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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/138
of 21 December 2022
laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and
re-use
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019on open data
and the re-use of public sector information(1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It transpires from Directive (EU) 2019/1024 that an EU-wide list of datasets with a particular potential to generate
socio-economic benefits and with harmonised re-use conditions is a significant enabler of cross-border data
applications and services.
(2) The main objective of establishing the list of high-value datasets is to ensure that public data of highest socio-
economic potential are made available for re-use with minimal legal and technical restriction and free of charge.
(3) Harmonising the implementation of the re-use conditions of high-value datasets entails the technical specification
for making the datasets available in a machine-readable format and via application programming interfaces (APIs).
Making high-value datasets available under optimal conditions strengthens the open data policies in the Member
States, building on the principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability (FAIR principles).
(4) Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/1024 lays down the themes of high-value datasets by listing six thematic data
categories: 1) geospatial; 2) earth observation and environment; 3) meteorological; 4) statistics; 5) companies and
company ownership; and 6) mobility.
(5) Following a wide stakeholder consultation and given the result of the impact assessment for this Implementing
Regulation, the Commission identified, within each of the six data categories, several datasets of particularly high
value and the arrangements for their publication and re-use. The provisions of Union and Member State legislation
that go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Implementing Regulation, in particular in cases of
sectoral law, are to continue to apply.
(6) Pursuant to Directive (EU) 2019/1024, the requirement to make high-value datasets available free of charge shall not
apply to libraries, including university libraries, museums and archives. Member States may exempt individual public
sector bodies, upon their request and in line with the criteria set out in the Directive from the requirement to make
high-value datasets available free of charge for a period not exceeding two years from the date of the entry into
force of this Implementing Regulation.
(7) Directive (EU) 2019/1024 stipulates in its Article 14(3) that this Implementing Regulation shall provide that the
availability of high-value datasets free of charge is not to apply to specific high-value datasets held by public
undertakings where that would lead to a distortion of competition in the relevant markets. However, data held by
public undertakings are not included in the scope of this Implementing Regulation.
(1) OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56.L 19/44 EN Official Journal of the European Union 20.1.2023
(8) Where making high-value datasets available for re-use entails the processing of personal data, such processing
should be carried out in accordance with Union law on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing
of personal data, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) and
including any provisions of national law further specifying the application of the GDPR. Member States should
make use of appropriate methods and techniques (such as generalisation, aggregation, suppression, anonymisation,
differential privacy or randomisation), thus making as much data as possible available for re-use.
(9) In addition to Directive (EU) 2019/1024, other Union legal acts, including Directive 2007/2/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council(3)and Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(4)may
be of relevance for the re-use of public sector information falling within the scope of this Implementing Regulation,
notably where those Union acts lay down common requirements for data quality and interoperability.
(10) Regarding all thematic categories, especially the category ‘companies and company ownership’, Member States are
encouraged to go beyond the minimum requirements with respect to the scope of datasets and arrangements for
re-use set out in this Regulation.
(11) Member States should be able to complement the datasets listed in the Annex to this Regulation with public sector
information already accessible, whenever such data are thematically related and considered of high value based on
the criteria described under Article 14(2) of Directive (EU) 2019/1024. When this includes information that
constitutes personal data, adding such information to the datasets must be necessary, proportionate and genuinely
meet objectives of general interest.
(12) It is the objective of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 to promote the use of standard public licences available online for
re-using public sector information. The Commission’s Guidelines on recommended standard licences, datasets and
charging for the re-use of documents(5)identify Creative Commons (‘CC’) licences as an example of recommended
standard public licences. CC licences are developed by a non-profit organisation and have become a leading
licensing solution for public sector information, research results and cultural domain material across the world. It is
therefore necessary to refer in this Implementing Regulation to the most recent version of the CC licence suite,
namely CC 4.0. A licence equivalent to the CC licence suite may include additional arrangements, such as the
obligation on the re-user to include updates provided by the data holder and to specify when the data were last
updated, as long as they do not restrict the possibilities for re-using the data.
(13) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6)and delivered an opinion on 15 July 2022.
(14) The measures set out in this Implementing Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on open
data and the re-use of public sector information set out in Article 16 of Directive (EU) 2019/1024,
(2) OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1.
(3) Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial
Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).
(4) Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services
(RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 152).
(5) OJ C 240, 24.7.2014, p. 1.
(6) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons
with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of
such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).20.1.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/45
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter
1. This Implementing Regulation establishes the list of high-value datasets belonging to the thematic categories set out
in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and held by public sector bodies among the existing documents to which that
Directive applies.
2. This Implementing Regulation also lays down the arrangements for publishing and reusing high-value datasets, in
particular the applicable conditions for re-use and the minimum requirements for disseminating data via application
programming interfaces (‘APIs’).
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Implementing Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) The definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 shall apply.
(2) The definitions set out for datasets in the geospatial, earth observation and environment and meteorological categories
in Directive 2007/2/EC shall apply.
(3) The definitions set out for datasets in the mobility category under Directive 2007/2/EC and Directive 2005/44/EC shall
apply.
