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1.1. Contact organisation | Swiss Federal Statistical Office |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Business Register Data |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Espace de l'Europe 10, CH-2010 Neuchâtel |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 10/05/2024 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 10/05/2024 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 10/05/2024 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
The EuroGroups register (EGR) is the statistical business register of Eurostat and the EU Member States and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries for multinational enterprise groups. The purpose of the EGR is to offer to statistical users a tool for coordinating frame population, to derive consistent statistical output with an improved quality in measuring global activities of European enterprises part of multinational enterprise groups. The EGR produces data in yearly cycles and covers microdata on the groups and their enterprises and legal units. The EGR aims to register all multinational enterprise groups that have enterprises in EU Member States or EFTA countries, including European and non-European groups. The Member States, EFTA countries and Eurostat exchange data on multinational enterprise groups and on the units belonging to those groups for the purposes of the European framework for statistical business registers to ensure the quality of the multinational enterprise group’s information in the Union. The EGR brings together microdata on multinational enterprise groups from the EU and the EFTA countries' national statistical institutes, in line with the requirements of the Regulation (EU) No 2152/2019, and from a commercial data source for data outside the EU and EFTA. |
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3.2. Classification system | |||
Classification systems and main code lists used in the EGR are as follows:
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
The coverage of the data transmitted to the EGR is defined in the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics. For the purposes of the European framework for statistical business registers, the following economic activities are considered:
Holding assets and/or liabilities are also considered an economic activity. |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
Global group head The global group head (GGH) of an enterprise group is the parent legal unit that is not controlled either directly or indirectly by any other legal unit. The subsidiary legal units of a subsidiary legal unit are considered to be subsidiaries of the parent legal unit. Global decision centre The global decision centre (GDC) of an enterprise group is the unit where the enterprise group level’s strategic decisions are taken. A group may have several decision-making centres or several units dedicated to a particular internal function, for example accounting or human resources. However, the decisions about the group are made only in the GDC. The GDC may be the GGH or another legal unit under the GGH. Ultimate Controlling Institutional unit The ultimate controlling institutional unit (UCI) of a foreign affiliate means the institutional unit higher up a foreign affiliate’s chain of control that is not controlled by another institutional unit. Activity of unit A statistical unit is considered to have been active during the reference period, if in said period it either realized Number of employees The number of employees represents the average number of persons who were, at some time during the Number of employees and self -employed persons The number of employees and self-employed persons is the sum of the Number of employees and Number of Net turnover For all activities except for NACE 64, 65 and some activities of NACE 66 net turnover consists of all income Principal activity The principal (or main) activity is the activity that contributes most to the total value added of a unit under |
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
The statistical units maintained in the EGR are defined in accordance with the Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community. The EGR frame contains the following units: Legal units, Enterprises and Multinational enterprise groups. Legal units include: - legal persons whose existence is recognized by law independently of the individuals or institutions which may own them or are members of them, - natural persons who are engaged in an economic activity in their own right. The legal unit always forms, either by itself or sometimes in combination with other legal units, the legal basis for the statistical unit known as the 'enterprise'. Enterprise The enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that is an organizational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations. An enterprise may be a sole legal unit. Multinational enterprise group A multinational enterprise group is an enterprise group that has at least two enterprises or legal units located in different countries. In business statistics also term ‘global enterprise group’ is used. |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
The data transmitted to the EGR during the cycle is made of the following datasets.
The data set with information on all incorporated resident legal units for the EGR Identification Service. ISRLE file includes full population of resident legal units is sent to EGR for identification.
The data set with information on foreign legal units for the EGR Identification Service. ISNORLE file including full population of foreign legal unit recorded in national statistical business register is sent to EGR for identification.
The data set with information on legal units. LEU file including full resident legal unit belonging to a global enterprise group is sent to EGR for processing.
The data set with information on relationships of ownership and control.
REL file including the relationships between legal units is sent to EGR for processing:
Relationships in the REL are:
The data set with information on enterprises. ENT file including full enterprises made of legal unit sent in LEU files is sent to EGR for processing.
The Data set with information on links between enterprises and legal units. LEL file including full links between enterprise (ENT) and legal units (LEU) is sent to EGR for processing.
