Law on statistics in the service sector (Service Statistics Act-DlStatG)

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DlStatG

Date of completion: 19.12.2000

Full quote:

" Services Statistics Act of 19 December 2000 (BGBl. I p. 1765), most recently by Article 8 of the Law of 28 July 2015 (BGBl. I p. 1400)

Status:

Last amended by Art. 8 G v. 28.7.2015 I 1400

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Footnote

(+ + + Text evidence from: 1.1.2001 + + +)
The G was referred to as Article 1 (d). G v. 19.12.2000 I 1765 (DlStatGEG) approved by the Bundestag with the consent of the Bundesrat. It's gem. Article 6, first sentence, of this G mWv 1.1.2001 entered into force. Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 Purpose, Scope

(1) In order to illustrate the development of economic activity in the service sector, statistical surveys are carried out as federal statistics. (2) The statistics comprise annual surveys, which are sampled at a maximum of 15 per cent of all Survey units according to § 2 para. 2 are carried out. The survey units are selected according to mathematical and statistical methods. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Survey areas, survey units

(1) The surveys shall cover the service areas referred to below in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of Economic sectors NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on certain statistical domains (OJ L 327, 30.4.2004, p. EU No 1), as amended in each case:

1.

Section H-Transport and storage

2.

Section J-Information and communication

3.

Section L-Land and housing

4.

Section M-Provision of professional, scientific and technical services

5.

Section N-Provision of other economic services

6.

Section S, Division 95-Repair of data processing equipment and consumer goods.

(2) Survey units are enterprises and institutions for the pursuit of a professional activity which is active in the service areas referred to in paragraph 1. (3) Professional activity as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall include self-employed activity by members of the professions referred to in Article 18 (1) (1) sentence 2 of the Income Tax Act. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Survey characteristics, reporting period, reporting time

(1) The survey characteristics of the statistics are:

1.

Information on the identification of the company or of the institution for the exercise of a professional activity

a)

legal form,

b)

primarily engaged in economic activity,

c)

Number of branches;

2.

persons as well as wages and salaries

a)

Number of persons working in the profession, in full and part-time work, and by sex,

b)

Number of persons employed in full-time units,

c)

the sum of gross wages and salaries,

d)

Statutory and other social expenses of employers;

3.

Sales, advances and taxes and subsidies

a)

Turnover or revenue at home and abroad and other operating income,

b)

Foreign sales or revenue, based on the location of the contracting entity within and outside the European Union,

c)

sales or revenue by type of service,

d)

Expenditure on goods, materials and services by species,

e)

the value of the stocks of goods and materials by species;

f)

Expenses for rents, lease and leasing,

g)

taxes, duties and subsidies;

4.

Investment

a)

the value of the tangible assets acquired and the value of intangible assets by species;

b)

Value of self-created property, plant and equipment.

(2) The information referred to in paragraph 1 (1) (b) shall be added for the reference year 2008, in addition to Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 December 1990. October 1990 (OJ C 327, EC No 1) in the version in force until 31 December 2007. (3) By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the information referred to in paragraph 1 (2) (a) shall only be provided in the case of collection units with revenue or revenue of less than EUR 250,000 in the reporting year. (4) In the case of survey units with branch offices in several countries and operations, or in the case of a number of countries, the information referred to in paragraph 1 (2) (d), paragraph 1 (3) (a), (d) and (e) and paragraph 1 (4) shall be recorded only as a sum. Revenue of EUR 250,000 and more in the year under review shall be provided on the basis of total revenue or revenue, Total number of persons employed, the sum of gross wages and salaries and total investment in addition broken down by country. (5) The information referred to in paragraph 1 (3) (b) and (c) shall be recorded only for survey units with 20 and More active persons are recorded as follows:

1.

annually in the service areas referred to in

a)

Section J, Group 58.2-Slaying of software,

b)

Section J, Division 62-Provision of services in information technology,

c)

Section J, Group 63.1-Data processing, hosting and related activities; Web portals,

d)

Section M, Group 73.1-Advertising,

e)

Section N, Division 78-placement and transfer of labour;

2.

Every two years, starting with the 2008 reference year in the service sectors

a)

Section M, Group 69.1-Legal advice,

b)

Section M, Group 69.2-Auditing and tax advice; accounting,

c)

Section M, Group 70.2-Public-relations and management consulting;

3.

Every two years, starting with the 2009 reference year in the service sectors

a)

Section M, Group 71.1-Architecture and engineering offices,

b)

Section M, Group 71.2-Technical, physical and chemical analysis,

c)

Section M, Group 73.2-Market and opinion research.

The data on the survey characteristics referred to in paragraph 1 (1) shall be given in accordance with the status of 31 December, the survey characteristics referred to in paragraph 1 (2) (a) and (b) as of 30 September, the survey characteristics referred to in paragraph 1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (b). (c) and (d), (1) (3) (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) and (1) (4) for the reference year as a whole and for the survey characteristics referred to in paragraph 1 (3) (e) at the beginning and the end of the reference year. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 auxiliary characteristics

The auxiliary characteristics are:

1.

the name and address of the undertaking or body responsible for the pursuit of a freelance activity and the person responsible for providing information;

2.

Name, telephone numbers and addresses for electronic mail of the persons available for inquiries.

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§ 5 The obligation to provide information

(1) There is a duty to provide information for the surveys. The holders or managers of the companies or institutions for the exercise of a freelance activity are responsible for providing information. The information provided according to § 4 No. 2 is voluntary. (2) For companies whose owner is the founder of a business within the meaning of § 7g (7) sentence 2 and 3 of the Income Tax Act (Einkommensteuergesetz) in the version of the notice of 19. October 2002 (BGBl. 4210, 2003 I p. 179), notwithstanding the first sentence of the first sentence of paragraph 1 and 2, the calendar year of the opening of the operating system shall not be subject to the obligation to provide information. In the following two calendar years, there is no obligation to provide information if the company has generated revenues of less than € 500,000 in the last completed financial year, together with revenues from independent work. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Delivery arrangements

The Federal Statistical Office and the Statistical Offices of the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) and the Statistical Offices of the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) shall not apply to the highest federal and state authorities for their use in relation to the legislative bodies and for the purposes of planning. Countries tables with statistical results are transmitted, even if the table fields have only one case. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Regulation authorisation

The Federal Government is authorized, by means of a regulation with the consent of the Federal Council

1.

to extend the periodicity of the surveys referred to in Article 1 (2) for individual survey areas;

2.

suspend the surveys for individual survey areas in accordance with section 2 (1),

3.

To suspend the collection of individual characteristics in accordance with § 3 (1) for specific survey units or survey areas,

if the results are not or are not required in the intended detail or frequency.