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Annex IV - DETAILED TOPICS AND VARIABLES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS

Annex IV
DETAILED TOPICS AND VARIABLES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS

Items marked 'conditional' are mandatory if available in the Member States and items marked 'optional' are recommended.

1. Data to be transmitted by the competent NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) and allowed to be exchanged between the competent NSAs (Article 10(1) and (2))

Units

Detailed topics

Variables

Legal unit

Identification

Identification variables

Demographic events

Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased

Stratification parameters

Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional) 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 (optional)

Control of units

Identification variables of the legal unit which is either controlled or controls

Ownership of units

Identification variables of unit which is either owned or owns Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Date of start-end of shares (conditional)

Enterprise group

Identification

Identification variables

Stratification parameters and economic variables

Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2‐digit level Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2‐digit level (optional) Number of employees and self-employed persons (conditional) Net turnover (conditional) Total assets of the enterprise group (conditional) Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located (optional)

Enterprise

Identification

Identification variables

Link to other units

Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists Identity number of the enterprise group to which the enterprise belongs

Demographic events

Date of commencement of activities Date of final cessation of activities

Stratification parameters and economic variables

Principal activity code of the enterprise at NACE 4-digit level Number of employees and self-employed persons Number of employees Net turnover Institutional sector and subsector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013

2. Data to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the competent NSAs and allowed to be exchanged between the Commission (Eurostat) and the competent central banks in the case of authorisation (Article 10(2) and (4))

Units

Detailed topics

Variables

Legal unit

Identification

Identification variables

Demographic events

Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased

Stratification parameters

Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional) 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 (optional)

Links with enterprise

Identification variables of the enterprise(s) to which the unit belongs Date of association to the enterprise(s) (conditional) Date of separation from the enterprise(s) (conditional)

Links with other registers

Links with other registers

Link with enterprise group

Identification variables of the enterprise group to which the unit belongs Date of association to the enterprise group Date of separation from the enterprise group

Control of units

Identification variables of the legal unit which is either controlled or controls

Ownership of units

Identification variables of unit which is either owned or owns Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Date of start-end of shares (conditional)

Enterprise group

Identification

Identification variables

Demographic events

Date of commencement of the enterprise group Date of cessation of the enterprise group

Stratification parameters and economic variables

Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level (optional) Number of employees and self-employed persons (conditional) Net turnover (conditional) Total assets of the enterprise group (conditional) Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located (optional)

Enterprise

Identification

Identification variables

Link to other units

Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists Identity number of the multinational or national enterprise group, to which the enterprise belongs

Demographic events

Date of commencement of activities Date of final cessation of activities

Stratification parameters and economic variables

Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 4-digit level Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 4-digit level (conditional) Number of employees and self -employed persons Number of employees Number of employees in full-time equivalents (optional) Net turnover Institutional sector and subsector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013

3. Data exchanges on incorporated legal units for identification purposes (Article 10(3))

3.1. Data to be transmitted by the competent NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) on resident incorporated legal units

Units

Detailed topics

Variables

Legal unit

Identification

Identification variables

Demographic events

Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased

Stratification parameters

Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional)

3.2. Data to be transmitted by the competent NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) on foreign incorporated legal units

Units

Detailed topics

Variables

Legal unit

Identification

Identification variables

Demographic events

Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased

Stratification parameters

Legal form (optional) Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional)

3.3. Data to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the competent NSAs on incorporated legal units

Units

Detailed topics

Variables

Legal unit

Identification

Identification variables

Demographic events

Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased

Stratification parameters

Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional)

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