European survey on activities of subsidiaries under national control implanted in
foreign countries 2024
Outward FATS 2024
Outward FATS 2024
Traitement statistique
Frequency of data collection
Annual
Data collection
The collection is made from AprilThe units are questioned either by (via) Internet, or by an Excel file for large companies.
Collection mode
By Internet
Survey unit
Group (of enterprises)
Sampling method
The coverage is all the groups for which the main center of decision is in France and controlling at least a company implanted outside France. The selection of the groups to be investigated is made from the french group register (Lifi) which gives the outlines of groups and an information on the foreign subsidiaries. INSEE questions yearly about 2,750 groups of the non-financial sectors with at least one subsidiary outside France.
In with the Eurostat regulation, no turnover or workforce size threshold has been applied.
Sample size
2 750
Data collection documents
- Notice_OFATS_2024 (pdf, fr, 610 Ko, 23/02/2025)