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    Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1197

    of 30 July 2020

    laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    (OJ L 271 18.8.2020, p. 1)

    Amended by:

     

     

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1225 of 27 July 2021

      L 269

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    28.7.2021

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2552 of 12 December 2022

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    29.12.2022




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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1197

    of 30 July 2020

    laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics

    (Text with EEA relevance)



    Article 1

    Data requirements

    The elements of the data for the detailed topics listed in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    Main Industrial Groupings and special aggregates

    The Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs) and other special aggregates of the Nomenclature of Economic Activities (NACE) activities and classification of products by activity (CPA) products used for the breakdowns required in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

    Article 3

    Simplifications

    The simplifications referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

    Article 4

    Technical definitions

    1.  
    The technical definitions of variables and other elements of the data sets referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
    2.  
    The technical definitions related to European statistics on international trade in goods are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.
    3.  
    The technical definitions related to European statistics on international trade in services are set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.

    Article 5

    Technical specifications for European statistics on international trade in goods including trade in goods by enterprise characteristics

    The technical specifications for European statistics on international trade in goods, including trade in goods by enterprise characteristics referred to in Article 7(1)(j) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 and related definitions in accordance with Article 7(1) of that Regulation, are set out in Annex V to this Regulation. The data requirements related to European statistics on international trade in goods are set out in Annex I, Part B, Table 16 and Tables 34 to 37 to this Regulation.

    Article 6

    Definitions and breakdowns for European statistics on international trade in services by enterprise characteristics and international supply of services

    The definitions of variables and breakdowns for European statistics on international trade in services by enterprise characteristics and international supply of services are set out in Annex VI to this Regulation. The data requirements related to European statistics on international trade in services by enterprise characteristics and international supply of services are set out in Annex I, Part B, Table 17 and Table 38 to this Regulation.

    Article 7

    Weighting and change of base year for the domain ‘Short Term Business Statistics’

    The weighting and change of base year for the domain ‘Short Term Business Statistics’ referred to in Article 7(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 are set out in Annex VII to this Regulation. That Annex also sets out transitional arrangements regarding the data requirements for the domain specified in Annex I, Part B tables 1 to 9 to this Regulation.

    Article 8

    Variables linked to the detailed topics for the European framework for statistical business registers

    In accordance with Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, the variables related to the register detailed topics for the European framework for statistical business registers are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

    Article 9

    Technical specifications for the exchange of confidential data for the purposes of the European framework for statistical business registers

    In accordance with Article 10(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, the technical details of the variables listed in Annex IV to that Regulation are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation. In addition, in accordance with Article 10(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, Annex IX to this Regulation sets out the format, security and confidentiality measures for the exchange of confidential data for the purposes of the European framework for statistical business registers.

    Article 10

    Procedure and specifications for the transmission of data and metadata

    1.  
    The data and metadata transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) under this Regulation shall be exchanged in electronic format and transmitted or uploaded through its single entry point for data and, where appropriate for metadata.
    2.  
    Member States shall make available to the Commission (Eurostat) the data and metadata required under this Regulation using the statistical data and metadata exchange standards specified by the Commission (Eurostat).
    3.  
    Confidential data and metadata shall be transmitted via secure networks used by the Commission (Eurostat), or via a secured remote access using the exchange standards specified by the Commission (Eurostat).
    4.  
    Member States should implement the exchange standards in accordance with the implementation guidelines supplied by the Commission (Eurostat).
    5.  
    Member States shall provide confidential data in accordance with the existing Union provisions on transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality.

    Confidential data shall be sent with the true value and with a flag indicating that it is subject to confidentiality.

    Member States shall provide all levels of aggregation of the breakdowns as defined in the tables of Annex I, Part B and the data transmitted shall contain, where applicable, all primary and secondary confidentiality flags in accordance with the confidentiality rules existing at national level.

    6.  
    Unless otherwise specified, monetary data shall be expressed in national currency units (euro for the Member States of the euro area). Member States acceding to the euro area shall report annual monetary data in euro in the year of their accession. For the reporting of infra-annual monetary data, countries acceding to the euro area shall use the national currency in application for the reference period.
    7.  
    When data already transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) are subject to revision, Member States shall transmit the revised data by the time of their dissemination at national level at the latest, or, if they are not disseminated at national level, no later than one month after they have become available to a national statistical authority.

    Article 11

    Quality and metadata reports

    1.  
    Member States shall provide annual quality and metadata reports for statistical business registers to the Commission (Eurostat), using the ESS standards for metadata and quality reporting.
    2.  
    Member States shall provide metadata reports for business statistics transmitted with the periodicity specified in Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to the Commission (Eurostat) two months after the last data transmission deadline of the statistics covered by the report at the latest.
    3.  
    Member States shall provide, in duly justified cases, additional quality reports containing more detailed quality information necessary to evaluate the quality of the business statistics transmitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to the Commission (Eurostat) within a time limit agreed between the Member States and the Commission (Eurostat).
    4.  
    For the topic ‘ICT usage and e-commerce’, the deadlines for the quality and metadata reporting are specified in a separate implementing act.
    5.  
    For the structure and contents of the quality and metadata reports, the most recent European Statistical System (ESS) standards should be used.
    6.  
    In addition to the standard quality and metadata reporting, in duly justified cases Member States shall provide to the Commission (Eurostat) at its request complementary metadata and quality information necessary for evaluating the quality of the business statistics, including revisions of previously provided information where relevant.

    Article 12

    Repeal

    1.  
    Regulations (EC) No 912/2004, (EC) No 364/2008, (EC) No 192/2009, (EC) No 250/2009, (EC) No 251/2009, (EC) No 834/2009, (EU) No 275/2010, (EU) No 1097/2010 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 are repealed. with effect from 1 January 2021
    2.  
    Commission Regulations (EC) No 1982/2004, (EU) No 92/2010, (EU) No 113/2010 and (EU) No 1106/2012 are repealed with effect from 1 January 2022.
    3.  
    Commission Regulations (EC) No 586/2001, (EC) No 1503/2006, (EC) No 657/2007 and (EC) No 472/2008 are repealed with effect from 1 January 2024.
    4.  
    Paragraphs 1 to 3 are without prejudice to the obligations set out in those Regulations concerning the transmission of data and metadata, including quality reports, with regard to reference periods that fall, in whole or in part, before the respective dates set out in those paragraphs.
    5.  
    References to the repealed acts shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

    Article 13

    Entry into force

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

    It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

    However, Tables 16 and 34 to 37 of Annex I, and Annex V shall apply from 1 January 2022.

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




    ANNEX I

    Elements of data to be transmitted for the detailed topics

    Part A. Variables

    Domain 1. Short term business statistics

    All short term business statistics except for the statistics of the detailed topic ‘Import prices’ (table 4) and the topic ‘Real estate’ (Table 9) refer to the activities of resident statistical units



    Topics

    Detailed topics

    Variables

    Elements of data requirements as defined in Tables of Part B

    Topic 1.1  Business population

    1

    Business demographic events (bankruptcies, registrations)

    1

    Registrations

    Table 1

    2

    Bankruptcies

    Table 1

    Topic 1.2  Labour inputs

    1

    Employment

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons

    Table 2

    2

    Hours worked

    1

    Hours worked by employees

    Table 3

    3

    Labour costs

    1

    Wages and salaries

    Table 3

    Topic 1.3  Prices

    1

    Import prices

    1

    Import prices

    Table 4

    2

    Import prices (euro area)

    Table 4

    3

    Import prices (non-euro area)

    Table 4

    2

    Producer prices

    1

    Producer prices

    Table 5

    2

    Domestic producer prices

    Table 5

    3

    Non-domestic producer prices

    Table 5

    4

    Non-domestic producer prices (euro area)

    Table 5

    5

    Non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area)

    Table 5

    Topic 1.4  Outputs and performance

    1

    Production

    1

    Production (volume)

    Table 6

    2

    Volume of sales

    1

    Volume of sales

    Table 7

    3

    Net turnover

    1

    Net turnover (value)

    Table 8

    2

    Domestic net turnover (value)

    Table 8

    3

    Non-domestic net turnover (value)

    Table 8

    4

    Non-domestic net turnover (euro area) (value)

    Table 8

    5

    Non-domestic net turnover (non-euro area) (value)

    Table 8

    Topic 1.5  Real estate

    1

    Real estate

    1

    Building permits: Number of dwellings

    Table 9

    2

    Building permits: Square metres

    Table 9

    Domain 2. Country level business statistics

    With the exception of country-level business statistics on enterprises importing goods and enterprises exporting goods (Table 16), country level business statistics refer to the activities of resident statistical units. Country-level business statistics on enterprises importing goods and enterprises exporting goods (Table 16) refer to the statistical territory of the reporting country, as referred to in Section 4 of Annex V to this Regulation.



    Topics

    Detailed topics

    Variables

    Elements of data requirements as defined in Tables of Part B

    Topic 2.1  Business population

    1

    Population of active enterprises

    1

    Number of active enterprises

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    2

    Number of enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 12

    3

    Number of high-growth enterprises

    Table 13

    4

    Number of young high-growth enterprises

    Table 13

    2

    Business demographic events (births, deaths, survivals)

    1

    Enterprise births

    Table 12

    2

    Enterprise deaths

    Table 12

    3

    Enterprise survivals

    Table 12

    4

    Enterprises having the first employee

    Table 12

    5

    Enterprises having no employees anymore

    Table 12

    6

    Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 12

    3

    Population of foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Number of foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    4

    Population of foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates

    1

    Number of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    Table 15

    5

    Population of enterprises engaged in international trade

    1

    Number of enterprises importing goods

    Table 16

    2

    Number of enterprises exporting goods

    Table 16

    Topic 2.2  Labour inputs

    1

    Employment

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    2

    Number of employees

    Tables 10 and 11

    3

    Number of employees in full-time equivalent units

    Table 10

    4

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 12

    5

    Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 12

    6

    Number of employees in high-growth enterprises

    Table 13

    7

    Number of employees in young high-growth enterprises

    Table 13

    2

    Hours worked

    1

    Hours worked by employees

    Tables 10 and 11

    3

    Labour costs

    1

    Employee benefits expense

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    2

    Wages and salaries

    Tables 10 and 11

    3

    Social security costs

    Tables 10 and 11

    4

    Employment linked to business demographic events (births, deaths, survivals)

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises

    Table 12

    2

    Number of employees in newly born enterprises

    Table 12

    3

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths

    Table 12

    4

    Number of employees in enterprise deaths

    Table 12

    5

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals

    Table 12

    6

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth

    Table 12

    7

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee

    Table 12

    8

    Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee

    Table 12

    9

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore

    Table 12

    10

    Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore

    Table 12

    11

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprise having at least one employee

    Table 12

    12

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth

    Table 12

    5

    Employment in foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    6

    Employment in foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    Table 15

    7

    Labour costs in foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Employee benefits expense in foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    Topic 2.3  R & D inputs

    1

    R & D expenditure

    1

    Intramural R & D expenditure

    Table 14 and 18

    2

    R & D employment

    1

    R & D personnel

    Table 14 and 19

    2

    Researchers

    Table 18

    3

    R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    4

    R & D employment in foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    5

    Publicly funded R & D

    1

    Government budget allocations for research and development (GBARD)

    Table 20

    2

    National public funding to transnationally coordinated R & D

    Table 20

    Topic 2.4  Purchases

    1

    Purchases of goods and services

    1

    Total purchases of goods and services

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    2

    Purchases of goods and services for resale

    Table 14 and 21

    3

    Expenses on services provided through agency workers

    Table 21

    4

    Expenses of long term rental and operating lease

    Table 21

    5

    Purchases of energy products

    Table 21

    6

    Payments to subcontractors

    Table 21

    2

    Change in stock of goods

    1

    Change in stock of goods

    Table 22

    2

    Change in stock of finished goods and work-in-progress

    Table 22

    3

    Change in stock of goods for resale

    Table 22

    3

    Purchases of goods and services of foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Total purchases of goods and services of foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    2

    Purchases of goods and services for resale of foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    4

    Imports by enterprises

    1

    Statistical value of imports by enterprises

    Tables 16 and 17

    Topic 2.5  Outputs and performance

    1

    Net turnover

    1

    Net turnover

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    2

    Net turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities

    Table 24

    3

    Net turnover from industrial activities

    Table 24

    4

    Net turnover from industrial activities excluding construction

    Table 24

    5

    Net turnover from construction

    Table 24

    6

    Net turnover from service activities

    Table 24

    7

    Net turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and from intermediary activities

    Table 24

    8

    Net turnover from building

    Table 24

    9

    Net turnover from civil engineering

    Table 24

    10

    Net turnover from the principal activity at the NACE three-digit level,

    Table 25

    11

    Net turnover from subcontracting

    Table 25

    12

    Net turnover by residence of client

    Table 23

    13

    Net turnover by product

    Table 23

    2

    Gross margin on goods for resale

    1

    Gross margin on goods for resale

    Table 10

    3

    Value of output

    1

    Value of output

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    4

    Value added

    1

    Value added

    Tables 10, 11 and 14

    5

    Gross operating surplus

    1

    Gross operating surplus

    Tables 10 and 11

    6

    Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    7

    Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    8

    Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises

    Table 14

    9

    Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates

    1

    Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    Table 15

    10

    Industrial production

    1

    Sold production

    Table 26

    2

    Production under sub-contracted operations

    Table 26

    3

    Actual production

    Table 26

    11

    Exports by enterprises

    1

    Statistical value of exports by enterprises

    Tables 16 and 17

    Topic 2.6  Investments

    1

    Gross investment by active enterprises

    1

    Gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    Table 10 and 14

    2

    Gross investment in land

    Table 27

    3

    Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings

    Table 27

    4

    Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings

    Table 27

    5

    Gross investment in machinery and equipment

    Table 27

    6

    Gross investment in intangible non-current assets other than goodwill

    Table 10

    7

    Investment in purchased software

    Table 28

    8

    Sales proceeds of tangible investments

    Table 10

    2

    Gross investment by foreign-controlled enterprises

    1

    Foreign-controlled enterprises’ gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    Table 14

    Domain 3. Regional business statistics

    All regional business statistics refer to the activities of resident statistical units.



    Topics

    Detailed topics

    Variables

    Elements of data requirements as defined in Tables of Part B

    Topic 3.1  Business population

    1

    Population by region

    1

    Number of local units

    Table 29

    2

    Number of active enterprises

    Table 30

    3

    Number of enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 30

    4

    Number of high-growth enterprises

    Table 30

    2

    Business demographic events by region (births, deaths, survivals)

    1

    Enterprise births

    Table 30

    2

    Enterprise deaths

    Table 30

    3

    Enterprise survivals (3-calendar year survival only)

    Table 30

    4

    Enterprises having the first employee

    Table 30

    5

    Enterprises having no employees anymore

    Table 30

    6

    Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Table 30

    Topic 3.2  Labour inputs

    1

    Employment in active enterprises by region

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in local units

    Table 29

    2

    Number of employees and self-employed persons

    Table 30

    3

    Number of employees

    Table 30

    4

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 30

    5

    Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee

    Table 30

    2

    Employment linked to business demographic events by region (births, deaths, survivals)

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises

    Table 30

    2

    Number of employees in newly born enterprises

    Table 30

    3

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths

    Table 30

    4

    Number of employees in enterprise deaths

    Table 30

    5

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Table 30

    6

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Table 30

    7

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee

    Table 30

    8

    Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee

    Table 30

    9

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore

    Table 30

    10

    Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore

    Table 30

    11

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Table 30

    12

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Table 30

    3

    Labour costs by region

    1

    Wages and salaries in local units

    Table 29

    Topic 3.3  R & D inputs

    1

    R & D expenditure by region

    1

    Intramural R & D expenditure

    Table 31

    2

    R & D employment by region

    1

    R & D personnel

    Table 32

    2

    Researchers

    Table 32

    Domain 4. Statistics on international activities

    The statistics of the topics ‘Business population’, ‘Labour input’, ‘Investments’ and ‘Outputs and performance’ (table 33) for this domain refer to activities of non-resident statistical units.

    The statistics of the topic ‘International trade in goods’ (tables 34 to 37) refer to the statistical territory of the reporting country only, as referred to in Section 4 of Annex V to this Regulation.

    The statistics of the topic ‘international trade in services’ (tables 38) refer to the trade in services carried out by resident units.



    Topics

    Detailed topics

    Variables

    Elements of data requirements as defined in Tables of Part B

    Topic 4.1  Business population

    1

    Population of enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country

    1

    Number of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    Table 33

    Topic 4.2  Labour input

    1

    Employment in enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country

    1

    Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    Table 33

    2

    Labour costs in enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country

    1

    Employee benefits expense in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    Table 33

    Topic 4.3  Investments

    1

    Gross investment by enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country

    1

    Gross investment in tangible non-current assets of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    Table 33

    Topic 4.4  Outputs and performance

    1

    Net turnover of enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country

    1

    Net turnover of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    Table 33

    Topic 4.5  International trade in goods

    1

    Intra-Union trade in goods

    1a

    Statistical value of intra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    Table 34

    1b

    Quantity of intra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    Table 34

    2a

    Statistical value of intra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    Table 34

    2b

    Quantity of intra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    Table 34

    3

    Statistical value of exports of goods – aggregated data

    Table 36

    4

    Statistical value of imports of goods – aggregated data

    Table 36

    2

    Extra-Union trade in goods

    1a

    Statistical value of extra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    Table 35

    1b

    Quantity of extra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    Table 35

    2a

    Statistical value of extra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    Table 35

    2b

    Quantity of extra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    Table 35

    3

    Statistical value of extra-Union exports of goods by invoicing currency

    Table 37

    4

    Statistical value of extra-Union imports of goods by invoicing currency

    Table 37

    Topic 4.6  International trade in services

    1

    Imports of services

    1

    Imports and acquisition of services

    Tables 38

    2

    Exports of services

    1

    Exports and provision of services

    Tables 38

    Part B. Elements of data requirements



    Table 1. Short term business statistics on business population

    Variables

    110101. Registrations

    110102. Bankruptcies

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value: unadjusted

    Statistical population

    Market activities of NACE Sections B to N, and P to R and divisions S95 and S96

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B+C+D+E, K+L+M+N, P+Q+R+S95+S96

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — F, G, H, I and J

    — Special aggregate as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    Data transmission deadline

    T+40D

    First reference period

    First quarter 2021



    Table 2. Short term business statistics on employment

    Variables

    120101. Number of employees and self-employed persons

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted

    Statistical population

    Market activities of NACE Sections B, C, D, Division E36, F, G, H to M (excl. K, M701,M72 and M75) and N

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    For all countries:

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B, C, D and Division E36 as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation;

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections

    — 

    — B+C+D+E36, H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72, M75)+N;

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72,M75) and N;

    — NACE Divisions:

    — 

    — E36, G45, G46, G47, and G47 (excl. G473)

    For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections B, C and D.

    For large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections H, I and J.

    The additional breakdowns required for medium and large countries are optional for small countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    Number of employees and self-employed persons may be approximated by the number of employees. For activities in NACE Sections G, H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N, the enterprise (ENT) may be used instead of kind-of-activity-units (KAU) for the reference periods before 2021 and from January 2021 to December 2023 in base year 2015.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+2M for quarterly or monthly (optional) data, except for:

    — requirements for small and medium countries: T+2M+15 days.

    Transitional arrangements for NACE Section L, NACE Division N77 and NACE Groups N811 and N813 that are to be included in their aggregates as of first quarter or month (optional) 2021 as defined in Annex VII (3.a).

    First reference period

    First quarter or month (optional) 2000, except for:

    — NACE Section L, NACE Division N77 and NACE Groups N811 and N813 that are to be included in their aggregates as of first quarter or month (optional) 2021.

    — Spain: First quarter or month (optional) 2002 for the required NACE Sections G to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N, excluding Division G47 and Division G47 (excl. G473) and first quarter or month (optional) 2005 for J58, J59, J60, I55 and I56.

    — Finland: First quarter or month (optional) 2005 for NACE Divisions C32 and C33.

    — Austria: First quarter or month (optional) 2003 for the required NACE Sections H to N (excl. K, L, M701, M72, M75, N77, N811, N813) and first quarter or month (optional) 2005 for NACE Division B09.



    Table 3. Short term business statistics on hours worked and wages and salaries

    Variables

    120201. Hours worked by employees

    120301. Wages and salaries

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted and calendar adjusted

    Statistical population

    Market activities of NACE Sections B, C, D, E36, F, G, H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    For all countries:

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B, C, D and Division E36 as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation;

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections

    — 

    — B+C+D+E36, H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+N;

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — NACE Divisions:

    — 

    — E36, G45, G46, G47, and G47 (excl. G473).

    For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections B, C and D.

    For large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections H, I and J.

    The additional breakdowns required for medium and large countries are optional for small countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities in NACE Sections G, H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N, the ENT may be used instead of KAU for the reference periods before 2021 and from January 2021 to December 2023 in base year 2015.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+3M for quarterly or monthly (optional) data, except for:

    — requirements for small and medium countries at: T+3M+15 days.

    Transitional arrangements for NACE aggregate G47_X_G473, the Section L, NACE Division N77 and NACE Groups N811 and N813 that are to be included in their aggregates as of first quarter or month (optional) 2021 as defined in Annex VII (3.a).

    First reference period

    First quarter or month (optional) 2000 for the required NACE Sections B to F, except for:

    — Finland: first quarter or month (optional) 2005 for the required Divisions C32 and C33;

    — Austria: First quarter or month (optional) 2005 for NACE Division B09.

    First quarter or month (optional) 2010 for the required NACE Sections G to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N except for:

    — NACE aggregate G47_X_G473, Section L, NACE Division N77 and NACE Groups N811 and N813 that are to be included in their aggregates as of first quarter or month (optional) 2021.



    Table 4. Short term business statistics on import prices

    Variables

    130101. Import prices (optional for non-euro area countries and countries applying the European sampling schemes)

    130102. Import prices (euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries (and countries applying the European sample schemes)

    130103. Import prices (non-euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted

    Statistical population

    Products in CPA B (excl. B0721 and B09), C (excl. C18, C2446, C254, C301, C303, C304 and C33) and D

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by products

    For all countries:

    — MIGs of CPA Sections B (excl. B0721 and B09), C (excl. C18, C2446, C254, C301, C303, C304 and C33) and D as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation;

    — CPA aggregates of Sections B (excl. B0721 and B09)+C (excl. C18, C2446, C254, C301, C303, C304 and C33)+D;

    — CPA Sections B (excl. B0721 and B09), C (excl. C18, C2446, C254, C301, C303, C304 and C33), D.

    For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of CPA Sections B (excl. B0721 and B09), C (excl. C18, C2446, C254, C301, C303, C304 and C33) and D.

    The additional breakdowns for medium and large countries are optional for small countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    Scope of data provision limited by European sampling schemes for specific countries as specified in Annex III.C to this Regulation

    Data transmission deadline

    T+1M+15 days

    First reference period

    January 2006, except for:

    — Austria: January 2009 for NACE C161, C2811, C2892.

    For the Member States of the euro area that acceded after January 2006, the variables 130101 (Import prices), 130102 (Import prices (euro area)) and 130103 (Import prices (non-euro area)) are required from the beginning of the year of the entry into the euro area.



