Commission Regulation (EC) No 2702/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the technical format for the transmission of structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance)
L 344/102 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2702/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the technical format for the transmission of structural business statistics (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 (1) concerning structural business statistics, and in particular Article 12(viii) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 established a common framework for the production of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community; Whereas it is necessary to specify the technical format for the transmission of structural business statistics; Whereas the envisaged measures are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The technical format referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 concerning structural business statistics is defined in the Annex to this Regulation. Member States shall apply this format for the data concerning the 1996 reference year and subsequent years. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 3 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 December 1998. For the Commission Yves-Thibault de SILGUY Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 14, 17. 1. 1997, p. 1. 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/103 ANNEX TECHNICAL FORMAT 1. The form of the data The data is sent as a set of records of which a large part describes the characteristics of the data (country, year, economic activity, etc. ). The data itself is a number which can be linked to flags and explanatory footnotes used for example to describe aggregations of NACE codes. Confidential data should be sent with the true value being recorded in the value field and a flag indicating the nature of the confidential data being added to the record. In order to be precise about the nature of the data, it is necessary to distinguish the following special cases: — data equal to zero (coded ‘0’): real values of zero only, — confidential data (coded ‘x’): indicates data which the Member State does not transmit to Eurostat because the data is confidential, — missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the Member State intends to supply when available, — data not available: this is data which is not collected in a Member State. In this case the corresponding record is not sent. By default, if an entire dimension (a variable, a NUTS code, a NACE code, etc. ) is not collected then the corresponding records will not exist except for those which are missing because they form part of a regrouping of NACE codes. This is why it is important to distinguish data which is really missing by supplying a record (one per missing item) in which the data value is coded as ‘m’, and data which is really equal to zero by supplying the corresponding records in which the data value is set to 0. 2. Record structure Records are made up of fields of variable length separated by semi-colons (;). The maximum expected length is shown in the table for information. In order from left to right they are: Field Type Maximum length Values Series Year Territorial unit Size class Economic activity A A A A A 2 4 6 2 4 1A, 1B, 2C, 3A, 4A, 4B, etc. Alphanumeric code of the series (see list below) Year in four characters e. g. 1995 for 1995 Corresponds to the country code for national series or to the NUTS 95 code of the region for regional series. NUTS 95 is the new nomenclature put in place in June 1995 Code for the size class (see list below) NACE Rev 1 code: e. g. the manufacture of bicycles is coded 3542, the manufacture of furniture is 36. 1, transport via railways is coded 601 L 344/104 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 Field Type Maximum length Values Form of ownership or FATS identification A 2 Location of ownership — FATS Variable Data value Quality flag Confidentiality flag Dominance A A A A A N 2 5 12 1 1 3 Aggregation of NACE codes A 40 Breakdown of products A Turnover size classes Sales area size classes Units of data values (optional) A A A NB: A = Alphanumeric, N = Numeric 6 2 2 4 A code distinguishing public and private enterprises (only used in industry and construction) or a code identifying the data collection method for foreign affiliates trade statistics — FATS — and the sort of FATS (only used in services) (see list below) Code for FATS corresponding to the country where ownership or control is located (only used in services) Variable code. The codes laid down in the SBS Regulation have 5 characters (see list below) Numeric value of the data (negative values are preceded by a minus sign) expressed as a whole number without decimal places. An ‘X’ should be used if the data is not sent to Eurostat because the data is confidential and an ‘M’ should be used if the data is not sent because it is missing R: revised data, M: updated data, P: provisional data A, B, C, D: indicates that the data is confidential and the reason for that confidentiality (see list below). A blank space indicates non-confidential data A numeric value less than or equal to 100. This indicates the percentage dominance of one or two enterprises which dominate the data and make it confidential. The value is rounded to the nearest whole number: e. g. 90. 