(4) ‘key attribute’ means a characteristic of an object or an entity in a dataset, such as a national identification code or
name;
(5) ‘granularity’ means the level of detail of the dataset;
(6) ‘application programming interface (API)’ means a set of functions, procedures, definitions and protocols for machine-
to-machine communication and the seamless exchange of data;
(7) ‘bulk download’ means a function that enables a download of an entire dataset in one or several packages.
Article 3
Arrangements for publication applicable to all categories of high-value datasets
1. Public sector bodies holding high-value datasets listed in the Annex shall ensure that the datasets described or
referenced in the Annex are made available in machine-readable formats via APIs corresponding to the reasonable needs of
re-users. Where indicated in the Annex, the datasets shall also be made available as a bulk download.
2. Those public sector bodies referred to in paragraph 1 shall set out and publish the terms of use of the API and the
quality of service criteria on its performance, capacity and availability. The terms of use shall be available in a human-
readable and machine-readable format. Both the terms of use and the quality of service criteria shall be compatible with
the arrangements for the re-use of high-value datasets laid down in accordance with Article 4.
3. API terms of use shall be accompanied by API documentation in a Union or internationally recognised open, human-
readable and machine-readable format.
4. Public sector bodies referred to in paragraph 1 shall designate a point of contact for questions and issues related to the
API with a view to ensure the availability and maintenance of the API and ultimately the smooth and effective publication of
the high-value datasets.
5. Public sector bodies holding high-value datasets listed in the Annex shall ensure that the datasets are denoted as high-
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Article 4
Arrangements for re-use applicable to all categories of high-value datasets
1. An exemption granted by a Member State in accordance with Article 14(5) of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 shall be
published online, in the same way as the list of public sector bodies referred to in Article 6(3) of Directive (EU) 2019/1024.
2. To facilitate the availability of datasets for re-use covering longer periods of time, the obligations imposed under this
Regulation shall also apply to existing machine-readable high-value datasets created before the date of application of this
Regulation.
3. High-value datasets shall be made available for re-use under the conditions of the Creative Commons Public Domain
Dedication (CC0) or, alternatively, the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence, or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence,
as set out in the Annex, allowing for unrestricted re-use. A requirement of attribution, giving the credit to the licensor, can
additionally be required by the licensor.
4. High-value datasets shall be made available in accordance with the arrangements for the publication and re-use as set
out in the Annex.
Article 5
Reporting
1. By 2 years after entry into force of this Implementing Regulation Member States shall provide the Commission with a
report on the measures they have carried out to implement this Implementing Regulation. Where appropriate, the
information under paragraph 3 can be provided through references to relevant metadata.
2. Each Member State shall provide an updated version of the report upon the request of the Commission which should
be made every 2 years.
3. The report shall contain the following information:
(a) a list of specific datasets at Member State level (and, where relevant, subnational level) corresponding to the description
of each high-value dataset in the Annex to this Regulation and with online reference to metadata that follow existing
standards, such as a single register or open data catalogue;
(b) persistent link to the licensing conditions applicable to the re-use of high-value datasets listed in the Annex to this
Regulation, per dataset referred to in point a);
(c) persistent link to the APIs ensuring access to the high-value datasets listed in the Annex to this Regulation, per dataset
referred to in point a);
(d) where available, guidance documents issued by the Member State on publishing and reusing their high-value datasets;
(e) where available, the existence of data protection impact assessments carried out in accordance with Article 35 of
Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
(f) the number of public sector bodies exempted in accordance with Article 14(5) of Directive (EU) 2019/1024.20.1.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/47
Article 6
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
It shall apply from 16 months after entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENANNEX
1. GEOSPATIAL
1.1. Datasets in scope
The geospatial thematic category includes datasets within the scope of the INSPIRE data themes Administrative units, Geographical names, Addresses, Buildings and Cadastral parcels
as defined in Annex I and Annex III to Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1). In addition, it includes Reference parcels and Agricultural parcels as
defined in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)and of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3)
and the related delegated and implementing acts(4). Their granularity, geographical coverage and the key attributes are listed in the table below. If datasets are not available at the scale
indicated in the table below, but are available at higher spatial resolution(s)(5), they shall be provided at the available spatial resolution.
Datasets Administrative units Geographical names Addresses Buildings Cadastral parcels Reference parcels Agricultural parcels
Granularity All levels of N/A N/A All levels of All levels of A level of accuracy A level of accuracy that
generalisation generalisation generalisation that is at least is at least equivalent to
available with a available with a available with a equivalent to that of that of cartography at a
granularity up to the granularity up to the granularity up to the cartography at a scale scale of 1:10 000and,
scale of 1:5 000. scale of 1:5 000. scale of 1:5 000. of 1:10 000and, as as from 2016, at a scale
From municipalities from 2016, at a scale of 1:5 000, as referred
to countries; maritime of 1:5 000, as referred to in Article 70(1) of
units. to in Article 70(1) of Regulation (EU)
Regulation (EU) 1306/2013.
