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Glossary:Local unit - SBS

A local unit is an enterprise or part thereof (e.g. a workshop, factory, warehouse, office, mine or depot) situated in a geographically identified place. At or from this place economic activity is carried out for which - save for certain exceptions - one or more persons work (even if only part-time) for one and the same enterprise. Regional SBS data refer to local units, while the remainder of the SBS data collection refers to enterprises.

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