# Commission Regulation (EU) No 67/2014Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 67/2014 of 27 January 2014 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 2015 list of target            secondary variables on social and cultural participation and material deprivation (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Regulation (EU) No 67/2014                     

# of 27 January 2014

# 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 2015 list of target secondary variables on social and cultural participation                        and material deprivation                     

# (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 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community                           statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)(1), and in particular Article 15(2)(f) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics on income                              and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level                              and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European levels.

(2)Pursuant to Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, implementing measures are necessary in respect of the list of                              target secondary areas and variables that is to be included every year in the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC. The list                              of target secondary variables to be incorporated in the module on social and cultural participation and material deprivation                              should be laid down for the year 2015, together with the corresponding variables’ identifiers.

(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

The list of target secondary variables and the variables’ identifiers for the 2015 module on social and cultural participation                     and material deprivation to be included in the cross-sectional component of European statistics on income and living conditions                     (EU-SILC) shall be as laid down in the Annex.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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, 27 January 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following units, modes of data collection and reference periods apply:

### 1.**Unit**U.K.

The target variables relate to two types of units:
          -  Individual: all variables except for the one related to the ‘Financial stress’. 
          -  Household: variable related to the ‘Financial stress’. 

### 2.**Mode of data collection**U.K.

For the variable applying at household level, the mode of data collection is personal interview with the household respondent.

For variables applying at individual level, the mode of data collection is personal interview with all current household members                     aged 16 and over or, if applicable, with each selected respondent.                  

The age refers to the age at the end of the income reference period.

Given the type of information to be collected, only personal interviews (proxy interviews as an exception for persons temporarily                     absent or incapacitated) are allowed.                  

### 3.**Reference period**U.K.

The target variables relate to three types of reference periods:
          -  Last 12 months: for the variables related to the ‘Participation in cultural and sport event’ and ‘Formal and informal social                           participation’.                         
          -  Usual: for the variables related to the ‘Practise of artistic activities’ and ‘Integration with relatives, friends and neighbours’. 
          -  Current: for the variables related to the ‘Material deprivation’. 

### 4.**Data transmission**U.K.

The target secondary variables should be sent to the Commission (Eurostat) in the Household Data File (H-file) and in the                     Personal Data File (P-file) after the target primary variables.                  

#### **2015 MODULE ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PARTICIPATION AND MATERIAL DEPRIVATION**

**AREAS AND LIST OF TARGET VARIABLES**

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OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1.