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Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EC) No 716/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 June 2007on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates(Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Central BankOJ C 144, 14.6.2005, p. 14.,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the TreatyOpinion of the European Parliament delivered on 12 December 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 25 May 2007.,Whereas:(1)Regular and good quality Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates in the whole economy are essential for an adequate assessment of the impact of foreign-controlled enterprises on the European Union economy. This would also facilitate the monitoring of the effectiveness of the internal market and the gradual integration of the economies in the context of globalisation. In this context, multinational enterprises are playing a leading role, but small and medium-sized enterprises can also be concerned by foreign control.(2)The implementation and review of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPs) as well as the current and future negotiations on further agreements call for the relevant statistical information to be made available in order to assist the negotiations.(3)For the preparation of economic, competition, enterprise, research, technical development and employment policies in the context of the liberalisation process, statistics on foreign affiliates to measure direct and indirect effects of foreign control on employment, wages and productivity in particular countries and sectors are necessary.(4)The information provided under existing Community legislation or available in Member States is insufficient, inadequate or insufficiently comparable to serve as a reliable basis for the work of the Commission.(5)Regulation (EC) No 184/2005OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 23. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 602/2006 (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 10). establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment. As balance of payments statistics cover only partially the data included in the GATS, it is essential that detailed statistics on foreign affiliates be produced regularly.(6)Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning structural business statisticsOJ L 14, 17.1.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1). and Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 of 15 March 1993 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the CommunityOJ L 76, 30.3.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). established a common framework for the collection, compilation, transmission and evaluation of Community statistics on the structure and activity of businesses in the Community.(7)The compilation of national accounts according to the Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the CommunityOJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1267/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003, p. 1). requires comparable, complete and reliable business statistics on foreign affiliates.(8)Collectively, the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services of the United Nations, the Balance of Payments Manual (fifth edition) of the International Monetary Fund, the Benchmark Definition on foreign direct investment and the Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators of the Organisation for the Economic Cooperation and Development establish the general rules for compiling international comparable statistics on foreign affiliates.(9)The production of specific Community statistics is governed by the rules set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community StatisticsOJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003..(10)Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the creation of common statistical standards for the production of comparable statistics on foreign affiliates, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale or effects of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective.(11)The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the CommissionOJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11)..(12)In particular, power should be conferred on the Commission to adapt the definitions in Annexes I and II and the level of detail in Annex III as well as to make any consequential changes to Annexes I and II, to implement the results of the pilot studies and to define the proper common quality standards and the contents and periodicity of the quality reports. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of, or to supplement, this Regulation by the addition of new non-essential elements, they should be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny laid down in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.(13)The Statistical Programme Committee, established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, EuratomOJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47., and the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics, established by Council Decision 2006/856/ECOJ L 332, 30.11.2006, p. 21., have been consulted,HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation establishes a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates.

Article 2DefinitionsFor the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:(a)"foreign affiliate" shall mean an enterprise resident in the compiling country over which an institutional unit not resident in the compiling country has control, or an enterprise not resident in the compiling country over which an institutional unit resident in the compiling country has control;(b)"control" shall mean the ability to determine the general policy of an enterprise by choosing appropriate directors, if necessary. In this context, enterprise A is deemed to be controlled by an institutional unit B when B controls, whether directly or indirectly, more than half of the shareholders’ voting power or more than half of the shares;(c)"foreign control" shall mean that the controlling institutional unit is resident in a different country from the one where the institutional unit over which it has control is resident;(d)"branches" shall mean local units not constituting separate legal entities, which are dependent on foreign-controlled enterprises. They are treated as quasi-corporate enterprises within the meaning of point 3(f) of the Explanatory notes to Section III (B) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 696/93;(e)"statistics on foreign affiliates" shall mean statistics describing the overall activity of foreign affiliates;(f)"inward statistics on foreign affiliates" shall mean statistics describing the activity of foreign affiliates resident in the compiling country;(g)"outward statistics on foreign affiliates" shall mean statistics describing the activity of foreign affiliates abroad controlled by an institutional unit resident in the compiling country;(h)"ultimate controlling institutional unit of a foreign affiliate" shall mean the institutional unit, proceeding up a foreign affiliate's chain of control, which is not controlled by another institutional unit;(i)"enterprise", "local unit" and "institutional unit" shall each have the same meaning as in Regulation (EEC) No 696/93.

