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

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Commission regulation 1983/2003/EC implementing Regulation 1177/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target primary variables. CONTENT : Regulation 1177/2003/EC 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. Pursuant to Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation 1177/2003/EC, implementing measures are necessary to define the list of target primary variables to be included in each area of the cross-sectional component and the list of target variables included in the longitudinal component, including the specification of variable codes and the technical format of data transmission. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee. This Regulation provides a list of target primary variables, the variables codes and the technical format of data transmission for the main operation of the Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC), shall be as laid down in the Annex. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 7 December 2003.