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Title: Draft Commission Regulation (EC) No …/.. of […] concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        C

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

                                 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics

                                                                (Codified version)

                                            ê 2701/98

                                                                      Draft

                                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

                                                                      of […]

                                 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics

                                                            (Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning structural business statistics[1],  and  in  particular
Article 12(ii), (v), and (vii) thereof,

Whereas:

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   1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 of 17  December  1998  concerning  the  series  of  data  to  be  produced  for  structural  business
      statistics[2] has been substantially amended several times[3]. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said  Regulation  should  be
      codified.

                                            ê 2701/98 recital 1

   2) Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics  on  the  structure,  activity,
      competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community.

                                            ê 2701/98 recital 2

   3) It is necessary to specify the frequency for the compilation of the multi-yearly structural business statistics. It is necessary to specify
      the first reference year for the compilation of the preliminary results for structural business statistics. It is necessary to specify  the
      breakdown of the results for the production of structural business statistics.

                                            ê 2701/98 recital 3

   4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                                                    Article 1

The frequency for the compilation of multi-yearly characteristics, the breakdowns of results and the first reference year for the compilation  of
the preliminary results referred to in Articles 4, 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 are specified in the series of data  in  Annex  I
to this Regulation.

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                                                                    Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 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 III.

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                                                                    Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, […]

      For the Commission
      […]
      Member of the Commission

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                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                                  SERIES OF DATA

                                                    INDUSTRY, CONSTRUCTION, SERVICES AND TRADE

                                                                  Summary table

|Series code                 |Title                                                                                                    |
|1A                          |Annual enterprise statistics                                                                             |
|1B                          |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                               |
|1C                          |Annual regional statistics                                                                               |
|1D                          |Preliminary results                                                                                      |

Annual enterprise statistics listed in Annex 1, section 4, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 1

Series 1A

|Series name                                  |Annual enterprise statistics                                                             |

                                            ê 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 1

|First reference year                         |1995 except NACE rev. 1 groups 65.1 and 65.2, class 66.02 and division 67                |
|                                             |2001 for NACE rev. 1 group 65.1 and the credit institutions classified under NACE rev. 1 |
|                                             |class 65.22                                                                              |
|                                             |2002 for NACE rev. 1 class 66.02                                                         |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 1

|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                   |

                                            ê 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 2

|Activity coverage                            |NACE rev. 1, section C-K except NACE rev. group 65.2 and division 67                     |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 1
                                            è1 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 3
                                            è2 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 4

|Characteristics                              |Characteristic in Annex 1, section 4, paragraph 3:                                       |
|                                             |11 11 0 Number of enterprises                                                            |
|                                             |Characteristics in Annex 1, section 4, paragraph 4:                                      |
|                                             |12 11 0 Turnover(1)                                                                      |
|                                             |12 12 0 Production value                                                                 |
|                                             |12 15 0 Value added at factor cost                                                       |
|                                             |13 11 0 Total purchases of goods and services                                            |
|                                             |13 12 0 Purchases of goods and services for resale in the same condition as received(2)  |
|                                             |13 31 0 Personnel costs                                                                  |
|                                             |13 32 0 Wages and salaries                                                               |
|                                             |13 33 0 Social security costs                                                            |
|                                             |15 11 0 Gross investment in tangible goods(2)                                            |
|                                             |16 11 0 Number of persons employed                                                       |
|                                             |16 13 0 Number of employees(2)                                                           |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |Level of the regroupings of activities listed in section 9 of Annex 1                    |
|(1) For Classes 66.01 and 66.03: gross premiums written.è1 For Group 65.1 and the credit institutions classified under Class 65.22: not|
|to be provided. ç                                                                                                                      |
|(2) è2 For Group 65.1, the credit institutions classified under Class 65.22 and Division 66: not to be provided. ç                     |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 2

