Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007
of 20 August 2007
amending certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains implementing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
The establishment of an up-to-date classification system is central to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to modernise the production of Community statistics, in order to truly reflect economic reality by taking into account technological developments and structural changes in the economy.
Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 established for this purpose a revised statistical classification of economic activities, called NACE Revision 2 (hereinafter referred to as NACE Rev. 2).
By virtue of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006, the Commission is required to adopt the necessary implementing measures for implementing this Regulation in relation to the use of NACE Rev. 2 in various statistical domains.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
- 1.
after Article 2, the following Article 2(a) is added:
‘Article 2aTransitional measures for the implementation of NACE Rev. 2
Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) labour cost survey results referring to the calendar year 2008 according to both NACE Rev. 2 and NACE Rev. 1,1, where the latter is compulsory only for Table A and only at the NACE Rev. 1,1 section level.’;
- 2.
Annex II and Annex III are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Annex I and Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
In Regulation (EC) No 2163/2001 the term ‘NACE Revision 1’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ in the Annex.
Article 4
Regulation (EC) No 1216/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
- 1.
‘NACE Rev. 1’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text and the Annexes;
- 2.
‘Sections L, M, N and O’ are replaced by ‘Sections O to S’ in Article 4 and in Annex IV;
- 3.
‘Sections C to K’ are replaced by ‘Sections B to N’ in Annex IV.
Article 5
In Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003, ‘NACE Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ and ‘Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘Rev. 2’ in footnote 22 of the Annex.
Article 6
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 753/2004 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 7
Regulation (EC) No 912/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
- 1.
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The field covered by the survey referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 is to be identified by reference to the survey population and the observation unit.
The survey population of the reference period shall be enterprises whose principal activity or one of its secondary activities is listed in sections B or C of the classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2), set out in Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council13.The observation unit shall be the enterprise as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community. Member States may collect data using another statistical unit as observation unit as long as they transmit enterprise data to Eurostat.’
- 2.
Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
The obligation of Member States to adopt survey methods designed to facilitate the collection of data from units representing at least 90 % of national production per NACE class referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 is to be implemented as Member States’ adoption of survey methods designed to enable the collection of data, representing at least 90 % of national production for each NACE Rev. 2 class of sections B and C.’
Article 8
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 9
In Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 ‘NACE Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout Annexe 2.
Article 10
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 782/2005 is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation.
Article 11Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2008, except Article 4 which shall apply from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2007.
For the Commission
Joaquín Almunia
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Annexes II and III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005, are amended as follows:
- 1.
‘NACE Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text;
- 2.
‘Sections C-K and M-O of NACE Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘Sections B-N and P-S of NACE Rev. 2’;
- 3.
‘Section L of NACE Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘Section O of NACE Rev. 2’;
- 4.
‘NACE Rev. 1,1, 74,50’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2, 78,20’ throughout the text.
ANNEX II
Annex I and Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005, are amended as follows:
- 1.
‘NACE Rev. 1,1’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text;
- 2.
in Annex II, ‘Sections C to K and M to O’ is replaced by ‘Sections B to N and P to S’ throughout the text;
- 3.
in Annex II, ‘Section L’ is replaced by ‘Section O’ throughout the text;
- 4.
in Annex II, ‘NACE Rev. 1,1, 74.50’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2, 78.20’.
ANNEX III
Section 1 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004 is amended as follows:
- 1.
‘NACE’ is replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text.
- 2.
Paragraph 5.11 shall be replaced by the following:
‘The results of the statistics by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) are to be broken down into the following NACE Rev. 2 divisions, groups, classes and aggregates:
“01, 02, 03”, “05, 06, 07, 08, 09”, “10 to 33”, “10, 11, 12”, “10, 11”, “12”, “13, 14, 15”, “13”, “14”, “15”, “16, 17, 18”, “16”, “17”, “18”, “19”, “20”, “21”, “22”, “23”, “24”, “25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30”, “25”, “25,40”, “26”, “26,1”, “26,2”, “26,3”, “26,4”, “26,5”, “26,6”, “26,7”, “27”, “28”, “29”, “30”, “30,1”, “30,2”, “30,3”, “30,4”, “31”, “32”, “32,50”, “33”, “35, 36”, “37, 38, 39”, “41, 42, 43”, “45, 46, 47”, “49, 50, 51, 52, 53”, “55, 56”, “58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63”, “61”, “62”, “63”, “64, 65, 66”, “68”, “69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75”, “72”, “77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82”, “84, 85”, “86”, “87, 88”, “90, 91, 92, 93”, “94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99”, “01 to 99”.’
ANNEX IV
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 is amended as follows:
- 1.
Section 2 is replaced by the following:
‘As a minimum, enterprises in the NACE Rev. 2 sections B, C, D, E, H, K and in the NACE Rev. 2 divisions 46, 58, 61, 62, 63 and 71 are to be covered.’;
- 2.
Section 5 paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘All results are to be broken down by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) at section level and by the following employment size classes: 10–49 employees, 50–249 employees, above 249 employees.’;
- 3.
Section 5 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘All results are to be broken down by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) at division level.’
ANNEX V
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 782/2005 setting out the format for the transmission of results on waste statistics is amended as follows:
List C shall be replaced by the following:
‘List C —Activity item
Item No
NACE Rev. 2 Code
Description
1
Division 01
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
Division 02
Forestry and logging
2
Division 03
Fishing and aquaculture
3
Section B
Mining and quarrying
4
Division 10
Manufacture of food products
Division 11
Manufacture of beverages
Division 12
Manufacture of tobacco products
5
Division 13
Manufacture of textiles
Division 14
Manufacture of wearing apparel
Division 15
Manufacture of leather and related products
6
Division 16
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
7
Division 17
Manufacture of paper and paper products
Division 18
Printing and reproduction of recorded media
8
Division 19
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
9
Division 20
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Division 21
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
Division 22
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
10
Division 23
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
11
Division 24
Manufacture of basic metals
Division 25
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
12
Division 26
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
Division 27
Manufacture of electrical equipment
Division 28
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
Division 29
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
Division 30
Manufacture of other transport equipment
13
Division 31
Manufacture of furniture
Division 32
Other manufacturing
Division 33
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
14
Section D
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
15
Division 36
Water collection, treatment and supply
Division 37
Sewerage
Division 39
Remediation activities and other waste management services
16
Division 38
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery
17
Section F
Construction
18
Service activities:
Section G, except 46,77
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Section H
Transportation and storage
Section I
Accommodation and food service activities
Section J
Information and communication
Section K
Financial and insurance activities
Section L
Real estate activities
Section M
Professional, scientific and technical activities
Section N
Administrative and support service activities
Section O
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Section P
Education
Section Q
Human health and social work activities
Section R
Arts, entertainment and recreation
Section S
Other service activities
Section T
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use
Section U
Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
19
Class 46,77
Wholesale of waste and scrap
20
Waste generated by households
(This is not a NACE category)
TA
Total
Total’