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)

Pipeline transport covers the transport of goods in pipelines, such as the transport of petroleum and related products, water and gas. Excluded are distribution services, typically from substations to the consumer, for water, gas and other petroleum products (included in other business services n.i.e.), and the value of the products transported (included in general merchandise).

Electricity transmission covers the movement or transfer of electric energy at high voltage over an interconnected group of lines and associated equipment between points of supply and the points at which it is transformed to low voltage for delivery to consumers or delivery to other electric systems. Transmission is considered to have ended when the electricity enters distribution facilities of an electric system that deliver electricity to end-users for consumption. The electricity itself is excluded (included in general merchandise) as is the electricity distribution, which is the delivery of electricity from the substation to the consumer (included in other business services n.i.e.).

Other supporting and auxiliary transport services covers all other transport services that cannot be allocated to any of the components of transport services previously described.

3.4.   Postal and courier services

Postal and courier services covers the pickup, transport and delivery of letters, newspapers, periodicals, brochures, other printed matter, parcels and packages. It also includes post office counter services, such as sales of stamps, poste restante services and telegram services and mailbox rental services

Optional: Valuation of freight transport services on a transaction basis

Additional information on the value of freight transport services provided by residents to non-residents and vice versa is needed to complement the freight transport data compiled according to the f.o.b./f.o.b. valuation principles for goods. This information is useful because it represents the actual market transactions as they occur, with no correction, adjustment or estimation.

In this case, the transport service is recorded if, and only if, a transaction in transport services occurs between a resident and a non-resident. The recording of the separate transport service depends on the delivery terms that are specified in the contract for the sale or purchase of the goods and realized in the market transaction.

When the transportation contract is made between two residents for transport services to be provided on an exported good, the transport service would be excluded based on this measurement method but a part of it would be included if the balance of payments principles were to be applied. This occurs, for example, when the delivery terms specified in the contract for the sale or purchase of a good are franco domicile (‘carriage paid’) and when the exporter has contracted with a resident of the exporting economy to provide the transportation service. The transaction-based measurement method would apply in the case where:

• — A contract to provide transport services is made between a resident and a non-resident and the delivery term is specified as ex-works. The full transport service is recorded, including that part of the transportation service provided before the border of the exporting economy.

• — Transport services occur between residents and non-residents relating to crosstrade and coastal navigation, or cabotage.

4. Travel

The component of EBOPS 2010 differs from most internationally traded services in that it is transactor-based. Unlike most services in EBOPS, travel is not a specific product; rather, it encompasses a range of goods and services consumed by non-residents in the economy that they visit. Travel is defined as covering goods and services for own use or to be given away, acquired from an economy, by non-residents during visits to that economy. It covers stays of any length, provided that there is no change in residence.

The most common goods and services entered under travel are accommodation, food, beverages and transport purchased within the economy visited (all of which are consumed in the supplying economy). Gifts, souvenirs and other articles that are purchased for own use and that may be taken out of the economies visited are also included.

In line with the accrual principle, goods and services acquired during the visit, but paid for earlier or later, are included in travel. Goods and services may be acquired by being paid for by the person going abroad, paid for on his or her behalf, provided without a quid pro quo (for example, free room and board received: in such a case, there is also a corresponding transfer) or produced on own account (as in some cases of ownership of real estate and time-share accommodation).

5. Construction

Construction covers the creation, management, renovation, repair or extension of fixed assets in the form of buildings, land improvements of an engineering nature and other constructions such as roads, bridges and dams. It also includes related installation and assembly work, site preparation and general construction as well as specialized services such as painting, plumbing and demolition.

Construction is valued on a gross basis, that is, inclusive of all goods and services used as inputs to the work, other costs of production and the operating surplus that accrues to the owners of the construction enterprise. This valuation principle is the same as that which applies in the valuation of all production (of both goods and services), as described in the 2008 SNA.

When a construction company provides its services abroad through a physical presence over a long term period (more than 12 months) but without creating a legal entity in the country of the client, and if the operations are substantial enough, then the compiler may need to consider that a notional institutional unit needs to be considered from a statistical point of view. In this case, the corresponding international transactions will not be considered as trade in services (such transactions will be recorded as foreign direct investment financial flows, income and position, and the data corresponding to its operations should be considered as FATS). If the above conditions are not met, the international transactions will be considered trade in services between residents and non-residents.

6. Insurance and pension services

Insurance and pension services covers the provision to non-residents of various types of insurance by resident insurance enterprises, and vice versa.

Insurance provides individual units (Governments, enterprises and households) exposed to certain risks with financial protection against the consequences of the occurrence of specified events. In addition, insurers often act as financial intermediaries who invest funds collected from these units in financial or other assets in order to meet future claims.

Pension funds are established to provide benefits for retirement or invalidity of specific groups of employees. They are similar to insurance in that they act as intermediaries with regard to investing the funds for their beneficiaries and redistribute some risks.

Insurance and pension services include the following sub-components: direct insurance; reinsurance; auxiliary insurance; pension services and standardized guarantee services.

7. Financial services

Financial services covers financial intermediation and auxiliary services, except those of insurance enterprises and pension schemes. These services include those usually provided by banks and other financial intermediaries and auxiliaries. Included are services provided in connection with transactions in financial instruments, as well as other services related to financial activity, encompassing, inter alia, deposit taking and lending, letters of credit, credit card services, commissions and charges related to financial leasing, factoring, underwriting and clearing of payments. Also included are financial advisory services, custody of financial assets or bullion, financial asset management, monitoring services, convenience services, liquidity provision services, risk assumption services other than insurance, merger and acquisition services, credit rating services, stock exchange services and trust services.

