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Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 ANNEX IV

Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 ANNEX IV

DETAILED TOPICS AND VARIABLES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS

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ANNEX IV DETAILED TOPICS AND VARIABLES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS Items marked 'conditional' are mandatory if available in the Member States and items marked 'optional' are recommended. 1.    Data to be transmitted by the competent NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) and allowed to be exchanged between the competent NSAs (Article 10(1) and (2)) Units Detailed topics Variables Legal unit Identification Identification variables   Demographic events Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased   Stratification parameters Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional) Flag for special purpose entities within the meaning of points 2.17 to 2.20 of Chapter 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (optional)   Control of units Identification variables of the legal unit which is either controlled or controls   Ownership of units Identification variables of unit which is either owned or owns Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Date of start-end of shares (conditional) Enterprise group Identification Identification variables   Stratification parameters and economic variables Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2‐digit level Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2‐digit level (optional) Number of employees and self-employed persons (conditional) Net turnover (conditional) Total assets of the enterprise group (conditional) Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located (optional) Enterprise Identification Identification variables   Link to other units Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists Identity number of the enterprise group to which the enterprise belongs   Demographic events Date of commencement of activities Date of final cessation of activities   Stratification parameters and economic variables Principal activity code of the enterprise at NACE 4-digit level Number of employees and self-employed persons Number of employees Net turnover Institutional sector and subsector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 2.    Data to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the competent NSAs and allowed to be exchanged between the Commission (Eurostat) and the competent central banks in the case of authorisation (Article 10(2) and (4)) Units Detailed topics Variables Legal unit Identification Identification variables   Demographic events Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased   Stratification parameters Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional) Flag for special purpose entities within the meaning of points 2.17 to 2.20 of Chapter 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (optional)   Links with enterprise Identification variables of the enterprise(s) to which the unit belongs Date of association to the enterprise(s) (conditional) Date of separation from the enterprise(s) (conditional)   Links with other registers Links with other registers   Link with enterprise group Identification variables of the enterprise group to which the unit belongs Date of association to the enterprise group Date of separation from the enterprise group   Control of units Identification variables of the legal unit which is either controlled or controls   Ownership of units Identification variables of unit which is either owned or owns Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit (conditional) Shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit (conditional) Date of start-end of shares (conditional) Enterprise group Identification Identification variables   Demographic events Date of commencement of the enterprise group Date of cessation of the enterprise group   Stratification parameters and economic variables Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level (optional) Number of employees and self-employed persons (conditional) Net turnover (conditional) Total assets of the enterprise group (conditional) Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located (optional) Enterprise Identification Identification variables   Link to other units Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists Identity number of the multinational or national enterprise group, to which the enterprise belongs   Demographic events Date of commencement of activities Date of final cessation of activities   Stratification parameters and economic variables Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 4-digit level Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 4-digit level (conditional) Number of employees and self -employed persons Number of employees Number of employees in full-time equivalents (optional) Net turnover Institutional sector and subsector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 3.    Data exchanges on incorporated legal units for identification purposes (Article 10(3)) 3.1. Data to be transmitted by the competent NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) on resident incorporated legal units Units Detailed topics Variables Legal unit Identification Identification variables   Demographic events Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased   Stratification parameters Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional) 3.2. Data to be transmitted by the competent NSAs to the Commission (Eurostat) on foreign incorporated legal units Units Detailed topics Variables Legal unit Identification Identification variables   Demographic events Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased   Stratification parameters Legal form (optional) Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional) 3.3. Data to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the competent NSAs on incorporated legal units Units Detailed topics Variables Legal unit Identification Identification variables   Demographic events Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons Date of which the legal unit ceased   Stratification parameters Legal form Legal activity status Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 (conditional)

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