ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATIONS Advanced course Day 1 – third afternoon session Tools for assisting the use of classifications Zsófia Ercsey - KSH – Hungary Marie-Madeleine Fuger - INSEE – France Hans Van Hooff - CBS - Netherlands THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTING UNDER A FRAMEWORK CONTRACT CONCLUDED WITH THE COMMISSION

Tools for assisting the use of classifications External users: Dissemination on internet Searching engine on internet Hungarian additional explanatory notes to NACE Rev.2 and CPA Ver.2.1 Information service Internal users: Dissemination on intranet Complex correspondence table for NACE–CPA–ÖVTJ Database of classification letters Classifications in meta-database

Dissemination on internet 1st menu: Hungarian Central Statistical Office’ web-site: www.ksh.hu/Classifications/ NACE Rev.2 = TEÁOR’08 http://www.ksh.hu/teaor_eng_menu CPA Ver.2.1 = TESZOR’15 http://www.ksh.hu/teszor_eng_menu Published documents: Short description of classification Structure Explanatory notes, list of changes every year Search engine Methodology Correspondence tables Legal bases (1893/2006 NACE regulation etc.) Old version (NACE Rev.1., CPA 2008) International version link to RAMON 1st CPC (central classification) merely developped to enhance harmonization among various fields and related statistics and to strengthen the role of national accounts

Dissemination on internet (2) 2nd menu: Hungarian Central Statistical Office’ web-site: www.ksh.hu/Data/Metainformation/Classifications by subject or by alphabet Extra information: Versions of classifications (every year updates of NACE/TEÁOR etc) Downloading in csv Printing For example: CPA Ver.2.1 (TESZOR): http://www.ksh.hu/apps/meta.objektum?p_lang=EN&p_menu_id=32 0&p_ot_id=300&p_obj_id=0732&p_session_id=18075215 CPC (central classification) merely developped to enhance harmonization among various fields and related statistics and to strengthen the role of national accounts

Searching engine on internet For NACE Rev.2 (TEÁOR’08) only You can search by code or text Searching in the explanatory notes All results (findings) are listed: code and denomination of NACE/TEÁOR category clicking on the result, you will see the explanatory notes of the class concerned Future plan: for TESZOR (CPA)…

Hungarian additional explanatory notes to NACE Rev.2 and CPA Ver.2.1 Separate cell in database table for the Hungarian additional explanations: - Typical activities and products occurring in Hungary - Categories of the Hungarian legal rules relating to an activity Aim is assisting the enterprises in the right use and interpretation of NACE, CPA See: internet (Hungarian version)

Information Service Hungarian enterprises are responsible for classifying their activity into NACE If enterprise can not classify its activity into NACE, it may write a letter (request) to CSO Information Service Single channel communication with clients: Information Service In background classification experts support them Methodology department ca. 5.000 replies since 2008

Tools for internal users: within CSO Dissemination on intranet For internal use: for informing the colleagues Classifications are used in questionnaires, data processing and publications Intranet: uploaded classifications: the same files as on internet, but in excel, word, pdf Versions of previous year (questionnaires may use previous version) see: Intranet

Complex correspondence table for NACE – CPA – ÖVTJ ÖVTJ = Hungarian activity classification for sole proprietors Based on NACE, and breakdowns according to the specialities of the Hungarian sole proprietors CPA code is identical with NACE code on the first 1-4 digit (some exceptions) But correspondence between CPA and ÖVTJ is not unambiguous Merging NACE-CPA-ÖVTJ into one correspondence table Complex correspondence table gives a choice Aim: assisting classification work, classifying activities and products Update every year Internal use only (see: Intranet) Helpful for classification work (register, NA)

Database of classification letters Like case laws You can search by subject, registration number, client, text, code etc. Available within CSO only (see: Intranet) Colleagues engaged in classification work Aim: consequent classifications of activities and products

Classifications in meta-database Nomenclatures are a separate object in meta-database (MDB) All nomenclatures are stored in MDB if they are used for data processing by any statistical domain Standard structure of database table for nomenclatures Standard rules for creating and update a nomenclature

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