
Article 1 
The frequency for the compilation of multi-yearly characteristics, the breakdowns of results and the first reference year for the compilation of the results referred to in Articles 4, 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 are specified in the series of data in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall produce these series for the data concerning the 1999 reference year and subsequent years for List A characteristics listed in paragraph 3, Section 4 of Annex 5 to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 and for the data concerning the 2003 reference year and subsequent years for List B characteristics listed in paragraph 4, Section 4 of Annex 5 to the said Regulation.
2. Member States shall also produce these series for List A characteristics for the 1996, 1997 and 1998 reference years where this corresponds to existing national practices and for List B characteristics for the 2000, 2001 and 2002 reference years where this corresponds to existing national practices.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
Series code Title
5A Annual enterprise statistics
5B Annual enterprise statistics broken down by legal status
5C Annual enterprise statistics broken down according to the country of residence of the parent enterprise
5D Annual enterprise statistics broken down by size class
5E Annual enterprise statistics broken down by product
5F Annual enterprise statistics by geographical breakdown

 Type of enterprise or insurance activity
Series name Annual enterprise statistics 
Frequency Annual 
Activity coverage All activities within the scope of NACE Rev.1 division 66 except for class 66.02 
Characteristics A Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 3 
First reference year 1996 
 11 11 0 Number of enterprises 1, 2, 3, 4
 12 11 0 Gross premiums written 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 12 11 1 Gross direct premiums written 1, 2, 5, 6
 12 11 3 Gross direct premiums written, individual premiums 1, 5
 12 11 4 Gross direct premiums written, premiums under group contracts 1, 5
 12 11 5 Gross direct premiums written, periodic premiums 1, 5
 12 11 6 Gross direct premiums written, single premiums 1, 5
 12 11 7 Gross direct premiums written, premiums from non-bonus contracts 1, 5
 12 11 8 Gross direct premiums written, premiums from bonus contracts 1, 5
 12 11 9 Gross direct premiums written, premiums from contracts where the investment risk is borne by policyholders 1, 5
 12 11 2 Gross reinsurance premiums accepted, written premiums 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 22 0 Investment income 1, 5
 32 23 0 Unrealised gains on investments 1, 5
 32 25 0 Gross change in life insurance provision 1, 5
 32 27 0 Investment charges 1, 5
 32 28 0 Unrealised losses on investments 1, 5
 32 29 0 Allocated investment return transferred to the non-technical account 1, 5
 32 11 2 Gross change in the provision for unearned premiums 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 12 0 Allocated investment return transferred from the non-technical account 2, 4, 6
 32 13 1 Gross claims payments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 13 4 Gross change in the provision for outstanding claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 14 0 Gross operating expenses 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 15 0 Change in the equalisation provision 2, 4, 6
 32 16 0 Other items in the technical account, gross amount 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 17 0 Sub-total I (= gross balance of the technical account) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 0 Reinsurance balance 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 1 Reinsurers share of gross premiums written 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 3 Reinsurers share of the gross change in the provision for unearned premiums 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 5 Reinsurers share of gross claims payments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 6 Reinsurers share of gross change in the provision for outstanding claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 7 Reinsurance commissions and profit participations 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 18 8 Reinsurers share of the gross amount of other items in the technical account 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 33 4 Reinsurers share of gross change in life insurance provision 1, 5
 32 19 0 Sub-total II (= net balance of the technical account) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
 32 42 0 Investment income 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 43 0 Allocated investment return transferred from the life-assurance technical account 1, 3
 32 44 0 Investment charges 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 45 0 Allocated investment return transferred to the non-life insurance technical account 2, 3, 4
