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24.5.2016
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 135/11
REGULATION (EU) 2016/792 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 May 2016
on harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index, and repealing Council 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 
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Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure 
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Whereas:
(1)
The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) is designed to measure inflation in a harmonised manner across Member States. The Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) use the HICP in their assessment of price stability in the Member States under Article 140 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
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Harmonised indices are used in the context of the Commission's macroeconomic imbalance procedure, as established by Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
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Price statistics of high quality and comparability are essential for those responsible for public policy in the Union, researchers and all European citizens.
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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) TFEU, which is of particular relevance for the definition and implementation of the monetary policy of the Union under Article 127(2) TFEU. Pursuant to Articles 127(4) and 282(5) TFEU, the ECB is to be consulted on any proposed Union act in its fields of competence.
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The objective of this Regulation is to establish a common framework for the development, production and dissemination of harmonised indices of consumer prices and of the house price index (HPI) at Union and national level. This does not preclude, however, the possibility of extending the application of the framework, in the future, if necessary, to the subnational level.
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Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 
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 established a common framework for setting up harmonised indices of consumer prices. That legal framework needs to be adapted to current requirements and technical progress, thereby further improving the relevance and comparability of harmonised indices of consumer prices and the HPI. On the basis of the new framework established by this Regulation, work on a set of supplementary indicators on price evolution should be initiated.
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This Regulation takes into account the Commission's better regulation agenda and, in particular, the Commission communication of 8 October 2010 entitled 
Smart regulation in the European Union
. In the statistical field, the Commission has set as a priority the simplification and improvement of the regulatory environment in statistics, as referred to in the Commission communication of 10 August 2009 on the production method of EU statistics: a vision for the next decade.
(8)
The HICP and the harmonised index of consumer prices at constant tax rates (HICP-CT) should be broken down into categories of the European classification of individual consumption according to purpose (ECOICOP). Such 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, therefore the ECOICOP should be adapted to align it with changes to the UN COICOP.
(9)
The HICP is based on observed prices, which 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, the HICP should additionally be calculated on the basis of constant tax rate prices.
(10)
Establishing price indices for dwellings, and in particular for owner-occupied housing (OOH), is an important step towards further improving the relevance and comparability of the HICP. The HPI is a necessary basis for compiling the OOH price index. In addition, the HPI is an important indicator in its own right. By 31 December 2018, the Commission should prepare a report addressing the suitability of the OOH price index for integration into the HICP coverage. Depending on the results of that report, the Commission should, where appropriate, submit, within a reasonable time frame, a proposal for amending this Regulation with regard to integrating the OOH price index into the HICP coverage.
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Early provisional information on the monthly HICP in the form of a flash estimate is crucial for monetary policy in the euro area. Therefore, such flash estimates should be provided by the Member States whose currency is the euro.
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The HICP is designed to assess price stability. It is not intended to be a cost of living index. In addition to the HICP, research on a harmonised cost of living index should be initiated.
(13)
The reference period of the harmonised indices should be updated periodically. Rules for common index reference periods of the 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.
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In order to enhance the gradual harmonisation of harmonised indices of consumer prices and the HPI, pilot studies should be launched to assess the feasibility of using improved basic information or applying new methodological approaches. The Commission should take the necessary actions and find the right incentives, including financial support, to encourage such pilot studies.
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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 that purpose, the Commission (Eurostat) should maintain a regular dialogue with the Member States' statistical authorities.
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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.
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In order to ensure the quality of statistical data provided by Member States, the Commission should use the appropriate prerogatives and powers provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
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In order to ensure adaptation to changes to the UN COICOP, to amend the list of items regulated by implementing acts by adding items in order to take account of technical developments in the statistical methods and based on the evaluation of pilot studies, and to modify the list of sub-indices of ECOICOP that Member States are not required to produce in order to include games of chance in the HICP and the HICP-CT, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
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In order to ensure full comparability of the harmonised indices, uniform conditions are needed for the application of the ECOICOP for the purpose of the HICP and the HICP-CT; for the breakdown of the flash estimate of the HICP provided by Member States whose currency is the euro; for the breakdowns of the OOH price index and of the HPI; for the quality of weights of the harmonised indices; for improved methods based on voluntary pilot studies; for the appropriate methodology; for detailed rules on the rescaling of the harmonised indices; for the data and metadata exchange standards; for the revision of the harmonised indices and their sub-indices; and for technical quality assurance requirements regarding the content of annual standard quality reports, the deadline for providing the reports to the Commission (Eurostat) and the structure of the inventories and the deadline for providing the inventories to the Commission (Eurostat). 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 
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In adopting implementing measures and delegated acts in accordance with this Regulation, the Commission should consider, where appropriate, cost-effectiveness and ensure that those measures and acts do not impose a significant additional burden on Member States or respondents.
