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<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>25.11.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 305/58</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/2306
of 23 November 2022
granting derogations to certain Member States with respect to the transmission of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards statistics on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation
(notified under document C(2022) 8341)
(Only the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(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 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, Romania and the Kingdom of Sweden,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article&#160;9(2) of Regulation (EC) No&#160;1338/2008, if necessary, derogations and transition periods may be adopted for Member States, provided they are based upon objective grounds.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The information Member States provided to the Commission indicates that the requests for derogations are due to the need for major adaptations to national administrative and statistical systems in order to comply in full with Regulation (EC) No&#160;1338/2008.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Such derogations should be therefore granted, at their request, to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, Romania and the Kingdom of Sweden.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, established by Article&#160;7 of Regulation (EC) No&#160;223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a>,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Derogations as set out in the Annex are granted to the Member States listed therein.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, Romania and the Kingdom of Sweden.
Done at Brussels, 23 November 2022.
For the Commission
Paolo GENTILONI
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70 .
( 2 ) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164 ).
ANNEX
Derogations from Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008, as implemented by the Commission, concerning healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation
For the purpose of the data collection, the following derogations shall be granted:
Czechia, Ireland, Spain, Cyprus, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Romania shall not be required to deliver the variables, or, where indicated, the breakdown(s) of variables, specified in Table 1 for the reference years specified therein. Where full coverage is not required, the deviations from full coverage shall be explained in the reference metadata.
Table 1
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Variable/breakdown</p></td><td><p>Reference year(s) covered by derogation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><p>The country of residence of discharged non-residents for the following variables:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital inpatient discharges</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital inpatient bed-days</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital day case discharges</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2023-2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.10</p></td><td><p>Partial excision of mammary gland</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.11</p></td><td><p>Total mastectomy</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2023-2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Full coverage of the following variables (partial coverage is required):</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital inpatient discharges</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital inpatient bed-days</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital day case discharges</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2023-2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>The age groups &#8216;65-74&#8217; and &#8216;75 and older&#8217; for the variable:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>Number of practising physicians by age and sex</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2021-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>Full coverage of all variables in Annex II (partial coverage is required)</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>Variables 1.1-1.6 under Data on Health Employment</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Full coverage of the variables under point 6. Data on Hospital Care (partial coverage is required)</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>Immunisation rate for people aged 65 and older against influenza</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>Number of practising physicians by age and sex</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>Number of practising physicians by category</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>Number of practising midwives</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>Number of practising nurses</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>Number of practising dentists</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2023-2025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>Number of midwifery graduates</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital beds for somatic care; function &#8216;Long-term care&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>Number of beds in residential long-term care facilities</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Variables under point 4. Data on Devices for Medical Imaging.</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>Rate of women aged between 50 and&#160;69 screened against breast cancer within a national breast cancer screening (mammography) programme</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>Rate of women aged between 20 and&#160;69 screened against cervical cancer within a national cervical cancer screening programme</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2021-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>The NUTS2 region of the residence of the discharged patient for the variables:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital inpatient discharges</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital inpatient bed-days</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>Number of hospital day case discharges</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2023-2025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>Full coverage of the following variables (partial coverage is required):</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>Cataract surgery</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>Tonsillectomy</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>Transluminal coronary angioplasty</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>Coronary artery bypass graft</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>Cholecystectomy</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>Repair of inguinal hernia</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>Hip replacement</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>Total knee replacement</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.10</p></td><td><p>Partial excision of mammary gland</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>7.11</p></td><td><p>Total mastectomy</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2023-2025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>Number of practising midwives</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Luxembourg and Sweden shall be granted derogations concerning the deadline for delivery of data for the variables in Table 2 and for the reference metadata where specified.
Table 2
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Variable</p></td><td><p>New deadline</p></td><td><p>Reference year(s) covered by derogation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>Rate of women aged between 50 and&#160;69 screened against breast cancer within a national breast cancer screening (mammography) programme</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>Rate of women aged between 20 and&#160;69 screened against cervical cancer within a national cervical cancer screening programme</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>T+26 months</p></td><td><p>2021-2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>Variables under point 1. Data on Health Employment</p></td><td><p>T+20 months</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Variables under point 1. Data on Health Employment and reference metadata</p></td><td><p>T+16 months</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Variables under points 2-5 of Annex II, and reference metadata</p></td><td><p>T+16 months</p></td><td><p>2021-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>Number of medical graduates</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>Number of dentistry graduates</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>Number of pharmacy graduates</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>T+21 months</p></td><td><p>2021-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>Variables under points 6. Data on Hospital care and&#160;7. Data on Surgical procedures</p></td><td><p>T+38 months</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>Variables under points 6. Data on Hospital care and&#160;7. Data on Surgical procedures</p></td><td><p>T+26 months</p></td><td><p>2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>Variables under point 1. Data on Health Employment</p></td><td><p>T+21 months</p></td><td><p>2023-2024</p></td></tr></tbody></table>