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Session 3: The role of the statistical business register in the modernisation of the statistical production and services. European profiling: a crucial tool in the current European developments on statistical units. D. FRANCOZ Eurostat
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Session 3:The role of the statistical business register in the modernisation of the statistical production and services European profiling: a crucial tool in the current European developments on statistical units D. FRANCOZ Eurostat Joint UNECE/OECD/Eurostat meeting of thegroup of experts on business registers3-4 September 2013, Geneva
Background • MEETS 4-year program to modernise business statistics • ESSnet profiling • ESSnet consistency • Conclusion: need to change the statistical implementation of the economic definition of enterprise • Currentprojects: • Revision of the regulation on statisticalunits has started • Includeimplementationrules • Implementation of European profilingisgoing on • For the largest 500 groups in Europe
A new model of statistical units Why? • To increase consistency between European countries in business statistics • The current definition of the enterprise is not applied homogeneously in all EU countries • In a lot of countries, the legal unit is used as a proxy of the enterprise • To take into account the globalisation of the economy • Current regulation on statistical units in force since 1993 • The current implementation of the enterprise' definition does not take into account the global dimension of the enterprises • Statistics based on current enterprise are describing artifacts, and are diverging from economic reality
A new model of statistical units Why? • To take into account the globalisation of the economy (cont'd) • Indicators based on the legal units can lead to misinterpretation in the frame of global enterprise groups • Misclassification of economic variables according to the NACE activity code • Double counting for some non-additive variables • indicators relating 2 economic variables which are not “managed” in the same legal unit • 2 dimensions to be taken into account: • To improve the relevance of national business statistics in the European countries • To produce better EU statistics
Organisation of enterprise groups multinational • Economic organisation at the worldwide level • Global dimension: refers to the strategy of the group • Local dimension: refers to constraints • Splitting up of the production into several legal units In order to: • Reduce costs • Increase competitiveness
The new model of statistical units • Takesintoaccountbothdomestic and global entities • Top down approach to delineate the enterprises • 2 geographicallevels of enterprises: • The global enterprise • The truncatedenterprise
The new model of statistical units Allowsboth national approach And EU approach For data collection
The new model of statistical units 3 types of delineation: • Use of existing data • 1 Legal unit=1ENT • 93% of LeUs • Automaticprocedures • Small or simple groups (DEG or GEG) • 5% of LeUs • Profiling • Large and complex groups (DEG or GEG) • 2% of LeUs
European profiling Main features • Central definition of the global and truncatedenterprises • The country of the headquarters profiles for all the countries involved • 2 main options for collecting data on the enterprises • National collection (main option) • The partnering NSIs assess the enterprisesdefined by the country of the headquarters • Delineation and characteristics • Feasibility of data collection • Central collection (for a long term perspective)
Profiling implementation A collaborative process 3 types of cooperation
Profiling implementation A collaborative process 2-Within NSI: betweenprofilers and Business statisticians 3-Between profilers in different NSIs 1-With the Group
European profiling European strategy • Central organisation to help the NSIs • Development of a web platform: the IPT • For profilers to exchange information on groups underprofiling • For statisticalusers to access information on enterprises in profiled groups • Development of rules to smoothen the process • Calendar for profiling cycle • Support to NSIs in establishing an agreement for data collection with the groups
European profiling Benefits • European Statistical System-wide gains • The country of the headquarters profiles for all the countries involved • Enterprises of one group are defined consistently for all European business statistics • Centrally defined enterprises made available for all national statistics • Benefits for respondents • Profilers and the group talk the same language • NSIs offer the group a central contact point • Profiling decreases the response burden for a group