    Table 5. Short term business statistics on producer prices

    Variables

    130201. Producer prices

    130202. Domestic producer prices

    130203. Non-domestic producer prices

    130204. Non-domestic producer prices (euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    130205. Non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted

    Statistical population

    For variable 130201 (Producer prices):

    — Market activities of NACE Sections B (excl. B0721), C (excl. C2446, C254, C301, C303 and C304), D and Division E36, CPA 41.00.1 excluding 41.00.14 (new buildings only), NACE Sections H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72and M75) and N;

    For variables 130202 (domestic producer prices), 130203 (non-domestic producer prices), 130204 (non-domestic producer prices (euro area)) and 130205 (non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area)):

    — Market activities of NACE Sections B (excl. B0721), C (excl. C2446, C254, C301, C303 and C304), D and Division E36.

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity and products

    For all countries:

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B (excl. B0721), C (excl. C2446, C254, C301, C303 and C304) and D and Division E36 as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation;

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections

    — 

    — B (excl. B0721)+C (excl.C2446, C254, C301, C303 and C304)+D+E36, H+I+J+L+M (excl.M701, M72 and M75)+N;

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B (excl. B0721), C (excl. C2446, C254, C301, C303 and C304), D, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — Division E36 and Divisions of NACE Sections H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — CPA 41.00.1 excluding 41.00.14 (new buildings only).

    For medium countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections B (excl. B0721), C (excl. C2446, C254, C301, C303 and C304) and D

    For large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — As for medium countries and in addition Groups and Classes of NACE Section C for variables 130201 (producer prices), 130202 (domestic producer prices) and 130203 (non-domestic producer prices) (representing at least 90 % of value added of Section C).

    The additional breakdowns required for medium and large countries are optional for small countries; the additional breakdowns for large countries are optional for medium countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    Scope of data provision for euro area/non-euro area breakdown limited by European sampling schemes for specific countries as specified in Annex III.C to this Regulation.

    The total construction costs (material costs and labour costs) can be used as a proxy for producer prices in construction (CPA 41.00.1 excluding 41.00.14). Costs that constitute components of the construction costs are also plant and equipment, transport, energy and other costs (excluding architect’s fees).

    Indices based on actual producer prices are preferable. If those are not available, approximations may be used for H49, H50, H52, I55, I56, J58, J59, J60, L68, M74, N77, N79, N81 and N82. Products (CPA) may be used to approximate activities (NACE).

    For activities in NACE Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N, the ENT may be used instead of KAU for the reference periods before 2021 and from January 2021 to December 2023 in base year 2015.

    The Service producer price indices (SPPIs) are Business-to-All (B2All). Where the share of transactions with private consumers (B2C) is negligible, the SPPIs may be approximated by Business-to-business (B2B) indicators. For reference periods before 2021, the SPPIs may be approximated by B2B indicators instead of B2All indicators.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+1M for monthly data for the required NACE B to E36;

    — T+3M for all other required NACE and CPA 41.00.1 (excl. 41.00.14), except for: small and medium countries for the required CPA 41.00.1 (excl. 41.00.14), the quarterly and monthly (optional) data at: T+3M+15 days.

    Transitional arrangements for inclusion of NACE aggregate H+I+J+L+M (excl.M701, M72 and M75)+N; Sections H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75), N; Divisions of NACE H49, H50, H52; I55, I56; J58, J59, J60; L68; M74; N77, N79, N81, N82 as defined in Annex VII (3.a).

    First reference period

    First quarter or month (optional) 2000 for the required CPA 41.00.1 excluding 41.00.14 except for:

    — Bulgaria: first quarter or month (optional) 2003;

    January 2005 for the required NACE B to E36, except for:

    — Austria: January 2008 (130201 (Producer prices) and 130202 (Domestic producer prices)) and January 2009 (130203 (Non-domestic producer prices), 130204 (Non-domestic producer prices (euro area)) and 130205 (Non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area)) for NACE Division B09.

    January 2005 for requirements of 130204 (Non-domestic producer prices (euro area)) and 130205 (Non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area));

    First quarter or month (optional) 2010 for the requirements of NACE Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72, and M75) and N except for:

    — the aggregate of NACE Sections H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+ N; for NACE Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N and Divisions H49, H50, H52, I55, I56, J58, J59, J60, L68, M74, N77, N79, N81, N82 that are to be included as of first quarter or month (optional) 2021.

    For the Member States of the euro area that acceded after January 2005, variables 130204 (Non-domestic producer prices (euro area)) and 130205 (Non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area)) are required from the beginning of the year of the entry into the euro area.



    Table 6. Short term business statistics on production (volume)

    Variables

    140101. Production (volume)

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted, calendar adjusted and seasonally adjusted

    Statistical population

    Market activities of NACE Sections B, C, D (excl. D353), F, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    For all countries:

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B, C and D (excl. Group D353) as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation (MIG Energy excl. Group D353 and Section E);

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B+C+D (excl. D353), H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+ N;

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B, C, D (excl. D353), F, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — Divisions of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N.

    For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections B, C, D and F

    For large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Groups and Classes of NACE Section C (representing at least 90 % of value added of Section C).

    The additional breakdowns required for medium and large countries are optional for small countries; the additional breakdowns for large countries are optional for medium countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Transitional arrangements for NACE Section F for the reference periods before January 2024 as defined in Annex VII (3.b).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities in NACE Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N, the ENT may be used instead of KAU for the reference periods before 2021 and from January 2021 to December 2023 in base year 2015.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+1M+10 days for NACE Sections B, C, D (excl. D353)

    For NACE Section F:

    — for medium and large countries: T+1M+15 days;

    — for small countries: T+2M;

    T+2M for NACE Sections H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72, M75) and N.

    Transitional arrangements for inclusion of aggregate of NACE Sections H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+ N; NACE Sections and Divisions of NACE Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N; Divisions of NACE Sections F, as defined in Annex VII (3.a).

    First reference period

    January 2000 for the required NACE Sections B to D (excl. D353) except for:

    — Spain (NACE groups and classes) January 2002

    — Austria (NACE Division B09) January 2005

    January 2005 for NACE Division C33;

    First quarter 2000 (or month 2005) for small countries the required NACE Section F and January 2005 for large and medium countries the requirements of NACE Section F;

    January 2021

    — for the aggregate of NACE Sections H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+ N; for NACE Sections and Divisions of Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N; for Divisions of Section F



    Table 7. Short term business statistics on volume of sales

    Variables

    140201. Volume of sales

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted, calendar adjusted and seasonally adjusted

    Statistical population

    Market activities of NACE G

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    For all countries:

    — NACE Section G;

    — Divisions of NACE Section G;

    — Aggregate of Groups of NACE Division G47 without Group G473;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4711+ NACE Group G472;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4719+ NACE Groups G474+G475+G476+G477+G478+G479;

    — NACE Group G473

    For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Groups of NACE Section G, NACE Classes G4711, G4719 and G4791.

    The additional breakdowns required for medium and large countries are optional for small countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities in NACE Sections G, the ENT may be used instead of KAU for the reference periods before 2021 and from January 2021 to December 2023 in base year 2015.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+2M for monthly data for:

    For NACE

    — Section G;

    — Divisions G45 and G46;

    — Groups G451, G452, G453, G454, G461, G462, G463, G464, G465, G466, G467, G469, G471, G472, G474, G475, G476, G477, G478 and G479;

    — Classes G4711, G4719 and G4791.

    T+1M for monthly data for: For NACE

    — Division G47;

    — Aggregate of Division G47 without Group G473;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4711+ Group G472;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4719+ Groups G474+G475+G476+G477+G478+G479;

    — Group G473.

    First reference period

    January 2000 except for:

    — NACE Section G, Divisions and Groups of NACE Divisions G45 and G46, Groups of NACE Divisions G47 (except G472 and G473) that are to be provided as of January 2021



    Table 8. Short term business statistics on net turnover (value)

    Variables

    140301. Net turnover (value)

    140302. Domestic net turnover (value)

    140303. Non-domestic net turnover (value)

    140304. Non-domestic net turnover (value) (euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    140305. Non-domestic net turnover (value) (non-euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    Measurement unit

    Indices: unadjusted and calendar adjusted for all activities as well as seasonally adjusted for NACE Sections G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N

    Statistical population

    For variable 140301 (net turnover (value)): NACE Sections B, C, G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    For variables 140302 (Domestic net turnover (value)), 140303 (Non-domestic net turnover (value)), 140304 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)) and 140305 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (non-euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)): NACE Sections B and C.

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    For variable 140301 (net turnover (value)):

    For all countries:

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B and C as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation (MIG Energy excl. Sections D and E);

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B+C, H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+N;

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B, C, G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — Divisions of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and, M75) and N;

    — NACE Division G47 without Group G473;

    — NACE Group G473;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4711+ Group G472; Aggregate of NACE Class G4719 + Groups G474+G475+G476+G477+G478+G479.

    For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections B and C, Groups of NACE Section G, NACE Classes G4711, G4719, G4791

    — For variables 140302 (Domestic net turnover (value)), 140303 (Non-domestic net turnover (value)), 140304 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (euro area)) and 140305 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (non-euro area)):

    —  For all countries:

    — 

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B and C as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation (MIG Energy excluding Sections D and E);

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections B+C;

    — NACE Sections B and C.

    —  For medium and large countries as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation:

    — 

    — In addition Divisions of NACE Sections B and C.

    The additional breakdowns required for medium and large countries are optional for small countries (as defined in Annex III.A.2 to this Regulation).

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities in NACE Sections G, H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N, the ENT may be used instead of KAU for the reference periods before 2021 and from January 2021 to December 2023 in base year 2015.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+2M for:

    — MIGs of NACE Sections B and C as defined in Annex II.A to this Regulation (MIG Energy excl. Sections D and E);

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B+C, H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+N;

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B, C, G, H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — Divisions of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B, C,H, I, J, L, M (excl. M701, M72 and M75) and N;

    — NACE Divisions G45 and G46;

    — NACE Groups G451, G452, G453, G454, G461, G462, G463, G464, G465, G466, G467, G469, G471, G472, – G474, G475, G476, G477, G478 and G479;

    — NACE Classes G4711, G4719 and G4791

    Transitional arrangements for inclusion of aggregate of NACE Sections H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+ N; NACE Sections and Divisions of NACE Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N as defined in Annex VII (3.a).

    T+1M for:

    — NACE Division G47:

    — 

    — Aggregate of NACE Division G47 without Group G473;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4711+ Group G472;

    — Aggregate of NACE Class G4719+ Groups G474+G475+G476+G477+G478+G479;

    — NACE Group G473.

    First reference period

    January 2000 for the required NACE aggregates, Sections and Divisions of NACE Sections B and C, except for:

    — Spain: January 2002;

    — Austria: January 2005 for NACE B09.

    January 2000 for NACE Division G47, NACE aggregate of Division G47 without Group G473; aggregate of NACE Class G4711+ Group G472; aggregate of NACE Class G4719 + Groups G474+G475+G476+G477+G478+G479; for NACE Groups G472 and G473, and for NACE Classes G4711, G4719 and G4791

    January 2005 for the requirements of variables 140304 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (euro area)) and 140305 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (non-euro area)):

    January 2021 for aggregate of NACE Sections H+I+J+L+M (excl. M701, M72 and M75)+N; for NACE Sections G, H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N; for NACE Divisions G45, G46 and Divisions of Sections H to M (excl. K, M701, M72 and M75) and N; for Groups of NACE Divisions G45, G46 and G47 (except G472 and G473).

    For the Member States of the euro area, the variables 140304 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (euro area)) and 140305 (Non-domestic net turnover (value) (non-euro area)) are required from the beginning of the year of the entry into the euro area.



    Table 9. Short term business statistics on real estate

    Variables

    150101. Building permits- Number of dwellings

    150102. Building permits – Square metres

    Measurement unit

    Absolute values: unadjusted, calendar adjusted and seasonally adjusted

    Statistical population

    For variable 150101 (Building permits – Number of dwellings): CPA 41.00.1 (excl. 41.00.14) – new residential buildings only.

    For variable 150102 (Building permits – Square metres): CPA 41.00.1 and 41.00.2 – new residential and non-residential buildings only.

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by product

    For variable 150101 (Building permits – Number of dwellings): New residential buildings only.

    — CPA 41.00.1 without CPA 41.00.14

    — CPA 41.00.11

    — CPA 41.00.12+CPA 41.00.13

    For variable 150102 (Building permits – Square metres): New residential and non-residential buildings only.

    — CPA 41.00.1

    — CPA 41.00.1 without CPA 41.00.14

    — CPA 41.00.11

    — CPA 41.00.12+CPA 41.00.13

    — CPA 41.00.14

    — CPA41.00.2

    — CPA 41.00.2 without 41.00.23

    — CPA 41.00.23

    Data transmission deadline

    T+3M

    First reference period

    First quarter 2000, except for:

    — Greece: first quarter or month (optional) 2001 for 150102 (Building permits – Square metres)

    — Slovakia: first quarter or month (optional) 2003 for 150101 (Building permits – Number of dwellings) and 150102 (Building permits – Square metres)

    — Austria: first quarter or month (optional) 2005 for 150102 (Building permits – Square metres)



    Table 10. Country-level business statistics on activities of enterprises

    Variables

    210101. Number of active enterprises

    220101. Number of employees and self-employed persons

    220102. Number of employees

    220103. Number of employees in full-time equivalent units

    220201. Hours worked by employees

    220301. Employee benefits expense

    220302. Wages and salaries

    220303. Social security costs

    240101. Total purchases of goods and services

    250101. Net turnover

    250201. Gross margin on goods for resale (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    250301. Value of output

    250401. Value added

    250501. Gross operating surplus

    260101. Gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    260106. Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on net turnover and number of employees and self-employed persons at NACE division level may be applied)

    260108. Sales proceeds of tangible investments (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands) except for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 220102 (Number of employees), 220103 (Number of employees in full-time equivalent units) and 220201 (Hours worked by employees): absolute value

    Statistical population

    For variables other than 250201 (Gross margin on goods for resale), 260106 (Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill) and 260108 (Sales proceeds of tangible investments): Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96;

    For variables 250201 (Gross margin on goods for resale) and 260108 (Sales proceeds of tangible investments): Market producers of NACE Sections B to G;

    For variable 260106 (Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill): Market producers of NACE Sections B to E.

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by activity (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For all variables except for variables 260106 (Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill) and 260108 (Sales proceeds of tangible investments); for variable 250201 (Gross margin on goods for resale) NACE Sections B to G only:

    — For NACE Sections B to J, L to N and P to R: sections, divisions, groups and classes;

    — For NACE Section K: Section, divisions, groups 64.1, 64.2, 64.3, 64.9, 65.1, 65.2 and 65.3, classes 64.11, 64.19, 64.20, 64.30, 65.11, 65.12, 65.20 and 65.30;

    — For divisions 95 and 96: divisions, groups and classes;

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation for:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing,

    — ICT services,

    — High and medium-high technology manufacturing (optional),

    — High technology manufacturing,

    — Medium-high technology manufacturing,

    — Low and medium-low technology manufacturing (optional),

    — Medium-low technology manufacturing,

    — Low technology manufacturing,

    — Information sector,

    — Computer related services,

    — Total knowledge intensive services (optional),

    — Knowledge-intensive high technology services,

    — Knowledge intensive market services,

    — Knowledge intensive financial services,

    — Other knowledge intensive services (optional),

    — Knowledge intensive activities – Business industries,

    — Knowledge intensive activities (optional),

    — Tourism industries (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries (mainly tourism) (optional),

    — Tourism industries (partially tourism) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Transport (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Land transport (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Water transport (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Accommodation (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Food and beverage (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Car and other rental (total)(optional)

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    For variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 220102 (Number of employees), 220302 (Wages and salaries), 250101 (Net turnover) and 250401 (Value added): in addition,

    (1)  Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation for:

    — Cultural and creative sectors – total,

    — Cultural and creative sectors – services.

    For variables 260106 (Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill) and 260108 Sales proceeds of tangible investments):

    NACE Sections and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 which are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be provided except for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises) and 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons). If 220102 (number of employees) is not 0, the value also should be provided.

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    Preliminary data: T+10M for NACE Sections, Divisions and Groups for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons) and 250101 (Net turnover)

    Final and validated data: T+18M for all variables

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 11. Country-level business statistics on activities of enterprises broken down by size classes or broken down by legal form

    Variables

    210101. Number of active enterprises

    220101. Number of employees and self-employed persons

    220102. Number of employees

    220201. Hours worked by employees

    220301. Employee benefits expense

    220302. Wages and salaries

    220303. Social security costs

    240101. Total purchases of goods and services

    250101. Net turnover

    250301. Value of output

    250401. Value added

    250501. Gross operating surplus

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands) except for variables 210101 (number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 220102 (Number of employees) and 220201 (Hours worked by employees): absolute value

    Statistical population

    For breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons of variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 250101 (Net turnover) and 250401 (Value added) and for breakdown by activity and legal form and for breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees of variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons) and 220102 (Number of employees): Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96;

    For breakdown by activity and size class of turnover of variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 250101 (Net turnover) and 250401 (Value added): Market producers of NACE Section G;

    For breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons of other variables than 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 250101 (Net turnover) and 250401 (Value added): Market producers of NACE Sections B to F

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    — For NACE Sections B to J, L to N and P to R: Sections, divisions and groups;

    — For NACE Section K: Section, divisions, groups 64.1, 64.2, 64.3, 64.9, 65.1, 65.2 and 65.3;

    — For divisions 95 and 96: divisions and groups

    — Special aggregate as defined in Annex II to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons:

    — For NACE Sections F to J, L to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96 only for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises) and 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons): Total, 0-1 employees and self-employed persons, 2-9 employees and self-employed persons, 10-19 employees and self-employed persons, 20-49 employees and self-employed persons, 50-249 employees and self-employed persons, 250 and more employees and self-employed persons;

    — For NACE Sections F to J, L to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96, for variables other than 210101 (Number of active enterprises) and 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons: Total, 0-9 employees and self-employed persons, 10-19 employees and self-employed persons, 20-49 employees and self-employed persons, 50-249 employees and self-employed persons, 250 and more employees and self-employed persons;

    — For NACE Sections B to E and K: Total, 0-9 employees and self-employed persons, 10-19 employees and self-employed persons, 20-49 employees and self-employed persons, 50-249 employees and self-employed persons, 250 and more employees and self-employed persons

    2.  Breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons) and 220102 (Number of employees) only

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    — NACE Sections;

    — Aggregates of NACE divisions:

    — C10+C11+C12, C13+C14, C17+C18, C24+C25, C29+C30, C31+C32;

    — NACE divisions:

    — C15, C16, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C26, C27, C28, C33, S95, S96 and all divisions of NACE Sections G, H, I, J, K, L,M,N, P, Q and R;

    — Groups of NACE divisions G47 and J62 and of NACE Sections L, M and N;

    — Classes of NACE division J62;

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing

    — ICT services

    Size class of number of employees breakdown:

    Total, 0 employees, 1-4 employees, 5-9 employees, 10 and more employees

    3.  Breakdown by activity and legal form (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons) and 220102 (Number of employees) only

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    same activity breakdown as in breakdown 2

    Legal form breakdown:

    — Total,

    — personally owned and no limit to personal liability,

    — private or publicly quoted joint stock companies with limited liability for those owning shares,

    — personally owned limited and unlimited liability partnerships (Included are also other legal forms such as cooperatives, associations etc.,)

    4.  Breakdown by activity and size class of turnover

    for NACE Section G only

    (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied; 1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown: NACE section, divisions and groups

    Size class of turnover breakdown: Annual turnover in million euro: Total, 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

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 which are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be provided except for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises) and 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons). If 220102 (number of employees) is not 0, the value also should be provided.

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    Preliminary data: T+10M for activity and Breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons) and 250101 (Net turnover);

    Final and validated data: T+18Mfor all variables

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 12. Country-level business statistics on demographic events for enterprises

    Variables

    210201. Enterprise births

    210202. Enterprise deaths

    210203. Enterprise survivals

    210102. Number of enterprises having at least one employee

    210204. Enterprises having the first employee

    210205. Enterprises having no employees anymore

    210206. Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee

    220401. Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises

    220402. Number of employees in newly born enterprises

    220403. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths

    220404. Number of employees in enterprise deaths

    220405. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals

    220406. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth

    220104. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee

    220105. Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee

    220407. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee

    220408. Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee

    220409. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore

    220410. Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore

    220411. Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee

    220412. Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value

    Statistical population

    Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For all variables except for variables

    — 210203 (Enterprise survivals),

    — 210206 (Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220405 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals),

    — 220406 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth),

    — 220411 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee)

    — 220412 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    — NACE Sections;

    — Aggregates of NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C10+C11+C12, C13+C14, C17+C18, C24+C25, C29+C30, C31+C32;

    — NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C15, C16, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C26, C27, C28, C33, S95, S96 and all divisions of NACE Sections G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q and R;

    — Groups of NACE divisions G47 and J62 and of NACE Sections L, M and N;

    — Classes of NACE division J62;

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing,

    — ICT services

    Size class of number of employees breakdown:

    Total, 0 employees, 1-4 employees, 5-9 employees, 10 and more employees

    Size class 0 employees not to be provided for variables:

    — 210102 (Number of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 210204 (Enterprises having the first employee),

    — 210205(Enterprises having no employees anymore),

    — 220104 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220105 (Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220407 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee),

    — 220408 (Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee),

    — 220409 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore),

    — 220410 (Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore).

    2.  Breakdown by activity and legal form (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For all variables except for variables:

    — 210203 (Enterprise survivals),

    — 210206 (Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220405 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals),

    — 220406 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth),

    — 220411 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220412 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth).

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    same activity breakdown as in breakdown 1

    Legal form breakdown:

    — Total,

    — personally owned and no limit to personal liability,

    — private or publicly quoted joint stock companies with limited liability for those owning shares,

    — personally owned limited and unlimited liability partnerships (Included are also other legal forms such as cooperatives, associations etc.,)

    3.  Breakdown by activity, size class of number of employees and number of calendar years of survival (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For variables

    — 210203 (Enterprise survivals),

    — 210206 (Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220405 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals),

    — 220406. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth,

    — 224011 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee) and

    — 224012 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown: same activity breakdown as in breakdown 1.

    Size class of number employees breakdown:

    Total, 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10+

    Size class 0 not to be provided for variables:

    — 210206 (Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220411 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee),

    — 220412 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth).

    Breakdown by number of calendar years of survival

    1, 2, 3, 4, 5

    Data transmission deadline

    Preliminary data:

    — T+18M for variable 210202 (Enterprise deaths), 220403 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths) and 220404 (Number of employees in enterprise deaths),

    — T+20M for variable 210205 (Enterprises having no employees anymore), 220409 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore) and 220410 (Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore);

    Final and validated data:

    — T+18M for variables 210201 (Enterprise births), 210203 (Enterprise survivals), 220401 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises), 220402 (Number of employees in newly born enterprises), 220405 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals) and 220406 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth),

    — T+20M for variables 210102 (Number of enterprises having at least one employee), 210204 (Enterprises having the first employee), 210206 (Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee), 220104 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee), 220105 (Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee), 220407 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee), 220408 (Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee), 220411 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee) and 220412 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth),

    — T+30M for variables 210202 (Enterprise deaths), 220403 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths) and 220404 (Number of employees in enterprise deaths),

    — T+32M for variables 210205 (Enterprises having no employees anymore), 220409 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore) and 220410 (Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore).

