LegalizeRegulation (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 Text with EEA relevance
SECTION I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
Article 2
NACE Rev. 2
NACE Rev. 2 shall include:
(a) a first level consisting of headings identified by an alphabetical code (sections);
(b) a second level consisting of headings identified by a two-digit numerical code (divisions);
(c) a third level consisting of headings identified by a three-digit numerical code (groups); and
(d) a fourth level consisting of headings identified by a four-digit numerical code (classes).
Article 3
Use of NACE Rev. 2
The Commission shall use NACE Rev. 2 for all statistics classified according to economic activities.
Article 4
National classifications of economic activities
In the event of incompatibility between certain NACE Rev. 2 headings and the national economic structure, the Commission may authorise a Member State to use an aggregation of NACE Rev. 2 headings in a specific sector.
To obtain such an authorisation, the Member State concerned must provide the Commission with all the necessary information to consider its request. The Commission shall decide within three months.
However, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, such an authorisation shall not entitle the Member State concerned to subdivide the aggregated headings in a way different from NACE Rev. 2.
Article 5
Commission activities
The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall ensure the dissemination, maintenance and promotion of NACE Rev. 2, in particular by:
(a) drafting, updating and publishing explanatory notes for NACE Rev. 2;
(b) drawing up and publishing guidelines for classifying statistical units in accordance with NACE Rev. 2;
(c) publishing correspondence tables between NACE Rev. 1.1 and NACE Rev. 2 and between NACE Rev. 2 and NACE Rev. 1.1; and
(d) working to improve consistency with other social and economic classifications.
Article 6
Delegated and implementing acts
The following measures for implementing NACE Rev. 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 7(2):
(a) decisions required in case of problems arising from implementation of NACE Rev. 2, including the assignment of economic activities to specific classes; and
(b) technical measures ensuring a fully coordinated transition from NACE Rev. 1.1 to NACE Rev. 2, especially with respect to issues related to breaks in time series, including double reporting and back-casting of time series.
Article 6a
Exercise of the delegation
Article 7
Committee
Where reference is made to this paragraph, the procedure laid down in Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
Article 8
Implementation of NACE Rev. 2
The provision of paragraph 2 shall not apply for the production of the following statistics:
(a) national accounts statistics under Regulation (EC) No 2223/96;
(b) economic accounts for agriculture under Regulation (EC) No 138/2004; and
(c) statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment under Regulation (EC) No 184/2005.
SECTION II
AMENDMENTS TO RELATED ACTS
Article 9
Amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90
Articles 3, 10, and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 shall be deleted.
Article 10
Amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91
Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) ‘NACE Rev. 1’ shall be replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text.
(2) Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. The field covered by the survey referred to in Article 1 shall be that of the activities in sections B and C of the classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).’.
Article 12
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1165/98
Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. This Regulation shall apply to all market activities in Sections B to N and P to S of the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).’.
(2) In Article 17, the following points shall be added: ‘(k) the first base year to be applied for time series in NACE Rev. 2; (l) 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.’.
(3) The Annexes shall be amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 13
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1172/98
In Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, the terms: ‘NACE Rev. 1’ and ‘NACE Rev. 1.1’ shall be replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text and the annexes.
Article 14
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 530/1999
Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) ‘NACE Rev. 1’ shall be replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text.
(2) In Article 3: (a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘1. The statistics shall cover all economic activities defined in sections B (Mining and quarrying), C (Manufacturing), D (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities), F (Construction), G (Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles), H (Transportation and storage), I (Accommodation and food service activities), J (Information and communication activities), K (Financial and insurance activities), L (Real estate activities), M (Professional, scientific and technical activities), N (Administrative and support service activities), P (Education), Q (Human health and social work activities), R (Arts, entertainment and recreation activities) and S (Other service activities) of the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).’; (b) paragraph 2 shall be deleted.
Article 15
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002
Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) ‘NACE Rev. 1’ and ‘NACE Rev. 1.1’ shall be replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text and annexes.
(2) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 shall be amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 16
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 450/2003
Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) ‘NACE Rev. 1’ shall be replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text.
(2) Article 3 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Scope
This Regulation shall apply to all activities defined in sections B to S of NACE Rev. 2.
The inclusion of economic activities defined by NACE Rev. 2 sections O to S in the scope of this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2), taking into account the feasibility studies defined in Article 10.’.
(3) Article 5 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 Frequency and back data
The data for the LCI shall first be compiled according to NACE Rev. 2 for the first quarter of 2009, and thereafter for each quarter (ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December of each year).
Back data from the first quarter of 2000 to the fourth quarter of 2008 shall be made available by the Member States. The back data shall be provided for each of the NACE Rev. 2 sections B to N and for the labour cost items mentioned in Article 4(1).’.
(4) Article 6(3) shall be replaced by the following: ‘3. The back data referred to in Article 5 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) at the same time as the LCI for the first quarter of 2009.’.
(5) In Article 11 point (c) shall be replaced by the following: ‘(c) inclusion of NACE Rev. 2 sections O to S (Article 3);’.
Article 17
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 48/2004
The first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 48/2004 shall be replaced by the following:
‘This Regulation shall cover data on the steel industry, which is defined as group 24.1 of the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).’.
Article 18
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 shall be amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation.
Article 19
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005
Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 is hereby amended as follows:
(1) ‘NACE Rev. 1.1’ shall be replaced by ‘NACE Rev. 2’ throughout the text.
(2) Article 2(2) shall be deleted.
(3) Article 4 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 Scope of statistics The statistics on the vocational training in enterprises shall cover at least all economic activities defined in sections B to N and R to S of NACE Rev. 2.’.
SECTION III
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 21
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
NACE REV. 2 UPDATE 1 (NACE REV. 2.1)
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