3 becomes 90, 94. 50 becomes 95. This for non-confidential data. This field is only used when the confidentiality flags B or C are used in the previous field is blank field to an Label explaining aggregation of several NACE codes. For example, 31. 1 = 31. 2 + 31. 3 + 31. 4 the data corresponds that Corresponds to CPA code (only used in distributive trades) Codes distributive trades) (see list below) turnover size classes the for (only used in Codes for the sales area size classes (only used distributive trades) (see list below) in Optional field with codes for indicating if non-standard units have been used (see list below) This format may be converted into a fixed format by using the maximum length of each field and right justifying the contents of each field preceded by blanks. 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/105 3. Description of the fields 3. 1. The type of series Series type Code Annual enterprise statistics (all sectors) Annual enterprise statistics by size class (all sectors) Annual regional statistics (all sectors) Preliminary results (all sectors) Sectoral pilot studies (sections M to O) Pilot studies on characteristics (all sectors) Pilot studies on foreign affiliates trade statistics (services) Annual enterprise statistics (industry) Environmental protection expenditure (industry) Annual enterprise statistics by type of ownership (industry) Annual enterprise statistics by size class (industry) Annual KAU statistics (industry) Annual regional statistics (industry) Multi-yearly employment statistics (industry) Multi-yearly intangible investment and subcontracting statistics (industry) Multi-yearly subcontracting statistics by size class (industry) Multi-yearly statistics on the purchase of energy products (industry) Preliminary results (industry) Pilot studies on characteristics (industry) Preliminary results (distributive trades) Annual enterprise statistics (distributive trades) Annual enterprise statistics by size class (distributive trades) Multi-yearly enterprise statistics (distributive trades) Annual regional statistics (distributive trades) Multi-yearly regional statistics (distributive trades) Annual enterprise statistics (construction) Annual enterprise statistics by type of ownership (construction) Annual enterprise statistics by size class (construction) Annual KAU statistics (construction) Annual regional statistics (construction) Multi-yearly employment statistics (construction) Multi-yearly intangible investment and subcontracting statistics (construction) Multi-yearly subcontracting statistics by size class (construction) Multi-yearly statistics on the purchase of energy products (construction) Preliminary results (construction) Pilot studies (construction) 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 1G 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 2H 2J 2K 2L 2N 2P 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 4A 4C 4D 4E 4F 4H 4J 4K 4L 4N 4P L 344/106 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 3. 2. Territorial unit This code corresponds to the country for national series or to the region for regional series (series 1C, 2F, 3E, 3F, 4F). It is based on the NUTS 95 code. For regions, two characters are added to the two characters for the country (see NUTS 95). Country Code Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg The Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden The United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland BE DK DE GR ES FR IE IT LU NL AT PT FI SE UK IS LI NO CH 3. 3. Size classes Each size class corresponds to a code. Most series cover all size categories and hence code 30 is the most appropriate. All codes from 01 up to 53 refer to the number of persons employed. Codes 80 to 85 refer to gross premiums written. Employment size class Code 0 1—9 0—9 10—19 0—19 1—19 20—49 50—99 20—99 10—99 100—249 100—199 200—249 250—499 200—499 100—499 500—999 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/107 Employment size class Code 1 000—1 999 2 000—4 999 1 000—4 999 5 000 + 1 000 + 500 + 250 + 100 + 20 + 10 + Total 0—2 1—2 3—9 3—19 200 + 1 2 3—4 5—9 1—49 10—49 2—4 50—249 1—4 Size class by gross premiums written (million ECU) , 5 5—50 51—250 251—500 501—1 000 1 000 + 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Code 80 81 82 83 84 85 3. 4. Economic activity This field is used for the NACE Rev. 1 heading. A number of standard aggregates are foreseen by the SBS Regulation and should be coded as follows. Economic activity standard aggregates 55. 1 + 55. 2 55. 3 + 55. 4 + 55. 5 60. 21 + 60. 22 + 60. 23 63. 1 + 63. 2 + 63. 4 71. 1 + 71. 2 74. 11 + 74. 12 + 74. 14 + 74. 15 74. 2 + 74. 3 Code 55A 55B 602A 63A 71A 741A 74A Non-standard aggregates should be indicated in the ‘Aggregation of NACE codes field’. L 344/108 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 3. 