Financial services may be charged for by: explicit charges; margins on buying and selling transactions; asset management costs deducted from property income receivable, in the case of asset-holding entities; or margins between the interest rate and the reference rate on loans and deposits (referred to as financial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM)).

For financial intermediaries, the balance between explicit and implicit charges may vary over time and from institution to institution; thus, data on both are needed to obtain a complete picture of their supply of services.

8. Charges for the use of intellectual property not included elsewhere

Charges for the use of intellectual property not included elsewhere include:

• — Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets and franchises). These rights can arise from research and development, as well as from marketing; and

• — Charges for licences to reproduce or distribute intellectual property embodied in produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast).

9. Telecommunication, computer and information services

Computer and telecommunication services are defined in terms of the nature of the service, not the method of delivery. Telecommunications, computer, and information services be further disaggregated into three sub-components: telecommunications services, computer services and information services.

9.1.   Telecommunications services

Telecommunications services covers the broadcast or transmission of sound, images, data, or other information by telephone, telex, telegram, radio and television cable transmission, radio and television satellite, electronic mail, facsimile, etc., and includes business network services, teleconferencing and support services. It does not include the value of the information transported. Also included are mobile telecommunications services, internet backbone services and online access services, including the provision of access to the internet. Excluded are installation services for telephone network equipment (included in construction), and database services (included in information services).

9.2.   Computer services

Computer services consists of hardware- and software-related services and data processing services

9.3.   Information services

Information services is divided into news agency services and other information services:

• — News agency services includes the provision of news, photographs and feature articles to the media

• — Other information services includes database services, such as database conception, data storage, and the dissemination of data and databases (including directories and mailing lists), both online and through magnetic, optical or printed media and web search portals (encompassing search engine services that find internet addresses for clients who input keyword queries). Also included are: direct non-bulk subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, whether by mail, electronic transmission or other means; other online content provision services; and library and archive services. (Bulk newspapers and periodicals are included under general merchandise).

Downloaded content that is not software or an audiovisual or related product is included in information services.

10. Other business services

This category includes: Research and development services, Professional and management consulting services, Technical, trade-related, and Other business services.

10.1.   Research and development services

Research and development services covers those services that are associated with basic research, applied research and experimental development of new products and processes and covers activities in the physical sciences, the social sciences and the humanities.

10.2.   Professional and management consulting services

Professional and management consulting services include: 10.2.A. Legal services, accounting, management consulting, managerial services, and public relations services; and 10.2.B. Advertising, market research, and public opinion polling services.

10.2.1.   (optional item) Legal, accounting, management consulting, and public relations services

Services for the general management of a branch, subsidiary or associate provided by a parent enterprise or other affiliated enterprise are often included in legal, accounting, management consulting, and public relations services.

10.2.2.   (optional item) Advertising, market research, and public opinion polling services

Advertising, market research, and public opinion polling services transacted between residents and non-residents, includes the design, creation and marketing of advertisements by advertising agencies; media placement, including the purchase and sale of advertising space; exhibition services provided by trade fairs; the promotion of products abroad; market research; telemarketing; and public opinion polling on various issues.

10.3.   Technical, trade-related, and other business services

These comprise: Architectural, engineering, scientific and other technical services; Waste treatment and de-pollution, agricultural and mining services; Operating leasing services; Trade-related services and Other business services n.i.e.

10.3.1.   (optional item) Architectural, engineering, scientific, and other technical services

10.3.2.   (optional item) Waste treatment and de-pollution, agricultural and mining services

Waste treatment and de-pollution, agricultural and mining services is broken down into three parts: waste treatment and de-pollution services; services incidental to agriculture, forestry and fishing; and services incidental to mining, and oil and gas extraction.

10.3.3.   (optional item) Operating leasing services

Operating leasing services encompasses the activity of renting out a produced asset under an arrangement that provides use of the asset to the lessee, but does not involve the bulk transfer of risks and benefits of ownership to the lessee. The services include resident/nonresident leasing (rental) and charters without crew, of ships, aircraft and transport equipment, such as railway cars, containers and rigs. Operating lease payments relating to other types of equipment are also included and may be distinguished by the following characteristics:

• — The lessor normally maintains a stock of assets that users can hire or rent on demand, or at short notice

• — The assets may be rented out for varying periods and the lessee may renew the rental when the period expires

• — The lessor is frequently responsible for maintenance and repair of the asset as part of the service that is provided to the lessee.

10.3.4.   (optional item) Trade-related services

Trade-related services covers commissions on goods and service transactions payable to merchants, commodity brokers, dealers, auctioneers and commission agents. These services include, for example, the auctioneer’s fee or agent’s commission on sales of ships, aircraft and other goods. If the trader owns the goods being sold, the trader’s margin is generally included indistinguishably in the value of the goods.

Any margins not included in the f.o.b. price of the goods are included in trade-related services. Excluded from trade-related services are franchising fees (included in charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e.); brokerage on financial instruments (included in financial services); and transport-related charges, such as agency commissions (included in transport).

10.3.5.   (optional item) Other business services n.i.e

Other business services n.i.e. includes distribution services for water, steam, gas and petroleum products as well as distribution services for electricity, where these are identifiable separately from transmission services (transmission of these products is recorded under transport); air conditioning supply; placement of personnel (the services provided by these personnel are recorded under the relevant services item); security and investigative services; translation and interpretation; photographic services; building cleaning; real estate services to businesses; and any other business services that cannot be classified to any of the business services listed above.

11. Personal, cultural and recreational services

These include Audiovisual and related services and Other personal, cultural and recreational service.

11.1.   Audiovisual and related services

Audiovisual and related services covers services associated with audiovisual activities (movies, music, radio and television) as well as services relating to the performing arts.

