REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission by Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 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 Regulations (EC) No 1177/2003 and (EC) No 577/98
Date: 2023-12-14
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, European Commission, data collection, delegated legislation, exchange of information, household, personal data, powers of the institutions (EU), social statistics, socioeconomic conditions

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 14.12.2023  COM(2023) 789 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission by Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 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 Regulations (EC) No 1177/2003 and (EC) No 577/98  
 
 
1. 

INTRODUCTION 

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 1  establishing  a  common  framework  for  European  statistics  relating  to 
persons  and  households,  based  on  data  at  individual  level  collected  from  samples,  empowers  the 
Commission to adopt delegated acts. 

2. 

LEGAL BASIS 

This  report  is  required  under  Article 17(2)  of  Regulation (EU) 2019/1700,  which  confers  on  the 
Commission  the  power  to  adopt  delegated  acts  for  a  period  of  5  years  from  3 November 2019. 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 states that the delegation of power is to be tacitly extended for periods of 
an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later 
than 3 months before the end of each period. The Commission is required to draw up a report in respect 
of  the  delegation  of  power  not  later  than  9 months  before  the  end  of  the  five-year  period  (i.e. by 
2 February 2024). 

3. 

EXERCISE OF THE DELEGATION 

1.  In  accordance  with  Article  4(1)  of  Regulation (EU) 2019/1700,  the  Commission  adopted  the 
following  Commission  delegated  regulations  establishing  or  adapting  the  multiannual  rolling 
planning: 

2019 
supplementing 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2020/256 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  by  establishing  a 
multiannual rolling planning 2. 

16 December 2019 

of 

2020 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2020/2175  of  20 October 2020  amending  Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2020/256 establishing a multiannual rolling planning 3. 

2022 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2023/167  of  3 November 2022  amending  Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2020/256 establishing a multiannual rolling planning 4. 

Appropriate consultations were carried out, including at expert level, during the preparatory work for 
the  delegated  acts  concerning  the  multiannual  rolling  planning.  The  Commission  consulted  the 
‘European Directors of Social Statistics’ and ‘National Statistical Institutes of the European Statistical 
System’ expert groups.  

1 Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 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 (OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 1.). 
2 OJ L 54, 26.2.2020, p. 1. 
3 OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. 20. 
4 OJ L 24, 26.1.2023, p. 3. 

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2.  In accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the Commission adopted, for the 
domains covered by Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the following Commission delegated regulations: 

Labour force domain: 

2019 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2020/257 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the titles of the variables for the labour force domain 5. 

16 December 2019 

of 

2020 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2020/1640 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the title of the variables for the 2022 ad hoc subject ‘job skills’ and the eight-yearly variables on 
‘pension and labour market participation’ in the labour force domain 6. 

12 August 2020 

of 

2022 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2022/2447  of  30 September 2022 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the title of the of the eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the 
labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ and 
‘reconciliation of work and family life’ 7. 

Income and living conditions domain: 

2019 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2020/258 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the titles of the variables for the income and living conditions domain 8. 

16 December 2019 

of 

2020 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2021/466 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the title of the variables for the income and living conditions domain on health and quality of life 9. 

17 November 2020 

of 

2021 
supplementing 
Commission  Delegated 
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 Labour market and housing, 
Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages, Housing difficulties, and the 2023 ad 
hoc subject on Households energy efficiency 10. 

Regulation (EU) 2022/29 

28 October 2021 

of 

5 OJ L 54, 26.2.2020, p. 9. 
6 OJ L 370, 6.11.2020, p. 1. 
7 OJ L 320, 14.12.2022, p. 1. 
8 OJ L 54, 26.2.2020, p. 16. 
9 OJ L 96, 19.3.2021, p. 1. 
10 OJ L 7, 12.1.2022, p. 1. 

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2022 

Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2023/212 
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 11. 

3 November 2022 

of 

Education and training domain: 

2021 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2021/859 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the titles of the variables for the data set in the education and training domain 12. 

