Article 1
The list of target primary variables, the variables codes and the technical format of data transmission for the main operation of the Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC), shall be as laid down in the Annex.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 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 list of target primary variables (Text with EEA relevance.)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 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 list of target primary variables (Text with EEA relevance.)
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 Brussels, 7 November 2003. For the Commission Pedro Solbes Mira Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
>TABLE> CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES BE Belgique/Belgïe DK Danmark DE Deutschland GR Ellada ES España FR France IE Ireland IT Italia LU Luxembourg NL Nederland AT Österreich PT Portugal FI Suomi SE Sverige UK United Kingdom BG Bulgaria CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic EE Estonia HU Hungary LV Latvia LT Lithuania MT Malta PL Poland RO Romania SK Slovak Republic SI Slovenia TR Turkey IS Iceland NO Norway CH Switzerland OEU Other European countries NAF North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara) WAF West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) OAF Other Africa USA United States of America CAN Canada CSA Central and South America NME Near and Middle East (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) OAS Other Asia OCE Australia and Oceania OTH Other FILES TO TRANSMIT TO EUROSTAT The target variables will be sent to Eurostat in four different files: 1. household register (D) 2. personal register (R) 3. household data (H) 4. personal data (P) The household register file (D) must contain every household (selected + substituted + split off (longitudinal only)), also those where the address could not be contacted or which could not be interviewed. In the other files, records related to a household will only exist if the household has been contacted (DB120 = 11 (or DB110 = 1)) AND has a completed household interview in the household data file (H) (DB130 = 11) AND at least one member has complete data in the personal data file (P) (RB250 = 11, 12 or 13 = > DB135 = 1). This member must be the selected respondent (RB245 = 2) if this mode of selection is used. The personal register file (R) must contain a record for every person currently living in the household or temporarily absent. In the longitudinal component this file must contain also a record for every person who has moved out or died since the previous wave and for every person who lived in the household for at least three months during the income reference period and was not recorded otherwise in the register of this household. The personal data file (P) must contain a record for every eligible person (RB245 = 1, 2 or 3) for whom the information could be completed from interview and/or registers (RB250 = 11, 12 or 13). The technical format of transmission of the files to Eurostat will be the comma separated values format (CSV). The header row (first record) must contain the variable names.
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