Article 3Submission of dataMember States shall submit to the Commission (Eurostat) data on foreign affiliates in respect of the characteristics, the economic activities and the geographical breakdown as referred to in Annexes I, II and III.

Article 4Data sources1.Member States shall, while complying with conditions as to quality referred to in Article 6, collect the information required under this Regulation using all the sources they consider relevant and appropriate.2.Natural and legal persons required to supply information shall, when responding, comply with the time limits and definitions set by the national institutions responsible for the collection of data within the Member States in accordance with this Regulation.3.Where the required data cannot be collected at a reasonable cost, best estimates, including zero values, may be transmitted.

Article 5Pilot studies1.The Commission shall draw up a programme for pilot studies to be carried out by national authorities within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on a voluntary basis on additional variables and breakdowns for inward and outward statistics on foreign affiliates.2.The pilot studies shall be carried out in order to assess the relevance and feasibility of collecting data, taking into account the benefits of the availability of the data in relation to the cost of the statistical system and the burden on enterprises.3.The Commission programme for pilot studies shall be consistent with Annexes I and II.4.On the basis of the conclusions of the pilot studies, the Commission shall adopt the necessary implementation measures for inward and outward statistics on foreign affiliates in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).5.The pilot studies shall be completed by 19 July 2010.

Article 6Quality standards and reports1.Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure the quality of the data transmitted according to common quality standards.2.Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) with a report on the quality of the data transmitted (quality reports).3.The common quality standards as well as the content and periodicity of the quality reports shall be specified by the Commission in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3).4.The Commission shall assess the quality of the data transmitted.

Article 7Recommendations manualThe Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States, publish a recommendations manual which contains the relevant definitions and supplementary guidance concerning the Community statistics produced pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 8Timetable and derogations1.Member States shall compile the data according to the implementation timetable as specified in Annexes I and II.2.During a transitional period that shall not exceed four years from the first reference year as referred to in Annexes I and II, derogations from the provisions of this Regulation may be granted for a limited period by the Commission to Member States, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 10(2), when their national systems require major adaptations.

Article 9Implementing measures1.The following measures for implementing this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 10(2):(a)setting out the appropriate format and procedure for the transmission of results by Member States;and(b)granting derogations to Member States when their national systems require major adaptations, including granting derogations from any new requirements following pilot studies, pursuant to Article 8(2).2.The following measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, including by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(3):(a)adapting definitions in Annexes I and II, adapting the level of detail in Annex III, and making any consequential changes in Annexes I and II;(b)implementing the results of the pilot studies, pursuant to Article 5(4);and(c)defining proper common quality standards and the contents and periodicity of the quality reports, pursuant to Article 6(3).3.Particular consideration shall be given to the principle that the benefits of such measures must outweigh their costs, and to the principle that any additional financial burden on MemberStates or enterprises should remain within a reasonable limit.

Article 10Committee1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee (the Committee).2.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.The period referred to in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three months.3.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.4.The European Central Bank and the national central banks may attend the meetings of the Committee as observers.

Article 11Cooperation with the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments StatisticsIn implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall request the opinion of the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics on all matters falling within that committee's competence, notably about all measures for adjustment to economic and technical developments concerning the collection and statistical processing of data, the processing and transmission of results.

Article 12Report on implementationThe Commission shall, by 19 July 2012, submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation. In particular, that report shall:(a)assess the quality of the statistics produced;(b)assess the benefits accruing to the Community, the Member States, the providers and users of statistical information of the statistics produced in relation to the costs;(c)assess the progress of the pilot studies and their implementation;and(d)identify areas for potential improvement and amendments considered necessary in light of the results obtained and the costs involved.