4 February 2021 

of 

Use of information and communication technologies domain: 

Delegated 

2020 
supplementing 
Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and  the  title  of  the  variables  for  the  use  of  information  and  communication  technologies  statistics 
domain for reference year 2021 13. 

Regulation (EU) 2020/1432 

14 July 2020 

of 

Delegated 

2021 
Commission 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and  the  title  of  the  variables  for  the  use  of  information  and  communication  technologies  statistics 
domain for reference year 2022 14. 

Regulation (EU) 2021/1898 

20 July 2021 

of 

2022 
supplementing 
Commission  Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and  the  title  of  the  variables  for  the  use  of  information  and  communication  technologies  statistics 
domain for reference year 2023 15. 

Regulation (EU) 2022/2279 

1 August 2022 

of 

2023 
Commission  Delegated 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and titles of the variables for the use of information and communication technologies statistics domain 
for reference year 2024 16. 

Regulation (EU) 2023/1797 

7 July 

2023 

of 

11 OJ L 30, 2.2.2023, p. 1. 
12 OJ L 190, 31.5.2021, p. 1. 
13 OJ L 331, 12.10.2020, p. 4. 
14 OJ L 387, 3.11.2021, p. 58. 
15 OJ L 301, 22.11.2022, p. 1. 
16 OJ L 233, 21.9.2023, p. 7. 

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Consumption domain: 

2022 
Commission  Delegated  Regulation (EU) 2023/126 
supplementing 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number 
and the title of the variables for the consumption domain 17. 

21 October 2022 

of 

Appropriate consultations were carried out, including at expert level, during the preparatory work on 
the above-listed delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700. 
The Commission consulted the ‘Labour Market Statistics’ expert group on the draft delegated acts in 
the labour market domain; the ‘Income and Living Conditions’ expert group on the draft delegated acts 
in the income and living conditions and consumption domains; and the ‘Education and Training’ expert 
group on the draft delegated act in the education and training domain. Moreover, for the acts in all these 
domains,  the  Commission  consulted  the  ‘European  Directors  of  Social  Statistics’  and  ‘National 
Statistical Institutes of the European Statistical System’ expert groups.  

For the draft delegated acts in the information and communication statistics domain, the Commission 
consulted the ‘Information Society Statistics’ expert group as well as the ‘National Statistical Institutes 
of the European Statistical System’ expert group.  

Both the European Parliament and the Council were duly informed of the consultations on all delegated 
acts adopted in accordance with Articles 4(1) and 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700. 

Once the Commission had adopted the delegated regulations, it notified the European Parliament and 
the Council. Neither the European Parliament nor the Council issued any objection to the delegated acts 
within the two-month period provided for in Article 17(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700. Upon expiry 
of that period, the delegated regulations were published in the Official Journal of the European Union 
and each entered into force on the twentieth day following that of its respective date of publication.  

4. 

CONCLUSION 

The Commission has exercised its delegated powers correctly and invites the European Parliament and 
the Council to take note of this report. 

The  Commission  considers  that  it  should  continue  to  have  delegated  powers  pursuant  to 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.  In  order  to  ensure  that  Regulation (EU) 2019/1700  is  correctly 
implemented, further delegated acts are in the process of adoption or will need to be adopted: 

• 
• 

to amend the multiannual rolling planning; and 
to  further  specify  the  number  and  title  of  the  variables  for  all  domains  covered  by 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 (labour force, income and living conditions, health, education and 
training,  use  of  information  and  communication  technologies,  time  use  and  consumption), 
including the variables of the ad hoc subjects to be collected in the labour force and income and 
living conditions domains. 

Furthermore, the Commission may need to adopt other delegated acts in the future to reflect progress 
in statistical methodologies and ensure that EU statistics relating to persons and households, based on 
data at individual level collected from samples remain reliable, exhaustive and comparable as well as 
fulfil policy needs. 

17 OJ L 17, 19.1.2023, p. 1. 

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