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Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the creation of common statistical standards for harmonised indices of consumer prices and the HPI, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather 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 that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
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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.
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Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 should therefore 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, HICP-CT, OOH price index) and of the house price index (HPI) at Union and national level.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(1)
‘products’ means goods and services as defined in paragraph 3.01 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
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 (‘ESA 2010’);
(2)
‘consumer prices’ means the purchase prices paid by households to purchase individual products by means of monetary transactions;
(3)
‘house prices’ means the transaction prices of dwellings purchased by households;
(4)
‘purchase prices’ means the prices actually paid by purchasers for products, including any taxes less subsidies on the products, after the deduction of discounts 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;
(5)
‘administered prices’ means prices that are either directly set or influenced to a significant extent by the government;
(6)
‘harmonised index of consumer prices’ or ‘HICP’ means the comparable index of consumer prices produced by each Member State;
(7)
‘harmonised index of consumer prices at constant tax rates’ or ‘HICP-CT’ means the index that measures changes in consumer prices without the impact of changes in tax rates on products over the same period of time;
(8)
‘tax rate’ means a tax parameter and may be a certain percentage of the price or an absolute tax amount levied on a physical unit;
(9)
‘owner-occupied housing price index’ or ‘OOH price index’ means the 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;
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‘house price index’ or ‘HPI’ means the index that measures changes in the transaction prices of dwellings purchased by households;
(11)
‘sub-index of the HICP or the HICP-CT’ means the price index for any category of the European classification of individual consumption according to purpose (ECOICOP) as set out in Annex I;
(12)
‘harmonised indices’ means the HICP, the HICP-CT, the OOH price index and the HPI;
(13)
‘flash estimate of the HICP’ means an early estimate of the HICP provided by Member States whose currency is the euro that may be based on provisional information and, if necessary, appropriate modelling;
(14)
‘Laspeyres-type index’ means the price index that measures the average change in prices from the price reference period to a comparison period using expenditure shares from a period prior to the price reference period, and where the expenditure shares are adjusted to reflect the prices of the price reference period.
A ‘Laspeyres-type index’ is defined as:
The price of a product is denoted by p, the price reference period is denoted by 0, and the comparison period is denoted by t. Weights (w) are expenditure shares of a period (b) prior to the price reference period, and are adjusted to reflect the prices of the price reference period 0;
(15)
‘index reference period’ means the period for which the index is set to 100 index points;
(16)
‘price reference period’ means the period to which the price of the comparison period is compared; for monthly indices, the price reference period is December of the previous year, and for quarterly indices, the price reference period is the fourth quarter of the previous year;
(17)
‘basic information’ means data covering:
(a)
with reference to the HICP and the HICP-CT:
(i)
purchase prices of products which need to be taken into account in order to compute sub-indices in accordance with this Regulation;
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characteristics that determine the product price;
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information on taxes and excise duties levied;
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information as to whether a price is fully or partially administered; and
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weights reflecting the level and structure of the consumption of the products concerned;
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with reference to the OOH price index:
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transaction prices of dwellings new to the household sector and of other products that the households acquire in their role as owner-occupiers which need to be taken into account to compute the OOH price index in accordance with this Regulation;
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characteristics which determine the dwelling price and the prices of other products that the households acquire in their role as owner-occupiers; and
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weights reflecting the level and structure of the relevant housing expenditure categories;
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with reference to the HPI:
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transaction prices of dwellings purchased by households which need to be taken into account to compute the HPI in accordance with this Regulation;
(ii)
characteristics which determine the dwelling price; and
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weights reflecting the level and structure of the relevant housing expenditure categories;
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‘household’ means a household as referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2.119 of Annex A to ESA 2010, irrespective of nationality or residence status;
(19)
‘economic territory of the Member State’ means the economic territory as referred to in paragraph 2.05 of Annex A to ESA 2010, with the exception that the extraterritorial enclaves situated within the boundaries of the Member State are included and the territorial enclaves situated in the rest of the world are excluded;
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‘household final monetary consumption expenditure’ means that part of final consumption expenditure incurred:
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by households,
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in monetary transactions,
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on the economic territory of the Member State,
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on products that are used for the direct satisfaction of individual needs or wants, as defined in paragraph 3.101 of Annex A to ESA 2010,
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in one or both of the time periods being compared;
(21)
‘significant change in the 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:
(a)
0,1 percentage points for the all-items HICP, HICP-CT, OOH price index or HPI;
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0,3, 0,4, 0,5 or 0,6 percentage points for any ECOICOP division, group, class or subclass (5-digit), respectively, for the HICP or the HICP-CT.
