Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735 of 28 September 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 as regards the ad hoc subject of collecting data for the labour force domain in 2026

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 (2) established a multiannual rolling planning for collecting data under Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 from 2021 to 2028.

(2) To ensure that the multiannual rolling planning is effective and consistent with users’ needs, it is necessary to adapt it by specifying the ad hoc subject to be covered in 2026 by the European Union Labour Force Survey, as this was not known when Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 was adopted.

(3) The adaptations to the multiannual rolling planning are to enter into force no later than 24 months before the beginning of each data collection period, as specified in the planning for annual or infra-annual data collection.

(4) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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, 28 September 2023.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 of 16 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning (OJ L 54, 26.2.2020, p. 1).