CELEX: 52014PC0724
Language: en
Date: 2014-12-09
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on harmonised indices of consumer prices and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2494/95

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			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.       CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
The European
Commission and the European Central Bank require inflation measures in the EU
to be harmonised in order to ensure the good functioning of the European Union,
and in particular to implement effective monetary policy.
Harmonised
consumer price indices are essential for assessing and measuring:
·          
convergence in terms of price stability within
the EU; and
·          
the results of euro area monetary policy, in
terms of achieving the objective of price stability.
Harmonised
inflation measures are also used for assessing national competitiveness as part
of the Commission’s macroeconomic imbalance procedure.
For these
purposes, consumer price indices need to be comparable across all countries and
all product areas. They must be sufficiently detailed and be able to be
produced within a reasonable timeframe. The inflation figures calculated from
consumer price indices must constitute an objective and unbiased basis for
decision making.
In addition,
comparable and reliable consumer price indices are, together with other
sources, a valuable input for deflating economic values such as salaries,
rents, interest rates and National Accounts data. These estimated volume time
series show the evolution of a given economic phenomenon without the impact of
inflation and are an essential input for political and economic decisions.
In October 1995,
a Council Regulation on harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) was
drafted and adopted, followed by 20 implementing regulations in the following
17 years.
Standardised
rules ensuring maximum comparability remain important for the main users of
HICP, in particular the Commission and the European Central Bank, but certain
parameters have changed since the adoption of the original framework:
·          
The development of the European Statistical
System (ESS) has led to a much greater acceptance of the need for a harmonised
approach to many of the methodological aspects relating to consumer price
indices.
·          
The technical aspects of data collection and
index compilation have changed dramatically due to the rapid rate of
technological progress in recent years. Powerful information technology systems
make it possible to adopt methods that would not have been considered as little
as two decades ago: the advent of scanner data is revolutionising data
collection practices and the use of various internet sources for prices is
constantly developing.
·          
The Lisbon Treaty established a new comitology
set-up, introducing delegated and implementing acts. This needs to be reflected
in the legal framework.
These various changes
all necessitate redrafting of the legislation on HICP so as to modernise and rationalise
the legal basis and adapt it to today’s needs, both actual and potential.
Reviewing the HICP Regulation gives stakeholders the chance to reflect on the
existing rules and recommendations, to rationalise them and to focus on
particular aspects according to their current relevance and the best interests
of various types of users.
Many policy
areas in which the EU plays an active role require information on events and
developments affecting consumer price indices so that operational objectives
can be formulated and progress evaluated. EU legislation also requires Eurostat
to provide deflators of the highest possible quality, for which HICP are a
valuable input. The indices must be timely, accurate, complete, coherent and
comparable at EU level and between different product groups. Only by
modernising the European legislation on HICP can these requirements be met.
The proposed
HICP Regulation enshrines the principles of the European Statistics Code of
Practice relating to commitment to quality, sound methodology,
cost-effectiveness, relevance, accuracy, reliability, coherence and
comparability.
2.       RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH INTERESTED
PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
The draft HICP Regulation
was discussed by expert groups made up of both producers of statistics, in
particular national statistical institutes, and users of statistics, including
the European Commission, the European Central Bank and national central banks.
The European Statistical System Committee was consulted.
An impact
assessment was not deemed necessary.
3.       LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
The objective of
this proposal is to establish a common legal framework for the production of
harmonised indices by Member States, which involves collecting, compiling,
processing and submitting harmonised consumer price indices. These are
necessary for the systematic production of inflation measures in the European
Union.
This proposal
simplifies and clarifies the requirements for the compilation of these indices.
In particular, it:
·          
provides a new general framework applying to
well-defined categories of product groups;
·          
establishes a clear and well-defined scope of application;
·          
maintains specific measures for specific domains
such as health, education, social protection and insurance;
·          
addresses possible differences in interpretation
and difficulties for data suppliers in applying the rules;
·          
ensures that similar product groups are treated
in the same way across the EU;
·          
eliminates provisions that have become
redundant; and
·          
clarifies provisions that have led to
misinterpretations in the past.
Where further
specification or uniform conditions for implementation are needed, the
Regulation provides for the possibility of adopting delegated or implementing
acts in accordance with Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning
of the European Union (TFEU).
In particular,
in order to ensure full comparability of consumer price indices, uniform
conditions are needed for:
·          
the breakdown of HICP by European classification
of individual consumption according to purpose (ECOICOP) categories;
·          
the methodology used in producing harmonised indices;
·          
the meaning and use of statistical units;
·          
the weights used in calculating harmonised
indices and metadata on the weights;
·          
the annual calendar for transmitting harmonised indices
and sub-indices;
·          
data and metadata exchange standards;
·          
conditions for revising data;
·          
basic information and methods to be used, based
on the evaluation of pilot studies; and
·          
technical quality assurance requirements relating
to the content of annual quality reports, the deadline for providing these
reports to Eurostat and the structure of the inventory.
In accordance with
Article 291 of the TFEU, the proposed Regulation therefore confers implementing
powers on the Commission.
In accordance
with Article 290 of the TFEU, the proposed Regulation delegates to the
Commission the power to adopt non-legislative acts of general application to
supplement or amend non-essential parts of the Regulation. This will allow the
Commission to:
·          
ensure comparability at international level of
the classification of individual consumption according to purpose (COICOP) used
for the breakdown of HICP;
·          
establish a threshold below which there is no
obligation to provide sub-indices of harmonised indices; and
·          
establish a list of sub-indices that Member
States are not obliged to produce.
The Commission
should ensure that these delegated acts do not impose a significant additional
administrative burden on Members States.
The proposal for
a revised HICP Regulation seeks to create a single legal measure covering all
uniform conditions. There are currently 20 different implementing regulations.