11.2.   Other personal, cultural and recreational services

This category comprises: Education services, Health services, Heritage and recreational services and Other personal services.

12. Government goods and services not included elsewhere

Government goods and services n.i.e. covers:

• — Goods and services supplied by and to enclaves, such as embassies and military bases

• — Goods and services acquired from the host economy by diplomats, consular staff and military personnel located abroad and their dependants

• — Services supplied by and to Governments and not included in other categories of services

EBOPS 2010 complementary grouping

Total trade-related transactions encompasses all transactions relating to the distribution services of goods and services. It includes the commissions on goods and services transactions payable to merchants, commodity brokers, dealers, etc., who do not own the goods that they buy and sell (included in trade-related services), as well as the traders’ margins. The margins of wholesalers and retailers are generally included indistinguishably in the value of products sold (including for goods under merchanting) and are not presented separately in the balance of payments statistics.

Total trade-related transactions includes:

• (a) Trade-related services

• (b) The estimated distribution services included in the value of products sold (including goods under merchanting).

Distributions services include the trade margins of wholesalers and retailers.

In the 2008 SNA, wholesalers and retailers are defined as entities that purchase and resell goods with no, or only minimal, processing (for example, cleaning and packaging). They supply a service to producers and consumers of goods by storing, displaying and delivering a selection of goods in convenient locations, thus making them easy to buy. Their output is measured by the total value of trade margins realized on the products that they purchase for resale. The margins that represent those distribution services either are included in the f.o.b. values of the goods to which they relate, or are provided by the importer.

Table 1. Product breakdown by EBOPS 2010 main and detailed components, and complementary groupings

EBOPS 2010 Main Components	EBOPS 2010 Detailed components
1. Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others
2. Maintenance and repair services n.i.e.	Optional: 2.a Of which: goods
3. Transport Optional: Valuation of freight transport services on a transaction-basis	3.1.  Sea transport
3. Transport Optional: Valuation of freight transport services on a transaction-basis	3.2.  Air transport
3. Transport Optional: Valuation of freight transport services on a transaction-basis	3.3.  Other modes of transport
3. Transport Optional: Valuation of freight transport services on a transaction-basis	3.4.  Postal and courier services
4. Travel	4.a.  Of which: goods
5. Construction	5.a.  Of which: goods
6. Insurance and pension services
7. Financial services
8. Charges for the use of intellectual property n.i.e.
9. Telecommunications, computer, and information services	9.1.  Telecommunications services
	9.2.  Computer services
	9.3.  Information services
10. Other business services	10.1.  Research and development services
	10.2.  Professional and management consulting services
	Optional items:
	10.2.1.  Legal, accounting, management consulting, and public relations services;
	10.2.2.  Advertising, market research, and public opinion polling services
	10.3.  Technical, trade-related, and other business services
	Optional items:
	10.3.1.  Architectural, engineering, scientific, and other technical services;
	10.3.2.  Waste treatment and de-pollution, agricultural and mining services;
	10.3.3.  Operating leasing services;
	10.3.4.  Trade-related services;
	10.3.5.  Other business services n.i.e.
11. Personal, cultural and recreational services	11.1.  Audiovisual and related services
	11.2.  Other personal, cultural and recreational services
12. Government goods and services, n.i.e	12.a  Of which goods
EBOPS 2010 complementary grouping C. Total trade-related transactions (optional item) C.a  Trade-related services (item 10.3.4 – optional item) C.b  Distribution services	EBOPS 2010 complementary grouping C. Total trade-related transactions (optional item) C.a  Trade-related services (item 10.3.4 – optional item) C.b  Distribution services

Table 2. Product breakdown according to CPA classification (voluntary data transmission)

The following breakdown describes the suggested level of detail for the voluntary data transmission by the CPA classification.

CPA is the European classification of products (goods and services) by activity. Under CPA, each product is assignable to a single heading of the classification of activities. It is therefore allocated to the economic activity, which produces it. As a result, CPA has the same structure as the classification of economic activities (NACE) and is used in National Accounts.

A-V	TOTAL SERVICES
A	PRODUCTS OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING
B	MINING AND QUARRYING
C	MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS (manufacturing services)
D	ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY
E	WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION SERVICES
F	CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKS
G	WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE SERVICES
46	Wholesale trade services
47	Retail sale services
H	TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE SERVICES
49	Land transport services and transport services via pipelines
50	Water transport services
51	Air transport services
52	Warehousing, storage and support services of transportation
53	Postal and courier services
I	ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES
55	Accommodation services
56	Food and beverage serving services
J	PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
58	Publishing services
59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing services
60	Programming and broadcasting services
K	TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES
61	Telecommunication services
62	Computer programming, consultancy and related services
63	Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information services
L	FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES
64	Financial services, except insurance and pension funding
65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding services, except compulsory social security
66	Services auxiliary to financial services and insurance services
M	REAL ESTATE SERVICES
N	PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
69	Legal and accounting services
70	Services of head offices and management consultancy
71	Architectural and engineering services; technical testing and analysis services
72	Scientific research and development services
73	Services of advertising, market research and public relations
74	Other professional, scientific and technical services
75	Veterinary services
O	ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES
77	Rental and leasing services
78	Employment services
79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services and related services
80	Investigation and security services
81	Services to buildings and landscape
82	Office administrative, office support and other business support services
P	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE SERVICES; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICES
Q	EDUCATION SERVICES
R	HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK SERVICES
S	ARTS, SPORTS AND RECREATION SERVICES
T	OTHER SERVICES
U	SERVICES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS OF DOMESTIC PERSONNEL; UNDIFFERENTIATED GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY HOUSEHOLDS FOR OWN USE
V	SERVICES PROVIDED BY EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES

ANNEX VII

Change of weightings and base year and transitional arrangements for the domain ‘short term business statistics’

• 1.Member States shall adapt where necessary the weighting system of composite indices at least every five years. The weights used in the adapted weighting systems shall be transmitted to the Commission within three years after the end of the new base year. Each index requires its own specific weights. The following table specifies for each individual variable and breakdown of the domain ‘Short Term Business Statistics’ which weighting variable to use:

Variable and breakdowns	Weight
Registrations, bankruptcies	Number of active enterprises
Production (volume)	Value added
Net turnover, Producer prices, Volume of sales, Building permits	Net turnover
Domestic net turnover, producer prices	Domestic net turnover
Non-domestic net turnover, producer prices	Non-domestic net turnover
Non-domestic euro area/non-euro area net turnover, producer prices [^E0012]	Split of non-domestic net turnover
Number of employees and self-employed persons	Number of employees and self-employed persons
Hours worked by employees	Hours worked by employees
Wages and salaries	Wages and salaries
Import prices	Import value
Euro area/non-euro area import prices [^E0013]	Split of import value

Net turnover weights according to the euro area/non-euro area split are only to be transmitted by euro area countries.

Import value weights according to the euro area/non-euro area split are only to be transmitted by euro area countries.

• Weights should be based on the statistical unit kind-of-activity unit (KAU) except for registrations and bankruptcies for which the weights should be based on the statistical unit enterprise (ENT). Only if KAU is not available a statistical unit which serves the purpose of short term statistics might be used. All Member States (small, medium and large) have to transmit to Eurostat the breakdowns of the weights according to the breakdowns of the large countries defined in the data requirements of Annex I to this Regulation.

• 2.The first base year is 2015, the second base year is 2021 and the third base year is 2025. From thereon, every five years, Member States shall rebase the indices using as base years the years ending with a 0 or a 5. All indices must be rebased on the new base year within three years after the end of this new base year.

ANNEX VIII

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

The national statistical business registers and the EuroGroup Register shall, for the respective units defined in Article 2(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, contain the following variables for each of the detailed topics by unit. The information does not have to be separately stored for each unit, if it can be derived from (an)other(s) unit(s).

Unmarked items are mandatory, items marked ‘conditional’ are mandatory if available in the Member States, items marked ‘partially conditional’ are mandatory except those parts of the item that are explicitly mentioned to be conditional and items marked ‘optional’ are recommended.