1306/2013.
Geographical Single or multiple datasets that shall cover the entire Member State when combined.
coverage
(1) Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).
(2) Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation
(EU) No 1306/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187)
(3) Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common
agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations
(EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p.1)
(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1172 of 4 May 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and
control system in the common agricultural policy and the application and calculation of administrative penalties for conditionality and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173 of 31 May 2022
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system in the common agricultural
policy
(5) Spatial resolution as defined in Annex Part B Section 6.2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards metadata (OJ L 326, 4.12.2008, p. 12).
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Key attributes Unique identifier; Unit Unique identifier; Unique identifier; Unique identifier; Unique identifier; Unique identifier; Unique identifier;
type (administrative Geometry; Name in Geometry; Address Geometry (footprint Geometry (boundary Geometry (boundary Geometry (boundary
or maritime unit); multiple languages locator (e.g. house of the building); of cadastral parcels or and area); Land and area of each
Geometry(6); (only for countries number); Number of floors; basic property cover(8); organic(9); agricultural parcel);
Boundary status; with more than one Thoroughfare Type of use. units(7)); Parcel or Stable landscape Land uses (crops or
National official language) (street); name; basic property unit elements(10)(“EFA- crop groups); Organic;
identification code; including a language Administrative units code; A reference to layer”); areas with Individual landscape
Identification code of with Latin characters, (e.g. municipality, the administrative natural/specific element; Permanent
the upper when feasible; Type. province, country; unit of lowest constraints. grassland.
administrative level; Postal descriptor (e.g. administrative level to
Official name; post code); Date of which this parcel or
Country code; Name last update. basic property unit
in multiple languages belongs.
(only for countries
with more than one
official language)
including a language
with Latin characters,
when feasible.
1.2. Arrangements for the publication and re-use
(a) The datasets shall be made available for re-use:
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence;
— in a publicly documented, Union or internationally recognised open, machine-readable format;
— through application programming interfaces (‘APIs’)(11)and bulk download;
— in their most up-to-date version.
(6) In this Annex, geometry refers to two dimensions at minimum.
(7) Basic property units shall be made available by Member States where unique cadastral references are given only for basic property units and not for parcels.
(8) The agricultural area as referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
(9) Informing whether the parcel is managed under organic practices.
(10) Referred to as a reference “Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) layer” in the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) (Article 70 of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013).
(11) Such as direct access download services based on Directive 2007/2/EC.
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No 1205/2008.(12)
(c) For the implementation of the Reference parcels and Agricultural parcels datasets, Member States shall take into consideration the ongoing implementation of Directive
2007/2/EC as well as the obligation foreseen by Article 67(3) and 67(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
2. EARTH OBSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT
2.1. Datasets in scope
The earth observation and environmental category includes earth observation, including space-based or remotely-sensed data, as well as ground-based or in situ data, environmental
and climate datasets within the scope of the INSPIRE data themes listed in the first table below and defined in Annexes I-III to Directive 2007/2/EC, and datasets produced or
generated in the context of the legal acts listed in the second table below. The most up-to-date datasets as well as historical versions of datasets available in machine-readable format at
all levels of generalisation available up to the scale of 1:5 000covering the entire Member State when combined are included. If datasets are not available at this scale, but are available
at higher spatial resolution(s)(13), they shall be provided at the available spatial resolution.
Furthermore, consistent with and without affecting the relevant access regimes as defined in Directive 2003/4/EC, the earth observation and environmental thematic category includes
all “Environmental information”, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(14), and the environmental information listed in
Directive 2003/4/EC, Article 7 “Dissemination of environmental information”.
INSPIRE DATA THEMES (as defined in Annexes to Directive 2007/2/EC)
Hydrography (I)
Protected sites (I)
Elevation (II)
Geology (II)
Land cover (II)
Orthoimagery (II)
Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units (III)
(12) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata (OJ L 326, 4.12.2008, p. 12).
(13) Spatial resolution as defined in Annex Part B Section 6.2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards metadata (OJ L 326, 4.12.2008, p. 12).
(14) Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003,
p. 26).
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Bio-geographical regions (III)
Energy Resources (III)
Environmental monitoring Facilities (III)
Habitats and biotopes (III)
Land Use (III)
Mineral Resources (III)
Natural risk zones (III)
Oceanographic geographical features (III)
Production and industrial facilities (III)
Sea regions (III)
Soil (III)
Species distribution (III)
ENVIRONMENTAL DOMAIN Legal acts laying down the key variables
Air Articles 6-14 of Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(15),
Articles 7 of Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(16)
Climate Articles 18(1), 19, 26(2), 39(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council(17),
Article 26 of Regulation (EC) 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(18)
(15) Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1).
(16) Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air (OJ L 23,
26.1.2005, p. 3).
(17) Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and
(EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of
the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
(18) Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 286, 31.10.2009, p. 1).