Under the new Regulation these would be combined into a single one, which would
give stakeholders and Member States greater clarity and make administration easier
and more effective. Simplifying requirements and their implementation in this
way is one of the main objectives of the proposed strategy for a new legal
framework for HICP.
4.       BUDGETARY IMPLICATION
None for the EU
budget.
2014/0346 (COD)
Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL
on harmonised indices of consumer prices
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2494/95
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article
338(1) thereof,
Having regard to
the proposal from the European Commission,
After
transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to
the opinion of the European Central Bank [1],
Acting in
accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,
Whereas:
(1)       Harmonised
indices of consumer prices (HICP) are designed to measure inflation in a
harmonised manner across Member States. The Commission and the European Central
Bank use the HICP in their assessment of price stability in Member States under
Article 140 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (the Treaty).
(2)       The
European System of Central Banks (ESCB) uses the HICP as an index in order to
measure the achievement of the ESCB’s price stability objective under Article
127(1) of the Treaty, which is of particular relevance for the definition and
implementation of the monetary policy of the Union under Article 127(2) of the
Treaty.
(3)       Council
Regulation (EC) No 2494/95[2]
established a common framework for setting up harmonised indices of consumer
prices. This legal framework needs to be adapted to current needs and technical
progress.
(4)       This
Regulation takes into account the Commission's better regulation programme and,
in particular, the Commission Communication on smart regulation in the Union[3]. In the statistical field, the Commission
has set as a priority the simplification and improvement of the regulatory
environment in statistics[4].
(5)       HICP
should be broken down by categories of the European classification of
individual consumption according to purpose (ECOICOP). This classification
should ensure that all European statistics relating to private consumption are
consistent and comparable. The ECOICOP should also be consistent with the UN
COICOP, which is the international standard classifying individual consumption according
to purpose, and should therefore be adapted to changes of the UN COICOP.
(6)       The
regular HICP are based on observed prices, which also include taxes on
products. Hence, inflation is affected by changes to tax rates on products. For
inflation analysis and for convergence assessment in Member States, information
also needs to be collected on the impact of tax changes on inflation. To this
end, HICP should additionally be calculated on the basis of constant tax rate
prices.
(7)       Establishing
price indices for dwellings and in particular for owner-occupied housing (OOH
indices) is an important step towards improving the relevance and comparability
of HICP. House price indices are a necessary basis for compiling OOH indices.
In addition, house price indices are important indicators in their own right.
(8)       The
reference period of price indices should be updated at regular intervals. Rules
for common index reference periods of harmonised indices and their sub-indices
integrated at different points in time should be established in order to ensure
that the resulting indices are comparable and relevant.
(9)       In
order to enhance the gradual harmonisation of consumer price indices, pilot
studies should be launched to assess the feasibility of using additional basic
information or applying new methodological approaches.
(10)     Guidance
on the various stages of producing high-quality harmonised indices should be
given in a methodological manual in order to help Member States to produce
comparable indices of consumer prices. The methodological manual should be established
by the Commission (Eurostat) in close cooperation with Member States within the
European Statistical System and regularly updated. In the annual HICP inventory
referred to in Article 9(2)(b) of this Regulation, Member States should inform
the Commission (Eurostat) about divergences, if any, between the statistical
methods used and those recommended in the methodological manual.
(11)     The
Commission (Eurostat) should verify the sources and methods used by Member
States to calculate harmonised indices and should monitor the implementation of
the legal framework by Member States. For this purpose the Commission
(Eurostat) should maintain a regular dialogue with the Member States’ statistical
authorities.
(12)     Background
information is essential for assessing whether the detailed harmonised indices
provided by the Member States are sufficiently comparable. In addition,
transparent compilation methods and practices used in Member States help all
stakeholders to understand the harmonised indices and further improve their
quality. A set of rules for reporting harmonised metadata should therefore be
established.
(13)     In
order to ensure the quality of harmonised indices, confidential data and metadata
should be exchanged between the Commission (Eurostat), national central banks
and the European Central Bank in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of
the European Parliament and of the Council.[5].
(14)     Since
the objective of the present Regulation, namely the creation of common
statistical standards for harmonised indices, cannot be sufficiently achieved
by the Member States but can be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in
Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of
proportionality, as set out in the same Article, this Regulation does not go
beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.
(15)     In
order to ensure comparability at international level of the classification of
individual consumption according to purpose used for the breakdown of HICP and
to assure adaptation to changes of UN COICOP, to establish a threshold below
which there is no obligation to provide sub-indices of harmonised indices and
to establish a list of sub-indices that need not be produced by the Member
States, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on
the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in
respect of harmonised indices. It is of particular importance that the
Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work,
including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up
delegated acts, should ensure simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission
of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council.
(16)     In
order to ensure full comparability of consumer price indices, uniform
conditions are needed for the breakdown of the HICP by ECOICOP categories, for
the applied methodology in producing harmonised indices, for the information
provided by statistical units, for providing weights and metadata on the
weights, for the establishment of an annual calendar for the transmission of
the harmonised indices and sub-indices, for the data and metadata exchange standards,
for the uniform conditions for revisions, for improved basic information or
improved methods based on the evaluation of pilot studies and for technical
quality assurance requirements regarding the content of annual quality reports,
the deadline for providing the report to the Commission (Eurostat) and the
structure of the inventory. In order to ensure such uniform conditions for the
implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on
the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation
(EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.[6]
(17)     In
adopting implementing measures and delegated acts in accordance with this
Regulation, the Commission should take the utmost account of
cost-effectiveness.
(18)     In
the context of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, the European
Statistical System Committee has been asked to provide its professional
guidance.
(19)     Regulation
(EC) No 2494/95 should be repealed.
