LegalizeCommission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/297 of 31 October 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the titles of the variables for the health domain
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 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) is a general population survey in the health domain providing statistical information on health status, health determinants and healthcare activities in the Union. It is a major Union reference source for evidence-based, health-related policies including those on social inclusion and protection, healthy lifestyles, healthy ageing and well-being, health inequalities, healthcare access and quality of healthcare services.
(2) To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission should specify the number and the titles of variables for the dataset in the EHIS.
(3) In accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the number of variables in this Delegated Regulation is not to exceed, by more than 5 %, the number of variables for the health domain of those already required, on a mandatory basis, by the Commission (Eurostat) on 3 November 2019,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The number and titles of the variables for the data set in the health domain are set out in the Annex.
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, 31 October 2023.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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