1. Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for official Statistics
Integration of European data into the French Statistical Business Register
NTTS 2019
Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for official Statistics
Brussels, 12–14 March 2019
Isabelle Collet

2. Statistical Business Register (SBR) units
Legal Unit (LEU) is a Company legally speaking
Group (Global Enterprise Group – GEG) is a set of Legal units linked by control relationships
Nationality of the Group is the nationality of the Legal Unit where strategic decisions referring to the Group are taken
Enterprises (ENTs) are statistical units reflecting the economic reality - Regulation (EC) 696/93
‘An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that is an organizational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, ..’
Profiling is a way to delineate Enterprise within a Group and to collect economic data at Enterprise level
At Insee 2 kind of profiling processes
Manual profiling, for the most important groups (around 50 groups) provides the high-quality data but it is very costly as it involved HR, i.e. profilers
Automatic profiling, for the other groups ( groups) uses algorithm to provide Enterprise delineation and economic variables. It is less costly and estimated value

3. National profiling
DK 1
DK 1
DK 1
DK 3
DK 2
DK 2
DK 3
FR 1
FR 3
IT 1
IT 1
IE 1
IE 2
IE 1
IE 2
IT 1
DK 2
IE 1
FR 2
FR 2
FR 1
FR 3
FR 1
DK 3
FR 2
IE 2
FR 3
National profiling delineates French Enterprises within the national perimeter of the group
Group structure is set up by the French BR based on relationships between LEUS
Group perimeter is the set of LEUs within the group

4. European profiling
GEN 1
GEN 2
DK 1
DK 1
DK 1
DK 3
DK 2
DK 2
DK 2
DK 3
DK 3
IT 1
IE 1
IE 2
IE 1
IE 1
IE 2
IT 1
IT 1
IE 2
FR 2
FR 1
FR 3
FR 2
FR 1
FR 1
FR 2
FR 3
FR 3
National footprint of the GEN called TENTs are proposed as ENTs to the IT, IE and FR NSIs
Danish profiler delineates 2 worldwide Enterprises (GENs) within the perimeter of the group
Danish Group perimeter is provided by the EU BR (EGR)

5. EU and French Statistical Business Registers (SBRs) networks
Legal Units (LEUs)
Groups (GEGs)
French SBR network
Enterprises (ENTs)
Legal Units (LEUs)
Groups (GEGs)
EU SBR network
Enterprises (ENTs)
LEUs, relationships between LEUs and ENTs
Integration: LEUs, relationships between LEUs and TENTs
French SBRs network
Groups implanted in France – Domestic and multinational groups
European SBRs network
Multinational groups implanted in EU-EFTA countries

6. Integration of EU data -Why? What? How?
Use the data from EU SBR for:
Update the structure and perimeter of GEGs
Delineation of ENTs
What?
Foreign Group implanted in France , especially foreign GEGs profiled with an algorithm
Why?
To improve French SBR quality

7. Example 1 - EU SBR data integration
Without EU SBR data integration
With EU SBR data integration
GEG 1
GEG 2
GEG 3
DK 1
GEG
GEG 4
GEG 5
DK 3
FI 1
DK 4
DK 3
FI 1
DK 4
DK 1
DK 2
DK 2
FR 1
FR 3
FR 1
FR 5
FR 6
FR 2
FR 4
FR 5
FR 6
FR 2
FR 3
FR 4
ENT3
ENT4
ENT5
ENT1
ENT2
ENT
The French SBR considered 5 different GEGs and the algorithm created 5 ENTs with the French part of the GEGs. The French BR collects only the direct links between a French and a foreign LEU
EU SBR provides a better GEG structure and perimeter and suitable ENT delineation
One Danish GEG and one French ENT including 6 LEUs

8. Example 1- impact of EU SBR integration at ENT level
Without EU SBR data integration
With EU SBR data integration
Activity
Nace code
Number of ENT
Turnover (K€)
Employment
Wholesale 2
182
Manufacture of machinery 1
408
Specialized construction activities
346
Total 5
590
Activity
Nace code
Number of ENT
Turnover (K€)
Employment
Manufacture of machinery 1
590
Impact on the distribution by activity and on the amount of turnover with the consolidation

9. Example 2 - EU SBR data integration
Without EU SBR data integration
With EU SBR data integration
GEG
GEG AT AT
FR 5
FR 1
FR 2
FR 3
FR 4
FR 1
FR 5
FR 2
FR 3
FR 4
ENT 1
ENT 2
ENT1
EU SBR provides, for the groups which are manually profiled a better ENT delineation
One Austrian GEG with 2 French ENTs
The French SBR considered one Austrian GEG and the algorithm created one ENT with 5 LEUs with the French part of the GEGs

10. Thank you! Any question? Join us on: Isabelle COLLET
insee.fr
Isabelle COLLET
Business register and profiling expert
Brussels, March 2019