Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/918 of 13 June 2022 laying down technical specifications of data requirements for the topic Global Value Chains pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics, and in particular Article 7(1) and Article 17(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to produce pursuant to Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, once every three years, data on the topic Global Value Chains listed in Annex I to that Regulation, based on comparable and harmonised data, and to ensure the correct implementation of the topic Global Value Chains by the Member States, the Commission is to specify the variables, measurement unit, statistical population, classifications and breakdowns, data transmission deadline, first reference period, and quality report deadline.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the topic Global Value Chains referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152, Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the data for the reference period in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
The triennial quality report for the topic Global Value Chains shall be transmitted within 24 months after the end of the last year of the reference period.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 June 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen
ANNEX
ANNEX Technical specifications of data requirements for the topic Global Value Chains
Scope (GVC topic details) Variable The variables (2), (3), (4) and (5) refer only to enterprises that report a value higher than EUR 100000 for at least one type of purchased goods or services from abroad (variables (2) and (4)) or supplied goods or services abroad (variables (3) and (5)), in the final year of the reference period. The data should not be collected for those enterprises for which the aforementioned value is less than EUR 100000 for the corresponding variable. Measurement unit Absolute value Statistical population For all variables: Market producers of NACE Sections B to N with number of employees and self-employed persons greater than or equal to 50, in the last year of the reference period. Breakdowns Variable (1) Number of employees and self-employed persons: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. Variable (2) Number of enterprises purchasing goods from abroad: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. Variable (3) Number of enterprises supplying goods abroad: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. Variable (4) Number of enterprises purchasing services from abroad and variable (5) Number of enterprises supplying services abroad: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. Variable (6) Number of enterprises carrying out international sourcing: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. To be provided for total size-class only (Total – 50 and more employees and self-employed persons): Variable (7) number of jobs created in the enterprise as a result of international sourcing: Variable (8) number of jobs lost (or relocated abroad) as a result of international sourcing: Variable (9) Number of enterprises having carried out or considered carrying out international sourcing: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. Variable (10) Number of active enterprises: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below. This breakdown focuses on topical events or issues which potentially impact global value chains arrangements, and cannot contain more than 15 items. Data transmission deadline T + 21 months First reference period 2021-2023 Simplifications and further specifications 1 % rule 1 % rule may be applied. It is not necessary to compile variables under this implementing act if the contribution of the Member State for the number of enterprises with 50 or more employees and self-employed persons, at aggregated NACE level B-N, for the most recent reference year for which the data are available by T-18 months, is less than 1 % of the EU total. Data collection The following enterprise data shall be collected or obtained from registers or other statistical or administrative data sources: Other data (such as the core business function of the enterprise) may also be collected or obtained from registers or other statistical or administrative data sources, instead of the survey. Further definitions of variables, breakdowns as well as methodological recommendations will be provided in the GVC compilers’ manual. Eurostat will publish the first edition of the GVC compilers’ manual by June 2023.
(i) Business functions
(1) Number of employees and self-employed persons
(ii) Global Value Chains
(2) Number of enterprises purchasing goods from abroad
(3) Number of enterprises supplying goods abroad
(4) Number of enterprises purchasing services from abroad
(5) Number of enterprises supplying services abroad
(iii) International sourcing
(6) Number of enterprises carrying out international sourcing
(7) Number of jobs created in the enterprise as a result of international sourcing
(8) Number of jobs lost (or relocated abroad) as a result of international sourcing
(9) Number of enterprises having carried out or considered carrying out international sourcing
(iv) Events impacting GVC arrangements
(10) Number of active enterprises
1. Breakdown by activity:
Aggregates of NACE sections:
Total: B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N (Industry, construction and business services)
B+C+D+E+F (Industry and construction)
G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N (Business services)
2. Breakdown by business function:
Total – Any business function
Core business functions
Support business functions
Production of goods
Transport, logistics and storage
Marketing, sales, and after-sales service
Information technology
Management and administration
Engineering and related technical services
Research and development
Other business functions
3. Breakdown by size class of number of employees and self-employed persons: To be provided only for: Total: B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K+L+M+N (Industry, construction and business services), and only for: Total – Any business function, Core business functions and Support business functions.
