Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

PART (D) U.K.

Annex D to Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 is amended as follows:

List of variables U.K.

The text under heading (c) (List of variables) is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in paragraph 1 the following variable is added:

‘Variable	Name
310	Output prices’;

2.

the following paragraphs are added:

‘3.

The output price variable (No 310) covers services delivered to customers that are enterprises or persons representing enterprises.

4.

Member States shall carry out studies instituted by the Commission and set up in consultation with the Member States. The studies shall be carried out taking into account the benefits of collecting the data in relation to the cost of collection and burden on business, in order to:

(a)

assess the feasibility of transmitting a quarterly variable of hours worked (No 220) for other services;

(b)

assess the feasibility of transmitting a quarterly variable of gross wages and salaries (No 230) for other services;

(c)

define a suitable methodology for data collection and index calculation;

(d)

define a suitable level of detail. The data shall be broken down by economic activities defined by NACE Sections and by further dis-aggregations, not beyond the level of NACE Divisions (two-digit level) or groupings of Divisions.

Member States shall submit a report on the results of the studies to the Commission not later than 11 August 2007.

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, the Commission shall decide no later than 11 August 2008 whether to invoke Article 17(b) so as to include the variable hours worked (No 220) and the variable gross wages and salaries (No 230) with effect from base year 2010.’

Form U.K.

The text under heading (d) (Form) is hereby amended as follows:

1.

paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

‘1.

All of the variables are to be transmitted in unadjusted form, if available.

2.

The turnover variable (No 120) is also to be transmitted in working-day adjusted form. Wherever other variables show working-day effects, Member States may also transmit those variables in working-day adjusted form. The list of variables to be transmitted in working-day adjusted form may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.’;

2.

paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4. The output price variable (No 310) is to be transmitted as an index. All other variables are to be transmitted as an index or as absolute figures.’

Reference period U.K.

Under heading (e) (Reference period), the following subparagraphs are added:

‘Member States shall carry out studies instituted by the Commission and set up in consultation with the Member States. The studies shall be carried out taking into account the benefits of a reduced reference period in relation to the cost of collection and burden on business in order to assess the feasibility of reducing the reference period of a quarter for the turnover variable (No 120) to a reference period of a month.

Member States shall submit a report on the results of the studies to the Commission no later than 11 August 2007.

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, the Commission shall decide no later than 11 August 2008 whether to invoke Article 17(d) in connection with a revision of the frequency of compilation of the turnover variable.’.

Level of detail U.K.

The text under heading (f) (Level of detail) is hereby amended as follows:

1.

paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

‘3.

For Divisions 50, 51, 64 and 74 of NACE, the turnover variable need only be transmitted at the two-digit level by those Member States whose turnover in those divisions of NACE in a given base year represents less than 4 % of the European Community total.

4.

For Section I of NACE, the number of persons employed variable (No 210) need only be transmitted at Section level by those Member States whose total value added in Section I in a given base year represents less than 4 % of the European Community total.’

2.

The following paragraphs are added:

‘5.

the output price variable (No 310) is to be transmitted according to the following activities and groupings of NACE:

• 60.24, 63.11, 63.12, 64.11, 64.12 at four digits;

• 61.1, 62.1, 64.2 at three digits;

• 72.1 to 72.6 at three digits;

• sum of 74.11 to 74.14;

• sum of 74.2 and 74.3;

• 74.4 to 74.7 at three digits.

NACE 74.4 may be indicated approximately by advertising placements.

NACE 74.5 covers the total price of labour recruited and personnel provided.

6.

The list of activities and groupings may be amended no later than 11 August 2008 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.

7.

For Division 72, the output price variable (No 310) need only be transmitted at the two-digit level by those Member States whose turnover in those divisions of NACE in a given base year represents less than 4 % of the European Community total.’.

Deadlines for data transmission U.K.

The text under heading (g) (Deadlines for data transmission) is hereby replaced by the following:

‘The variables shall, after the end of the reference period, be transmitted within the following deadlines:

Variable	Deadlines
120	2 months
210	2 months
310	3 months’.

First reference period U.K.

Under heading (i) (First reference period), the following text is added:

‘The first reference period for transmission of the output price variable No 310 is not later than the first quarter of 2006. A derogation of a further year may be granted for the first reference period in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, on condition that a base year not later than 2006 is applied.’.

Transition period U.K.

Under heading (j) (Transition period) the following paragraphs are added:

‘A transition period ending no later than 11 August 2008 may be granted for variable No 310 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. A further transition period of one year may be granted for the implementation of variable No 310 for the NACE Divisions 63 and 74 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18. In addition to those transition periods, a further transition period of one year may be granted, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, to those Member States whose turnover in the NACE activities referred to under heading (a) “Scope” in a given base year represents less than 1 % of the European Community total.

A transition period ending no later than 11 August 2006 may be granted for the changing of the deadlines for data transmission for the variables 120 and 210 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18.’