EuroGroups register FATS online interface
The EuroGroups Register FATS online interface (EGR FATS) is an application in the EuroGroups Register (EGR). It is an online tool that allows to browse, compare, and download data on the preliminary and final populations of the EGR. EGR FATS presents the EGR data in a way to fulfil the needs of statisticians producing foreign affiliates statistics (FATS).
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Functionalities of EGR FATS
EGR FATS provides a means of consulting the data on groups stored in the EGR via an online interface. Users can consult data on enterprise groups, as well as on the enterprises and legal units that are part of the group. This information can be consulted provided that at least one legal unit of the group is registered in the country where the user is based.
The complete output data from the EGR production cycles is available in EGR FATS. This includes data regarding the characteristics of the enterprise groups, data on the characteristics of individual enterprises making up the group; as well as all legal units part of each of the enterprises. Users can browse the EGR data, download data files in predefined formats, and compare the different (annual) populations in EGR with statistical tables.
Browsing EGR data
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The search function in EGR FATS allows users to search the EGR population for groups, enterprises or legal units. The search results are displayed in a list, from which users can select the result for which they would like to get additional information.
Data on the groups and the units that form them are presented on a default display page. The display pages in EGR FATS show all the information on the specified group and its units.
The enterprises in the group can be shown grouped by country, and users can browse the information on any enterprise by clicking on it. Details of the legal units behind the selected enterprises are also provided. By default, the information for groups and enterprises is the limited information sheets. However, users can choose to display detailed information sheets as well.
Downloading data on national EGR populations
In addition to simply browsing the data on multinational groups, users also can download data on national populations from the EGR, for example, to use it in the production of FATS statistics. EGR FATS has download functions for the following populations:
- Inward FATS: foreign-controlled enterprises present in a particular country.
- Outward FATS: enterprises controlled by the multinational groups of the country.
- Total FATS: all enterprises belonging to multinational groups present in the country.
The data on the requested EGR population are sent to the user in three files. One file contains the data for the enterprise groups, the second file contains the data for individual enterprises with links to the groups, and the third file contains the data for legal units that have links to the enterprises of the groups. EGR FATS sends the data files to the users via EDAMIS, the secure communication platform used for data exchange between Eurostat and EU Member States or EFTA countries.
Statistics on EGR populations
EGR FATS allows users to compare preliminary and final EGR populations from one reference year as well as EGR populations from different reference years.
The tool also displays statistics on total numbers of inward, outward and total FATS populations. Users can see the most significant changes that have taken place in EGR populations, for instance, the number of enterprises that entered or left the respective EGR population, the number of enterprises where the controlling country changed, or the number of enterprises whose main activity status changed.
Access to EGR FATS
The access to EGR FATS is restricted to users at the national statistical authorities (national statistical institutes and national central banks) of EU Member States and EFTA countries.
Users need to have an account and a password in order to access the system. They can apply for an account via the EGR contact persons in their respective national statistical institutes.
Direct access to
- Multinational enterprise groups methodological note
- Methodology on enterprise groups and registers is available in the Business registers Recommendations manual
- EuroGroups Register metadata EGR 2020 Metadata Report
Current legislation
- Regulation (EEC) No 696/1993 of 15 March 1993 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community (Summary)
- Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics
Repealed legislation
- Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes (Summary)
- Regulation (EC) No 192/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States
- Regulation (EC) No 1097/2010 of 26 November 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and central banks