Legislation
European business statistics regulation
- EU regulation 2019/2152 on European business statistics (EBS)
- EU regulation 2020/1197 on technical specifications and arrangements
- EU implementing decision 2021/1003 granting derogations
Business demography (BD) statistics are provided on the basis of the European business statistics (EBS) regulation starting with reference year 2021. More information on the changes and new data requirements introduced by the EBS regulation can be found in the article on European business statistics.
The main changes for BD are an increased coverage of economic activities and the mandatory data transmission of data on regional business demography and young high-growth enterprises.
- EU regulation 446/2014 on the series of data to be produced and the criteria for evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics
- EU regulation 439/2014 on the definitions of characteristics and the technical format for the transmission of data
- EU regulation 251/2009 on the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics
- EU regulation 275/2010 on the criteria for the evaluation of the quality of structural business statistics