Article 13Entry into forceThis Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Strasbourg, 20 June 2007.For the European ParliamentThe PresidentH.-G. PötteringFor the CouncilThe PresidentG. GloserANNEX ICOMMON MODULE FOR INWARD STATISTICS ON FOREIGN AFFILIATESSECTION 1Statistical unitThe statistical units are the enterprises and all branches, which are under foreign control according to the definitions contained in Article 2.SECTION 2CharacteristicsThe following characteristics as defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the definitions of characteristics for structural business statisticsOJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2003 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2003, p. 74). will be compiled:

Variables 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 shall be reported every second year. If the total amount of turnover or the number of persons employed in a division of NACE Rev. 1.1 Sections C to F represent, in a Member State, less than 1 % of the Community total, the information necessary for the compilation of statistics relating to characteristics 22 11 0 and 22 12 0 need not be collated for the purposes of this Regulation.

Code	Title
11 11 0	Number of enterprises
12 11 0	Turnover
12 12 0	Production value
12 15 0	Value added at factor cost
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 31 0	Personnel costs
15 11 0	Gross investment in tangible goods
16 11 0	Number of persons employed
22 11 0	Total intra-mural R & D expenditure
22 12 0	Total number of R & D personnel

If the number of persons employed is not available, the number of employees (code 16 13 0) will be compiled instead.Variables total intra-mural R & D expenditure (code 22 11 0) and total number of R & D personnel (code 22 12 0) are only required to be compiled for activities in NACE sections C, D, E and F.For NACE section J only the number of enterprises, turnoverFor NACE Rev. 1.1 division 65 turnover will be replaced by production value. and the number of persons employed (or the number of employees instead) will be compiled.SECTION 3Level of detailData will be provided according to the concept of "ultimate controlling institutional unit" with the geographical breakdown level 2-IN combined with the activity breakdown level 3 as specified in Annex III and the geographical breakdown level 3 combined with Business Economy.SECTION 4First reference year and periodicity1.The first reference year for which annual statistics will be compiled is the calendar year of the entry into force of this Regulation.2.Member States will provide data for every calendar year thereafter.3.The first reference year for which variables total intra-mural R & D expenditure (code 22 11 0) and total number of R & D personnel (code 22 12 0) will be compiled is 2007.SECTION 5Transmission of resultsThe results will be transmitted within 20 months after the end of the reference year.SECTION 6Reports and pilot studies1.Member States will provide the Commission with a report relating to the definition, structure and availability of the statistical data to be compiled for the purposes of this common module.2.For the level of detail covered by this Annex, the Commission will institute pilot studies to be carried out by national authorities within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 322/97 pursuant to Article 5 of this Regulation.3.The pilot studies will be carried out in order to assess the feasibility of obtaining data, taking into account the benefits of the availability of such data in relation to the cost of collection and the burden on business.4.Pilot studies will be conducted for the following characteristics:

Code	Title
	Exports of goods and services
	Imports of goods and services
	Intra-group exports of goods and services
	Intra-group imports of goods and services

Exports, imports, intra-group exports and intra-group imports will be broken down into goods and services.5.Pilot studies will also be conducted to study the feasibility of compiling data for activities in NACE sections M, N and O and of compiling the variables total intra-mural R & D expenditure (code 22 11 0) and total number of R & D personnel (code 22 12 0) for activities in NACE sections G, H, I, K, M, N and O. Pilot studies will also be conducted to assess the relevance, feasibility and costs of breaking down the data as specified in section 2 into size classes measured in terms of number of persons employed.ANNEX IICOMMON MODULE FOR OUTWARD STATISTICS ON FOREIGN AFFILIATESSECTION 1Statistical unitThe statistical units are the enterprises and all branches abroad that are controlled by an institutional unit resident in the compiling country, according to the definitions contained in Article 2.SECTION 2CharacteristicsThe following characteristics, as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2700/98, will be compiled:

Code	Title
12 11 0	Turnover
16 11 0	Number of persons employed
11 11 0	Number of enterprises

If the number of persons employed is not available, the number of employees (code 16 13 0) will be compiled instead.SECTION 3Level of detailData will be provided with the detail by country of location and by activity of the foreign affiliate specified in Annex III. The detail by country of location and activity will be combined as follows:Level 1 of the geographical breakdown combined with Level 2 of the activity breakdown.Level 2-OUT of the geographical breakdown combined with level 1 of the activity breakdown.Level 3 of the geographical breakdown combined with data on total activity only.SECTION 4First reference year and periodicity1.The first reference year for which annual statistics will be compiled is the calendar year of the entry in force of this Regulation.2.Member States will provide data for every calendar year thereafter.SECTION 5Transmission of resultsThe results will be transmitted within 20 months from the end of the reference year.SECTION 6Reports and pilot studies1.Member States will provide the Commission with a report relating to the definition, structure and availability of the statistical data to be compiled for the purposes of this common module.2.For the level of detail covered by this Annex, the Commission will institute pilot studies to be carried out by national authorities within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 322/97, pursuant to Article 5 of this Regulation.3.The pilot studies will be carried out in order to assess the relevance and feasibility of obtaining data, taking into account the benefits of the availability of such data in relation to the cost of collection and the burden on business.4.Pilot studies will be conducted for the following characteristics:

Code	Title
13 31 0	Personnel costs
	Exports of goods and services
	Imports of goods and services
	Intra-group exports of goods and services
	Intra-group imports of goods and services
12 15 0	Value added at factor cost
15 11 0	Gross investment in tangible goods

ANNEX IIILEVELS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION BY GEOGRAPHY AND BY ACTIVITY

Ultimate controlling institutional unit of a foreign affiliate

Geographical breakdown levels	Level 1		Level 2-OUT(Level 1 + 24 countries)
V2	Extra-EU 27	V2	Extra-EU 27
		IS	Iceland
		LI	Liechtenstein
		NO	Norway
CH	Switzerland	CH	Switzerland
		HR	Croatia
RU	Russian Federation	RU	Russian Federation
		TR	Turkey
		EG	Egypt
		MA	Morocco
		NG	Nigeria
		ZA	South Africa
CA	Canada	CA	Canada
US	United States of America	US	United States
		MX	Mexico
		AR	Argentina
BR	Brazil	BR	Brazil
		CL	Chile
		UY	Uruguay
		VE	Venezuela
		IL	Israel
CN	China	CN	China
HK	Hong Kong	HK	Hong Kong
IN	India	IN	India
		ID	Indonesia
JP	Japan	JP	Japan
		KR	South Korea
		MY	Malaysia
		PH	Philippines
		SG	Singapore
		TW	Taiwan
		TH	Thailand
		AU	Australia
		NZ	New Zealand
Z8	Extra-EU 27 not allocated	Z8	Extra-EU 27 not allocated
C4	Offshore Financial Centres	C4	Offshore Financial Centres
Z7	Equally-shared control of UCIs of more than 1 Member State	Z7	Equally-shared control of UCIs of more than one Member State

Level 2-INUltimate controlling institutional unit of a foreign affiliate.