1. LEGAL UNIT	1. LEGAL UNIT	1. LEGAL UNIT	1. LEGAL UNIT
Detailed topic	Variables	Variables	Variables
IDENTIFICATION	1.1		Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
IDENTIFICATION	1.2		Name
IDENTIFICATION	1.3		Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
IDENTIFICATION	1.4	Optional	Telephone number, email address, website and information to permit electronic collection of data
IDENTIFICATION	1.5		Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number or, failing that, other administrative identity number
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.6		Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.7		Date on which the legal unit ceased
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.8		Legal form
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.9		Legal activity status
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.10	Conditional	Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.11	Optional	Flag for special purpose entities within the meaning of points 2.17 to 2.20 of Chapter 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
LINKS WITH ENTERPRISE	1.12	Conditional	Identity number(s) of the enterprise(s) (3.1) to which the unit belongs
LINKS WITH ENTERPRISE	1.13	Conditional	Date of association to the enterprise(s)
LINKS WITH ENTERPRISE	1.14	Conditional	Date of separation from the enterprise(s)
LINKS WITH OTHER REGISTERS			Reference to associated registers, in which the legal unit is recorded and which contain information that can be useful for statistical purpose
LINKS WITH OTHER REGISTERS	1.15	Conditional	Reference to the register of intra-EU operators and Reference to customs files or to the register of extra-EU operators
LINKS WITH OTHER REGISTERS	1.16	Conditional	Reference to administrative global identifiers, Reference to balance sheet data (for units required to publish accounts), Reference to the balance of payments register or foreign direct investment register and Reference to the farm register
LINK WITH ENTERPRISE GROUP	1.17		Identity number of the enterprise group (2.1) to which the unit belongs
LINK WITH ENTERPRISE GROUP	1.18		Date of association to the enterprise group
LINK WITH ENTERPRISE GROUP	1.19		Date of separation from the enterprise group
CONTROL OF UNITS			The control links can be recorded either top-down (1.20a, 1.21a, 1.22a) or bottom-up (1.20b, 1.21b, 1.22b). Only the first level of control, direct or indirect, is recorded for each unit (the whole chain of control can be obtained by combining these).
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.20a		Identity number(s) of resident legal unit(s) which are controlled by the legal unit
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.20b		Identity number of the resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.21a	Partially conditional	Country(ies) of registration, identity number(s), name(s) and address(es) of the non-resident legal unit(s), which are controlled by the legal unit. Conditional for EGR identity number(s)
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.21b	Partially conditional	Country of registration, identity number, name and address of the non-resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit. Conditional for EGR identity number.
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.22a	Conditional	VAT number(s) of non-resident legal unit(s), which are controlled by the legal unit
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.22b	Conditional	VAT number of the non-resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS			The ownership can be recorded either top-down (1.23a, 1.24a) or bottom-up (1.23b, 1.24b). The threshold is 10 % or more of direct ownership.
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.23a	Conditional	(a) Identity number(s), and (b) shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.23b	Conditional	(a) Identity number(s), and (b) shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.24a	Conditional	(a) Country(ies) of registration, and (b) EGR identity number(s), and (c) name(s), address(es), and VAT number(s), and (d) shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit, and (e) date of start – end of the shares.
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.24b	Conditional	(a) Country(ies) of registration, and (b) EGR identity number and (c) name(s), address(es), and VAT number(s), and (d) shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit, and (e) date of start – end of the shares.
2. ENTERPRISE GROUP	2. ENTERPRISE GROUP	2. ENTERPRISE GROUP	2. ENTERPRISE GROUP
Detailed topic	Variables	Variables	Variables
IDENTIFICATION	2.1	Partially conditional	Identity number(s). Conditional for EGR identity number if the enterprise group is multinational.
IDENTIFICATION	2.2	Optional	Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) able to report data on the enterprise group
IDENTIFICATION	2.3		Name of the enterprise group, for multinational groups the EGR name
IDENTIFICATION	2.4	Optional	Short text description of the enterprise group
IDENTIFICATION	2.5	Optional	Website address of the enterprise group
IDENTIFICATION	2.6		Identity number of the legal unit being global decision centre. If the global decision centre is non-resident the EGR identity number. For natural persons that are not economic operators, the country of residence has to be recorded under 2.10a.
IDENTIFICATION	2.7		Country of registration of the global decision centre, if non-resident the EGR country of registration
IDENTIFICATION	2.8	Optional	Postal and email addresses of the global decision centre
IDENTIFICATION	2.9		Identity number of the legal unit being the global group head. If the global group head is non-resident the EGR identity number. For natural persons that are not economic operators, the country of residence has to be recorded under 2.10a.
IDENTIFICATION	2.10	Optional	Country of registration, postal and email addresses of the global group head, if non-resident the EGR country of registration
IDENTIFICATION	2.10a	Conditional	Country of residence of the Ultimate Controlling Institutional unit (UCI) if the controlling unit is a natural person who is not an economic operator
IDENTIFICATION	2.11		Type of enterprise group: 1. all-resident group; 2. multinational group domestically controlled; 3. multinational group foreign controlled
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	2.12		Date of commencement of the enterprise group
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	2.13		Date of cessation of the enterprise group
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.14		Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level, if multinational group the EGR principal activity code
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.15	Optional	Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level, if multinational group the EGR secondary activity code
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.16	Conditional	Number of employees and self-employed persons in the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR number of employees and self-employed persons
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.17	Conditional	Net turnover (and currency) of the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR net turnover (and currency)
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.18	Conditional	Total assets (and currency) of the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR total assets (and currency)
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.19	Optional	Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located, for multinational group the EGR countries of registration
3. ENTERPRISE	3. ENTERPRISE	3. ENTERPRISE	3. ENTERPRISE
Detailed topic	Variables	Variables	Variables
IDENTIFICATION	3.1	Partially conditional	Identity number(s) Conditional for the EGR identity number when recorded in the EGR
IDENTIFICATION	3.2	Optional	Identity number of the legal unit(s) able to report data on the enterprise
IDENTIFICATION	3.3		Name
IDENTIFICATION	3.4	Optional	Postal, email and website address
LINK TO OTHER UNITS	3.5		Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists
LINK TO OTHER UNITS	3.6		Identity number of the enterprise group, to which the enterprise belongs
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	3.7		Date of commencement of activities
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	3.8		Date of final cessation of activities
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.9		Principal activity code at NACE 4-digit level
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.10	Conditional	Secondary activities, if any, at NACE 4-digit level
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.11		Number of employees and self-employed persons
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.12		Number of employees
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.13	Optional	Number of employees in full-time equivalents
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.14		Net turnover, except that provided in 3.15
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.15	Optional	Net turnover for agriculture, hunting and forestry, fishing, and public administration and defence, compulsory social security, private households with employed persons and extra-territorial organisations.
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.16		Institutional sector and sub-sector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.17	Optional if 5.1 – 5.9 are used	Size (e.g. turnover, employment) of the principal activity and of each of the secondary activities of the enterprise, which due to their size have a significant influence and whose Kind-of-activity-units (KAU) have a significant influence on the aggregated national data.
4. LOCAL UNIT	4. LOCAL UNIT	4. LOCAL UNIT	4. LOCAL UNIT
Detailed topic	Variables	Variables	Variables
IDENTIFICATION	4.1		Identity number
IDENTIFICATION	4.2		Name
IDENTIFICATION	4.3		Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
IDENTIFICATION	4.4	Optional	Telephone number email address and information to permit electronic collection of data
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	4.5		Date of commencement of activities
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	4.6		Date of final cessation of activities
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.7		Principal activity code at NACE 4-digit level
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.8	Conditional	Secondary activities, if any, at NACE 4-digit level; this point concerns only local units which are the subject of surveys
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.9	Optional	Activity carried out in the local unit constituting an ancillary activity of the enterprise to which it belongs (Yes/No)
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.10		Number of employees and self-employed persons
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.11		Number of employees
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.12	Optional	Number of employees in full-time equivalents
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	4.13		Geographical location code
LINKS TO OTHER UNITS AND REGISTERS	4.14		Identity number(s) of the enterprise(s) (3.1) to which the local unit belongs.
LINKS TO OTHER UNITS AND REGISTERS	4.15	Conditional	Reference to registers, in which the local unit appears and which contain information which can be used for statistical purposes
5. KIND OF ACTIVITY UNIT KAU information is requested for those enterprises, which due to their size (e.g. turnover, employment) have a significant influence and whose kind-of-activity-units have a significant influence on the aggregated (national) data at NACE activity level.	5. KIND OF ACTIVITY UNIT KAU information is requested for those enterprises, which due to their size (e.g. turnover, employment) have a significant influence and whose kind-of-activity-units have a significant influence on the aggregated (national) data at NACE activity level.	5. KIND OF ACTIVITY UNIT KAU information is requested for those enterprises, which due to their size (e.g. turnover, employment) have a significant influence and whose kind-of-activity-units have a significant influence on the aggregated (national) data at NACE activity level.	5. KIND OF ACTIVITY UNIT KAU information is requested for those enterprises, which due to their size (e.g. turnover, employment) have a significant influence and whose kind-of-activity-units have a significant influence on the aggregated (national) data at NACE activity level.
Detailed topic	Variables	Variables	Variables
IDENTIFICATION	5.1	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Identity number
IDENTIFICATION	5.2	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Identity number of the legal unit(s) able to report data on the kind of activity unit
IDENTIFICATION	5.3	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Name
IDENTIFICATION	5.4	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Address to permit data collection
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	5.5	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Date of commencement of activities
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	5.6	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Date of final cessation of activities
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	5.7	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Activity code at NACE 4-digit level
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	5.8	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Size (e.g. turnover, employment) of the KAU
LINKS TO OTHER UNITS AND REGISTERS	5.9	Optional if 3.17 is used.	Identity number of the enterprise of which the KAU is part