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19/51Emissions Article 24, 32, 55, 72 of Directive 2010/75/EU,
Article 21 of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(19),
Article 10 of Council Directive 91/676/EEC(20),
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and Council(21),
Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council(22),
Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council(23)
Nature preservation and biodiversity Articles 4, 9, 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(24),
Articles 4, 6, 16, 17 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC(25),
Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(26),
Data for the nationally designated protected areas inventory – (CDDA), National biogeographical regions
Noise Articles 4, 5, 7, 10 of Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(27)
(19) Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council
Directive 96/82/EC (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1).
(20) Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).
(21) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council
Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).
(22) Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 (OJ L 137, 24.5.2017, p. 1).
(23) Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and
repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p.1).
(24) Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).
(25) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
(26) Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (OJ L 317,
4.11.2014, p. 35).
(27) Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (OJ L 189, 18.7.2002, p. 12).
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20.1.2023Waste Article 15 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC(28),
Article 18 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(29),
Article 10 of Council Directive 86/278/EEC(30),
Articles 15-17 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC(31),
Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(32),
Article 15 of Commission Recommendation 2014/70/EU(33)
Water Articles 15-17 of Directive 91/271/EEC,
Article 13 of Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(34),
Articles 5, 8, 11, 13, 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC,
Articles 3-6 of Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(35),
Article 5 of Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(36),
Articles 17, 18 of Directive 2020/2184/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(37),
Articles 3-8, 10 of Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(38),
Articles 6-11, 13, 14, 17-19, 26, 27 of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(39)
(28) Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1).
(29) Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006,
p. 15).
(30) Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (OJ L 181, 4.7.1986, p. 6).
(31) Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment (OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40).
(32) Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45).
(33) Commission Recommendation of 22 January 2014 on minimum principles for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons (such as shale gas) using high-volume hydraulic fracturing (OJ L 39, 8.2.2014,
p. 72).
(34) Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 37).
(35) Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 19).
(36) Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council
Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84).
(37) Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
(38) Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (OJ L 288, 6.11.2007, p. 27).
(39) Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework
Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).
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19/53Horizontal legislation Articles 15, 18 of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(40),
Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council(41)
2.2. Arrangements for the publication and re-use
a) The datasets shall be made available for re-use:
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence;
— in a publicly documented, Union or internationally recognised open, machine-readable format;
— through APIs(42)and bulk download (for historical versions of datasets: APIs or bulk download, as feasible and appropriate).
b) The metadata describing the data within the scope of the INSPIRE data themes set shall contain at least the metadata elements set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC)
No 1205/2008.
c) The datasets shall be described in a complete and publicly available online documentation describing at least the data structure and semantics.
d) The datasets shall use Union or internationally recognised and publicly documented controlled vocabularies and taxonomies, where available.
3. METEOROLOGICAL
3.1. Datasets in scope
The meteorological thematic category includes datasets on observations data measured by weather stations, validated observations (climate data), weather alerts, radar data and
numerical weather prediction (NWP) model data with the granularity and key attributes listed in the table below.
Observations data measured by Climate data: validated obser-
Datasets Weather alerts Radar data NWP model data
weather stations vations
Granularity Per weather station, full Per weather station, full Alerts, 48 hrs or more ahead Per radar station in the MS and Minimum 48 hrs ahead in 1hr
temporal resolution temporal resolution national composite steps, national, at 2.5km/best
available grid
Key attributes All observation variables All validated measured Reflectivity, Backscatter, Deterministic and/or ensembles
measured observation variables; daily polarization. Precipitation, if available, for meteorologically
average per variable wind, and echotops relevant parameters and levels
(40) Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (OJ L 143,
30.4.2004, p. 56).
(41) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088
(OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
(42) Such as direct access download services based on Directive 2007/2/EC.
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a) The datasets shall be made available for re-use:
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence;
— in any of the formats specified in the table below or another Union or internationally recognised open, machine-readable format;
— through APIs and bulk download except for the dataset ‘NWP model data’ which shall be made available through APIs only;
— pursuant to the update frequency and timeliness specified in the table below.
b) The metadata describing the data set shall be complete and available on the web in an open and widely used machine-readable format.
c) The datasets shall be described in a complete and publicly available online documentation describing at least the data structure and semantics(43).
Observations data measured by Climate data: validated obser-
Datasets Weather alerts Radar data NWP model data
the weather stations vations
Format BUFR, NetCDF, ASCII,CSV, NetCDF, JSON, CSV XML (Cap or RSS / Atom), HDF5, BUFR GRIB (or NetCDF)
JSON JSON
Update frequency Every 5-10 minutes in real Daily validated hourly (and As issued or hourly Near real time in 5 minute Every 6 hrs, or better temporal
and timeliness time for automated stations, better temporal resolution) intervals (or available shortest resolution, from the last 24 hrs.
hourly unvalidated for all and daily average observations interval)
stations, for the last 24 hrs data; all digitised historical
data
4. STATISTICS
4.1. Datasets in scope
The statistics thematic category includes statistical datasets except microdata related to reporting obligations as defined in the legal acts listed in the table below.
In order to identify in a complete manner the relevant legal references in the legal acts, for some of the datasets it is necessary to refer to concepts from a number of provisions and
Annexes, as presented below in Tables 1-18. For those datasets, the definitions from the legal acts referred to in the table below apply. The legal acts are also applicable where it is
indicated so in the footnotes to Tables 1-18.
