S.I. No. 118/2003 - Statistics (Retail Sales) Order, 2003
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
1. Particulars of type of activity carried on by the undertaking
2. Particulars of accounting period
3. Particulars of the turnover of the undertaking
4. Particulars of number of outlets
Given under my Hand
1
April
2003
MARY HANAFIN
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Th purpose of the Statutory Instrument is to enforce a statutory collection on the sale of retail goods 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 761/93 refers.
1 OJ No. L 6 10.1.2002 p.3 - 34
2 OJ No L293 24.10.1990 p.1
5. 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 whom this Order applies, (the first of which shall be undertaken in the year 2003).
6. Information referred to in Article 5 shall be provided when requested by the Director General, weekly, monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually.
7. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, an undertaking required by virtue of this Order to provide information to the Central Statistics Office shall provide such information by the completion of forms and questionnaires prepared by the Director General of the Central Statistics Office in accordance with
section 23
of the
Statistics Act 1993
(No. 21 of 1993).
(2) An undertaking required by virtue of this Order to furnish information shall be deemed to comply with that obligation where, with the consent of the Director General of the Central Statistics Office, the information is furnished by electronic means, and provided that the Director General approves the format or manner in which the information is provided.
Schedule
I, Mary Hanafin, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 25
(1) of the
Statistics Act 1993
(No. 21 of 1993) and the Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (
S.I. No. 313 of 2002
) hereby order as follows