1. 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
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2. 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
Database of classification letters
Classifications in meta-database
EUROSTAT – RAMON: Trade described by products

3. Dissemination on internet
1st menu:
Hungarian Central Statistical Office’ web-site:
NACE Rev.2 = TEÁOR’08
CPA Ver.2.1 = TESZOR’15
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
CPC (central classification) merely developped to enhance harmonization among various fields and related statistics and to strengthen the role of national accounts

4. Dissemination on internet (2)
2nd menu:
Hungarian Central Statistical Office’ web-site:
by subject or
by alphabet
Extra information:
Versions of classifications (every year we update NACE/TEÁOR explanatory notes etc)
Downloading in csv
Printing
For example: NACE Rev.2 (TEÁOR’08):
nu_id=310&p_almenu_id=301&p_ot_id=300&p_level=2&p _session_id= &p_obj_id=0581;AG
CPC (central classification) merely developped to enhance harmonization among various fields and related statistics and to strengthen the role of national accounts

5. Searching engine on internet
For NACE (TEÁOR), CPA (TESZOR), PRODCOM (ITO), CC (ÉJ)
You can search by code or text
2017 new development: 2 combined criteria: text and code, or 2 different texts
Searching in the explanatory notes
All results (findings) are listed: code and name of NACE/TEÁOR category
clicking on the result, you will see the explanatory notes of the class concerned

6. Hungarian additional explanatory notes
In the Hungarian versions of 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 activities regulated by the Hungarian law
Aim is assisting the enterprises in the right use and interpretation of NACE, CPA
See: internet (Hungarian version)

7. Information Service
Hungarian enterprises are themselves 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 replies since 2008

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

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

10. 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
See: Intranet/IT application/Meta/Nomenclature

11. Services described by goods of CPA
History:
2011 EUROSTAT and Task Force prepared a document describing trade with the help of goods of CPA 2008
2012 Task Force prepared a similar document describing repair, maintenance, installation and rental services
2016 Revision according to the changes of CPA 2015 (CPA Ver.2.1)

12. Trade described by goods
Special correspondence table
Aim: tool for classifying goods into appropriate trade CPA category
Reason: there are no explanatory notes for trade in CPA
Correspondence table between the produced goods and trade of goods (6 digit code number)
Complete table sorted by code of good
Separate tables for commission trade, whole trade, retail trade (sorted by code of service)

13. Trade described by goods (2)
Content:
All goods that can be traded
All goods can be sold to businesses (whole sale) some exceptions
Not all the goods can be sold to the public, households or persons (retail sale). Task Force has selected the goods typically used or consumed by households, persons

14. Extension of correspondence table in 2012
Content of correspondence table (C.T.):
All goods that can be traded, repaired, installed or rented
Therefore goods not undergoing any of these operations are omitted
The same CPA good can be used for several different purposes  so trade channels are different  breakdown at „Text extension” column

15. Characteristics and aim of C.T.
C.T. is not a complete correspondence table
During its use in practice new lines can be added (inserted)
C.T. is not a legal text, has no binding force
This is a tool provided for EU statisticians for classification of services in a standard way in EU
Common language in interpretation of NACE, CPA
Help in fulfilling questionnaires using above mentioned categories of NACE, CPA (SBS, Business services producer prices etc.)

16. Searching in correspondence table
According to the code of good
According to the code of service (trade, repair, installation or rental)

17. Searching in correspondence table (2)
According to the code of good:
Chocolate: ,
PC: (portable),
Stove, heater for gas fuel:
Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated board or corrugated paperboard  purposes of uses: For industrial uses and other  different trade channels

18. Searching in correspondence table (3)
According to the code of service:
What goods are covered by a trade CPA category?
Retail trade (pdf):
No retail trade (examples)
From to
Whole sale trade (pdf):
No whole sale trade (examples)
From to

19. Thank you for your attention!