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation lays
down a common framework for the development, production and dissemination of
harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) and of housing prices (HPI) at Union, national and sub-national level.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes
of this Regulation the following definitions apply:
(a)                   
‘Development of statistics’ means establishing
and improving statistical methods, standards and procedures used in the
production and dissemination of statistics, with the aim of designing new
statistical measures and indicators.
(b)                   
‘Production of statistics’ means all steps
involved in compiling statistics, including collecting, storing, processing and
analysing statistics.
(c)                   
‘dissemination of statistics’ means
the activity of making statistics, statistical analyses and non-confidential
information accessible to users;
(d)                  
‘products’ means goods and services as defined
in Annex A, point 3.01 of Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council [7]
(hereinafter referred to as ‘ESA 2010’);
(e)                   
‘consumer prices’ means the purchase prices paid
by households to purchase individual products by means of monetary transactions;
(f)                    
‘purchase price’ means the price actually paid
by the purchaser for products, including any taxes less subsidies on the
products, after deduction of discounts for bulk or off-peak purchases from
standard prices or charges, excluding interest or services charges added under
credit arrangements and any extra charges incurred as a result of failing to
pay within the period specified at the time of purchase;
(g)                   
‘harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP)’
means the comparable indices of consumer prices produced by each Member State;
(h)                   
‘harmonised indices of consumer prices at
constant tax rates (HICP-CT)’ means indices that measure changes in consumer
prices over a period of time excluding the impact of changes in tax rates on products
during that period of time;
(i)                     
‘administered prices’ means prices that are
either directly set or influenced to a significant extent by the government;
(j)                     
‘owner-occupied housing price index (OOH index)’
means an index that measures changes in the transaction prices of dwellings new
to the household sector and of other products that the households acquire in
their role as owner-occupiers;
(k)                   
‘house price index (HPI)’ means an index that
measures changes in the transaction prices of dwellings purchased by households;
(l)                     
‘sub-index of the HICP’ means a price index for
any of the categories of the European classification of individual consumption
according to purpose (hereinafter referred to as ‘ECOICOP’) as established in
the Annex;
(m)                 
‘harmonised indices’ means the HICP, HICP-CT,
OOH indices and HPI;
(n)                   
‘Laspeyres index’ means a price index of the
form  
where P is the
relative index of the price levels in two periods, Q are the quantities
consumed, t0 is the base period and tn the period for which the index is computed;
(o)                   
‘Laspeyres-type index’ means an index that
measures average price changes on the basis of unchanged expenditure compared
to the base period, i.e. holding the consumption pattern of households constant
as of the base period.
(p)                   
‘index reference period’ means the period for
which the index is set to 100 index points;
(q)                   
‘basic information’ with reference to HICP and
HICP-CT means data covering
–              
all purchase prices of products which need to be
taken into account in order to compute HICP sub-indices in accordance with this
Regulation,
–              
all characteristics that determine the product
price and any other characteristics relevant to the consumer purpose in
question,
–              
information on taxes and excise duties levied,
–              
information as to whether a price is fully or
partially administered, and
–              
all weights reflecting the level and structure
of the consumption of the products concerned.
(r)                    
‘basic information’ with reference to OOH
indices and HPI means data covering
–              
 all transaction prices of dwellings purchased
by households which need to be taken into account to compute HPI indices in
accordance with this Regulation,
–              
 all characteristics which determine the
dwelling price or other relevant characteristics.
(s)                    
'household' means a household as defined in
Annex A, paragraph 2.119 (a) and (b) of ESA 2010, irrespective of nationality
or residence status;
(t)                    
'economic territory of the Member State' means
the territory as defined in Annex A, paragraph 2.05 of ESA 2010, with the
exception that the extraterritorial enclaves situated within the boundaries of
the country are included and the territorial enclaves situated in the rest of
the world are excluded;
(u)                   
‘household final monetary consumption
expenditure’ means that part of final consumption expenditure incurred by: 
–              
households, 
–              
in monetary transactions,
–              
on the economic territory of the Member State,
–              
on products that are used for the direct
satisfaction of individual needs or wants, as defined in Annex A paragraph
3.101 of ESA 2010,
–              
in one or both of the time periods being
compared;
(v)                   
‘significant change of production method’ means
a change that is estimated to affect the annual rate of change of a given
Harmonised Index or part thereof in any period by more than:
–              
0.1 percentage points for the all-items HICP or
the OOH or HPI,
–              
0.3, 0.4, 0.5 or 0.6 percentage points for any
ECOICOP division, group, class or sub-class (5-digit) respectively.
Article 3
Compilation of the harmonised indices
1.           Member
States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with all harmonised indices as
defined in Article 2(m).
2.           Harmonised
indices shall be compiled using a Laspeyres-type formula.
3.           The
HICP and HICP-CT shall be based on the price changes and weights of products
included in household final monetary consumption expenditure.
4.           The
HICP shall not cover transactions between households, except in the case of
rentals paid by tenants to private landlords, where the latter act as market
producers of services purchased by households (tenants).
5.           HICP
sub-indices shall be compiled for the categories of ECOICOP. Uniform conditions
for the breakdown of the HICP by ECOICOP categories shall be adopted by means
of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance
with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Article 4
Comparability of the harmonised indices
1.           For
HICP or OOH indices to be considered comparable, any difference across
countries at all levels of detail shall only reflect differences in price
changes or expenditure patterns.
2.           Any
sub-indices of the harmonised indices that deviate from the concepts or methods
of this Regulation shall be deemed comparable if they result in an index that
is estimated to differ systematically by:
(a)         
less than or equal to 0.1 per cent on average
over one year against the previous year from an index compiled following the
methodological approach of this Regulation, in the case of HICP;
(b)         
less than or equal to one per cent on average
over one year against the previous year from an index compiled following the
methodological approach of this Regulation, in the case of OOH and HPI.
