COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 317/2013
of 8 April 2013
amending the Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 1983/2003, (EC) No 1738/2005, (EC) No 698/2006, (EC) No 377/2008 and (EU) No 823/2010 as regards the International Standard Classification of Education
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (3), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (4), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The introduction of an updated classification system is central to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to maintain the relevance of European statistics, by taking into account developments and changes in the area of education.
(2)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has revised the version of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) used hitherto (ISCED 1997) with the aim of ensuring that it is consistent with developments in the policies and structures of education and training.
(3)
The international comparability of educational statistics requires that the Member States and the Union institutions use classifications of education which are compatible with the revised International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 2011 (hereinafter referred to as ‘ISCED 2011’), as adopted by the Unesco Member States at their 36th General Conference in November 2011.
(4)
The establishment of a revised International Standard Classification of Education makes it necessary to amend various references to ISCED, ISCED 97 and ISCED 1997 as well as to amend a number of relevant instruments.
(5)
It is therefore necessary to amend accordingly the following Regulations: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target primary variables (5); Commission Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 of 21 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 as regards the definition and transmission of information on the structure of earnings (6); Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (7); Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a subsample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the reference quarters (8); Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning (9).
(6)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003
Footnote No 19 in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 is replaced by the following:
‘ISCED 2011: International standard classification of education 2011.’.
Article 2
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005
Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 is amended as follows:
(1)
‘ISCED 97’is replaced by ‘ISCED 2011’ throughout the Annexes;
(2)
variable 2.5 of Annex I is replaced by the following:
‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011)’;
(3)
variable 2.5 of Annex II is replaced by the following:
‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011)
This variable concerns the highest level of education successfully completed, which the employee has received according to the International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011). The expression “level successfully completed” must be associated with obtaining a certificate or a diploma, when there is certification. In cases where there is no certification, successful completion must be associated with full attendance.
Groups of codes to be used are defined in the Implementing Arrangements of the SES survey.’.
Article 3
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 698/2006
Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 is amended as follows:
In Section 2.1(2) of the Annex, the reference to ‘level of education (ISCED 0 to 6)’ is replaced by ‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 8)’.
Article 4
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 377/2008
Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 is amended as follows:
Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 5
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 823/2010
Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 is amended as follows:
Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from the reference year starting on 1 January 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2013.