Series 1B

|Series name                                   |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                              |
|First reference year                          |1995                                                                                    |
|Frequency                                     |Annual                                                                                  |
|Activity coverage                             |NACE Rev. 1, sections C-K, except group 65.1 and 65.2, class 66.02 and division 67      |
|Characteristics                               |Characteristic of Annex 1, section 4, paragraph 3:                                      |
|                                              |11 11 0 Number of enterprises                                                           |
|                                              |Characteristics in Annex 1, section 4, paragraph 4:                                     |
|                                              |12 11 0 Turnover(1)                                                                     |
|                                              |12 15 0 Value added at factor cost(1)                                                   |
|                                              |15 11 0 Gross investment in tangible goods (optional)                                   |
|                                              |16 11 0 Number of persons employed(1)                                                   |
|Level of activity breakdown                   |Section C-G of NACE Rev. 1: three-digit level (group)                                   |
|                                              |Sections H, I, K: level of the regroupings of activities listed in section 9 of Annex 1 |
|Level of size class breakdown                 |For Sections C-F                                                                        |
|                                              |Number of persons employed: 1-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                            |
|                                              |For Sections G, H, I and K                                                              |
|                                              |Number of persons employed: 1, 2-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                         |
|                                              |For classes 66.01 and 66.03:                                                            |
|                                              |Gross premiums written (in million EUR): < 5, 5-50, 51-250, 251-500, 501-1 000, 1 000 + |
|(1) For the Classes 66.01 and 66.03: not to be provided.                                                                               |

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Annual regional statistics listed in Annex 1, section 4, paragraphs 3 and 5 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 1C

|Series name                                |Annual regional statistics                                                                |
|First reference year                       |1995                                                                                      |
|Frequency                                  |Annual                                                                                    |
|Activity coverage                          |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—K, except section J                                               |
|Characteristics                            |Characteristic of Annex 1, section 4, paragraph 3:                                        |
|                                           |11 21 0        |Number of local units                                                     |
|                                           |Characteristics in Annex 1, section 4, paragraph 5:                                       |
|                                           |13 32 0        |Wages and salaries                                                        |
|                                           |15 11 0        |Gross investment in tangible goods (optional)                             |
|                                           |16 11 0        |Number of persons employed                                                |
|Level of activity breakdown                |NACE Rev. 1 two-digit level (division)                                                    |
|Level of regional breakdown                |NUTS 2                                                                                    |

Annual preliminary results listed in Annex 1, section 8 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 1D

|Series name                       |Preliminary results                                                                                 |
|First reference year              |1996                                                                                                |
|Frequency                         |Annual                                                                                              |
|Activity coverage                 |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—K except section J                                                          |
|Characteristics                   |Characteristics of Annex 1, section 8:                                                              |
|                                  |12 11 0           |Turnover                                                                         |
|                                  |16 11 0           |Number of persons employed                                                       |
|Level of activity breakdown       |Sections C—G of NACE Rev. 1: three-digit level (groups)                                             |
|                                  |Sections H, I, K: level of the regroupings of activities listed in section 9 of Annex 1             |

Preliminary results shall be transmitted within 10 months from the end of the calendar year of the reference period.

                                                                     INDUSTRY

                                                                  Summary table

|Series code         |Title                                                                                                             |
|2A                  |Annual enterprise statistics                                                                                      |
|2B                  |Environmental protection expenditure                                                                              |
|2D                  |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                                        |
|2E                  |Annual KAU statistics                                                                                             |
|2F                  |Annual regional statistics                                                                                        |
|2H                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Employment                                                                   |
|2J                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Intangible investment and subcontracting                                     |
|2K                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Subcontracting by size class                                                 |
|2L                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Purchases of energy products                                                 |
|2N                  |Enterprise preliminary results                                                                                    |

                                            ê 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 5

|2O                  |Environmental protection expenditure broken down by size classes (number of persons employed)                     |

                                            ê 2701/98

Annual enterprise statistics listed in Annex 2, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 3(b)