5. Form of ownership or FATS identification This field is used either for breakdowns according to form of ownership (only used in industry and construction) or FATS identification (only used in services). There are no series that breakdown by both classifications. The requirements concerning the breakdown of characteristics following the location of ownership or control (FATS) are part of Annex 1, section 10, paragraph 3 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97. Thus data collection is subject to testing. The data concern a breakdown of totals by the country or geographical region where ownership or control is located. Three pieces of information are required: — the method used for the collection: ultimate beneficial owner or ‘first shot’ information, — the kind of FATS: inward/resident FATS or outward FATS, — the country where ownership or control is located or for outward FATS where, for example, turnover is generated or employment is located. Form of ownership (or FATS identification) Code Form of ownership: all Form of ownership: public Form of ownership: private FATS identification: ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) data on inward FATS FATS identification: ‘First shot’ data on inward FATS FATS identification: ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) data on outward FATS FATS identification: ‘First shot’ data on outward FATS 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 3. 6. Location of ownership — FATS Only used in services. The codes to be used are those also used for balance of payments statistics (the same as the above codes in section 3. 2). Country codes and other area codes (an incomplete list) are shown at the end of this format. Variable title 3. 7. Variable Number of enterprises Number of births of enterprises Number of deaths of enterprises Number of local units Number of kind-of- activity units Turnover Production value Gross margin on goods for resale Code 11110 11120 11130 11210 11310 12110 12120 12130 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/109 Variable title Value added at basic prices Value added at market prices Value added at factor cost Income from ordinary activities Gross operating surplus Financial surplus Gross ordinary surplus Profit or loss for the year Total purchases of goods and services Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the same conditions as received Other purchases of goods and services Payments for agency workers Change in stocks of goods and services Change in stocks of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition as received Change in stocks of raw materials and consumables Change in stocks of finished products and work in progress manufactured by the unit Personnel costs Wages and salaries Social security costs Operating costs linked to buildings and equipment Payments for long-term rental and operational leasing of goods Cost of selling Other operating costs Turnover from intra-Community deliveries of goods and services Turnover from extra-Community exports of goods and services Turnover from non-domestic sales Turnover from domestic sales Intra-Community acquisitions of goods and services Extra-Community imports of goods and services Non-domestic purchases of goods and services Domestic purchases of goods and services Gross investment in tangible goods Gross investment in land Gross investment in buildings, structures, construction and alterations Gross investment in existing buildings and structures Gross investment in construction and alteration of buildings Gross investment in machinery and equipment Sales of tangible investment goods Code 12140 12141 12150 12160 12170 12180 12190 12200 13110 13120 13130 13131 13210 13211 13212 13213 13310 13320 13330 13410 13411 13420 13430 14110 14120 14130 14140 14210 14220 14230 14240 15110 15120 15119 15130 15140 15150 15210 L 344/110 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 Variable title Net investment in tangible goods Value of tangible goods acquired through financial leasing Acquisitions of intangible fixed assets Gross investment in concessions Marketing expenditure Gross investment in software Investment in purchased software Investment in software purchased by the unit Purchases of shares and participating interests Sales of shares and participating interests Net purchases of shares and participating interests Number of persons employed Number of unpaid persons employed Number of employees Number of part-time employees Number of apprentices Number of homeworkers Number of employees in full-time equivalent units Number of hours worked by employees Number of enterprises having an association or cooperation agreement with other enterprises Information on forms of trading by enterprises Number of retail stores Category of sales space for retail stores engaged in retail trade Sales space Number of fixed market stands and/or stalls Turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities Turnover from the principal activity at the NACE Rev. 1 four-digit level Turnover from industrial activities — Turnover from industrial activities excluding construction — Turnover from construction Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale Turnover from intermediary activities (agents) Turnover from services activities Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and intermediary activities (agents) Breakdown of turnover by product (according to Section G of the CPA) — Turnover from building — Turnover from civil engineering Code 15250 15310 15410 15420 15430 15440 15441 15442 15610 15620 15650 16110 16120 16130 16131 16132 16135 16140 16150 17110 17310 17320 17330 17331 17340 18100 18110 18120 18121 18122 18130 18140 18150 18160 18210 18310 18320 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/111 Variable