Surveys and Methodology

NACE Rev.2

A new version of the European industrial activity classification (NACE Rev.2) has been approved by the European Commission. The NACE Rev.2 classification incorporates significant changes from NACE Rev 1.1. The changes are occurring at every level of the classification and will introduce new sectors for 'Water Supply, Sewage, Waste Management and Remediation', 'Information and Communication', 'Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities', 'Administrative and Support Service Activities' and 'Arts, Entertainment and Recreation'.

The European timetable for implementation of NACE Rev.2 is as follows:

1 January 2008:-

• Business Registers

Year 2008:-

• First reference period for all community statistics
• Exceptions - Short-term Statistics, Labour Cost Index, National Accounts, BOP and Agriculture.

1 January 2009:-

• Short-term Statistics and Labour Cost Index

Year 2011:-

• National Accounts

CSO statistical areas will be affected as follows:

Structural Business Statistics

First reference year 2008:-

For 2008 reference year, data classified to both NACE Rev 1.1 and NACE Rev.2 are required for:

• Preliminary results October 2009
• Final results in June 2010

CSO Structural Surveys are -

› Census of Industrial Production (CIP)

› Annual Services Inquiry

› Census of Building and Construction

Short Term Statistics

• First reference period - 1 January 2009/Q1 2009
• Backdata to first quarter of 2000 will be made available at the same time as the results for the January 2009 reference period.
• Change to 2005 base year, new weights for base year will be estimated according to NACE Rev.2

The new classification NACE Rev.2 is available along with its concordance to NACE Rev 1.1 on the official Eurostat NACE Rev.2 webpage.

The Nace Rev.2 Coder facility is available on the CSO Database Direct. By searching the NACE Coder using a keyword/business description it will bring back a list of possible NACE Codes using the NACE Rev.2 Classification system.