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 13. Country-level business statistics on high-growth enterprises

    Variables

    210103. Number of high-growth enterprises

    210104. Number of young high-growth enterprises

    220106. Number of employees in high-growth enterprises

    220107. Number of employees in young high-growth enterprises

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value

    Statistical population

    Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    — NACE Sections (only for NACE Sections B to N and P to R),

    — Divisions and

    — Groups (except for NACE Sections P to R)

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    Data transmission deadline

    Preliminary data: T+12 M for variables 210103 (Number of high-growth enterprises) and 220106 (Number of employees in high-growth enterprises);

    Final and validated data: T+18M for all variables

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 14. Country-level business statistics on enterprises by country of ultimate control

    Variables

    210101. Number of active enterprises

    210301. Number of foreign-controlled enterprises

    220101. Number of employees and self-employed persons

    220301. Employee benefits expense

    220501. Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlled enterprises

    220701. Employee benefits expense in foreign-controlled enterprises

    230101. Intramural R & D expenditure (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ or ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at relevant NACE A*38 level aggregates for NACE Sections B to F may be applied)

    230201. R & D personnel (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ or ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at relevant NACE A*38 level aggregates for NACE Sections B to F may be applied)

    230301. Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ or ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at relevant NACE A*38 level aggregates for NACE Sections B to F may be applied)

    230401. R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ or ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at relevant NACE A*38 level aggregates for NACE Sections B to F may be applied)

    240101. Total purchases of goods and services

    240102. Purchases of goods and services for resale

    240301. Total purchases of goods and services of foreign-controlled enterprises

    240302. Purchases of goods and services for resale of foreign-controlled enterprises

    250101. Net turnover

    250301. Value of output

    250401. Value added

    250601. Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises

    250701. Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises

    250801. Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises

    260101. Gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    260201. Foreign-controlled enterprises’ gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 210301 (Number of foreign-controlled enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 220501 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230201(R & D personnel) and 230401 (R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises);

    National currency (thousands) for other variables.

    Statistical population

    For all variables except for variables 230101 (Intramural R & D expenditure), 230301 (Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230201 (R & D personnel) and 230401 (R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises): Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96;

    For variables 230101 (Intramural R & D expenditure), 230301 (Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230201 (R & D personnel) and 230401 (R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises): Market producers of NACE Sections B to F.

    Breakdowns

    Data will be provided with the detail by country of ultimate control, according to the concept of ‘ultimate controlling institutional unit’, and by activity of the enterprise.

    1.  Breakdown by activity and geographical breakdown

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    For all variables except for variables 230101 (Intramural R & D expenditure), 230301 (Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230201 (R & D personnel) and 230401 (R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises):

    Activity breakdown:

    — NACE Sections;

    — Aggregates of NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C10+C11+C12, C13+C14+C15, C16+C17+C18, C22+C23, C24+C25, C29+C30, C31+C32, H52+H53, J59+J60, J62+J63, M69+M70+M71, M73+M74+M75, N78+N79+N80+N81+N82, Q87+Q88, S95+S96

    — NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C19, C20, C21, C26, C27, C28, C33, H49, H50, H51, J58, J61, N77, M72, Q86,

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    For variables 230101 (Intramural R & D expenditure), 230301 (Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230201 (R & D personnel) and 230401 (R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises):

    Activity breakdown

    — NACE Sections;

    — Aggregates of NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C10+C11+C12, C13+C14+C15, C16+C17+C18, C22+C23, C24+C25, C29+C30, C31+C32,

    — NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C19, C20, C21, C26, C27, C28, C33

    — Special aggregate as defined in Annex II to this Regulation

    — 

    — Industry and construction

    Geographical breakdown:

    For variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 220301 (Employee benefits expense), 230101 (Intramural R & D expenditure) and 230201 (R & D personnel), 240101 (Total purchases of goods and services), 240102 (Purchases of goods and services for resale), 250101 (Net turnover), 250301 (Value of output), 250401 (Value added) and 260101 (Gross investment in tangible non-current assets) geographic aggregates ‘World total’ and ‘Domestically controlled’.

    For other variables Geo level 1 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    2.  Geographical breakdown

    For variables 210301 (Number of foreign-controlled enterprises), 220501 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlled enterprises), 220701 (Employee benefits expense in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230301 (Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises), 230401 (R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises), 240301 (Total Purchases of goods and services of foreign-controlled enterprises), 240302 (Purchases of goods and services for resale of foreign-controlled enterprises), 250601 (Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises), 250701 (Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises), 250801 (Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises) and 260201 (Foreign-controlled enterprises’ gross investment in tangible non-current assets) Geo level 3 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For division K64 the value of variables 250101 and 250601 (Net turnover) can be approximated by the Value of output as defined in Annex IV to this Regulation.

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 included in the data and which are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be assumed except for variables 210101 (Number of active enterprises), 220101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons), 210301 (Number of foreign-controlled enterprises) and 220501 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlled enterprises).

    For activities of NACE Section K, it can be assumed that the value of variables 240102 and 240302 (Purchases of goods and services for resale) is economically non-significant, therefore 0 values may be provided for variables 240102 and 240302.

    Additional approximations for activities of NACE Section K may be agreed between the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States taking into account the country conditions.

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+20M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 15. Country-level business statistics on foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates active in the reporting country

    Variables

    210401. Number of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    220601. Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    250901. Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value for variables 210401 (Number of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates) and 220601 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates),

    National currency (thousands) for variable 250901 (Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates)

    Statistical population

    Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to S

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity of the enterprise

    — NACE Sections;

    — Aggregates of NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C10+C11+C12, C13+C14+C15, C16+C17+C18, C22+C23, C24+C25, C29+C30, C31+C32, H52+H53, J59+J60, J62+J63, M69+M70+M71, M73+M74+M75, N78+N79+N80+N81+N82, Q87+Q88

    — NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C19, C20, C21, C26, C27, C28, C33, H49, H50, H51, J58, J61, N77, M72, Q86

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For division K64 the value of variable 250901 (Net turnover) can be approximated by the Value of output as defined in Annex IV to this Regulation.

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 included in the data and which are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be assumed for variable 250901 (Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates).

    Additional approximations for activities of NACE Section K may be agreed between the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States taking into account the country conditions.

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+20M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 16. Country-level business statistics on trade in goods by enterprise characteristics

    Variables

    210501. Number of enterprises importing goods

    210502. Number of enterprises exporting goods

    240401. Statistical value of imports by enterprises

    251101. Statistical value of exports by enterprises

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value for variables 210501 (Number of enterprises exporting goods) and 210502 (Number of enterprises importing goods);

    National currency (units) for variables 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) and 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises)

    Statistical population

    Total exports or imports of goods;

    NACE Sections A to U

    Breakdowns

    Breakdowns 1 to 11 have each to be combined with the following geographical breakdown

    Geographical breakdown

    — World

    — 

    — Intra-Union

    — Extra-Union

    1.  Breakdown by activity

    — Total

    — 

    — NACE sections

    — NACE divisions

    — NACE groups of Sections C, D, E and G

    — Unknown

    2.  Breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons

    Activity breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — NACE sections

    — NACE divisions of Sections C and G

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation:

    — 

    — industry

    — other than industry and trade

    — Unknown

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — 0–9 employees and self-employed persons

    — 10–49 employees and self-employed persons

    — 50–249 employees and self-employed persons

    — 250 and more employees and self-employed persons

    — Unknown

    3.  Breakdown by activity and additional geographical breakdown

    Activity breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — NACE Section G

    — special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation

    — 

    — industry

    — other than industry and trade

    — Unknown

    Additional geographical breakdown:

    — Individual Member States

    — Most important extra-Union partner countries and zones

    4.  Breakdown by size class of number of employees and self-employed persons and additional geographical breakdown

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — 0–9 employees and self-employed persons

    — 10–49 employees and self-employed persons

    — 50–249 employees and self-employed persons

    — 250 employees and self-employed persons and more

    — Unknown

    Additional geographical breakdown:

    — Individual Member States

    — Most important extra-Union partner countries and zones

    5.  Breakdown by activity and number of partner countries

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 3

    Number of partner countries breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — 1

    — 2

    — 3–5

    — 6–9

    — 10–14

    — 15–19

    — 20+

    — Unknown

    6.  Breakdown by activity and concentration of trade (for variables 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises) and 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) only)

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 3

    Concentration of trade breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — Top 5

    — 10

    — 20

    — 50

    — 100

    — 500

    — 1 000 enterprises

    7.  Breakdown by activity and type of trader

    Data to be provided for imports, exports and for total trade

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 2

    Type of trader breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — One way traders

    — Two-way traders

    — All types of traders

    8.  Breakdown by activity and exports intensity (share of exports of turnover)

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 2

    Exports intensity breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — No exports (0)

    — Between 0 and less than 25

    — Between 25 and less than 50

    — Between 50 and less than 75

    — 75 or more

    — Unknown

    9.  Breakdown by activity and type of control

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 2

    Type of control breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — Domestically controlled enterprises, Additional breakdown, if available:

    — 

    — Domestically controlled enterprises without own affiliates abroad,

    — Domestically controlled enterprises with own affiliates abroad,

    — Foreign-controlled enterprises

    — Unknown

    10.  Breakdown by activity and commodity (for variables 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises) and 240401 (statistical value of imports by enterprises) only)

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 2

    Commodity breakdown:

    — Total

    — 

    — CPA division level for products of Divisions 10 to 32 of Section C

    — CPA section level for products of Sections A, B, C, D and E

    — Special aggregate as defined in Annex II to this Regulation

    — 

    — Other CPA products

    — Unknown

    11.  Trade population

    Data to be provided for imports, exports and for total trade

    Breakdown of match of trade data with business register in terms of number of enterprises and number of traders for specific populations of traders.

    Breakdown of match of trade data with business register in terms of statistical value for specific populations of traders.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+12 M

    First reference period

    2022



    Table 17. Country-level business statistics on trade in services by enterprise characteristics (STEC) – annual data

    Variables

    240401. Statistical value of imports by enterprises

    251101. Statistical value of exports by enterprises

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    Total exports or imports of services, traded between residents and non-residents

    NACE Sections A to U

    Breakdowns

    All breakdowns (1 to 3) have each to be combined with the following geographical breakdown

    Geographical breakdown

    — World

    — 

    — Intra-Union

    — Extra-Union

    1.  Breakdown by activity and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons

    Activity breakdown:

    — Total

    For the below breakdowns CETO flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied:

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — A+B, D+E, I+L+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — C, F, G, H, J, K, M, N

    — Unknown

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons breakdown:

    — Total

    For the below breakdowns CETO flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied:

    — 0-49 employees and self-employed persons

    — 

    — Optional: 0–9 employees and self-employed persons

    — Optional: 10–49 employees and self-employed persons

    — 50–249 employees and self-employed persons

    — 250 and more employees and self-employed persons

    — Unknown

    2.  Breakdown by activity, type of product and additional geographical breakdown

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 1

    Product breakdown:

    — Total services

    For the below breakdowns CETO flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied:

    — EBOPS 2010 main components, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    — Unknown

    — Optional: EBOPS 2010 detailed components 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    Optional: Additional geographical breakdown

    To be provided only for Total services:

    — Individual EU Member States

    — United States of America

    3.  Breakdown by activity and type of control

    Activity breakdown:

    Same activity breakdown as in breakdown 1.

    Type of control breakdown:

    — Total

    For the below breakdowns CETO flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied:

    — Domestically controlled enterprises

    — 

    Optional: Additional breakdown, if available:

    — Domestically controlled enterprises without own affiliates abroad

    — Domestically controlled enterprises with own affiliates abroad

    — Foreign-controlled enterprises

    — Unknown

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18 M

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    The methods and estimations recommended in the Eurostat-OECD Compilers Guide for Statistics on Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics should be used. Countries may also use any other equivalent method or estimation, in line with the principles of the MSITS 2010 and Art. 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

    In all cases, the methods used should be clearly described in the metadata.

    First reference period

    2022



    Table 18. Country-level business statistics on intramural R & D expenditure

    Variables

    230101. Intramural R & D expenditure

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    All R & D performing units classified in Sections A to U of NACE

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by sector of performance

    — Total over all sectors listed below

    — 

    — business enterprise sector,

    — higher education sector,

    — government sector,

    — private non-profit sector

    2.  Breakdown by sector of performance and source of funds

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Source of funds breakdown

    — Total over all sources of funds listed below

    — 

    — Business enterprise sector

    — Government sector

    — Private non-profit sector

    — Higher education sector

    — Rest of the world

    — 

    — Foreign business enterprises

    — 

    — Foreign enterprises within the same group (for business enterprise sector only)

    — Other foreign enterprises (for business enterprise sector only)

    — European Commission

    — International organisations

    — Other sources

    3.  Breakdown by sector of performance and type of R & D (optional for Higher education sector and for Total)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Type of R & D breakdown

    — Basic research

    — Applied research

    — Experimental development

    4.  Breakdown by sector of performance and type of cost

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Type of costs breakdown:

    — current costs (labour costs and other costs),

    — capital expenditure

    5.  Breakdown by activity (for business enterprise sector only)

    — Total over all NACE Sections A to U;

    — Aggregates of Sections D+E, G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N, O+P, S+T+U;

    — Sections A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, N, Q, R, S, T

    — Aggregates of divisions C10+C11+C12, C10+C11, C13+C14+C15, C16+C17+C18, C25+C26+C27+C28+C29+C30, D35+E36, E37+E38+E39, J58+J59+J60, M69+M70+M71, M73+M74+M75, Q87+Q88;

    — Divisions C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C33, D35, J61, J62, J63, L68, M71, M72, O84, P85, Q86, U99

    — NACE Groups C254, C261, C262, C263, C264, C265, C266, C267, C268, C301, C302, C303, C304, C309, C325, G465, J582, J631, M721, M722, S951

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation

    — 

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing

    — ICT services

    6.  Breakdown by industry orientation (for business enterprise sector only) (optional)

    ‘Industry orientation’ breakdown:

    same as breakdown 5

    7.  Breakdown by size class of number of employees and self-employed persons (business enterprise sector only)

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons:

    — Total over all size classes listed below, including the optional size class 0–9

    — 

    — 0–9 employees and self-employed persons (optional)

    — 10–49 employees and self-employed persons

    — 50–249 employees and self-employed persons

    — 250 and more employees and self-employed persons

    8.  Breakdown by source of funds and size class of number of employees and self-employed persons (for business enterprise sector only)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Source of funds breakdown:

    — Total over all sources of funds listed below

    — 

    — business enterprise sector

    — government sector

    — private non-profit sector

    — higher education sector

    — rest of the world

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons:

    — Total over all size classes listed below, including the optional size class 0–9

    — 

    — 0–9 employees and self-employed persons (optional)

    — 10–49 employees and self-employed persons

    — 50–249 employees and self-employed persons

    — 250 and more employees and self-employed persons

    9.  Breakdown by major field of research and development (for government and higher education sector only)

    — natural science,

    — engineering and technology,

    — medical and health sciences,

    — agricultural and veterinary sciences,

    — social sciences,

    — humanities and the arts

    10.  Breakdown by socioeconomic objective (for government sector only) (optional)

    Chapter level of the nomenclature for the analysis and comparison of scientific programmes and budgets (NABS)

    Data transmission deadline

    All breakdowns (except sector of performance breakdown):

    Every odd-numbered year final and validated data at T+18M

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    Annually

    — preliminary data at T+10M

    — final and validated data at T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 19. Country level business statistics on employment in R & D

    Variables

    230201. R & D personnel

    230202. Researchers

    Measurement unit

    Absolute value

    Statistical population

    All R & D performing units classified in Sections A to U of NACE

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by sector of performance

    Data to be provided in head count and full-time equivalent units

    — Total of all sectors listed below

    — 

    — business enterprise sector

    — higher education sector

    — government sector

    — private non-profit sector

    2.  Breakdown by sector of performance and occupation

    For variable 230201 (R & D personnel) only; data to be provided in full-time equivalent units

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Occupation breakdown:

    — Total over all occupations listed below

    — 

    — Researchers,

    — other R & D personnel

    — 

    — technicians and equivalent staff (optional)

    — other supporting staff (optional)

    3.  Breakdown by sector of performance and qualification (optional)

    Data to be provided in full-time equivalent units

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Qualification breakdown:

    — Total over all qualification levels listed below

    — 

    — PhD holders (ISCED 2011 level 8),

    — other University degrees and other tertiary diplomas (ISCED 2011 levels 5, 6 and 7),

    — other qualifications

    4.  Breakdown by sector of performance, occupation and gender

    For variable 230201 (R & D personnel) only; data to be provided in head count

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Occupation breakdown:

    same as breakdown 2

    Gender breakdown:

    — total,

    — female

    5.  Breakdown by sector of performance, qualification and gender (optional)

    Data to be provided in head count

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Qualification breakdown:

    same as breakdown 3

    Gender breakdown:

    same as within breakdown 4

    6.  Breakdown by activity

    Data to be provided for business enterprise sector only; data to be provided in head count and full-time equivalent units

    — Total over all NACE Sections A to U;

    — Aggregates of Sections D+E, G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N, O+P, S+T+U

    — Sections A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, N, Q, R, S, T

    — Aggregates of divisions C10+C11+C12, C10+C11, C13+C14+C15, C16+C17+C18, C25+C26+C27+C28+C29+C30, D35+E36, E37+E38+E39, J58+J59+J60, M69+M70+M71, M73+M74+M75, Q87+Q88;

    — Divisions C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C29, C30, C31, C32, C33, D35, J61, J62, J63, L68, M71, M72, O84, P85, Q86, U99

    — NACE Groups C254, C261, C262, C263, C264, C265, C266, C267, C268, C301, C302, C303, C304, C309, C325, G465, J582, J631, M721, M722, S951

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation

    — 

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing,

    — ICT services

    7.  Breakdown by major field of research and development and gender

    Data to be provided in for government and higher education sector only

    — Headcount

    — Fulltime equivalent units (optional)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Major field of research and development breakdown:

    — natural science,

    — engineering and technology,

    — medical and health sciences,

    — agricultural and veterinary sciences,

    — social sciences,

    — humanities and the arts

    Gender breakdown:

    same as within ‘breakdown 4’

    8.  Breakdown by activity and gender

    Data to be provided in head count and for the business enterprise sector only

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    same as breakdown 6

    Gender breakdown:

    same as within ‘breakdown 4’

    9.  Breakdown by size class of number of employees and self-employed persons

    Data to be provided in full-time equivalent units and for the business enterprise sector only

    Size class of number of employees and self-employed persons breakdown:

    — 0–9 employees and self-employed persons (optional),

    — 10–49 employees and self-employed persons,

    — 50–249 employees and self-employed persons,

    — 250 and more employees and self-employed persons

    The total for the business enterprise sector shall cover all size classes listed above, including the optional size class 0-9.

    10.  Breakdown by sector of performance and gender

    For variable 230202 (Researchers) only; data to be provided in

    — head count

    — full-time equivalent units (optional)

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Gender breakdown:

    same as within ‘breakdown 4’

    11.  Breakdown by sector of performance, age group and gender (optional)

    For variable 230202 (Researchers) only; data to be provided in head count unit

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    For the business enterprise sector and private non-profit sector: optional

    Age group breakdown:

    — Total over all age groups listed below

    — 

    — < 25

    — 25–34

    — 35–44

    — 45–54

    — 55–64

    — >=65

    Gender breakdown:

    same as within ‘breakdown 4’

    12.  Breakdown by sector of performance, citizenship and gender (optional)

    For variable 230202 (Researchers) only; data to be provided in head count unit

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Citizenship breakdown:

    — Total over all citizenships and citizenship classes below

    — 

    — national citizenship

    — citizenship of other EU Member States

    — citizenship of other European countries

    — citizenship of North America

    — citizenship of Central and South America

    — citizenship of Asia

    — citizenship of Africa

    — other citizenship

    Gender breakdown:

    same as within breakdown 4

    Data transmission deadline

    All breakdowns (except sector of performance breakdown):

    Every odd-numbered year final and validated data at T+18M

    Sector of performance breakdown for ‘Researchers’ and ‘Total Personnel’ in FTE:

    Annually

    — preliminary data at T+10M

    — final and validated data at T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 20. Country-level statistics on publicly funded R & D

    Variables

    230501. Government budget allocations for research and development (GBARD)

    230502. National public funding to transnationally coordinated R & D

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    All R & D performing units classified in Sections A to U of NACE

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by socioeconomic objective for GBARD

    For variable 230501 (Government budget allocations for research and development (GBARD))

    — Categories of the Nomenclature for the Analysis and Comparison of Scientific Programmes and Budgets (NABS)

    — Subcategories of the NABS (optional)

    2.  Breakdown by funding mode for GBARD in final budget (optional)

    For variable 230501 (Government budget allocations for research and development (GBARD))

    — Project funding,

    — Institutional funding

    3.  Breakdown by type of programme/performer

    For variable 230502 (National public funding to transnationally coordinated R & D)

    — National contributions to transnational public R & D performers,

    — National contributions to Europe-wide transnational public R & D programmes,

    — National contributions to bilateral or multilateral public R & D programmes established between Member States governments (and with candidate countries and EFTA countries)

    Data transmission deadline

    All breakdowns (for Breakdown 1: in the final budget):

    annually final and validated data at T+12M

    Breakdown 1 (in the provisional budget):

    annually data at T+6M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 21. Country-level business statistics on purchases by enterprises

    Variables

    240102. Purchases of goods and services for resale

    240103. Expenses on services provided through agency workers

    240104. Expenses of long term rental and operating leases (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    240105. Purchases of energy products (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied for Sections D, E and F)

    240106. Payments to subcontractors (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    For variable 240102 (Purchases of goods and services for resale): Market producers of NACE Sections B to J, L to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96

    For variable 240103 (expenses on services provided through agency workers): Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96

    For variables 240104 (expenses of long term rental and operating leases) and 240106 (payments to subcontractors): Market producers of NACE Sections B to F

    For variable 240105 (purchases of energy): Market producers of NACE Sections B to F

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For variables 240102 (purchases for goods and services for resale) and 240103 (expenses on services provided through agency workers):

    — For NACE Sections B to J, L to N and P to R: sections, divisions, groups and classes;

    — Only for variable 240103,For NACE Section K: Section, divisions, groups 64.1, 64.2, 64.3, 64.9, 65.1, 65.2, 65.3 and classes 64.11, 64.19, 65.11, 65.12, 65.20 and 65.30;

    — For divisions 95 and 96: divisions, groups and classes;

    — special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies) (for variable 240102 this special aggregate will exclude Section K),

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing,

    — ICT services,

    — High and medium-high technology manufacturing (optional),

    — High technology manufacturing,

    — Medium-high technology manufacturing,

    — Low and medium-low technology manufacturing (optional),

    — Medium-low technology manufacturing,

    — Low technology manufacturing,

    — Information sector,

    — Computer related services,

    — Total knowledge intensive services (optional),

    — Knowledge-intensive high technology services,

    — Knowledge intensive market services,

    — Knowledge intensive financial services,

    — Other knowledge intensive services (optional),

    — Knowledge intensive activities – Business industries,

    — Knowledge intensive activities (optional),

    — Tourism industries (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries (mainly tourism) (optional),

    — Tourism industries (partially tourism) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Transport (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Land transport (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Water transport (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Accommodation (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Food and beverage (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Car and other rental (total)(optional),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    For variables 240104 (expenses of long term rental and operating leases) and 240106 (payments to subcontractors) (NACE Sections B to F):

    NACE Sections and divisions

    For variable 240105 (purchases of energy products):

    — For NACE Sections B, C and F: sections, division, groups and classes

    — For NACE Sections D and E: sections and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 that are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be provided.

    For activities of NACE Section K, it can be assumed that the value of variable 240102 (Purchases of goods and services for resale) is economically non-significant, therefore 0 values may be provided for variable 240102.