Article 3
Compilation of the harmonised indices
1.   Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the harmonised indices as defined in point (12) of Article 2.
2.   The harmonised indices shall be annually chain-linked Laspeyres-type indices.
3.   The HICP and the HICP-CT shall be based on the price changes and weights of products included in the household final monetary consumption expenditure.
4.   Neither the HICP nor the HICP-CT shall 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.   The OOH price index shall be compiled, where possible and provided that the data are available, for the 10 years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation.
6.   Sub-indices of the HICP and of the HICP-CT shall be compiled for the categories of ECOICOP. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying uniform conditions for the application of the ECOICOP for the purpose of the HICP and the HICP-CT. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
7.   By 31 December 2018, the Commission shall prepare a report which shall address the suitability of the OOH price index for integration into the HICP coverage. Depending on the results of the report, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit, within a reasonable timeframe, a proposal for amending this Regulation with regard to integrating the OOH price index into the HICP coverage. If the report establishes that further methodological developments are required for the integration of the OOH price index into the HICP coverage, the Commission shall pursue the methodological work and report to the European Parliament and to the Council on that work, as appropriate.
8.   The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the breakdown of the flash estimate of the HICP provided by Member States whose currency is the euro. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
9.   The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the breakdowns of the OOH price index and of the HPI. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
10.   Each year, Member States shall update sub-index weights for the harmonised indices. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying uniform conditions for the quality of weights of the harmonised indices. 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 the harmonised indices to be considered comparable, any differences across Member States 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 percentage points on average over one year against the previous year from an index compiled following the methodological approach of this Regulation, in the case of the HICP and the HICP-CT;
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less than or equal to one percentage point on average over one year against the previous year from an index compiled following the methodological approach of this Regulation, in the case of the OOH price index and the HPI.
Where the calculations referred to in the first subparagraph are not possible, Member States shall set out in detail the consequences of using a methodology which deviates from the concepts or methods of this Regulation.
3.   The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 for the amendment of Annex I, in order to ensure comparability of the harmonised indices at international level in accordance with changes to the UN COICOP.
4.   In order to ensure uniform conditions in producing comparable harmonised indices, and for the purposes of achieving the objectives of this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts further specifying improved methods based on voluntary pilot studies as referred to in Article 8, and the methodology. Those implementing acts shall concern:
(i)
sampling and representativity;
(ii)
collection and treatment of prices;
(iii)
replacements and quality adjustment;
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index compilation;
(v)
revisions;
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special indices;
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treatment of products in specific areas.
The Commission shall ensure that those implementing acts do not impose a significant additional burden on the Member States or on the respondents.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
5.   With a view to the production of the harmonised indices, in order to take account of technical developments in the statistical methods and based on the evaluation of the pilot studies referred to in Article 8(4), the Commission shall be empowered to amend, by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 10, the first subparagraph of paragraph 4 of this Article by adding items to the list set out therein, provided that such added items do not overlap with existing ones and do not change the scope or nature of harmonised indices as set out in this Regulation.
Article 5
Data requirements
1.   Basic information collected by Member States for the harmonised indices and their sub-indices shall be representative at Member State level.
2.   The information shall be obtained from statistical units as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 
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 or from other sources, provided that the comparability requirements for the harmonised indices referred to in Article 4 of this Regulation are met.
3.   The statistical units that provide information on products included in the 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 basic information to the national bodies responsible for compiling the harmonised indices.
4.   Upon the request of the national bodies responsible for compiling the harmonised indices, the statistical units shall provide, where available, electronic records of transactions, 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.
