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Added(b) vital events;

Added(c) families;

Added(d) households;

Added(e) buildings intended for habitation, living quarters including institutions, and conventional dwellings.

AddedArticle 5 Statistics requirements

Added1. European statistics on population and housing shall cover the following domains:

Added(a) demography;

Added(b) housing;

Added(c) families and households.

Added2. Statistics in the domains listed in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be organised into data sets following the topics and detailed topics as set out in the Annex. Where the statistical unit is a person, the data sets shall be disaggregated by sex and age, and where relevant by other characteristics.

Added3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 to amend the list of the detailed topics in the Annex. Such delegated acts shall be adopted at least 12 months before the beginning of the relevant reference time.

Added4. When exercising the power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Commission shall ensure that those acts do not impose significant and disproportionate burden on the Member States and survey respondents. Any new detailed topic shall be assessed with respect to its feasibility by means of pilot studies carried out by the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States in accordance with Article 14.

Added5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical properties of the data sets and metadata to be provided to the Commission (Eurostat). Those implementing acts shall specify the following technical elements, where appropriate:

Added(a) titles of variables, their technical specifications and breakdowns;

Added(b) detailed specifications of the statistical units and metadata;

Added(c) statistical classifications to be used;

Added(d) provision deadlines;

Added(e) technical formats of data sets and metadata provision;

Added(f) the content, structure, periodicity, modalities and provision deadlines of the quality reports as well as further specifications when needed and justified.

AddedThose implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) at least 12 months before the beginning of the relevant reference time, except for the population and housing census for which the implementing acts shall be adopted at least 24 months before the beginning of the year in which the reference date falls.

AddedArticle 6 Periodicity and reference times

Added1. Member States shall produce European statistics on population and housing quarterly, every six months, annually and multi-annually, and in a decennial population and housing census.

Added2. The years ending with “1” shall be the reference years for the decennial population and housing census.

Added3. The years ending with “1”, “5” and “8” shall be the reference years for multiannual statistics.

Added4. The periodicity and reference time ▌for each detailed topic shall be as set out in the Annex.

Added5. The first reference date for which annual statistics on the topic ‘population stocks’ are to be provided shall be 31 December 2025. The first reference time for which any other statistics under this Regulation are to be provided shall be in 2026.

Added6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 to amend the Annex by updating the periodicities and reference times.

AddedArticle 7 Ad hoc statistics requirements

Added1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with ad hoc data sets and metadata.

Added2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement this Regulation in accordance with Article 17 by specifying the data sets and metadata to be provided by Member States on an ad hoc basis, where the collection of additional statistics is deemed necessary for the purpose of addressing additional statistical needs under this Regulation, while prioritising the administrative data sources and records to be used for the collection of requested data.

Added3. The delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 shall specify:

Added(a) the detailed topics to be provided in the ad hoc data sets and the reasons for such additional statistical needs;

Added(b) the reference times.

Added4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 starting with reference year 2027 and with a minimum of two years between each ad hoc collection.

Added5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical properties of the ad hoc data sets and metadata referred to in paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall specify the following technical elements, where appropriate:

Added(a) titles of variables, their technical specifications and breakdowns;

Added(b) detailed specifications of the statistical units and metadata;

Added(c) statistical classifications to be used;

Added(d) provision deadlines.

AddedThose implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) no later than 12 months before the beginning of the reference time.

AddedArticle 8 Data sets and metadata to be transmitted to the Commission

Added1. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) pre-checked data sets and metadata in accordance with the Annex using a technical format specified by the Commission (Eurostat). The single entry point services shall be used to transmit the data sets and metadata to the Commission (Eurostat).

Added2. Where Member States publish data required by this Regulation at national level ahead of the transmission deadlines established pursuant to Articles 5(5), point (d), and Article 7(5), point (d), they shall provide them to the Commission (Eurostat) without undue delay, at the latest within 21 calendar days of the national publication.

Added3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat):

Added(a) revised data sets and metadata if a revision is conducted after the data sets required under this Regulation were initially provided;

Added(b) revised data sets and metadata for relevant time series if a revision is conducted on data sets that had been provided to the Commission (Eurostat) before the application of this Regulation.

AddedThe revised data sets and metadata shall be transmitted within 14 calendar days of the revision and be complemented by quality reporting in accordance with Article 12.

AddedMember States shall inform the Commission of any decision to revise data sets and metadata without undue delay.

AddedArticle 9 Data sources and methods

Added1. Member States and the Commission (Eurostat) shall use one or a combination of the following data sources, provided that they allow for producing statistics that meet the quality requirements laid down in Article 12:

Added(a) administrative data sources;

Added(b) statistical surveys or other statistical data collections;

Added(c) other sources including privately held data;

Added(d) reuse of data derived from data sharing between national statistical authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) within the ESS.

Added2. Member States shall assess and monitor the quality of their data sources, including of administrative records and other appropriate sources used.

Added3. Member States shall aim to continuously develop innovative sources and methods and use them to improve statistics compiled under this Regulation, provided that they allow for producing statistics that meet the quality requirements laid down in Article 12. ▌

Added4. The statistics compiled under this Regulation shall be based on statistically sound and well-documented methods taking into account international recommendations and best practice such as ‘signs of life’ ▌ and other scientifically-based statistical estimation methods used for compiling usually resident population in the Member States.

Added5. Upon a duly justified request from the Commission (Eurostat), Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the assessment results of the data sources, the documentation of methods and necessary clarifications.

AddedArticle 10 Timely access to and reuse of administrative data

Added1. In accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, national authorities in charge of administrative data sources relevant for the purposes of this Regulation shall allow reuse of these data in time and frequency sufficient to produce and submit statistics within the deadlines and compliant with the specific quality requirements according to this Regulation. National statistical authorities and the national authorities in charge of the administrative records shall establish the necessary cooperation mechanisms for the timely and free of charge access to those records.