The Data set with information on enterprise groups of which country is the GDC country for the EuroGroups Register. GEG file including the groups data is sent to the EGR for processing. The groups’ variables are updated after receiving the preliminary frame. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
The reference area for national statistical business register is the territory of the country. Concerning enterprise |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
The EGR frames are available from reference year 2008 onwards. NSI transmits data for the EGR production cycle since 2008 year. |
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3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable |
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The economic variables on employment are recorded in absolute figures. The net turnover for enterprises is recorded in national currency CHF. The net turnover and net total asset is recorded in national currency CHF. |
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The reference period for data sent to the EGR reflects the picture of 31 December of the given reference year. Data transmitted to EGR during the EGR 2022 cycle includes data for the 2022 reference year. The identification, economic variables (number of employees, turnover and economic activity) refer to the 2022 reference year. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
The content of the national data sent to EGR is defined according the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 is laying down the technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics. Legal acts and other agreements - national level
Annexes: Federal Statistics Act Federal Act on Data Protection Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation Ordonnance sur les émoluments et indémnités perçus pour les prestations de services statistiques des unités administratives de la Confédération Ordonnance sur le Registre des entreprises et des établissements |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
The legal framework setting up the procedures for EGR data exchanges and access to confidential data for the purpose of the European framework for statistical business registers are defined in the Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics (Art.10). At national level: SBR shares data with Social Security Agency, VAT Administration, Customs Authorities, State Secretariat for Annexes: Ordonnance sur le Registre des entreprises et des établissements |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
European legislation:
The national legislative measures or other formal procedures which prevent unauthorised disclosure of data that identify a person or economic entity either directly or indirectly include:
Annexes: Section 4 Data Protection and Data Security Art. 14 Data protection and official secrecy |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
EGR data are stored by the Commission (Eurostat) and by the national statistical authorities (NSAs) in the EU Member States and EFTA countries in a secure area with restricted and controlled access. The transmission of the EGR data is done in an encrypted form and by electronic means via the Commission (Eurostat) single entry point for exchange of confidential data EDAMIS. Rules applied for treating the data set to ensure statistical confidentiality and prevent unauthorised disclosure are defined according to the policy rules (see section 7.1). |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Not applicable. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Not applicable. |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Not applicable. |
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Not applicable. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
The micro-data exchange of confidential data on multinational enterprise groups and on the statistical units belonging to those groups takes place, exclusively for statistical purposes, between EU Member States and EFTA countries and the European Commission (Eurostat). Where such exchange of confidential data is carried out to ensure the quality of the multinational enterprise groups information in the Union and the exchange is explicitly authorised by the competent NSA which provides the data, national central banks may be party to the exchange of confidential data, exclusively for statistical purposes. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Not applicable. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Annexes: FSO Website - Quality reports |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Eurostat Data Quality Programme monitors the quality and compliance of the data transmitted by the countries to EGR using the instruments of the EBS quality framework. At national level, the quality of the data sent to EGR is assured as follows: The quality is assured by applying the following quality management and assurance procedures:
Annexes: Federal Act on Data Protection Quality indicators |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
The quality of statistical business register is monitored according the quality assurance procedure described in
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
SBR are important for the compilation of consistent and comparable European business statistics, establishing |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
Since 2017, Eurostat together with the EU Member States conducts SBR user survey addressing users and The latest SBR User Survey 2020 show that the NSBR are widely used at national level and users consider that The results of the SBR User Survey 2020 are available on CIRCABC. NSI has 3 ways of collecting User satisfation:
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12.3. Completeness | |||
The completeness of national statistical business registers is annually assessed by Eurostat. The SBR |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
The main issues regarding accuracy of the data are as follows:
The actions taken to reduce bias (if any) and to improve accuracy of the data are as follows:
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Not applicable. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
The EGR process refers to a reference year T and is run yearly over a period of 11 months, between May T+1 and March T+2. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
Data transmitted to the EGR on time. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
The geographical comparability of national statistical business registers is ensured by the application of The SBR variables are harmonised and set up in accordance with the Annex VIII to the |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
NSBR frames are comparable for reference years 2008 to 2022. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Coherence of data sent to Eurostat with other data sources and statistical domains:
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
Data sent to EGR should be internally consistent. There is a set of standard quality checks that are routinely perform at national level before transmitting the data to Eurostat. |
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Not available. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
Not applicable |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
Not applicable |
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18.1. Source data | |||
The data are based on multisource process. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
National data sent to EGR annually |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Data sent to EGR are collected from:
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Statistical analysis of the national statistical business register is carried out to ensure the quality of data and Data validation procedures include:
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
The procedures used to combine data from different sources:
The frame populations and annual copy of national statistical business register are produced as follows:
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable. |
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