Community statistics: income and living conditions in the Union EU-SILC

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Commission Regulation 1980/2003/EC, 1981/2003/EC and 1982/2003/EC implementing Regulation 1177/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). CONTENT : in accordance with Regulation 1177/2003/EC, three Regulations establishing implementation measures in order to : - harmonise definitions, in particular those relating to definitions and updated definitions (1980/2003/EC); - harmonise the methods and the definitions as regards the fieldwork aspects and the imputation procedures (1981/2003/EC); - harmonise the methods and the definitions concerning the sampling and tracing rules (1982/2003/EC). These measures are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 7 December 2003.