5.   The common index reference period for the harmonised indices shall be 2015. That index reference period shall be used for the full time series of all harmonised indices and their sub-indices.
6.   The harmonised indices and their sub-indices shall be rescaled to a new common index reference period in the case of a major methodological change of the harmonised indices which is adopted in accordance with this Regulation, or every 10 years after the last rescaling starting from 2015. The rescaling to the new index reference period shall take effect:
(a)
for monthly indices, with the index for January of the following year after the index reference period;
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for quarterly indices, with the index for the first quarter of the following year after the index reference period.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing detailed rules on the rescaling of the harmonised indices. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
7.   Member States shall not be required to produce and transmit:
(a)
sub-indices of the HICP and of the HICP-CT accounting for less than one part in a thousand of the total expenditure;
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sub-indices of the OOH price index and of the HPI accounting for less than one part in a hundred of the total owner-occupier housing expenditure and total purchases of dwellings, respectively.
8.   Member States shall not be required to produce the following sub-indices of ECOICOP, either because they are not included in the household final monetary consumption expenditure or because the degree of methodological harmonisation is not yet sufficient:
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Narcotics;
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Games of chance;
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Prostitution;
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Life insurance;
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FISIM.
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 to modify the list set out in this paragraph in order to include games of chance in the HICP and the HICP-CT.
Article 6
Frequency
1.   Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the HICP, the 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 the OOH price index and the HPI at quarterly intervals. They may be provided at monthly intervals on a voluntary basis.
3.   Member States shall not be required 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, the OOH price index and the HPI categories for which they intend to collect data at intervals less frequent than monthly, in the case of ECOICOP categories, and quarterly, in the case of the OOH price index and the HPI categories.
4.   Each year, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with updated sub-index weights for the harmonised indices.
Article 7
Deadlines, exchange standards and revisions
1.   Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the harmonised indices and all sub-indices by no later than:
(a)
15 calendar days, for the February to December indices, and 20 calendar days, for the January indices, after the end of the month for which the indices are calculated; and
(b)
85 calendar days after the end of the quarter for which the indices are calculated.
2.   Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the updated weights by no later than:
(a)
13 February each year for the monthly indices;
(b)
15 June each year for the quarterly indices.
3.   Member States whose currency is the euro shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the flash estimate of the HICP no later than the penultimate calendar day of the month to which the flash estimate refers.
4.   Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the data and metadata required by this Regulation in accordance with data and metadata exchange standards.
5.   Harmonised indices and their sub-indices that have already been published may be revised.
6.   The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying in detail the data and metadata exchange standards referred to in paragraph 4, and the uniform conditions for the revision of harmonised indices and their sub-indices as referred to in paragraph 5. 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 the harmonised indices, or when the need for improved comparability of the harmonised indices is identified in the methods referred to in Article 4(4), the Commission (Eurostat) may launch pilot studies, to be carried out on a voluntary basis by Member States.
2.   The general budget of the Union shall, where appropriate, contribute to the financing of such pilot studies.
3.   The pilot studies shall assess the feasibility of obtaining improved basic information or adopting new methodological approaches.
4.   The results of the pilot studies shall be evaluated by the Commission (Eurostat) in close cooperation with Member States and the main users of the harmonised indices, taking into account the benefits of having improved basic information or new methodological approaches relative to the additional costs of production of harmonised indices.
5.   By 31 December 2020 and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council evaluating, if applicable, the main findings of the pilot studies.
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)
annual standard quality reports covering the quality criteria referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009;
(b)
annually updated inventories containing details of data sources, definitions and methods used;
(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 a part thereof, the Member State shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) thereof 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.   The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing technical quality assurance requirements regarding the content of the annual standard quality reports, the deadline for providing the reports to the Commission (Eurostat) and the structure of the inventories and the deadline for providing the inventories to the Commission (Eurostat). 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.   When exercising the power delegated in Articles 4(3), 4(5) and 5(8), the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden on Member States or on the respondents.
In addition, the Commission shall duly justify the actions provided for in those delegated acts, considering, where appropriate, cost-effectiveness, including the burden on respondents and the production costs in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
The Commission shall follow its usual practice and carry out consultations with experts, including Member States' experts, before adopting those delegated acts.
3.   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4(3), 4(5) and 5(8) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years as from 13 June 2016. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension no later than three months before the end of each period.
4.   The delegation of power referred to in Articles 4(3), 4(5) and 5(8) 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 any delegated acts already in force.