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2023 for variable 240106 (payment to subcontractors)

    2021 for all other variables



    Table 22. Country-level business statistics on changes in stock of enterprises

    Variables

    240201. Change in stock of goods (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    240202. Change in stock of finished goods and work-in-progress

    240203. Change in stock of goods for resale (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    For variable 240202 (change in stock of finished goods and work-in-progress): Market producers of NACE Sections B to F;

    For variables 240201 (change in stock of goods) and 240203 (change in stocks of goods for resale): Market producers of NACE Section G

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied):

    For variable 240202 (change in stock of finished goods and work-in-progress) (NACE Sections B to F):

    NACE Sections, divisions, groups and classes

    For variables 240201 (change in stock of goods) and 240203 (change in stocks of goods for resale) (NACE Section G):

    NACE Section and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the detailed topic is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 23. Country-level business statistics on product and residence of client breakdown of net turnover of enterprises

    Variables

    250112. Net turnover by residence of client (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied: for groups and classes the 1 %-rule shall be applied at the corresponding division level)

    250113. Net turnover by product (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied: for groups and classes the 1 %-rule shall be applied at the corresponding division level)

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    Activity coverage: Market producers of NACE divisions 62, 78 and groups 58.2, 63.1, 69.1, 69.2, 70.2, 71.1, 71.2, 73.1, 73.2

    Size class coverage: Enterprises with more than 20 employees and self-employed persons only

    Breakdowns

    CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied

    For variable 250113 (Net turnover by product)

    1.  Breakdown by product

    CPA for NACE division 62 and groups 58.2 and 63.1 (Computer services): Total, 58.21, 58.29, 58.29.1 + 58.29.2, 58.29.3 + 58.29.4, 58.29.5, 62.01, 62.02, 62.03, 62.09, 63.11, 63.12, 95.11, Resale (should include all resale (wholesale and retail) of software which is not developed by the enterprise as well as the resale of hardware which is not manufactured by the enterprise), Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE group 69.1 (legal services): Total, 69.10.11, 69.10.12, 69.10.13, 69.10.14, 69.10.15, 69.10.16, 69.10.17, 69.10.18, 69.10.19, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE group 69.2 (Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy): Total, 69.20.1, 69.20.2, 69.20.21 + 22 + 23, 69.20.24, 69.20.29, 69.20.3, 69.20.4, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE group 70.2 (Management consultancy activities): Total, 70.21.1, 70.22.1, 70.22.11, 70.22.12, 70.22.13, 70.22.14, 70.22.15, 70.22.16, 70.22.17, 70.22.2, 70.22.3, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE class 71.11 (Architectural activities): Total, 71.11.1, 71.11.2, 71.11.21 + 22, 71.11.23, 71.11.24, 71.11.3, 71.11.4, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE class 71.12 (Engineering services and related technical consulting services): Total, 71.12.1, 71.12.11, 71.12.12, 71.12.13, 71.12.14, 71.12.15, 71.12.16, 71.12.17, 71.12.18, 71.12.19, 71.12.2, 71.12.3, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE group 71.2 (Technical testing and analysis):

    Total, 71.20.1, 71.20.11, 71.20.12, 71.20.13, 71.20.14, 71.20.19, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE group 73.1 (Advertising): Total, 73.11.1, 73.11.11, 73.11.12, 73.11.13, 73.11.19, 73.12.1, 73.12.11, 73.12.12, 73.12.13, 73.12.14, 73.12.19, Other products n.e.c.

    CPA for NACE group 73.2 (Market research and public opinion polling): Total, 73.20.1, 73.20.11, 73.20.12, 73.20.13, 73.20.14 + 19, 73.20.2, Other products n.e.c

    CPA for NACE division 78 (Employment activities): Total, 78.10.1, 78.10.11, 78.10.12, 78.20.1, 78.20.11, 78.20.12, 78.20.13, 78.20.14, 78.20.15, 78.20.16, 78.20.19, 78.30.1, Other products n.e.c.

    For variable 250112 (Net turnover by residence of client)

    2.  Breakdown by residence of client

    Total

    — Resident (as defined in ESA2010 paragraph 1.62),

    — Non-resident,

    — 

    — intra-EU,

    — extra-EU

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2021 for NACE divisions 62 and 78 and groups 58.2, 63.1, 71.1, 71.2, 73.1 and 73.2

    2022 for NACE groups 69.1, 69.2 and 70.2



    Table 24. Country-level business statistics on broad activity regroupings breakdown of net turnover of enterprises

    Variables

    250102. Net turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities

    250103. Net turnover from industrial activities

    250104. Net turnover from industrial activities excluding construction

    250105. Net turnover from construction

    250106. Net turnover from service activities

    250107. Net turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and from intermediary activities

    250108. Net turnover from building

    250109. Net turnover from civil engineering

    (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied for all variables)

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    For variable 250102 (net turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities): Market producers of NACE Section G;

    For variables 250104 (net turnover from industrial activities excluding construction), 250105 (net turnover from construction), 250108 (Net turnover from building) and 250109 (Net turnover from civil engineering): Market producers of NACE Section F;

    For variable 250103 (net turnover from industrial activities): Market producers of NACE Sections B to E;

    For variables 250106 (net turnover from service activities) and 250107 (Net turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and from intermediary activities): Market producers of NACE Sections B to G

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    Activity breakdown:

    NACE sections and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2022 for NACE Rev.2 division 47

    2025 for NACE Rev.2 division 45

    2023 for all other activities



    Table 25. Country-level business statistics on type of turnover breakdown of enterprises

    Variables

    250110. Net turnover from the principal activity at the NACE three-digit level,

    250111. Net turnover from subcontracting

    (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied for all variables)

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    For variable 250110 (Net turnover from the principal activity at the NACE three-digit level): market producers of NACE Sections B to F;

    For variable 250111 (Net turnover from subcontracting): market producers of NACE Section F

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    For variable 250111 (Net turnover from subcontracting): NACE sections and divisions

    For variable 250110 (Net turnover from the principal activity at the NACE three-digit level): NACE Group

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2021 for variable 250110 (Net turnover from the principal activity at the NACE three-digit level);

    2023 for variable 250111 (Net turnover from subcontracting)



    Table 26. Country-level business statistics on industrial production

    Variables

    251001. Sold production

    251002. Production under sub-contracted operations

    251003. Actual production

    Measurement unit

    For variable 251001 (Sold production): national currency (thousands) and (except for industrial services) quantity as defined in the PRODCOM list in force at the end of the reference period;

    For variable 251002 (Production under sub-contracted operations): (except for industrial services) national currency (thousands) and quantity as defined in the PRODCOM list in force at the end of the reference period;

    For variable 251003 (Actual production): quantity as defined in the PRODCOM list in force at the end of the reference period

    Statistical population

    ►M2  
    Products of the PRODCOM list under divisions 05-33 and 38 of the CPA (exclusions are defined by the PRODCOM list).  ◄
    For variable 251001 (Sold production), a subset of PRODCOM heading refers to industrial services.
    Variables 251002 (Production under sub-contracted operations) and 251003 (Actual production) to be provided for a subset of products of the PRODCOM list (defined by PRODCOM list).
    CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B to this Regulation and 1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on production at CPA class level may be applied

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by product

    Prodcom list in force at the end of the reference period

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    Sufficient degree of representativeness required at CPA class level.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+6M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 27. Country-level business statistics on investments in tangible non-current assets by enterprises

    Variables

    260102. Gross investment in land

    260103. Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings

    260104. Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings

    260105. Gross investment in machinery and equipment

    (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied for all variables except for variable 260105 (Gross investment in machinery and equipment))

    Measurement unit

    national currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    For variable 260105 (gross investment in machinery and equipment): Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96;

    For variables 260102 (Gross investment in land), 260103 (Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings) and 260104 (Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings): Market producers of NACE Sections B to G;

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity:

    (CETO-flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied)

    For variable 260105 (gross investment in machinery and equipment) (NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96)

    — For NACE Sections B to J, L to N and P to R: NACE sections, divisions, groups and classes;

    — For NACE Section K: NACE Section, divisions, groups 64.1, 64.2, 64.3, 64.9, 65.1, 65.2, 65.3 classes 64.11, 64.19, 64.20, 64.30, 65.11, 65.12, 65.20, 65.30;

    — For divisions S95 and S96: NACE divisions, groups and classes;

    — special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation for:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — ICT total,

    — ICT manufacturing,

    — ICT services,

    — High and medium-high technology manufacturing (optional),

    — High technology manufacturing,

    — Medium-high technology manufacturing,

    — Low and medium-low technology manufacturing (optional),

    — Medium-low technology manufacturing,

    — Low technology manufacturing,

    — Information sector,

    — Computer related services,

    — Total knowledge intensive services (optional),

    — Knowledge-intensive high technology services,

    — Knowledge intensive market services,

    — Knowledge intensive financial services,

    — Other knowledge intensive services (optional),

    — Knowledge intensive activities – Business industries,

    — Knowledge intensive activities (optional),

    — Tourism industries (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries (mainly tourism) (optional),

    — Tourism industries (partially tourism) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Transport (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Land transport (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Water transport (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Accommodation (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Food and beverage (total) (optional),

    — Tourism industries – Car and other rental (total)(optional)

    For variables 260102 (Gross investment in land), 260103 (Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings and structures) and 260104 (Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings) (NACE Sections B to G only): NACE Sections and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 which are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be provided.

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 28. Country-level business statistics on investment in intangible non-current assets

    Variables

    260107. Investment in purchased software (1 %-rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on ‘net turnover’ and ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ at NACE division level may be applied)

    Measurement unit

    national currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    Market producers of NACE Sections B to F;

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by activity

    NACE Sections and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 29. Regional business statistics on local units

    Variables

    310101. Number of local units (optional for NACE Section K)

    320101. Number of employees and self-employed persons in local units

    320301. Wages and salaries in local units

    Measurement unit

    National currency for variable 320301 (Wages and salaries in local units); absolute figures for other variables

    Statistical population

    Local units of market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96 (optional for NACE Section K for variable 310101 (Number of local units))

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by region and activity

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Regional breakdown:

    NUTS levels 0 to 2 (1)

    Activity breakdown:

    NACE sections and divisions

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    In cases where the source data used for compiling the data of the variable is available for the fiscal year for some statistical units and this data cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year for these statistical units.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+18M

    First reference period

    2021

    (1)   

    Regional data according to the NUTS classification applicable at the time when the transmission of the data is required by this Regulation; revisions of data regarding previous reference year should use the NUTS classification applicable at the time of their legal transmission deadline



    Table 30. Regional business statistics on enterprises

    Variables

    310102. Number of active enterprises

    310201. Enterprise births

    310202. Enterprise deaths

    310203. Enterprise survivals (3-calendar year survival only)

    310104. Number of high-growth enterprises

    310103. Number of enterprises having at least one employee

    310204. Enterprises having the first employee

    310205. Enterprises having no employees anymore

    310206. Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    320102. Number of employees and self-employed persons

    320103. Number of employees

    320201. Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises

    320202. Number of employees in newly born enterprises

    320203. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths

    320204. Number of employees in enterprise deaths

    320205. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises survivals (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    320206. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises survivals, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    320104. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee

    320105. Number of employees enterprises having at least one employee

    320207. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee

    320208. Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee

    320209. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore

    320210. Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore

    320211. Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    320212. Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Measurement unit

    absolute figures

    Statistical population

    Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by region and activity

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Regional breakdown: NUTS levels 0 to 3

    Activity breakdown:

    — Aggregates of NACE Sections:

    — 

    — B+C+D+E, K+L, M+N, P+Q, R+S95+S96

    — NACE Sections:

    — 

    — F, G, H, I, J

    — Special aggregate as defined in Annex II to this Regulation:

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    2.  Breakdown by region and size class of number of employees

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Regional breakdown: NUTS levels 0 to 3

    Size class of employees breakdown: Total, 0 employees, 1-9 employees, 10 and more employees,

    (0 size class not for variables 310103 (Number of enterprises having at least one employee), 310204 (Enterprises having the first employee), 310205 (Enterprises having no employees anymore), 310206 (Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)), 320104 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee), 320105 (Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee), 320207 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee), 320208 (Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee), 320209 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore), 320210 (Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore), 320211 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)) and 320212 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years))

    Data transmission deadline

    Preliminary data: for variables 310202 (Enterprise deaths), 310205 (Enterprises having no employees anymore), 320203 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths), 320204 (Number of employees in enterprise deaths), 320209 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore) and 320210 (Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore): T+22 M;

    Final and validated data: T+22M except for variables 310202 (Enterprise deaths), 310205 (Enterprises having no employees anymore), 320203 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths), 320204 (Number of employees in enterprise deaths), 320209 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore) and 320210 (Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore): T+34 M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 31. Regional business statistics on R & D expenditure

    Variables

    330101. Intramural R & D expenditure

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    All R & D performing units classified in Sections A to U of NACE

    Breakdowns

    Breakdown by region and sector of performance

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Regional breakdown:

    NUTS levels 1 and 2

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    — Total over all sectors listed below

    — 

    — business enterprise sector

    — higher education sector

    — government sector

    — private non-profit sector

    Data transmission deadline

    All breakdowns:

    every odd-numbered year final and validated data at T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 32. Regional business statistics on employment in R & D

    Variables

    330201. R & D personnel

    330202. Researchers

    Measurement unit

    Absolute figures

    Statistical population

    All R & D performing units classified in Sections A to U of NACE

    Breakdowns

    1.  Breakdown by region and sector of performance

    Data to be provided for head count and full-time equivalent units

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Regional breakdown:

    NUTS levels 1 and 2

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    — Total over all sectors listed below

    — 

    — business enterprise sector

    — higher education sector

    — government sector

    — private non-profit sector

    2.  Breakdown by region, sector of performance and gender (optional)

    For variable 330201 (R & D personnel) data to be provided in head count unit. For variable 330202 (Researchers) data to be provided in head count and in full-time equivalent units.

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Regional breakdown:

    NUTS levels 1 and 2

    Sector of performance breakdown:

    same as breakdown 1

    Gender breakdown:

    — total,

    — female

    Data transmission deadline

    All breakdowns:

    every odd-numbered year final and validated data at T+18M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 33. Statistics on international activities – control by institutional units of the reporting country on enterprises abroad

    Variables

    410101. Number of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    420101. Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    420201. Employee benefits expense in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1 based on net turnover or number of employees and self-employed persons at relevant NACE A*38 level aggregates for NACE Sections B to N and P to S may be applied)

    430101. Gross investment in tangible non-current assets of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country (1 % rule as defined in Annex III.A.1based on net turnover or number of employees and self-employed persons at relevant NACE A*38 level aggregates for NACE Sections B to N and P to S may be applied)

    440101. Net turnover of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    Measurement unit

    For variables 410101 (Number of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country) and 420101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country): absolute value;

    For other variables national currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    For all variables: Market producers of NACE Sections B to N and P to S abroad (should cover the foreign affiliates of all ultimate controlling institutional units of the reporting country)

    Breakdowns

    Data will be provided with the detail by country of residence and by activity of the enterprise abroad.

    1.  Breakdown by activity and geographical breakdown

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Activity breakdown:

    — NACE Sections;

    — Aggregates of NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C10+C11+C12, C13+C14+C15, C16+C17+C18, C22+C23, C24+C25, C29+C30, C31+C32, H52+H53, J59+J60, J62+J63, M69+M70+M71, M73+M74+M75, N78+N79+N80+N81+N82, Q87+Q88,

    — NACE divisions:

    — 

    — C19, C20, C21, C26, C27, C28, C33, H49, H50, H51, J58, J61, N77, M72, Q86

    — Special aggregates as defined in Annex II.B to this Regulation

    — 

    — Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies),

    — Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    Geographical breakdown:

    Geo level 2 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    2.  Geographical breakdown

    Geo level 3 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    For division K64 the value of variable 440101 (Net turnover) can be approximated by the Value of output as defined in Annex IV to this Regulation.

    For activities of NACE 642, 643 and 653 included in the data and which are economically not significant in terms of value added and number of employees and self-employed persons 0 values may be assumed except for variables 410101 (Number of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country) and 420101 (Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country).

    Additional approximations for activities of NACE Section K may be agreed between the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States taking into account the country conditions.

    In cases where the data of the fiscal year cannot be recalculated to cover the calendar year, the calendar year data may be approximated by data on the fiscal year.

    Data transmission deadline

    T+20M

    First reference period

    2021



    Table 34. Statistics on international activities – Intra-Union trade in goods – detailed data

    Variables

    450101a. Statistical value of intra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    450101b. Quantity of intra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    450102a. Statistical value of intra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    450102b. Quantity of intra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    Measurement unit

    Statistical values: values in national currency (units)

    Quantity:

    — Net mass (kg)

    — The quantity in the Supplementary units: where applicable according to the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period (respective measurement unit).

    Statistical population

    Total exports or imports of goods

    Breakdowns

    Data to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns specified in the following; additionally combined with breakdown by mode of transport at the border (optional)

    Breakdown by commodity

    Breakdown by Combined Nomenclature 8-digit level, except for

    (1)  goods delivered to vessels and aircraft as referred to in Annex V, Section 22(1)(a), and goods delivered to offshore installations as referred to in Annex V, Section 23(1)(b), which may be broken down by

    (a)  goods from Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period,

    (b)  goods from Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period,

    (c)  goods classified elsewhere.

    (2)  motor vehicle and aircraft parts as referred to in Annex V, Section 31(4), and component parts of complete industrial plant as referred to in Annex V, Section 31(5), which shall be broken down by Combined Nomenclature at the chapter level.

    Breakdown by partner Member State and country of origin

    For exports:

    the Member State of destination and the country of origin

    For imports:

    the Member State of consignment; country of origin (optional)

    The data on the partner Member States and country of origin shall be coded according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the European statistics on international trade in goods.

    Breakdown by nature of transaction

    The data on the nature of transaction shall be provided according to the breakdown in Table 1 of Part C to this Annex.

    Member States shall apply the codes of column A or a combination of the code numbers in column A and their subdivisions in column B.

    Breakdown by mode of transport at the border (optional)

    Where the data on the mode of transport is provided, it shall be provided according to the breakdown in Table 2 of Part C to this Annex.

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    1.  Member States shall compile for each monthly reference period statistics which cover their total intra-Union exports and imports in goods by using estimates, where necessary. Estimates shall be marked and transmitted to Eurostat with at least a breakdown by partner Member State and commodity code at chapter level of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period.

    2.  Without prejudice to Article 10(5) to this Regulation, Member States shall provide data declared confidential to the Commission (Eurostat) so that they may be published at least at chapter level of the commodity breakdown by Combined Nomenclature provided confidentiality is thereby assured.

    3.  In the case of information falling under military secrecy, in compliance with the definitions in force in the Member States, Member States may provide less detailed information than indicated in this Table. However, as a minimum, data on the total monthly statistical value of the exports and imports shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat).

    Data transmission deadline

    T+70D

    When monthly results already provided to the Commission (Eurostat) are subject to revision, Member States shall provide the revised results no later than the month following availability of revised data

    First reference period

    January 2022



    Table 35. Statistics on international activities – Extra-Union imports and exports of goods – detailed data

    Variables

    450201a. Statistical value of extra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    450201b. Quantity of extra-Union exports of goods – detailed data

    450202a. Statistical value of extra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    450202b. Quantity of extra-Union imports of goods – detailed data

    Measurement unit

    Statistical values: values in national currency (units)

    Quantity:

    — Net mass (kg)

    — The quantity in the supplementary units: where applicable according to the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period (respective measurement unit).

    Statistical population

    Total exports or imports of goods

    Breakdowns

    Data to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns specified in the following:

    Breakdown by commodity

    For exports: breakdown by Combined Nomenclature 8-digit level except for

    (1)  goods delivered to vessels and aircraft as referred to in Annex V, Section 22(1)(a), and goods delivered to offshore installations as referred to in Annex V, Section 23(1)(b), which may be broken down by

    (a)  goods from Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period,

    (b)  goods from Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period,

    (c)  goods classified elsewhere.

    (2)  component parts of complete industrial plant as referred to in Annex V, Section 31(5), which shall be broken down by Combined Nomenclature at the chapter level.

    For imports: breakdown by Taric subheading (10-digit level), except for

    (1)  specific goods or movements, as referred to in Chapter III of Annex V. With the exception of the goods referred to in Section 23(2)(a)(ii) and in 23(1)(b), these specific goods or movements may be broken down by Combined Nomenclature 8-digit level;

    (2)  goods delivered to offshore installations as referred to in Annex V, Section 23(1)(b), which may be broken down by

    (a)  goods from Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period,

    (b)  goods from Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period,

    (c)  goods classified elsewhere.

    Without prejudice to data dissemination at national level, detailed statistics by the Taric subheading shall not be disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat) if their disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest as regards the commercial and agricultural policies of the Union.

    Breakdown by Member State of presumed destination and Member State of actual export; Member State where the customs declaration is lodged

    For exports:

    — Member State of actual export

    — Member State where the customs declaration is lodged

    For imports:

    — Member State of presumed destination

    — Member State where the customs declaration is lodged

    This breakdown is not applicable for specific goods or movements, as referred to in Chapter III of Annex V, if data source other than the customs declarations are used.

    The data on exporting and importing Member States shall be coded according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the European statistics on international trade in goods.

    Breakdown by partner country

    For exports: the country of last known destination

    For imports: the country of consignment and the country of origin

    The data on the partner country shall be coded according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the European statistics on international trade in goods.

    Breakdown by nature of transaction

    The data on the nature of transaction shall be provided according to the breakdown in Table 1 of Part C to this Annex.

    Member States shall apply the codes of column A or a combination of the code numbers in column A and their subdivisions in column B.

    Breakdown by statistical procedure

    — Normal exports or imports

    — Exports or imports covered by the customs procedure inward processing

    — Exports or imports covered by the customs procedure outward processing

    — Exports or imports not recorded from customs declarations

    Breakdown by preferential treatment on imports (for variables 450202a/b only)

    This breakdown is not applicable for specific goods or movements, as referred to in Chapter III of Annex V, if data sources other than the customs declarations are used.

    Tariff treatment indicated by the preference code according to the classification laid down by the Union Customs Code.

    Without prejudice to data dissemination at national level, detailed statistics by the preferential treatment on imports shall not be disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat) if their disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest as regards the commercial and agricultural policies of the Union.

    Breakdown by mode of transport

    — Mode of transport at the border

    — Internal mode of transport

    — Container

    This breakdown is not applicable for specific goods or movements, as referred to in Chapter III of Annex V, if data sources other than the customs declarations are used.

    The data on the mode of transport shall be provided according to the breakdown in Table 2 of Part C to this Annex.

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    1.  Member States shall compile for each monthly reference period statistics which cover their total extra-Union trade in goods by using estimates, where necessary. Estimates shall be marked and transmitted to Eurostat with at least a breakdown by partner country and commodity code at chapter level of the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period for extra-Union trade.

    2.  Without prejudice to Article 10(5) to this Regulation, Member States shall provide data declared confidential to the Commission (Eurostat) so that they may be published at least at chapter level of the commodity breakdown by Combined Nomenclature provided confidentiality is thereby assured.

    3.  In the case of information falling under military secrecy, in compliance with the definitions in force in the Member States, Member States may provide less detailed information than indicated in this Table. However, as a minimum, data on the total monthly statistical value of the exports and imports shall be provided to the Commission (Eurostat).

    Data transmission deadline

    T+40D

    When monthly results already provided to the Commission (Eurostat) are subject to revision, Member States shall provide the revised results no later than the month following availability of revised data.

