COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 646/2009of 23 July 2009implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilconcerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2010list of target secondary variables on intra-household sharing of resources
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003concerning Community statistics on income and livingconditions (EU-SILC) (
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), and in particular Article 15(2)(f)thereof,Whereas:
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Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 established a commonframework for the systematic production of Community statistics on income and living conditions,encompassing comparable and timely cross-sectional andlongitudinal data on income, and on the level andcomposition of poverty and social exclusion at nationaland European levels.
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Under Article 15(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003,implementing measures are necessary for the list of targetsecondary areas and variables to be included every yearin the cross-sectional component of EU-SILC. For theyear 2010, the list of target secondary variablesincluded in the module on intra-household sharing of resources should be laid down, together with thecorresponding variable codes and definitions.
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The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the StatisticalProgramme Committee established by Council Decision89/382/EEC, Euratom (
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),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of target secondary variables, the variable codes, and thedefinitions for the 2010 module on intra-household sharing of resources to be included in the cross-sectional component of Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)shall be as laid down in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day followingits 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, 23 July 2009.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission
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24.7.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 192/3
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) OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1. (
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) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.