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S.I. No. 40/2017 - Statistics (Community Innovation Survey) Order 2017.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. Information in relation to the years 2014 to 2016, regarding the following
(
a
) general information on the business activity;
(
b
) product (good or service) innovation;
(
c
) process innovation;
(
d
) ongoing or abandoned innovation activities for product and process innovations;
(
e
) innovation activities and expenditures for product and process innovations;
(
f
) co-operation for product and process innovation;
(
g
) organisational innovation;
(
h
) marketing innovation;
(i) factors hampering innovation activities;
(
j
) intellectual property rights;
(
k
) turnover and employment.
2. Particulars of time taken to complete the form, questionnaire or other record prepared by the Director General for the collection of the information referred to in paragraph 1.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
7 February 2017.
ENDA KENNY,
Taoiseach.
1 OJ No. L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 18
2 OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
3. This Order applies to an undertaking that—
(
a
) engages 10 or more persons, and
(
b
) is classified for statistical purposes under section B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K or M of NACE Rev. 2, as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006
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.
4. A requirement on undertakings to which this Order applies to provide, once only and for the purposes of the survey, information the general nature of which is specified in the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of
section 25
of the
Statistics Act 1993
(No. 21 of 1993).
SCHEDULE
Article 4
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
10
th February
, 2017.
I, ENDA KENNY, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 995/2012 of 26 October 2012
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in so far as it relates to Annex II of that Regulation, hereby order as follows