 32 46 0 Other income 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 47 0 Other charges, including value adjustments 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 48 0 Profit or loss on ordinary activities 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 49 0 Extraordinary profit or loss 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 50 0 All taxes (tax on profit or loss on ordinary activities, tax on extraordinary profit or loss, other taxes) 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 51 0 Profit or loss for the financial year 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 61 1 Commissions for total insurance business 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 61 2 Commissions for direct insurance business 1, 2, 3
 32 61 4 External expenses on goods and services 1, 2, 3, 4
 13 31 0 Personnel costs 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 61 5 External and internal claims management expenses 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 61 6 Acquisition costs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 61 7 Administrative expenses 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 61 8 Gross other technical charges 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 61 9 Investment management charges 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 71 1 Income from participating interests 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 71 3 Income from land and buildings 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 71 4 Income from other investments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 71 5 Value re-adjustments on investments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 71 6 Gains on the realisation on investments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 72 1 Investment management charges, including interest 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 72 2 Value adjustments on investments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 72 3 Losses on the realisation on investments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 16 11 0 Number of persons employed 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 11 0 Land and buildings 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 11 1 Land and buildings occupied by an insurance enterprise for its own activities 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 12 0 Investments in affiliated enterprises and participating interest 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 12 1 Shares in affiliated enterprises and participating interest 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 12 2 Debt securities issued by, and loans to, affiliated enterprises and to enterprises with which an insurance enterprise is linked by virtue of a participating interest 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 0 Other financial investments 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 1 Shares and other variable-yield securities and units in unit trusts 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 2 Debt securities and other fixed-income securities 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 3 Participation in investment pools 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 4 Loans guaranteed by mortgages 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 5 Other loans 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 6 Other (including deposits with credit institutions) 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 14 0 Deposits with ceding enterprises 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 20 0 Investments for the benefit of life-assurance policyholders who bear the investment risk 1, 3
 36 30 0 Balance sheet total 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 10 0 Total capital and reserves 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 11 0 Subscribed capital or equivalent funds 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 12 0 Share premium account, revaluation reserve, reserve 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 20 0 Subordinated liabilities 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 31 0 Gross provision for unearned premiums 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 37 32 0 Gross life assurance provision 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 37 33 0 Gross provision for outstanding claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 37 33 1 Gross provision for outstanding claims, related to direct business 2, 6
 37 34 0 Gross provision for bonuses and rebates 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 35 0 Equalisation provision 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 36 0 Gross other technical provisions 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 37 0 Gross technical provisions for life-assurance policies where the investment risk is borne by the policyholders 1, 3, 4
 37 30 1 Total net technical provisions 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 41 0 Debenture loans 1, 2, 3, 4
 37 42 0 Amounts owed to credit institutions 1, 2, 3, 4
Characteristics B Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 4 
First reference year 2000 
 32 13 2 Gross payments in respect of claims incurred in the current accounting year 2, 4, 6
 32 16 1 Other technical income, net amount 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 16 2 Net changes in other technical provisions, not shown under other headings 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 16 3 Bonuses and rebates, net amount 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 32 16 4 Other technical charges, net amount 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 36 11 2 Land and buildings (current value) 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 12 3 Investments in affiliated enterprises and participating interests (current value) 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 13 8 Other financial investments (current value) 1, 2, 3, 4
