Cross-border trade in services broken down by partner country and type of service are surveyed on behalf of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) as part of the balance of payments survey system. These are used to compile the current account item of services (excluding travel) in non-financial corporations. The obligation to report and the periodicity of the report (annually or quarterly) are based on legally defined thresholds.
The data provide the basis for compiling the current account within the framework of the collection system for the balance of paymentsstatistics. The Austrian balance of payments is part of the foreign trade statistics of the EU and the European area as a whole, which represents an important indicator of currency and exchange rate policy.
The reporting regulation (PDF 0,3MB, German) ZABIL-DL 1/2022 of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank on statistical reports of cross-border trade in services, in current version, provides the national legal basis. For information pruposes only an English translation of the reporting regulation ist available.
The most relevant EU legal basis for the survey of cross-border trade in services serves the Regulation (EU) 2016/1013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No. 184/2005 on Community statistics on the balance of payments, international trade in services and direct investment.
Data confidentiality is very important for us, we would like to draw your attention to our extensive data confidentiality information (German).
Confidentiality
Article 6 The data collected by the OeNB will be used for statistical purposes only and will be kept strictly confidential in accordance with Article 6 para. 4 Foreign Exchange Act 2004. The obligation of maintaining banking secrecy under Article 38 Banking Act (Bankwesengesetz) does not prejudice the OeNB’s right to obtain these data (Article 6 para. 8 Foreign Exchange Act 2004).
With the reference year 2022 an amended legal basis leads to extensive changes relating to the following thresholds and reporting period:
Obligation to report an annual questionnaire The enterprise exported or imported services between EUR 500,000 and EUR 4,999,999 in the previous year.
Obligation to report a quarterly questionnaire The enterprise exported or imported services of EUR 5,000,000 or more in the previous year.
The decisive factor for the cross-border criterion is not the place where the service is provided, but the registered office of the service provider or recipient. A service is considered cross-border if one of the contracting parties involved in a service transaction does not have its registered office/residence in Austria but abroad.
Threshold per calendar year
Reporting frequency from 2022
Legal deadline
500 000 EUR to 4 999 999 EUR
annual report
February 15th of the year following the reporting year
from 5 000 000 EUR
quarterly report
15th day of the month following the reporting quarter
The current explanations as well as the country and service codes and a questionnaire example are available below:
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Already entered data in the questionnaire for "Service exports and imports" will be overwritten by the import file.
The file structure of the import file is specified and must be adhered to. A schematic description of a CSV import file ("CSV schema") and example files are available for download.
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