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European business statistics compilers’ manual for international trade in goods statistics – trade by enterprise characteristics – 2025 edition

This compilers’ manual is meant to serve as a practical reference document for all National Statistical Authorities involved in the compilation of EU statistics on trade in goods by enterprise...

European businesses statistics compilers’ manual for ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises, 2025 survey

The purpose of this publication is to provide the compilers of European statistics on information and communication technology (ICT) usage and e-commerce in enterprises with clarifications on how...

17 December 2025

European compiler’s manual for statistics on the use of ICT in households and by individuals, 2025 survey

The purpose of this publication is to provide the compilers of European statistics on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in households and by individuals with clarifications...

17 December 2025

Environmental subsidies and similar transfers – Handbook – 2025 edition

This guide set outs the conceptual framework, methodological guidance, and legal requirements for compiling harmonised EU statistics on environmental subsidies and similar transfers (ESST). It...

3 December 2025

European Occupational Diseases Statistics Manual – 2025 edition

This manual provides essential guidance for the harmonised collection and reporting of occupational diseases data across EU and EFTA countries, supporting Eurostat’s European Occupational Diseases...

Backcasting manual – 2025 edition

This publication provides guidance to producers of official statistics that need to produce consistent historical time series for an updated classification. It gives an overview of methods that can...

Guidance on cross-border electricity trade and related market mechanisms in balance of payment statistics – 2025 edition

This note provides BPM6-based guidance on recording cross-border electricity trade, transmission rights, congestion income, and balancing in BOP. It clarifies classification, proposes estimation...

Healthcare non-expenditure statistics manual and guidelines for completing the Joint questionnaire on non-monetary healthcare statistics – 2025 edition

The purpose of this publication is to support Member States in completing the OECD, Eurostat, WHO Europe Joint Questionnaire on Non-Monetary Healthcare Statistics (JQNMHC) in line with Commission...

European business statistics methodological manual for business demography statistics – 2025 edition

This is the first edition of the European Business Statistics Methodological Manual for Business Demography Statistics. It contains guidance for compiling and interpreting comparable and harmonised...

NACE Rev. 2.1 – Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Union – 2025 edition

This publication provides guidance to statistics producers on the classification of economic activities according to NACE Rev. 2.1. At the same time, it allows statistics users to better understand...