Division 1 Member States shall adapt where necessary the weighting system of composite indices at least every five years. The weights used in the adapted weighting systems shall be transmitted to the Commission within three years after the end of the new base year. Each index requires its own specific weights. The following table specifies for each individual variable and breakdown of the domain ‘Short Term Business Statistics’ which weighting variable to use:
United Kingdom
| Net turnover weights according to the euro area/non-euro area split are only to be transmitted by euro area countries. | |
| Import value weights according to the euro area/non-euro area split are only to be transmitted by euro area countries. | |
| Variable and breakdowns | Weight |
|---|---|
| Registrations, bankruptcies | Number of active enterprises |
| Production (volume) | Value added |
| Net turnover, Producer prices, Volume of sales, Building permits | Net turnover |
| Domestic net turnover, producer prices | Domestic net turnover |
| Non-domestic net turnover, producer prices | Non-domestic net turnover |
| Non-domestic euro area/non-euro area net turnover, producer pricesf1 | Split of non-domestic net turnover |
| Number of employees and self-employed persons | Number of employees and self-employed persons |
| Hours worked by employees | Hours worked by employees |
| Wages and salaries | Wages and salaries |
| Import prices | Import value |
| Euro area/non-euro area import pricesf2 | Split of import value |
Weights should be based on the statistical unit kind-of-activity unit (KAU) except for registrations and bankruptcies for which the weights should be based on the statistical unit enterprise (ENT). Only if KAU is not available a statistical unit which serves the purpose of short term statistics might be used. All Member States (small, medium and large) have to transmit to Eurostat the breakdowns of the weights according to the breakdowns of the large countries defined in the data requirements of Annex I to this Regulation.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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Net turnover weights according to the euro area/non-euro area split are only to be transmitted by euro area countries.
- f2
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Import value weights according to the euro area/non-euro area split are only to be transmitted by euro area countries.