Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/447 of 7 March 2025 amending Regulations (EC) No 2150/2002 and (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as Commission Regulations (EC) No 1726/1999, (EC) No 1916/2000, (EC) No 198/2006, (EC) No 1062/2008 and (EU) No 349/2011, as regards references to the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 established by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002

Article 1

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 is amended as follows: (1) Article 4 is replaced by the following ‘Article 4 Scope of statistics The statistics on the vocational training in enterprises shall cover at least all economic activities set out in sections B to O and sections S and T of NACE  ( *1 ) . ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (2) Article 7 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 2, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) economic activities pursuant to NACE;’; (b) in paragraph 3, the first sentence is replaced by the following: ‘Sampling and precision requirements, the sample sizes needed to meet those requirements, and the detailed specifications of the NACE and size categories into which the results can be broken down shall be determined by the Commission.’.

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999

Article 3

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000

Article 4

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 are amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006

Article 5

Annexes I, II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 are amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1062/2008

Article 6

Regulation (EC) No 1062/2008 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, the first sentence is replaced by the following: ‘For the purpose of applying Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 453/2008, the transmission of seasonally adjusted data shall start at the latest when time series with at least 16 observed periods are available at the aggregation level of NACE  ( *2 ) specified in Annex 1. ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (2) Annexes 1 and 2 are amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation.

Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 349/2011

Article 7

Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 are amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation.

Application

Article 8

1.   Articles 1, 4 and 6 shall apply from 1 January 2026, as regards data transmissions to the Commission (Eurostat), for reference periods that start on or after that date. 2.   Article 7 shall apply from 1 January 2027, as regards data transmissions to the Commission (Eurostat), for reference periods that start on or after that date. 3.   Article 3 shall apply from 1 January 2028, as regards data transmissions to the Commission (Eurostat), for reference periods that start on or after that date. 4.   Articles 2 and 5 shall apply from 1 January 2030, as regards data transmissions to the Commission (Eurostat), for reference periods that start on or after that date.

Entry into force

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 are amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) in point 1 of Section 1, the first sentence is replaced by the following: ‘The statistics shall be compiled for all activities classified within the coverage of Sections A to V of NACE  ( *1 ) . ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (b) Section 8 is replaced by the following: ‘ SECTION 8 Production of results 1. The results for the characteristics listed in Section 3(1) are to be compiled for the following: 1.1. the following items, as described in terms of NACE: Item No   Description 1 Section A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2 Section B Mining and quarrying 3 Division 10 Manufacture of food products Division 11 Manufacture of beverages Division 12 Manufacture of tobacco products 4 Division 13 Manufacture of textiles Division 14 Manufacture of wearing apparel Division 15 Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials 5 Division 16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 6 Division 17 Manufacture of paper and paper products Division 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 7 Division 19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 8 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 9 Division 23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 10 Division 24 Manufacture of basic metals Division 25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 11 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 12 Division 31 Manufacture of furniture Division 32 Other manufacturing Division 33 Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment 13 Section D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 14 Division 36 Water collection, treatment and supply Division 37 Sewerage Division 39 Remediation activities and other waste management service activities 15 Division 38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities 16 Section F Construction 17   Service activities: Section G, except class 46.87 Wholesale and retail trade Section H Transportation and storage Section I Accommodation and food service activities Section J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities Section K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities Section L Financial and insurance activities Section M Real estate activities Section N Professional, scientific and technical activities Section O Administrative and support service activities Section P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security Section Q Education Section R Human health and social work activities Section S Arts, sports and recreation Section T Other service activities Section U Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services producing activities of households for own use Section V Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 18 Class 46.87 Wholesale of waste and scrap 1.2. households Item No   Description 19   Waste generated by households 2. For economic activities, statistical units are local units or kind-of-activity units, as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93  ( *2 ) , according to each Member State’s statistical system. In the quality report, to be produced under Section 7, a description of how the chosen statistical unit affects the groupings of NACE data distribution should be included. ( *2 )   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 Community ( OJ L 76, 30.3.1993, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1993/696/oj ).’;" (2) in Annex II, Section 1, point 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The statistics are to be compiled for all recovery and disposal facilities which run any of the operations referred to in Section 8(2) and which belong to or are part of the economic activities according to the groupings of NACE  ( *3 ) referred to in Annex I, Section 8(1.1). ( *3 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’." ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’; ( *2 )   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 Community ( OJ L 76, 30.3.1993, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1993/696/oj ).’; ( *3 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’.’

