{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1668/annex-II/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1668/annex-II/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/1668",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1668/2003 of 1 September 2003 implementing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 with regard to the technical format for the transmission of the structural business statistics and amending Commission Regulation No 2702/98 concerning the technical format for the transmission of structural business statistics",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1668",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Data set structure",
  "text": "The data set shall consist of the following fields\nNB:\nA = Alphanumeric, N = Numeric\nField\nType\nMaximum length\nValues\n1\nSeries\nA\n2\n6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G, 6H. Alphanumeric code of the series (see list below)\n2\nYear\nA\n4\nYear in four characters e.g. 2001\n3\nTerritorial unit\nA\n6\nCorresponds to the country code for national series or to the NUTS 99 code of the region for regional series: NUTS 99 is the new nomenclature put in place in December 1999\n4\nEconomic activity\nA\n4\nNACE rev. 1 code\n5\nMeasurement\nA\n3\nVariable — type of measurement —\n6\nUnit\nA\n4\nUnit\n7\nVariable\nA\n5\nVariable code. The codes laid down in Annex 6 of the SBS Regulation have 5 characters (see list below)\n8\nSize class\nA\n4\nCode for the size class (see list below)\nor\nResidence of parent enterprise\nCode for the country of residence of the parent enterprise (see list below)\nor\nCategory\nCode for the category of credit institutions (see list below)\n9\nBreakdown of products\nA\n6\nCorresponds to the CPA code (see list below)\n10\nLegal status or\nA\n4\nCode for the legal status of enterprise (see list below)\nGeographical breakdown\nCode for the geographical breakdown of the partner countries (see list below)\n11\nData Value\nA\n12\nNumeric value of the data (negative values are preceded by a minus sign) expressed as a whole number without decimal places. An ‘M’ should be used if the data is not sent because it is missing\n12\nQuality flag\nA\n1\nR: revised data, M: updated data, P: provisional data\n13\nConfidentiality flag\nA\n1\nA, B, C, D: indicates that the data is confidential and the reason for that confidentiality (see list below). A blank space indicates non-confidential data\n14\nDominance\nN\n3\nA numeric value less than or equal to 100. This indicates the percentage dominance of one or two enterprises which dominate the data and make it confidential. The value is rounded to the nearest whole number: e.g. 90.3 becomes 90, 94.50 becomes 95. This field is blank for non-confidential data. This field is only used when the confidentiality flags B or C are used in the previous field\n15\nFootnote\nA\n250\nFree note on the data",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1668/annex/II/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:55.966728+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}