Time series shall begin no later than at the date of application of the respective legal act listed in the table below.
(43) For instance the INSPIRE Data Specification on Atmospheric Conditions and Meteorological Geographical Features (https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/documents/Data_Specifications/INSPIRE_DataSpecifi
cation_AC-MF_v2.0.pdf) provides approaches and use cases for representing and documenting the meteorological datasets.
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Industrial production Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council(44)
Table 26 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197(45)
Industrial producer price index breakdowns Table 5 of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197
by activity
Volume of sales by activity Table 7 of Annex I of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197
EU International trade in goods statistics – Regulation (EU) 2019/2152
exports and imports
breakdowns simultaneously by partner,
product and flow
Tourism flows in Europe (see Tables 1 and 2 Section 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council(46)
below for variables in scope)
Article 1 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681(47)
Harmonised Indices of consumer prices Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council(48)
National accounts – GDP main aggregates (see Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(49), in particular Annex B
Tables 6-7 below for variables in scope)
National accounts – key indicators on Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, in particular Annex B
corporations (see Table 8 below for variables
in scope)
National accounts – key indicators on Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, in particular Annex B
households (see Table 9 below for variables in
scope)
(44) Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (OJ L 327,
17.12.2019, p. 1).
(45) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 of 30 July 2020 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the
Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (OJ L 271, 18.8.2020, p. 1).
(46) Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011,
p. 17).
(47) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as
regards the transmission deadlines and adaptation of Annexes I and II (OJ L 258, 9.10.2019, p. 1).
(48) Regulation (EU) 2016/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on harmonised indices of consumer prices and the house price index, and repealing Council Regulation (EC)
No 2494/95 (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 11).
(49) Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p. 1).
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Table 10 below for variables in scope)
Consolidated government gross debt (see Chapter I of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009(50)
Tables 11 and 12 below for variables in scope)
Regulation (EU) No 549/2013
Environmental accounts and statistics Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council(51)
Annex I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(52)
Population, Fertility, Mortality Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(53)
Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014(54)
Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council(55)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2010(56)
Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014
Regulation (EU) No 2020/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council(57)
Population (see Table 3 below for variables in Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013
scope)
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014
Regulation (EC) No 862/2007
Regulation (EU) No 351/2010
(50) Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 of 25 May 2009 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (Codified version)
(OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 1).
(51) Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1).
(52) Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics (OJ L 332, 9.12.2002, p. 1).
(53) Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 39).
(54) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014 of 4 March 2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the
Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions (OJ L 65, 5.3.2014, p. 10).
(55) Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC)
No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (OJ L 199, 31.7.2007, p. 23).
(56) Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2010 of 23 April 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and
international protection as regards the definitions of the categories of the groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of
citizenship (OJ L 104, 24.4.2010, p. 37).
(57) Regulation (EU) No 2020/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protections
(OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 1).
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scope)
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014
Mortality (see Table 5 below for variables in Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013
scope)
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014
Commission Regulation (EU) No 328/2011(58)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011(59)
Council Decision 93/704/EC(60)
Current healthcare expenditure Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/359(61)
Poverty (see Table 13 below for variables in Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council(62)
scope) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2180(63)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2181(64)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2242(65)
Inequality (see Table 14 below for variables in Regulation (EU) 2019/1700
scope) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2180
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2181
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2242
(58) Commission Regulation (EU) No 328/2011 of 5 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health
and safety at work, as regards statistics on causes of death (OJ L 90, 6.4.2011, p. 22).
(59) Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 of 11 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and
health and safety at work, as regards statistics on accidents at work (OJ L 97, 12.4.2011, p. 3).
(60) 93/704/EC: Council Decision of 30 November 1993 on the creation of a Community database on road accidents (OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 63).
(61) Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/359 of 4 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on healthcare expenditure and
financing (OJ L 62, 6.3.2015, p. 6).
(62) 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 577/98 (OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1).
(63) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2180 of 16 December 2019 specifying the detailed arrangements and content for the quality reports pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the
European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 330, 20.12.2019, p. 8).
(64) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2181 of 16 December 2019 specifying technical characteristics as regards items common to several datasets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the
European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 330, 20.12.2019, p. 16).
(65) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2242 of 16 December 2019 specifying the technical items of data sets, establishing the technical formats and specifying the detailed arrangements and
content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the income and living conditions domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 336, 30.12.2019, p. 133).