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 are amended as follows: (1) Annex II is amended as follows: (a) Section A is amended as follows: (i) the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘This definition of employees covers manual and non-manual workers and management personnel in the private and public sectors in economic activities classified to Sections B-O and Q-T of NACE  ( *1 ) in enterprises with at least 10 employees  ( *2 ) ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj )." ( *2 )   The coverage of Section P of NACE is optional. The coverage of employees in enterprises with less than 10 employees is optional as well.’;" (ii) in the third paragraph, the text of the footnote accompanying the fifth indent is replaced by the following: ‘To avoid double counting, the hours worked by persons employed by temporary employment agencies are to be included in the NACE class of the employment agency (NACE class 78.20) and not in the NACE position of the enterprise for which they actually work.’; (b) in Section D, the third sentence is replaced by the following: ‘The costs for persons employed by temporary employment agencies are to be included in the industry of the agency which employs them (NACE class 78.20) and not in the industry of the enterprise for which they actually work.’; (2) Annex III is amended as follows: (a) the first paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘Three files are to be provided, corresponding to Tables A, B and C: — Table A contains national data (one record for each economic activity at the section and division levels of NACE  ( *3 ) ), — Table B contains national data by size class (one record for each economic activity at the section and division levels of NACE, for each of the size classes), — Table C contains regional data at the NUTS 1 level (one record for each economic activity at the section and division levels of NACE, for each of the regions). ( *3 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (b) in the second paragraph under the heading ‘Identification of a record’, the first indent is replaced by the following: ‘— the economic activities of NACE,’. ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ). ( *2 )   The coverage of Section P of NACE is optional. The coverage of employees in enterprises with less than 10 employees is optional as well.’; ( *3 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;’

ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX III Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 are amended as follows: (1) in Annex I, point 1.3 is replaced by the following: ‘1.3. Principal economic activity of the local unit (NACE  ( *1 ) ) ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (2) Annex II is amended as follows: (a) Section 1 is amended as follows: (i) in the first paragraph, the third sentence is replaced by the following: ‘The statistics shall cover all activities defined in sections B to O and Q to T of the general industrial classification of economic activities within the European Communities (NACE  ( *2 ) ) in enterprises with at least 10 employees  ( *3 ) . ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj )." ( *3 )   The coverage of section P of NACE is optional. The coverage of employees in enterprises with less than 10 employees is optional as well.’;" (ii) point 1.3 is replaced by the following: ‘1.3.    Principal economic activity of the local unit (NACE) The main economic activity of the local unit should be coded at the 2-digit level of NACE (division level). The transmission codes for the different NACE categories will be presented in an implementation paper to be distributed by Eurostat.’; (b) Section 2 is amended as follows: (i) the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘The definition of employees covers manual and non-manual workers and management personnel in the private and public sectors in economic activities classified to Sections B to O and Q to T of NACE in enterprises with at least 10 employees  ( *4 ) . ( *4 )   The coverage of section P of NACE is optional. The coverage of employees in enterprises with less than 10 employees is optional as well.’;" (ii) in the third paragraph, the text of the footnote accompanying the fifth indent is replaced by the following: ‘To avoid double counting, the hours worked by persons employed by temporary employment agencies are to be included in the NACE class of the employment agency (NACE, 78.20) and not in the NACE position of the enterprise for which they actually work.’. ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’; ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ). ( *3 )   The coverage of section P of NACE is optional. The coverage of employees in enterprises with less than 10 employees is optional as well.’; ( *4 )   The coverage of section P of NACE is optional. The coverage of employees in enterprises with less than 10 employees is optional as well.’;’

ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions

ANNEX IV Annexes I, II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 are amended as follows: (1) in the note to the table in Annex I, the sixth sentence is replaced by the following: ‘NACE refers to the classification of economic activity established by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006  ( *1 ) . ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (2) in point 2 of Annex II, the introductory wording and the first indent are replaced by the following: ‘The sample shall be stratified by NACE  ( *2 ) and size category in accordance with the following minimum specifications: — 20 NACE categories [B, C10-C12, C13-C15, C17-C18, C19-C23, C24-C25, C26-C28+C33, C29-C30, C16+C31-C32, D-E, F, G46, G47, H, I, J-K, L64-L65, L66, M+N+O+S+T94+T96, T95], ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (3) in the fourth paragraph of Annex III, points 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘2. For a single NACE  ( *3 ) /size cell imputations shall not be allowed if more than 50 % of the responding enterprises have missing data for more than 25 % of the quantitative variables. 3. For a single NACE/size cell, no imputation shall be performed on a quantitative variable if the proportion of responding enterprises for that particular variable is less than 50 %. 4. For a single NACE/size cell, no imputation shall be performed on a qualitative variable if the proportion of responding enterprises for that particular variable is less than 80 %. ( *3 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (4) Annex V is amended as follows: (a) Section 2 (Accuracy) is amended as follows: (i) point 2.1 is amended as follows: — in the second paragraph, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘Tables to be provided (broken down by NACE  ( *4 ) and size classes according to the national sampling plan): — in the third paragraph, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘Tables to be provided for the observed effective sample (broken down by NACE and size classes according to the national sampling plan):’; (ii) in point 2.2.1, second paragraph, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘Tables to be provided for the observed effective sample (broken down by NACE and size classes according to the national sampling plan):’; (iii) in point 2.2.4, second paragraph, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘Tables to be provided for the observed effective sample (broken down by NACE and size classes according to the national sampling plan):’; (b) Section 6 (Coherence) is amended as follows: (i) the first paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘This covers a comparison of statistics for the same phenomenon or item from other surveys or sources and an assessment of coherence with structural business statistics for the number of persons employed as a function of NACE and size classes.’; (ii) in the second paragraph, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘Tables to be provided for the observed effective sample (broken down by NACE and size classes according to the national sampling plan):’. ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’; ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’; ( *3 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’; ( *4 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;’

