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Document 32008R0747

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 747/2008 of 30 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the implementation of NACE Rev. 2 (Text with EEA relevance)

    OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 20–27 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    ⏵This document has been published in a special edition(s) (HR)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2020; Implicitly repealed by 32019R2152

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/747/oj

    31.7.2008   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 202/20

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 747/2008

    of 30 July 2008

    amending Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates, as regards the definitions of characteristics and the implementation of NACE Rev. 2

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (1), and in particular Article 9(2)(a) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates.

    (2)

    It is necessary to adapt the definitions for the characteristics on research and development variables for the common module for inward statistics on foreign affiliates.

    (3)

    It is also necessary to adapt the activity breakdown levels following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 (2).

    (4)

    Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

    (5)

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

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 is amended as follows:

    1.

    Section 2 of Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

    2.

    The table for the activity breakdown levels 1 and 2 referred to in Annex III is replaced by the table set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

    3.

    The table for the activity breakdown level 3 referred to in Annex III is replaced by the table set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    Member States shall apply Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 as amended by this Regulation:

    —

    as regards levels 1 and 2, from 1 January 2010 (for reference year 2010 and subsequent years),

    —

    as regards level 3, from 1 January 2008 (for reference year 2008 and subsequent years).

    Article 3

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

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

    Done at Brussels, 30 July 2008.

    For the Commission

    Joaquín ALMUNIA

    Member of the Commission

    (1)   OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 17.

    (2)   OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13).

    ANNEX I

    ‘SECTION 2

    Characteristics

    The following characteristics as defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the definitions of characteristics for structural business statistics (1) will be compiled:

    Code

    Title

    11 11 0

    Number of enterprises

    12 11 0

    Turnover

    12 12 0

    Production value

    12 15 0

    Value added at factor cost

    13 11 0

    Total purchases of goods and services

    13 12 0

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

    13 31 0

    Personnel costs

    15 11 0

    Gross investment in tangible goods

    16 11 0

    Number of persons employed

    The following characteristics will also be compiled by Member States for the 2009 reference year and subsequent years:

    Code

    Title and definition

    22 11 0

    Total intramural R&D expenditure (*1)

    Research and experimental development comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

    Intramural expenditures are all expenditures for R&D (research and development) performed within the unit, regardless of the source of funds.

    R&D must be distinguished from expenditures for a wide range of related activities. The following are therefore excluded from R&D expenditure:

    —

    expenditures on education and training,

    —

    expenditures on other scientific and technological activities (e.g. information services, testing and standardisation, feasibility studies),

    —

    expenditures on other industrial activities (e.g. industrial innovations n.e.s.),

    —

    expenditures on purely financing activities (other administrations and other indirect supporting activities are included).

    Research and development expenditure may, depending upon national laws, be recorded in one of three places: movements in intangible assets, movements in tangible assets or operating expenditure.

    If under national law it may be partly or completely capitalised the expenditure is included in the movement of the intangible assets included in company accounts under Fixed assets — intangible assets — costs of research and development.

    If under national law it is only partially capitalised or not capitalised at all, the current expenditure is part of Raw materials and consumables, other external charges, staff costs and other operating charges and the capital expenditure is included in the movement of the tangible assets included in company accounts under Fixed assets — tangible assets.

    22 12 0

    Total number of R&D personnel (*1)

    Research and experimental development comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

    All persons employed directly on research & development (R&D) should be counted, as well as those providing direct services such as R&D managers, administrators and clerical staff. Those persons providing an indirect service, such as canteen and security staff, should be excluded, even though their wages and salaries are included as an overhead in the measurement of expenditure.

    R&D personnel must be distinguished from personnel for a wide range of related activities. The following are therefore excluded from R&D personnel:

    —

    Personnel employed on education and training,

    —

    Personnel employed on other scientific and technological activities (e.g. information services, testing and standardisation, feasibility studies),

    —

    Personnel employed on other industrial activities (e.g. industrial innovations n.e.s.),

    —

    Personnel employed on administration and other indirect supporting activities.

    Link to company accounts

    The total number of research and development personnel may not be isolated in company accounts. It is part of the number of persons employed which is recorded in the notes on the company accounts (Article 43(8)).

    Link to other variables

    Part of the number of persons employed (16 11 0 ).

    If the number of persons employed is not available, the number of employees (code 16 13 0) will be compiled instead.

    Characteristics “total intramural R&D expenditure” (code 22 11 0) and “total number of R&D personnel” (code 22 12 0) are only required to be compiled for activities in NACE sections B, C, D, E and F. Up to reference year 2009, Member States will compile these characteristics as defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 of 17 December 1998.

    For NACE section K only the number of enterprises, turnover (2) and the number of persons employed (or the number of employees instead) will be compiled.

    (2)  For NACE Rev. 2 division 64 turnover will be replaced by production value.’ ”

    (1)   OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 74).

    (*1)  Variables 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 shall be reported every second year. If the total amount of turnover or the number of persons employed in a division of NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to F represents, in a Member State, less than 1 % of the Community total, the information necessary for the compilation of statistics relating to characteristics 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 need not be collated for the purposes of this Regulation.

    ANNEX II

    In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 the table for activity breakdown levels 1 and 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Activity breakdown levels 1 and 2 for outward statistics on foreign affiliates

    Level 1

    Level 2

    NACE Rev. 2

    TOTAL ACTIVITY

    TOTAL ACTIVITY

    sec B to S (excluding O)

    MINING AND QUARRYING

    MINING AND QUARRYING

    sec B

    Extraction of crude petroleum, natural gas and mining support service activities

    div 06, 09

    MANUFACTURING

    MANUFACTURING

    sec C

    Food products, beverages and tobacco products

    div 10, 11, 12

    Total textiles and wood activities

    div 13, 14, 16, 17, 18

    Textiles and wearing apparel

    div 13, 14

    Wood, paper, printing and reproduction

    div 16, 17, 18

    Petroleum, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, rubber and plastic products

    Total petroleum, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, rubber and plastic products

    div 19, 20, 21, 22

    Coke and refined petroleum products

    div 19

    Chemicals and chemical products

    div 20

    Rubber and plastic products

    div 22

    Total metal and machinery products

    div 24, 25, 26, 28

    Basic metals and fabricated metal products

    div 24, 25

    Computer, electronic and optical products

    Computer, electronic and optical products

    div 26

    Machinery and equipment n.e.c.

    div 28

    Vehicles, other transport equipment

    Total vehicles and other transport equipment

    div 29, 30

    Motor vehicles, trailers and semi trailers

    div 29

    Other transport equipment

    div 30

    Total of other manufacturing

    div 15, 23, 27, 31, 32, 33

    ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY

    ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY

    sec D

    WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES

    WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES

    sec E

    Water collection, treatment and supply

    div 36

    Sewerage, waste management, remediation activities

    div 37, 38, 39

    CONSTRUCTION

    CONSTRUCTION

    sec F

    TOTAL SERVICES

    TOTAL SERVICES

    sec G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S

    WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES

    WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES

    sec G

    Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

    div 45

    Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

    div 46

    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

    div 47

    TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE

    TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE

    sec H

    TOTAL transport and storage

    div 49, 50, 51, 52

    Land transport and transport via pipelines

    div 49

    Water transport

    div 50

    Air transport

    div 51

    Warehousing and support activities for transportation

    div 52

    Postal and courier activities

    div 53

    ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES

    ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES

    sec I

    INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

    INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

    sec J

    Motion picture, video, television programme production, other entertainment activities

    div 59, 60

    Telecommunications

    div 61

    Other information and communication activities

    div 58, 62, 63

    FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES

    FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES

    sec K

    Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding

    div 64

    —

    Activities of holding companies

    group 64.2

    Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security

    div 65

    Other financial activities

    div 66

    REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES

    sec L

    PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

    PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

    sec M

    Legal and accounting activities

    div 69

    —

    Legal activities

    group 69.1

    —

    Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

    group 69.2

    Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities

    div 70

    —

    Activities of head offices

    group 70.1

    —

    Management consultancy activities

    group 70.2

    Architecture and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis

    div 71

    Scientific research and development

    Scientific research and development

    div 72

    Advertising and market research

    div 73

    —

    Advertising

    group 73.1

    —

    Market research and public opinion polling

    group 73.2

    Other professional, scientific and technical activities, veterinary activities

    div 74, 75

    ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES

    sec N

    Rental and leasing activities

    div 77

    Other administrative and support service activities

    div 78, 79, 80, 81, 82

    EDUCATION

    sec P

    HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES

    sec Q

    ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION

    ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION

    sec R

    Creative, arts and entertainment activities

    div 90

    Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities

    div 91

    Sporting and other recreational activities; gambling and betting activities

    div 92, 93

    OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES

    sec S

    Activities of membership organisations

    div 94

    Repair of computers and personal and household goods, other personal service activities

    div 95, 96

    Not allocated’

     

    ANNEX III

    In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 the table for activity breakdown level 3 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Activity breakdown level 3 for inward statistics on foreign affiliates

    Level 3 (NACE Rev. 2)

    Heading

    Requested level of detail

    Business Economy

    Sections B to N excluding K

    MINING AND QUARRYING

    Section B

    MANUFACTURING

    Section C

    All divisions 10 to 33

    ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY

    Section D

    Division 35

    WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES

    Section E

    All divisions 36 to 39

    CONSTRUCTION

    Section F

    All divisions 41 to 43

    All groups 41.1 and 41.2, 42.1 to 42.9, 43.1 to 43.9

    WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOCYCLES

    Section G

    All divisions 45 to 47

    All groups 45.1 to 45.2, 46.1 to 46.9, 47.1 to 47.9

    TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE

    Section H

    All divisions 49 to 53

    Groups 49.1 to 49.5

    ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES ACTIVITIES

    Section I

    All divisions 55 to 56

    All groups 55.1 to 55.9, 56.1 to 56.3

    INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

    Section J

    All divisions 58 to 63

    Groups 58.1, 58.2, 63.1, 63.9

    FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES

    Section K

    All divisions 64 to 66

    REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES

    Section L

    Division 68

    PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

    Section M

    All divisions 69 to 75

    ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES

    Section N

    All divisions 77 to 82

    Groups 77.1 to 77.4’
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