Where such a
calculation is not possible, the consequences of using a methodology which
deviates from the concepts or methods of this Regulation must be set out in
detail.
3.           The
Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with
Article 10 for the modification of the Annex in order to ensure comparability of
the harmonised indices at international level.
4.           In order to ensure uniform conditions, the appropriate
methodology for producing comparable harmonised indices shall be defined by
means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in
accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Article 5
Data requirements
1.           Member
States shall collect basic information representative of their country for harmonised
indices and their sub-indices.
2.           The
information shall be obtained from statistical units as defined in Council
Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 [8].
3.           The
statistical units that provide information on products included in household
final monetary consumption expenditure shall cooperate in the collection or
provision of basic information as required. The statistical units shall give
accurate and complete information, including in electronic form if requested.
On request of the national bodies responsible for compiling official statistics,
the statistical units shall provide information in electronic form, such as
scanner data, and at the level of detail necessary in order to produce
harmonised indices and to evaluate compliance with the comparability
requirements and the quality of the harmonised indices. Uniform conditions for
providing this information shall be established by means of implementing acts.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination
procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
4.           The
harmonised indices and their sub-indices shall be scaled to the common index
reference period 2015. This scaling shall take effect with the index for
January 2016.
5.           The harmonised indices and their sub-indices shall be
rescaled to a new common index reference period in cases of a major
methodological change of harmonised indices or every 10 years starting from 2015.
The rescaling to the new index reference period shall take effect with the
index for January of the following calendar year. The Commission shall be
empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 to establish
detailed rules on rescaling of harmonised indices linked to major
methodological changes.
6.           In
order not to impose an unnecessary burden on Member States and to the extent
that the sub-indices of harmonised indices are only significant above a certain
threshold, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in
accordance with Article 10 in order to establish a threshold below which there is
no obligation to provide those sub-indices.
7.           The
Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with
Article 10 in order to establish a list of sub-indices of ECOICOP that need not
be produced by the Member States, either because they do not cover private
consumption or because the degree of methodological harmonisation is not
sufficient.
Article 6
Frequency
1.           Member
States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with HICP, HICP-CT and their respective
sub-indices at monthly intervals, including those sub-indices produced at longer
intervals.
2.           Member
States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with OOH indices and HPI at quarterly
intervals. They may be provided at monthly intervals on a voluntary basis.
3.           Member
States are not obliged to produce sub-indices at monthly or quarterly intervals
where less frequent data collection fulfils the comparability requirements of
Article 4. Member States shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) of the ECOICOP
and OOH categories that they intend to collect at intervals less frequent than,
respectively, monthly or quarterly.
4.           Each
year, Member States shall review and update sub-index weights for the harmonised
indices. Uniform conditions for providing weights and metadata on the weights
shall be established by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts
shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in
Article 11(2).
Article 7
Deadlines, exchange standards and revisions
1.           Member
States shall provide harmonised indices and all sub-indices to the Commission
(Eurostat) no later than 20 calendar days after the end of the reference month
for monthly series and 85 calendar days after the end of the reference quarter
for quarterly series.
2.           Member
States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the data and metadata
required by this Regulation in accordance with data and metadata exchange
standards.
3.           Sub-indices
of harmonised indices that have already been published may be revised.
4.           The
establishment of an annual calendar for submitting harmonised indices and
sub-indices referred to in paragraph 1, the data and metadata exchange
standards referred to in paragraph 2, and the uniform conditions for
revision as referred to in paragraph 3 shall be specified in detail by
means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in
accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Article 8
Pilot studies
1.           Whenever
improved basic information is required for the compilation of harmonised indices,
or when the need for improved comparability of indices is identified in the
methods referred to in Article 4(2), the Commission (Eurostat) may launch pilot
studies to be carried out on a voluntary basis by the Member States.
2.           The
pilot studies shall assess the feasibility of obtaining improved basic
information or adopting new methodological approaches.
3.           The
results of the pilot studies shall be evaluated by the Commission (Eurostat) in
close cooperation with the Member States and main users of harmonised indices,
taking into account the benefits of having improved price information relative
to the additional costs of collection and compilation.
4.           Based
on the evaluation of the pilot studies, improved basic information or improved
methods shall be introduced by means of implementing acts. Those implementing
acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to
in Article 11(2).
Article 9
Quality assurance
1.           Member
States shall ensure the quality of the harmonised indices provided. For the
purposes of this Regulation, the standard quality criteria set out in Article
12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 shall apply.
2.           Member
States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with:
(a)         
an annual standard quality report covering the
quality criteria referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009;
(b)         
an annual inventory with details of data
sources, definitions and methods used, including details of any divergences
between the statistical methods used and those recommended in the
methodological manual; and
(c)         
further related information at the level of
detail necessary to evaluate compliance with the comparability requirements and
the quality of the harmonised indices if requested by the Commission
(Eurostat).
3.           If
a Member State intends to introduce a significant change in the production
methods of the harmonised indices or part thereof, the Member State shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest three months before any such change
would enter into force. The Member State shall provide the Commission
(Eurostat) with a quantification of the impact of the change.
4.           Technical
quality assurance requirements regarding the content of the standard annual
quality report, the deadline for providing the report to the Commission
(Eurostat) and the structure of the inventory shall be established by means of
implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with
the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Article 10
Exercise of the delegation
1.           The
power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the
conditions laid down in this Article.
2.           The
delegation of powers referred to in Articles 4(3) and 5(5) to (7) shall be
conferred for an indeterminate period of time.
3.           The
delegation of powers referred to in Articles 4(3) and 5(5) to (7) may be
revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to
revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that
decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the
decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date
specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts
already in force.
4.           As
soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously
to the European Parliament and to the Council.
