Commission Regulation (EC) No 472/2008 of 29 May 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Revision 2 and, for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Revision 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 472/2008of 29 May 2008implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Revision 2 and, for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Revision 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period(Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statisticsOJ L 162, 5.6.1998, 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 in particular Article 17(k) and (l) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 establishes a common framework for the production of short-term Community statistics on the business cycle. The scope of these statistics is defined by reference to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 1)OJ L 293, 24.10.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006..(2)Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains, short-term statistics governed by Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 shall be produced in accordance with NACE Rev. 2 from 1 January 2009 onwards.(3)According to Article 17(k) and (l) of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98, it is necessary to determine the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Rev. 2 and, for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Rev. 2, the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The first base year to be applied for short-term statistics governed by Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 and produced in accordance with NACE Rev. 2, shall be 2005 (2006 for D-310).
Article 21.The specific requirements concerning the level of detail, the form, the first reference period, and the reference period for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Rev. 2, shall be as set out in the Annex.2.The time series compiled according to the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) as follows:(a)in the case of monthly variables, not later than the corresponding data referring to January 2009;(b)in the case of quarterly data, not later than the corresponding data referring to the first quarter of 2009.
Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of 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 Luxembourg, 29 May 2008.For the CommissionJoaquín AlmuniaMember of the CommissionANNEXSpecific requirements for time series prior to 2009 to be transmitted according to NACE Rev. 2The level of detail according to which the individual variables are to be transmitted is the same as set out in sections (f) of Annexes A, B, C and D, respectively, of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 (in the following referred to as "STS Regulation").The form in which the individual variables are to be transmitted is the same as set out in sections (d) of Annexes A, B, C, and D respectively, of the STS Regulation.The following table indicates the first reference period for which the individual variables are to be transmitted according to NACE Rev. 2. All dates are provided in the format mm/yyyy for monthly and qq/yyyy for quarterly dates.Especially in Annex D (Other services) of the STS Regulation, the introduction of NACE Rev. 2 requires the availability of data more detailed than under the previous NACE or of data on individual activities not covered by STS prior to the introduction of NACE Rev. 2. In such cases, where in addition it is not possible to produce estimates of good quality, the Member States concerned may chose a first reference period later than 2000 subject to prior approval by the Commission (Eurostat).
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VariableDesignationFirst reference period
A-110Production01/2000
A-120Turnover01/2000
A-121Domestic turnover01/2000
A-122Non-domestic turnover01/200001/2005 for the split euro area/non-euro area
A-130New orders received01/2000
A-131Domestic new orders01/2000
A-132Non-domestic new orders01/200001/2005 for the split euro area/non-euro area
A-210Number of persons employedQ1/2000
A-220Hours workedQ1/2000
A-230Gross wages and salariesQ1/2000
A-310Output prices01/2000
A-311Output prices of the domestic market01/2000
A-312Output prices of the non-domestic market01/200001/2005 for the split euro area/non-euro area
A-340Import prices01/2006
B-110Production01/2005 for monthly dataQ1/2000 for quarterly data
B-115Production of building construction01/2005 for monthly dataQ1/2000 for quarterly data
B-116Production of civil engineering01/2005 for monthly dataQ1/2000 for quarterly data
B-210Number of persons employedQ1/2000
B-220Hours workedQ1/2000
B-230Gross wages and salariesQ1/2000
B-320Construction costsQ1/2000
B-321Material costsQ1/2000
B-322Labour costsQ1/2000
B-411Building permits: number of dwellingsQ1/2000
B-412Building permits: square meters of useful floor area or alternative size measureQ1/2000
C-120Turnover01/2000
C-210Number of persons employedQ1/2000
C-330Deflator of sales01/2000
C-123Volume of sales01/2000
D-120TurnoverQ1/2000
D-210Number of persons employedQ1/2000
D-310Output pricesQ1/2006
The reference period to be applied for the individual variables is the same as set out in sections (e) of Annexes A, B, C and D, respectively, of the STS Regulation.