1. Proposal on One Person Enterprise item 10 c) of the agenda Structural Business Statistics Working Group 10-11 November 2015, Luxembourg Paula Nimac

2. Background At SBS WG meeting held on 20 November 2014 several areas were identified where further development was necessary One of this areas were data requirements for One person enterprises (OPE) – introduction of an additional size class breakdown on enterprises 2

3. Current SBS requirements on size classes  Annual enterprise statistics by size class of employment 0-1, 2-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections G to J, L to N and division S95 for variables: Number of enterprises, Turnover, Value added at factor cost, Number of persons employed 0-9 for NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to F for variables: Number of enterprises, Turnover, Production value, Value added at factor cost, Gross operating surplus, Total purchases of goods and service, Personnel costs, Wages and salaries, Social security costs, Number of persons employed, Number of employees, Number of hours worked by employees 3

4. SBS requirements on size classes in FRIBS  Preliminary annual enterprise statistics broken down by activity and size class by persons employed for variables: Number of enterprises, Turnover, Number of persons employed 0-1, 2-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections G to J, L to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96 0-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections B to F and K  Annual enterprise statistics broken down by activity and size classes by persons employed for variables: Number of enterprises, Turnover, Production value, Value-added at factor cost, Gross operating surplus, Total purchases of goods and services, Personnel costs, Wages and salaries, Social security costs, Number of persons employed, Number of employees, Number of hours worked by employees 0-1, 2-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections G to J, L to N and P to R and divisions S95 and S96 0-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections B to F and K 4

5. Poland's proposal on One Person Enterprise in SBS During the 3 rd meeting of the Task Force on Small and Medium Enterprise Data (SMED) (4 March 2015) Poland presented its proposal on One Persons Enterprises (OPE)s 5

6. Poland's proposal on One Person Enterprise in SBS  Annual enterprise statistics by size class of employment 0-1, 2-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections C, F to J, L to N, P to R and divisions S95 and S96 for variables: Number of enterprises, Turnover 0-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections C, F to J, L to N, P to R and divisions S95 and S96 for variables: Production value, Value-added at factor cost, Gross operating surplus, Total purchases of goods and services, Personnel costs, Wages and salaries, Social security costs, Number of persons employed, Number of employees, Number of hours worked by employees 0-9 for NACE Rev.2 Sections B, D, E and K for all variables 6

7. Poland's proposal on One Person Enterprise in SBS The TF SMED concluded to consult in a written form the SBS WG delegates to search for their approval of the Poland's proposal The written consultation started on 8 September Deadline for providing replies: by 25 September 2 Member States didn't reply 7

8. Outcome of the written consultation on the proposal prepared by Poland on variables for One Person Enterprise (OPE)s Countries which support the proposal Poland France United Kingdom Latvia Romania Croatia Portugal Bulgaria Germany Netherlands Switzerland Greece Countries which do not support the proposal Belgium Hungary Austria Italy Norway Estonia Czech Republic Denmark Malta Spain Cyprus Luxembourg Sweden Finland Slovakia Ireland 8

9. Conclusion The current FRIBS proposal stays in place No changes to the FRIBS package 9