Series 2A

|Series name                                  |Annual enterprise statistics                                                             |
|First reference year                         |1995                                                                                     |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                   |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, sections C-E                                                                |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 2:                                      |
|                                             |11 11 0 Number of enterprises                                                            |
|                                             |11 12 0 Number of births of enterprises                                                  |
|                                             |11 13 0 Number of deaths of enterprises                                                  |
|                                             |Characteristics in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 3:                                      |
|                                             |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 for resale in the same condition as received     |
|                                             |13 13 1 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                   |
|                                             |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                       |
|                                             |16 11 0 Number of persons employed                                                       |
|                                             |16 13 0 Number of employees                                                              |
|                                             |16 13 1 Number of part-time employees                                                    |
|                                             |16 14 0 Number of employees in full-time equivalent units                                |
|                                             |16 15 0 Number of hours worked by employees                                              |
|                                             |18 11 0 Turnover from the principal activity at the NACE Rev. 1 three-digit level        |
|                                             |18 12 0 Turnover from industrial activities                                              |
|                                             |18 16 0 Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and intermediary         |
|                                             |activities                                                                               |
|                                             |18 15 0 Turnover from service activities                                                 |
|                                             |20 11 0 Purchases of energy products                                                     |
|                                             |22 11 0 Total intramural R & D expenditure                                               |
|                                             |22 12 0 Total number of R & D personnel                                                  |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev.1 three-digit level (group) for characteristics 18 11 0, 22 11 0 and 22 12 0    |
|                                             |NACE Rev.1, four-digit level (class) for all other characteristics                       |

                                            ê 2701/98

Series 2B

                                            ê 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 6

|Series name                           |Environmental protection expenditure (by environmental domains)                                 |
|First reference year                  |2001                                                                                            |
|Frequency                             |Annual for characteristics 21 11 0 and 21 12 0, every three years for characteristic 21 14 0    |
|Activity coverage                     |NACE rev. 1, sections C-E (except for division 37)                                              |
|Characteristics                       |Characteristics in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 3:                                             |
|                                      |21 11 0          |Investment in equipment and plant for pollution control, and special          |
|                                      |                 |anti-pollution accessories (mainly end-of-pipe equipment)                     |
|                                      |21 12 0          |Investment in equipment and plant linked to cleaner technology (integrated    |
|                                      |                 |technology)                                                                   |
|                                      |Characteristic in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4:                                              |
|                                      |21 14 0          |Total current expenditure on environmental protection                         |
|Level of activity breakdown           |NACE rev. 1: two digit level (divisions)                                                        |
|Level of breakdown by environmental   |Protection of ambient air and climate, Wastewater management, Waste management, Other           |
|domains                               |environmental protection activities.                                                            |

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Series 2D

|Series name                       |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                          |
|First reference year              |1995                                                                                                |
|Frequency                         |Annual                                                                                              |
|Activity coverage                 |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—E                                                                           |
|Characteristics                   |Characteristic in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 2:                                                  |
|                                  |11 11 0           |Number of enterprises                                                            |
|                                  |Characteristics in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 3:                                                 |
|                                  |12 11 0           |Turnover                                                                         |
|                                  |12 12 0           |Production value                                                                 |
|                                  |12 14 0           |Value added at basic prices (optional)                                           |
|                                  |12 15 0           |Value added at factor cost                                                       |
|                                  |13 11 0           |Total purchases of goods and service                                             |
|                                  |13 32 0           |Wages and salaries                                                               |
|                                  |13 33 0           |Social security costs                                                            |
|                                  |16 11 0           |Number of persons employed                                                       |
|                                  |16 13 0           |Number of employees                                                              |
|                                  |16 15 0           |Number of hours worked by employees                                              |
|                                  |22 11 0           |Total intra-mural R&D expenditure (optional for size classes below 50 persons    |
|                                  |                  |employed)                                                                        |
|                                  |22 12 0           |Total number of R&D personnel (optional for size classes below 50 persons        |
|                                  |                  |employed)                                                                        |
|Level of activity breakdown       |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                              |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 3(e)

|Level of size class breakdown     |Number of persons employed: 1-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                                        |

