WPC ^oSתLD Źjzͅ4,}?'rÆG1VYJӬж?ZTWF{"t] ζACOv# J=1\-鴮HSD.5Ai)?kʐ1WZ2/D1ܽ.j(2Zv`DJDM "HK`n-xX{kЅˤ2|EO Kw UOcmdtW0CwQfMj^E)=)KnTt-OE pv <@⤱UgԟVʦL8]]40뜻}AyĄsJN˸wd'Z_;:[Yh]d 7HjO( I{<3^wVlznj J?46# UKN %M 0SU7F-w@s4V 04 U:* * * * UFd 6 0E BAcrobat PDFWriterPDFWRITR((((((((0 (hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX([^$UKUS.,..,,        TRW\6&A43'6&A43'T,9Z#.Courier New Regular DUVVDVVtX$| h | "3|x L  ;'UKUS.,..,,         [XXJ{[CES/SEM.37/2  page  2  #[J{##X&QX[#(3;$ [^!UKUS.,..,,        TRWP6&A43'6&A43'T  <6X9`("Courier NewTT<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular , ;(UKUS.,..,,            `     h      p   [XXJ{[  CES/SEM.37/21     `     h      p     page  2  #[J{##X&QX[#(3;$ [^!UKUS.,..,,        TRWP6&A43'6&A43'T  P Pd [^!UKUS.,..,,        TRWP6&A43'6&A43'T  &XJXXXJxXXJTRWP6&A4WP6&A46&A46&A4T ~   .      6      >   Distr.   ~   .      6      >   GENERAL ~   .      6      >   CES/SEM.37/21 ~   .      6      >   2March1998 ~   .      6      >    ~   .      6      >   Original:ENGLISH&A5!) bdEPNA  33 STATISTICALCOMMISSIONand T      \   COMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEAN   ECONOMICCOMMISSIONFOREUROPE     \   COMMUNITIES(EUROSTAT)   CONFERENCEOFEUROPEANSTATISTICIANS J r  | JointUNECE/Eurostatseminaronbusinessregisters  4  (Geneva,1920February1998)       #XJXJx$#J{XXJ#[J{#J{[REPORT    INTRODUCTION  Go 1.  TheJointECE/EurostatseminaronBusinessRegisterswasheldin # Genevafrom1920February1998.ItwasattendedbyAlbania,Andorra,Austria,Belgium,BosniaandHerzegovina,Bulgaria,Croatia,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Hungary,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Netherlands,Poland,SlovakRepublic,Slovenia,Switzerland,TheformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStatesofAmerica.RepresentativesofEurostatalsoattendedthemeeting.Japanwaspresentunderarticle11ofthetermsofreferenceoftheUnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforEurope.2.  Theprovisionalagendawasadopted. 9a 3.  Mr.JohnPerry(UnitedKingdom)waselectedChairmanand ! МMs.MirjanaStresec(Croatia)waselectedViceChair. ORGANIZATIONOFTHESEMINAR  X$ 4.  Thefollowingsubstantivetopicswerediscussedattheseminaron  4& thebasisofpapersandseminardocumentslistedintheannex.̜(a)  InformationaboutongoingactivitiesandprojectsbyECEand !  " )   Eurostat̜(b)  Currentsituationofbusinessregistersinmembercountries $&#, #[J{ #J{[#XJXJ{V #J{XXJ̜#[J{p##X&QX[#[XX&QJ{[(c)  Developmentofbusinessregistersintransitioncountries &$. #[J{8##X&QX[#XJXXX&QJ{XXJ̜(d)  Coverageandqualityofbusinessregisters#[J{##X&QX[#[XX&QJ{[ԛ J(r&0 МGE.98#[J{##X&QX[#[XX&QJ{[ԛ30444 )(2  . -8 М#[J{{##X&QX[\#XJXXX&QJ{XXJ(e)  Businessregistersandnationalaccounts  ̜(f)  Needforseminarsonstatisticalunitsforbusinessregistersand    ontheuseofbusinessregistersascoordinatedsurveytools#[J{"##X&QX[A#[XX&QJ{[̜ ֛ SUMMARYOFTHEMAINCONCLUSIONSREACHEDATTHEMEETING   5.  Recommendationsforfutureworkaregivenbelow.Otherconclusions   thattheparticipantsreachedattheSeminarontheabovetopicswillbepresented(inEnglishonly)inaseparatereportwhichwillbepreparedaftertheSeminaranddistributedtoparticipants.Itwillalsobedistributed,onrequest,tootherinterestedpersons.