1. Structural Business Statistics
Data reporting to Eurostat, transmission format and tools

2. Data transmission SBS
Which data need to be reported to Eurostat each reference year?
In what form should the data be sent?
How can the data be sent?
What happens with the data at Eurostat?

3. 1. Series of data to be transmitted
Which data need to be transmitted for each reference year ->Commission Regulation concerning the series of data to be produced for SBS (after recast)
First reference year
Frequency
Activity coverage
List of characteristics
Level of activity breakdown
Level of other breakdowns (size class, regional,...)

4. 1. Series of data to be transmitted
Series 1X: Services (NACE Rev.2 Sections H to J and L to N and division 95)
Series 2X: Industry (NACE Rev.2 Sections B, C, D, and E)
Series 3X: Distributive trade (NACE Rev.2 Section G)
Series 4X: Construction (NACE Rev.2 Section F)
Series 5X: Insurance services (NACE Rev.2 division 65 except for group 65.3)

5. 1. Series of data to be transmitted
Series 6X: Credit institutions (All credit institutions within the scope of NACE Rev.2 classes and 64.92)
Series 7X: Pension funds (NACE Rev.2 group 65.3)
Series 8X: Business services (NACE Rev.2 division 62, groups 58.2, 63.1 and 73.1 and division 78 annual; NACE Rev.2 groups 69.1, 69.2, and 70.2 as well as NACE Rev.2 groups 73.2, 71.1 and 71.2 biennial)
Series 9X: Business demography (NACE Rev.2 Sections B to N )

6. 1.Series of data to be transmitted
XA: Annual enterprise statistics
XB: Annual enterprise statistics by size class
XC: Annual regional statistics
XP: Preliminary results

7. 2. Technical format
In what form should the data be transmitted?
->Technical format is laid down in a Regulation
Why?
Least possible errors when importing the data in our Oracle Olap database

8. 2. Technical format
Set of records
Record = description of characteristics of data (country, year, economic activity,...) + data + explanatory notes
All levels of aggregation of breakdowns to be provided
Confidential data to be sent with true value + flag (including secondary confidential cells)

9. 2. Technical format
One file per series of data
Standard file names to be used
Complete data sets including records for data that is not available (‘na’)
Monetary data in thousands of national currency
Data not respecting technical format is considered not being sent

10. 2.a) Data set indentifier
eDAMIS-codes
Ensures a correct identification of the data sent

11. 2.b) Record structure
1. Series
2. Year
3. Territorial unit
4. Size class
5. Economic activity
6. Variable

12. 2.b) Record structure
7. Data value
8. Quality flag
9. Confidentiality flag
10. Dominance/share largest unit
11. Share second largest unit
12. Units of data values

13. 2.b) Record structure
13. Breakdown of products
14. Turnover size classes
15. Breakdown by environmental domains
16. Geographical breakdown
17. Residence of parent enterprise
18. Legal form

14. 2.b) Record structure
19. Type of insurance enterprise or insurance business
20. Category
21. Currency breakdown
22. Residence of client
23. Population
24. Footnote

15. 2.c) Data value
data equal to zero (coded '0'): Real values of zero only (phenomenon is not existing or rounded value of existing phenomenon
data not available (coded ‘na’): This is data which is not collected in a Member State. Only in very exceptional cases allowed (derogations 1%-rule).

16. 2.d) Quality flag
Revised data R
Provisional data P
Insufficiently reliable data that can be used for calculating Community totals but that cannot be disseminated at national level W
Estimation (only for Annex IX) E

17. 2.e) Confidentiality flags
Too few enterprises A
One enterprise dominates the data B
Two enterprises dominate the data C
Confidential data due to secondary confidentiality D
Data is confidential in application of the p%-rule F
Data not published at national level because sensitive information or as suppression partner of data that is not required by SBS Regulation H

18. 2.f) Units
Units UNIT
Thousands
Millions MIO
National currency in thousands KNC
National currency in millions MNC
Euro in thousands KEUR
Euro in millions MEUR

19. 2.g) Examples
Example 1: Confidential data: dominance by one enterprise
The number of persons employed (2700) in France in 2008 for enterprises of 50 to 249 persons employed for NACE C1411 is confidential. One enterprise dominates the data and represents 92% of employment. This is provisional data.
2B;2008;FR;06;C1411;16110;2700;P;B;92; ;UNIT; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

20. 2.g) Examples
Example 2: Size class data The turnover of the retail sale of foods (NACE Rev.2 G472) in Luxembourg in 2008 with an annual turnover between 1 and 2 million EUR was EUR. It is revised data. Data is not confidential

21. 2.g) Examples
Example 4: Business services data Germany declares for the activities of NACE Rev.2 group 62 that EURO of turnover is generated by publishing services of computer games in The data is non confidential.

22. 2.i) Transmission format
Comma separated value (csv) format
No thousand separators in values
1 file per series: Annex 1 limited to activities of NACE H, I, (J) and K: EDIFLOW codes

23. 3. How can the data be sent?
To be sent via Stadium/eDAMIS
eDAMIS: electronic Data files Administration and Management Information System
Software running the Eurostat’s Single Entry Point for data reception
Encryption/decryption

24. 4. What happens with the data at Eurostat?
Quality checking / data validation
« Audit »  confidentiality pattern
Dissemination
EU aggregates