A1	World total (all entities including compiling country)
Z9	Rest of the World (excluding compiling country)
A2	Controlled by the compiling country
V1	EU-27 (Intra-EU-27) excluding compiling country
BE	Belgium
BG	Bulgaria
CZ	Czech Republic
DK	Denmark
DE	Germany
EE	Estonia
IE	Ireland
GR	Greece
ES	Spain
FR	France
IT	Italy
CY	Cyprus
LV	Latvia
LT	Lithuania
LU	Luxembourg
HU	Hungary
MT	Malta
NL	Netherlands
AT	Austria
PL	Poland
PT	Portugal
RO	Romania
SI	Slovenia
SK	Slovakia
FI	Finland
SE	Sweden
UK	United Kingdom
Z7	Equally-shared control of UCIs of more than one Member State
V2	Extra-EU 27
AU	Australia
CA	Canada
CH	Switzerland
CN	China
HK	Hong Kong
IL	Israel
IS	Iceland
JP	Japan
LI	Liechtenstein
NO	Norway
NZ	New Zealand
RU	Russian Federation
TR	Turkey
US	United States
C4	Offshore financial centres
Z8	Extra-EU27 not allocated

Level 3Only for inwardUltimate controlling institutional unit of a foreign affiliateProvisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiation currently taking place at the United Nations.

AD	Andorra	EE	Estonia	KZ	Kazakhstan	QA	Qatar
AE	United Arab Emirates	EG	Egypt	LA	Lao People's Democratic Republic	RO	Romania
AF	Afghanistan	ER	Eritrea	LB	Lebanon	RS	Serbia
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	ES	Spain	LC	Saint Lucia	RU	Russian Federation
AI	Anguilla	ET	Ethiopia	LI	Liechtenstein	RW	Rwanda
AL	Albania	FI	Finland	LK	Sri Lanka	SA	Saudi Arabia
AM	Armenia	FJ	Fiji	LR	Liberia	SB	Solomon Islands
AN	Netherlands Antilles	FK	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	LS	Lesotho	SC	Seychelles
AO	Angola	FM	Micronesia, Federated States of	LT	Lithuania	SD	Sudan
AQ	Antarctica	FO	Faroe Islands	LU	Luxembourg	SE	Sweden
AR	Argentina	FR	France	LV	Latvia	SG	Singapore
AS	American Samoa	GA	Gabon	LY	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	SH	St Helena
AT	Austria	GD	Grenada	MA	Morocco	SI	Slovenia
AU	Australia	GE	Georgia	MD	Moldova, Republic of	SK	Slovakia
AW	Aruba	GG	Guernsey	ME	Montenegro	SL	Sierra Leone
AZ	Azerbaijan	GH	Ghana	MG	Madagascar	SM	San Marino
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	GI	Gibraltar	MH	Marshall Islands	SN	Senegal
BB	Barbados	GL	Greenland	MK	the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	SO	Somalia
BD	Bangladesh	GM	Gambia	ML	Mali	SR	Suriname
BE	Belgium	GN	Guinea	MM	Myanmar	ST	Sao Tome and Principe
BF	Burkina Faso	GQ	Equatorial Guinea	MN	Mongolia	SV	El Salvador
BG	Bulgaria	GR	Greece	MO	Macau	SY	Syrian Arab Republic
