COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1051/2011
of 20 October 2011
implementing Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism (1), and in particular Articles 6(4) and 9(2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 established a common framework for the systematic development, production and dissemination of European statistics on tourism.
(2)
Reasonable level of quality should be ensured in the disseminated information and the maintenance of existing statistical series on tourism.
(3)
The arrangements for and structure of the quality reports, as well as the practical arrangements for the data transmission should be laid down.
(4)
It is appropriate to use the European statistics on tourism as fully as possible while respecting the confidentiality of the individual data records.
(5)
Certain data should be made available to Member States in order to complete the statistical coverage of tourism at national level.
(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
The arrangements for and structure of the quality reports shall be as set out in Annex I.
Article 2
The exchange standard for aggregate tables shall be as set out in Annex II.
Article 3
The exchange standard for micro-data files shall be as set out in Annex III.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 October 2011.