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NACE is the acronym used to designate the various statistical classifications of economic activities developed since 1970 in the  European Union. NACE provides the framework for collecting and presenting a large range of statistical data according to economic activity in the fields of economic statistics (e.g. production, employment, national accounts) and in other statistical domains. They are published via a EC Regulation. The Regulation (EC) 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing NACE Rev. 2 was adopted in December 2006. It includes provisions for the implementation of NACE Rev. 2 and coordinated transition from NACE Rev. 1.1 to NACE Rev. 2 in various statistical domains. NACE Rev. 2 is to be used, in general, for statistics referring to economic activities performed from 1 January 2008 onwards (Article 8 of the NACE Regulation provides details on implementation). Any source from the European Commission is adequate (including the report identified in the question)