    First reference period

    January 2022



    Table 36. Statistics on international activities – Exports and imports of goods – aggregated data

    Variables

    450103. Statistical value of exports of goods – aggregated data

    450104. Statistical value of imports of goods – aggregated data

    Measurement unit

    Values in national currency (units)

    Statistical population

    Total exports or imports of goods

    Breakdowns

    Data to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns specified in the following:

    Geographical breakdown:

    — For all Member States:

    — 

    — Intra-Union

    — Extra-Union

    — Additionally, for Member States belonging to the euro area:

    — 

    — Intra-euro area

    — Extra-euro area

    Breakdown by commodity:

    — Total

    — Additionally: Sections 0 to 9 of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) in force during the reference period – mandatory only for extra-Union and extra-euro area partner zones

    Data transmission deadline

    T+40D

    First reference period

    January 2022



    Table 37. Statistics on international activities – Extra-Union exports and imports of goods by invoicing currency

    Variables

    450203. Statistical value of extra-Union exports of goods by invoicing currency

    450204. Statistical value of extra-Union imports of goods by invoicing currency

    Measurement unit

    Values in national currency (units)

    Statistical population

    Total extra-Union exports or imports

    Breakdowns

    Data to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns specified in the following

    Commodity breakdown:

    According to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) in force during the reference period:

    — Total,

    — 

    — Sections 0 to 8

    — Division 33

    Invoicing currency breakdown:

    If data sources other than customs declarations are used, the invoicing currency breakdown shall be:

    — Euro

    — National currency(only for Member States not belonging to the euro area)

    — Other national currencies of non-euro area Member States [excluding UK pound]

    — UK pound

    — US dollar

    — Other

    If customs declarations are used as data source, the invoicing currency breakdown shall be:

    — Euro

    — National currency (only for Member States not belonging to the euro area)

    — Other national currencies of non-euro area Member States [excluding UK pound]

    — UK pound

    — US dollar

    — Brazilian real

    — Canadian dollar

    — Swiss franc

    — Chinese renminbi-yuan

    — Indian rupee

    — Japanese yen

    — South Korean won

    — Mexican peso

    — Norwegian krone

    — Russian rouble

    — Singapore dollar

    — Turkish lira

    — Other

    Data transmission deadline

    T+3M

    First reference period

    2022



    Table 38. Statistics on international activities – International Supply of Services by Mode of Supply – annual data

    Variables

    460101. Imports and acquisition of services

    460201. Exports and provision of services

    Measurement unit

    National currency (thousands)

    Statistical population

    Total international supply of services by all four modes of supply

    Breakdowns

    1.  International supply of services by mode of supply and geographical breakdown

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Mode of supply breakdown:

    — Total international supply of services (total of modes 1, 2, 3 and 4)

    — 

    — Mode 1 (‘cross border transactions’),

    — Mode 2 (‘consumption abroad’),

    — Mode 3 (‘commercial presence’), and

    — Mode 4 (‘presence of natural persons’)

    as defined in Annex VI, Section 2.

    Product breakdown:

    — Total international supply of services

    Geographical breakdown: (CETO flag as defined in Annex III.B may be applied):

    Geo level 5 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    2.  International supply of services by mode of supply, type of product and geographical breakdown (CETO flag or 1 % rule on the level of total trade volume (imports+ exports of services) as defined in Annex III.B and A.1 may be applied)

    If 1 % rule is applied then Breakdown 2 is not reported (only Breakdown 1 is reported in this case).

    Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below:

    Modes of supply breakdown:

    Same Modes of supply breakdown as Breakdown 1.

    Product breakdown:

    — Total international supply of services

    — 

    — EBOPS 2010 main components, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    — EBOPS 2010 complementary grouping, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    Geographical breakdown:

    Geo level 5 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    3.  International supply of services by mode of supply, detailed type of product breakdown and geographical breakdown (CETO flag or 1 % rule on the level of total trade volume (imports+ exports of services) as defined in Annex III.B and A.1 may be applied)

    If 1 % rule is applied, then breakdown 3 is not reported (only Breakdown 1 is reported in this case).

    Modes of supply breakdown:

    Same Modes of supply breakdown as Breakdown 1.

    Product breakdown:

    — Total international supply of services

    — 

    — EBOPS 2010 main components, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    — EBOPS 2010 complementary grouping, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    — EBOPS 2010 detailed components, as defined in Annex VI, Section 2, Table 1

    Geographical breakdown:

    Geo level 5 as defined in an implementing act in accordance with Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

    Data transmission deadline

    For breakdowns involving modes 1, 2 and 4: T+10M

    For breakdowns involving mode 3 and ‘Total international supply of services (total of modes 1, 2, 3, and 4): T+22M

    Use of approximations and quality requirements

    The methods and estimations recommended in the Modes of Supply (MoS) Compilers Guide first and second edition, as described in Section 1 of Annex VI, should be used. Countries may also use any other equivalent method or estimation, in line with the principles of the MSITS 2010 and Art. 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

    At any time, if a recommended method cannot be used, the corresponding generic estimation method can be used instead.

    In all cases, the methods used should be clearly described in the metadata.

    First reference period

    For breakdown 1: Y+2 years, where Y is the year of publication of the first edition of the MoS Compilers guide referred to in Section 1 of Annex VI.

    For breakdown 2: Z+2 years, where Z is the year of publication of the second edition of the MoS Compilers guide referred to in Section 1 of Annex VI.

    For breakdown 3: Z+4 years, where Z is the year of publication of the second edition of the MoS Compilers guide referred to in Section 1 of Annex VI.

    Part C. Classifications



    Table 1. Nature of transaction breakdown

    A

    B

    1.

    Transactions involving actual change of ownership with financial compensation

    1.

    Outright sale/purchase except direct trade with/by private consumers

    2.

    Direct trade with/by private consumers (incl. distance sale)

    2.

    Return and replacement of goods free of charge after registration of the original transaction

    1.

    Return of goods

    2.

    Replacement for returned goods

    3.

    Replacement (e.g. under warranty) for goods not being returned

    3.

    Transactions involving intended change of ownership or change of ownership without financial compensation

    1.

    Movements to/from a warehouse (excluding call-off and consignment stock)

    2.

    Supply for sale on approval or after trial (including call-off and consignment stock)

    3.

    Financial leasing

    4.

    Transactions involving transfer of ownership without financial compensation

    4.

    Transactions with a view to processing under contract (not involving change of ownership)

    1.

    Goods expected to return to the initial Member State/country of export

    2.

    Goods not expected to return to the initial Member State/country of export

    5.

    Transactions following processing under contract (not involving change of ownership)

    1.

    Goods returning to the initial Member State/country of export

    2.

    Goods not returning to the initial Member State/country of export

    6.

    Particular transactions recorded for national purposes

     

     

    7.

    Transactions with a view to/following customs clearance (not involving change of ownership, related to goods in quasi-import or export)

    1.

    Release of goods for free circulation in a Member State with a subsequent export to another Member State

    2.

    Transportation of goods from one Member State to another Member State to place the goods under the export procedure

    8.

    Transactions involving the supply of building materials and technical equipment under a general construction or civil engineering contract for which no separate invoicing of the goods is required and an invoice for the total contract is issued

     

     

    9.

    Other transactions which cannot be classified under other codes

    1.

    Hire, loan, and operational leasing longer than 24 months

    9.

    Other



    Table 2. Mode of transport breakdown

    Mode of transport at the border; internal mode of transport

    Sea transport

    Rail transport

    Road transport

    Air transport

    Postal consignment

    Fixed transport installations

    Inland waterway transport

    Own propulsion

    Container

    Goods are not transported in containers when crossing the border of the statistical territory of the European Union.

    Goods are transported in containers when crossing the border of the statistical territory of the European Union.



    Table 3. Statistical procedure breakdown

    Statistical procedure

    Normal imports or exports

    Imports or exports covered by the customs procedure inward processing

    Imports or exports covered by the customs procedure outward processing

    Imports or exports not recorded from customs declarations




    ANNEX II

    Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs) and special aggregates

    The MIGs and special aggregates included in the activity breakdowns in the tables included in Part B of Annex I to this Regulation have to be calculated as below.

    A.    Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs)

    1.   The definition of main industrial groupings

    The allocation of NACE Groups and Divisions to the Main Industrial Groupings (MIGs) is defined in the table below.

    For the variables 130101, 130102 and 130103 the allocation of CPA Groups to MIGs approximations can be derived based on the allocation of NACE Groups.



    ALLOCATION OF NACE HEADINGS TO CATEGORIES OF AGGREGATE CLASSIFICATION

    NACE description

    Aggregate classification

    07 Mining of metal ores

    Intermediate goods

    08 Other mining and quarrying

    Intermediate goods

    09 Mining support service activities

    Intermediate goods

    10.6 Manufacture of grain mill products, starches and starch products

    Intermediate goods

    10.9 Manufacture of prepared animal feeds

    Intermediate goods

    13.1 Preparation and spinning of textile fibres

    Intermediate goods

    13.2 Weaving of textiles

    Intermediate goods

    13.3 Finishing of textiles

    Intermediate goods

    16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials

    Intermediate goods

    17 Manufacture of paper and paper products

    Intermediate goods

    20.1 Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms

    Intermediate goods

    20.2 Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products

    Intermediate goods

    20.3 Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics

    Intermediate goods

    20.5 Manufacture of other chemical products

    Intermediate goods

    20.6 Manufacture of man-made fibres

    Intermediate goods

    22 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products

    Intermediate goods

    23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

    Intermediate goods

    24 Manufacture of basic metals

    Intermediate goods

    25.5 Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy

    Intermediate goods

    25.6 Treatment and coating of metals; machining

    Intermediate goods

    25.7 Manufacture of cutlery, tools and general hardware

    Intermediate goods

    25.9 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products

    Intermediate goods

    26.1 Manufacture of electronic components and boards

    Intermediate goods

    26.8 Manufacture of magnetic and optical media

    Intermediate goods

    27.1 Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus

    Intermediate goods

    27.2 Manufacture of batteries and accumulators

    Intermediate goods

    27.3 Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices

    Intermediate goods

    27.4 Manufacture of electric lighting equipment

    Intermediate goods

    27.9 Manufacture of other electrical equipment

    Intermediate goods

    05 Mining of coal and lignite

    Energy

    06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

    Energy

    19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

    Energy

    35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

    Energy

    36 Water collection, treatment and supply

    Energy

    25.1 Manufacture of structural metal products

    capital goods

    25.2 Manufacture of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal

    capital goods

    25.3 Manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers

    capital goods

    25.4 Manufacture of weapons and ammunition

    capital goods

    26.2 Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment

    capital goods

    26.3 Manufacture of communication equipment

    capital goods

    26.5 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing, and navigation; watches and clocks

    capital goods

    26.6 Manufacture of irradiation, electro medical and electrotherapeutic equipment

    capital goods

    28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.

    capital goods

    29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

    capital goods

    30.1 Building of ships and boats

    capital goods

    30.2 Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock

    capital goods

    30.3 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

    capital goods

    30.4 Manufacture of military fighting vehicles

    capital goods

    32.5 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies

    capital goods

    33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment

    capital goods

    26.4 Manufacture of Consumer electronics

    Consumer Durables

    26.7 Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment

    Consumer durables

    27.5 Manufacture of domestic appliances

    Consumer durables

    30.9 Manufacture of transport equipment n.e.c.

    Consumer durables

    31 Manufacture of furniture

    Consumer durables

    32.1 Manufacture of jewellery, bijouterie and related articles

    Consumer durables

    32.2 Manufacture of musical instruments

    Consumer durables

    10.1 Processing and preserving of meat and meat products

    Consumer non-durables

    10.2 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs

    Consumer non-durables

    10.3 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables

    Consumer non-durables

    10.4 Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats

    Consumer non-durables

    10.5 Manufacture of dairy products

    Consumer non-durables

    10.7 Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products

    Consumer non-durables

    10.8 Manufacture of other food products

    Consumer non-durables

    11 Manufacture of beverages

    Consumer non-durables

    12 Manufacture of tobacco products

    Consumer non-durables

    13.9 Manufacture of other textiles

    Consumer non-durables

    14 Manufacture of wearing apparel

    Consumer non-durables

    15 Manufacture of leather and related products

    Consumer non-durables

    18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media

    Consumer non-durables

    20.4 Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations

    Consumer non-durables

    21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations

    Consumer non-durables

    32.3 Manufacture of sports goods

    Consumer non-durables

    32.4 Manufacture of games and toys

    Consumer non-durables

    32.9 Manufacturing n.e.c.

    Consumer non-durables

    2.   Non-availability of data on NACE Group level

    Member States that do not calculate the statistical data covered by Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to the level of detail of NACE Groups are allowed to calculate national weights for the Groups within a Division in order to do the split-up of the Division-based data into Groups.

    The Member States that apply the allocation to Main Industrial Groupings (MIGS) in part or in total on the basis of NACE Divisions shall inform Eurostat on the weights used for the split-up into NACE Groups.

    B.    Special aggregates of NACE codes



    Special aggregate

    NACE components

    Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    NACE B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+P+Q+R+S

    Industry, construction and services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    NACE B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+P+Q+R+95 + 96

    Business economy

    NACE B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+95

    Non-financial business economy

    NACE B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+L+M+N+95

    Industry and construction

    NACE B+C+D+E+F

    Industry

    NACE B+C+D+E

    ICT total

    NACE C261+C262+C263+C264+C268+G465+J582+J61+J62+J63.1+S951

    = ICT manufacturing + ICT services

    ICT manufacturing

    NACE C261+C262+C263+C264+C268

    ICT services

    NACE G465+J582+J61+J62+J631+S951

    Information sector

    NACE J581+J591+J592+J60+J639

    Computer related services

    NACE J582+J62+J631

    High and medium-high technology manufacturing

    NACE C20+C21+C254+C26+C27+C28+C29+C30–C301+C325

    High technology manufacturing

    NACE C21+C26+C303

    Medium-high technology manufacturing

    NACE C20+C254+C27+C28+C29+C30–C301–C303+C325

    Low and medium-low technology manufacturing

    NACE C10+C11+C12+C13+C14+C15+C16+C17+C18+C19+C22+C23+C24+C25–C254+C301+C31+C32–C325+C33

    Medium-low technology manufacturing

    NACE C182+C19+C22+C23+C24+C25–C254+C301+C33

    Low technology manufacturing

    NACE C10+C11+C12+C13+C14+C15+C16+C17+C18–C182+C31+C32–C325

    Services

    G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U

    Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+P+Q+R+S

    Services (except public administration, defence, compulsory social security, activities of membership organisations, households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

    G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+P+Q+R+95 + 96

    Total knowledge intensive services

    NACE H50+H51+J58+J59+J60+J61+J62+J63+K64+K65+K66+M69+M70+M71+M72+M73+M74+M75+N78+N80+O84+P85+Q86+Q87+Q88+R90+R91+R92+R93

    Knowledge-intensive high technology services

    NACE J59+J60+J61+J62+J63+M72

    Knowledge intensive market services

    NACE H50+H51+M69+M70+M71+M73+M74+N78+N80

    Knowledge intensive financial services

    NACE K64+K65+K66

    Other Knowledge intensive services

    NACE J58+M75+O84+P85+Q86+Q87+Q88+R90+R91+R92+R93

    Knowledge intensive activities – Business industries

    NACE B09+C19+C21+C26+H51+J58+J59+J60+J61+J62+J63+K64+K65+K66+M69+M70+M71+M72+M73+M74+M75+N78+N79+R90

    Knowledge intensive activities

    NACE B09+C19+C21+C26+H51+J58+J59+J60+J61+J62+J63+K64+K65+K66+M69+M70+M71+M72+M73+M74+M75+N78+N79+O84+P85+P86+R90+R91+S94+U99

    Tourism industries (total)

    NACE H491+H4932+H4939+H501+H503+H511+I551+I552+I553+I561+I563+N771+N7721+N79

    Tourism industries (mainly tourism)

    NACE H511+I551+I552+I553+N791

    Tourism industries (partially tourism)

    NACE H491+H4932+H4939+H501+H503+I561+I563+N771+N7721+N799

    Tourism industries – Transport (total)

    NACE H491+H4932+H4939+H501+H503+H511

    Tourism industries – Land transport

    NACE H491+H4932+H4939

    Tourism industries – Water transport

    NACE H501+H503

    Tourism industries – Accommodation (scope of Reg 692/2011)

    NACE I551+I552+I553

    Tourism industries – Food and beverage (total)

    NACE I561+I563

    Tourism industries – Car and other rental (total)

    NACE N771+N7721

    Cultural and creative sectors – total

    NACE C18 + C3212 + C322 + G4761 + G4762 + G4763 + J5811 + J5813 + J5814 + J5821 + J59 + J60 + J6391 + M7111 + M741 + M742 + M743 + N7722 + P8552 + R90 + R91

    Cultural and creative sectors – services

    NACE J5811 + J5813 + J5814 + J5821 + J59 + J60 + J6391 + M7111 + M741 + M742 + M743 + N7722 + P8552 + R90 + R91

    Activities other than industry and trade

    NACE A+F+H+I+J+K+L+M+N+O+P+Q+R+S+T+U

    C.    Special aggregates of CPA codes



    Special aggregate

    CPA codes

    Other CPA products

    CPA 41 to 99




    ANNEX III

    Simplifications

    A.    EXEMPTIONS ON PROVIDING THE DATA BASED ON THE ECONOMIC SIZE OF THE COUNTRY

    1.    1 % rule

    The 1 % rule concerns specific variables indicated in Annex I to this Regulation. It is not necessary to compile those variables if the contribution of the Member State for a related indicator (e.g. value added, turnover or number of employees and self-employed persons), or total services volume (imports plus exports of services) in a specific activity (NACE), EBOPS 2010 category or product (CPA) breakdown is less than 1 % of the EU total. The related indicator and the level of the activity (NACE), EBOPS 2010 breakdown or product (CPA) breakdown are specified in Annex I.

    2.    Rules for grouping countries into small, medium and large countries

    Based on the size of the country, some statistics for variables as specified in the Annex I to this Regulation need not be provided at all or with a lower periodicity or with a later data transmission deadline by small and medium countries.

    1. The variable to be used for the grouping of Member States in size classes is the value added;

    2. Two thresholds – set at 1 % respectively at 4 % – are to be used to distinguish between small, medium and large Member States;

    3. The overall grouping of the Member States is to be done on the basis of their share in the EU value added of NACE Sections B to N (excluding Section K).

    Safeguard clause: if a country’s share in the EU value added in one of the following NACE Section or defined aggregates corresponds to that of a lower size category (lower than the size category resulting from the overall grouping), the data requirements for that country shall correspond to those of the lower size category for the Section (or Sections) in question. This may apply to NACE Sections C (‘Manufacturing’), F (‘Construction’), Section G (‘Trade’), and to the aggregate of Sections H to N (excl. K, ‘Services’).

    4. The grouping of Member States is made on the basis of the data for the base year and is then applicable for 5 consecutive years.

    B.    POSSIBILITY TO PROVIDE DATA THAT WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED AT NATIONAL LEVEL AND THAT WILL BE USED FOR CALCULATING EUROPEAN TOTALS ONLY: CONTRIBUTION TO EUROPEAN TOTALS ONLY (CETO)

    In order to minimise the burden on businesses and the costs to the national statistical authorities, the Member States may mark data for use as a contribution to European totals only (CETO) for some variables as specified in Annex I to this Regulation. Eurostat shall not publish those data, nor shall Member States mark nationally published data with a CETO flag. The number of statistics that can be marked with a CETO-flag by a Member State differs between small, medium and large countries:

    1. 

    The variable to be used for the grouping of Member States in size classes is the value added except for:

    — 
    variables 251001 (Sold production), 251002 (Production under sub-contracted operations) and 251003 (Actual production) where the variable to be used for the grouping is the sold production;
    — 
    Variables 460101 (imports and acquisition of services), 460201 (exports and provision of services), 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises), 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises), where the variable to be used is the total services trade volume – exports plus imports of services, traded between residents and non-residents – expressed as the sum of variables 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) and 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises).
    2. 

    Two thresholds – set at 1 % respectively at 10 % – are to be used to distinguish between small, medium and large Member States except for variables 251001 (Sold production), 251002 (Production under sub-contracted operations), 251003 (Actual production), 460101 (imports and acquisition of services), 460201 (exports and provision of services), 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) and 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises) where the thresholds are set at 1 % and 4 %.

    3. 

    The overall grouping of the Member States is to be done on the basis of their share in the EU value added of NACE Sections B to R and Divisions 95 and 96 (excluding Section O) except for:

    — 
    variables 251001 (Sold production), 251002 (Production under sub-contracted operations) and 251003 (Actual production) where the grouping is to be done on the basis of their share in the EU sold production of CPA divisions (05 to 33) under the scope of the PRODCOM list.
    — 
    Variables 460101 (imports and acquisition of services), 460201 (exports and provision of services), 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) and 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises), where the grouping is to be done on the basis of their share in the EU total services trade volume (exports plus imports of services, traded between residents and non-residents – expressed as the sum of variables 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) and 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises))
    4. 

    The number of statistics that can be marked with a CETO flag for variables as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation:

    (a) 

    For small countries: all data at NACE class level and no more than 25 % of the data at NACE group level for the activity breakdown; all data at NACE group level except for the total over all size classes for the combined activity and size class breakdowns; no more than 20 % of the data at individual PRODCOM heading level.

    (b) 

    For medium countries: no more than 25 % of data at NACE class level for the activity breakdown, no more than 25 % of data at NACE group level except for the total over all size classes for the combined activity and size class breakdowns for the size class breakdown at NACE group level; no more than 15 % of data for individual PRODCOM headings. In addition, if, in any of these Member States, the share of a NACE Rev. 2 class or of a size class of NACE Rev. 2 group is less than 0,1 % of the business economy of the Member State concerned or less than 0,1 % of the total over all individual PRODCOM headings, those data may additionally be sent as CETO-flagged.

    (c) 

    For large countries: no more than 15 % of data at NACE class level for the activity breakdown, no more than 15 % of data at NACE group level except for the total over all size classes for the combined activity and size class breakdowns for the size class breakdown at NACE group level; no more than 10 % of data at or for the individual PRODCOM headings.

    (d) 

    For the variables 460101 (imports and acquisition of services), 460201 (exports and provision of services), 240401 (Statistical value of imports by enterprises) and 251101 (Statistical value of exports by enterprises), – for small countries: not more than 40 % of the Member State data could be marked with CETO flag; for medium countries: not more than 15 % and for large countries: not more than 10 %.

    C.    EUROPEAN SAMPLE SCHEMES

    European sample schemes may limit the scope of the data to be transmitted when compiling statistics for variables as specified in Annex I to the Regulation in order to reduce the costs for national statistical systems, to ensure that European data requirements are met and to enable the Commission (Eurostat) to produce credible European estimates for the indicators concerned.

    Member States participating in the European sample scheme referred to above shall transmit data to the Commission (Eurostat) for at least the NACE activities and CPA products specified according to the following procedure:

    1. 

    Reporting is limited in each country to those activities or products, the weight of which is equal to or more than 0,05 % of the total weight (euro area total industry) of the indicator during the previous base year.

    2. 

    The reporting requirements are updated routine-wise at the same time with the update of the European weights for the new base year, on the basis of the weights during the previous base year.

    3. 

    The first reference period for the new headings shall be no later than from the beginning of the new base year with effect from the introduction of base year three years later.

    4. 

    The update of the European sampling schemes along these lines does not require a specific legal act.

    The terms of the European sample schemes set out may be adapted to changes of the base year or of the classification system or to important structural changes in the euro area or the European Union.

    Each new member of the euro area or European Union may enter any of the European sample schemes upon joining the euro area or European Union. The Commission, after consultation with the Member State concerned, shall specify the NACE activities and CPA products for which data are to be transmitted according to the above procedure, in order for that Member State to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 in the framework of the European sample schemes.