BH	Bahrain	GS	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	MP	Northern Mariana Islands	SZ	Swaziland
BI	Burundi	GT	Guatemala	MR	Mauritania	TC	Turks and Caicos Islands
BJ	Benin	GU	Guam	MS	Montserrat	TD	Chad
BM	Bermuda	GW	Guinea-Bissau	MT	Malta	TF	French Southern Territories
BN	Brunei Darussalam	GY	Guyana	MU	Mauritius	TG	Togo
BO	Bolivia	HK	Hong Kong	MV	Maldives	TH	Thailand
BR	Brazil	HM	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	MW	Malawi	TJ	Tajikistan
BS	Bahamas	HN	Honduras	MX	Mexico	TK	Tokelau
BT	Bhutan	HR	Croatia	MY	Malaysia	TM	Turkmenistan
BV	Bouvet Island	HT	Haiti	MZ	Mozambique	TN	Tunisia
BW	Botswana	HU	Hungary	NA	Namibia	TO	Tonga
BY	Belarus	ID	Indonesia	NC	New Caledonia	TP	East Timor
BZ	Belize	IE	Ireland	NE	Niger	TR	Turkey
CA	Canada	IL	Israel	NF	Norfolk Island	TT	Trinidad and Tobago
CC	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	IM	Isle of Man	NG	Nigeria	TV	Tuvalu
CD	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	IN	India	NI	Nicaragua	TW	Taiwan, Province of China
CF	Central African Republic	IO	British Indian Ocean Territory	NL	Netherlands	TZ	Tanzania, United Republic of
CG	Congo	IQ	Iraq	NO	Norway	UA	Ukraine
CH	Switzerland	IR	Iran, Islamic Republic of	NP	Nepal	UG	Uganda
CI	Côte d'Ivoire	IS	Iceland	NR	Nauru	UK	United Kingdom
CK	Cook Islands	IT	Italy	NU	Niue	UM	United States Minor Outlying Islands
CL	Chile	JE	Jersey	NZ	New Zealand	US	United States
CM	Cameroon	JM	Jamaica	OM	Oman	UY	Uruguay
CN	China	JO	Jordan	PA	Panama	UZ	Uzbekistan
CO	Colombia	JP	Japan	PE	Peru	VA	Holy See (Vatican City State)
CR	Costa Rica	KE	Kenya	PF	French Polynesia	VC	St Vincent and the Grenadines
CU	Cuba	KG	Kyrgyzstan	PG	Papua New Guinea	VE	Venezuela
CV	Cape Verde	KH	Cambodia (Kampuchea)	PH	Philippines	VG	Virgin Islands, British
CX	Christmas Island	KI	Kiribati	PK	Pakistan	VI	Virgin Islands, US
CY	Cyprus	KM	Comoros	PL	Poland	VN	Viet Nam
CZ	Czech Republic	KN	St Kitts and Nevis	PN	Pitcairn	VU	Vanuatu
DE	Germany	KP	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)	PS	Palestinian Territory, Occupied	WF	Wallis and Futuna
DJ	Djibouti	KR	Korea, Republic of (South Korea)	PT	Portugal	WS	Samoa
DK	Denmark	KW	Kuwait	PW	Palau	YE	Yemen
DM	Dominica	KY	Cayman Islands	PY	Paraguay
DO	Dominican Republic					ZA	South Africa
DZ	Algeria					ZM	Zambia
EC	Ecuador	Z8	Extra EU-27 not allocated			ZW	Zimbabwe
A2	Controlled by the compiling country	Z7	Equally-shared control of UCIs of more than one Member State

