COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2023/212

of 3 November 2022

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables in the income and living conditions domain on access to services

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 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) To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics related to the income and living conditions domain listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data sets on access to services.

(2) The detailed topics on ‘Use of services, including care services and services for independent living’; ‘Affordability of services’; and ‘Unmet needs and reasons’ should provide the information required by the European Semester, European Care Strategy and the European Pillar of Social Rights. It also provides information for various other EU policies related to living conditions and poverty.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The number and title of variables in the income and living conditions domain as regards the sets of variables on access to services 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, 3 November 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1

ANNEX

Number and titles of the six-yearly variables on access to services in the income and living conditions domain

Module	Detailed topic	Variable identifier	Variable name
Access to services	Use of services, including care services and services for independent living (9 collected variables)	HC190	Presence in the household of people who need help due to long-term physical or mental ill-health, infirmity, or because of old age
		HC200	Professional home care services received
		PC280	Frequency of use of public transport
		PC310	Entitlement to unemployment benefits
		PC320	Entitlement to sickness benefits
		PC330	Feeling discriminated when in contact with administrative offices or public services (including job centre, health and social services)
		PC340	Feeling discriminated when looking for housing
		PC350	Feeling discriminated in education
		PC360	Feeling discriminated in public spaces (shop, café, restaurant, leisure facilities etc.)
	Affordability of services (5 collected variables)	HC221	Payment for professional home care services
		HC230	Affordability of professional home care services
		HC300	Financial burden of public transport
		RC370	Payment for formal childcare services
		HC040	Affordability of formal childcare services
	Unmet needs and reasons (5 collected variables)	HC240	Unmet needs for professional home care services
		HC250	Main reason for not receiving (more) professional home care services
		RC380	Unmet needs for formal childcare services
		RC390	Main reason for not making (more) use of formal childcare services
		PC290	Main reason for not using regularly public transport