                                            ê 2701/98

Annual KAU statistics listed in Annex 2, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 6 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 2E

|Series name                                  |Annual KAU statistics                                                                    |
|First reference year                         |1995                                                                                     |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                   |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—E                                                                |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristic of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 2:                                       |
|                                             |11 31 0         |Number of kind-of-activity units                                        |
|                                             |Characteristics in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 6:                                      |
|                                             |12 11 0         |Turnover                                                                |
|                                             |12 12 0         |Production value                                                        |
|                                             |13 32 0         |Wages and salaries                                                      |
|                                             |15 11 0         |Gross investment in tangible goods                                      |
|                                             |16 11 0         |Number of persons employed                                              |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                    |

Annual regional statistics listed in Annex 2, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 5 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 2F

|Series name                                   |Annual regional statistics                                                              |
|First reference year                          |1995                                                                                    |
|Frequency                                     |Annual                                                                                  |
|Activity coverage                             |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—E                                                               |
|Characteristics                               |Characteristic of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 2:                                      |
|                                              |11 21 0         |Number of local units                                                  |
|                                              |Characteristics in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 5:                                     |
|                                              |13 32 0         |Wages and salaries                                                     |
|                                              |15 11 0         |Gross investment in tangible goods                                     |
|                                              |16 11 0         |Number of persons employed                                             |
|Level of activity breakdown                   |NACE Rev. 1, two-digit level (division)                                                 |
|Level of regional breakdown                   |NUTS 2                                                                                  |

Multi-yearly enterprise statistics listed in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 2H

|Series name                                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Employment                                        |
|First reference year                         |2000                                                                                   |
|Frequency                                    |Four yearly                                                                            |
|Activity coverage                            |Divisions 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 28, 31, 32 and 36 of NACE Rev. 1                     |
|Characteristic                               |Characteristic of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4:                                     |
|                                             |16 13 5          |Number of homeworkers                                                |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                  |

Series 2J

|Series name                        |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Intangible investment and subcontracting                      |
|First reference year               |1997 for characteristics 15 42 0, 15 44 1 and 15 44 2                                              |
|                                   |1999 for characteristic 23 11 0                                                                    |
|Frequency                          |Three yearly                                                                                       |
|Activity coverage                  |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—E                                                                          |
|Characteristics                    |Characteristics of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4:                                                |
|                                   |15 42 0         |Gross investment in concessions, patents, licences and trade marks and similar   |
|                                   |                |rights                                                                           |
|                                   |15 44 1         |Investment in purchased software                                                 |
|                                   |15 44 2         |Investment in software produced by the unit (optional)                           |
|                                   |23 11 0         |Payments to subcontractors                                                       |
|Level of activity breakdown        |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                              |

Series 2K (optional)

|Series name                                   |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Subcontracting by size class                       |
|First reference year                          |1999                                                                                    |
|Frequency                                     |Three yearly                                                                            |
|Activity coverage                             |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—E                                                               |
|Characteristics                               |Characteristics of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4:                                     |
|                                              |23 11 0           |Payments to subcontractors                                           |
|Level of activity breakdown                   |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group).                                                 |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 3(f)

|Level of size class breakdown                 |Number of persons employed: 1-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                              |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 3(g)

Series 2L

|Series name                                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Purchases of energy products                        |
|First reference year                         |1997                                                                                     |
|Frequency                                    |Two yearly                                                                               |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, sections C-D                                                                |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics of Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4:                                      |
|                                             |20 11 1 Purchases of solid fuels (in value)                                              |
|                                             |20 11 2 Purchases of petroleum products (in value)                                       |
|                                             |20 11 3 Purchases of natural and derived gas (in value)                                  |
|                                             |20 11 4 Purchases of renewable energy sources (in value)                                 |
|                                             |20 11 5 Purchases of heat (in value)                                                     |
|                                             |20 11 6 Purchases of electricity (in value)                                              |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                   |

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Annual preliminary results listed in Annex 2, section 8 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 2N

|Series name                                  |Enterprise preliminary results                                                          |
|First reference year                         |1996                                                                                    |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                  |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, sections C—E                                                               |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics of Annex 2, section 8:                                                  |
|                                             |11 11 0          |Number of enterprises                                                |
|                                             |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                                   |
|                                             |16 11 0          |Number of persons employed                                           |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                  |

Preliminary results shall be transmitted within 10 months from the end of the calendar year of the reference period.

