Regulation 2008/362 - Implementation of Regulation 1177/2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2009 list of target secondary variables on material deprivation - Main contents
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Council Regulation (EC) No 362/2008 of 14 April 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2009 list of target secondary variables on material deprivation| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2008/362 |
| Original proposal | COM(2008)22  |
| CELEX number i | 32008R0362 |
| Document | 14-04-2008 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 24-04-2008; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 16 Volume 001,OJ L 112, 24.4.2008 |
| Effect | 14-05-2008; Entry into force Date pub. + 20 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
24.4.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 112/1 |
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 362/2008
of 14 April 2008
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2009 list of target secondary variables on material deprivation
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (1), and in particular Article 15(2)(f) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European Union levels. |
(2) |
Under Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, implementing measures are necessary for the list of target secondary areas and variables to be included each year in the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC. For the year 2009, the list of target secondary variables included in the module on material deprivation should be laid down. This should be accompanied by the provision of variable codes and definitions. |
(3) |
The Statistical Programme Committee has not delivered a favourable opinion. This being so, following the procedure laid down in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, the Commission is, without delay, to submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken and shall inform the European Parliament, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of target secondary variables, the variable codes, and the definitions for the 2009 module on material deprivation to be included in the cross-sectional component of Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) shall be as laid down in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 14 April 2008.
For the Council
The President
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I.JARC
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OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
ANNEX
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following units, modes of data collection, reference periods and definitions shall apply.
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1.UNITS
The target variables relate to three different types of unit.
The variables relating to housing, the environment, financial stress and durables (except possession of mobile phones) are asked at household level and refer to the household as a whole.
Information on the possession of a mobile phone, basic needs, unmet needs as well as leisure and social activities in the category ‘adult items’ must be provided for each current household member or, if applicable, for all selected respondents, aged 16 and over.
Children’s items relate to all household members aged under 16 to be compatible with the data collection defined in the Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003.
The questions must be answered by the household respondent for the whole group of children aged under 16. If at least one child does not have the item in question, the whole group of children in the household is assumed not to have the item.
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2.MODES OF DATA COLLECTION
For variables asked at household level (section 1 in the list below), the mode of data collection is personal interview with the household...
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