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Commission Regulation (EU) No 822/2010 of 17 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises, as regards the data to be collected, the sampling, precision and quality requirements Text with EEA relevance
Commission Regulation (EU) No 822/2010 of 17 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises, as regards the data to be collected, the sampling, precision and quality requirements Text with EEA relevance
Commission Regulation (EU) No 822/2010 of 17 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises, as regards the data to be collected, the sampling, precision and quality requirements Text with EEA relevance
OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 18–32
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 16 Volume 002 P. 172 - 186
In force
18.9.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 246/18 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 822/2010
of 17 September 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises, as regards the data to be collected, the sampling, precision and quality requirements
(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 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises (1), and in particular Articles 7(3), 8(2) and 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 establishes a common framework for the production of European statistics on vocational training in enterprises. |
(2) |
Commission Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 of 3 February 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises (2) defines the specific data to be collected with respect to the training and non-training enterprises and to the different forms of vocational training, the sampling and precision requirements, the quality requirements for the data to be collected, the structure of the quality reports. |
(3) |
Following the entry into force of 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 (3), detailed NACE Rev.2 and size categories into which the results can be broken down should be adopted. |
(4) |
The Commission should define the specific data to be collected with respect to the training and non-training enterprises and to the different forms of vocational training. |
(5) |
Implementing measures concerning the quality requirements for the data to be collected and transmitted for European statistics on vocational training in enterprises, the structure of the quality reports and any measures necessary for assessing or improving the quality of the data should be adopted. |
(6) |
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 (4) defines a new statistical instrument on the participation of adults in lifelong learning. |
(7) |
In light of the information to be made available through Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 as well as of the need to improve the quality of the results on vocational training in enterprises and lower the statistical burden on enterprises, it is appropriate to modify the codification scheme, sampling, precision and quality requirements. |
(8) |
Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
(9) |
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
Annexes I, II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 17 September 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
(3) OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227.
ANNEX
1. |
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX I VARIABLES Note to the table: The values “core” and “key” in the column “variable group” are explained in Annex III. The value “ID” means that the variable is an “identification variable” (no missing allowed). In the column “variable type” the value “QL” refers to “Qualitative variable” of type Yes/No, “QM” to “Qualitative variable” with multiple categories as described in the table and “QT” refers to “Quantitative variable”. CVT stands for Continuing Vocational Training. NACE refers to economic activity according to NACE Rev 2. 1. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: sample characteristics
2. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: background data
3. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: CVT strategies
4. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: CVT characteristics
The following sections 5 and 6 shall be addressed to enterprises providing CVT courses in the reference year [(B1a or B1b) = YES]. Section 7 shall be addressed to all training enterprises in the reference year, i.e.:
Section 8 shall be addressed to non-training enterprises. 5. Variables to be collected from enterprises which provided CVT courses: CVT participants, subjects and providers
6. Variables to be collected from enterprises which provided CVT courses: CVT costs
7. Variables to be collected from enterprises which provided CVT courses or other forms of CVT: CVT quality, outcomes and difficulties
8. Variables to be collected from non-training enterprises: reasons for the non-provision of CVT activities
9. Variables to be collected from all enterprises: IVT
Optional variables Member States can transmit complementary variables to the Commission (Eurostat) on an optional basis in a harmonised format as described in the “European Union Manual” referred to in Article 8.’; |
2. |
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX II SAMPLE
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3. |
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX III Imputation principles and record weighting Countries shall take all appropriate measures to reduce item and unit non-response. Prior to imputation countries shall make all reasonable efforts to use other data sources. Core variables, for which no missing value shall be accepted, nor imputation permitted are:
Key variables, for which every effort should be made to avoid missing values and for which imputation is recommended are:
Imputation for item non-response shall be recommended within the following general limits:
Quantitative and qualitative variables are identified in Annex I. Member States shall calculate and transmit a weight to be applied to each data record together with any auxiliary variables, which may have been used in the calculation of this weight. These auxiliary variables should be recorded as the variables RESPEXTRA1, RESPEXTRA2, RESPEXTRA3 as necessary. The methodology adopted for establishing the weights shall be detailed in the quality report.’; |
4. |
Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX V QUALITY REPORT FORMAT Member States shall submit quality reports to be written according to a standard quality-reporting format provided by the Commission (Eurostat). A copy of the national questionnaire shall accompany the quality report. 1. RELEVANCE Implementation of the survey and the degree to which statistics meet current and potential users’ needs. This covers a description of users and their individual needs as well as an evaluation of to what degree these needs have been satisfied. 2. ACCURACY 2.1. Sampling errors This covers:
Tables to be provided (broken down by NACE Rev.2 and size classes according to the national sampling plan):
Tables to be provided (broken down by NACE Rev.2 and size classes according to the national sampling plan, however allocation according to the observed enterprise characteristics):
2.2. Non-sampling errors 2.2.1. Coverage errors This covers:
Tables to be provided (broken down by NACE Rev.2 and size classes according to the national sampling plan, however allocation according to the observed enterprise characteristics):
2.2.2. Measurement errors Where appropriate an assessment of errors that occurred at the stage of data collection due for example to:
2.2.3. Processing errors This covers a description of the data editing process such as processing system and tools used, errors due to coding, editing, weighting or tabulation, quality checks at macro/micro level and corrections/failed edits. 2.2.4. Non-response errors This covers an assessment of unit non-response and item non-response and a description of the measures undertaken regarding “re-contacts” as well as:
Tables to be provided (broken down by NACE Rev.2 and size classes according to the national sampling plan, however allocation according to the observed enterprise characteristics):
3. TIMELINESS AND PUNCTUALITY This covers a table of dates when each of the following phases of the project started and ended such as fieldwork (considering the different data collection modes), reminders and follow-up, data checking and editing, further validation and imputation, non-response survey (as appropriate) and estimations as well as data transmission to Eurostat and dissemination of national results. 4. ACCESSIBILITY AND CLARITY This covers the type of results sent to enterprises, a dissemination scheme of results and a copy of any methodological documents relating to the statistics provided. 5. COMPARABILITY This covers the deviations from the standard European questionnaire and definitions provided in the manual referred to in Article 8 and a description of links done with other statistical sources (use of certain data available in registers, survey linked to another national survey). 6. COHERENCE This covers a comparison of statistics for the same phenomenon or item from other surveys or sources and an assessment of coherence with structural business statistics for the number of persons employed as a function of NACE Rev.2 and Size Group. Tables to provide (broken down by NACE Rev.2 and size classes according to the national sampling plan, however allocation according to the observed enterprise characteristics):
7. COST AND BURDEN This covers an analysis of the burden and benefit at national level through, for example, a consideration of average time for answering to each questionnaire, problematic questions and variables, variables most/least useful in describing CVT at national level, estimated or actual satisfaction level of data users at national level, difference of burden between for small and large enterprises and efforts made to reduce burden. |
(1) OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 6.’;
(2) The coefficient of variation is the ratio of the square root of the variance of the estimator to the expected value. It is estimated by the ratio of the square root of the estimate of the sampling variance to the estimated value. The estimation of the sampling variance must take into account the sampling design and changes of strata.
(3) The unit response rate is the ratio of the number of in scope respondents to the number of questionnaires sent to the population selected.
(4) The item response rate for a variable is the ratio of the number of available data to the number of available and missing data (equal to the number of in scope respondents).’