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variables in scope) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240(66)
Unemployment (see Table 17 below for Regulation (EU) 2019/1700
variables in scope) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240
Potential labour force (see Table 18 below for Regulation (EU) 2019/1700
variables in scope) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240
Table 1
Specification for the yearly Tourism flows in Europe high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Legend for breakdowns: ● = mandatory, ● = required for Member States where a sufficiently large sample size exists to allow for precise estimates, as set out in the relevant Regulation,
⇓ = NUTS 2 breakdowns are to be offered as a consequence of NUTS 3 being offered
Nights spent at tourist Tourism trips Tourism nights Tourism
Participation in tourism for
accommodation made by EU spent by EU expenditure made
Key variables personal purpose
establishments residents residents by EU residents
Demand side Demand side Demand side
Share of the population (15+) that
information on information on information on
Supply side information on make tourism trips with overnight
domestic and domestic and domestic and
Breakdowns domestic and inbound tourism stays for personal purpose during a outbound tourism outbound tourism outbound tourism
given reference year
trips nights expenditure
Country of origin — Resident
● ●
— non-resident
Duration of the trip — Long
● ●(67) ●(67) ●(67)
— Short
Destination country — Domestic
● ●(67) ●(67) ●(67)
— Outbound
(66) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying
the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (OJ L 336, 30.12.2019, p. 59).
(67) Univariate and multivariate statistics are only required for combinations which have a sufficiently large sample size to allow for precise estimates to be presented.
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Means of 7 categories(68)
●(69) ●(69) ●(69)
accommodation
Booking modalities(70) Various attributes(68) ●(69);(70) ●(69);(70) ●(69);(70)
Geographical NUTS 2 region ⇓ ●
NUTS 3 region ●
Coastal/non-coastal areas ●
Degree of urbanisation (3
●
categories)
City (selected cities only)(71) ●
Table 2
Specification for the monthly Tourism flows in Europe high-value dataset
Nights spent at tourist accommodation
Key variables establishments
Supply side information on domestic and
Breakdowns inbound tourism
Country of origin — Resident
●
— non-resident
Geographical NUTS 2 ●
(68) See Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 of
1 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the transmission deadlines and adaptation of
Annexes I and II.
(69) Univariate and multivariate statistics are only required for combinations which have a sufficiently large sample size to allow for precise estimates to be presented.
(70) Booking modalities is a triennial module – this breakdown is only required on a triennial basis (not on an annual basis).
(71) City-specific statistics are only required for specific cities.
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Specification for the yearly population high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Legend for breakdowns: ● = mandatory, ● = required for Member States that meet conditions set out in the relevant Regulation; ○ = voluntary
Population on 1 January Median age Old age dependency ratio
Breakdowns
Key variables Proportion of people 65+ to
people 20-64
Sex ● ● ● ● ● ●
Age ● ● ● ● ●
Education attainment level ISCED 2011(72) ○
Marital status ○
Citizenship ●
Country of birth ●
Human development index HDI is a regrouping of country of birth and of country of
● ●
citizenship
Region NUTS 3 ● ● ●
(72) International Standard Classification of Education.
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Specification for the yearly fertility high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Legend for breakdowns: ● = mandatory, ⇓ = NUTS 2 breakdowns are offered as a consequence of NUTS 3 being offered
Crude birth rate Fertility rates by mother’s age Total fertility rate
Key variables
Mean number of children that would be born alive
The ratio of the number of live births during the The ratio of the number of live births to mothers to a woman during her lifetime if she were to pass
year to the average population in that year. of age x to the average female population of age through and survive her childbearing years
Breakdowns
The value is expressed per 1 000population. x. conforming to the fertility rates by age of a given
year.
Age ●
Region NUTS 2 ⇓ ● ⇓
NUTS 3 ● ●
Table 5
Specification for the yearly mortality high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Legend for breakdowns: ● =mandatory, ⇓ = NUTS 2 breakdowns to be offered as a consequence of NUTS 3 being offered
Crude death rate Infant mortality rate Life expectancy
Key variables
The ratio of the number of deaths of children
The ratio of the number of deaths during the year
under one year of age during the year to the
to the average population in that year. The value is
Breakdowns number of live births in that year. The value is
expressed per 1 000population.
expressed per 1 000live births.
Age ●
Sex ●
Region NUTS 2 ⇓ ● ●
NUTS 3 ●
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Specification for the yearly National accounts – GDP main aggregates high-value dataset
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Legend for breakdowns: ● = mandatory, ⇓ = NUTS 2 breakdowns are to be offered as a consequence of NUTS 3 being offered
Gross
Final Net lending/net
domestic Compensa-
Key variables consumption Gross fixed capital Gross national borrowing of
product at Gross value added tion of Employment
expenditure of formation income the total
market employees
households economy
prices
Variable Variable
Variable Variable Variable Variable
B.1*- P.31_- Variable P.51g(74);(75) Variable EMP(74);(75)
B.1g(74);(75) D.1(74);(75) B.5g_S.1(74) B.9_S.1(74)
g(74);(75). S.14(74);(75)
Breakdowns(73)
Current
prices and
volumes, Current prices,
Current Current prices Current Current Hours
derived Volumes Volumes Persons levels and per Balancing item
prices and volumes prices prices worked
growth rates capita.
and per
capita
Industry NACE Rev. 2 ● ● (No ● ● ● ● ● ● (No (No
breakdowns) breakdowns) breakdowns)
Asset type AN_F6 ● ●
Region NUTS 2 ⇓(76) ⇓ ● ● ⇓ ●
NUTS 3 ●(76) ● ●
(73) Breakdowns as required by Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 on a mandatory basis.
