Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 of 21 October 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 definitions and updated definitions (Text with EEA relevance.)
Modified by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2006of 2 May 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 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 definitions and updated definitions(Text with EEA relevance), 306R0676, May 3, 2006
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003of 21 October 2003implementing 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 definitions and updated definitions(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,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)OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1., and in particular Article 15(2)(c) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a common framework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions, encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and European Union levels.(2)Pursuant to Article 15(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003, implementing measures are necessary to harmonise definitions, in particular the operationalisation of the income definitions, the definitions on household members and former household members, and the timetable of the inclusion of the different income variables.(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: