22.11.2018 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 296/2 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2018/1798
of 21 November 2018
implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society for the reference year 2019
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 concerning Community statistics on the information society (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics on the information society. |
(2) |
Implementing measures are needed to determine the data to be supplied in order to prepare the statistics in Module 1: ‘Enterprises and the information society’ and Module 2: ‘Individuals, households and the information society’, and to set the deadlines for their transmission. |
(3) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The data to be transmitted in order to produce European statistics on the information society, as referred to in Article 3(2) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 in Module 1, ‘Enterprises and the information society’ and Module 2, ‘Individuals, households and the information society’, shall be as specified in Annexes I and II to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 November 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I
Module 1: Enterprises and the information society
A. Subjects and their characteristics
(1) |
The subjects to be covered for the reference year 2019, drawn from the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004, shall be as follows:
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(2) |
The following enterprise characteristics shall be collected:
(a) ICT systems and their usage in enterprises
(b) Use of the internet and other electronic networks by enterprises
(c) E-commerce
(d) E-business processes and organisational aspects
(e) ICT competence in the enterprise unit and the need for ICT skills
(f) Barriers to the use of ICT, the internet and other electronic networks, e-commerce and e-business processes
(g) ICT security
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(3) |
The following background information shall be collected from all enterprises, or obtained from alternative sources:
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B. Coverage
The characteristics specified in headings A (2) and (3) shall be collected for the following categories of enterprises:
(1) |
Economic activity: enterprises classified by the following NACE Rev. 2 categories:
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(2) |
Enterprise size: enterprises with 10 or more persons employed. Enterprises with less than 10 persons employed may be covered optionally; |
(3) |
Geographical scope: enterprises located in any part of the territory of the Member State. |
C. Reference periods
The reference period is 2018 for the characteristics referring to the previous calendar year. The reference period is 2019 for the other characteristics.
D. Breakdown of data
The following background characteristics shall be provided in respect of the subjects and their characteristics listed in heading (2) of Part A:
(1) |
Economic activity breakdown: according to the following NACE Rev. 2 aggregates: NACE Rev. 2 aggregation for possible calculation of national aggregates 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 24 + 25 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 35 + 36 + 37 + 38 + 39 41 + 42 + 43 45 + 46 + 47 47 49 + 50 + 51 + 52 + 53 55 58 + 59 + 60 + 61 + 62 + 63 68 69 + 70 + 71 + 72 + 73 + 74 77 + 78 + 79 + 80 + 81 + 82 26.1 + 26.2 + 26.3 + 26.4 + 26.8 + 46.5 + 58.2 + 61 + 62 + 63.1 + 95.1 NACE Rev. 2 aggregation for possible calculation of European aggregates 10 + 11 + 12 13 + 14 + 15 16 + 17 + 18 26 27 + 28 29 + 30 31 + 32 + 33 45 46 55 + 56 58 + 59 + 60 61 62 + 63 77 + 78 + 80 + 81 + 82 79 95.1 |
(2) |
size class breakdown: data shall be broken down according to the following size classes by number of persons employed: Size class 10 or more persons employed 10 to 49 persons employed 50 to 249 persons employed 250 or more persons employed Where covered, a breakdown of the data shall be provided in accordance with the following table: Size class 0 to 9 persons employed (optional) 2 to 9 persons employed (optional) 0 to 1 persons employed (optional) |
E. Periodicity
The data stipulated in this Annex shall be provided once for 2019.
F. Deadlines for transmission of results
(1) |
The aggregate data referred to in Article 6 and Annex I (6) of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004, where necessary flagged for confidentiality or unreliability, shall be transmitted to Eurostat by 5 October 2019. By that date, the dataset shall be finalised, validated and accepted. |
(2) |
The metadata referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be sent to Eurostat by 31 May 2019. |
(3) |
The quality report referred to in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be sent to Eurostat by 5 November 2019. |
(4) |
The data and metadata shall be supplied to Eurostat, using the Single Entry Point services, in accordance with the exchange standard specified by Eurostat. The metadata and the quality report shall be provided in the standard metadata structure defined by Eurostat. |
ANNEX II
Module 2: Individuals, households and the information society
A. Subjects and their characteristics
(1) |
The subjects to be covered for the reference year 2019, drawn from the list in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004, shall be as follows:
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(2) |
The following characteristics shall be collected:
(a) Access to and use of ICT by individuals and/or in households
(b) Use of the internet for different purposes by individuals and/or in households
(c) ICT security and trust
(d) ICT competence and skills
(e) Barriers to the use of ICT and the internet
(f) Use of ICT by individuals to exchange information and services with governments and public administrations (e-government)
(g) Access to and use of technologies enabling connection to the internet or other networks from anywhere at any time (ubiquitous connectivity)
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B. Coverage
(1) |
The statistical units for the characteristics listed in heading A(2) of this Annex that concern households are households with at least one member in the 16 to 74 age group. |
(2) |
The statistical units for the characteristics listed in heading A(2) of this Annex that concern individuals are individuals aged 16 to 74. |
(3) |
The geographical scope comprises households or individuals, or both, living in any part of the territory of the Member State concerned. |
C. Reference period
The main reference period for collecting statistics is the first quarter of 2019.
D. Socioeconomic background characteristics
(1) |
For the subjects and their characteristics, listed in heading A(2) of this Annex, which concern households, the following background characteristics are to be collected:
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(2) |
For the subjects and their characteristics, listed in heading A(2) of this Annex, which relate to individuals, the following background characteristics are to be collected:
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E. Periodicity
The data stipulated in this Annex shall be provided once for 2019.
F. Deadlines for transmission of results
(1) |
The individual data records, not allowing direct identification of statistical units concerned referred to in Article 6 and Annex II (6) of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be transmitted to Eurostat by 5 October 2019. By that date, the dataset shall be finalised, validated and accepted. |
(2) |
The metadata referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be sent to Eurostat by 31 May 2019. |
(3) |
The quality report referred to in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be sent to Eurostat by 5 November 2019. |
(4) |
The data and metadata shall be supplied to Eurostat, using the Single Entry Point services, in accordance with the exchange standard specified by Eurostat. The metadata and the quality report shall be provided in the standard metadata structure defined by Eurostat. |