ANNEX IX

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

Section 1

Confidentiality measures

Data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) by the National Statistical Authorities (NSAs), or received by the Commission (Eurostat) from other sources, shall be stored in the EuroGroups Register of multinational enterprise groups and their constituent units as defined in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.

When transmitting data to the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with Article 10 paragraphs (2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, the NSAs shall flag data which are confidential in accordance with national legislation.

In order to ensure the consistency of data, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, exclusively for statistical purposes, transmit in accordance with Article 10 paragraphs (2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, to the NSAs of Member States other than the reporting country, the data sets of variables specified in part B, C and D of the Section 3, including confidentiality flags, concerning multinational enterprise groups and their constituent units. In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, the data sets specified in part C shall be limited to multinational enterprise groups for which at least one unit of the group is located in the territory of that Member State.

The data sets of variables specified in part C of the Section 3, including confidentiality flags, may be transmitted in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, for statistical purposes only, by the Commission (Eurostat) to the national central banks and the European Central Bank, provided that the transmission is explicitly authorised by the national authority and that, in the case of data transmitted to a national central bank, at least one unit of a multinational enterprise group is located in the territory of the Member State of that national central bank.

Section 2

Security measures

The Commission (Eurostat) and the NSAs shall store the data that have been flagged as confidential by the NSAs, in accordance with Section 1, in a secure area with restricted and controlled access. The NSAs shall on request provide information for the Commission (Eurostat) on the security measures applied in the Member State. The Commission (Eurostat) shall pass on this information to the other Member States. The Commission (Eurostat) shall on request provide information on its security measures to the NSAs.

Any transmission of confidential data under this Regulation to ESCB members shall take place only after the ESCB members, within their respective spheres of competence and under their responsibility, have taken the necessary measures in line with Article 8a and 8b of Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 ([^E0014]) to ensure:

• — the protection of this data, in particular the storage of data that has been flagged as confidential in a secure area with restricted and controlled access,

• — that the data are used exclusively for statistical purposes,

• — that information on the measures has been included in the annual confidentiality report referred to in Article 8b of Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 or national central banks or the European Central Bank have informed the Commission (Eurostat) and the NSAs of the measures by other means.

The data shall be transmitted in an encrypted form.

Section 3

Format of the data and metadata

The format set out in part A of this Section, shall be used for the data transmitted under Article 10 paragraphs (2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 and further specified in Annex IV to this Regulation.

The data and metadata for the EuroGroups register shall be transmitted using the ESS data and metadata standards as specified by the Commission (Eurostat).

Standardisation of data record structures is fundamental for efficient data processing. It is a necessary step towards providing data conforming to the exchange standards specified by the Commission (Eurostat).

Data is sent as a set of records (data set).

In accordance with Article 9(5) to this Regulation confidential data has to be sent with the true value being recorded in the value field and a flag indicating that the data is confidential.

Unless otherwise specified monetary data has to be expressed in thousands of national currency units (euro for the countries of the euro area). For countries acceding to the euro the provisions of Article 10(6) to this Regulation shall apply as to the first year for reporting in euro.

1. Data set identifier

All data sets that the Commission (Eurostat) and the NSAs transmit shall be identified by applying the naming convention specified in the detailed documentation and guidelines regarding the exchange standards that the Commission (Eurostat) makes available.

2. Data sets and definition of fields

Parts A, B, C and D of this Section give the contents of the data sets that the Commission (Eurostat) and the NSAs shall transmit. The data set technical names, structure, fields, codes and attributes to be used shall be included in the most recent version of the guidelines for the European framework for statistical business registers as specified by the Commission (Eurostat).

Unmarked items listed in parts A, B, C and D of this Section are mandatory, items marked ‘conditional’ are mandatory if available in the Member States and items marked ‘optional’ are recommended. Items marked ‘partially conditional’ are mandatory except those parts of the item that are explicitly mentioned to be conditional.

The data processing of the EuroGroups Register is a cyclical process, which the Commission (Eurostat) starts centrally. At the end of each cycle a population frame shall be available for compilers of statistics in Member States.

At the beginning of each cycle the Commission (Eurostat) transmits data sets with relevant metadata to the NSAs to ensure that in all countries the same metadata are available and used.

PART A

Data sets of variables enumerated in paragraphs 1 and subparagraphs 3.1 and 3.2 of Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to be transmitted by NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat)

2.1.   Data exchange on resident legal units for identification purposes

For the purpose of identification the NSAs shall transmit information to the Commission (Eurostat) on their resident incorporated legal units for the EGR Identification Service. The NSAs shall transmit the following data set with identification information of resident incorporated legal units including confidentiality flags. The variable 1.6 for this data set can only be the date of incorporation for legal persons.