(74) Concept, level of detail, frequency, timeliness and time series as defined in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
(75) Frequency and seasonal adjustment as prescribed in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
(76) For B.1*g, regional breakdowns are not required for volume or derived growth rates.
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Gross domestic Final consumption
Gross fixed capital Compensation of
product at market Gross value added expenditure of Employment
Key variables prices households formation employees
Variable
Variable B.1*g(78);(79) Variable B.1g(78);(79) Variable P.51g(78);(79) Variable D.1(78);(79) Variable EMP(78);(79)
Breakdowns(77) P.31_S.14(78);(79)
Current prices and
Current prices and Current prices and Current prices and Persons and hours
volumes, derived Current prices volumes volumes volumes worked
growth rates
Industry NACE Rev. 2(80) (No breakdowns) ● (No breakdowns) ● ●
Asset type AN_F6 ●
Table 8
Specification for the yearly National accounts – key indicators on corporations high-value dataset
Gross operating surplus and Net lending/net borrowing of
Gross fixed capital formation
mixed income of non-financial Total financial sector assets Total financial sector liabilities non-financial and financial
of non-financial corporations
corporations corporations
Key variables
Variables B.9_S.11(81)and
Variable P.51g_S.11(81) Variable 9B.2g & B3g)_S.11(81) Variable F.A_S.12(81) Variable F.L_S.12(81)
B.9_S.12(81)
Current prices Current prices Current prices, non-consolidated Current prices, non-consolidated Balancing item
Breakdowns (No breakdowns for this high-value dataset)
(77) Breakdowns as required by Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 on a mandatory basis.
(78) Concept, level of detail, frequency, timeliness and time series as defined in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
(79) Frequency and seasonal adjustment as prescribed in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
(80) NACE A*10
(81) Concept, level of detail, frequency, timeliness and time series as defined in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
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Gross fixed capital Net lending/net
Disposable income of households – gross Savings of Total households Total households
Key variables formation for borrowing of
and net households, gross sector assets sector liabilities
households households
Variables B.6g_S.14(82)(gross) and Variable Variable
Variable F.A_S.14(82) Variable F.L_S14(82) Variable B.9_S.14(82)
B.6n_S.14(82)(net) P.51g_S.14(82) B.8g_S.14(82)
Breakdowns
Current prices, derived in per-capita and real Current prices, non- Current prices, non- Balancing item.
Current prices Current prices
terms per capita consolidated consolidated Current prices.
Gross disposable Net disposable
income income
Region NUTS 2 (No breakdowns) ● (No breakdowns)
Table 10
Specification for the yearly Government expenditure and revenue high-value dataset
Key variables Total general government Total expenditure Net lending/ net borrowing of
Breakdowns revenue general government (B.9)
Dimension Categories(83) Defined in Regulation (EU) Defined in Regulation (EU)
No 549/2013, Annex A, 8.100 No 549/2013, Annex A, 8.100 Balancing item of government
and Chapter 20 by reference to a and Chapter 20 by reference to a revenue and expenditure
list of categories list of categories
— Market output
— Output for own final use
— Payments for non-market output
— Taxes on production and imports
(No breakdowns for this key
Revenue category — Other subsidies on production ●
variable)
— Receivable property income
— Current taxes on income, wealth, etc.,
— Net social contributions
— Other current transfers and capital transfers
(82) Concept, level of detail, frequency, timeliness and time series as defined in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013.
(83) As defined in Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, Annex A, 8.100 and Chapter 20.
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— Gross capital formation
— Compensation of employees
— Other taxes on production
— Subsidies
— Payable property income
Expenditure category — Current taxes on income, wealth, etc. ●
— Social benefits other than social transfers in kind
— Social transfers in kind - purchased market production
— Other current transfers
— Adjustments for the change in pension entitlements
— Capital transfers and acquisitions less disposals of non-
financial non-produced assets
Table 11
Specification for the yearly Consolidated government gross debt high-value dataset
Key variable Government gross debt
Breakdown Government debt is defined as the total consolidated gross debt at nominal value in the
following categories of government liabilities (as defined in ESA 2010): currency and deposits
Dimension Categories(84) (AF.2), debt securities (AF.3) and loans (AF.4).
Government liability category — Currency and deposits (AF.2)
— Debt securities (AF.3) ●
— Loans (AF.4)
Table 12
Specification for the quarterly Consolidated government gross debt high-value dataset
Government gross debt
Key variable
Breakdown Government debt is defined as the total consolidated gross debt at nominal value in the
following categories of government liabilities (as defined in ESA 2010): currency and deposits
Dimension Categories(84) (AF.2), debt securities (AF.3) and loans (AF.4).
