COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/256

of 16 December 2019

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) A system of multiannual rolling planning is to be adopted for an eight-year period in order to regulate the collection of data covered by Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, in particular comply with the periodicity specified by that Annex, and specify the period during which data are to be collected.

(2) The Commission should ensure that this act complies with the principle of proportionality and does not impose a significant burden or cost on Member States or respondents.

(3) The Commission has carried out appropriate consultations of national experts in preparation of this delegated Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation establishes the multiannual rolling planning for the collection of data under Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 from 2021 to 2028.

Article 2

Data collection periods for domains and for associated detailed topics

1. For domains with only one periodicity, as listed in points 3 to 7 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the data collection period shall be as set out in part A of Annex I to this Regulation.

2. For domains with several periodicities, as listed in points 1 and 2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the data collection period shall be as set out in part B of Annex I to this Regulation. For that purpose, the detailed topics attached to these domains shall be grouped, as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Data collection periods for ad-hoc subjects requested by users

The data collection period for ad-hoc subjects requested by users shall be as set out in part B of Annex I.

Article 4

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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 Brussels, 16 December 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1

ANNEX I

Data collection periods

Part A

: Data collection periods for the domains with one periodicity

Domains	Years of data collection
Domains	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Health					X
Education and training		X(1)						X(2)
Use of information and communication technologies	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Time use
Consumption				X(3), (4)

Part B

: Data collection periods for the domains having several periodicities

Domains	Groups (acronyms)	Years of data collection
Domains	Groups (acronyms)	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Labour Force	Quarterly (LFQ)	Every quarter	Every quarter	Every quarter	Every quarter	Every quarter	Every quarter	Every quarter	Every quarter
	Yearly (LFY)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	‘Reasons for migration’ and ‘working time arrangements’ (LF2YA)	X		X		X		X
	‘Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (12 months)’, ‘disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module’ and ‘elements of the Minimum European Health Module’ (LF2YB)		X		X		X		X
	Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants (LF8YA)	X
	Pensions and labour market participation (LF8YB)			X
	‘Young people on the labour market’ and ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ (LF8YC)				X
	Reconciliation of work and family life (LF8YD)					X
	Work organisation and working time arrangements (LF8YE)							X
	Accidents at work and work-related health problems (LF8YF)								X
	Ad hoc Subject on job skills		X
	Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage)						X
Income and Living Conditions	Yearly (ILCY)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Children (ILC3YA)	X			X			X
	Health (ILC3YB)		X			X			X
	Labour Market and Housing (ILC3YC)			X			X
	Quality of life (ILC6YA)		X						X
	Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages & Housing difficulties (ILC6YB)			X
	Access to services (ILC6YC)				X
	Over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth (ILC6YD)						X
	Ad hoc Subject on Living arrangements and conditions of children within separated or blended families	X
	Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage)			X
	Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage)					X
	Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage)							X

(1) July 2022-March 2023.

(2) July 2028-March 2029.

(3) Expected to take place in 2025, but postponed to 2026 in accordance with item 8 of the Annex IV of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700. For the first implementation of the consumption domain data collection, Member States may deviate for no more than one year from the year of data collection defined in this delegated act.

(4) According to item 8 of the Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the precision requirement for the consumption domain may be reached by combining microdata concerning a maximum of three successive years of observations. In this case, the last year of observation shall be 2026.

ANNEX II

Grouping of the detailed topics for the data collection having several periodicities

