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SINACE
Integrated System for Management NACE-CODE

• Statistics Portugal
• Methodology and Information Systems Department
• Information Infrastructure Unit
• Isabel Farinha and Jorge Magalhães

21th Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business
Registers International Roundtable on Business
Survey Frames 24-27 November 2008 ? OECD,
Paris ? France

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2007 - A new organizational environment for the BR

• Statistics Portugal
• Methodology and Information Systems Department
• Information Infrastructure Unit

• Business Registers
• Agriculture Registers
• Households Surveys
• Portuguese Official Statistics Internet Portal
• Data Warehouse

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Reclassification Nace-code

• Responsibility for the management and
  coordination of the Nace-Code
• Nace-Code Revision in the BR during the year
  2007
• 23 of October 2007 Statistical Office
  organized a seminary about reclassification of
  the Nace revision

Reclassification Method
A Based on Textual information 33
B Direct Reclassification 23
C Indirect Reclassification 11
D Estimate reclassification 25

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Seminary about NACE revision
main conclusion the existence of a
multiplicity of Nace- Code

Legal Unit
Statistics PortugalNSI
Minister of JusticeRNPC/IRN
Minister of FinanceDGCI
Central Bank

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What needs to be done?
Co-ordinate efforts and wake up in harmonized
procedures, and efficiency for the unique
attribution of Nace-code to the enterprises

National Legislation Support

An integrated solution for management the
Nace-code

SINACE The new system

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Institutional Organization
Entities involved Minister of Finance (DGCI),
Minister of Justice (RNPC/IRN), NSI, Central Bank

Main GroupObjective define de guide lines of
the new system

Technical GroupObjective define the technical
solution that allows the sharing of a single file
with several entities of Public Administration


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Guide lines of the new system
Implementation the unique Nace-code for each
legal unit and legally recognized for all
entities of Public Administration

Subgroup of the National Register of Legal units
in the Minister of Justice (FCPC) where there
will be only one Nace-code to main activity and
up to three Nace-codes of secondary activities.


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Updates to the SINACE
Direct updates into SINACE

RNPC/IRN in their activities

The enterprise itself, via electronic
declarations site (DGCI)

The NSI, responsible for managing of the Business
Register, should make SINACE availble for
statistical purposes, to all the entities of the
National Statistics System (SEN)


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The last word for the final decision
The Statistic Council (CSE)

The NSI is the responsible operational into
Business Register

Complex cases must be decided for the CSE


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Process Automation
Inserting the Table of Decision in the
information system of the SINACE

• In accordance with the automatic rules used by
  NSI
• Validate by all entities of the system

Allows expedite the process of update of NACE

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Dissemination of the Nace-Code of enterprise

• Two ways
• The complete SINACE will be published to other
  entities of the public administration, being
  equally for the general public in the website in
  the Minister of Justice
• The NACE-Code of each enterprise, can also be
  consulted in the Internet Enterprise on-line,
  NSI and Minister of Finance web site

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That information can be found?
Restricted access to the involved entities in the
system NIPC(Key) Name Nace_code up to 3
secondary nace-code Source nace-code date
nace-code

Public Access NIPC(Key) Name Nace_code up
to 3 secondary nace-code


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Advantages of new system

• Unique allocation of NACE-Code for the legal
  units
• The updates are more know quickly
• Improve quality
• Easy access / public
• The Nace-code in SINACE must be used by all
  entities of Public Administration and the SEN
• Share information / share responsibilities
• Increase of transparency in decisions taken based
  on NACE

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Thank you for your attention