title Purchases of energy products (in value) Purchases of hard coal (in value) Purchases of coke (in value) Purchases of patent fuels (in value) Purchases of gasoil (in value) Purchases of heavy fuel oil (in value) Purchases of other petroleum products (in value) Purchases of natural gas (in value) Purchases of derived gas (in value) Purchases of renewable energy sources (in value) Purchases of heat (in value) Purchases of electricity (in value) Investment in equipment and plant for pollution control Investment in equipment and plant linked to cleaner technology (‘integrated technology’) Total current expenditure on environmental protection Total intra-mural R & D expenditure Total number of R & D personnel Payments to subcontractors Income from subcontracting Percentage share of turnover to resale traders: retail traders Percentage share of turnover to professional users (wholesalers, others) Percentage share of turnover to final consumers (retail trade activity) Percentage share of purchases from wholesalers, purchasing groups percentage share of purchases from producers Gross value added per person employed (labour productivity) Gross value added per unit labour cost (wage-adjusted labour productivity) Gross value added per employee Gross value added per employee FTE Gross value added per hour worked by employees Labour cost per employee (unit labour cost) Labour cost per employee FTE Labour cost per hour worked by employees Share of employers’ social charges as a percentage of wages and salaries Code 20110 20210 20220 20230 20240 20250 20260 20270 20280 20290 20300 20310 21110 21120 21140 22110 22120 23110 23120 25111 25112 25113 25211 25212 91110 91120 91130 91140 91150 91210 91220 91230 91310 L 344/112 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 Code 92110 93110 93120 93210 93220 94110 94210 94220 94310 94320 94410 95110 95120 95210 95220 Variable titel Gross operating surplus/turnover (gross operating rate) Turnover from non-domestic sales as a share of turnover Turnover from domestic sales as a share of turnover Non-domestic purchases as a share of total purchases Domestic purchases as a share of total purchases Share of principal activity in turnover (degree of specialisation) Share of value added in manufacturing total Share of value added in industry total Share of employment in manufacturing total Share of employment in industry total Ratio of stocks of finished products and work in progress to production value Share of R & D expenditure in value added Share of R & D employment in the number of persons employed Share of environmental protection investment in total tangible investment Share of environmental protection expenditure in total purchases of goods and services and labour cost 3. 8. Data value Monetary data is expressed in thousands of national currency units except for: — Ireland: data is given in units (IEP), — Spain, Greece and Italy : data is given in millions of national currency units. In order to be precise about the nature of the data, it is necessary to distinguish the following cases: — data equal to zero (coded ‘0’): real values of zero only, — confidential data (coded ‘X’): indicates data which the Member State does not transmit to Eurostat because the data is confidential. A flag should also be used to indicate that the data is missing due to confidentiality (see 3. 10 below), — missing data (coded ‘m’): this is data which is currently missing but the Member State intends to supply when available, — data not available: this is data, which is not collected in a Member State. In this case the corresponding record is not sent. By default, if an entire dimension (a variable, a NUTS code, a NACE code, etc. ) is not collected then the corresponding records will not exist excepts for those which are missing because they form part of a regrouping of NACE codes. This is why it is important to distinguish data which is really missing by supplying a record (one per missing item) in which the data value is coded as ‘m’. 3. 9. Quality flag Data type Revised data Updated data Provisional data Code R M P 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/113 Revised data refers to data which are sent for a second (or more) time and are corrections of data which have been previously sent. Updated data concerns data which was not previously available and was coded as missing in the data value field (see 3. 8) but has since become available. The flag indicating provisional data should be used in order to indicate that it is likely that that the data being transmitted may be corrected. 3. 10. Confidentiality Member States are asked to clearly indicate confidential data using the flags listed below. Countries which cannot send confidential data are asked to set the value to ‘x’ (see 3. 8) and to indicate using a flag that the data is missing due to confidentiality. Reason for confidentiality Too few enterprises One enterprise dominates the data Two enterprises dominate the data Confidential data due to secondary confidentiality Flag A B C D 3. 11. Turnover size classes The size classes below are measured in million ECU. Turnover size class Code 0—1 1—2 2—4 4—5 5—10 10—20 20—50 50—200 200—1 000 1 000 + 2—5 200 + 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 3. 