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

Removed(c) statistical classifications to be used;

Removed(d) provision deadlines.

RemovedThose 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.

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

Removed1. 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).

Removed2. 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.

Removed3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat):

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

Removed(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.

RemovedThe 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.

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

RemovedArticle 9 Data sources and methods

Removed1. 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:

Removed(a) administrative data sources;

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

Removed(c) other sources including privately held data;

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

Removed2. Member States shall assess and monitor the quality of their data sources, including of administrative records and other appropriate sources used.

Removed3. 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. ▌

Removed4. 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.

Removed5. 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.

RemovedArticle 10 Timely access to and reuse of administrative data

Removed1. 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.

Removed1a. For the purpose of producing statistics on the detailed topic of energy related characteristics of buildings, national statistical authorities shall have timely and regular access to the national databases on energy performance of buildings according to Directive (EU) 2024/1275 and shall be allowed to reuse administrative data from those databases.

Removed1b. For the purpose of producing population breakdowns by sex, national statistical institutes shall use information available in national administrative data sources.

Removed2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Commission (Eurostat) shall be allowed, upon request, to access and reuse in a timely manner relevant data and metadata from databases and interoperability systems maintained by Union bodies and agencies, including under Regulations (EU) No 910/2014, (EU) 2018/1724 and statistical data stored in the central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS). In particular, data from the interoperable Large Scale IT Systems (LSITs) in the area of freedom, security and justice shall be accessed by the Commission (Eurostat) from the CRRS, in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 and the Regulations establishing the systems whose statistical data are stored in CRRS. For that purpose, the Commission (Eurostat) shall further cooperate with the relevant Union bodies and agencies with a view to specifying the customised statistical data and metadata required, where possible under Union law, for European statistics on population and housing, the operational modalities for their provision and the necessary accompanying physical and logical safeguards.

RemovedArticle 11 Lists of countries and territories

Removed1. Where data sets include information by countries or territories, Member States shall use specific breakdowns for the purposes of this Regulation and of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.

Removed2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying or updating the lists of countries and territories that shall apply to breakdowns of statistics compiled under this Regulation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of this Regulation. ▌

Removed3. Implementing acts amending more than one third of the breakdown categories of countries or territories shall apply at the earliest 12 months after their entry into force.

RemovedArticle 12 Quality requirements and quality reporting

Removed1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the quality of the data sets and metadata transmitted.

Removed2. Member States shall take appropriate and effective measures to:

Removed(a) implement the rules related to the population base as laid down in Article 3, uniformly and independently of the data sources used;

Removed(b) capture or estimate hard-to-reach population groups;

Removed(c) control the exhaustiveness and accuracy of the population covered in accordance with Article 3;

Removed(d) establish frames that are fit for the purposes of this Regulation and of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700;

Removed(e) avoid possible risks of undercounting or double counting related to the free movement of persons in the Union, the access of persons to cross-border services linked to vital events and the person rights to buy cross-border, own and use housing property across the Union, such as by introducing single digital identifiers;

Removed(f) avoid possible risks of undercounting or double counting and ensure better comparability of migration flows;

Removed(g) provide all data to the Commission (Eurostat) that are needed to ensure the completeness of published European statistics.

Removed2a. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the metadata on the specifications, of the data with a view, inter alia, to publishing them in a user‐friendly manner on the Commission (Eurostat) website.

Removed3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat), for the first time by 31 March 2027 and every year thereafter ending with ‘0’, ‘3’ or ‘7’, a quality report describing the quality of the statistics provided and the statistical processes for the data sets provided during the period. Those quality reports shall include information on the data sources and methods used, the application of the concepts and definitions and related possible effects on quality of the selected data sources, data revisions and their reasons and impacts and the statistical disclosure control methods. The quality reports shall also detail how Member States have applied the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and how the quality criteria referred to in paragraph 2 have been met.

Removed4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the practical arrangements for the quality reports and their contents.

RemovedThose implementing acts shall not impose a significant additional burden and costs on the Member States.

RemovedThey shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Removed4a. Any major adaptation provided for by such implementing acts may be the subject of a financial and technical support pursuant to Article 15 or a derogation pursuant to Article 19(1a).

Removed5. Member States shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) as soon as possible of any relevant information or changes with regard to the implementation of this Regulation that would influence the quality of the statistics provided and shall take measures to resolve the issue without undue delay.

Removed6. Upon a duly justified request from the Commission (Eurostat), Member States shall provide, without undue delay, necessary additional clarifications to evaluate the quality of the statistical information, such as the assessment results of the data sources and the documentation of methods.

RemovedArticle 13 Data sharing

Removed1. The purpose of data sharing between national statistical institutes and other national authorities on the list referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 (national statistical authorities), and between those national statistical authorities and the Commission (Eurostat), shall be exclusively to develop and produce European statistics that fall within the scope of this Regulation and ▌to improve their quality.

Removed2. In the interest of secure data sharing within the ESS, all necessary safeguards including a secure data sharing infrastructure with regard to the physical, technical and logical protection of data shall be taken. The Commission (Eurostat) shall set up a secure infrastructure to facilitate data sharing referred to in paragraph 1. ▌National statistical authorities may use this secure data sharing infrastructure for the purpose specified in paragraph 1. The Commission (Eurostat) and the national statistical authorities that use this secure data sharing infrastructure for the processing of personal data in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be considered as joint controllers for the processing of personal data in the secure data sharing infrastructure. In the event that the national statistical authorities use another data sharing infrastructure, they shall ensure that such infrastructure provides for at least equivalent security than the one set up by the Commission (Eurostat).

Removed3. When the data concerned are confidential data within the meaning of Article 3, point (7), of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 or personal data according to Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725, the sharing of such data ▌ may take place on a voluntary basis provided that it is:

Removed(a) based on a request justifying the necessity to share the data in each individual case, in particular with regard to the quality issues to be specifically addressed;

Removed(b) based ▌ on privacy enhancing technologies that are specifically designed to implement the principles of Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725, with particular regard to purpose limitation, data minimisation, storage limitation, integrity and confidentiality;

Removed(c) without prejudice to Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.

Removed3a. For the purpose of data sharing referred to in paragraph 1, non-confidential data shall be shared between national statistical institutes and other national authorities of different Member States and between these national statistical authorities and the Commission (Eurostat).

Removed4. The Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States shall test and assess, by means of pilot studies, the infrastructure for and fitness of relevant privacy enhancing technologies for data sharing.

Removed5. Where the pilot studies carried out pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article identify effective and secure data sharing solutions for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down technical specifications for the data sharing and measures for the confidentiality and security of information. Such implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

RemovedArticle 14 Pilot and feasibility studies