Legislation
Legislation in force
- EU regulation 2019/2152 on European business statistics
- EU implementing regulation 2020/1197 on technical specifications and arrangements for European business statistics
- EU implementing regulation 2021/1225 on arrangements for the data exchanges
- EU delegated regulation 2021/1704 on the statistical information to be provided by tax and customs authorities
International trade in goods statistics, including trade by enterprise characteristics, are provided on the basis of the European business statistics (EBS) regulation starting with reference periods in 2022. More information on the changes and new data requirements introduced by the EBS regulation can be found in the article on European business statistics.
Past legislation (before 2022)
- EU regulation 638/2004 on European statistics relating to the trading of goods between EU members (intra-EU trade)
- EU implementing regulation 1982/2004 on European statistics relating to intra-EU trade
- EU regulation 471/2009 on European statistics relating to trade with non-EU countries (extra-EU trade)
- EU implementing regulation 92/2010 on European statistics relating to extra-EU trade, as regards data exchange between customs authorities and national statistical authorities, compilation of statistics and quality assessment
- EU implementing regulation 113/2010 on European statistics relating to extra-EU trade, as regards trade coverage, definition of the data, compilation of statistics on trade by business characteristics and by invoicing currency, and specific goods or movements
Other legal acts
- EU implementing regulation 2023/2364 on the statistical nomenclature (Combined Nomenclature 2024)
- EU implementing regulation 2024/2522 on the statistical nomenclature (Combined Nomenclature 2025)
- EU implementing regulation 2020/1470 on the nomenclature of countries and territories