Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

ANNEX I U.K. TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Domain 1. Short-term business statistics U.K.

Topics	Detailed topics
Business population	Business demographic events
Labour inputs	Employment
	Hours worked
	Labour costs
Prices	Import prices
	Producer prices
Outputs and performance	Production
	Volume of sales
	Net turnover
Real estate	Real estate

Domain 2. Country-level business statistics U.K.

Topics	Detailed topics
Business population	Population of active enterprises
	Business demographic events (births, deaths, survivals)
	Foreign-controlled enterprises
	Foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates
	Population of enterprises engaged in international trade
Labour inputs	Employment
	Employment linked to business demographic events (births, deaths, survivals)
	Employment in foreign-controlled enterprises
	Employment in foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates
	Hours worked
	Labour costs
	Labour costs in foreign-controlled enterprises
R&D inputs	R&D expenditure
	R&D employment
	R&D expenditure in foreign-controlled enterprises
	R&D employment in foreign-controlled enterprises
	Publicly funded R&D
Purchases	Purchases of goods and services
	Change in stock of goods
	Purchases of goods and services of foreign- controlled enterprises
	Imports by enterprises
Outputs and performance	Net turnover
	Gross margin on goods for resale
	Value of output
	Value added
	Gross operating surplus
	Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises
	Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises
	Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises
	Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises and domestic affiliates
	Industrial production
	Exports by enterprises
Investments	Gross investment
	Gross investment by foreign-controlled enterprises
Innovation	Innovation
ICT usage and e-commerce	ICT usage and e-commerce

Domain 3. Regional business statistics U.K.

Topics	Detailed topics
Business population	Population by region
	Business demographic events by region (births, deaths, survivals)
Labour inputs	Employment by region
	Employment linked to business demographic events by region (births, deaths, survivals)
	Labour costs by region
R&D inputs	R&D expenditure by region
	R&D employment by region

Domain 4. Statistics on international activities U.K.

Topics	Detailed topics
Business population	Population of enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country
Labour input	Employment in enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country
	Labour costs in enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country
Investments	Gross investment by enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country
Outputs and performance	Net turnover of enterprises abroad controlled by resident institutional units of the reporting country
International trade in goods	Intra-Union trade in goods
	Extra-Union trade in goods
International trade in services	Imports of services
	Exports of services
	Net services
Global value chains	Global value chains

ANNEX II U.K. PERIODICITY, REFERENCE PERIOD AND STATISTICAL UNIT OF TOPICS

Domain 1. Short-term business statistics U.K.

Topics	Periodicity	Reference period	Statistical unit
Business population	quarterly	quarter	legal unit
Labour inputs	quarterly (monthly optional)	quarter (month optional)	KAU
Prices	monthly with the following exceptions – services producer prices and producer prices for new residential buildings: quarterly	month with the following exceptions – services producer prices and producer prices for new residential buildings: quarter (month optional)	KAU with the following exception – import prices: not applicable
Outputs and performance	monthly with the following exception – small countries for NACE Section F: quarterly (monthly optional)	month with the following exception – small countries for NACE Section F: quarter (month optional)	KAU
	monthly; quarterly for small* countries for NACE Section F * As specified in implementing acts referred to in Article 7(1).
Real estate	quarterly (monthly optional)	quarter (monthly optional)	not applicable

Domain 2. Country-level business statistics U.K.

Topics	Periodicity	Reference period	Statistical unit
Business population	annually	calendar year	enterprise
Labour inputs	annually	calendar year	enterprise
R&D inputs	biennially with the following exceptions – sector of performance breakdown of intramural R&D expenditure, R&D personnel and number of researchers as well as for Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) and national public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D: annually	calendar year	enterprise for the business enterprise sector institutional unit for the other sectors
Purchases	annually with the following exception – payments to subcontractors: every three years	calendar year	enterprise
Outputs and performance	annually with the following exceptions – product and residence of client breakdown of net turnover for NACE 69.1, 69.2, 70.2, 71.1, 71.2 and 73.2: biennially – Net turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities, Net turnover from industrial activities, Net turnover from industrial activities excluding construction, Net turnover from construction, Net turnover from service activities, Net turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and from intermediary activities, Net turnover from building and Net turnover from civil engineering: every five years – income from subcontracting: every three years	calendar year	enterprise with the following exceptions – sold production, production under sub-contracted operations and actual production: KAU
Investments	annually with the following exception – investment in intangible assets: every three years	calendar year	enterprise
Innovation	biennially	reference period is three-year period before the end of every even calendar year	enterprise
ICT usage and e- commerce	annually	calendar year of the adoption of the implementing act laying down the variables; calendar year following the year of adoption of the implementing act laying down the variables for the other variables	enterprise

Domain 3. Regional business statistics U.K.

