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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010 of 8 December 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission Text with EEA relevance| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2010/1151 |
| CELEX number i | 32010R1151 |
| Document | 08-12-2010 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 09-12-2010; OJ L 324 p. 1-12 |
| Effect | 29-12-2010; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 7 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
9.12.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 324/1 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1151/2010
of 8 December 2010
implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (1), and in particular Articles 5(5) and 6(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 establishes common rules for the decennial provision of comprehensive data on population and housing. |
(2) |
In order to assess the quality of the data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) by the Member States, it is necessary to define the modalities and structure of the quality reports. |
(3) |
In order to ensure the proper transmission of the data and metadata, the technical format should be the same for all Member States. It is therefore necessary to adopt the appropriate technical format to be used for data transmission. |
(4) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee |
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Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation lays down the modalities and structure of the quality reports to be submitted by Member States on the quality of the data they transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) from their population and housing censuses for the reference year 2011, as well as the technical format for data transmission, to fulfil the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 763/2008.
Article 2
Definitions
The definitions and technical specifications set out in Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1201/2009 (2) and (EU) No 519/2010 (3) shall apply for the purpose of this Regulation. The following definitions shall also apply:
1. |
‘statistical unit’ means the basic observation unit, namely a natural person, household, family, living quarter, or conventional dwelling; |
2. |
‘individual enumeration’ means that information on each statistical unit is obtained so that their characteristics can be recorded separately and cross-classified with other characteristics; |
3. |
‘simultaneity’ means that the information obtained in a census refers to the same point in time (reference date); |
4. |
‘universality within a defined territory’ means that data are provided for all statistical units within a precisely defined territory. Where statistical units are persons, ‘universality within a defined territory’ means that data are provided which are based on information for all persons that have their usual residence in the defined territory (total population); |
5. |
‘availability of small-area data’ means the availability of data for small geographic areas and for small groups of statistical units; |
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‘defined periodicity’ means the capacity to conduct censuses regularly at the beginning of every decade, including the continuity of registers; |
7. |
‘target population’ means the set of all statistical units in a defined geographical area at the reference date which qualify for reporting on one or more specified topics. The target population includes each valid statistical unit exactly once; |
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‘estimated target population’ means the best available approximation of the target population. The estimated target population consists of the census population plus under-coverage minus... |
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