5.           A
delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 4(4) and 5(5) to (7) shall enter
into force only if no objection has been expressed by either the European
Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that
act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that
period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the
Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two
months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Article 11
Committee
1.           The
Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee
established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. That Committee shall be a committee
within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2.           Where
reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
shall apply.
Article 12
Repeal
1.           Without
prejudice to paragraph 2, Member States shall continue to provide harmonised indices
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 up to the transmissions of data
referring to 2015.
2.           Regulation
(EC) No 2494/95 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2016. References to the
repealed Regulation shall be construed as being made to this Regulation.
Article 13
Entry into force
This Regulation
shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect for the first
time to data referring to January 2016.
This
Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.
Done at Brussels,
For
the European Parliament                        For the Council
The
President                                                 The President
[1]               OJ C […].
[2]                      Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning
harmonised indices of consumer prices (OJ L 257, 27.10.1995, p.1).
[3]                      Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the
Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
'Smart Regulation in the European Union', COM(2010) 543.
[4]                      Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the
Council on ‘the production method of EU statistics: a vision for the next
decade’, COM(2009) 404 final.
[5]               Regulation
(EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009
on European Statistics (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p.164).
[6]               Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and
general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the
Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
[7]               Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national
and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p. 1).
[8]               Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 of 15 March 1993
on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production
system in the Community (OJ L 76, 30.3.1993, p. 1).
ANNEX
European classification of individual
consumption according to purpose (ECOICOP)
01                    FOOD AND
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
01.1                 Food
01.1.1              Bread and cereals
01.1.1.1           Rice
01.1.1.2           Flours and other cereals
01.1.1.3           Bread
01.1.1.4           Other bakery products
01.1.1.5           Pizza and quiche
01.1.1.6           Pasta products and
couscous
01.1.1.7           Breakfast cereals
01.1.1.8           Other cereal products
01.1.2              Meat
01.1.2.1           Beef and veal
01.1.2.2           Pork
01.1.2.3           Lamb and goat
01.1.2.4           Poultry
01.1.2.5           Other meats
01.1.2.6           Edible offal
01.1.2.7           Dried, salted or smoked
meat
01.1.2.8           Other meat preparations
01.1.3              Fish and seafood
01.1.3.1           Fresh or chilled fish
01.1.3.2           Frozen fish
01.1.3.3           Fresh or chilled seafood
01.1.3.4           Frozen seafood
01.1.3.5           Dried, smoked or salted
fish and seafood
01.1.3.6           Other preserved or
processed fish and seafood-based preparations
01.1.4              Milk, cheese and eggs
01.1.4.1           Fresh whole milk
01.1.4.2           Fresh low fat milk
01.1.4.3           Preserved milk
01.1.4.4           Yoghurt
01.1.4.5           Cheese and curd
01.1.4.6           Other milk products
01.1.4.7           Eggs
01.1.5              Oils and fats
01.1.5.1           Butter
01.1.5.2           Margarine and other
vegetable fats
01.1.5.3           Olive oil
01.1.5.4           Other edible oils
01.1.5.5           Other edible animal fats
01.1.6              Fruit
01.1.6.1           Fresh or chilled fruit
01.1.6.2           Frozen fruit
01.1.6.3           Dried fruit and nuts
01.1.6.4           Preserved fruit and
fruit-based products
01.1.7              Vegetables
01.1.7.1           Fresh or chilled
vegetables other than potatoes and other tubers
01.1.7.2           Frozen vegetables other
than potatoes and other tubers
01.1.7.3           Dried vegetables, other
preserved or processed vegetables
01.1.7.4           Potatoes
01.1.7.5           Crisps
01.1.7.6           Other tubers and
products of tuber vegetables
01.1.8              Sugar, jam, honey,
chocolate and confectionery
01.1.8.1           Sugar
01.1.8.2           Jams, marmalades and
honey
01.1.8.3           Chocolate
01.1.8.4           Confectionery products
01.1.8.5           Edible ices and ice
cream
01.1.8.6           Artificial sugar
substitutes
01.1.9              Food products n.e.c.
01.1.9.1           Sauces, condiments
01.1.9.2           Salt, spices and
culinary herbs
01.1.9.3           Baby food
01.1.9.4           Ready-made meals
01.1.9.9           Other food products
n.e.c.
