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Foreign Direct Investments and International Trade in Services

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Unit G6: Trade in Services; Globalisation

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Legal basis

  • Basic legal act:

Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment.

  • Commission Regulation (EU) no 555/2012 – amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005, as regards the update of data requirements and definitions, in accordance to the new international Manuals (BPM6 and BD4).
  • Regulation (EU) No 2016/1013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016, amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment

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International Trade in Services�Data requirements

  • Deadline for data reporting: T + 9 months
  • Periodicity: Annual
  • First reference period: 2013
    • First data delivery: by September 2014

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  • Geographical breakdown:
    • GEO Level 6 🡪 Total Services
    • GEO Level 5 🡪 95 EBOPS 2010 items
    • GEO Level 3 🡪 EBOPS 2010 item: Financial intermediation service indirectly measured (FISIM)

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Foreign direct investment – flows/income

  • Data requested at T+9 months – geo. breakdown
    • Inward/outward flows and income with "Geo 6" level
    • Inward/outward flows and income by instrument with "Geo 5" level
    • Data for all resident units and, of which, for resident SPEs

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  • Data requested at T+21 months – activity breakdown
    • (Net) Inward and outward flows and income by activity
    • Two combinations of NACE activity and geo breakdown
    • NACE breakdowns: Level 1 (18) and Level 2 (76)
    • Data for all resident units and, of which, for resident SPEs

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Foreign direct investment - positions

  • Data requested at T+9 months - geo. breakdown
    • Inward/outward positions with "Geo 6" level
    • Inward/outward positions by instrument with Geo 5 level
    • Data for all resident units and, of which, for resident SPEs

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  • Data requested at T+21 months – activity breakdown
    • (Net) inward and outward positions by activity
    • Two combinations of NACE activity and geo breakdown
    • NACE breakdowns: Level 1 (18) and Level 2 (76)
    • Data for all resident units and, of which, for resident SPEs

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