 36 21 0 Investments for the benefit of life-assurance policyholders who bear the investment risk — land and buildings 1, 3
 36 22 0 Investments for the benefit of life-assurance policyholders who bear the investment risk — other financial investments 1, 3
Type of enterprise or insurance activity 
1.. Life insurance enterprises
2.. Non-life insurance enterprises
3.. Composite insurance enterprises
4.. Specialist reinsurance enterprises
5.. Life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises
6.. Non-life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises (including business accepted) 


 Type of enterprise or insurance activity
Series name Annual enterprise statistics broken down by legal status 
Frequency Annual 
Activity coverage All activities within the scope of NACE Rev.1 division 66 except for class 66.02 
Characteristics A Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 3 
First reference year 1996 
 11 11 1 Number of enterprises broken down by legal status 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 11 4 Gross premiums written broken down by legal status 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Characteristics B Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 4 
First reference year 2000 
 37 10 1 Total capital and reserves, broken down by legal status 1, 2, 3, 4
Type of enterprise for insurance activity 
1.. Life insurance enterprises
2.. Non-life insurance enterprises
3.. Composite insurance enterprises
4.. Specialist reinsurance enterprises
5.. Life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises
6.. Non-life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises (including business accepted) 
Breakdown by legal status 
1.. Incorporated enterprises limited by shares
2.. Mutual enterprises
3.. Branches of insurance enterprises with head office in non-EEA Member States
4.. Others 


 Type of enterprise or insurance activity
Series name Annual enterprise statistics broken down according to the country of residence of the parent enterprise 
Frequency Annual 
Activity coverage All activities with the scope of NACE Rev.1 division 66 except for class 66.02 
Characteristics A Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 3 
First reference year 1996 
 11 11 5 Number of enterprises broken down by country of residence of the parent enterprise 1, 2, 3, 4
 32 11 5 Gross direct premiums written broken down according to the country of residence of the parent enterprise 1, 2, 5, 6
 32 11 6 Gross reinsurance premiums accepted, written premiums broken down according to the country of residence of the parent enterprise 1, 2, 4, 6
 32 18 2 Reinsurers share of gross premiums written broken down according to the country of residence of the parent enterprise 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Type of enterprise or insurance activity 
1.. Life insurance enterprises
2.. Non-life insurance enterprises
3.. Composite insurance enterprises
4.. Specialist reinsurance enterprises
5.. Life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises
6.. Non-life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises (including business accepted) 
Breakdown by country of residence of the parent enterprises 
1.. Parent enterprise situated in the home Member State
2.. Parent enterprise situated in other countries 


 Type of enterprise or insurance activity
Series name Annual enterprise statistics broken down by size class 
Frequency Annual 
Activity coverage All activities within the scope of NACE Rev.1 division 66 except for class 66.02 
Characteristics A Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 3 
First reference year 1996 
 11 11 2 Number of enterprises broken down by size class of gross premiums written 1, 2, 3
 11 11 3 Number of enterprises broken down by size class of gross technical provisions 1
Type of enterprise or insurance activity 
1.. Life insurance enterprises
2.. Non-life insurance enterprises
3.. Composite insurance enterprises
4.. Specialist reinsurance enterprises
5.. Life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises
6.. Non-life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises (including business accepted) 
Level of size class breakdown Gross premiums written (in million EUR):
 < 5, 5 - 50, 51 - 250, 251 - 500, 501 - 1 000, 1 000 +Gross technical provisions (in million EUR):
 < 50, 50 - 500, 501 - 2 500, 2 501 - 5 000, 5 001 - 10 000, 10 000 + 


 Type of enterprise or insurance activity
Series name Annual enterprise statistics broken down by products 
Frequency Annual 
Activity coverage All activities within the scope of NACE Rev.1 division 66 except for class 66.02 
Characteristics A Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 3 
First reference year 1996 
 33 11 1 Gross premiums written in direct business by (sub)categories of the CPA (5-digit level and subcategories 66.03.21 and 66.03.22) 1, 2, 5, 6
 33 12 1 Reinsurers share of gross direct premiums written by (sub)categories of the CPA (5-digit level and subcategories 66.03.21 and 66.03.22) 1, 2, 5, 6