Data set with information on resident legal units for the EGR Identification Service	Data set with information on resident legal units for the EGR Identification Service	Data set with information on resident legal units for the EGR Identification Service	Data set with information on resident legal units for the EGR Identification Service
IDENTIFICATION	1.1		Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
IDENTIFICATION	1.2		Name
IDENTIFICATION	1.3		Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
IDENTIFICATION	1.4	Optional	Telephone number, email address, website and information to permit electronic collection of data
IDENTIFICATION	1.5		Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number or, failing that, other administrative identity number
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.6		Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.7		Date on which the legal unit ceased
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.8		Legal form
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.9		Legal activity status
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.10	Conditional	Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013

2.2.   Data exchange on foreign legal units for identification purposes

For the purpose of identification NSAs may transmit information to the Commission (Eurostat) on foreign incorporated legal units any time of the EuroGroups Register process. The NSAs transmit the following data set on foreign incorporated legal units. The variable 1.6 for this data set can only be the date of incorporation for legal persons.

Data set with information on foreign legal units for the EGR Identification Service	Data set with information on foreign legal units for the EGR Identification Service	Data set with information on foreign legal units for the EGR Identification Service	Data set with information on foreign legal units for the EGR Identification Service
IDENTIFICATION	1.1	Optional	Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
IDENTIFICATION	1.2		Name
IDENTIFICATION	1.3		Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
IDENTIFICATION	1.4	Optional	Telephone number, email address, website and information to permit electronic collection of data
IDENTIFICATION	1.5	Optional	Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number or, failing that, other administrative identity number
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.6	Optional	Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.7	Optional	Date on which the legal unit ceased
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.8	Optional	Legal form
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.9		Legal activity status
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.10	Conditional	Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013

2.3.   Data exchange on legal units and relationships belonging to multinational enterprise groups

Another step of the data processing is the transmission of information from NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) on legal units and on relationships of the delivered legal units. Two data sets shall be transmitted to the EuroGroups Register, one data set on legal units, one on relationships. The NSAs shall transmit the following data sets including confidentiality flags for legal units and relationships.

Data set with information on legal units	Data set with information on legal units	Data set with information on legal units	Data set with information on legal units
IDENTIFICATION	1.1		Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
IDENTIFICATION	1.2		Name
IDENTIFICATION	1.3		Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
IDENTIFICATION	1.4	Optional	Telephone number, email address, website and information to permit electronic collection of data
IDENTIFICATION	1.5		Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number or, failing that, other administrative identity number
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.6		Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.7		Date on which the legal unit ceased
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.8		Legal form
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.9		Legal activity status
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.10	Conditional	Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.11	Optional	Flag for special purpose entities within the meaning of points 2.17 to 2.20 of Chapter 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
Data set with information on relationships of ownership and control	Data set with information on relationships of ownership and control	Data set with information on relationships of ownership and control	Data set with information on relationships of ownership and control
CONTROL OF UNITS			The control links can be recorded either top-down (1.20a, 1.21a, 1.22a) or bottom-up (1.20b, 1.21b, 1.22b). Only the first level of control, direct or indirect, is recorded for each unit (the whole chain of control can be obtained by combining these).
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.20a		Identity number(s) of resident legal unit(s) which are controlled by the legal unit.
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.20b		Identity number of the resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit.
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.21a	Partially conditional	Country(ies) of registration, identity number(s), name(s) and address(es) of the non-resident legal unit(s), which are controlled by the legal unit. Conditional for EGR identity number(s).
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.21b	Partially conditional	Country of registration, identity number, name and address of the non-resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit. Conditional for EGR identity number.
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.22a	Conditional	VAT number(s) of non-resident legal unit(s), which are controlled by the legal unit
CONTROL OF UNITS	1.22b	Conditional	VAT number of the non-resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS			The ownership can be recorded either top-down (1.23a, 1.24a) or bottom-up (1.23b, 1.24b). The threshold is 10 % or more of direct ownership.
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.23a	Conditional	(a) Identity number(s), and (b) shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.23b	Conditional	(a) Identity number(s), and (b) shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.24a	Conditional	(a) Country(ies) of registration, and (b) EGR identity number(s), and (c) name(s), address(es), and VAT number(s), and (d) shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit, and (e) date of start – end of the shares.
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS	1.24b	Conditional	(a) Country(ies) of registration, and (b) EGR identity number and (c) name(s), address(es), and VAT number(s), and (d) shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit, and (e) date of start – end of the shares.

2.4.   Data exchange on resident enterprises belonging to multinational enterprise groups

A step of the data processing is the transmission of information from NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) on the enterprises to which the delivered legal units belong. In total two data sets shall be transmitted to the EuroGroups Register, one data set on enterprises and one on the links between enterprises and legal units.

Data set with information on enterprises	Data set with information on enterprises	Data set with information on enterprises	Data set with information on enterprises
IDENTIFICATION	3.1	Partially conditional	Identity number(s) Conditional for the EGR identity number when recorded in the EGR
IDENTIFICATION	3.2	Optional	Identity number of the legal unit(s) able to report data on the enterprise
IDENTIFICATION	3.3		Name
IDENTIFICATION	3.4	Optional	Postal, email and website address
LINK TO OTHER UNITS	3.5		Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists
LINK TO OTHER UNITS	3.6		Identity number of the enterprise group, to which the enterprise belongs
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	3.7		Date of commencement of activities
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	3.8		Date of final cessation of activities
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.9		Principal activity code at NACE 4-digit level
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.11		Number of employees and self-employed persons
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.12		Number of employees
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.14		Net turnover, except that provided in 3.15
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.15	Optional	Net turnover for agriculture, hunting and forestry, fishing, and public administration and defence, compulsory social security, private households with employed persons and extra-territorial organisations.
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	3.16		Institutional sector and sub-sector within the meaning of according to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
Data set with information on links between enterprises and legal units	Data set with information on links between enterprises and legal units	Data set with information on links between enterprises and legal units	Data set with information on links between enterprises and legal units
LINKS WITH ENTERPRISE	1.12	Conditional	Identity number(s) of the enterprise(s) (3.1), to which the unit belongs
LINKS WITH ENTERPRISE	3.5		Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists

2.5.   Integration of data from different sources and compilation of enterprise groups

Another step of the data processing is the integration of information coming from different Member States and other data providers centrally at the Commission (Eurostat). This information refers to control and ownership of legal units and to the statistical unit enterprise.

