Definition: Principal activity of a local kind-of-activity uni...

Category: European System of Accounts (ESA)

Activity where the value added of such activity exceeds that of any other activity carried out within the same unit. The classification of the principal activity is determined by reference to NACE rev. 2, first at the highest level of the classification and then at more detailed levels (ESA 2010).

Activity whose value added exceeds that of any other activity carried out within the same unit. The classification of the principal activity is determined by reference to NACE rev. 1, first at the highest level of the classification and then at more detailed levels (ESA 1995) . http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-02-13-269&mode=view European Union, Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union, Official Journal of the European Union No L 174, 26.06.2013, p. 1 - 727

Eurostat, "European System of Accounts - ESA 1995", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1996