EN Official Journal of the European Union L 99/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 317/2013

of 8 April 2013

amending the Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 1983/2003, (EC) No 1738/2005, (EC) No 698/2006, (EC) No 377/2008 and (EU) No 823/2010 as regards the International Standard Classification of Education

(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 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (4), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The introduction of an updated classification system is central to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to maintain the relevance of European statistics, by taking into account developments and changes in the area of education.

(2) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has revised the version of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) used hitherto (ISCED 1997) with the aim of ensuring that it is consistent with developments in the policies and structures of education and training.

(3) The international comparability of educational statistics requires that the Member States and the Union institutions use classifications of education which are compatible with the revised International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 2011 (hereinafter referred to as ‘ISCED 2011’), as adopted by the Unesco Member States at their 36th General Conference in November 2011.

(4) The establishment of a revised International Standard Classification of Education makes it necessary to amend various references to ISCED, ISCED 97 and ISCED 1997 as well as to amend a number of relevant instruments.

(5) It is therefore necessary to amend accordingly the following Regulations: 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 (5); Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 of 21 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 as regards the definition and transmission of information on the structure of earnings (6); Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (7); Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a subsample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters (8); Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning (9).

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003

Footnote No 19 in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 is replaced by the following:

‘ISCED 2011: International standard classification of education 2011.’.

Article 2

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005

Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 is amended as follows:

(1) ‘ISCED 97’is replaced by ‘ISCED 2011’ throughout the Annexes;

(2) variable 2.5 of Annex I is replaced by the following: ‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011)’;

(3) variable 2.5 of Annex II is replaced by the following: ‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011) This variable concerns the highest level of education successfully completed, which the employee has received according to the International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011). The expression “level successfully completed” must be associated with obtaining a certificate or a diploma, when there is certification. In cases where there is no certification, successful completion must be associated with full attendance. Groups of codes to be used are defined in the Implementing Arrangements of the SES survey.’.

Article 3

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 698/2006

Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 is amended as follows:

In Section 2.1(2) of the Annex, the reference to ‘level of education (ISCED 0 to 6)’ is replaced by ‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 8)’.

Article 4

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 377/2008

Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 is amended as follows:

Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 5

Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 823/2010

Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 is amended as follows:

Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply as from the reference year starting on 1 January 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 April 2013. For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 63, 12.3.1999, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227.

(5) OJ L 298, 17.11.2003, p. 34.

(6) OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 32.

(7) OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 30.

(8) OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57.

(9) OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 33.

ANNEX I Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 (1) In Annex III the instructions for the codification of the variables ‘HATLEVEL’, ‘HATFIELD’, and ‘HATYEAR’ shall be replaced by the following: Name Column Periodicity Code Description Filter/Remarks ‘HATLEVEL 197/199 QUARTERLY Educational attainment level (1) Everybody aged 15 years or more 000 No formal education or below ISCED 1 100 ISCED 1 200 ISCED 2 (incl. ISCED 3 programmes of duration less than 2 years) 302 ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more, sequential (i.e. access to next ISCED 3 programme only) 303 ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more, terminal or access to ISCED 4 only 304 ISCED 3 with access to ISCED 5, 6 or 7 300 ISCED 3 programme of duration of 2 years and more, without possible distinction of access to other ISCED levels 400 ISCED 4 500 ISCED 5 600 ISCED 6 700 ISCED 7 800 ISCED 8 999 Not applicable (child less than 15 years) blank No answer HATYEAR 200/203 YEARLY Year when this level was successfully completed HATLEVEL = 100-800 The four digits of year when highest level of education was successfully completed are entered 9999 Not applicable (HATLEVEL ≠ 100 to 800) blank No answer HATVOC 204 QUARTERLY Orientation of this level HATLEVEL = 300 to 400 and 1 General (15 ≤ AGE ≤ 34 or 2 Vocational (AGE > 34 and REFYEAR – HATYEAR ≤ 15)) 9 Not applicable (HATLEVEL ≠ 300 to 400 or (AGE > 34 and REFYEAR – HATYEAR > 15)) blank No answer HATFIELD 205/208 YEARLY Field of this level HATLEVEL = 300 to 800 and 0000-9998 Level 1 of the classification of fields of education and training (2) (15 ≤ AGE ≤ 34 or 9999 Not applicable (HATLEVEL ≠ 300 to 800 or (AGE > 34 and REFYEAR – HATYEAR > 15)) (AGE > 34 and REFYEAR – HATYEAR ≤ 15)) blank No answer (2) In Annex III the variable ‘EDUCFILD’ and the instructions for the codification of the variable ‘EDUCLEVL’ shall be replaced by the following: Name Column Periodicity Code Description Filter/Remarks ‘EDUCLEVL 209 QUARTERLY Level of this education (3) EDUCSTAT = 1 or 3 1 ISCED 1 2 ISCED 2 3 ISCED 3 4 ISCED 4 5 ISCED 5 6 ISCED 6 7 ISCED 7 8 ISCED 8 9 Not applicable (EDUCSTAT ≠ 1 or 3) blank No answer EDUCVOC 210 QUARTERLY Orientation of this education EDUCLEVL = 3 to 4 1 General 2 Vocational 9 Not applicable (EDUCLEVL ≠ 3 to 4) blank No answer (1) Highest level of education successfully completed as defined by ISCED 2011, coding based on ISCED mappings to be delivered to Eurostat. (2) Or subdivisions of the classification of fields of education and training.’ (3) Coding based on ISCED mappings to be delivered to Eurostat.’