5.   As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
6.   A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 4(3), 4(5) and 5(8) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of three 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 three months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Article 11
Committee procedure
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 the harmonised indices in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 up to the transmission of data relating to 2016.
2.   Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2017.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex II.
3.   When first adopting the implementing acts referred to in Articles 3(6), 3(9), 3(10), 4(4), 5(6) and 7(6), the Commission shall, to the extent compatible with this Regulation, incorporate the relevant provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 
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, Council Regulation (EC) No 1687/98 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 
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, Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/1999 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2601/2000 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 
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, Council Regulation (EC) No 701/2006 
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, Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2009 
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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1114/2010 
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 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 93/2013 
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 adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, whilst reducing, to the extent appropriate, the overall number of implementing acts. The Regulations adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 shall remain applicable for a transitional period. That transitional period shall end on the date of application of the implementing acts first adopted on the basis of Articles 3(6), 3(9), 3(10), 4(4), 5(6) and 7(6) of this Regulation, which shall be the same date for all of those implementing acts.
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 apply for the first time to data relating to January 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 11 May 2016.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
J.A. HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT
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OJ C 175, 29.5.2015, p. 2
.
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2
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  Position of the European Parliament of 8 March 2016 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 21 April 2016.
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3
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  Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances (
OJ L 306, 23.11.2011, p. 25
).
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4
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  Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (
OJ L 257, 27.10.1995, p. 1
).
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5
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  Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European Statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (
OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164
).
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6
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  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
).
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7
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  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
).
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8
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OJ L 76, 30.3.1993, p. 1
).
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9
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 of 9 September 1996 on initial implementing measures for Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices (
OJ L 229, 10.9.1996, p. 3
).
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10
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 of 20 November 1996 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices: transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP (
OJ L 296, 21.11.1996, p. 8
).
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11
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  Council Regulation (EC) No 1687/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 concerning the coverage of goods and services of the harmonised index of consumer prices (
OJ L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 12
).
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12
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98 of 9 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of tariffs in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (
OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 30
).
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13
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 — as regards minimum standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (
OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9
).
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14
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  Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/1999 of 8 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of products in the health, education and social protection sectors in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (
OJ L 266, 14.10.1999, p. 1
).
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15
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2601/2000 of 17 November 2000 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the timing of entering purchaser prices into the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (
OJ L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 14
).
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16
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000 of 17 November 2000 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of price reductions in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (
OJ L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 16
).
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17
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of service charges proportional to transaction values in the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (
OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 46
).
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18
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for revisions of the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000 (
OJ L 261, 29.9.2001, p. 49
).
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19
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 of 19 October 2005 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the common index reference period for the harmonised index of consumer prices, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (
OJ L 274, 20.10.2005, p. 9
).
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20
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  Council Regulation (EC) No 701/2006 of 25 April 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the temporal coverage of price collection in the harmonised index of consumer prices (
OJ L 122, 9.5.2006, p. 3
).
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21
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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2009 of 22 April 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) (
OJ L 103, 23.4.2009, p. 6
).
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22
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  Commission Regulation (EU) No 1114/2010 of 1 December 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the quality of HICP weightings and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/97 (
OJ L 316, 2.12.2010, p. 4
).
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  Commission Regulation (EU) No 93/2013 of 1 February 2013 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices, as regards establishing owner-occupied housing price indices (
OJ L 33, 2.2.2013, p. 14
).
ANNEX I
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
Motorised 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-motorised small tools
05.5.2.2
Miscellaneous small tool accessories
05.5.2.3
Repair of non-motorised 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
Audiovisual, 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 audiovisual, photographic and information processing equipment
09.1.5.0
Repair of audiovisual, 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
ANNEX II
Correlation table
Regulation (EC) No 2494/95
This Regulation
Article 1
Article 1
Article 2, point (a)
Article 2, point (6)
Article 2, point (b)
—
Article 2, point (c)
—
Article 3
Article 3(3) and (10)
Article 4
Article 4(1), (2) and (4)
Article 5(1)(b)
Article 5(5) and (6)
Article 5(3)
Article 4(4)
Article 6
Article 5(1) and (2)
Article 7
Article 5(3)
Article 8
Article 6(1), (3) and (4)
Article 9
Article 3(1), (2) and (6)
Article 10
Article 7(1)
Article 11
—
Article 12
Article 9(2)
Article 13
—
Article 14
Article 11
Article 15
—
Article 16
Article 13

Summary:
Harmonised measurement of inflation across the EU
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EU) 2016/792 — harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
It lays down a common set of rules for developing, producing and disseminating harmonised national and 
EU
 indices of consumer and house prices.
