S.I. No. 103 of 2009

STATISTICS (SERVICES TURNOVER) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 3rd April, 2009.

I, BRIAN COWEN, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/20061 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Services Turnover) Order 2009.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on 1 February 2009 and shall cease to have effect on 31 January 2014.

2. (1) This Order applies to an undertaking, other than a public authority, that is engaged in any economic activity that appears in sections G to N and P to S of NACE Rev. 2, at any time during a year in respect of which a survey is carried out.

(2) In this Article "NACE Rev. 2" means the common basis for statistical classification of economic activities within the European Community set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006, which amends Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3037/90 2 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community.

3. An undertaking to which this Order applies is prescribed as an undertaking required to provide the Office with information relating to services the general nature of which is specified in the Schedule.

4. Information, the general nature of which is specified in the Schedule, is prescribed as information required to be provided for the purposes of surveys of undertakings to which this Order applies, the first of which shall be undertaken in the year 2009.

5. Information required under this Order shall be provided on the basis requested by the Director General: weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually, as the case may be.

6. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an undertaking required under this Order to provide information to the Office shall provide such information by the completion of forms and questionnaires prepared by the Director General in accordance with section 23 of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993).

(2) An undertaking required under this Order to provide information shall be deemed to comply with that obligation where the information is furnished by electronic means, provided that the Director General-

(a) has given his or her consent to such provision, and

(b) approves the format or manner in which the information is provided.

SCHEDULE

1. Particulars of the period to which the services statistics provided relate.

2. Particulars of the type of services provided by the undertaking during that period.

3. Particulars of the total turnover of the undertaking in that period.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 March 2009

BRIAN COWEN.

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of the Statutory Instrument is to enforce a statutory collection of data on the provision of Services provided in the Republic of Ireland which will contribute to the availability of comparable, reliable, synchronised and comprehensive data at European level. Council Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 refers.

1 OJ No. L 393, 30.12.2006, p.1.

2 OJ No. L 293, 24.10.1990, p.1.