Domains	Detailed topics	Groups (acronyms)
Labour Force	Data collection information	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Identification	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Weights	Yearly (LFY) and Quarterly (LFQ)
	Interview characteristics	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Localisation	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Demography	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Citizenship and migrant background	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Household composition	Yearly (LFY)
	Household composition – additional specific details	Yearly (LFY)
	Stay in the country	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Reason for migration	Every 2 years (LF2YA)
	Elements of the Minimum European Health Module	Every 2 years (LF2YB)
	Disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module	Every 2 years (LF2YB)
	Accidents at work and other work-related health problems	Every 8 years (LF8YF)
	Main activity status (self-defined)	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Elementary job characteristics	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Employment status	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Duration of contract	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Details of contract	Yearly (LFY)
	Full- or part-time status — reason	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Dependent self-employment	Yearly (LFY)
	Supervisory responsibilities	Yearly (LFY)
	Establishment size	Yearly (LFY)
	Workplace	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Working at home	Yearly (LFY)
	Search for employment	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Willingness to work	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Availability	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Second or multiple job(s)	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Search for another job	Yearly (LFY)
	Underemployment	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Reconciliation of work and family life	Every 8 years (LF8YD)
	Young people on the labour market	Every 8 years (LF8YC)
	Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants	Every 8 years (LF8YA)
	Pension and labour market participation	Every 8 years (LF8YB)
	Care needs	Yearly (LFY)
	Start of job	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Way job found	Yearly (LFY)
	Career continuity and breaks	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Elementary characteristics of the last job	Yearly (LFY)
	Working hours	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Working time arrangements	Every 2 years (LF2YA)
	Work organisation and working time arrangements	Every 8 years (LF8YE)
	Income from work	Yearly (LFY)
	Income from unemployment allowances	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Educational attainment level	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned	Yearly (LFY) and every 8 years (LF8YC)
	Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (4 weeks)	Quarterly (LFQ)
	Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (12 months)	Every 2 years (LF2YB)
Income and living conditions	Data collection information	Yearly(ILCY)
	Identification	Yearly(ILCY)
	Weights	Yearly(ILCY)
	Interview characteristics	Yearly(ILCY)
	Localisation	Yearly(ILCY)
	Demography	Yearly (ILCY)
	Citizenship and migrant background	Yearly (ILCY)
	Household composition	Yearly (ILCY)
	Household composition — additional specific details	Yearly (ILCY)
	Duration of stay in the country	Yearly (ILCY)
	Disability and Minimum European Health Module	Yearly (ILCY)
	Details on health status and disability	Every 3 years (ILC3YB)
	Children health	Every 3 years (ILC3YA)
	Access to health care	Yearly (ILCY)
	Health care	Every 3 years (ILC3YB)
	Access to health care (children)	Every 3 years (ILC3YA)
	Health determinants	Every 3 years (ILC3YB)
	Main activity status (self-defined)	Yearly (ILCY)
	Elementary job characteristics	Yearly (ILCY)
	Characteristics of the workplace	Every 3 years (ILC3YB)
	Duration of contract	Yearly (ILCY)
	Employment status	Every 3 years (ILC3YC)
	Detailed labour market situation	Yearly (ILCY)
	Supervisory responsibilities	Yearly (ILCY)
	Previous work experience	Yearly (ILCY)
	Calendar of activities	Yearly (ILCY)
	Working hours	Yearly (ILCY)
	Educational attainment level	Yearly (ILCY)
	Educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned	Every 3 years (ILC3YC)
	Participation in formal education activities (current)	Yearly (ILCY)
	Quality of life	Yearly (ILCY)
	Social and cultural participation	Every 6 years (ILC6YA)
	Well-being	Every 6 years (ILC6YA)
	Material deprivation	Yearly (ILCY)
	Children-specific deprivation	Every 3 years (ILC3YA)
	Main housing characteristics	Yearly (ILCY)
	Housing conditions details, incl. deprivation and imputed rent	Every 3 years (ILC3YC)
	Housing costs including reduced utility costs	Yearly (ILCY)
	Living environment	Every 3 years (ILC3YC)
	Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons	Every 6 years (ILC6YB)
	Use of services, including care services and services for independent living	Every 6 years (ILC6YC)
	Affordability of services	Every 6 years (ILC6YC)
	Unmet needs and reasons	Every 6 years (ILC6YC)
	Childcare	Yearly (ILCY)
	Income from work	Yearly (ILCY)
	Income from social transfers	Yearly (ILCY)
	Income from pensions	Yearly (ILCY)
	Other incomes, including income from property and capital and inter-household transfers	Yearly (ILCY)
	Taxes and contributions actually paid after reductions	Yearly (ILCY)
	Total annual income at the level of persons and households	Yearly (ILCY)
	Over-indebtedness, including reasons	Every 6 years (ILC6YD)
	Arrears	Yearly (ILCY)
	Elements of wealth, including dwelling ownership	Every 6 years (ILC6YD)
	Elements of consumption	Every 6 years (ILC6YD)
	Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages	Every 6 years (ILC6YB)
	Assessment of own needs	Every 6 years (ILC6YB)