Commission Regulation (EC) No 472/2008 of 29 May 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Revision 2 and, for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Revision 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, economic statistics, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 472/2008

of 29 May 2008

implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the
first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Revision 2 and, for time series prior to 2009
to be transmitted according to NACE Revision 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference
period, and the reference period

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of
19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (1) and in
particular Article 17(k) and (l) thereof,

time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to
NACE Rev. 2,
the first
reference period, and the reference period.

the level of detail,

the form,

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Statistical
the
Programme Committee,

opinion

the

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

for

the

production

Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 establishes a common
framework
short-term
Community statistics on the business cycle. The scope
of these statistics is defined by reference to Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the
statistical classification of economic activities
in the
European Community (NACE Rev. 1) (2).

of

of

the

Parliament

to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of
Council

the
Pursuant
European
of
and
20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classifi-
cation of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as
certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains,
short-term statistics governed by Regulation (EC) No
1165/98 shall be produced in accordance with NACE
Rev. 2 from 1 January 2009 onwards.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

to be applied for short-term statistics
The first base year
governed by Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 and produced in
accordance with NACE Rev. 2, shall be 2005 (2006 for D-310).

Article 2

The specific requirements concerning the level of detail,
1.
the form, the first reference period, and the reference period for
time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE
Rev. 2, shall be as set out in the Annex.

2.
The time series compiled according to the requirements
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted to the
Commission (Eurostat) as follows:

(3)

According to Article 17(k) and (l) of Regulation (EC) No
1165/98, it is necessary to determine the first base year
to be applied for time series in NACE Rev. 2 and, for

(a)

in the case of monthly variables, not later than the corre-
sponding data referring to January 2009;

(1) OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 293, 24.10.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1893/2006.

(b) in the case of quarterly data, not

later than the corre-

sponding data referring to the first quarter of 2009.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 May 2008.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Specific requirements for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Rev. 2

The level of detail according to which the individual variables are to be transmitted is the same as set out in sections (f) of
Annexes A, B, C and D, respectively, of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 (in the following referred to as ‘STS Regulation’).

The form in which the individual variables are to be transmitted is the same as set out in sections (d) of Annexes A, B, C,
and D respectively, of the STS Regulation.

The following table indicates the first reference period for which the individual variables are to be transmitted according
to NACE Rev. 2. All dates are provided in the format mm/yyyy for monthly and qq/yyyy for quarterly dates.

Especially in Annex D (Other services) of the STS Regulation, the introduction of NACE Rev. 2 requires the availability of
data more detailed than under the previous NACE or of data on individual activities not covered by STS prior to the
introduction of NACE Rev. 2. In such cases, where in addition it is not possible to produce estimates of good quality, the
Member States concerned may chose a first reference period later than 2000 subject to prior approval by the Commission
(Eurostat).

Variable

Designation

First reference period

INDUSTRY

A-110

A-120

A-121

A-122

A-130

A-131

A-132

A-210

A-220

A-230

A-310

A-311

A-312

Production

Turnover

Domestic turnover

Non-domestic turnover

New orders received

Domestic new orders

Non-domestic new orders

Number of persons employed

Hours worked

Gross wages and salaries

Output prices

Output prices of the domestic market

Output prices of the non-domestic market

01/2000

01/2000

01/2000

01/2000
01/2005 for the split euro area/non-euro area

01/2000

01/2000

01/2000
01/2005 for the split euro area/non-euro area

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

01/2000

01/2000

01/2000
01/2005 for the split euro area/non-euro area

A-340

Import prices

01/2006

CONSTRUCTION

B-110

Production

B-115

Production of building construction

B-116

Production of civil engineering

B-210

B-220

B-230

Number of persons employed

Hours worked

Gross wages and salaries

01/2005 for monthly data
Q1/2000 for quarterly data

01/2005 for monthly data
Q1/2000 for quarterly data

01/2005 for monthly data
Q1/2000 for quarterly data

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

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Variable

B-320

B-321

B-322

B-411

B-412

C-120

C-210

C-330

C-123

D-120

D-210

D-310

Designation

First reference period

Construction costs

Material costs

Labour costs

Building permits: number of dwellings

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

RETAIL TRADE AND REPAIR

Turnover

Number of persons employed

Deflator of sales

Volume of sales

OTHER SERVICES

Turnover

Number of persons employed

Output prices

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

01/2000

Q1/2000

01/2000

01/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2000

Q1/2006

The reference period to be applied for the individual variables is the same as set out in sections (e) of Annexes A, B, C
and D, respectively, of the STS Regulation.