01.2                 Non-alcoholic
beverages
01.2.1              Coffee, tea and cocoa
01.2.1.1           Coffee
01.2.1.2           Tea
01.2.1.3           Cocoa and powdered
chocolate
01.2.2              Mineral waters, soft
drinks, fruit and vegetable juices
01.2.2.1           Mineral or spring waters
01.2.2.2           Soft drinks
01.2.2.3           Fruit and vegetable
juices
02                    ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, TOBACCO AND NARCOTICS
02.1                 Alcoholic beverages
02.1.1              Spirits
02.1.1.1           Spirits and liqueurs
02.1.1.2           Alcoholic soft drinks
02.1.2              Wine
02.1.2.1           Wine from grapes
02.1.2.2           Wine from other fruits
02.1.2.3           Fortified wines
02.1.2.4           Wine-based drinks
02.1.3              Beer
02.1.3.1           Lager beer
02.1.3.2           Other alcoholic beer
02.1.3.3           Low and non-alcoholic
beer
02.1.3.4           Beer-based drinks
02.2                 Tobacco
02.2.0              Tobacco
02.2.0.1           Cigarettes
02.2.0.2           Cigars
02.2.0.3           Other tobacco products
02.3                 Narcotics
02.3.0              Narcotics
02.3.0.0           Narcotics
03                    CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
03.1                 Clothing
03.1.1              Clothing materials
03.1.1.0           Clothing materials
03.1.2              Garments
03.1.2.1           Garments for men
03.1.2.2           Garments for women
03.1.2.3           Garments for infants (0
to 2 years) and children (3 to 13 years)
03.1.3              Other articles of
clothing and clothing accessories
03.1.3.1           Other articles of
clothing
03.1.3.2           Clothing accessories
03.1.4              Cleaning, repair and
hire of clothing
03.1.4.1           Cleaning of clothing
03.1.4.2           Repair and hire of
clothing
03.2                 Footwear
03.2.1              Shoes and other
footwear
03.2.1.1           Footwear for men
03.2.1.2           Footwear for women
03.2.1.3           Footwear for infants and
children
03.2.2              Repair and hire of
footwear
03.2.2.0           Repair and hire of
footwear
04                    HOUSING, WATER,
ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS
04.1                 Actual rentals for
housing
04.1.1              Actual rentals paid by
tenants
04.1.1.0           Actual rentals paid by
tenants
04.1.2              Other actual rentals
04.1.2.1           Actual rentals paid by
tenants for secondary residences
04.1.2.2           Garage rentals and other
rentals paid by tenants
04.2                 Imputed rentals for
housing
04.2.1              Imputed rentals of
owner-occupiers
04.2.1.0           Imputed rentals of
owner-occupiers
04.2.2              Other imputed rentals
04.2.2.0           Other imputed rentals
04.3                 Maintenance and repair
of the dwelling
04.3.1              Materials for the
maintenance and repair of the dwelling
04.3.1.0           Materials for the
maintenance and repair of the dwelling
04.3.2              Services for the
maintenance and repair of the dwelling
04.3.2.1           Services of plumbers
04.3.2.2           Services of electricians
04.3.2.3           Maintenance services for
heating systems
04.3.2.4           Services of painters
04.3.2.5           Services of carpenters
04.3.2.9           Other services for
maintenance and repair of the dwelling
04.4                 Water supply and
miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling
04.4.1              Water supply
04.4.1.0           Water supply
04.4.2              Refuse collection
04.4.2.0           Refuse collection
04.4.3              Sewage collection
04.4.3.0           Sewage collection
04.4.4              Other services relating
to the dwelling n.e.c.
04.4.4.1           Maintenance charges in
multi-occupied buildings
04.4.4.2           Security services
04.4.4.9           Other services related
to dwelling
04.5                 Electricity, gas and
other fuels
04.5.1              Electricity
04.5.1.0           Electricity
04.5.2              Gas
04.5.2.1           Natural gas and town gas
04.5.2.2           Liquefied hydrocarbons (butane, propane,
etc.)
04.5.3              Liquid fuels
04.5.3.0           Liquid fuels
04.5.4              Solid fuels
04.5.4.1           Coal
04.5.4.9           Other solid fuels
04.5.5              Heat energy
04.5.5.0           Heat energy
05                    FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND
ROUTINE HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE
05.1                 Furniture and
furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings
05.1.1              Furniture and
furnishings
05.1.1.1           Household furniture
05.1.1.2           Garden furniture
05.1.1.3           Lighting equipment
05.1.1.9           Other furniture and
furnishings
05.1.2              Carpets and other floor
coverings
05.1.2.1           Carpets and rugs
05.1.2.2           Other floor coverings
05.1.2.3           Services of laying of
fitted carpets and floor coverings
05.1.3              Repair of furniture,
furnishings and floor coverings
05.1.3.0           Repair of furniture,
furnishings and floor coverings
05.2                 Household textiles
05.2.0              Household textiles
05.2.0.1           Furnishing fabrics and
curtains
05.2.0.2           Bed linen
05.2.0.3           Table linen and bathroom
linen
05.2.0.4           Repair of household
textiles
05.2.0.9           Other household textiles
05.3                 Household appliances
05.3.1              Major household
appliances whether electric or not
05.3.1.1           Refrigerators, freezers
and fridge-freezers
05.3.1.2           Clothes washing machines, clothes drying machines
and dish washing machines
05.3.1.3           Cookers
05.3.1.4           Heaters, air
conditioners
05.3.1.5           Cleaning equipment
05.3.1.9           Other major household
appliances
05.3.2              Small electric
household appliances
05.3.2.1           Food processing
appliances
05.3.2.2           Coffee machines, tea
makers and similar appliances
05.3.2.3           Irons
05.3.2.4           Toasters and grills
05.3.2.9           Other small electric
household appliances
05.3.3              Repair of household
appliances
05.3.3.0           Repair of household
appliances
05.4                 Glassware, tableware
and household utensils
05.4.0              Glassware, tableware
and household utensils
05.4.0.1           Glassware, crystal-ware,
ceramic ware and chinaware
05.4.0.2           Cutlery, flatware and
silverware
05.4.0.3           Non-electric kitchen
utensils and articles
05.4.0.4           Repair of glassware,
tableware and household utensils
05.5                 Tools and equipment
for house and garden
05.5.1              Major tools and equipment
05.5.1.1           Motorized major tools
and equipment
05.5.1.2           Repair, leasing and
rental of major tools and equipment
05.5.2              Small tools and
miscellaneous accessories
05.5.2.1           Non-motorized small
tools
05.5.2.2           Miscellaneous small tool
accessories
05.5.2.3           Repair of non-motorized
small tools and miscellaneous accessories
05.6                 Goods and services for
routine household maintenance
05.6.1              Non-durable household
goods
05.6.1.1           Cleaning and maintenance
products
05.6.1.2           Other non-durable small
household articles
05.6.2              Domestic services and
household services
05.6.2.1           Domestic services by
paid staff
05.6.2.2           Cleaning services
05.6.2.3           Hire of furniture and
furnishings
05.6.2.9           Other domestic services
and household services
06                    HEALTH
06.1                 Medical products, appliances
and equipment
06.1.1              Pharmaceutical products
06.1.1.0           Pharmaceutical products
06.1.2              Other medical products
06.1.2.1           Pregnancy tests and
mechanical contraceptive devices
06.1.2.9           Other medical products
n.e.c.