    D.    EXEMPTIONS ON PROVIDING DATA BASED ON THE ECONOMIC SIZE OF THE ACTIVITY INSIDE THE COUNTRY

    Reporting is limited in each Member State to those activities or products, the weight of which is equal to or more than 0,05 % of the total weight of the indicator in the Member State during the current base year (previous base year can be applied, if the current base year data is not available) unless European sampling scheme is applied.

    E.    LENGTH OF STS TIME SERIES FOR NEW MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

    Each new Member State of the European Union shall provide time series at least from the second latest change of the base year, covering the period between the latest and the preceding base year change, if full time series according to the data tables are not available.




    ANNEX IV

    Definitions of concepts and variables

    I.    CONCEPTS

    Resident statistical units

    Statistical units which are resident units of a country in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 ( 1 ).

    Economic territory

    The economic territory includes the following items:

    (a) 

    the area (geographic territory) under the effective administration and economic control of a single government;

    (b) 

    any free zones, including bonded warehouses and factories under customs control;

    (c) 

    the national air-space, territorial waters and the continental shelf lying in international waters, over which the country enjoys exclusive rights;

    (d) 

    territorial enclaves, these being geographic territories situated in the rest of the world and used, under international treaties or agreements between states, by general government agencies of the country (such as embassies, consulates, military bases, scientific bases, etc.);

    (e) 

    deposits of oil, natural gas, etc. in international waters outside the continental shelf of the country, worked by units resident in the territory as defined in points (a) to (d).

    The economic territory excludes the following items:

    — 
    extraterritorial enclaves (i.e. the parts of the country’s own geographic territory used by general government agencies of other countries, by the institutions and bodies of the European Union or by international organisations under international treaties or agreements between States).

    Domestic and non-domestic market

    The difference between domestic and non-domestic markets is to be interpreted for the purpose of short term business statistics according to the economic territory of the Member States.

    II.    VARIABLES

    A.   BUSINESS POPULATION

    1)    Variable 110101: Registrations

    The number of entered legal units in the registration register at any time during the reference quarter q, according to the respective administrative or legal procedure.

    2)    Variable 110102: Bankruptcies

    The number of legal units that have started the procedure of being declared bankrupt, by issuing a court declaration, at any time during the reference quarter q (which is often provisional and does not always mean cessation of an activity).

    3)    Variable 210101: Number of active enterprises

    The Number of active enterprises is the number of all statistical units which at any time during the reference period were ‘enterprises’, as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 ( 2 ), and also active during the same reference period.

    A statistical unit is considered to have been active during the reference period, if in said period it either realized positive net turnover or produced outputs or had employees or performed investments.

    4)    Variable 210102: Number of enterprises having at least one employee

    A count of enterprises that had at least one employee at any time during a given reference period t.

    5)    Variable 210103: Number of high-growth enterprises

    A count of enterprises, having at least 10 employees in t – 3, with average annualised growth in number of employees greater than 10 % per annum, over a three year period (t – 3 to t). It does not include enterprises, as defined in variable 210201 ‘enterprise births’, in t – 3.

    6)    Variable 210104: Number of young high-growth enterprises

    Young high-growth enterprises (gazelles) as a subset of high-growth enterprises must fulfil the additional conditions that they were enterprises, as defined in variable 210201 ‘enterprise births’, in t-4 or t-5.

    7)    Variable 210201: Enterprise births

    A count of the number of births of enterprises registered to the population concerned in the business register corrected for errors. A birth amounts to the creation of a combination of production factors with the restriction that no other enterprises are involved in the event. Births do not include entries into the population due to mergers, break-ups, split-off or restructuring of a set of enterprises. It does not include entries into a sub-population resulting only from a change of activity.

    8)    Variable 210202: Enterprise deaths

    A count of the number of deaths of enterprises registered to the population concerned in the business register corrected for errors. A death amounts to the dissolution of a combination of production factors with the restriction that no other enterprises are involved in the event. Deaths do not include exits from the population due to mergers, take-overs, break-ups or restructuring of a set of enterprises. It does not include exits from a sub-population resulting only from a change of activity.

    9)    Variable 210203: Enterprise survivals

    Enterprise survival occurs if an enterprise is active in the year of birth (t-1 to t-5) and the following year(s). Two types of survival can be distinguished:

    An enterprise born in year t-1 is considered to have survived in year t if it is active in any part of year t (= survival without changes).

    An enterprise is also considered to have survived if the linked legal unit(s) have ceased to be active, but their activity has been taken over by a new legal unit set up specifically to take over the factors of production of that enterprise (= survival by take-over).

    10)    Variable 210204: Enterprises having the first employee

    A count of enterprises that had the first employee at any time during a given reference period t. This can concern births of enterprises as defined for variable 210201, but also enterprises as defined for variable 210101 if the enterprises have already been active in previous reference periods, but did not have any employee in two previous reference periods.

    11)    Variable 210205: Enterprises having no employees anymore

    A count of enterprises that have no employees anymore from any point in time in a given reference period t and that had at least one employee at an earlier point in time in a given reference period t. This can concern deaths of enterprises as defined for variable 210102, with at least one employee, but also enterprises as defined for variable 210202 if the enterprises still remain active, but have no employees any more from any point in time in a given reference period t and the two following reference periods: t + 1 and t + 2. The same applies if the contract of employment of the last employee ends in t on 31 December.

    12)    Variable 210206: Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee

    A count of enterprises having had at least one employee at any point in time in every year from the year of having the first employee (t – 1 to t – 5) until a given reference period t. The ‘population of enterprises that have the first employee in t’ is defined as for variable 210204. An enterprise is also considered to have survived if the linked legal unit(s) have ceased to be active, but their activity has been taken over by a new legal unit set up specifically to take over the factors of production of that enterprise (= survival by take-over).

    13)    Variable 210301: Number of foreign-controlled enterprises

    In country-level business statistics foreign-controlled enterprise shall mean an enterprise resident in the compiling country over which an ultimate controlling institutional unit not resident in the compiling country has control. Enterprises shall mean active enterprises as defined for variable 210101 under A3.

    Control shall mean the ability to determine the general policy of an enterprise, for example by choosing appropriate directors, if necessary. In this context, enterprise A is deemed to be controlled by an institutional unit B when B controls, directly or indirectly, more than half of the shareholders’ voting power, or by other means secures the control over A.

    Foreign control shall mean that the ultimate controlling institutional unit is resident in a different country from the one where the institutional unit over which it has control is resident.

    Branches shall mean local units of foreign enterprises not constituting separate legal entities. They are treated as quasi-corporate enterprises within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 and shall be deemed to be enterprises for the purposes of foreign affiliates statistics.

    Ultimate controlling institutional unit of an affiliate shall mean the institutional unit, proceeding up an affiliate’s chain of control, which is not controlled by another institutional unit.

    Foreign affiliate shall mean an enterprise resident in the compiling country over which an institutional unit not resident in the compiling country has ultimate control, or an enterprise not resident in the compiling country over which an institutional unit resident in the compiling country has ultimate control.

    Country of ultimate control shall mean the country of residence of the ultimate controlling institutional unit, or group of units acting in concert.

    Institutional unit and local unit shall each have the same meaning as in Regulation (EEC) No 696/93.

    Inward foreign affiliates statistics shall mean statistics describing the activity of foreign affiliates resident in the compiling country.

    14)    Variable 210401: Number of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    A foreign-controlling enterprise shall mean a resident ultimate controlling institutional unit which has at least one foreign affiliate and which is an active enterprise as defined for variable 210101 under A3. Control and ultimate controlling institutional unit (UCI) shall mean as defined for foreign-controlled enterprises.

    Domestic affiliate shall mean an enterprise resident in the compiling country over which a UCI resident in the same compiling country has control. Enterprise and branch shall mean as defined for foreign-controlled enterprises.

    In country-level business statistics outward foreign affiliates statistics shall mean statistics describing the activity of domestic affiliates of every resident ultimate controlling institutional unit which has at least one foreign affiliate and the activity of foreign-controlling enterprises resident in the compiling country.

    15)    Variable 310101: Number of local units

    A count of the number of local units as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 registered to the population concerned in the business register corrected for errors, in particular frame errors. Local units must be included even if they have no paid employees. This statistic should include all units active during at least a part of the reference period.

    16)    Variable 310102: Number of active enterprises

    Same as definition for variable 210101 under A3.

    17)    Variable 310103: Number of enterprises having at least one employee

    Same as definition for variable 210102 under A4.

    18)    Variable 310104: Number of high-growth enterprises

    Same as definition for variable 210103 under A5.

    19)    Variable 310201: Enterprise births

    Same as definition for variable 210201 under A7.

    20)    Variable 310202: Enterprise deaths

    Same as definition for variable 210202 under A8.

    21)    Variable 310203: Enterprise survivals (3-calendar year survival only)

    Same as definition for variable 210203 under A9.

    22)    Variable 310204: Enterprises having the first employee

    Same as definition for variable 210204 under A10.

    23)    Variable 310205: Enterprises having no employees anymore

    Same as definition for variable 210205 under A11.

    24)    Variable 310206: Survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Same as definition for variable 210206 under A12.

    25)    Variable 410101: Number of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    An enterprise abroad ultimately controlled by an institutional unit of the reporting country shall mean an enterprise not resident in the compiling country ultimately controlled by an institutional unit resident in the compiling country. Control, enterprise, branch and ultimate controlling institutional unit (UCI) shall mean as defined for foreign-controlled enterprises.

    In statistics on international activities outward foreign affiliates statistics shall mean statistics describing the activity of foreign affiliates abroad ultimately controlled by an institutional unit resident in the compiling country.

    B.   LABOUR INPUTS

    1)    Variable 120101: Number of employees and self-employed persons

    The number of employees and self-employed persons is the sum of the Number of employees and Number of self-employed persons. The ‘Number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5. The number of self-employed persons is the average number of persons who were at some time during the reference period the sole owners or joint owners of the statistical unit in which they work. Family workers and outworkers whose income is a function of the value of the outputs of the statistical unit are also included.

    2)    Variable 120201: Hours worked by employees

    Total hours worked by employees represents the number of hours actually worked by employees, for the output of the statistical unit during the reference period.

    Time spent on adjacent work, indirectly contributing to the output (e.g. planning, preparation, administrative and alike), as well as time spent without actual work, but deemed and remunerated as such by the statistical unit (e.g. short breaks, short disruptions due to slack in production, trainings and alike) is included.

    Time spent on work, be it adjacent work, without actual remuneration (e.g. unpaid overtime) is also included.

    Remunerated time spent without actual work and not deemed as such by the statistical unit (e.g. annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, official holidays, longer breaks, meal breaks, strikes, commuting and alike) is excluded.

    Infra-annual statistics may not be able to take into account all these items such as unpaid overtime.

    3)    Variable 120301: Wages and salaries

    The variable ‘Wages and salaries’ contains all expenses incurred during the reference period on the total gross remuneration, in cash or in kind, of all employees of the statistical unit. Wages and salaries is part of the variable 220301 Employee benefits expense.

    The total gross remuneration, in cash or in kind, contains as examples, but is not limited to the following items: direct remuneration, bonuses, allowances, gratuities, tips, commissions, payments to employees’ saving schemes, payments for days not worked, wages and salaries in kind, company products, staff housing, company cars, stock options and purchase schemes, amounts to be withheld by the employer (social security contributions of the employee, personal income tax, etc.). Infra-annual statistics may not be able to take into account all these items.

    Expenses regarding services provided through agency workers, as well as the expenses of social security contributions and other similar fiscal obligations (tied directly or indirectly to wages and salaries), if incurred by the employer, are excluded.

    4)    Variable 220101: Number of employees and self-employed persons

    Same as definition variable 120101 under B1.

    5)    Variable 220102: Number of employees

    The number of employees represents the average number of persons who were, at some time during the reference period, employees of the statistical unit.

    Explanatory note

    While the employment relationship, which qualifies the parties (into employee and employer), is defined in specific legislation or contract, the term ‘employee’ usually means a person hired by the statistical unit to provide services to it on a regular basis, in exchange for benefits and where the services provided are not part of an independent business. For the sake of clarity, apprentices, if hired under such conditions, are considered employees.

    The average should be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the number of employees over the shortest time periods of equal length fitting into the reference period, for which regular observations are practicable (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.).

    6)    Variable 220103: Number of employees in full time equivalent units

    The number of employees converted into full time equivalents (FTE).

    Figures for the number of persons working less than the standard working time of a full-year full-time worker, should be converted into full time equivalents, with regard to the working time of a full-time full-year employee in the unit. It is the total hours worked divided by the average annual number of hours worked in full-time jobs within the economic territory. Since the length of a full-time job has changed through time and differs between industries, methods which establish the average proportion and average hours of less than full-time jobs in each job group have to be used. A normal full-time week must first be estimated in each job group. If possible, a job group can be defined, inside an industry, according to sex and (or) kind of work of people. Hours contractually agreed upon can constitute for employee jobs, the appropriate criteria for determining those figures. Full-time equivalent is calculated separately in each job group, then summed.

    Included in this category are people working less than a standard working day, less than the standard number of working days in the week, or less than the standard number of weeks/months in the year. The conversion should be carried out on the basis of the number of hours, days, weeks or months worked.

    7)    Variable 220104: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘number of enterprises having at least one employee’ as for variable 210102 under A4.

    8)    Variable 220105: Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5 and ‘number of enterprises having at least one employee’ as for variable 210102 under A4.

    9)    Variable 220106: Number of employees in high-growth enterprises

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5. The ‘population of high-growth enterprises’ is defined as for variable 210103 under A5.

    10)    Variable 220107: Number of employees in young high-growth enterprises

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5. The ‘population of young high-growth enterprises’ is defined as for variable 210104 under A6.

    11)    Variable 220201: Hours worked by employees

    Same as definition variable 120201 under B2.

    12)    Variable 220301: Employee benefits expense

    This variable contains all expenses arising in relation with employee benefits, recognized by the statistical unit during the reference period.

    Employee benefits are all forms of consideration given by the statistical unit in exchange for service rendered by employees or for the termination of employment.

    13)    Variable 220302: Wages and salaries

    Same as definition as for variable 120301 under B3.

    14)    Variable 220303: Social security costs

    Employers’ social security costs correspond to an amount equal to the value of the social contributions incurred by employers in order to secure for their employees the entitlement to social benefits.

    Social security costs for the employer include the employer’s social security contributions to schemes for retirement pensions, sickness, maternity, disability, unemployment, occupational accidents and diseases, family allowances as well as other schemes.

    Included are the costs for all employees including homeworkers and apprentices.

    Charges are included for all schemes, regardless of whether they are statutory, collectively agreed, contractual or voluntary in nature. Wages and salaries which the employer continues to pay in the event of illness, occupational accident, maternity leave or short-time working may be recorded here or under wages and salaries, dependent upon the unit’s accounting practices.

    15)    Variable 220401: Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘Newly born enterprises’ (enterprise births) as for variable 210201 under A7.

    16)    Variable 220402: Number of employees in newly born enterprises

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5 and ‘Newly born enterprises’ (enterprise births) as for variable 210201 under A7.

    17)    Variable 220403: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘enterprise deaths’ as for variable 210202 under A8.

    18)    Variable 220404: Number of employees in enterprise deaths

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5 and ‘enterprise deaths’ as for variable 210202 under A8.

    19)    Variable 220405: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘enterprise survivals’ as for variable 210203 under A9.

    20)    Variable 220406: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘enterprise survivals’ as for variable 210203 under A9. For this variable the number of employees and self-employed persons is that of the year of the enterprise birth as defined under A7.

    21)    Variable 220407: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘enterprises having first employee’ as for variable 210204 under A10.

    22)    Variable 220408: Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined under as for variable 220102 under B5 and ‘enterprises having first employee’ as for variable 210204 under A10.

    23)    Variable 220409: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘enterprises having no employees anymore’ as for variable 210205 under A11.

    24)    Variable 220410: Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore

    The ‘number of employees’ is defined as for variable 220102 under B5 and ‘enterprises having no employees anymore’ as for variable 210205 under A11.

    25)    Variable 220411: Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘survivals of enterprise having at least one employee’ as for variable 210206 under A12.

    26)    Variable 220412: Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘survivals of enterprises having at least one employee’ as for variable 210206 under A12. For this variable the number of employees and self-employed is that of the year of the enterprise birth meaning the year the enterprises has its first employee as defined under as for variable 210204 under A10’.

    27)    Variable 220501: Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    28)    Variable 220601: Number of employees and self-employed persons in foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates’ as for variable 210401 under A14.

    29)    Variable 220701: Employee benefits expense in foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘employee benefits expense’ is defined as for variable 220301 under B12 and ‘number of foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    30)    Variable 320101: Number of employees and self-employed persons in local units

    ‘Number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1, ‘local units’ as for variable 310101 under A15.

    31)    Variable 320102: Number of employees and self-employed persons

    Same as definition for variable 120101 under B1.

    32)    Variable 320103: Number of employees

    Same as definition for variable 220102 under B5.

    33)    Variable 320301: Wages and salaries in local units

    ‘Wages and salaries’ is defined as for variable 120301 under B3 and ‘number of local units’ as for variable 310101 under A17.

    34)    Variable 320104: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having at least one employee

    Same as definition for variable 220104 under B7.

    35)    Variable 320105: Number of employees in enterprises having at least one employee

    Same as definition for variable 220105 under B8

    36)    Variable 320201: Number of employees and self-employed persons in newly born enterprises

    Same as definition for variable 220401 under B15

    37)    Variable 320202: Number of employees in newly born enterprises

    Same as definition for variable 220402 under B16.

    38)    Variable 320203: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise deaths

    Same as definition for variable 220403 under B17.

    39)    Variable 320204: Number of employees in enterprise deaths

    Same as definition for variable 220404 under B18.

    40)    Variable 320205: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Same as definition for variable 220405 under B19.

    41)    Variable 320206: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprise survivals, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Same as definition for variable 220406 under B20.

    42)    Variable 320207: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having the first employee in t

    Same as definition for variable 220407 under B21.

    43)    Variable 320208: Number of employees in enterprises having the first employee

    Same as definition for variable 220408 under B22.

    44)    Variable 320209: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises having no employees anymore

    Same as definition for variable 220409 under B23.

    45)    Variable 320210: Number of employees in enterprises having no employees anymore

    Same as definition for variable 220410 under B24.

    46)    Variable 320211: Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Same as definition for variable 204011 under B25.

    47)    Variable 320212: Number of employees and self-employed persons in survivals of enterprises having at least one employee, in the year of birth (only for enterprises having survived for three calendar years)

    Same as definition for variable 241012 under B26.

    48)    Variable 420101: Number of employees and self-employed persons in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    The ‘number of employees and self-employed persons’ is defined as for variable 120101 under B1 and ‘enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country’ as for variable 410101 under A25.

    49)    Variable 420201: Employee benefits expense of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    The ‘employee benefits expense’ is defined as for variable 220301 under B12 and ‘enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country’ as for variable 410101 under A25.

    C.   PRICES

    1)    Variable 130101: Import prices

    It is the objective of the import price indices to measure the monthly transaction price development of goods purchased by residents from non-residents. All the related services are initially excluded from the scope except for those covered by CIF (cost, insurance, freight) trade agreement. The price indices should track the price movements of comparable items over time.

    It is essential that all price-determining characteristics of the products are taken into account, including quantity of units sold, transport provided, rebates, service conditions, guarantee conditions origin and destination. The specification must be such that in subsequent reference periods, the observation unit is able uniquely to identify the product and to provide the appropriate price per unit.

    The following limitations apply for the scope of import prices:

    — 
    imports by households, government units and non-profit institutions are excluded,
    — 
    the underlying trade system is the special trade system so normal imports as well as imports for inward processing and after outward processing, when the reporting unit acquires the ownership of goods, are included. Imports for repair are not covered,
    — 
    the product coverage is limited to the CPA B, C and D products. Related services are excluded.

    The following rules apply for the definition of import prices:

    — 
    The appropriate price is the cif (cost, insurance, freight) price at the border excluding all duties and taxes on the goods and services to be shouldered by the reporting unit.
    — 
    In order to show the true development of price movements, it should be an actual transaction price, and not a list price, therefore discounts should be deducted from the price.
    — 
    In order to show pure price movements the price index compilation should take into account and adjust for quality changes in products.
    — 
    Other price-determining characteristics of the products should be treated in a consistent way as well.
    — 
    The imports are recorded when the ownership of the goods is transferred (i.e. when the parties record transaction in their books or account).
    — 
    The transfer of ownership of vessels and aircraft, as well as spacecraft from a person established in another country to a person established in the Member State in question is counted as an import.

    The index should in principle reflect the average price during the reference period. In practice the information actually collected may refer to a particular day in the middle of the reference period that should be determined as a representative figure for the reference period. For products with a significant impact on the national economy that are known to have, at least occasionally, a volatile price development, it is important that the index does indeed reflect average prices.

    2)

    Variable 130102: Import prices (euro area) (optional for non-euro countries)

    3)

    Variable 130103: Import prices (non-euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    The indices of the import prices require a separate calculation according to the country of consignment of the goods (euro area and non-euro area). The country of consignment is determined in a consistent way with customs rules.

    4)

    Variable 130201: Producer prices

    It is the objective of the producer price index to measure the development of transaction prices of economic activities in industry, construction, and services.

    The following rules apply for the definition of producer prices:

    All price-determining characteristics of the products are taken into account, including e.g. quantity of units sold, transport provided, surcharges, discounts, rebates, service conditions, guarantee conditions, destination etc.

    Producer prices measure the price development from the point of view of the producer/seller. The appropriate price is the basic price that excludes VAT and similar deductible taxes directly linked to turnover as well as all duties and taxes on the goods and services invoiced by the unit, whereas subsidies on products received by the producer, if there are any, should be added.

    In order to show the true development of price movements, it should be an actual transaction price, and not a list price.

    In order to show pure price movements, the producer price index compilation should take into account and adjust for quality changes in products.

    The specification must be such that in subsequent reference periods, the observation unit is able uniquely to identify the product and to provide the appropriate price per unit.

    The index should in principle reflect the average price during the reference period. In practice the information actually collected may refer to a particular day in the middle of the reference period that should be determined as a representative figure for the reference period. For products with a significant impact on the national economy that are known to have, at least occasionally, a volatile price development, it is important that the index does indeed reflect average prices.

    Price data should reflect prices at the moment of the actual transaction, i.e. when claims and obligations arise, are transformed or cancelled.

    Service prices should in principle be recorded when the service is provided. If the service delivery spans over several time periods or when services are bought in advance of the service delivery, appropriate adjustments have to be made

    The service producer price index for an economic activity measures the average price development of all services, Business-to-All, which is composed of Business-to-Business- B2B, and Business-to-consumers- B2C. Sales to public sector, Business-to-Government – B2G, is also included in B2B.

    5)

    Variable 130202: Domestic producer prices

    6)

    Variable 130203: Non-domestic producer prices

    7)

    Variable 130204: Non-domestic producer prices (euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    8)

    Variable 130205: Non-domestic producer prices (non-euro area) (optional for non-euro area countries)

    The domestic producer price index for an economic activity measures the average price development of all goods and related services resulting from that activity and sold on the domestic market. The non-domestic price index shows the average price development (converted to local currency) of all goods and related services resulting from that activity and sold outside of the domestic market.

    When combined, these two indices show the average price development of all goods and related services resulting from an activity. For producer prices of the non-domestic market, the price should be calculated at national frontiers, fob (free on board).

