COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 110/2011
of 8 February 2011
implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for the transmission of data, the results to be transmitted and the criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits
(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 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 established a methodological framework to be used for compiling statistics on a comparable basis for the benefits of the European Union and time limits for the transmission and dissemination of statistics compiled in accordance with the European system of integrated social protection statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘ESSPROS’).
(2)
Pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 458/2007, implementing measures relating to the formats for the transmission of data, the results to be transmitted and the criteria for measuring quality for the module on net social protection benefits should be adopted.
(3)
The module on net social protection benefits should be obtained using the ‘restricted approach’, in order to have the same population of beneficiaries of the gross social protection benefits collected in the ESSPROS core system.
(4)
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
1. The formats for the transmission of data and the results to be transmitted for the module on net social protection benefits shall be as laid down in Annex I.
2. The criteria for measuring the quality of data relating to the module on net social protection benefits shall be as laid down in Annex II.
Article 2
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, 8 February 2011.