̜ FUTUREWORK    6.  Themeetingconcludedthatthereisanurgentneedforatraining yy  courseonthedefinitionandapplicationofstatisticalunitsinbusinessϜregisters.Theneedis#[J{##X&QX[#XJXXX&QJ{XXJԛparticularlystrikinginthecaseofCentraland  МEastEuropeantransitioncountries,butnotlimitedtothesecountries.Itwasproposedthatatrainingcoursedealingwithpracticalapplicationsofdefinitionsandmethodologiescouldbeorganizedprovisionallyinearly1999asaTrainingforEuropeanStatisticians(TES)course.Inaddition,itwassuggestedthataSeminardealingwiththeoreticalissuesrelatedtostatisticalunitsinbusinessregistersbeorganizedjointlybyECEandEurostatduring1999.ModalitiesoftheorganisationanddatesoftheSeminarwillbecommunicatedtomembercountriesassoonaspossible.#[J{#J{[#XJXJ{#J{XXJ  7.  TheparticipantsrecommendedthatafurtherjointECE/Eurostat 00 meetingonbusinessregistersbeheldin1999toconsiderthefollowingissues:* 19 XX*Ӝ0  Qualityissuesincludingthoserelatingtotheuseofadministrative ||  inputs; "" ̜0  Usesofbusinessregistersincludingthemakingofpopulation  # Мestimates; "" ̄  Reviewofthetrainingcourseonstatisticalunitsforbusiness !  n#n&   registersandfuturetrainingneeds;̜0  Furtherdevelopmentofbusinessregistersintransitioncountries; !  %!) МfurtherdevelopmentofIDcardscarriedjointlybyEurostatandECEandharmonizationoftheinformationcontainedinthem.ThejointdocumentcontainingthesetofIDcardsforbothEUandnonEUcountrieswillbepresentedatthenextjointmeeting. "" #XJXJ{>##X&QXXXJ#[XX&QJ{[Ԝ֛̜  *&/ 8.  TheSeminaralsorecommendedthatthenextjointECE/Eurostatmeeting  onbusinessregisterstakeplacein1999inLuxembourg,backtobackwiththeEurostatmeetingoftheWorkingPartyonbusinessregisters.#[J{##X&QX[#XJXXX&QJ{XXJ9.  Boththeuseofbusinessregistersasacoordinatedsurveytooland LL therelationbetweenstatisticalandadministrativeregisterscouldinfuturebenefitfromseminarsaddressingtheseissues.Inviewoftheimportanceoftheseissues,asexpressedbythismeeting,thetwosecretariatswillprepareproposalstobediscussedatthenextjointmeeting.  ̜  )%- ANNEX   r#  PaperspresentedattheJointECE/Eurostatseminaronbusinessregisters  (Geneva,1920February1998)   $1.  ThepaperslistedbelowcanbeobtainedonrequestfromtheECE II secretariat.(CES/SEM.37/3) Croatia A Redevelopmentofthebusinessregisterfor      9     A statisticalpurposes,byMs.M.Stresec, !        9     A CBS,Croatia(CES/SEM.37/4) Netherlands A Thedevelopmentofbusinessregistersin !       9     A CentralAsianRepublics:anevaluationofa   9     A cooperationproject,byMr.H.VanderVen,   9     A CBS,Netherlands(CES/SEM.37/5) Italy   A Thetreatmentofvariableswithina !  --    9     A businessregister:aProbabilisticapproach,Ϝ   9     A byMr.AndreaCaroneandMs.Caterina !      9     A Viviano,Istat,Italy̜(CES/SEM.37/6) UK   A Developingeconomiesandtheirbusiness !  LL    9     A registers,byMr.JohnPerry,ONS,UK̜(CES/SEM.37/7) Hungary A Newbusinessregisteranddatacollection     9     A systemattheHungariaCSO,byMrs.Aniko !      9     A Garai  andMr.JozsefSanta,HungarianCSO#XJXJ{!