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STATISTICAL UNIT – EUROSTAT

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Definition:
The Council Regulation ((EEC), No. 696/93 of 15 March 1993) on statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community lays down a list of eight (types of) statistical units:

— the Enterprise;
— the Institutional Unit;
— the Enterprise Group;
— the Kind-of-activity Unit (KAU);
— the Unit of Homogeneous Production (UHP);
— the Local Unit;
— the Local Kind-of-Activity Unit (local KAU);
— the Local Unit of Homogeneous Production (local UHP).

Context:
Statistical units are defined on the basis of three criteria:

— Legal, accounting or organisational criteria;
— Geographical criteria;
— Activity criteria.

The relationship between different types of statistical units can be summarised in the following way:

— Units with one or more activities and one or more locations
Enterprise, Institutional unit;

— Units with one or more activities and a single location Local unit;

— Units with one single activity and one or more locations KAU, UHP;

— Units with one single activity and one single location Local KAU, Local UHP.

Source Publication:
Council Regulation (EEC), No. 696/93, Section I-IV of 15.03.1993 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community
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Cross References:
Statistical units – ISIC
Unit, statistical - UN

Version Indicator: Eurostat

Statistical Theme: Classifications

Created on Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Last updated on Monday, January 02, 2006