- authoritative source
means the sole provider of data records containing national statistical business register and EuroGroups register data in accordance with quality standards referred to in Article 17;
- confidential data
means confidential data as defined in point (7) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009;
- customs authorities
means customs authorities as defined in point (1) of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- detailed topic
means the detailed content of the information to be compiled related to a topic, each detailed topic covering one or more variables;
- domain
means one or several data sets that cover particular topics;
- goods
means movable property, including electrical energy and natural gas.
- market activity
means market activity within the meaning of point 1.37 of Chapter 1 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013;
- market producers
means market producers as defined in point 3.24 of Chapter 3 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013;
- Member State of export
means the Member State from the statistical territory of which goods are exported to their destination in a Member State of import;
- Member State of import
means the Member State into the statistical territory of which goods are imported from a Member State of export;
- microdata
means individual observations or measurements of characteristics of identifiable reporting units or statistical units;
- multinational enterprise group
means an enterprise group within the meaning of Section III C. of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 696/93, with at least two enterprises or legal units each of which is located in a different country.
- non-market activity
means non-market activity within the meaning of point 1.34 of Chapter 1 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013;
- non-market producers
means non-market producers as defined in point 3.26 of Chapter 3 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013;
- reporting unit
means the unit that supplies the data;
- statistical unit
means statistical units within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 696/93;
- tax authorities
means the national authorities in the Member State responsible for applying Council Directive 2006/112/EC;
- topic
means the content of the information to be compiled, each topic covering one or more detailed topics;
- use for statistical purposes
means use for statistical purposes as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009;
- variable
means a characteristic of a unit that may assume more than one of a set of values;