Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2241
of 16 December 2019
describing the variables and the length, quality requirements and level of detail of the time series for the transmission of monthly unemployment data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
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 577/981, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas:
The provision of monthly unemployment data by Member States plays an essential role in informing the Commission (Eurostat) and thus supporting the Union key priorities for growth and job creation by ensuring the use of timely and comparable data for the formulation and monitoring of the Union’s policies targeted to those priorities.
Monthly unemployment data are used to compile the Monthly Unemployment Rate (MUR), which is one of Principal European Economic Indicators2.
The monthly unemployment statistics should be based on internationally agreed concepts as defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
In case Member States do not compile the monthly unemployment statistics in accordance with the ILO definition, they should compile monthly unemployment estimates or transmit monthly unemployment inputs to the Commission (Eurostat) that would compile such monthly estimates on their behalf.
Monthly unemployment data should measure unemployment at the reference month, after adjusting for possible seasonal effects without excessive smoothing. They should be consistent with the quarterly data collected in the labour force domain under Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
Member States should transmit monthly unemployment data according to a precise timetable so that the Commission (Eurostat) can meet the timeliness requirements of the users.
The quality of monthly unemployment data should be monitored through a set of commonly agreed and uniformly applied indicators.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European System Statistical Committee,
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