S.I. No. 511/2023 - Statistics (Retail Sales Inquiry) (No. 2) Order 2023

1. Information, regarding the following, as it relates to the person or undertaking concerned, and specifying the monthly period to which the information relates

(a) the total value, including VAT, of retail sales;

(b) the total value, including VAT, of retail sales where the sales were via the internet;

(c) the number of outlets through which the retail sales referred to in subparagraph (a) were made.

2. Information on the time taken by the person or 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,

24 October, 2023.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

1 OJ No. L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 339, 24.9.2023, p. 33

1 OJ No. L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 1

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

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

3. This Order applies to a person who, or an undertaking that, is classified for statistical purposes under division 47 or 45 or class 56.30 of NACE Rev. 2 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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, as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008

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, Regulation (EU) No. 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012

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, and Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019.

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4. A requirement on persons or undertakings to which this Order applies to provide, for the purposes of the inquiry, information the general nature of which is specified in the Schedule, monthly in the relevant period in relation to the immediately preceding month, is hereby prescribed.

SCHEDULE

Article 4

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th October,

2023.

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, other than in relation to subparagraphs (b) of (c) of paragraph 1 of the Schedule to, the following order, for the purpose of giving full effect to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019

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, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1704 of 14 July 2021

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, in so far as it relates to Article 4 and paragraphs 1(a) and 2(i) of Article 6 thereof, hereby order as follows