12. Sales area size classes Sales area size class Code less than 120 m2 120—399 m2 400—999 m2 1 000—2 499 m2 2 500—4 999 m2 5 000—9 999 m2 10 000 and more m2 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 3. 13. Units of data values This field is optional and allows Member States to specify which units have been used for the data values used in the data transmission. The correct implementation of section 3. 8 makes it unnecessary to use this field. L 344/114 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 Units Units Thousands Millions National currency in units National currency in thousands National currency in millions Ecu in units Ecu in thousands Ecu in millions Square metre Index % Code UNIT 1 000 MIO NC KNC MNC ECU KECU MECU m2 INDX PCT 4. Examples of records Example 1: Aggregation of NACE-codes Series 2A data for 1995 for Germany. The NACE code 231 contains the aggregation of codes 231 + 232 + 233 for variable 16 11 0: number of persons employed. It is not confidential. 2A;1995;DE;30;231;;;16110;2700;M;;;231 = 231 + 232 + 233; Example 2: Confidential data: too few enterprises Total wages and salaries (DEM 12 124 million) for the manufacture of iron and steel (NACE 271) in 1995 in the region of Fribourg (series C) is confidential because there are too few enterprises. This is revised data. 2C;1995;DE13;30;271;;;13320;12124000;R;A;;; Example 3: Confidential data: dominance by one enterprise The number of persons employed (2 700) in France in 1996 for enterprises of 250 to 499 employees for NACE 141 is confidential. One enterprise dominates the data and represents 92 % of employment. This is provisional data. 2D;1996;FR;14;141;;;16110;2700;P;B;92;; Example 4: Size class data: sales area in retail trade The turnover of the retail sale of foods (NACE Rev. 1 52. 2) in Luxembourg in 1996 for a sales space of 120 to 399 m2 was LUF 1 000 million. It is updated data. 3C;1996;LU;30;522;;;12110;1000000;M;;;;;;02 Example 5: Inward FATS in road freight transport In 1995 the number of enterprises (code 11110) in the Netherlands in road freight transport owned or controlled by an enterprise in the USA, following the concept of ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO), is 4. The data is provisional. It concerns Annex 1 data and the specification on the data value is added. 1G;1995;NL;30;6024;30;US;11110;4;P;;;;UNIT 5. Type of magnetic media In order to facilitate reading the data, the data must be supplied on 3,50 diskette. 6. Other methods Upon written request Eurostat can provide Member States with electronic questionnaires for the service sectors using Microsoft Excel. The request should be made well in advance of the planned date of data delivery. 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/115 INCOMPLETE EXAMPLE SET OF CODINGS FOR FAT STATISTICS Codings to be used are those used for balance of payments statistics (1) Name Albania Andorra Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Poland Code AL AD AR AW AU AT BS BE BA BR BG CA CL CN HR CY CZ DK FI FR DE GR HK HU IS IN ID IE IL IT JP KR LV LI LT LU NL AN NZ NO PL L 344/116 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 Name Code Portugal Republic of South Africa Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America PT ZA RO RU SA SG SK SI ES SE CH TW TR UA UK US (1) Except for the United Kingdom for which the code ‘UK’ is to be used instead of GB. Name Code Type Africa African ACP countries African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (Lomé Convention) America American Oceania Asia Asia-Pacific economic cooperation Asian NICs of the second wave of industrialisation Australia, Oceania and other territories Australian Oceania Baltic countries Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union Caribbean ACP countries Central American countries Central and South African countries Commonwealth of Independent States Core newly industrialised countries Countries from the Association of South-East Asian Nations Countries from Central and Eastern Europe Countries from Mashreq EUR12 (intra EUR12) EUR15 (intra EUR15) Europe E4 B6 B5 E7 F9 F2 D1 C1 F7 F8 E3 A3 B7 E9 E6 C6 B9 B3 A9 C8 A2 D2 E1 GEO ECO ECO GEO GEO GEO ECO ECO GEO GEO GEO ECO ECO GEO GEO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO GEO 18. 12. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/117 Name Code Type European countries not EU or EFTA European Economic Area European Free Trade Association Extra EUR12 Extra EUR12 not allocated Extra EUR15 Extra EUR15 not allocated French Franc zone Gulf Arabian Countries Intra EUR12 not allocated Intra EUR15 not allocated Latin America Latin American NICs of the second wave of industrialisation Maghreb countries Mediterranean Basin countries Mercosur (Southern Cone Common Market) Near and Middle East countries New Zealand Oceania North African countries North American countries North American Free Trade Association OECD countries Offshore financial centres Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Other Asian countries Other Near and Middle East countries Pacific ACP countries Polar regions South American countries World (all entities) World not allocated E2 A6 A5 A4 Z4 D4 Z8 C5 F4 Z2 Z6 B2 C2 C7 C3 C9 F3 G1 E5 E8 B1 A8 C4 B4 F6 F5 B8 G2 F1 A1 Z1 GEO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO GEO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO ECO GEO GEO GEO GEO ECO ECO ECO ECO GEO GEO ECO GEO GEO ECO ECO