Topics	Periodicity	Reference period	Statistical unit
Business population	annually	calendar year	enterprise with the following exception – number of local units (optional for NACE Section K): local unit
Labour inputs	annually	calendar year	enterprise with the following exceptions – number of employees and self‐employed persons in local units, wages and salaries in local units: local unit
R&D inputs	biennially	calendar year	enterprise for business enterprise sector; institutional unit for the other sectors

Domain 4. Statistics on international activities U.K.

Topics	Periodicity	Reference period	Statistical unit
Business population	annually	calendar year	enterprise
Labour inputs	annually	calendar year	enterprise
Investments	annually	calendar year	enterprise
Outputs and performance	annually	calendar year	enterprise
International trade in goods	monthly with the following exception – biennially for combined product and invoicing currency breakdown for extra-Union imports and exports of goods	to be specified in implementing acts pursuant to point (j) of Article 7(1)	not applicable
International trade in services	annually with the following exception – first level service breakdowns: quarterly	calendar year with the following exception – first level service breakdowns: quarter	not applicable
Global value chains	every three years	three calendar years; reference year t and the reference period t‐2 to t	enterprise

ANNEX III U.K. ELEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS

Part A: Register detailed topics and unique identifier U.K.

1. The units listed in the national statistical business registers and in the EuroGroups Register as referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation shall be characterised by an identity number and by register detailed topics specified in Part C. U.K.

2. The units listed in the national statistical business registers and in the EuroGroups Register shall be uniquely identified by an identity number to facilitate the infrastructure role of the European framework for statistical business registers. Those identity numbers will be provided by the NSAs. The identity numbers for legal units and multinational enterprise groups relevant for the EuroGroups Register will be provided by the Commission (Eurostat). For national purposes NSAs can maintain additional identity number in the national statistical business registers. U.K.

Part B: Time reference and periodicity U.K.

3. The national statistical business registers and the EuroGroups Register shall be updated by means of entries and removals at least annually. U.K.

4. The frequency of updating shall depend on the kind of unit, the variable considered, the size of the unit and the source generally used for the update. U.K.

5. Member States shall make annually a copy that reflects the state of the national statistical business registers at the end of the year and keep that copy for at least 30 years for the purpose of analysis. The Commission (Eurostat) shall make annually a copy that reflects the state of the EuroGroups Register at the end of the year and keep that copy for at least 30 years for the purpose of analysis. U.K.

Part C: Detailed topics for business registers U.K.

The national statistical business registers and the EuroGroups Register shall, for the respective units defined in Article 2 of this Regulation, contain the following detailed topics by unit.

UNITS	DETAILED TOPICS
1. LEGAL UNITS	Identification
	Demographic events
	Stratification parameters
	Links with enterprise
	Links with other registers
	Link with enterprise group
	Control of units
	Ownership of units
2. ENTERPRISE GROUP	Identification
	Demographic events
	Stratification parameters and economic variables
3. ENTERPRISE	Identification
	Link to other units
	Demographic events
	Stratification parameters and economic variables
4. LOCAL UNIT	Identification
	Demographic events
	Stratification parameters and economic variables
	Links to other units and registers
5. KIND OF ACTIVITY UNIT if covered as statistical unit in accordance with point (c) of Article 2(3)	Identification
	Demographic events
	Stratification parameters and economic variables
	Links to other units and registers

ANNEX IV U.K. 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)) U.K.

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)) U.K.

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)) U.K.

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

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 U.K.

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 U.K.

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)

ANNEX V U.K.

Information to be provided by the tax authorities responsible in each Member State to the NSA referred to in Article 5(2):

(a)

information from VAT returns on taxable persons or non-taxable legal persons who have declared, for the period in question, intra-Union supplies of goods in accordance with point (a) of Article 251 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC or intra-Union acquisition of goods in accordance with point (c) of Article 251 of that Directive;

(b)

information from recapitulative statements on intra-Union supplies collected from the recapitulative VAT statements in accordance with Articles 264 and 265 of Directive 2006/112/EC;

(c)

information on intra-Union acquisitions communicated by all other Member States in accordance with Article 21(2) of Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010(1).

ANNEX VI U.K.

Information to be provided by the customs authorities responsible in each Member State to the NSA referred to in Article 5(3):

(a)

information identifying the person who carries out intra-Union exports and intra-Union imports of goods covered by the customs procedures of inward processing;

(b)

the registration and identification data of economic operators provided for under Union customs provisions available in the electronic system relating to EORI number as referred to in Article 7 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447(2);

(c)

the records on imports and exports from customs declarations which were accepted or were subject to decisions by the national customs authorities and:

(i)

which were lodged with them; or

(ii)

for which the supplementary declaration is, in accordance with Article 225 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, available to them through direct electronic access in the authorisation holder's system.

(1)

Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 of 7 October 2010 on administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax (OJ L 268, 12.10.2010, p. 1).

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).