1. 1 Statistical Business Register Infrastructure for statistical production systems Regional Seminar on Implementation of 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in the ECO member countries 11-13 September 2013 Ankara, Turkey Dr. Julie L. Hass (email: JUH@ssb.no) Division for Development Cooperation Statistics Norway 1

2. Multi-purpose data systems Move from separate «stove pipe» production systems to coordinated, linked, multi-purpose data systems 2

3. Advantage Reduce reporting burden Report data one time – use data many times 3

4. Challenges Need to collect the data users need Need to be able to connect/combine different data sets 4

5. Challenges Need to agree to cooperate and share information Have appropriate legal framework Data flows in ways that preserve confidentiality – Code of Practice for Official Statistics 5

6. 6 National accounts and register information National Accounts only to a lesser degree uses register information directly in estimations –For some minor services activities turn-over directly from Central register of enterprises/establishments –Some detailed information taken directly from Register of Wages and Salaries (RWS) and used in estimations of employment Mostly indirect use of register information via the various economic statistics used in National Accounts

7. 7 Statistics Structural business statistics Central and local government accounts External Trade Statistics Price statistics Labor market staistisc Financial instituions statistics Household consumer surveys NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Registers Register of households and persons - employees/consumers Register of government institutions - producers Register of customs Declarations - traders Central Register of Establishments/Enterprises – producers

8. 8 CREE CCRLE Statistics Statistics Norway Other government institutions Various administrative registers and sources Business Register - the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises (CREE) Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (CCRLE)

9. 9 VAT Register Register of Employers Corporate Taxation Data Register County Governors' Register of Foundations Register of Stockholders Register of Business Enterprises

10. How to connect the different data sets? 10

11. Unique ID number 11

12. 12 Reg of Business entities SN’s Statistical Central Register of Enterprises VAT register Corp tax data Reg of employers Enterprises Establ. LKAU CRE Other sources Legal units LKAU Optional registration CCRLE Legal units LKAU Legal units Enterprise Groups CCRLE – Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities (Brønnøysund)

13. 13 Demands on a statistical Business Register The register must represent a common population inside SN The register must have full coverage and high quality, and must be updated and well documented Contain the units that are defined in the EU regulation on Business registers Contain the classifying variables necessary to define the relevant statistical populations Contain information on enterprise groups and globalisation Integrated with an administrative register

14. 14 Updating the Business Register Statistics Norway meets a constant pressure to reduce response burden –Reduce number and size of sample surveys A long tradition of linking our units to other administrative data 1995: A formal companionship round the administrative Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities ( CCRLE) Result: –A single identifier makes linking easier –A reliable source for obtaining new legal units –We share the updating burden with others –Statistics Norway can use the data from the associated registers to monitor activity and produce statistics –Statistics Norway and other associated registers must pass on information about units to the CCRLE

15. Statistical Business Register Part of the foundation of the statistical system Underpins the national accounts 15

16. Thank you for your attention! Julie Hass, Senior Adviser Division for Development Cooperation Statistics Norway email: JUH@ssb.no 16