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PURPOSE : to revise the\n Regulation on structural business statistics with a view to extending the framework\n for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of Community\n statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of\n businesses in the Community.
PROPOSED ACT : Regulation of\n the European Parliament and of the Council.
CONTENT : Council Regulation\n 58/97/EC, Euratom of 20 December 1996 concerning structural business\n statistics, which is the common framework for the collection, compilation,\n transmission and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure,\n activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community, has\n been amended four times.
Since further amendments are to\n be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity. The recast\n regulation aims to continue with the existing statistical support for\n decisions in current policy areas and to satisfy the additional requirements\n arising from new Community policy initiatives, and from the ongoing review of\n statistical priorities and the necessity of the statistics produced – all\n this with a view to making best use of available resources and minimising\n response burden.
In order to be able to give\n substantial policy recommendations for the support of entrepreneurship,\n harmonised data on business demography, i.e. data on enterprise births,\n survivals and deaths and their respective impact on employment are required.\n A flexible tool is needed enabling timely response to newly emerging\n statistical needs due to changing economic or technical conditions. Currently\n there is no legal text setting up a common framework for the systematic\n production of statistics on business services, business demography and ad hoc\n data collection.
Wherever possible, the recast\n regulation proposes simplifications and alleviation of burden to balance the\n new requirements.
For further information\n concerning the financial implications of this measure, please refer to the\n financial statement.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Elisa Ferreira\n (PES, Portugal) and made several amendments to the proposal\n concerning structural business statistics. The key amendments are as follows:\n
- a new part\n recital states that special attention should be paid to the impact on\n business caused by Community energy and environmental policies, such as\n Regulation 1907/200/EC . Cooperation and the exchange of best practices\n between national statistical institutes should be encouraged in order to\n ensure a more efficient use of administrative data sources;
- on\n comitology, Parliament felt that certain aspects of the legislation should be\n updated and amended in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny\n laid down in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. These include updating the\n list of characteristics in the Annexes; establishing the frequency of the\n compilation of the statistics, rules for submitting data as\n \"contributions to European totals only\" (CETO), the first reference\n year for the compilation of statistics and the breakdown of results and the\n classifications to be used and the combination of the size classes; updating \n the periods of time for the transmission of data; adapting the breakdown of\n activities and of products to amendments or revisions of the statistical\n classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE) and\n classification of products by activity (CPA); adopting measures on the basis\n of the evaluation of pilot studies, and changing the lower limit of the\n reference population in Annex VIII;
- the scope of\n the Regulation must cover all market activities in Sections B to N and P to S\n of the statistical classification NACE Rev. 2;
- in order to\n limit the burden on businesses and the costs to the Member States, the size\n of the data collection will be restricted to a maximum of 20 enterprise\n characteristics or questions, to a maximum of 25 000 respondent\n enterprises across the Eu, and to a maximum average individual respondent\n input of 1.5 hours. Ad hoc data collection shall include a representative\n number of Member States. When only results at European level are needed, the\n Commission may set up a European sampling approach to ensure a minimum burden\n and costs. The Commission shall also specify the need for the information and\n the impact of the data collection on the burden on businesses and the costs\n to the Member States.
- a series of\n pilot studies shall be instituted by the Commission and carried out by Member\n States on a voluntary basis as specified in the Annexes;
- wherever\n feasible, appropriate administrative data shall be used to meet the reporting\n requirements of this Regulation.
- Parliament\n made some amendments to the time limits of the transmission of results as\n well as adding measures to minimise the burden on businesses and the costs to\n the national statistical authorities. It felt that this regulation must be fully compatible, in practical terms, with the\n ongoing revision of NACE, since it will come into force before NACE rev. 2.\n Compatibility between the two proposals (the present one and NACE Rev.2)\n entails the need to clarify the timeframe for implementation. The Commission\n proposal, which states 2006 as the initial implementation year was seen as\n outdated, and was replaced with the year following adoption of this\n legislation. Regulation 58/1997/EC would then continue to apply until that\n date.
- the first reference year for new variables is moved 2 years\n forward to 2008;
- amendments were made to the various Annexes, with particular\n emphasis on revising activity breakdowns for manufacturing, and information\n on sectoral requirements. Environmental data requires specific breakdown on compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.
Lastly, pilot studies should be carried out for clarification of\n concepts and comparability of labour market and productivity statistics.
\nPURPOSE: to\n establish a common framework on structural business statistics.
LEGISLATIVE\n ACT: Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the\n Council concerning structural business statistics.
CONTENT: this revised Regulation on structural business statistics is adopted\n with a view to extending the framework for the collection, compilation,\n transmission and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure,\n activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community.
The Regulation\n responds to the increased need for statistical data to underpin policy making\n and monitoring, and will improve the current regulation by increasing\n coverage of service activities, by adding annexes on business demography and\n business services and by introducing a new tool to respond to emerging user\n needs.
The regulation\n repeals Regulation No 58/97 and Article 20 of Regulation No 1893/2006.
The Regulation\n establishes a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission\n and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure, activity,\n competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community.
The purpose of\n the compilation of statistics will be, in particular, to analyse:
a) \n the structure and evolution of the activities\n of businesses;
b) \n the factors of production used and other\n elements allowing business activity, competitiveness and performance to be\n measured;
c) \n the regional, national, Community and\n international development of businesses and markets;
d) \n business conduct;
e) \n small and medium-sized enterprises; and
f) \n specific characteristics of enterprises\n related to particular breakdown of activities.
Report: the Commission will, by 29 April 2011 and every three years thereafter, submit a report on the statistics compiled and in particular on their\n quality and the burden on business.
