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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2295 of 13 November 2025 setting out the list and description of variables and their technical specifications, statistical classifications, breakdowns, metadata and precision targets for the topics job vacancies, labour cost index and gender pay gap pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2025/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Type Implementing Regulation
Publication 2025-11-13
State In force
Department European Commission, ESTAT
Source EUR-Lex
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2025/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2025 on European Union labour market statistics on businesses, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 and Regulations (EC) No 450/2003 and (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 4(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In order to ensure the accurate implementation of the data collections of the topics ‘job vacancies’, ‘labour cost index’ and ‘gender pay gap’, the Commission is to specify the content and technical items of the data sets, the statistical concepts, the breakdowns, the precision targets, the metadata and the formats for transmission of information.

(2) Statistics on economic sectors should be comparable internationally. The Member States and the Union institutions should therefore use a statistical classification for economic sectors that is compatible with the NACE (2) classification.

(3) Predetermined metadata are needed for the interpretation and usage of the quarterly statistics.

(4) In order to make it easier to compare and interpret results and to increase the coherence between data disseminated nationally and data disseminated internationally over time, seasonal or calendar adjustment is needed for the compilation of short-term statistics.

(5) It is important for analytical purposes that an appropriate amount of back data is available to assess the evolution of short-term indicators over time.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

List and description of variables and their technical specifications
1.

Data shall be transmitted at national level. The list and description of variables and their technical specifications, as well as statistical classifications and breakdowns to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat), shall be as set out in Annex I.

2.

For the topic ‘gender pay gap’, when the data for the topic ‘structure of earnings’ becomes available, the ‘gender pay gap’ data transmitted under this Regulation shall be revised if necessary. The revised data shall fully coincide with the corresponding values transmitted under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1526 (3).

Article 2

Precision targets

The precision targets for statistical surveys shall be as set out in Annex II.

Article 3

Metadata
1.

When submitting to the Commission (Eurostat) the quarterly data for the topics ‘job vacancies’ and ‘labour cost index’, and the annual data for the topic ‘gender pay gap’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2025/941, Member States shall transmit information (metadata) on:

(a) Major changes in the labour market that had an impact on the number of occupied or vacant posts for the topic ‘job vacancies’, on the labour cost index and its components for the topic ‘labour cost index’, and on the variables of the topic ‘gender pay gap’.

(c) The causes of large or frequent revisions in past data.

(d) Any other relevant information allowing major changes in the data to be interpreted and related to the actual situation in the labour market or to changes in sources and methods.

Article 4

Formats for transmitting information
1.

Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) data sets in electronic form with fully checked and edited data that comply with validation rules in accordance with the specification of variables set out in Annex I. Data shall be transmitted in complete data sets covering all variables, regardless of the number of revised observations and variables.

2.

Member States shall make available to the Commission (Eurostat) the data and metadata required under this Regulation using the statistical data exchange standards specified by the Commission (Eurostat) and the single entry point.

Article 5

Entry into force

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, 13 November 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L, 2025/941, 20.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/941/oj.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj).

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1526 of 29 July 2025 setting out the list and description of variables and their technical specifications, statistical classifications and precision targets for the topic structure of earnings pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2025/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2025/1526, 30.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1526/oj).

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