#J{XXJ#[J{!#J{[ kk М(CES/SEM.37/9) Austria A Howtomaintainabusinessregisterunder     9     A conditionsofrestrictedaccessto Q  !      9     A administrativefiles:limitsand Q  !      9     A opportunities,AustrianCSO̜(CES/SEM.37/11) Azerbaijan A Thebusinessregister,updatingofthe !  0 0"    9     A registeranduseoftheresultsofsample   9     A surveysintheprocessofupdating,by !  !$    9     A StateCommitteeforStatisticsof Q  !  "%    9     A Azerbaijan   |#|& М(CES/SEM.37/12) Denmark A Quality,activityandanewBusiness !  "%"!(    9     A Register,byStatisticsDenmark̜(CES/SEM.37/14) USA   A #[J{,# J{[MeasuringBusinessBirthsandDeathsUsing '#+    9     A theBusinessEstablishmentList#[ J{F2##X&QX[c,#[XX&QJ{[,#[J{e3# J{[byMr. !  n(n$,    9     A MichaelA.Searson,BureauofLabor !  A)A%-    9     A Statistics#[ J{3#J{[#XJXJ{F3#J{XXJ *&. ̜  3.3*3 (CES/SEM.37/15) USA   A ElectronicReportingInitiativesatthe !      9     A USBurauoftheCensus,byMr.ThomasL. !      9     A Mesenbourg,UnitedStatesBureauofthe !      9     A Census(CES/SEM.37/16) Georgia A Someissuesinvolvedinupdatingof !      9     A businessregistersintransitioncountries,   9     A byMr.TugusiVaja,StateDepartmentfor !       9     A StatisticsofGeorgia(CES/SEM.37/17) Poland A BusinessregisterinPoland,byMs.Ewa !  > >     9     A Lintzel,CentralStatisticalOfficeof !        9     A Poland#XJXJ{!5#J{XXJ#[J{4#J{[   (CES/SEM.37/18) Kyrgyzstan A Analysisofthesituationanddevelopment      9     A ofbusinessregisterandclassifications,   9     A bytheNationalStatisticalCommitteeof !  00     9     A theKyrgyzRepublic(CES/SEM.37/19) France A Dterminingtheprincipalactivityofa !      9     A unit,byINSEE,France(CES/SEM.37/20)#[J{:##X&QX[v:#[XX&QJ{[ UK   A #[J{=##X&QX[=#[XX&QJ{[ThebusinessregisterandNationalAccounts ""    9     A intheUnitedKingdom,byMr.JohnPerry,   9     A ONS,UK#[J{>##X&QX[q>#.  [XX&QJ{[Seminarpaper1 Eurostat A DescriptionofapossibleTEScourseon !      9     A statisticalunits#[J{@##X&QX[?#,[XX&QJ{[byMr.P.Struijs,Eurostat#[J{fA##X&QX[GA#  [XX&QJ{[Seminarpaper2#[J{B##X&QX[A# [XX&QJ{[Bosniaand A Informationonbusinessregisterin#[J{B#J{[#XJXJ{B#J{XXJԀ !      9  Herzegovina#[J{7C##X&QX[yC#[XX&QJ{[ A Republika#XJXJ{1D#J{XXJ#[J{PD#J{[Ԁ#[J{D##X&QX[D#XJXXX&QJ{XXJԜSrpska,#[J{QE##X&QX[pE#[XX&QJ{[BosniaandHerzegovina#[J{E#J{[#XJXJ{E#J{XXJ,     9     A preparedbySOofRepubikaSrpska,Bosnia   9     A andHerzegovina.Seminarpaper3 Eurostat A Inventoryof#XJXJ{F##X&QXXXJXF#XJXXX&QJ{XXJmaindocumentsrelevantto !  &!&"    9     A businessregisters,byMr.P.Struijs, !  !#    9     A EurostatSeminarpaper4 Japan   A Theestablishmentandenterprise Q  !  r$r &    9     A informationdatabaseforthebusiness !  E%E!'    9     A register,byStatisticsBureauofJapan̜̜  ($+ Seminarpaper5 Denmark A Resultsfromthe1997industrysurveyonan     9     A arbitrarysample,byStatisticsDenmarkSeminarpaper6 Bosniaand A Registerofbusinessandothersubjects, yy    9  Herzegovina A #[J{H##X&QX[.H#[XX&QJ{[byInstituteofStatistics,Sarajevo, !  LL    9     A BosniaandHerzegovina#[J{L##X&QX[L#