Commission Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 of 30 October 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 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 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 establishes a common framework for the systematic production of European statistics on education and lifelong learning.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 (2) introduced measures for carrying out individual statistical actions to produce statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning covered by Domain 2 of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008.

(3) When producing and disseminating European statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning, the national and EU statistical authorities should take account of the principles set out in the European Statistics Code of Practice endorsed by the European Statistical System Committee in September 2011.

(4) Data collection on the participation of adults in lifelong learning needs to be regularly adapted to changes and new developments in lifelong learning and in order to respond to new information needs.

(5) With a view to promoting a high level of harmonisation of the survey results across countries, methodological guidelines should be drafted by the Commission for the implementation of the survey.

(6) Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 should therefore be repealed.

(7) The measures set out in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The data collection for the second survey on the participation and non-participation of adults in lifelong learning (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Second Adult Education Survey’) shall take place between 1 July 2016 and 31 March 2017. The reference period for which the data on participation in lifelong learning activities are collected shall be the 12 months prior to the interview.

Article 2

The population age range covered by the survey shall be 25-64. The age groups 18-24 and 65-69 shall be covered on an optional basis.

Article 3

The variables concerning the subjects covered by the Second Adult Education Survey as specified under Domain 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 and their breakdowns shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 4

The sampling and precision standards needed to meet the requirements related to the data sources and sample sizes specified under Domain 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 shall be as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 5

Member States shall transmit a standard quality report on the Second Adult Education Survey to the Commission (Eurostat). The structure of the report shall be conform to the European Statistical System Standard Quality Report Structure, in particular taking into consideration the quality criteria referred to in Article 4(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 and the further requirements set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 6

Article 7

The requirements set out in this Regulation are minimum requirements. Member States may introduce further national requirements regarding the Second Adult Education Survey, provided that the quality requirements set out in this Regulation are met.

Article 8

Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 30 October 2014.

For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning (OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 33).