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European Commission Regulation on Technical Items for Data Set and Quality Reports

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The European Commission has issued a regulation to specify technical items for a data set and establish technical formats for information transmission in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) domain. The regulation aims to facilitate the transmission of information from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat) and ensure the quality of statistics. The regulation applies to private households and individuals in the territory of the Member State, with data collection to be carried out for a sample of private households or a sample of persons belonging to private households as observation units.

Key Takeaways:

  • The regulation specifies technical items for a data set, including variable identifier, variable name and description, codes and labels, filter, and variable type (Article 3).
  • The target population in the ICT domain includes private households on the territory of the Member State and individuals who have their usual residence in the territory of the Member State (Article 4).
  • Information shall be collected for private households with at least one member aged 16 to 74 residing in the territory of the Member State and individuals aged 16 to 74 residing in the territory of the Member State (Article 4).
  • Data transmission and the submission of the annual quality report shall be carried out through the Single Entry Point (Article 5 and Article 9).
  • Member States shall transmit the final data to the Commission (Eurostat) by 5 October 2026 and provide metadata to the Commission (Eurostat) in the standard metadata structure by 5 January 2027 (Article 8 and Article 9).
  • The regulation establishes standards for data editing, imputation, and estimation, including the use of imputation, modelling, or weighting to address missing, invalid, or inconsistent data (Article 7).
  • The regulation specifies detailed arrangements and content of annual quality reports, which shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with technical standards established by the Commission (Eurostat) by 5 January 2027 (Article 9).

Statistics:

  • The reference period for collecting statistics on the detailed topic 'Interaction with public authorities' shall be the three last quarters of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026 (Article 5).
  • The time of the first interview shall set the reference date (Article 5).
  • The fieldwork period for data directly provided by respondents shall be the second quarter of 2026 (Article 6).
  • Member States shall transmit the final data to the Commission (Eurostat) by 5 October 2026 (Article 8).
  • Member States shall provide metadata to the Commission (Eurostat) in the standard metadata structure by 5 January 2027 (Article 8).

Sources:

  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1322 of 4 July 2025
  • Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2180 of 16 December 2019
  • Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003
  • International Standard Classification of Education 2011
  • Commission Recommendation of 29 October 2009 on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08)
  • Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2180 of 16 December 2019

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