The subsequent stage of the processing is the compilation of enterprise groups by the Commission (Eurostat). The results of this compilation will be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the NSAs of Member States in the data sets defined in Parts C and D of this Section.

2.6.   Data exchange on correction of group structures and variables on multinational enterprise groups

For the corrections of enterprise group structures the NSAs shall transmit data sets with information on missing or invalid relationships including confidentiality flags. The format shall follow the format of the data set with information on relationships defined in point 2.3. of this Section.

The NSAs shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the following data set with identification information of multinational enterprise groups when the global decision centre of the group is located in the territory of the Member State.

Data set with information on enterprise groups for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on enterprise groups for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on enterprise groups for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on enterprise groups for the EuroGroups Register
IDENTIFICATION	2.1	Partially conditional	Identity number(s). Conditional for EGR identity number if the enterprise group is multinational.
IDENTIFICATION	2.3		Name of the enterprise group, for multinational groups the EGR name
IDENTIFICATION	2.4	Optional	Short text description of the enterprise group
IDENTIFICATION	2.5	Optional	Website address of the enterprise group
IDENTIFICATION	2.6		Identity number of the legal unit being global decision centre. If the global decision centre is non-resident the EGR identity number. For natural persons that are not economic operators, the country of residence has to be recorded under 2.10a.
IDENTIFICATION	2.7		Country of registration of the global decision centre, if non-resident the EGR country of registration
IDENTIFICATION	2.9		Identity number of the legal unit being the global group head. If the global group head is non-resident the EGR identity number. For natural persons that are not economic operators, the country of residence has to be recorded under 2.10a.
IDENTIFICATION	2.10	Optional	Country of registration, postal and email addresses of the global group head, if non-resident the EGR country of registration
IDENTIFICATION	2.10a	Conditional	Country of residence of the Ultimate Controlling Institutional unit (UCI) if the controlling unit is a natural person who is not an economic operator
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.14		Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level, if multinational group the EGR principal activity code
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.15	Optional	Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level, if multinational group the EGR secondary activity code
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.16	Conditional	Number of employees and self-employed persons in the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR number of employees and self-employed persons
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.17	Conditional	Net turnover (and currency) of the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR net turnover (and currency)
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.18	Conditional	Total assets (and currency) of the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR total assets (and currency)
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES	2.19	Optional	Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located, for multinational group the EGR countries of registration

2.7.   Data exchange on invalid and out of scope resident legal units

NSAs may transmit information to the Commission (Eurostat) on invalid or out of scope resident legal units any time of the EuroGroups Register process. The NSAs transmit the following data sets with identification information on such legal units.

Data set with information on invalid legal units for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on invalid legal units for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on invalid legal units for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on invalid legal units for the EuroGroups Register
IDENTIFICATION	1.1		Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
Data set with information on out of scope legal units for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on out of scope legal units for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on out of scope legal units for the EuroGroups Register	Data set with information on out of scope legal units for the EuroGroups Register
IDENTIFICATION	1.1		Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)

2.8.   Integration of data from different sources and final compilation of multinational enterprise groups

The next step of the data processing is the integration of relationship and enterprise group information coming from different Member States centrally at the Commission (Eurostat). The last stage of the processing is the final compilation of enterprise groups by the Commission (Eurostat).

At the end of the cycle, the Commission (Eurostat) shall transmit the results of the final compilation of enterprise groups to the NSAs. The Commission (Eurostat) shall transmit data to NSAs in the data sets defined in Parts C and D of this Section.

PART B

Data sets of variables enumerated in subparagraph 3.3 of Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the NSAs for the purpose of identification of legal units

On request of the NSAs the Commission (Eurostat) transmits the identification results from the EGR Identification Service to the competent staff contributing to the production of the EGR in the following data set including confidentiality flags.

Data set with information on legal units from the EGR Identification Service to NSAs	Data set with information on legal units from the EGR Identification Service to NSAs	Data set with information on legal units from the EGR Identification Service to NSAs	Data set with information on legal units from the EGR Identification Service to NSAs
IDENTIFICATION	1.1		Identity number(s) (including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
IDENTIFICATION	1.2		Name
IDENTIFICATION	1.3		Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
IDENTIFICATION	1.4	Optional	Telephone number, email address, website and information to permit electronic collection of data
IDENTIFICATION	1.5		Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number or, failing that, other administrative identity number
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.6		Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS	1.7		Date on which the legal unit ceased
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS	1.8		Legal form

PART C

Data sets of variables enumerated in paragraph 2 of Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the NSAs and to central banks for the purposes of the use of the EuroGroups Register as referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

The Commission (Eurostat) shall transmit to the NSAs of Member States, exclusively for statistical purposes, the following variables, including confidentiality flags, concerning multinational enterprise groups and their constituent units when at least one legal unit of the group is located in the territory of that Member State.

The Commission (Eurostat) may transmit to the national central banks and the European Central Bank, exclusively for statistical purposes, the following variables, including confidentiality flags, concerning multinational enterprise groups and their constituent units, provided that the transmission is explicitly authorised by the NSA and that, in the case of data transmitted to a national central bank, at least one legal unit of a multinational enterprise group is located in the territory of the Member State of that national central bank.