                                            ê 1669/2003 Art. 1 and Annex I pt. 7

Series 2O

|Series name                     |Environmental protection expenditure broken down by size classes (number of persons employed)           |
|First reference year            |2001                                                                                                    |
|Frequency                       |For characteristics 21 11 0 and 21 12 0: annual, every three years for characteristic 21 14 0           |
|Activity coverage               |NACE rev. 1, sections C-E (except for division 37)                                                      |
|Characteristics                 |Characteristics in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 3:                                                     |
|                                |21 11 0         |Investment in equipment and plant for pollution control, and special anti-pollution     |
|                                |                |accessories (mainly end-of-pipe equipment)                                              |
|                                |21 12 0         |Investment in equipment and plant linked to cleaner technology (‘integrated technology’)|
|                                |Characteristic in Annex 2, section 4, paragraph 4:                                                      |
|                                |21 14 0         |Total current expenditure on environmental protection                                   |
|Level of activity breakdown     |NACE rev. 1: two digit level (divisions)                                                                |
|Level of size class breakdown   |Number of persons employed: 1-49, 50-249, 250+                                                          |

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                                                               DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES

                                                                  Summary table

|Series code                    |Title                                                                                                       |
|3A                             |Preliminary results                                                                                         |
|3B                             |Annual enterprise statistics                                                                                |
|3C                             |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                                  |
|3D                             |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics                                                                          |
|3E                             |Annual regional statistics                                                                                  |
|3F                             |Multi-yearly regional statistics                                                                            |

Annual preliminary results listed in Annex 3, section 8, paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 3A

|Series name                                         |Preliminary results                                                          |
|First reference year                                |1996                                                                         |
|Frequency                                           |Annual                                                                       |
|Activity coverage                                   |NACE Rev. 1, section G                                                       |
|Characteristics                                     |12 11 0        |Turnover                                                    |
|                                                    |16 11 0        |Number of persons employed                                  |
|Level of activity breakdown                         |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                       |

Preliminary results shall be transmitted within 10 months from the end of the calendar year of the reference period.

Annual enterprise statistics listed in Annex 3, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 4(a)

Series 3B

|Series name                                  |Annual enterprise statistics                                                               |
|First reference year                         |1995                                                                                       |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                     |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section G                                                                     |
|Characteristics                              |Demographic data                                                                           |
|                                             |11 11 0 Number of enterprises                                                              |
|                                             |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 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                                                      |
|                                             |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|
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                      |

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Series 3C

|Series name                    |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                                |
|First reference year           |1995                                                                                                      |
|Frequency                      |Annual                                                                                                    |
|Activity coverage              |NACE Rev. 1, section G                                                                                    |
|Characteristics                |11 11 0              |Number of enterprises                                                               |
|                               |12 11 0              |Turnover                                                                            |
|                               |12 15 0              |Value added at factor cost                                                          |
|                               |15 11 0              |Gross investment in tangible goods (optional)                                       |
|                               |16 11 0              |Number of persons employed                                                          |
|Level of activity breakdown    |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                                    |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 4(b)

|Level of size class breakdown  |Number of persons employed: 1, 2-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                                           |
|                               |Annual turnover in million EUR: 0 to less than 1, 1 to less than 2, 2 to less than 5, 5 to less than 10,  |
|                               |10 to less than 20, 20 to less than 50, 50 to less than 200, 200 and more                                 |

                                            ê 2701/98

Multi-yearly enterprise statistics listed in Annex 3, section 4, paragraph 4 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 3D