    The indices of domestic and non-domestic prices require separate producer price indices to be compiled according to the destination of the product. The destination is determined by the residency of the third party that has ordered or purchased the product.

    Producer prices or costs of new residential buildings

    Producer price indices for construction measure only the development of new residential buildings and exclude residences for communities, non-residential buildings, land prices and architect’s and other fees. They reflect the prices paid by the client to the construction company. They therefore do not only reflect the variations in the cost factors of construction, but also the changes in productivity and profit margins. In addition, a temporal difference exists between the output price and the corresponding costs of production. The total construction costs of new residential buildings can be used as a proxy for the producer prices.

    It is the objective of the total construction cost index to show the development of costs incurred by the contractor to carry out the construction process.

    Costs that constitute the total construction costs of new residential buildings are material costs, labour costs, plant and equipment, transport, energy and other costs. Costs of residences for communities, non-residential buildings, land prices and architect’s and other fees are not parts of the construction costs.

    The material costs are generally calculated using material prices. Prices of materials should be based on actual prices rather than list prices. Prices should be based on a sample of products and suppliers. Prices are valued excluding VAT.

    The labour costs should cover wages and salaries and social security charges for all persons employed. Social security charges include: i) statutory social contributions payable by the employer, ii) collectively agreed, contractual and voluntary social contributions payable by the employer and iii) imputed social contributions (social benefits paid directly by the employer).

    A new residential building is any building which is constructed for permanent or temporary residential use or a building which is converted from other use to a permanent or temporary residential use, and for which a building or planning permit is required in national legislation.

    D.   R & D INPUTS

    1)    Variable 230101: Intramural R & D expenditure

    Research and experimental development (R & D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

    Expenditures on intramural R & D represent the amount of money spent on R & D that is performed within a reporting unit.

    Intramural R & D expenditures are all current expenditures plus gross fixed capital expenditures for R & D performed within a statistical unit during a specific reference period whatever the source of funds. R & D current expenditures include labour costs for internal R & D personnel and other current costs (costs for external R & D personnel, purchase of services.). Gross fixed capital expenditures for R & D include: acquisition of land, acquisition of buildings, acquisition of information and communication equipment, acquisition of transport equipment, acquisition of other machinery and equipment, acquisition of capitalised computer software, acquisition of other intellectual property products.

    2)    Variable 230201: R & D personnel

    Research and experimental development (R & D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.

    R & D personnel in a statistical unit include all persons engaged directly in R & D, whether employed by the statistical unit or external contributors fully integrated into the statistical unit’s R & D activities, as well as those providing direct services for the R & D activities (such as R & D managers, administrators, technicians and clerical staff).

    Persons providing indirect support and ancillary services, such as canteen, maintenance, administrative and security staff, should be excluded, even though their wages and salaries are included in ‘other current costs’ when measuring intramural R & D expenditure as from definition No D1.

    R & D personnel includes two main groups of individuals:

    — 
    Persons employed by the statistical unit who contribute to a unit’s intramural R & D activities (internal R & D personnel).
    — 
    External contributors that are fully integrated into the unit’s intramural R & D activities (external R & D personnel) that can be either independent (self-employed) or dependent (receiving wages/salaries but not from the statistical unit performing the R & D).

    3)    Variable 230202: Researchers

    Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge. They conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques, instrumentation, software or operational models.

    Managers and administrators engaged in the planning and management of the scientific and technical aspects of a researcher’s work are also classified as ‘researchers’.

    4)    Variable 230301: Intramural R & D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘intramural R & D expenditure’ is defined as for variable 230101 under D1 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    5)    Variable 230401: R & D personnel in foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘R & D personnel’ is defined as for variable 230201 under D2 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    6)    Variable 230501: Government budget allocations for research and development (GBARD)

    Government budget allocations for R & D (GBARD) are all appropriations allocated to R & D funding (to all sectors) in Government sector budgets. Government sector comprises the central (federal) government, regional (state) government and local (municipal) government subsectors (R & D funding by the latter may not be included in GBARD if not deemed to be significant or if data cannot be collected). GBARD refers to budget data, from budget forecasts to actual expenditures but data collection is usually focusing on ‘Initial budget appropriations’ and ‘Final budget appropriations’.

    7)    Variable 230502: National public funding to transnationally coordinated R & D

    National public funding to transnationally coordinated R & D is defined as the total budget funding by the Government sector, as measured by GBARD, aimed at supporting: transnational public R & D performers, Europe-wide transnational public R & D programmes and bilateral or multilateral public R & D programmes established between EU Member States, candidate countries or EFTA countries.

    8)    Variable 330101: Intramural R & D expenditure

    Same as definition for variable 230101 under D1

    9)    Variable 330201: R & D personnel

    Same as definition for variable 230201 under D2

    10)    Variable 330202: Researchers

    Same as definition for variable 230202 under D3

    E.   PURCHASES

    1)    Variable 240101: Total purchases of goods and services

    Total purchases of goods and services includes the total amount of goods and services purchased by the statistical unit, recognized in accounting as either current assets or expenses during the reference period.

    Included in these purchases of goods, as a non-exhaustive list of examples, are: raw, auxiliary and packaging materials, consumables, fuel, spare parts, seeds and fodder, animals, small inventory items and goods purchased for resale.

    Included in the purchases of services, as a non-exhaustive list of examples, are services with electricity, heating, water, maintenance, repairs, royalties, rental, insurance, research (if performed by third parties), agency work, advertising, promotion, transport, communication, banking, legal, accounting and any other service performed by third parties and recognized as an expense during the reference period.

    Increases in finished goods and work in progress, as well as any financial assets and non-current assets are not included. As an exception, assets from other classes reclassified to any of the items listed above as included, are also included.

    The purchases of goods and services referred to by this definition are valued according to the rules laid down to this effect in the accounting standards based on which the aforementioned assets and expenses were recognized.

    2)    Variable 240102: Purchases of goods and services for resale

    Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition as received are purchases of goods for resale to third parties without further processing. It also includes purchases of services by ‘invoicing’ service companies, i.e. those whose turnover is composed not only of agency fees charged on a service transaction (as in the case of estate agents) but also the actual amount involved in the service transaction, e.g. transport purchases by travel agents.

    Excluded is the value of goods and services which are sold to third parties on a commission basis, since these goods are neither bought nor sold by the agent receiving the commission.

    Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition as received is part of Total purchases of goods and services and used in the calculation of other aggregates and balances.

    3)    Variable 240103: Expenses on services provided through agency workers

    This variable contains all expenses recognized by the statistical unit during the reference period, referring to services provided to it by temporary employment agencies and similar organizations supplying workers to clients’ businesses for limited periods of time to supplement or temporarily replace the working force of the client, where the individuals provided are employees of the temporary help service unit. Expenses on services provided through agency workers is part of the variable Total purchases of goods and services.

    However, these agencies and organizations do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients’ work sites. Only the expenses incurred for the provision of personnel which is not linked to the provision of a particular industrial or other non-industrial service are included into this variable.

    4)    Variable 240104: Expenses of long term rental and operating leases

    The expenses of long-term rental include all expenses recognized by the statistical unit during the reference period, relating to the renting of non-current assets. Included in this variable are the payments under an operating leases contract related to non-current assets.

    For this variable a lease is classified as an operating leases if it does not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an underlying asset.

    5)    Variable 240105: Purchases of energy products

    Purchases of all energy products during the reference period should be included in this variable only if they are purchased to be used as fuel. Energy products purchased as a raw material or for resale without transformation should be excluded. The figure should be given in value only.

    6)    Variable 240106: Payments to subcontractors

    For activities of NACE Sections B to E payments to subcontractors are payments made by the unit to third parties in return for industrial goods and services supplied as part of a subcontracting relationship defined as follows:

    Two enterprises are linked by a subcontracting relationship whenever conditions A and B are met together:

    A. 

    the customer enterprise, also said main contractor, participates in the conception of the product providing, even partially, technical specifications to the supplier enterprise, also said subcontractor, and/or provides it with the materials to be processed;

    B. 

    the customer enterprise sells the subcontracted product, either as such or as part of a more complex product, and takes on the after-sales liability for the product.

    Note: The mere stipulation of a colour, size or catalogue number does not constitute a technical specification in itself. The manufacture of a tailor-made product does not of itself necessarily imply a subcontracting relationship.

    For the statistics on activities of NACE Section F payments to subcontractors are payments made by the unit to third parties in return for construction works supplied as a part of a subcontracting relationship.

    Two enterprises are linked by a subcontracting relationship, whenever conditions A, B, C and D are simultaneously satisfied:

    A. 

    The customer enterprise contracts with the supplier enterprise, hereafter referred to as ‘sub-contractor’, for the execution of works or services which are incorporated specifically in the construction process;

    B. 

    The customer enterprise is responsible for the final product of the construction process, the responsibility covers also the parts carried out by the subcontractors; the subcontractor can in some cases carry some responsibility.

    C. 

    The customer enterprise provides specifications to the subcontractor, for example, the work or service executed by the subcontractor must be tailor-made for the purposes of the specific project and cannot thus be a standardised or catalogue work or services.

    D. 

    The reciprocal contract is not otherwise ruled by an agreement of an associative type, such as a common answer for a call for tender, a consortium or joint venture, etc.

    7)    Variable 240201: Change in stock of goods

    Change in stock of goods is the difference of the total value of inventories recognized by the statistical unit at the end and at the beginning of the reference period. The value of said inventories is the one at which they have been recognized in the financial statements.

    8)    Variable 240202: Change in stock of finished goods and work-in-progress

    This variable is defined as the change in the value of the stock of finished products or in the course of production, which have been produced by the statistical unit and which have not yet been sold, between the first and last days of the reference period. It is a part of variable Change in stock of goods.

    These products include work in progress belonging to the statistical unit, even if the products in question are in the possession of third parties. Equally, products held by the statistical unit which belong to third parties are excluded.

    Stocks are valued at production cost and are valued prior to value adjustments (such as depreciation).

    9)    Variable 240203: Change in stock of goods for resale

    Change in stock of goods for resale is the difference of the total value of inventories recognized by the statistical unit at the end and at the beginning of the reference period as items intended for resale to third parties without further processing. The value of said inventories is the one at which they have been recognized in the financial statements. Change in stock of goods for resale is a part of the variable Change in stock of goods.

    10)    Variable 240301: Total purchases of goods and services of foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘total purchases of goods and services’ is defined as for variable 240101 under E1 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    11)    Variable 240302: Purchases of goods and services for resale of foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘Purchases of goods and services for resale’ is defined as for variable 240102 under E2 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    F.   OUTPUT AND PERFORMANCE

    1)    Variable 140101: Production (volume)

    Production in short term business statistics is required as an index. The production volume index is the reference indicator for economic development and it is used in particular to identify turning points in economic development at an early stage. It should be presented in the form of a Laspeyres type index, comparing the current volume of production to the corresponding volume of production in the base period.

    Theoretical target of the production volume index:

    — 
    In the view of business cycle statistics, own output should be measured. The terms ‘production’ or ‘output’ in the sense of business cycle statistics do not include inputs from other units.
    — 
    The objective of the production volume index is therefore to measure changes in the volume of value added at close and regular intervals.
    — 
    The changes in volume of value added measured should in general approximate the value added measured by the National Accounts concepts of value added.

    Principles for the calculation of the production volume index:

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    Data necessary for compilation of index as defined by theoretical target are usually not available on a monthly basis.
    — 
    Therefore, value added at basic prices is calculated only for the base period especially for updating the weights. If value added at basic prices is not available, gross value added at factor cost may be used as a proxy.
    — 
    The monthly continuation of value added in base period is done by suitable proxy values.

    Calculation of the proxy values for continuation. Suitable proxy values for the continuation of the indices are:

    — 
    continuation with gross production values (deflated),
    — 
    continuation with volumes,
    — 
    continuation with turnover (deflated),
    — 
    continuation with work input,
    — 
    continuation with raw material input,
    — 
    continuation with energy input.

    The correlation of these proxy measures with the development of value added may differ depending on the market activity. For each market activity a proxy with a high correlation should be chosen.

    Relations to National Accounts:

    — 
    The common understanding of the term ‘production index’ as an ‘evolution of value added’ contradicts the definition of ‘production’ in the framework of national accounts or structural business statistics.
    — 
    In the terms of national accounts, the production index refers to the development of ‘value added’ in constant prices, whereas value added is in principle output minus intermediate consumption at basic prices.

    2)    Variable 140201: Volume of sales

    The volume of sales represents the value of net turnover in constant prices and as such is a quantity index. It can be calculated as net turnover at current prices, deflated by the appropriate price indicator, or as a quantity index derived directly from the quantity of goods sold.

    3)    Variable 140301: Net Turnover

    For all activities except for NACE 64, 65 and some activities of NACE 66 net turnover consists of all income arising during the reference period in the course of ordinary activities of the statistical unit, and is presented net of all price reductions, discounts and rebates granted by it.

    Income is defined as increases in economic benefits during the reference period in the form of inflows or enhancements of assets or decreases of liabilities that result in increases in equity, other than those relating to contributions from equity participants.

    The inflows referred to are arising from contracts with customers and are realized through the satisfaction by the statistical unit of performance obligations as foreseen in said contracts. Usually, a performance obligation is represented by the sale (transfer) of goods or the rendering of services, however, the gross inflows can also contain revenues obtained as a yield on the use by others of the statistical unit’s assets.

    Excluded from net turnover are:

    — 
    all taxes, duties or levies linked directly to revenue;
    — 
    any amounts collected on behalf of any principal, if the statistical unit is acting as an agent in its relationship with said principal;
    — 
    all income not arising in the course of ordinary activities of the statistical unit. Usually, these types of income are classified as ‘Other (operating) income’, ‘Financial income’, ‘Extra-ordinary income’ or under a similar heading, depending on the respective set of generally accepted accounting standards used to prepare the financial statements.

    Infra-annual statistics may not be able to take into account aspects such as annual price reductions, subsidies, rebates and discounts.

    For the activities of NACE K6411, K6419 and K649 net turnover is defined as the value of output minus subsidies or government grants.

    For the activities of NACE K642 and K643 net turnover can be approximated by the total operating costs, if net turnover is not available in the financial statements.

    For the activities of NACE K6511, K6512 and K652 net turnover is defined as Gross premiums earned.

    For the activities of NACE K653 the net turnover is defined as total pension contributions

    For activities of NACE K66 for which net turnover is not available in the financial statements, net turnover is defined as the value of output minus subsidies or government grants. For activities of NACE K66 for which net turnover is available in the financial statements, the standard definition of net turnover applies.

    4)

    Variable 140302: domestic net turnover

    5)

    Variable 140303: Non-domestic net turnover

    6)

    Variable 140304: Non-domestic net turnover (euro area)

    7)

    Variable 140305: Non-domestic net turnover (non-euro area)

    The indices of domestic and non-domestic net turnover require net turnover to be split according to the first destination of the product based on the change of ownership (whether or not there are also corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers). The destination is determined by the residency of the third party that purchased the goods and services.

    8)

    Variable 250101: Net Turnover

    Same as definition variable 140301 under F3

    9)

    Variable 250102: Net turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities

    The part of net turnover derived from activities classified to NACE Sections A to F.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    10)

    Variable 250103: Net turnover from industrial activities

    The part of net turnover derived from activities classified to NACE Sections B to F.

    Net turnover derived from the sale of goods and services which have been subject to a sub-contracting relationship is included.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    11)

    Variable 250104: Net turnover from industrial activities excluding construction

    The part of net turnover derived from activities classified to NACE Sections B to E.

    Net turnover derived from the sale of goods and services which have been subject to a sub-contracting relationship is included.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    12)

    Variable 250105: Net turnover from construction

    The part of net turnover derived from activities classified to NACE Section F.

    Net turnover derived from the sale of goods and services which have been subject to a sub-contracting relationship is included.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    13)

    Variable 250106: Net turnover from service activities

    Revenue from all services rendered (banking and insurance services, business and personal services).

    This variable encompasses net turnover from service activities resulting from a principal or secondary activity; some service activities may be performed by industrial units. These activities are classified to NACE Sections H to N and P to S and also to the maintenance and repair Groups 45.2 and 45.4 of NACE Section G.

    14)

    Variable 250107: Net turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and from intermediary activities

    The part of net turnover derived from the trading activities of purchase and resale of the unit and the intermediary activity of the unit. This corresponds to the sales of goods purchased by the unit in its own Name and for its own account and resold in the same condition in which they were purchased, or after such labelling, packaging and wrapping as is usually practised in distributive trade enterprises as well as any commissions on purchases and sales made in the Name and on behalf of third parties, and similar activities.

    Resales may be broken down into:

    — 
    resales to other traders, professional users, etc. (wholesale sales);
    — 
    resales to households or small-scale users (retail sales).

    These activities are classified in NACE Section G (except the maintenance and repair Groups 45.2 and 45.4).

    15)

    Variable 250108: Net turnover from building

    The part of net turnover derived from activities classified to NACE Division F41.

    Net turnover derived from the sale of goods and services which have been subject to a sub-contracting relationship is included.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    16)

    Variable 250109: Net turnover from civil engineering

    The part of net turnover derived from activities classified to NACE Division F42

    Net turnover derived from the sale of goods and services which have been subject to a sub-contracting relationship is included.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    17)

    Variable 250110: Net turnover from the principal activity at the NACE three-digit level

    The part of net turnover derived from the principal activity of the unit. The principal activity of a unit is determined according to the rules laid down in the Council Regulation (EC) No 696/93.

    Net turnover derived from the sale of goods and services which have been subject to a sub-contracting relationship is included.

    Net turnover derived from the resale of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition is excluded.

    18)

    Variable 250111: Net turnover from subcontracting

    For the statistics on activities of NACE Section F Net turnover from subcontracting is the net turnover generated by the unit’s own construction works provided to a third party under a subcontracting relationship.

    Two enterprises are linked by a subcontracting relationship, whenever conditions A, B, C and D are simultaneously satisfied:

    A. 

    The customer enterprise contracts with the supplier enterprise, hereafter referred to as ‘sub-contractor’, for the execution of works or services which are incorporated specifically in the construction process;

    B. 

    The customer enterprise is responsible for the final product of the construction process, the responsibility covers also the parts carried out by the subcontractors; the subcontractor can in some cases carry some responsibility.

    C. 

    The customer enterprise provides specifications to the subcontractor, for example, the work or service executed by the subcontractor must be tailor-made for the purposes of the specific project and cannot thus be a standardised or catalogue work or services.

    D. 

    The reciprocal contract is not otherwise ruled by an agreement of an associative type, such as a common answer for a call for tender, a consortium or joint venture, etc.

    19)

    Variable 250112: Net turnover by residence of client

    Net turnover shall mean net turnover as defined for variable 140301 under F3. The concept of residence is in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.

    20)

    Variable 250113: Net turnover by product

    Net turnover shall mean net turnover as defined for variable 140301 under F3. The breakdown by product is based on the CPA.

    21)

    Variable 250201: Gross margin on goods for resale

    Corresponds to the return on the activity of purchase and resale without further processing. It is calculated from net turnover related to trading activities of purchase and resale without further processing, total purchases for resale and changes in stock of goods and services purchased for resale.

    Included in gross margin on goods for resale are sales, purchases and changes in stock of goods and services related to goods and services which are purchased in order to be rendered to third parties in the same condition.

    Also called gross trading margin.

    22)

    Variable 250301: Value of output

    Value of output represents the value of the total output of the statistical unit, generated during the reference period.

    For all activities except for activities of NACE 64, 65 and 66 it is the sum of:

    + Net turnover,
    ± Change in stock of finished goods and work in progress,
    ± Change in stock of goods for resale,
    + Income from product- or turnover-related subsidies and
    + Capitalized output
    – Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale.

    Income from product- or turnover-related subsidies is any income originating from government assistance granted to and recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period.

    Capitalized output is the total increase of all self-generated long-term assets, recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period.

    For the activities of NACE K6411 value of output is defined as other administrative expenses than staff costs plus fees and commission expenses plus staff costs plus depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets.

    For the activities of NACE K6419 and K649 value of output is defined as interest receivable and similar income minus Interest payable and similar charges plus Commissions receivable plus Income from shares and other variable-yield securities plus Net profit or net loss on financial operations plus Income from product or turnover related subsidies. For some activities of K6499 value of output is net turnover plus subsidies or government grants or can be approximated by the total operating costs, if net turnover is not available the financial statements.

    For the activities of NACE K642 and K643 value of output is net turnover plus subsidies or government grants or can be approximated by the total operating cost, if net turnover is not available in the financial statements.

    For the activities of NACE K6511 value of output is defined as Gross premiums earned plus

    Investment income minus Income from participating interest minus value re-adjustments on investments plus Investment income of reinsurers on their share of the gross technical provisions of the enterprise plus Unrealized gains on investments plus Other technical income, net of reinsurance minus Claims paid plus/minus Change in the provision for claims (increase needs to be subtracted, decrease needs to be added) plus/minus Changes in other technical provisions net of reinsurance (costs need to be subtracted, income should be added) plus/minus (If available) Changes in other technical provisions, reinsurers’ share (costs needs to be subtracted, income needs to be added) plus/minus (If available) Change in fund for future appropriations (costs should be subtracted, income should be added) minus Bonuses and rebates, net of reinsurance minus losses on the realization of investments minus unrealized loss on investments plus other income.

    For the activities of NACE K6512 and K652 value of output is defined as Gross premiums earned plus Investment income minus Income from participating interests minus Value re-adjustments on investments plus Investment income of reinsurers on their share of the gross technical provisions of the enterprise plus Other technical income, net of reinsurance plus Other income minus Claims paid plus/minus Change in the provision for claims (increase needs to be subtracted, decrease needs to be added) minus Losses on the realization on investments minus Bonuses and rebates, net amount plus/minus Change in the equalization provision (costs should be subtracted, income need to be added) plus/minus Changes in other technical provisions, not shown under other headings (costs should be subtracted, income should be added).

    For the activities of NACE K653 value of output is defined as net turnover minus insurance premiums payable plus investment income plus other income plus insurance claims receivable minus total expenditure on pensions minus net change in technical provisions (increases in technical provisions are to be subtracted from value of output and decreases added). Alternatively, the value of output can be calculated as sum of costs.

    For activities of NACE K66 for which net turnover is not available in the financial statements, value of output is defined as interest receivable and similar income minus interest payable and similar charges plus commissions receivable plus income from shares and other variable-yield securities plus net profit or net loss on financial operations plus income from product or turnover related subsidies.

    For the activities of NACE K66 for which net turnover is available in the financial statements, value of output is defined as net turnover plus capitalized output plus income from product or turnover related subsidies.

    23)

    Variable 250401: Value added

    Value added is a composite indicator of net operating income, adjusted for depreciation, amortization and employee benefits, all components being recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period. Its value is given by the formula:

    + Net turnover
    + Income from product- or turnover-related subsidies
    + Capitalized output
    ± Change in stock of goods
    – Total purchases of goods and services.

    24)

    Variable 250501: Gross operating surplus

    Gross operating surplus is the surplus generated by operating activities after the labour factor input has been recompensed.

    It can be calculated from the value added less the employees benefits expense. It is the balance available to the unit which allows it to recompense the providers of own funds and debt, to pay taxes and eventually to finance all or a part of its investment.

    25)

    Variable 250601: Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘net turnover’ is defined as for variable 140301 under F3 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    26)

    Variable 250701: Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘value of output’ is as defined for variable 250301 under F22 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    27)

    Variable 250801: Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises

    The ‘value added’ is as defined for variable 250401 under F23 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    28)

    Variable 250901: Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates

    The ‘net turnover’ is defined as for variable 140301 under F3 and ‘foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates’ as for variable 210401 under A14.

