETAILS OF RESOURCES 

8.1 

Objectives of the proposal in terms of their financial cost 

(Headings of Objectives, actions and outputs should be provided) 

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE No.1: Pilot studies on sections M, N and O (Annex I, 
section 10, paragraph 1) 

Action: Pilot studies on sections M, N and O (Annex I, section 10, paragraph 1) 

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Type of 
output 

Av. 
cost 

2007 

2008 

2009 

TOTAL 

No. 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

No. 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

No. 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

No. 
outputs 

Total 
cost 

Output:  data  on  sections  M,  N  and  O  (Annex  I,  section  10,  paragraph  1),  feasibility 
study 

data 

1.000 

0.500 

1.500 

OPERATIONAL  OBJECTIVE  No.2:Pilot  studies  on  characteristics  relating  to 
financial  accounts,  intangible  investments  and  forms  of  organising  the  production 
system (Annex I, section 10, paragraph 2) 

Action:  Pilot  studies  on  characteristics  relating  to  financial  accounts,  intangible 
investments  and  forms  of  organising  the  production  system  (Annex  I,  section  10, 
paragraph 2) 

Output: data on financial account, intangible investments and forms of organising the 
production system (Annex I, section 10, paragraph 2), feasibility study 

data 

OPERATIONAL  OBJECTIVE  No.  3:  Environmental 
subcontracting in industry (Annex II, section 9) 

characteristics 

and 

Action: Pilot  studies on environmental characteristics  and subcontracting in industry 
(Annex II, section 9)  

0.500 

0.500 

Output:  data  on  environmental  characteristics  and  subcontracting  in  industry  (Annex 
II, section 9), feasibility study 

data 

0.700 

0.250 

0.950 

OPERATIONAL  OBJECTIVE  No.  4:  Information  on  derivatives  and  off-balance 
sheet items, information on the distribution networks, and information broken down to 
prices and volumes for credit institutions (Annex VI, section 9) 

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Action:  Pilot  studies  on  data  collection  on  derivatives  and  off-balance  sheet  items, 
information on the distribution networks, and information broken down to prices and 
volumes for credit institutions (Annex VI, section 9) 

Output:  data  on  derivatives  and  off-balance  sheet  items,  information  on  the 
distribution networks, and information broken down to prices and volumes for credit 
institutions (Annex VI, section 9), feasibility study 

data 

OPERATIONAL  OBJECTIVE  No.  5:  Information  on  cross-border  activities  of 
pensions  funds,  information  on  non-autonomous  pension  funds  and  information  on 
derivatives and off-balance sheet items for pensions funds (Annex VII, section 9) 

Action:  Pilot  studies  on  information  on  cross-border  activities  of  pensions  funds, 
information on non-autonomous pension funds and information on derivatives and off-
balance sheet items for pensions funds (Annex VII, section 9) 

Output:  data  on  cross-border  activities  of  pensions  funds,  information  on  non-
autonomous pension funds and information on derivatives and off-balance sheet items 
for pensions funds (Annex VII, section 9), feasibility study 

data 

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE No. 6: Pilot studies for business demography (Annex 
IX, section 12) 

Action: Pilot studies for business demography (Annex IX, section 12) 

Output:data on business demography (Annex IX, section 12), feasibility study 

data 

TOTAL COST 

0.250 

0.250 

0.250 

0.250 

0.750 

2.000 

0.750 

1.950 

1.000 

1.500 

4.950 

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8.2 

Administrative Expenditure 

The  needs  for  human  and  administrative  resources  shall  be  covered  within  the 
allocations granted to the managing service in the framework of the annual allocation 
procedure. 

8.2.1  Number and type of human resources 

Types  of 
post 

Staff to be assigned to management of the action using existing and/or 
additional resources (number of posts/FTEs) 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

3 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

A*/AD 

B*, 
C*/AST 

3 

2 

Officials 
or 
temporary 
staff24 
(XX 
01) 

01 

Staff  financed25  by 
art. XX 01 02 

staff26 
Other 
financed  by  art.  XX 
01 04/05 

TOTAL 

5 

5 

5 

2 

2 

2 

8.2.2  Description of tasks deriving from the action 

Existing human resources shall be reallocated for the management and the needs of 
the programme, no other sources are necessary. 

8.2.3 

Sources of human resources (statutory) 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

3  A-posts  currently  allocated  to  the  management  of  the  programme  to  be 
redeployed inside the unit 

1 B-post to be redeployed using existing resources within the managing service 
(internal redeployment), 1 additional B-post which is not possible to redeploy 
within  the  theme  because  of  additional  workload  due  to  the  extension  taking 
into account simplification and extension. 

8.2.4  Other  Administrative  expenditure  included  in  reference  amount  (XX  01  04/05  – 

Expenditure on administrative management) 

24 Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount – staff category to be decided by AIPN 
25 Cost of which is NOT covered by the reference amount 
26 Cost of which is included within the reference amount 

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2007 

2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  TOTAL 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Budget line 

(number and heading) 

Technical 

and 
1 
administrative 
assistance 
(including related staff costs) 

Executive agencies27 

Other 

technical 
administrative assistance 

and 

- intra muros  

- extra muros 

Total 
administrative assistance 

Technical 

and 

8.2.5 

Financial cost of human resources and associated costs not included in the reference 
amount 

Type of human resources 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Officials and temporary staff (XX 01 01) 

Staff  financed  under  Art  XX  01  02 
(auxiliary, END, contract staff, etc.) 

(specify budget line) 

Total cost of Human Resources and 
associated costs (NOT in reference 
amount) 

0.540 

0.540 

0.540 

0.216 

0.216 

0.216 

0.540 

0.540 

0.540 

0.216 

0.216 

0.216 

Calculation – Officials and Temporary agents 

Reference should be made to Point 8.2.1, if applicable 

108.000€ per person per year 

Calculation – Staff financed under art. XX 01 02 

Reference should be made to Point 8.2.1, if applicable 

27  Reference  should  be  made  to  the  specific  legislative  financial  statement  for  the  Executive  Agency(ies) 

concerned. 

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8.2.6 Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Year 
n+1 

Year 
n+2 

Year 
n+3 

Year 
n+4 

Year 
n 

Year 
n+5 

and 
later 

TOTAL 

XX 01 02 11 01 – Missions 

XX 01 02 11 02 – Meetings & Conferences 

XX 01 02 11 03 – Committees28  

XX 01 02 11 04 – Studies & consultations 

XX 01 02 11 05 - Information systems 

Total Other Management Expenditure 

(XX 01 02 11) 

Other expenditure of an administrative 
nature (specify including reference to 
budget line) 

Total Administrative expenditure, other 
than human resources and associated 
costs (NOT included in reference 
amount) 

Calculation - Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount 

28 Specify the type of committee and the group to which it belongs. 

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