|Series name                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics                                                                         |
|First reference year         |1997 for division 52                                                                                       |
|                             |1998 for division 51                                                                                       |
|                             |2000 for division 50                                                                                       |
|Frequency                    |Five yearly                                                                                                |
|Activity coverage            |NACE Rev. 1, section G                                                                                     |
|Characteristics              |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 (optional)                                                            |
|                             |13 43 0             |Other operating costs (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                     |
|                             |                    |Category of sales space shall be broken down according to the information below:      |
|                             |                    |Less than 120 m2                                                                      |
|                             |                    |120—399 m2                                                                            |
|                             |                    |400—999 m2                                                                            |
|                             |                    |1 000—2 499 m2                                                                        |
|                             |                    |2 500—4 999 m2                                                                        |
|                             |                    |5 000—9 999 m2                                                                        |
|                             |                    |10 000 m2 and more                                                                    |
|                             |17 34 0             |Number of fixed market stands and/or stalls                                           |
|                             |Breakdown of turnover by product type                                                                      |
|                             |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 (division 51 only), specifically:                            |
|                             |25 11 1             |Resale traders: retail traders (optional)                                             |
|                             |25 11 2             |Professional users (wholesalers, others) (optional)                                   |
|                             |25 11 3             |Final consumers (retail trade activity) (optional)                                    |
|                             |Percentage share of purchases by type of supplier (division 52 only), specifically:                        |
|                             |25 21 1             |Wholesalers, purchasing groups (optional)                                             |
|                             |25 21 2             |Producers (optional)                                                                  |
|Level of activity breakdown  |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                                      |

Annual regional statistics listed in Annex 3, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 5 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 3E

|Series name                                  |Annual regional statistics                                                                  |
|First reference year                         |1995                                                                                        |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                      |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section G                                                                      |
|Characteristics                              |11 21 0         |Number of local units                                                      |
|                                             |13 32 0         |Wages and salaries                                                         |
|                                             |15 11 0         |Gross investment in tangible goods (optional)                              |
|                                             |16 11 0         |Number of persons employed                                                 |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                      |
|Level of regional breakdown                  |NUTS 2                                                                                      |

Multi-yearly regional statistics listed in Annex 3, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 6 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 3F

|Series name                                |Multi-yearly regional statistics                                                             |
|First reference year                       |1999                                                                                         |
|Frequency                                  |Five yearly                                                                                  |
|Activity coverage                          |NACE Rev. 1, section G                                                                       |
|Characteristics                            |11 21 0          |Number of local units (divisions 50 and 52 only)(1)                        |
|                                           |12 11 0          |Turnover (divisions 50 and 52 only)                                        |
|                                           |17 33 1          |Sales space (division 52 only)                                             |
|Level of activity breakdown                |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                       |
|Level of regional breakdown                |NUTS 2                                                                                       |
|(1) Data for 11 21 0 number of local units need only be given here if the number is lower than in series 3E annual regional statistics,  |
|in other words if only local units dependent on enterprises classified in section G of NACE Rev.1 are included (Annex 3, section 7,      |
|paragraph 4).                                                                                                                            |

                                                                   CONSTRUCTION

                                                                  Summary table

|Series code         |Title                                                                                                          |
|4A                  |Annual enterprise statistics                                                                                   |
|4D                  |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                                     |
|4E                  |Annual KAU statistics                                                                                          |
|4F                  |Annual regional statistics                                                                                     |
|4H                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Employment                                                                |
|4J                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Intangible investment and subcontracting                                  |
|4K                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Subcontracting by size class                                              |
|4L                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Purchases of energy products                                              |
|4N                  |Enterprise preliminary results                                                                                 |

Annual enterprise statistics listed in Annex 4, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 5(b)

