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Removed(23) ‘national level’ means the territory of a Member State;

Removed(24) ‘regional level’ means the NUTS3 level as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003;

Removed(25) ‘local level’ means the local administrative unit ▌ level as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003;

Removed(26) ‘grid level’ means statistical grid as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003;

Removed(27) ‘frames’ means any list, material or device that delimits and identifies the elements of the target population and, depending on its use, may allow access to, or provide additional characteristics of the elements;

Removed(28) ‘reference date’ means the moment in time to which statistics refer;

Removed(29) ‘reference period’ means the time interval to which statistics on events refer;

Removed(30) ‘reference time’ means either reference date or reference period, depending whether the statistics are on events or on other statistical units;

Removed(31) ‘metadata’ means information that is needed to use and interpret statistics and that describes data sets in a structured way;

Removed(32) ‘pre-checked data sets’ means data sets verified by the Member States, based on agreed common validation rules;

Removed(33) ‘quality report’ means a report conveying information about the quality of a statistical product or process.

RemovedArticle 3 Population base

Removed1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the population base consists of all persons whose usual residence is within the Union in a specified territorial unit of a Member State at national, regional, local or grid level, at the reference date.

Removed2. The population base shall include all usually resident persons, regardless of citizenship or whether the person is or was formerly stateless ▌.

Removed3. The population base shall exclude persons whose usual residence is outside the territory of the Member State regardless of place of birth or citizenship, and regardless of any family, social, economic or property links that the person may have with the Member State.

Removed4. Persons who have no usual residence shall be attributed, as a place of usual residence, the place at which they are located at the reference date.

Removed5. Member States shall apply the definition of usual residence provided for in this Regulation to all data sets provided to the Commission (Eurostat) under this Regulation and for national, regional, local and grid level.

Removed6. When applying the definition of usual residence, Member States shall use:

Removed(a) one or a combination of the data sources referred to in Article 9(1);

Removed(b) estimation methods such as ‘signs of life’ as well as other scientifically based, well-documented and publicly available statistical estimation methods to correct for actual presence at the presumed place of usual residence during most of the time in the 12 months ending with the reference date, and ▌ to estimate the number of persons who intend or are expected to stay during most of the time in the 12 months after arrival.

Removed6a. For the purpose of qualified majority voting in the Council, the Commission shall inform the Council of the total population of Member States at the end of each reference year as available at the Commission (Eurostat) on 31 August of the calendar year following the reference year.

RemovedArticle 4 Statistical units

RemovedStatistics under this Regulation shall be compiled for the following statistical units:

Removed(a) persons;

Removed(b) vital events;

Removed(c) families;

Removed(d) households;

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

RemovedArticle 5 Statistics requirements

Removed1. European statistics on population and housing shall cover the following domains:

Removed(a) demography;

Removed(b) housing;

Removed(c) families and households.

Removed2. 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.

Removed3. 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.

Removed4. 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.

Removed5. 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:

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

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

Removed(c) statistical classifications to be used;

Removed(d) provision deadlines;

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

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

RemovedThose 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.

RemovedArticle 6 Periodicity and reference times

Removed1. 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.

Removed2. The years ending with “1” shall be the reference years for the decennial population and housing census.

Removed3. The years ending with “1”, “5” and “8” shall be the reference years for multiannual statistics.

Removed4. The periodicity and reference time ▌for each detailed topic shall be as set out in the Annex.

Removed5. 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.

Removed6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 to amend the Annex by updating the periodicities and reference times.

RemovedArticle 7 Ad hoc statistics requirements

Removed1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with ad hoc data sets and metadata.

Removed2. 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.

Removed3. The delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 shall specify:

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

Removed(b) the reference times.

Removed4. 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.

Removed5. 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:

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