Guidelines on statistical business registers

In light of the growing demand for higher quality and more internationally comparable economic statistics, the Bureau of the Conference of European Statisticians recognized a great diversity in the content and use of SBRs across countries and regions. Therefore, in November 2011, the Bureau established a Task Force to produce a set of international guidelines and recommendations to assist countries in developing and maintaining their SBRs. The Guidelines, which are the result of the Task Force’s work, provide descriptions and recommendations of good practices covering the key areas of the SBR and its various roles in the production of economic statistics. It is hoped that countries will find the Guidelines useful for their work on SBRs.