# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (Text with EEA relevance), Division PART C: Data sets of variables enumerated in paragraph 2 of Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 to be transmitted by the Commission (Eurostat) to the NSAs and to central banks for the purposes of the use of the EuroGroups Register as referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152

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

The Commission (Eurostat) shall transmit to the NSAs of Member States, exclusively for statistical purposes, the following variables, including confidentiality flags, concerning multinational enterprise groups and their constituent units when at least one legal unit of the group is located in the territory of that Member State.
The Commission (Eurostat) may transmit to the national central banks and the European Central Bank, exclusively for statistical purposes, the following variables, including confidentiality flags, concerning multinational enterprise groups and their constituent units, provided that the transmission is explicitly authorised by the NSA and that, in the case of data transmitted to a national central bank, at least one legal unit of a multinational enterprise group is located in the territory of the Member State of that national central bank.
1.
LEGAL UNITS
IDENTIFICATION
1.1
Identity number(s)
(including the EGR identity number when relevant for the EGR)
1.2
Name
1.3
Address (at the most detailed level, including postcode)
1.4
Optional
Telephone number, email address, website and information to permit electronic collection of data
1.5
Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number or, failing that, other administrative identity number
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS
1.6
Date of incorporation for legal persons or date of official recognition as an economic operator for natural persons
1.7
Date on which the legal unit ceased
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS
1.8
Legal form
1.9
Legal activity status
1.10
Conditional
Flag for branches within the meaning of point 18.12 of Chapter 18 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
1.11
Optional
Flag for special purpose entities within the meaning of points 2.17 to 2.20 of Chapter 2 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
LINKS WITH ENTERPRISE
1.12
Conditional
Identity number(s) of the enterprise(s) (3.1), to which the unit belongs
1.13
Conditional
Date of association to the enterprise(s)
1.14
Conditional
Date of separation from the enterprise(s)
LINKS WITH OTHER REGISTERS
Reference to associated registers, in which the legal unit is recorded and which contain information that can be useful for statistical purpose.
1.15
Conditional
Reference to the register of intra-EU operators and Reference to customs files or to the register of extra-EU operators
1.16
Conditional
Reference to administrative global identifiers, Reference to balance sheet data (for units required to publish accounts), Reference to the balance of payments register or foreign direct investment register, and Reference to the farm register
LINK WITH ENTERPRISE GROUP
1.17
Identity number of the enterprise group (2.1), to which the unit belongs
1.18
Date of association to the enterprise group
1.19
Date of separation from the enterprise group
CONTROL OF UNITS
The control links can be recorded either top-down (1.20a, 1.21a, 1.22a) or bottom-up (1.20b, 1.21b, 1.22b). Only the first level of control, direct or indirect, is recorded for each unit (the whole chain of control can be obtained by combining these).
1.20a
Identity number(s) of resident legal unit(s) which are controlled by the legal unit.
1.20b
Identity number of the resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit.
1.21a
Partially conditional
Country(ies) of registration, identity number(s), name(s) and address(es) of the non-resident legal unit(s), which are controlled by the legal unit. Conditional for EGR identity number(s).
1.21b
Partially conditional
Country of registration, identity number, name and address of the non-resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit. Conditional for EGR identity number.
1.22a
Conditional
VAT number(s) of non-resident legal unit(s), which are controlled by the legal unit
1.22b
Conditional
VAT number of the non-resident legal unit, which controls the legal unit
OWNERSHIP OF UNITS
The ownership can be recorded either top-down (1.23a, 1.24a) or bottom-up (1.23b, 1.24b). The threshold is 10 % or more of direct ownership.
1.23a
Conditional
(a) Identity number(s), and
(b) shares (%) of resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit
1.23b
Conditional
(a) Identity number(s), and
(b) shares (%) of resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit
1.24a
Conditional
(a) Country(ies) of registration, and
(b) EGR identity number(s), and
(c) name(s), address(es), and VAT number(s), and
(d) shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s) owned by the legal unit, and
(e) date of start – end of the shares
1.24b
Conditional
(a) Country(ies) of registration, and
(b) EGR identity number and
(c) name(s), address(es), and VAT number(s), and
(d) shares (%) of non-resident legal unit(s), which own(s) the legal unit, and
(e) date of start – end of the shares.
2.
ENTERPRISE GROUP
IDENTIFICATION
2.1
Partially conditional
Identity number(s)
Conditional for EGR identity number if the enterprise group is multinational.
2.2
Optional
Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) able to report data on the enterprise group
2.3
Name of the enterprise group, for multinational groups the EGR name
2.4
Optional
Short text description of the enterprise group
2.5
Optional
Website address of the enterprise group
2.6
Identity number of the legal unit being global decision centre. If the global decision centre is non-resident the EGR identity number. For natural persons that are not economic operators, the country of residence has to be recorded under 2.10a.
2.7
Country of registration of the global decision centre, if non-resident the EGR country of registration
2.8
Optional
Postal and email addresses of the global decision centre
2.9
Identity number of the legal unit being the global group head. If the global group head is non-resident the EGR identity number. For natural persons that are not economic operators, the country of residence has to be recorded under 2.10a.
2.10
Optional
Country of registration, postal and email addresses of the global group head, if non-resident the EGR country of registration
2.10a
Conditional
Country of residence of the Ultimate Controlling Institutional unit (UCI) if the controlling unit is a natural person who is not an economic operator
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS
2.12
Date of commencement of the enterprise group
2.13
Date of cessation of the enterprise group
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES
2.14
Principal activity code of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level, if multinational group the EGR principal activity code
2.15
Optional
Secondary activities of the enterprise group at NACE 2-digit level, if multinational group the EGR secondary activity code
2.16
Conditional
Number of employees and self-employed persons in the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR number of employees and self-employed persons
2.17
Conditional
Net turnover (and currency) of the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR net turnover (and currency)
2.18
Conditional
Total assets (and currency) of the enterprise group, if multinational group the EGR total assets (and currency)
2.19
Optional
Countries where non-resident enterprises or local units are located, for multinational group the EGR countries of registration
3.
ENTERPRISE
IDENTIFICATION
3.1
Partially conditional
Identity number
Conditional for the EGR identity number when recorded in the EGR
3.2
Optional
Identity number of the legal unit(s) able to report data on the enterprise
3.3
Name
3.4
Optional
Postal, email and website address
LINK TO OTHER UNITS
3.5
Identity number(s) of the legal unit(s) of which the enterprise consists
3.6
Identity number of the enterprise group, to which the enterprise belongs.
DEMOGRAPHIC EVENTS
3.7
Date of commencement of activities
3.8
Date of final cessation of activities
STRATIFICATION PARAMETERS AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES
3.9
Principal activity code at NACE 4-digit level
3.10
Conditional
Secondary activities, if any, at NACE 4-digit level.
3.11
Number of employees and self-employed persons
3.12
Number of employees
3.13
Optional
Number of employees in full-time equivalents
3.14
Net turnover, except that provided in 3.15
3.15
Optional
Net turnover for agriculture, hunting and forestry, fishing, and public administration and defence, compulsory social security, private households with employed persons and extra-territorial organisations
3.16
Institutional sector and sub-sector within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1197/annex/IX/section/3/division/2/part/C (the official version)
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