Series 4A

|Series name                                  |Annual enterprise statistics                                                                |
|First reference year                         |1995                                                                                        |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                      |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                      |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics of Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 2:                                         |
|                                             |11 11 0 Number of enterprises                                                               |
|                                             |11 12 0 Number of births of enterprises                                                     |
|                                             |11 13 0 Number of deaths of enterprises                                                     |
|                                             |Characteristics in Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 3:                                         |
|                                             |12 11 0 Turnover                                                                            |
|                                             |12 12 0 Production value                                                                    |
|                                             |12 13 0 Gross margin on goods for resale (optional for groups 451 and 452)                  |
|                                             |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 for resale in the same condition as received        |
|                                             |(optional for groups 451 and 452)                                                           |
|                                             |13 13 1 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                      |
|                                             |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                          |
|                                             |16 11 0 Number of persons employed                                                          |
|                                             |16 13 0 Number of employees                                                                 |
|                                             |16 14 0 Number of employees in full-time equivalent units                                   |
|                                             |16 15 0 Number of hours worked by employees                                                 |
|                                             |18 11 0 Turnover from the principal activity at the NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level          |
|                                             |18 12 1 Turnover from industrial activities excluding construction                          |
|                                             |18 12 2 Turnover from construction activities                                               |
|                                             |18 16 0 Turnover from trading and intermediary activities (agents)                          |
|                                             |18 15 0 Turnover from service activities                                                    |
|                                             |18 31 0 Turnover from building (groups 451 and 452 only)                                    |
|                                             |18 32 0 Turnover from civil engineering (groups 451 and 452 only)                           |
|                                             |20 11 0 Purchases of energy products                                                        |
|                                             |22 11 0 Total intra-mural R & D expenditure                                                 |
|                                             |22 12 0 Total number of R & D personnel                                                     |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev.1 two-digit level (division) for characteristics 22 11 0 and 22 12 0               |
|                                             |NACE Rev.1 three-digit level (group) for characteristics 18 11 0                            |
|                                             |NACE Rev.1, four-digit level (class) for all other characteristics                          |

                                            ê 2701/98

Series 4D

|Series name                                |Annual enterprise statistics by size class                                                   |
|First reference year                       |1995                                                                                         |
|Frequency                                  |Annual                                                                                       |
|Activity coverage                          |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                       |
|Characteristics                            |Characteristic in Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 2:                                           |
|                                           |11 11 0            |Number of enterprises                                                    |
|                                           |Characteristics in Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 3:                                          |
|                                           |12 11 0            |Turnover                                                                 |
|                                           |12 12 0            |Production value                                                         |
|                                           |12 14 0            |Value added at basic prices (optional)                                   |
|                                           |12 15 0            |Value added at factor cost                                               |
|                                           |13 11 0            |Total purchases of goods and service                                     |
|                                           |13 32 0            |Wages and salaries                                                       |
|                                           |13 33 0            |Social security costs                                                    |
|                                           |16 11 0            |Number of persons employed                                               |
|                                           |16 13 0            |Number of employees                                                      |
|                                           |16 15 0            |Number of hours worked by employees                                      |
|Level of activity breakdown                |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                       |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 5(d)

|Level of size class breakdown              |Number of persons employed: 1-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                                 |

                                            ê 2701/98

Annual KAU statistics listed in Annex 4, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 6 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 4E

|Series name                                  |Annual KAU statistics                                                                       |
|First reference year                         |1995                                                                                        |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                      |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                      |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics in Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 6:                                         |
|                                             |12 11 0           |Turnover                                                                 |
|                                             |12 12 0           |Production value                                                         |
|                                             |13 32 0           |Wages and salaries                                                       |
|                                             |15 11 0           |Gross investment in tangible goods                                       |
|                                             |16 11 0           |Number of persons employed                                               |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                       |

Annual regional statistics listed in Annex 4, section 4, paragraphs 2 and 5 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 4F

|Series name                                |Annual regional statistics                                                                   |
|First reference year                       |1995                                                                                         |
|Frequency                                  |Annual                                                                                       |
|Activity coverage                          |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                       |
|Characteristics                            |Characteristic of Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 2:                                           |
|                                           |11 21 0              |Number of local units                                                  |
|                                           |Characteristics in Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 5:                                          |
|                                           |13 32 0              |Wages and salaries                                                     |
|                                           |15 11 0              |Gross investment in tangible goods (optional)                          |
|                                           |16 11 0              |Number of persons employed                                             |
|Level of activity breakdown                |NACE Rev. 1, two-digit level (division)                                                      |
|Level of regional breakdown                |NUTS 2                                                                                       |

Multi-yearly enterprise statistics listed in Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 4 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 4H

|Series name                                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Employment                                         |
|First reference year                         |1998                                                                                    |
|Frequency                                    |Four yearly                                                                             |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                  |
|Characteristic                               |Characteristic of Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 4:                                      |
|                                             |16 13 1          |Number of part-time employees                                        |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class)                                                   |