06.1.3              Therapeutic appliances
and equipment
06.1.3.1           Corrective eye-glasses
and contact lenses
06.1.3.2           Hearing aids
06.1.3.3           Repair of therapeutic
appliances and equipment
06.1.3.9           Other therapeutic
appliances and equipment
06.2                 Out-patient services
06.2.1              Medical services
06.2.1.1           General practice
06.2.1.2           Specialist practice
06.2.2              Dental services
06.2.2.0           Dental services
06.2.3              Paramedical services
06.2.3.1           Services of medical
analysis laboratories and X-ray centres
06.2.3.2           Thermal-baths, corrective-gymnastic therapy,
ambulance services and hire of therapeutic equipment
06.2.3.9           Other paramedical
services
06.3                 Hospital services
06.3.0              Hospital services
06.3.0.0           Hospital services
07                    TRANSPORT
07.1                 Purchase of vehicles
07.1.1              Motor cars
07.1.1.1           New motor cars
07.1.1.2           Second-hand motor cars
07.1.2              Motor cycles
07.1.2.0           Motor cycles
07.1.3              Bicycles
07.1.3.0           Bicycles
07.1.4              Animal drawn vehicles
07.1.4.0           Animal drawn vehicles
07.2                 Operation of personal
transport equipment
07.2.1              Spare parts and
accessories for personal transport equipment
07.2.1.1           Tyres
07.2.1.2           Spare parts for personal
transport equipment
07.2.1.3           Accessories for personal
transport equipment
07.2.2              Fuels and lubricants
for personal transport equipment
07.2.2.1           Diesel
07.2.2.2           Petrol
07.2.2.3           Other fuels for personal
transport equipment
07.2.2.4           Lubricants
07.2.3              Maintenance and repair
of personal transport equipment
07.2.3.0           Maintenance and repair
of personal transport equipment
07.2.4              Other services in
respect of personal transport equipment
07.2.4.1           Hire of garages, parking
spaces and personal transport equipment
07.2.4.2           Toll facilities and
parking meters
07.2.4.3           Driving lessons, tests,
licences and road worthiness tests
07.3                 Transport services
07.3.1              Passenger transport by
railway
07.3.1.1           Passenger transport by
train
07.3.1.2           Passenger transport by
underground and tram
07.3.2              Passenger transport by
road
07.3.2.1           Passenger transport by
bus and coach
07.3.2.2           Passenger transport by
taxi and hired car with driver
07.3.3              Passenger transport by
air
07.3.3.1           Domestic flights
07.3.3.2           International flights
07.3.4              Passenger transport by
sea and inland waterway
07.3.4.1           Passenger transport by
sea
07.3.4.2           Passenger transport by
inland waterway
07.3.5              Combined passenger
transport
07.3.5.0           Combined passenger transport
07.3.6              Other purchased
transport services
07.3.6.1           Funicular, cable-car and
chair-lift transport
07.3.6.2           Removal and storage
services
07.3.6.9           Other purchased
transport services n.e.c.
08                    COMMUNICATION
08.1                 Postal services
08.1.0              Postal services
08.1.0.1           Letter handling services
08.1.0.9           Other postal services
08.2                 Telephone and telefax
equipment
08.2.0              Telephone and telefax
equipment
08.2.0.1           Fixed telephone
equipment
08.2.0.2           Mobile telephone
equipment
08.2.0.3           Other equipment of
telephone and telefax equipment
08.2.0.4           Repair of telephone or
telefax equipment
08.3                 Telephone and telefax
services
08.3.0              Telephone and telefax
services
08.3.0.1           Wired telephone services
08.3.0.2           Wireless telephone
services
08.3.0.3           Internet access
provision services
08.3.0.4           Bundled
telecommunication services
08.3.0.5           Other information
transmission services
09                    RECREATION AND
CULTURE
09.1                 Audio-visual,
photographic and information processing equipment
09.1.1              Equipment for the
reception, recording and reproduction of sound and picture
09.1.1.1           Equipment for the
reception, recording and reproduction of sound
09.1.1.2           Equipment for the
reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision
09.1.1.3           Portable sound and
vision devices
09.1.1.9           Other equipment for the reception, recording and
reproduction of sound and picture
09.1.2              Photographic and
cinematographic equipment and optical instruments
09.1.2.1           Cameras
09.1.2.2           Accessories for
photographic and cinematographic equipment
09.1.2.3           Optical instruments
09.1.3              Information processing
equipment
09.1.3.1           Personal computers
09.1.3.2           Accessories for
information processing equipment
09.1.3.3           Software
09.1.3.4           Calculators and other
information processing equipment
09.1.4              Recording media
09.1.4.1           Pre-recorded recording
media
09.1.4.2           Unrecorded recording
media
09.1.4.9           Other recording media
09.1.5              Repair of audio-visual,
photographic and information processing equipment
09.1.5.0           Repair of audio-visual,
photographic and information processing equipment
09.2                 Other major durables
for recreation and culture
09.2.1              Major durables for
outdoor recreation
09.2.1.1           Camper vans, caravans
and trailers
09.2.1.2           Aeroplanes, microlight
aircraft, gliders, hang-gliders and hot-air balloons
09.2.1.3           Boats, outboard motors
and fitting out of boats
09.2.1.4           Horses, ponies and
accessories
09.2.1.5           Major items for games
and sport
09.2.2              Musical instruments and
major durables for indoor recreation
09.2.2.1           Musical instruments
09.2.2.2           Major durables for
indoor recreation
09.2.3              Maintenance and repair
of other major durables for recreation and culture
09.2.3.0           Maintenance and repair
of other major durables for recreation and culture
09.3                 Other recreational
items and equipment, gardens and pets
