# L_2023030EN.01000101.xml

| 2.2.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 30/1 |
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2.2.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 30/1

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2023/212

of 3 November 2022

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 access to services

(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) | To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics related to the income and living conditions domain listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data sets on access to services. |
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(1)

To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics related to the income and living conditions domain listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data sets on access to services.

| (2) | The detailed topics on ‘Use of services, including care services and services for independent living’; ‘Affordability of services’; and ‘Unmet needs and reasons’ should provide the information required by the European Semester, European Care Strategy and the European Pillar of Social Rights. It also provides information for various other EU policies related to living conditions and poverty. |
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(2)

The detailed topics on ‘Use of services, including care services and services for independent living’; ‘Affordability of services’; and ‘Unmet needs and reasons’ should provide the information required by the European Semester, European Care Strategy and the European Pillar of Social Rights. It also provides information for various other EU policies related to living conditions and poverty.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and title of variables in the income and living conditions domain as regards the sets of variables on access to services are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

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, 3 November 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Number and titles of the six-yearly variables on access to services in the income and living conditions domain

| Module | Detailed topic | Variable identifier | Variable name |
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| Access to services | Use of services, including care services and services for independent living (9 collected variables) | HC190 | Presence in the household of people who need help due to long-term physical or mental ill-health, infirmity, or because of old age |
| HC200 | Professional home care services received |
| PC280 | Frequency of use of public transport |
| PC310 | Entitlement to unemployment benefits |
| PC320 | Entitlement to sickness benefits |
| PC330 | Feeling discriminated when in contact with administrative offices or public services (including job centre, health and social services) |
| PC340 | Feeling discriminated when looking for housing |
| PC350 | Feeling discriminated in education |
| PC360 | Feeling discriminated in public spaces (shop, café, restaurant, leisure facilities etc.) |
| Affordability of services
  (5 collected variables) | HC221 | Payment for professional home care services |
| HC230 | Affordability of professional home care services |
| HC300 | Financial burden of public transport |
| RC370 | Payment for formal childcare services |
| HC040 | Affordability of formal childcare services |
| Unmet needs and reasons
  (5 collected variables) | HC240 | Unmet needs for professional home care services |
| HC250 | Main reason for not receiving (more) professional home care services |
| RC380 | Unmet needs for formal childcare services |
| RC390 | Main reason for not making (more) use of formal childcare services |
| PC290 | Main reason for not using regularly public transport |

Module

Detailed topic

Variable identifier

Variable name

Access to services

Use of services, including care services and services for independent living (9 collected variables)

HC190

Presence in the household of people who need help due to long-term physical or mental ill-health, infirmity, or because of old age

HC200

Professional home care services received

PC280

Frequency of use of public transport

PC310

Entitlement to unemployment benefits

PC320

Entitlement to sickness benefits

PC330

Feeling discriminated when in contact with administrative offices or public services (including job centre, health and social services)

PC340

Feeling discriminated when looking for housing

PC350

Feeling discriminated in education

PC360

Feeling discriminated in public spaces (shop, café, restaurant, leisure facilities etc.)

Affordability of services

(5 collected variables)

HC221

Payment for professional home care services

HC230

Affordability of professional home care services

HC300

Financial burden of public transport

RC370

Payment for formal childcare services

HC040

Affordability of formal childcare services

Unmet needs and reasons

(5 collected variables)

HC240

Unmet needs for professional home care services

HC250

Main reason for not receiving (more) professional home care services

RC380

Unmet needs for formal childcare services

RC390

Main reason for not making (more) use of formal childcare services

PC290

Main reason for not using regularly public transport

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