COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2025/367

of 25 November 2024

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth in the income and living conditions domain and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/29

(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 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 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The income and living conditions domain, set out in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, provides the information required for the European Semester (2) and the European Pillar of Social Rights (3), in particular on income distribution, poverty and social exclusion. It also provides information for various other Union policies related to living conditions and poverty.

(2) The subject of over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth is of key importance, especially for statistical matching of data between income and living condition domain and consumption domain, providing information on the material well-being that cannot be provided from sole data collection and allows to fill gaps for policymaking. The Commission should therefore specify the number and the title of variables for over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth.

(3) In order to ensure that the policy request for better statistics on the energy poverty is fulfilled, there is a strong need to collect variables on energy (energy sources used by the households and energy cost) and therefore it is necessary to amend Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/29 (4).

(4) Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the number of variables to be collected is not to exceed by more than 5 % the number of variables collected for the income and living conditions domain at the time of entry into force of that Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and title of the variables as regards ‘over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth’ in the income and living conditions domain is set out in Annex I.

Article 2

The Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/29 is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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, 25 November 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1700/oj

(2) The European Semester is the European Union’s framework for the coordination and surveillance of economic and social policies.

(3)

OJ C 428, 13.12.2017, p. 10

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/29 of 28 October 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables in the income and living conditions domain on Labour market and housing, Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties, and the 2023 ad hoc subject on Households energy efficiency (

OJ L 7, 12.1.2022, p. 1

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/29/oj

ANNEX I

Number and titles of the variables for the six-yearly module on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth in the income and living conditions domain.

Set of variables	Detailed topic	Variable identifier	Variable name
Over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth	Over-indebtedness, including reasons (14 variables collected)	HI022	Arrears on non-housing bills
		HI090	Number of loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)
		HI101	Loans on property (including household furniture, appliances and interior decoration and excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)
		HI102	Loans on car, motorcycle, caravan, van, bike or other means of transport
		HI103	Loans on healthcare
		HI104	Loans on education
		HI105	Loans to cover daily expenses
		HI106	Loans on other purposes (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)
		HI120	Amount due last month on loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence)
		HI111	Loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence) taken from bank or other financial institution (such as credit union, microcredit provider)
		HI112	Loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence) taken from payday loan company or pawnbroker/cash converter
		HI113	Loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence) taken from private sources (such as family, friends)
		HI114	Loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence) taken using ‘buy now pay later’ or in store credit/loan instalment purchase from the seller
		HI115	Loans (excluding mortgages on purchase of main residence) taken from other sources
	Consumption (5 variables collected)	HC310	Food or drink at home
		HC320	Food or drink outside home
		HC330	Public transport
		HC340	Private transport
		HC350	Savings (in a typical month)
	Wealth, including dwelling ownership (4 collected variables)	HV010	Value of the main residence
		HV070	Total left to repay for the mortgage on main residence
		HV020	Possession of real estate other than main residence
		HV080	Ability to maintain the same standard of living using savings
	Assessment of own needs (1 collected variable)	HS130	Lowest monthly income to make ends meet

ANNEX II

In the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/29, the set of variables on Labour market and housing is replaced by the following set of variables:

‘Set of variables	Detailed topic	Variable identifier	Variable name
Labour market and housing	Characteristics of the workplace (4 collected variables)	PL230	Public/private employment sector
		PW100	Job satisfaction
		PL260	Usual hours worked per week
		PL130	Size of the local unit for main job
	Employment status (2 collected variables)	PL120	Reason for working less than 30 hours
	Employment status (2 collected variables)	PL280	Length of registration of unemployment
	Educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned (2 collected variables)	PE030	Year when highest level of education was attained
		PE050	Educational interrupted or abandoned
	Housing conditions details, including deprivation and imputed rent (14 collected variables: 12 variables compulsory, 2 variables optional)	HS160	Problems with the dwelling: too dark, not enough light
		HS170	Noise from the neighbours or from the street
		HC020	Size of the dwelling in square metres
		HC001	Heating system used
		HC002	Main energy source
		HC007	Total energy cost
		HC080	Overall satisfaction with the dwelling
		HY030	Imputed rent
		HH040	Leaking roof, damp walls/floors/foundation, or rot in window frames or floor
		HS140	Financial burden of the total housing cost
		HS180	Pollution, grime or other environment problems
		HS190	Crime, violence or vandalism in the area
		HH081	Bath or shower in dwelling (OPTIONAL)
		HH091	Indoor flushing toilet for sole use of the household (OPTIONAL)’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/367/oj

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