KEY POINTS
The legislation applies to the following: 
the harmonised index of consumer prices
1
 
(HICP)
;
the harmonised index of consumer prices at constant tax rates 
(HICP-CT)
;
the harmonised price index for owner-occupied housing (
OOH
);
the harmonised house price index 
(HPI)
.
EU countries’ national authorities: 
provide the 
European Commission
’s statistical office, 
Eurostat
, with the harmonised indices;
update the product category weightings for the indices every year.
Any changes in the prices of dwellings purchased by households or of other products that households buy in their capacity as owner occupiers of dwellings are included in the OOH but excluded from the HICP and HICP-CT.
Furthermore, data for the following are not included in the HICP and HICP-CT: 
narcotics;
gambling;
prostitution;
life insurance;
financial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM) — the value of financial intermediation services is provided, but not directly charged for, by financial institutions.
The Commission may adopt 
further measures
, provided these do not impose a significant additional burden on national authorities, to ensure the comparable harmonised indices are produced under uniform conditions. These cover: 
sampling and representativity;
collection and treatment of prices;
replacements and quality adjustment;
index compilation;
revisions;
special indices;
treatment of products
2
 in specific areas.
National authorities
 provide Eurostat with 
HICP and HICP-CT data
 
every month
 and with the 
HPI and OOH data every quarter
.
The harmonised indices and subindices are adjusted to a 
new common index reference
 when a major methodological change takes place, or every 10 years from 2015.
The Commission had to prepare a 
report
 on the 
integration of the OOH price index
 
into the HICP
 coverage by 
31 December 2018
.
The Commission had to prepare a 
report
 on the 
use of 
delegated
 powers
 by 
13 September 2020
.
Implementing act
In 2020, the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/1148
, which lays down the 
methodological and technical specifications
 in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/792 as regards 
harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index
. The regulation:
establishes 
uniform conditions
 for producing: 
the HICP and the HICP-CT and
the OOH price index and the HPI;
integrates the 
relevant rules
 from — and repeals — Regulations (EC) 
No 
1749/96
, (EC) 
No 
2214/96
, (EC) 
No 
1687/98
, (EC) 
No 
2646/98
, (EC) 
No 
1617/1999
, (EC) 
No
 2166/1999
, (EC) 
No 
2601/2000
, (EC) 
No 
2602/2000
, (EC) 
No 
1920/2001
, (EC) 
No 
1921/2001
, (EC) 
No 
1708/2005
, (EC) 
No 
701/2006
, (EC) 
No 
330/2009
, (EU) 
No 
1114/2010
 and (EU) 
No 
93/2013
, adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) 
No 
2494/95
 (which Regulation (EU) 2016/792 also replaces and repeals).
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
Regulation (EU) 2016/792 has applied since 
13 June 2016
. It was used for the first time for January 2017 data.
BACKGROUND
The HICP measures inflation rates at national and EU level. The Commission and the 
European Central Bank
 use the index to assess price stability in EU countries and in the 
euro area
.
High-quality comparable price statistics are essential for those responsible for public policy in the EU, researchers and all EU citizens.
For more information, see:
Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) Legislation
 (
European Commission
)
Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) (prc_hicp)
 (
European Commission
).
KEY TERMS
Consumer price:
 the purchase price that households pay, through monetary transactions, to buy individual products.
Products:
 goods and services.
MAIN DOCUMENT
Regulation (EU) 
2016/792
 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
11 May 2016
 on harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 
No 2494/95
 (OJ L 135, 
24.5.2016
, 
pp. 11-38
)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 
2020/1148
 of 
31 July 2020
 laying down the methodological and technical specifications in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index (OJ L 252, 
4.8.2020
, 
pp. 12-23
)
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 under Regulation (EU) 2016/792 on harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index (
COM(2020) 354 final
, 
4.8.2020
)
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the suitability of the owner-occupied housing (OOH) price index for integration into the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) coverage (
COM(2018) 768 final
, 
29.11.2018
)
last update 
21.10.2020

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