Activity breakdown LevelsCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (OJ L 293, 24.10.1990, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006.

Level 1	Level 2
		NACE Rev. 1.1
TOTAL ACTIVITY	TOTAL ACTIVITY	Sec C to O (excluding L)
MINING & QUARRYING	MINING AND QUARRYING	Sec C
	Of which:
	Extraction of petroleum and gas	Div 11
MANUFACTURING	MANUFACTURING	Sec D
	Food products	Subsection DA
	Textiles and wearing apparel	Subsection DB
	Wood, publishing and printing	Subsections DD & DE
	TOTAL textiles + wood activities
	Refined petroleum prod. And other treatments	Div 23
	Manufacture of chemicals & chemical products	Div 24
	Rubber and plastic products	Div 25
Petrol., chem., rubber, plastic prod.	TOTAL petroleum, chemic., rubber, plastic products
	Metal products	Subsection DJ
	Mechanical products	Div 29
	TOTAL metal and mechanical products
	Office machinery and computers	Div 30
	Radio, TV, communication equipments	Div 32
Office mach., comp., RTV, comm. eq.	TOTAL machin., comput., RTV, comm. equip.
	Motor vehicles	Div 34
	Other transport equipment	Div 35
Vehicles, other transport equip.	TOTAL vehicles + other transport equipment
Vehicles, other transport equip.	Manufacturing n.i.e.
ELECTRIC., GAS & WATER	ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER	Sec E
CONSTRUCTION	CONSTRUCTION	Sec F
TOTAL SERVICES	TOTAL SERVICES
TRADE AND REPAIRS	TRADE AND REPAIRS	Sec G
	Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles; retail sale of automotive fuel	Div 50
	Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motor cycles	Div 51
	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motor cycles; repair of personal and household goods	Div 52
HOTELS & RESTAURANTS	HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS	Sec H
TRANSP., STORAGE AND COM.	TRANSPORTS, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION	Sec I
	Transport and storage	Div 60, 61, 62, 63
	Land transport; transport via pipelines	Div 60
	Water transport	Div 61
	Air transport	Div 62
	Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies	Div 63
	Post and telecommunications	Div 64
	Post and courier activities	Group 64.1
	Telecommunications	Group 64.2
FINANCIAL INTERMED.	FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION	Sec J
	Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding	Div 65
	Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	Div 66
	Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation	Div 67
	REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	Sec K, Div 70
	RENTING OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT WITHOUT OPERATOR AND OF PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS	Sec K, Div 71
COMPUT. & RELATED ACT.	COMPUTER AND RELATED ACTIVITIES	Sec K, Div 72
RESEARCH & DEVELOP.	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	Sec K, Div 73
OTHER BUSINESS ACT.	OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES	Sec K, Div 74
	Legal, account., market research, consultancy	Group 74.1
	Legal activities	Class 74.11
	Account., bookkeeping and audit.; tax consult.	Class 74.12
	Market research and public opinion polling	Class 74.13
	Business and management consultancy activities	Class 74.14
	Management activities of holding companies	Class 74.15
	Architectural, engineering and other tech. act.	Group 74.2
	Advertising	Group 74.4
	Business activities n.e.c.	Group 74.3, 74.5, 74.6, 74.7, 74.8
	EDUCATION	Sec M
	HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK	Sec N
	SEWAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL	Sec O, Div 90
	ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERSHIP ORGANIS. N.E.C.	Sec O, Div 91
REC., CULT., SPORTING ACTIV.	RECREATIONAL, CULT., SPORTING ACTIVITIES	Sec O, Div 92
	Motion picture, radio, tel., other entertain. activ.	Group 92.1, 92.2, 92.3
	News agency activities	Group 92.4
	Library, archives, museums, other cultural act.	Group 92.5
	Sporting and other recreational activities	Group 92.6, 92.7
	OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES	Sec O, Div 93
	Not allocated

Level 3 (NACE Rev. 1.1)
Heading	Requested level of detail
Business Economy	Sections C to K
Mining and quarrying	Section C
Manufacturing	Section D
	All subsections DA to DN
	All divisions 15 to 37
	Aggregates:
	High-technology (HIT)	24.4, 30, 32, 33, 35.3
	Medium-high-technology (MHT)	24 except 24.4, 29, 31, 34, 35.2, 35.4, 35.5
	Medium-low-technology (MLT)	23, 25-28, 35.1
	Low-Technology (LOT)	15-22, 36, 37
Electricity, gas and water supply	Section E
Electricity, gas and water supply	All divisions (40 and 41)
Construction	Section F (Division 45)
Construction	All Groups (45.1 to 45.5)
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	Section G
	All divisions (50 to 52)
	Groups 50.1 + 50.2 + 50.3, 50.4, 50.5, 51.1 to 51.9
	Groups 52.1 to 52.7
Hotels and restaurants	Section H (Division 55)
Hotels and restaurants	Groups 55.1 to 55.5
Transport, storage and communication	Section I
	All divisions
	Groups 60.1, 60.2, 60.3, 63.1 + 63.2, 63.3, 63.4, 64.1, 64.2
Financial intermediation	Section J
Financial intermediation	All divisions
Real estate, renting and business activities	Section K
	Division 70
	Division 71, groups 71.1 + 71.2, 71.3 and 71.4
	Division 72, groups 72.1 to 72.6
	Division 73
	Division 74, the aggregates 74.1 to 74.4 and 74.5 to 74.8