1. 1. Mission of EGR and legal framework
ESTP Course on the EGR
3-4-5 December 2014
1. Mission of EGR and legal framework

2. What is EuroGroup Register?
It is the statistical business register of multinational groups in the EU
It is created by the cooperation between Eurostat and the national statistical offices of European Member States and EFTA countries, by pooling together micro data on legal units + cross border information on who controls whom
It contains structural economic information on enterprises that are part of multinational groups with an interest in Europe

3. From preparatory studies…
In June 2003 in Geneva, Statistics Canada organized a Seminar on globalization within the fifty-first plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians: the MNE Project – Seeing the whole elephant! was launched
The MNE Project was an experiment on measuring the activities of MNEs using a mirror exercise: measuring some economic data on individual enterprises in one country (traditional data collection) vis-à-vis measuring the same data from the top MNE (new top down data collection)
Five national statistical institutes participated: Statistics Canada, INSEE (France), ISTAT (Italy), CBS (Netherlands), and ONS (UK).
The results showed that it was necessary to start building an information systems integrating information across countries on MNE and share them to have better quality

4. … to the EGR
As a follow up of the MNE Project in 2006 Eurostat launched the EGR Pilot project for the creation of a European Business Register on Multinational Enterprise Groups
Consortium among Eurostat, CBS (Netherlands), ONS (UK), DESTATIS (Germany), KSH (Hungary) and a private IT company
In 2008 Regulation (EC) N. 177/2008 on business registers allows micro data exchanges for the creation of the EGR
EGR set up in 2008 (version 1.0)
In 2011 the new concept of EGR (version 2.0) was launched (development is still on-going)
Complete EGR 2.0 in 2015/2016 – all applications
New project for 2014 – 2017, the ESBRs – European System of interoperable Business registers (coordinator Statistics Austria)

5. The EGR mission
It is the statistical business register of multinational groups in the EU
Its mission is to become the supranational statistical registers of multinational enterprise groups among MS in the ESS
It will offer statistical compilers access to integrated and up-to-date statistical register on the enterprise groups which have relevant transnational operations (financial and non-financial) in at least one of the European countries

6. Purpose, accessibility, dissemination
Statistical purpose
The EGR is created for statistical purposes only
To improve the quality of information on multinational groups to the ESS
Accessibility to ESS
The EGR frames are accessible to all European statistical authorities responsible for producing official statistics
Dissemination via secure environment
Data from the EGR is disseminated to MS only via secure means of the Commission

7. EGR use
Coordination frame for all European statistical authorities, both National Statistical Institutes and National Central Banks, for sampling populations in the production of statistics on globalization, namely I-FATS O-FATS FDI
Provide NSI cross border information on who controls whom across the different national statistical registers to support a better view on the global structure and activities of the enterprise groups in the EU and a better delineation of the statistical units at national level

8. Legal framework Business Registers – general overview
REGULATION (EC) No 177/2008
OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 February 2008
establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes
and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93

9. First group: general Article 1 Purpose Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Scope
Article 4 Data sources
Article 5 Register characteristics
Article 6 Quality standards and reports
Article 7 Recommendations manual
Article 8 Time reference and periodicity
Article 9 Transmission of reports

10. Second group: data exchange – MOST IMPORTANT
Article 10 Exchange of confidential data between Member States
Article 11 Exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States
Article 12 Exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and central banks
Article 13 Confidentiality and access to identifiable data

11. Third group: final Article 14 Transition period and derogations
Article 15 Implementing measures
Article 16 Committee
Article 17 Repeal
Article 18 Entry into force

12. Article 1 Purpose
This Regulation establishes a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes in the Community.
one or more harmonised registers
as a tool for the preparation and coordination
of surveys
as a source of information for the statistical
analysis of the business population and its demography
for the use of administrative data
for the identification and construction of statistical units

13. Article 2 Definitions
(a) ‘legal unit’, ‘enterprise’, ‘local unit’ and ‘enterprise group’ : Regulation No 696/93;
(b) ‘national authorities’
(c) ‘statistical purposes’
(d) ‘multinational enterprise group’ : at least two enterprises or legal units located in different countries;
(e) ‘truncated enterprise group’ : enterprises and the legal units in the same country.
It may comprise only one unit, if the other units are non-resident. An enterprise may be the truncated enterprise group or part thereof.

14. Article 3 Scope Registers shall be compiled of:
(a) all enterprises carrying on economic activities contributing to the gross domestic product (GDP), and their local units;
(b) the legal units of which those enterprises consist;
(c) truncated enterprise groups and multinational enterprise groups;
(d) all-resident enterprise groups.
The requirement in paragraph 1 shall not, however, apply to households insofar as the goods and services they produce are for their own consumption, or involve the letting of own property

15. Article 10 Exchange of confidential data between Member States
May take place,
exclusively for statistical purposes,
between the appropriate national authorities of different Member States,
in accordance with national legislation,
where the exchange is to ensure the quality of the multinational enterprise group information
National central banks may be party to the exchange in accordance with national legislation

16. EGR legal framework EP&C Regulation 177/2008 – Article 10
Statistical purpose of data exchanges
Where it is to ensure the quality of the MNEs in the EU
EP&C Regulation 177/2008 – Article 11
Data exchange between the Commission (Eurostat) and Statistical Offices
EP&C Regulation 177/2008 – Article 12
Data exchange between the Commission (Eurostat) and the Central Banks
Commission Regulation
N. 192/ March 2009
Commission Regulation
N. 1097/ Nov. 2010

17. Article 11 Exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and MS
1. National authorities transmit data on groups and their units to the Commission (Eurostat)
2. The Commission (Eurostat) transmit data on groups and their units to the appropriate national authorities of each MS, when at least one legal unit of the group is located in the territory of that Member State
3. Data transmitted is exclusively for statistical purposes
- format, security, confidentiality measures, and procedure

18. Article 12 Exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and central banks
Exclusively for statistical purposes, between the Commission (Eurostat) and NCB and ECB
to ensure the quality of multinational enterprise group information
where the exchange is explicitly authorised
- format, security, confidentiality measures, and procedure

19. EGR network:
Statistical BR Austria
EU EuroGroups Register
Statistical BR Belgium
Statistical BR Switzerland
Statistical BR Germany
Statistical BR ……..
Statistical BR Bulgaria
Statistical BR Cyprus
First time that Eurostat exchange (IN and OUT) micro data with 29 NSI and use them to create ONE SINGLE European product
All data files are exchanged using eDamis and a double-encription procedure

20. Article 13 Confidentiality and access to identifiable data
When receiving confidential data they shall that information confidentially
Transmission of confidential data is necessary for the production of specific Community statistics
Any further transmission must be explicitly authorised by the national authority that collected the data

21. Annex Units Legal units Enterprises Local Units Enterprise Groups
List of characteristics
Compulsory
Optional or Conditional

22. COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 192/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States

23. COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1097/2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and central banks

24. Thanks for your attention
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