09.3.1              Games, toys and hobbies
09.3.1.1           Games and hobbies
09.3.1.2           Toys and celebration
articles
09.3.2              Equipment for sport,
camping and open-air recreation
09.3.2.1           Equipment for sport
09.3.2.2           Equipment for camping
and open-air recreation
09.3.2.3           Repair of equipment for
sport, camping and open-air recreation
09.3.3              Gardens, plants and
flowers
09.3.3.1           Garden products
09.3.3.2           Plants and flowers
09.3.4              Pets and related
products
09.3.4.1           Purchase of pets
09.3.4.2           Products for pets
09.3.5              Veterinary and other
services for pets
09.3.5.0           Veterinary and other
services for pets
09.4                 Recreational and
cultural services
09.4.1              Recreational and
sporting services
09.4.1.1           Recreational and
sporting services - Attendance
09.4.1.2           Recreational and
sporting services - Participation
09.4.2              Cultural services
09.4.2.1           Cinemas, theatres,
concerts
09.4.2.2           Museums, libraries,
zoological gardens
09.4.2.3           Television and radio
licence fees, subscriptions
09.4.2.4           Hire of equipment and
accessories for culture
09.4.2.5           Photographic services
09.4.2.9           Other cultural services
09.4.3              Games of chance
09.4.3.0           Games of chance
09.5                 Newspapers, books and
stationery
09.5.1              Books
09.5.1.1           Fiction books
09.5.1.2           Educational text books
09.5.1.3           Other non-fiction books
09.5.1.4           Binding services and
E-book downloads
09.5.2              Newspapers and
periodicals
09.5.2.1           Newspapers
09.5.2.2           Magazines and
periodicals
09.5.3              Miscellaneous printed
matter
09.5.3.0           Miscellaneous printed
matter
09.5.4              Stationery and drawing
materials
09.5.4.1           Paper products
09.5.4.9           Other stationery and
drawing materials
09.6                 Package holidays
09.6.0              Package holidays
09.6.0.1           Package domestic
holidays
09.6.0.2           Package international
holidays
10                    EDUCATION
10.1                 Pre-primary and
primary education
10.1.0              Pre-primary and primary
education
10.1.0.1           Pre-primary education
(ISCED-97 level 0)
10.1.0.2           Primary education
(ISCED-97 level 1)
10.2                 Secondary education
10.2.0              Secondary education
10.2.0.0           Secondary education
10.3                 Post-secondary
non-tertiary education
10.3.0              Post-secondary
non-tertiary education
10.3.0.0           Post-secondary
non-tertiary education (ISCED-97 level 4)
10.4                 Tertiary education
10.4.0              Tertiary education
10.4.0.0           Tertiary education
10.5                 Education not
definable by level
10.5.0              Education not definable
by level
10.5.0.0           Education not definable
by level
11                    RESTAURANTS AND
HOTELS
11.1                 Catering services
11.1.1              Restaurants, cafés and
the like
11.1.1.1           Restaurants, cafés and
dancing establishments
11.1.1.2           Fast food and take away
food services
11.1.2              Canteens
11.1.2.0           Canteens
11.2                 Accommodation services
11.2.0              Accommodation services
11.2.0.1           Hotels, motels, inns and
similar accommodation services
11.2.0.2           Holiday centres, camping sites, youth hostels and
similar accommodation services
11.2.0.3           Accommodation services
of other establishments
12                    MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS AND SERVICES
12.1                 Personal care
12.1.1              Hairdressing salons and
personal grooming establishments
12.1.1.1           Hairdressing for men and
children
12.1.1.2           Hairdressing for women
12.1.1.3           Personal grooming
treatments
12.1.2              Electric appliances for
personal care
12.1.2.1           Electric appliances for
personal care
12.1.2.2           Repair of electric
appliances for personal care
12.1.3              Other appliances,
articles and products for personal care
12.1.3.1           Non-electrical
appliances
12.1.3.2           Articles for personal hygiene and wellness,
esoteric products and beauty products
12.2                 Prostitution
12.2.0              Prostitution
12.2.0.0           Prostitution
12.3                 Personal effects n.e.c.
12.3.1              Jewellery, clocks and
watches
12.3.1.1           Jewellery
12.3.1.2           Clocks and watches
12.3.1.3           Repair of jewellery,
clocks and watches
12.3.2              Other personal effects
12.3.2.1           Travel goods
12.3.2.2           Articles for babies
12.3.2.3           Repair of other personal
effects
12.3.2.9           Other personal effects
n.e.c.
12.4                 Social protection
12.4.0              Social protection
12.4.0.1           Child care services
12.4.0.2           Retirement homes for
elderly persons and residences for disabled persons
12.4.0.3           Services to maintain
people in their private homes
12.4.0.4           Counselling
12.5                 Insurance
12.5.1              Life insurance
12.5.1.0           Life insurance
12.5.2              Insurance connected
with the dwelling
12.5.2.0           Insurance connected with
the dwelling
12.5.3              Insurance connected
with health
12.5.3.1           Public insurance
connected with health
12.5.3.2           Private insurance
connected with health
12.5.4              Insurance connected
with transport
12.5.4.1           Motor vehicle insurance
12.5.4.2           Travel insurance
12.5.5              Other insurance
12.5.5.0           Other insurance
12.6                 Financial services n.e.c.
12.6.1              FISIM
12.6.1.0           FISIM
12.6.2              Other financial
services n.e.c.
12.6.2.1           Charges by banks and
post offices
12.6.2.2           Fees and service charges
of brokers, investment counsellors
12.7                 Other services n.e.c.
12.7.0              Other services n.e.c.
12.7.0.1           Administrative fees
12.7.0.2           Legal services and
accountancy
12.7.0.3           Funeral services
12.7.0.4           Other fees and services