Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th March, 2024.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993), and, in relation to paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the following Order, for the purpose of giving full effect to Article 4 and subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019¹ as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1704 of 14 July 2021² , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Industrial Production and Turnover) Order 2024.

2. (1) In this Order —

“Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019¹ as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1704 of 14 July 2021² ;

“Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006” means Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006³ , as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008⁴ , Regulation (EU) No. 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012⁵ , and Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019⁶ ;

“relevant period” means the period beginning on 1 March 2024 and ending on 28 February 2029;

“survey” means the Industrial Production and Turnover Survey that is conducted by the Central Statistics Office for the purposes of obtaining information set out in the Schedule, including for the purposes of compliance with the Regulation.

(2) A word or expression that is used in this Order and also in the Regulation has the same meaning in this Order as it has in the Regulation, other than where the context otherwise requires.

3. A requirement on an undertaking that is classified for statistical purposes in division 37 or 39 or group 38.1 or 38.2 of section E of NACE Rev. 2 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 to provide, for the purposes of the survey, the information specified in the Schedule, is hereby prescribed.

4. A requirement on an undertaking that is classified for statistical purposes in division 36 or group 35.3 of section D or group 38.3 of section E of NACE Rev. 2 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 to provide, for the purposes of the survey, the information specified in subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the Schedule, is hereby prescribed.

5. A requirement on an undertaking that is classified for statistical purposes under section D or section E of NACE Rev. 2 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 to provide, for the purposes of the survey, the information specified in subparagraphs (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the Schedule, is hereby prescribed.

6. A requirement on an undertaking that is classified for statistical purposes in group 38.3 of section E of NACE Rev. 2 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 to provide, for the purposes of the survey, the information specified in subparagraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of the Schedule, is hereby prescribed.

7. (1) This Article applies to an undertaking that is classified for statistical purposes under section B, C, D or E of NACE Rev. 2 set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a requirement on an undertaking to which this Article applies to provide for the purposes of the survey the information set out in the Schedule, is hereby prescribed.

(3) Where an undertaking to which this Article applies is subject to a requirement under Article 3, 4, 5 or 6 to provide the information referred to in the Article concerned, the requirement referred to in paragraph (2) shall not extend to the provision by that undertaking of that information.

8. The undertakings in relation to whom a requirement to provide information is prescribed in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall provide the information referred to in the Article concerned monthly in the relevant period in relation to the immediately preceding month.

9. The Statistics (Industrial Production and Turnover) Order 2019 ( S.I. No. 261 of 2019 ) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7

1. Information regarding the following, as it relates to the undertaking concerned, and specifying the month to which the information relates:

(a) the quantity of production and its net selling value;

(b) the value of turnover, excluding VAT;

(c) the number of persons engaged during a specified reference week;

(d) total value of goods produced by the undertaking in the State;

(e) total value of goods produced by the undertaking outside the State;

(f) total value of merchanted goods sold by the undertaking;

(g) total cost of merchanted goods sold by the undertaking.

2. Information on the time taken by the undertaking concerned to complete the questionnaire, form or other record prepared by the Director General for the collection of the information referred to in paragraph 1.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 February, 2024.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

1 OJ No. L 227, 17.12.2019, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 339, 24.9.2021, p. 33

1 OJ No. L 227, 17.12.2019, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 339, 24.9.2021, p. 33

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

4 OJ No. L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 13

5 OJ No. L 32, 3.2.2012, p. 1

6 OJ No. L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 241