Series 4J

|Series name                    |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Intangible investment and subcontracting                           |
|First reference year           |1997 for characteristics 15 42 0, 15 44 1 and 15 44 2                                                   |
|                               |1999 for characteristics 23 11 0 and 23 12 0                                                            |
|Frequency                      |Three yearly                                                                                            |
|Activity coverage              |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                                  |
|Characteristics                |Characteristics of Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 4:                                                     |
|                               |15 42 0              |Gross investment in concessions, patents, licences and trade marks and similar    |
|                               |                     |rights (optional)                                                                 |
|                               |15 44 1              |Investment in purchased software                                                  |
|                               |15 44 2              |Investment in software produced by the unit (optional)                            |
|                               |23 11 0              |Payments to subcontractors                                                        |
|                               |23 12 0              |Income from subcontacting                                                         |
|Level of activity breakdown    |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit (group) for characteristics 15 42 0, 15 44 1 and 15 44 2                       |
|                               |NACE Rev. 1, four-digit level (class) for characteristics 23 11 0 and 23 12 0                           |

Series 4K

|Series name                                 |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Subcontracting by size class                         |
|First reference year                        |1999                                                                                      |
|Frequency                                   |Three yearly                                                                              |
|Activity coverage                           |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                    |
|Characteristics                             |Characteristics of Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 4:                                       |
|                                            |23 11 0           |Payments to subcontractors                                             |
|                                            |23 12 0           |Income from subcontracting                                             |
|Level of activity breakdown                 |NACE Rev. 1: three-digit level (group)                                                    |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 5(f)

|Level of size class breakdown                 |Number of persons employed: 1-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-249, 250 +                              |

                                            ê 1614/2002 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 5(g)

Series 4L

|Series name                                  |Multi-yearly enterprise statistics — Purchases of energy products                           |
|First reference year                         |1997                                                                                        |
|Frequency                                    |Two yearly                                                                                  |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                      |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics of Annex 4, section 4, paragraph 4:                                         |
|                                             |20 11 1 Purchases of solid fuels (in value) (optional)                                      |
|                                             |20 11 2 Purchases of petroleum products (in value) (optional)                               |
|                                             |20 11 3 Purchases of natural and derived gas (in value) (optional)                          |
|                                             |20 11 4 Purchases of renewable energy sources (in value) (optional)                         |
|                                             |20 11 5 Purchases of heat (in value) (optional)                                             |
|                                             |20 11 6 Purchases of electricity (in value) (optional)                                      |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                      |

                                            ê 2701/98

Annual preliminary results listed in Annex 4, section 8, of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97.

Series 4N

|Series name                                  |Enterprise preliminary results                                                          |
|First reference year                         |1996                                                                                    |
|Frequency                                    |Annual                                                                                  |
|Activity coverage                            |NACE Rev. 1, section F                                                                  |
|Characteristics                              |Characteristics of Annex 4, section 8:                                                  |
|                                             |11 11 0          |Number of enterprises                                                |
|                                             |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                                   |
|                                             |16 11 0          |Number of persons employed                                           |
|Level of activity breakdown                  |NACE Rev. 1, three-digit level (group)                                                  |

Preliminary results shall be transmitted within 10 months from the end of the calendar year of the reference period.

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                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

|Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98                                         |                                                   |
|(OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 81)                                                 |                                                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1614/2002                                        |Only Article 3 and Annex III                       |
|(OJ L 244, 12.9.2002, p. 7)                                                    |                                                   |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003                                        |Only Article 1 and Annex I                         |
|(OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57)                                                   |                                                   |

                                                                  _____________

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                                                Correlation Table

|Regulation (EC) No 2701/98                                           |This Regulation                                                    |
|Article 1                                                            |Article 1                                                          |
|Article 2                                                            |______                                                             |
|______                                                               |Article 2                                                          |
|Article 3                                                            |Article 3                                                          |
|Annex                                                                |Annex I                                                            |
|_____                                                                |Annex II                                                           |
|_____                                                                |Annex III                                                          |

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[1]   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).
[2]   OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 81. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1669/2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 57).
[3]   See Annex II.