SECTION 1
Aim
The aim of this Annex is to establish a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of the distributive trade sector.
SECTION 2
Scope
The statistics to be compiled will relate to the domains referred to in Article 1(a) to (e), in particular to:
— the structure of the distributive trade network and its evolution,
— distributive activity and forms of selling, as well as patterns of supply and sale.,
SECTION 3
Coverage
1. The statistics are to be compiled for all activities within the coverage of Section G of NACE Rev. 2. This sector covers the activities of wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Enterprise statistics refer to the population of all enterprises whose main activity is classified in Section G.
2. If the total amount of the turnover and the number of persons employed in a division of NACE Rev. 2 Section G normally represent, in a Member State, less than 1 % of the Community total, the information laid down in this Annex which is not in Annex I need not be collected for the purposes of this Regulation.
3. If necessary for Community policy requirements, the Commission may, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 12(2), request ad hoc collection of the data referred to in paragraph 2.
SECTION 4
Characteristics
1. The lists of characteristics and statistics set out below indicate, where relevant, the type of statistical unit for which the statistics are to be compiled and whether they are to be compiled with on an annual or multiannual frequency. The statistics and characteristics in italics are also included in the lists in the common module defined in Annex I.
2. Annual demographic statistics:
Code | Title
Structural data
11 11 0 | Number of enterprises
11 21 0 | Number of local units
3. Enterprise characteristics for which annual statistics are to be compiled:
Code | Title
Accounting data
12 11 0 | Turnover
12 12 0 | Production value
12 13 0 | Gross margin on goods for resale
12 15 0 | Value-added at factor costs
12 17 0 | Gross operating surplus
13 11 0 | Total purchases of goods and services
13 12 0 | Purchases of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition as received
13 13 1 | Payments for agency workers
13 21 0 | Change in stocks of goods and services
13 21 1 | Change in stocks of goods and services purchased for resale in the same condition as received
13 31 0 | Personnel costs
13 32 0 | Wages and salaries
13 33 0 | Social security costs
Data relating to the capital account
15 11 0 | Gross investment in tangible goods
15 12 0 | Gross investment in land
15 13 0 | Gross investment in existing buildings and structures
15 14 0 | Gross investment in construction and alteration of buildings
15 15 0 | Gross investment in machinery and equipment
15 21 0 | Sales of tangible investment goods
Data on employment
16 11 0 | Number of persons employed
16 13 0 | Number of employees
16 14 0 | Number of employees in full-time equivalent units
4. Enterprise characteristics for which multiannual statistics are to be compiled:
Code | Title | Comment
| Information on forms of trading by enterprises | Division 47 only
17 32 0 | Number of retail stores |
Breakdown of turnover by type of activity
18 10 0 | Turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities |
18 15 0 | Turnover from service activities |
18 16 0 | Turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and intermediary activities |
Breakdown of turnover by product type
18 21 0 | Breakdown of turnover by product (according to Section G of CPA (1)) |
(^{1})(^{*}) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 of 29 October 1993 on the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in the European Economic Community (OJ L 342, 31.12.1993, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.
5. Characteristics for which annual regional statistics are to be compiled:
Code | Title
Accounting data
13 32 0 | Wages and salaries
Data on employment
16 11 0 | Number of persons employed
6. Characteristics for which multiannual regional statistics are to be compiled:
Code | Title | Comment
Accounting data
12 11 0 | Turnover | Divisions 45 and 47 only
Information on forms of trading by enterprises
17 33 1 | Sales space | Division 47 only
SECTION 5
First reference year
1. The first reference year for which statistics are compiled is the calendar year 2008. The first reference years for the statistics to be compiled with a multiannual frequency are specified below for each of the divisions of NACE Rev. 2 for which the data are collected and for the multiannual regional statistics:
Calendar year | Breakdown
2012 | Division 47
2008 | Division 46
2009 | Regional statistics
2010 | Division 45
2. The multiannual frequency is five years.
SECTION 6
Report on the quality of statistics
For each key characteristic Member States will indicate the degree of precision by reference to a confidence level of 95 % which the Commission will include in the report provided for in Article 13, taking account of the application in each Member State of that Article. The key characteristics are to be determined in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3).
SECTION 7
Production of results
1. In order that Community aggregates may be compiled, Member States are to produce component national results broken down to the classes of NACE Rev. 2.
2. Some results are also to be broken down into size classes for each NACE Rev. 2 group.
3. The regional statistics are to be broken down to NACE Rev. 2 3-digit level (group) and level 2 of NUTS.
4. The coverage of regional statistics to be compiled on a multiannual basis corresponds to the population of all local units whose main activity is classified in Section G. However, it may be limited to the local units dependent on enterprises classified in Section G of NACE Rev. 2. if such a population covers more than 95 % of the total coverage. This ratio is to be calculated using the employment characteristic available in the business register.
SECTION 8
Transmission of results
1. The results are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the reference period.
2. Preliminary national results or estimates are to be transmitted within 10 months of the end of the calendar year of the reference period for the enterprise statistics compiled for the characteristics listed below:
Code | Title
Accounting data
12 11 0 | Turnover
Data on employment
16 11 0 | Number of persons employed
These preliminary results are to be broken down to NACE Rev. 2 3-digit level (group).
SECTION 9
Transitional period
For the compilation of statistics on characteristics 13 13 1 and 16 14 0, the transitional period will not extend for more than two years beyond the first reference year (2008) indicated in Section 5.