ANNEX VSupplementary provisions

ANNEX V Annexes 1 and 2 to Regulation (EC) No 1062/2008 are amended as follows: (1) Annex 1 is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX 1 NACE  ( *1 ) aggregation level NACE sections Description A Agriculture, forestry and fishing B, C, D and E Mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities F Construction G, H and I Wholesale and retail trade; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities L Financial and insurance activities M Real estate activities N and O Professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities P, Q and R Public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities S and T Arts, sports and recreation; other service activities ; (2) in Annex 2, point 2.2.6. is replaced by the following: ‘2.2.6.    Estimation of bias An assessment of the non-sampling errors, in terms of the absolute number of vacant posts, shall be transmitted for the total number of job vacancies and, where possible, for aggregation level of NACE  ( *2 ) specified in Annex 1 to this Regulation and size classes (1-9, 10 + employees). ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’ " ( *2 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’ ’ ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).

ANNEX VISupplementary provisions

ANNEX VI Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 are amended as follows: (1) Annex I is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX I LIST OF VARIABLES European statistics on accidents at work (ESAW) Phases I and II variables Variables Specifications First reference year for data transmission Case Number Unique case number to identify each individual record and to ensure that each record represents a separate accident occurrence at work. The chosen case number must be prefixed by the 4 digits of the year when the accident is notified to the competent national authorities. 2027 Economic Activity of the Employer 4-digit level of the NACE  ( *1 ) 2027 for NACE sections A-T Occupation of the Victim 2-digit level of the ISCO-08 2027 Age of the Victim 2-digit number 2027 Sex of the Victim 1-digit code 2027 Type of Injury 3-digit version of the ESAW classification for “Type of injury” according to the ESAW methodology. 2027 Part of Body Injured 2-digit version of the classification of “part of body injured” according to the ESAW methodology. 2027 Geographical Location of the Accident 5-digit code according to the NUTS classification  ( *2 ) . 2027 Date of the Accident Numeric variable which is indicated as year, month and day 2027 Time of the Accident 2-digit variable describing time intervals in hours according to the ESAW methodology optional Size of the Enterprise Categories according to the ESAW methodology optional Nationality of the Victim Categories according to the ESAW methodology optional Employment Status of the Victim Categories according to the ESAW methodology 2027 Days Lost (severity) Categories according to the ESAW methodology. Specific codes are used to denote permanent incapacity and fatal accident. 2027 Weight ESAW collection To be used when the Member State uses a sample for the data collection on accidents and/or wants to correct for under-reporting. If not applicable the default value 1 is used. 2027 ESAW phase III variables on causes and circumstances Variables Specifications First reference year for data transmission 1. Workstation Categories according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 2. Working Environment 3-digit version of the classification of “Working Environment” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 3. Working Process 2-digit version of the classification of “Working Process” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 4. Specific Physical Activity 2-digit version of the classification of “Specific Physical Activity” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 5. Deviation 2-digit version of the classification of “Deviation” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 6. Contact – Mode of injury 2-digit version of the classification of “Contact – Mode of injury” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 7. Material Agent associated with the Specific Physical Activity 4-digit version of the classification of “Material Agent” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 8. Material Agent associated with the Deviation 4-digit version of the classification of “Material Agent” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) 9. Material Agent associated with the Contact – Mode of injury 4-digit version of the classification of “Material Agent” according to the ESAW methodology 2027  ( *3 ) Weight Causes and Circumstances To be used when the Member State applies an additional sampling for the encoding of the ESAW Phase III variables on causes and circumstances. If not applicable the default value 1 is used 2027 ; (2) in Annex II, the introductory wording of the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘According to NACE  ( *4 ) : ( *4 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (3) Annex III is amended as follows: (a) the first indent is replaced by the following: ‘— the population covered in terms of NACE  ( *5 ) sections, and possibly divisions, groups and classes, and employment status, ( *5 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;" (b) the seventh indent is replaced by the following: ‘— the numbers of fatal road traffic accidents and fatal accidents on board any means of transport during a journey in the course of work for persons employed outside the NACE Section H “Transportation and storage”,’. ( *4 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’; ( *5 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ).’;’ ( *1 )   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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains ( OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj ). ( *2 )   Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) ( OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1059/oj ). ( *3 )   Compulsory transmission of at least 3 of the 9 variables.