ENTRY INTO\n FORCE: 29/04/2008
\nPURPOSE : to revise the\n Regulation on structural business statistics with a view to extending the framework\n for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of Community\n statistics on the structure, activity, competitiveness and performance of\n businesses in the Community.
PROPOSED ACT : Regulation of\n the European Parliament and of the Council.
CONTENT : Council Regulation\n 58/97/EC, Euratom of 20 December 1996 concerning structural business\n statistics, which is the common framework for the collection, compilation,\n transmission and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure,\n activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community, has\n been amended four times.
Since further amendments are to\n be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity. The recast\n regulation aims to continue with the existing statistical support for\n decisions in current policy areas and to satisfy the additional requirements\n arising from new Community policy initiatives, and from the ongoing review of\n statistical priorities and the necessity of the statistics produced – all\n this with a view to making best use of available resources and minimising\n response burden.
In order to be able to give\n substantial policy recommendations for the support of entrepreneurship,\n harmonised data on business demography, i.e. data on enterprise births,\n survivals and deaths and their respective impact on employment are required.\n A flexible tool is needed enabling timely response to newly emerging\n statistical needs due to changing economic or technical conditions. Currently\n there is no legal text setting up a common framework for the systematic\n production of statistics on business services, business demography and ad hoc\n data collection.
Wherever possible, the recast\n regulation proposes simplifications and alleviation of burden to balance the\n new requirements.
For further information\n concerning the financial implications of this measure, please refer to the\n financial statement.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Elisa Ferreira\n (PES, Portugal) and made several amendments to the proposal\n concerning structural business statistics. The key amendments are as follows:\n
- a new part\n recital states that special attention should be paid to the impact on\n business caused by Community energy and environmental policies, such as\n Regulation 1907/200/EC . Cooperation and the exchange of best practices\n between national statistical institutes should be encouraged in order to\n ensure a more efficient use of administrative data sources;
- on\n comitology, Parliament felt that certain aspects of the legislation should be\n updated and amended in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny\n laid down in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. These include updating the\n list of characteristics in the Annexes; establishing the frequency of the\n compilation of the statistics, rules for submitting data as\n \"contributions to European totals only\" (CETO), the first reference\n year for the compilation of statistics and the breakdown of results and the\n classifications to be used and the combination of the size classes; updating \n the periods of time for the transmission of data; adapting the breakdown of\n activities and of products to amendments or revisions of the statistical\n classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE) and\n classification of products by activity (CPA); adopting measures on the basis\n of the evaluation of pilot studies, and changing the lower limit of the\n reference population in Annex VIII;
- the scope of\n the Regulation must cover all market activities in Sections B to N and P to S\n of the statistical classification NACE Rev. 2;
- in order to\n limit the burden on businesses and the costs to the Member States, the size\n of the data collection will be restricted to a maximum of 20 enterprise\n characteristics or questions, to a maximum of 25 000 respondent\n enterprises across the Eu, and to a maximum average individual respondent\n input of 1.5 hours. Ad hoc data collection shall include a representative\n number of Member States. When only results at European level are needed, the\n Commission may set up a European sampling approach to ensure a minimum burden\n and costs. The Commission shall also specify the need for the information and\n the impact of the data collection on the burden on businesses and the costs\n to the Member States.
- a series of\n pilot studies shall be instituted by the Commission and carried out by Member\n States on a voluntary basis as specified in the Annexes;
- wherever\n feasible, appropriate administrative data shall be used to meet the reporting\n requirements of this Regulation.
- Parliament\n made some amendments to the time limits of the transmission of results as\n well as adding measures to minimise the burden on businesses and the costs to\n the national statistical authorities. It felt that this regulation must be fully compatible, in practical terms, with the\n ongoing revision of NACE, since it will come into force before NACE rev. 2.\n Compatibility between the two proposals (the present one and NACE Rev.2)\n entails the need to clarify the timeframe for implementation. The Commission\n proposal, which states 2006 as the initial implementation year was seen as\n outdated, and was replaced with the year following adoption of this\n legislation. Regulation 58/1997/EC would then continue to apply until that\n date.
- the first reference year for new variables is moved 2 years\n forward to 2008;
- amendments were made to the various Annexes, with particular\n emphasis on revising activity breakdowns for manufacturing, and information\n on sectoral requirements. Environmental data requires specific breakdown on compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.
Lastly, pilot studies should be carried out for clarification of\n concepts and comparability of labour market and productivity statistics.
\nPURPOSE: to\n establish a common framework on structural business statistics.
LEGISLATIVE\n ACT: Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the\n Council concerning structural business statistics.
CONTENT: this revised Regulation on structural business statistics is adopted\n with a view to extending the framework for the collection, compilation,\n transmission and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure,\n activity, competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community.
The Regulation\n responds to the increased need for statistical data to underpin policy making\n and monitoring, and will improve the current regulation by increasing\n coverage of service activities, by adding annexes on business demography and\n business services and by introducing a new tool to respond to emerging user\n needs.
The regulation\n repeals Regulation No 58/97 and Article 20 of Regulation No 1893/2006.
The Regulation\n establishes a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission\n and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure, activity,\n competitiveness and performance of businesses in the Community.
The purpose of\n the compilation of statistics will be, in particular, to analyse:
a) \n the structure and evolution of the activities\n of businesses;
b) \n the factors of production used and other\n elements allowing business activity, competitiveness and performance to be\n measured;
c) \n the regional, national, Community and\n international development of businesses and markets;
d) \n business conduct;
e) \n small and medium-sized enterprises; and
f) \n specific characteristics of enterprises\n related to particular breakdown of activities.
Report: the Commission will, by 29 April 2011 and every three years thereafter, submit a report on the statistics compiled and in particular on their\n quality and the burden on business.
ENTRY INTO\n FORCE: 29/04/2008
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