# 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 (Text with EEA relevance), Division

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Domain 2. Country-level business statistics
Topics
Periodicity
Reference period
Statistical unit
Business population
annually
calendar year
enterprise
Labour inputs
annually
calendar year
enterprise
R&D inputs
biennially
with the following exceptions
– sector of performance breakdown of intramural R&D expenditure, R&D personnel and number of researchers as well as for Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) and national public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D: annually
calendar year
enterprise for the business enterprise sector
institutional unit for the other sectors
Purchases
annually
with the following exception
– payments to subcontractors: every three years
calendar year
enterprise
Outputs and performance
annually
with the following exceptions
– product and residence of client breakdown of net turnover for NACE 69.1, 69.2, 70.2, 71.1, 71.2 and 73.2: biennially
– Net turnover from agriculture, forestry, fishing and industrial activities, Net turnover from industrial activities, Net turnover from industrial activities excluding construction, Net turnover from construction, Net turnover from service activities, Net turnover from trading activities of purchase and resale and from intermediary activities, Net turnover from building and Net turnover from civil engineering: every five years
– income from subcontracting: every three years
calendar year
enterprise
with the following exceptions
– sold production, production under sub-contracted operations and actual production: KAU
Investments
annually
with the following exception
– investment in intangible assets: every three years
calendar year
enterprise
Innovation
biennially
reference period is three-year period before the end of every even calendar year
enterprise
ICT usage and e- commerce
annually
calendar year of the adoption of the implementing act laying down the variables;
calendar year following the year of adoption of the implementing act laying down the variables for the other variables
enterprise

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2152/annex/II/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2152/annex-II/division-2
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