 33 13 1 Gross claims incurred, direct business by (sub)categories of the CPA (5-digit level and subcategories 66.03.21 and 66.03.22) 2, 6
 33 14 1 Gross operating expenses, direct business by (sub)categories of the CPA (5-digit level and subcategories 66.03.21 and 66.03.22) 2, 6
 33 15 1 Reinsurance balance, direct business by (sub)categories of the CPA (5-digit level and subcategories 66.03.21 and 66.03.22) 2, 6
Characteristics B Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 4 
First reference year 2000 
 37 33 3 Gross provision for outstanding claims related to direct business, by (sub)category of the CPA (5-digit level) and subcategories 66.03.21 and 66.03.22 2, 6
 39 10 0 Number of contracts outstanding at the end of the accounting year, relating to direct business for all individual life insurance contracts and for the following subcategories of the CPA: 66.01.1, 66.03.1, 66.03.4 and 66.03.5 1, 2, 5, 6
 39 20 0 Number of insured persons at the end of the accounting year, relating to direct business for all group life insurance contracts and for the following subcategory of the CPA: 66.03.1 1, 2, 5, 6
Optional characteristics
 39 30 0 Number of insured vehicles at the end of the accounting year, relating to direct business, for the following subcategory of the CPA: 66.03.2 2, 6
 39 40 0 Gross insured sum at the end of the accounting year, relating to direct business, for the following subcategories of the CPA: 66.01.1 and 66.01.4 1, 5
 39 50 0 Number of claims incurred during the accounting year, relating to direct business, for the following subcategory of the CPA: 66.03.2 2, 6
Type of enterprise or insurance activity 
1.. Life insurance enterprises
2.. Non-life insurance enterprises
3.. Composite insurance enterprises
4.. Specialist reinsurance enterprises
5.. Life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises
6.. Non-life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises (including business accepted) 
Breakdown by products CPA 
 66.01.1 Non linked life insurance services 
 66.01.2 Linked life insurance services 
 66.01.3 Tontine insurance services 
 66.01.4 Capital redemption insurance services 
 66.01.5 Other life insurance services 
 66.02.1 Group pension services 
 66.03.1 Accident and health insurance services 
 66.03.2 Motor vehicle insurance services 
 66.03.21 Motor vehicle insurance services, third party liability 
 66.03.22 Motor vehicle insurance services, other classes 
 66.03.3 Marine, aviation and transport insurance services 
 66.03.4 Fire and other damage to property insurance services 
 66.03.5 General liability insurance services 
 66.03.6 Credit and suretyship insurance services 
 66.03.7 Assistance, legal expenses and miscellaneous financial loss insurance services 
 66.03.8 Other non-life insurance services 


 Type of enterprise or insurance activity
Series name Annual enterprise statistics by geographical breakdown 
Frequency Annual 
Activity coverage All activities within the scope of NACE Rev. 1 division 66 except for class 66.02 
Characteristics A Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 3 
First reference year 1996 
 11 41 0 Total number and location of branches in other countries 1, 2, 3
 34 31 1 Gross direct premiums written by CPA category (5-digit level) and by Member State, geographical breakdown of the business written under the right of establishment (for the CPA breakdown see series 5 E) 1, 2, 5, 6
 34 32 1 Gross direct premiums written by CPA category (5-digit level) and by Member State, geographical breakdown of the business written under the right of freedom to provide services (for the CPA breakdown see series 5E) 1, 2, 5, 6
Characteristics B Characteristics in Annex 5 Section 4 paragraph 4 
First reference year 2000 
 34 11 0 Geographical breakdown — in general — of gross direct premiums written 1, 2, 5, 6
 34 12 0 Geographical breakdown — in general — of gross reinsurance premiums accepted, premiums written 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
 34 13 0 Geographical breakdown — in general — of reinsurers share of gross premiums written 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Type of enterprise of insurance activity 
1.. Life insurance enterprises
2.. Non-life insurance enterprises
3.. Composite insurance enterprises
4.. Specialist reinsurance enterprises
5.. Life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises
6.. Non-life insurance business of composite insurance enterprises (including business accepted) 
Geographical breakdown Geographical breakdown by Member State:
1.. Belgique/België
2.. България
3.. Česká republika
4.. Danmark
5.. Deutschland
6.. Eesti
7.. Ελλάδα
8.. España
9.. France
10.. Ireland
11.. Italia
12.. Κύπρος
13.. Latvija
14.. Lietuva
15.. Luxembourg
16.. Magyarország
17.. Malta
18.. Nederland
19.. Österreich
20.. Polska
21.. Portugal
22.. România
23.. Slovenija
24.. Slovensko
25.. Suomi/Finland
26.. Sverige
27.. United Kingdom
28.. Island
29.. Liechtenstein
30.. Norge
31.. Schweiz/Suisse/SvizzeraGeographical breakdown in general:
— In the Member State of the head office
— In other Member States
— In other EEA countries
— Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera
— USA
— Japan
— In other third countries (rest of the world) 