    29)

    Variable 440101: Net turnover of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    The ‘net turnover’ is defined as for variable 140301 under F3 and ‘enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country’ as for variable 410101 under A25.

    30)

    Variable 251001: Sold production

    Sold production is defined as the production carried out at any time and within the economic territory of each country, which has been sold (invoiced) during the reference period. The production may be carried out under the primary or secondary activities of the enterprise. It includes production sold (invoiced) between different kind-of-activity units belonging to the same enterprise.

    31)

    Variable 251002: Production under sub-contracted operations

    Production carried out by a sub-contractor, within the economic territory of each country, which has been sold (invoiced) during the reference period to the principal in line under the conditions for sub-contracted operations as specified by the CPA guidelines. The production may be carried out under the primary or secondary activities of the enterprise.

    32)

    Variable 251003: Actual production

    The actual production includes any production, carried out during the reference period and within the economic territory of each country, which is incorporated into the manufacture of other products. It includes those products which, either in the kind-of-activity unit itself, or in another kind-of-activity unit belonging to the same enterprise:

    — 
    are intended for sale,
    — 
    are processed into another product,
    — 
    are fitted into another product, or
    — 
    are put into stock.

    G.   INVESTMENTS

    1)    Variable 260101: Gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    Gross investment in tangible non-current assets includes all additions to tangible non-current assets, recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period, except any increases from revaluations or reversals of previously recognized impairment losses and from reclassifications (transfers) of other tangible non-current assets.

    The additions include, but are not limited to, acquisitions, finance leases, improvements, alterations, renovations, constructions, self-constructions and any capitalized expenses, as allowed by the applicable accounting standards which define the recognition and valuation criteria.

    2)    Variable 260102: Gross investment in land

    Gross investment in land includes all additions to land, underground deposits, forests and inland waters, tangible exploration and evaluation assets, mining, oil and gas assets and others alike, recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period. Gross investment in land is a part of the variable Gross investment in tangible non-current assets.

    3)    Variable 260103: Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings

    Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings includes all additions to or acquisitions of buildings and similar structures already used (i.e. not new) at the moment of acquisition, recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period.

    Gross investment in the acquisition of existing buildings is a part of variable Gross investment in tangible non-current assets.

    4)    Variable 260104: Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings

    Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings includes all:

    — 
    additions to construction of new buildings for own use (self-constructed),
    — 
    acquisitions of new buildings (usually the result of a construction contract, the beneficiary of which is the reporting statistical unit),
    — 
    capitalized additions, alterations, improvements and renovations to existing buildings (if additional economic benefits associated with them are likely to flow to the statistical unit), recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period.

    Gross investment in construction and improvement of buildings is a part of variable Gross investment in tangible non-current assets.

    5)    Variable 260105: Gross investment in machinery and equipment

    Gross investment in machinery and equipment includes all additions to machinery, vehicles, fixtures and fittings, office equipment, computer, communication and network equipment and others alike, recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period.

    Gross investment in machinery and equipment is a part of variable Gross investment in tangible non-current assets.

    6)    Variable 260106: Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill

    Gross investment in intangible non-current assets, other than goodwill, includes all additions to intangible non-current assets, recognized as such by the statistical unit during the reference period, except goodwill.

    The additions include, but are not limited to, acquisitions, finance leases, improvements, additions, alterations, renovations, constructions, self-constructions and any capitalized expenses, as allowed by the applicable accounting standards which define the recognition and valuation criteria and wherein the term ‘goodwill’ is also defined.

    7)    Variable 260107: Investment in purchased software

    Investment in purchased software are recognised to be an intangible asset if and only if it is probable that the future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the enterprise and if the cost of the asset can be measured reliably. If the purchase of software does not meet these conditions, it is recognised as an expense when it is incurred and included in the value of ‘Total purchases of goods and services’.

    The investment in purchased software comprises its purchase price, including any import duties and non-refundable purchase taxes, and any directly attributable expenditure on preparing the software for its intended use. Directly attributable expenditure includes, for example, professional fees for its installation. Any trade discounts and rebates are deducted in arriving at the cost.

    8)    Variable 260108: Sales proceeds of tangible investments

    Sales proceeds of tangible investments includes the value of existing tangible capital goods, sold to third parties. Sales of tangible capital goods are valued at the price actually received (excluding VAT), and not at book value, after deducting any costs of ownership transfer incurred by the seller. Value adjustments and disposals other than by sale are excluded.

    9)    Variable 260201: Foreign-controlled enterprises’ gross investment in tangible non-current assets

    The ‘gross investment in tangible non-current assets’ is defined as for variable 260101 under G1 and ‘foreign-controlled enterprises’ as for variable 210301 under A13.

    10)    Variable 430101: Gross investment in tangible non-current assets of enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

    The ‘gross investment in tangible non-current assets’ is defined as for variable 260101 under G1 and ‘enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country’ as for variable 410101 under A25.

    H.   REAL ESTATE

    1)    Variable 150101: Building permits – Number of dwellings

    A building permit is an authorisation to start work on a building project. As such, a permit is the final stage of planning and building authorisations from public authorities, prior to the start of work. Other information, for example detailed planning approval granted and building starts, may be used to complement the data sources on new building projects.

    These building permits should provide a good indication of the workload for the building industry in the near future, although this may not be the case when a large proportion of permits are not used or when there is a long time lag between permits and building starts.

    Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 requests data only on new buildings and conversions of non-residential building into residential buildings, even if building permits may be granted for other constructions and works.

    Buildings are subdivided into residential and non-residential buildings.

    Residential buildings are constructions at least half of which is used for residential purposes. If less than half of the overall useful floor area is used for residential purposes, the building is classified under non-residential buildings in accordance with its purpose-oriented design.

    It is the objective of the number of dwelling building permit variable to show the future development of construction activity in terms of unit numbers.

    This variable is compiled from the number of dwellings in new residential buildings for which building permits have been granted (covering one-dwelling residential buildings and residential buildings with two and more dwellings). A dwelling is a room or suite of rooms and its accessories in a permanent building or structurally separated part thereof which by the way it has been built, rebuilt, converted and so on, is intended for private habitation. It should have separate access to a street (direct or via a garden or grounds) or to a common space within the building (staircase, passage, gallery, and so on). Detached rooms for habitation which are clearly to be used as a part of the dwelling should be counted as part of the dwelling. A dwelling may thus be constituted of separate buildings within the same enclosure, provided they are clearly intended for habitation by the same private household.

    Extensions of existing residential buildings for which no building permit is required are not considered as dwellings for these statistics.

    2)    Variable 150102: Building permits – Square metres (of useful floor area or alternative size measure)

    ‘Building permits’ is as defined for variable 150101 under H1. It is the objective of the useful floor area building permit variable to show the future development of construction activity in terms of volume.

    This variable is compiled from the square metres of useful floor area of new residential and non-residential buildings for which permits have been granted. The useful floor area of a building is measured within its external walls, excluding:

    — 
    construction areas (e.g. areas of demarcation components, supports, columns, pillars, shafts, chimneys),
    — 
    functional areas for ancillary use (e.g. areas occupied by heating and air-conditioning installations, or by power generators),
    — 
    thoroughfares (e.g. areas of stairwells, lifts, escalators).

    The part of the overall useful area of a building used for residential purposes includes the area used for kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms and ancillary rooms, cellars and common rooms of the residential units.

    If the information on useful floor area is not directly available from the collected data, it may be estimated on the basis of the available sources.




    ANNEX V

    Technical specifications for European statistics on international trade in goods including trade in goods by enterprise characteristics

    CHAPTER I

    GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Section 1

    Definitions

    For the purposes of European statistics on international trade in goods the following definitions shall apply:

    (a) 

    ‘goods’ means all movable property, including electrical energy and natural gas;

    (b) 

    ‘exports of goods’ means all physical movements of goods which subtract from the stock of material resources of a Member State by leaving the statistical territory of this Member State to a destination in the statistical territory of another Member State or a non-member country;

    (c) 

    ‘imports of goods’ means all physical movements of goods which add to the stock of material resources of a Member State by entering the statistical territory of this Member State from the statistical territory of another Member State or from a non-member country;

    (d) 

    ‘specific goods or movements’ means the goods or movements of goods referred to in Chapter III of this Annex, which by their very nature, diverge from the principle to record physical movements of goods across the border of a Member State or require specific methodological provisions different from the provisions applicable to all other goods or movements;

    (e) 

    ‘Union goods’ means ‘Union goods’ as defined in the Union Customs Code;

    (f) 

    ‘non-Union goods’ means ‘non-Union goods’ as defined in the Union Customs Code;

    (g) 

    ‘customs declaration’ means the ‘customs declaration’ as defined in the Union Customs Code;

    (h) 

    ‘decision by customs’ means any official act by customs authorities relating to accepted customs declarations and having legal effect on one or more persons;

    (i) 

    ‘non-member country’ means any country or territory which does not form part of the statistical territory of the European Union;

    (j) 

    ‘goods in transit between Member States’ means goods which, on their way to the Member State of destination, move through any intermediate Member State or stop for reasons related only to the transport of the goods, without such movement being an import or export of goods in that Member State;

    (k) 

    ‘economic ownership’ means the right to claim the benefits associated with the use of an asset by virtue of accepting the associated risks; the economic owner of an asset is not necessarily the legal owner;

    (l) 

    ‘goods in quasi-export’ means goods which are brought from another Member State to the Member State in which the goods are located at the time of release into the customs procedure, for the purpose of declaring these goods for export, on condition that the exporter is not established in the Member State in which the goods are located at the time of release into the customs procedure, and that the entry into the Member State where the goods are located at the time of release into the customs procedure is not an intra-Union acquisition of goods or transaction treated as such as referred to in Council Directive 2006/112/EC;

    (m) 

    ‘goods in quasi-import’ means goods which are released for free circulation in a Member State, without the importer being established in that Member State, and which are subsequently exported to another Member State;

    (n) 

    ‘processing’ means actions or operations (manufacturing, transformation, construction, assembling, enhancement, renovation etc.) with the objective of obtaining or producing a new or significantly improved good;

    (o) 

    ‘Member State or non-member country of construction’ means the Member State or non-member country where the last, substantial, economically justified processing or working was carried out on an unfinished good.

    Section 2

    Member State of intra- and extra-Union export and import; reporting Member State

    1. For the purposes of intra-Union trade in goods statistics, the following definitions shall apply:

    (a) 

    ‘Member State of intra-Union export’ means the Member State from the statistical territory of which goods are exported to their destination in another Member State;

    (b) 

    ‘Member State of intra-Union import’ means the Member State in the statistical territory of which goods are imported from another Member State.

    2. For the purposes of extra-Union trade in goods statistics, the following definitions shall apply:

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    (a) 

    ‘Member State of extra-Union export’ means the Member State in the statistical territory of which the goods are located at the time of release into the customs procedure or at the time of re-export.

    However, in the case of goods in quasi-export, if the ‘Member State of actual export’ as specified in the second subparagraph of Section 17(2) of this Annex can be determined, the ‘Member State of extra-Union export’ from reference period January 2024 onwards shall be the Member State of actual export.

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    (b) 

    ‘Member State of extra-Union import’ means the Member State in the statistical territory of which the goods are located at the time of release into the customs procedure.

    3. The definition of the Member State of intra- and extra-Union export and import may be adapted for the purpose of the specific goods or movements.

    4. For the purpose of providing statistics on international trade in goods statistics to the Commission (Eurostat), the reporting Member State shall be the Member State of export, in the case of exports, and the Member State of import, in the case of imports.

    Section 3

    Scope

    1. European statistics on international trade in goods shall cover intra-Union and extra-Union trade in goods.

    2. Intra-Union trade in goods shall cover:

    (a) 

    intra-Union exports of the following goods leaving the Member State of export for a destination in another Member State:

    (i) 

    Union goods, except goods which are in transit between Member States;

    (ii) 

    non-Union goods placed in the Member State of export under the inward processing customs procedure.

    (b) 

    intra-Union imports of the following goods entering the Member State of import, which were initially exported from another Member State:

    (i) 

    Union goods, except goods which are in transit between Member States;

    (ii) 

    non-Union goods formerly placed in the Member State of export under the inward processing customs procedure, which are maintained under the inward processing customs procedure or released for free circulation in the Member State of import.

    3. Extra-Union trade in goods shall cover:

    (a) 

    extra-Union exports of goods leaving the statistical territory of the Union:

    (i) 

    in accordance with one of the following customs procedures laid down in the Union Customs Code:

    — 
    export;
    — 
    outward processing.
    (ii) 

    in application of the Union Customs Code:

    — 
    non-Union goods temporarily re-exported for further processing;
    — 
    Union goods taken out of the customs territory of the Union after having been placed under the end-use procedure;
    — 
    re-exported non-Union goods, to discharge an inward processing procedure.
    (b) 

    extra-Union imports of goods entering the statistical territory of the Union in accordance with one of the following customs procedures laid down in the Union Customs Code:

    (i) 

    release for free circulation including end-use;

    (ii) 

    inward processing.

    4. The scope of European statistics on international trade in goods may be adapted for specific goods or movements.

    5. For methodological reasons, certain goods or movements shall be excluded from European statistics on international trade in goods. These goods and movements are listed in the Appendix.

    Section 4

    Statistical territory

    1. The statistical territory of the Union shall comprise the statistical territories of the Member States. The statistical territory of a Member State shall correspond to its territory as considered for the determination of the customs territory of the Union in the Union Customs Code.

    2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the statistical territory of the Federal Republic of Germany shall include the island of Heligoland.

    3. The definition of the statistical territory of the Member States may be adapted for the purpose of the specific goods or movements.

    Section 5

    Reference period

    1. For the purposes of intra-Union trade in goods statistics, the reference period shall be:

    (a) 

    the calendar month in which the import or export takes place;

    (b) 

    the calendar month during which the chargeable event occurs for the Union goods on which VAT becomes chargeable on intra-Community supplies and acquisitions, as referred to in the Council Directive 2006/112/EC.

    However, when the time lag between the import or the export of goods and the chargeable event is longer than two calendar months, the reference period shall be the month in which the import or export takes place; or

    (c) 

    the calendar month during which the declaration is accepted by customs where the customs declaration is used as data source.

    2. For the purposes of extra-Union trade in goods statistics, the reference period shall be:

    (a) 

    the calendar month in which the import or export takes place;

    (b) 

    the calendar month during which the declaration is accepted by customs where the customs declaration is used as data source.

    3. The reference period may be adapted for the purpose of specific goods or movements.

    Section 6

    Exporter and importer

    1. The exporter shall be the economic operator who carries out activities that result in the export of goods.

    The exporter carries out these activities when:

    (a) 

    concluding the contract, with the exception of transport contracts, giving rise to the export of the goods from the Member State of export; or failing this

    (b) 

    taking out goods from the Member State of export or providing for the export of the goods in the Member State of export; or failing this

    (c) 

    being in possession of the goods which are the subject of the export of the goods in the Member State of export.

    2. The importer shall be the economic operator who carries out activities that result in the import of goods.

    The importer carries out these activities when:

    (a) 

    concluding the contract, with the exception of transport contracts, giving rise to the import of the goods in the Member State of import; or failing this

    (b) 

    bringing goods into the Member State of import or providing for the import of the goods in the Member State of import; or failing this

    (c) 

    being in possession of the goods which are the subject of the import of the goods in the Member State of import.

    3. The definition of exporter and importer may be adapted for specific goods or movements.

    Section 7

    Reporting unit for intra-Union trade in goods statistics

    1. The reporting unit for statistics on intra-Union exports of goods shall be the taxable person as defined in Title III of Council Directive 2006/112/EC ( 3 ) or non-taxable legal person identified by an individual identification number allocated to that person in accordance with Article 214 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC, in the Member State of export,

    (a) 

    who has declared intra-Union supplies of goods in accordance with Article 251(a) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC; or failing this

    (b) 

    the exporter as defined in Section 6.

    2. The reporting unit for statistics on intra-Union imports of goods, whenever a survey is used as data source, shall be the taxable person as defined in Title III of Council Directive 2006/112/EC or non-taxable legal person identified by an individual identification number allocated to that person in accordance with Article 214 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC, in the Member State of import,

    (a) 

    who has declared intra-Union acquisition of goods in accordance with Article 251(c) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC; or failing this

    (b) 

    the importer as defined in Section 6.

    3. The definition of the reporting unit may be adapted for specific goods or movements.

    Section 8

    Obligations of reporting units for European statistics on international trade in goods

    1. The reporting units for European statistics on international trade in goods have the obligation to prove, at the request of the national statistical authority (NSA) of the Member State where they provided information, the correctness of the provided statistical information.

    2. Failure by any reporting unit for providing the information to fulfil their obligations under this Regulation shall render the reporting unit liable to any penalties which the Member States lay down.

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    3. The importer in the Member State of import or the exporter in the Member State of export shall be obliged to assist the NSA in the Member State of import or in the Member State of export, respectively, in clarifying data quality issues related to statistical information, exclusively for the purpose of quality assurance of the data on international trade in goods.

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    CHAPTER II

    SPECIFICATION OF STATISTICAL DATA ELEMENTS

    Section 9

    Taxable amount and its equivalent

    1. The taxable amount shall be the value to be determined for taxation purposes in accordance with Directive 2006/112/EC. For products subject to duties, the amount of these duties shall be excluded from the taxable amount.

    Whenever the taxable amount does not have to be declared for taxation purposes, its equivalent shall correspond to the invoice value, excluding VAT, or failing this, to an amount which would have been invoiced in the event of any sale or purchase.

    In the case of processing, the equivalent of the taxable amount shall be determined on a gross basis as follows:

    (a) 

    the value of goods with a view to processing shall be the total amount which would be invoiced in case of sale or purchase;

    (b) 

    the value of goods following processing shall be the value of goods with a view to processing plus the added value of the processing activity.

    2. The taxable amount and its equivalent shall be expressed in the national currency of the reporting Member State.

    Where a conversion of currency is necessary for expressing the taxable amount and its equivalent in the national currency, the exchange rate to be used shall be as referred to in point (b) of second subparagraph of Section 10(5).

    Section 10

    Statistical value

    1. The statistical value shall be the value of the goods at the time and place they cross the border of the Member State of export, on export, and of the Member State of import, on import.

    For the purposes of intra-Union trade in goods statistics, the statistical value shall be calculated on the basis of the taxable amount and its equivalent referred to in Section 9, adjusted, where necessary, for the incidental expenses according to paragraph 4.

    For the purposes of extra-Union trade in goods statistics, the statistical value shall be calculated on the basis of the value of the goods referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, adjusted, where necessary, for the incidental expenses according to paragraph 4.

    2. The value of the goods for extra-Union exports or imports shall be:

    (a) 

    in the event of a sale or purchase, the price actually paid or payable for the imported or exported goods, excluding arbitrary or fictitious values;

    (b) 

    in other cases, the price which would have been paid in the event of sale or purchase.

    The customs value shall be used if determined according to the Union Customs Code for goods released for free circulation including end-use.

    3. In the case of processing or other transactions that are not invoiced, the value of the goods for extra-Union exports or imports shall be determined on a gross basis as follows:

    (a) 

    the value of goods with a view to processing, or in case of other transactions that are not invoiced, shall be the total amount which would be invoiced in case of sale or purchase;

    (b) 

    the value of goods following processing shall be the value of goods with a view to processing plus the added value of the processing activity.

    4. The taxable amount and its equivalent as referred to in Section 9 for intra-Union trade and the value as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 for extra-Union trade shall be adjusted, where necessary, in such a way that the statistical value contains solely and entirely the incidental expenses, such as transport and insurance costs, incurred to deliver the goods from the place of their departure:

    (a) 

    to the border of the Member State of export, on export;

    (b) 

    to the border of the Member State of import, on import.

    5. The statistical value of the goods shall be expressed in the national currency of the reporting Member State.

    Where a conversion of currency is necessary for expressing the statistical value of the goods in the national currency, the exchange rate to be used shall be:

    (a) 

    the rate applicable according to the provisions on currency conversion laid down in the Union Customs Code at the time the customs declaration is accepted; or failing this

    (b) 

    the rate applicable for determining the taxable amount for taxation purposes, when this is established; or failing this

    (c) 

    the reference rate applicable at the time the goods are imported or exported set by the European Central Bank for Member States belonging to the euro area or the official rate set by Member States not belonging to the euro area in the absence of any special provisions decided by the Member States.

    Section 11

    Quantity of the goods

    The quantity of the goods shall be:

    (a) 

    the net mass, which means the actual mass of the goods excluding all packaging.

    (b) 

    where applicable, the quantity in the supplementary units, which means the quantity other than net mass, according to the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period.

    Section 12

    Partner Member States and countries

    1. ‘Member State of consignment’ means the Member State from which the goods were initially exported to the Member State of import if neither a commercial transaction (e.g. sale or processing) nor a stoppage unrelated to transport has taken place in an intermediate Member State. If such stoppage or commercial transaction has taken place, the Member State of consignment shall be the last intermediate Member State where such stoppage or transactions occurred.

    2. ‘Member State of destination’ means the last Member State to which it is known, at the time of export, that the goods are to be exported.

    3. ‘Country of origin’ means the Member State or the country where the goods originate.

    Goods which are wholly obtained or produced in a single Member State or country or territory originate in that Member State or country or territory.

    Goods whose production involved more than one Member State or country or territory shall be deemed to originate in the Member State or country or territory where they underwent their last, substantial, economically justified processing or working in an undertaking equipped for that purpose, resulting in the manufacture of a new product or representing an important stage of manufacture.

    Origin of non-Union goods is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Union Customs Code laying down the rules on non-preferential origin.

    4. ‘Country of consignment’ shall be the country from which the goods were initially exported to the Member State in which the goods are located at the time of their release into the customs procedure if neither a commercial transaction (e.g. sale or processing) nor a stoppage unrelated to transport has taken place in an intermediate country. If such stoppage or commercial transaction has taken place, the country of consignment shall be the last intermediate country where such stoppage or transactions occurred.

    5. ‘Country of last known destination’ shall indicate the last country to which it is known at the time of release into the customs procedure or at the time of re-export that the goods are to be exported.

    Section 13

    Commodity

    ‘Commodity’ means goods according to the Combined Nomenclature in force during the reference period.

    Section 14

    Nature of transaction

    1. ‘Nature of transaction’ means the different features (purchase/sale, work under contract, etc.) which are deemed to be useful in distinguishing one transaction from another, in particular for the purposes of Balance of Payments and National Accounts.

    2. The breakdown of the nature of transaction is specified in Table 1 of Part C to Annex I to this Regulation.

    Section 15

    Mode of transport

    1. ‘Mode of transport at the border’ means the active means of transport by which the goods are presumed to:

    (a) 

    leave the statistical territory of the Member State of export, in the case of intra-Union exports, or the statistical territory of the Union specified in Section 4, in the case of extra-Union exports; or

    (b) 

    have entered the statistical territory of the Member State of import, in the case of intra-Union imports, or the statistical territory of the Union specified in Section 4, in the case of extra-Union imports.

    2. ‘Internal mode of transport’, if applicable, means the active means of inland transport by which the goods have left the place of departure, on export, or are presumed to have reached the place of arrival, on import.

    3. ‘Container’ means information about whether or not the goods are transported in containers when crossing the border of the statistical territory of the Union.

    4. The breakdown of the mode of transport is specified in Table 2 of Part C to Annex I to this Regulation.

    Section 16

    Partner operator in the Member State of import

    The partner operator in the Member State of import shall be the taxable person or non-taxable legal person identified by individual identification number allocated to that person in accordance with Article 214 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC, in the Member State of import,

    (a) 

    who has declared intra-Union acquisition o