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What is the European data transmission range?
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The European data transmission range for NACE Rev. 2.1 runs from 1 January 2025 to 1 January 2031 (FIXED range). The EUR-Lex summary states that Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 entered into force on 9 February 2023 (FIXED) and will start to apply to data transmission incrementally, depending on the statistical domain, across that range. The range is the headline. The domain timetable inside the range is the detail that controls any single statistic, and it must be checked domain by domain.
Why is the range incremental rather than a single date?
Data transmission covers many statistical domains, and each domain has its own legislation, its own reference periods, and its own production cycle. Eurostat states that NACE Rev. 2.1 will be used in European statistics as per the roll out schedule in Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137. A single changeover date would have forced every domain to move at once, including domains whose series depend on long reference periods or on registers that were still being recoded. The incremental approach lets each domain move when its transmission requirements have been updated. The cost of that approach is that, during the range, some statistics are published on NACE Rev. 2.1 while others are still published on NACE Rev. 2. A reader must therefore check the version for each dataset, not assume a single version for a given year.
What did the Delegated Regulation set, and what did it leave to later instruments?
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 of 10 October 2022 amended Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 and specified NACE Rev. 2 update 1, NACE Rev. 2.1. Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 had established NACE Revision 2, applying since 1 January 2008 (FIXED). The Delegated Regulation set the structure: 22 sections, 87 divisions, 287 groups and 651 classes, as adopted. It also set the roll out schedule in Article 2, which Eurostat cites as the basis for the transition. Later instruments then updated the data transmission requirements for individual domains, so that the requirements are expressed in NACE Rev. 2.1 terms. Eurostat lists those later instruments on its transition page, by domain. The structure is therefore fixed at the top, while the application dates are set domain by domain below it.
How is the range shown in a record?
A record of the range should show the start, the end, the basis, and the limit. The start is 1 January 2025 (FIXED). The end is 1 January 2031 (FIXED). The basis is the EUR-Lex summary of the two regulations. The limit is that the range does not state the date for any named domain. The table below keeps those four points in one place.
| Point | Record |
|---|---|
| Start of the range | 1 January 2025 (FIXED) |
| End of the range | 1 January 2031 (FIXED) |
| Basis | EUR-Lex summary of Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 |
| What the range does not state | The application date for a single domain |
A record in that shape can be reused without losing the limit. A record that states only the start date, without the range and without the domain limit, will mislead a reader who applies it to a domain that moves later.
What happens at each end of the range?
At the start of the range, European statistics begin to use NACE Rev. 2.1, as Eurostat states for statistics from 2025 onwards (FIXED, as stated by Eurostat). Statistics for the period 2008 to 2024 use NACE Rev. 2. At the end of the range, the incremental application to data transmission is complete, on the EUR-Lex summary timetable. Between the two ends, the position is mixed, and Eurostat describes parallel datasets, backcasting and double reporting to manage the mix. None of that changes the entry held for a specific business. The range governs transmission of statistics to Eurostat and publication of European statistics. The business register of a member state moves on its own timetable, published by the national statistical institute or the register holder.
Where is the range confirmed?
The range is confirmed in the EUR-Lex summary, which states the incremental application from 1 January 2025 to 1 January 2031 (FIXED range). The schedule itself is Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137. The domain instruments are listed on the Eurostat transition page. For a single domain, check the domain instrument named on that page, then check the Eurostat dataset metadata for the version actually used, and confirm any business entry with the national statistical institute or the business register that holds the record.