Total – 50 and more employees and self-employed persons
Medium-sized enterprises – 50-249 employees and self-employed persons
Large enterprises – 250 and more employees and self-employed persons
1. Breakdown by activity
Same as for variable (1)
2. Breakdown by type of goods purchased
Raw materials that are used in your own production process
Components that form part of your own product
Machinery and other technical equipment used by your own company
Goods designed by your own company for resale on domestic or foreign markets
Goods designed by another company for resale on domestic or foreign markets
Other goods
Total
3. Breakdown by geographical area
EU Member States
European countries other than EU Member States
Non-European countries
Extra-EU (countries other than EU Member States)
Total
1. Breakdown by activity
Same as for variable (1)
2. Breakdown by type of goods supplied
Raw materials that are used by your customers abroad in their own production process
Components that are used by your customers abroad as part of their own product
Machinery and other technical equipment used by your customers abroad
Final goods designed by your own company for resale
Final goods designed by another company for resale
Other goods
Total
3. Breakdown by geographical area
Same as for variable (2)
1. Breakdown by activity
Same as for variable (1)
2. Breakdown by type of services
Transport, logistics and storage
Marketing, sales, and after-sales
Information technology services
Management and administration
Engineering and related technical services
Research and development
Other types of services
Total
3. Breakdown by geographical area
Same as for variable (2)
A.
Breakdown by activity and size class:
1. Breakdown by activity
Same as for variable (1)
NACE sections: B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N
2. Breakdown by size class of number of employees and self-employed persons
Same as for variable (1)
B.
Breakdown by business function and kind of business partner: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below.
1. Breakdown by business function
Same as for variable (1)
2. Breakdown by kind of business partner
Total – Any business partner
Outsourcing – Business partner outside the own enterprise group
Insourcing – Business partner within the own enterprise group
C.
Breakdown by business function and geographical area: Data have to be provided as a combination of all breakdowns listed below.
1. Breakdown by business function
Same as for variable (1)
2. Breakdown by geographical area
EU Member States
Extra-EU (countries other than EU Member States)
UK
European countries other than EU Member States
China
India
Other Asian countries and Oceania
USA and Canada
Central and South America
Africa
Total
A.
Breakdown by activity
Same as for variable (1)
B.
Breakdown by business function
Same as for variable (1)
C.
Breakdown by high-skill job status
Total
High-skilled jobs
Not high-skilled jobs
A.
Breakdown by activity
Same as for variable (1)
B.
Breakdown by business function
Same as for variable (1)
C.
Breakdown by high-skill job status
Same as for variable (7)
A.
Breakdown by international sourcing motivation and importance factors
1. Breakdown by international sourcing motivation
Reduction of labour costs
Reduction of costs other than labour costs
Access to new markets
Lack of qualified labour in the resident country
Access to specialised knowledge/technologies
Improved quality or introduction of new products
Focus on core business
Reduced delivery times
Strategic decisions taken by the group head
Favourable regulation abroad affecting the enterprise, e.g. less environmental regulation, favourable tax regime
Factors taking into account recent events and other topical factors (maximum three items).
2. Breakdown by importance of factors
Very important
Moderately important
Not important
Not applicable/Do not know
B.
Breakdown by international sourcing barriers and importance factors
1. Breakdown by international sourcing barriers
Legal or administrative barriers
Taxation issues
Tariffs and trade barriers
Access to finance or other financial constraints
Linguistic or cultural barriers
Proximity to existing clients in [resident country] needed
Difficulties in identifying potential/suitable providers abroad
Uncertainty of the quality of the products/services to be supplied abroad
Lack of qualified labour abroad
Concerns of the employees (including the trade unions)
Overall concerns of the sourcing operation exceeding expected benefits
Barriers and factors taking into account recent events and other topical barriers and factors (maximum three items).
2. Breakdown by importance of factors
Same as for variable (9), breakdown (A)
1. Breakdown by events or issues with an impact on global value chains arrangements for the enterprise:
Topical events or issues affecting the acquisition of goods or access to services
Topical events or issues affecting the movement of goods and personnel abroad
Topical events or issues affecting the international sourcing and back-sourcing activities
Other topical events or issues affecting global value chains arrangements
2. Breakdown by importance of factors
Same as for variable (9), breakdown (A)
main economic activity of the enterprise, at the end of last year of the reference period, year T,
number of employees and self-employed persons, in the last year of the reference period, year T, and
information about participation to an enterprise group.
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