Government liability category — Currency and deposits (AF.2)
— Debt securities (AF.3) ●
— Loans (AF.4)
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Specification for the yearly poverty rate high-value dataset
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Legend for breakdowns: ● = mandatory, ○ = required for Member States that meet conditions set out in the relevant Regulation
Severe material and People living in
People at risk of poverty At-risk-of-poverty Material and social
social deprivation households with very
Key variables or social exclusion rate rate deprivation rate
rate low work intensity
Percentage of people Percentage of people
Percentage of people at Percentage of people
Percentage of people at risk living in a household living in a household
risk of poverty or in living in a household
Breakdowns of poverty or in severe which equivalised that cannot afford at
severe material and where the members of
material and social disposable income is least 7 out of 13 items
social deprivation or working age worked less
deprivation or living in a lower than 60% of the considered to be
living in a household than 20 % of their total
household with very low median equivalised desirable or even
with very low work potential during the
work intensity national disposable necessary to lead an
intensity previous year
income adequate life
Sex Male/female ● ● ● ● ●
Age 0-17 18-64 64+ ● ● ● ● ●
Education ISCED 2011 — Less than primary (level 0) ● ● ● ●
attainment level — Primary and lower secondary
education (levels 1-2);
— Upper secondary and post-sec ●
ondary non-tertiary education
(levels 3 and 4);
— Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Citizenship National/EU/Non-EU ● ● ● ● ●
Country of birth National/EU/Non-EU ● ● ● ● ●
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activity status — Employees
— Employed persons except
employees
●
— Not employed persons
— Unemployed persons
— Retired persons
— Other inactive persons
Income quintile 1,2,3,4,5 ● ● ● ● ●
NUTS 2 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Table 14
Specification for the yearly inequality rate high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Legend for breakdowns: ● = mandatory, ○ = required for Member States where this is feasible as set out in the relevant Regulation
Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income
Key variables
This variable measures the extent to which the distribution of equivalised
The ratio of total income received by the
disposable income after social transfers deviates from a perfectly equal
20 % of the population with the highest
Breakdowns distribution. It is a summary measure of the cumulative share of equivalised
income (top quintile) to that received by
income accounted for by the cumulative percentages of the number of
the 20 % of the population with the
individuals. Its value ranges from 0 (complete equality) to 100 (complete
lowest income (lowest quintile)
inequality).
Sex Male / female ●
Age Less than 65 / More than 65 ● (No breakdowns available for this key variable)
Region NUTS 2 ○
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Specification for the yearly employment high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Key variables
Percentage of part-time
Employment rate of people aged 20 to 64
Breakdowns work of people aged 20 to 64
Sex Male/female ● ● ● ● ●
Age 20-24 years, 25-29 years, 30-34 years, …, 55-64 years ● ● ●
20-24 years, 25-54 years, 55-64 years ● ●
Education attainment ISCED 2011 — Less than primary (level 0)
level — Primary and lower secondary education (levels 1-2);
— Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary ● ● ● ● ●
education (levels 3 and 4);
— Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Region NUTS 2 ● ● ●
Table 16
Specification for the quarterly employment high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Key variables
Employment rate of people aged 20 to 64
Breakdowns
Sex Male/female ● ●
Age 20-24 years, 25-29 years, 30-34 years, …, 55-64 years ● ●
Education attainment level ISCED 2011 — Less than primary (level 0)
— Primary and lower secondary education (levels 1-2);
— Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 ● ●
and 4);
— Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
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Specification for the yearly unemployment high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Key variables
Unemployment rate of people aged 15 Long term unemployment rate of
to 74 people aged 15 to 74
Breakdowns
Sex Male/female ● ● ● ● ●
Age 15-24 years, 25-54 years, 55-74 years ● ● ● ● ●
Education attainment ISCED 2011 — Less than primary (level 0) ● ●
level — Primary and lower secondary education (levels 1-2)
— Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education ● ● ●
(levels 3 and 4)
— Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Region NUTS 2 ● ● ●
Specification for the quarterly unemployment high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Key variables
Unemployment rate of people Long term unemployment rate of
Breakdowns aged 15 to 74 people aged 15 to 74
Sex Male/female ● ● ● ●
Age 15-24 years, 25-54 years, 55-74 years ● ● ● ●
Education attainment ISCED 2011 — Less than primary (level 0)
level(85) — Primary and lower secondary education (levels 1-2)
— Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education ● ● ● ●
(levels 3 and 4)
— Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
(85) By ISCED 2011.
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Specification for the yearly potential labour force high-value dataset
Note: The breakdowns simultaneously indicated in a column should be offered for the crosstabulation of all variables involved.
Key variables Percentage of persons aged 15 to 74
Percentage of persons aged 15 to 74
seeking work but not immediately
Breakdowns available available to work but not seeking
Sex Male/female ● ●
Age 15-24 years, 25-54 years, 55-74 years ● ●
4.2. Arrangements for the publication and re-use
a) The datasets shall be made available for re-use:
— as frequently as required by the corresponding legislation referred to under 4.1. (e.g. monthly, quarterly, yearly);
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence;
— in CSV, XML (SDMX), JSON or another publicly documented, Union or internationally recognised open, machine-readable format;
— through APIs and bulk download;
b) The metadata describing the data set shall be available as a well-developed structured file containing at least a description of the statistical data, the statistical concepts,
methodologies and information on data quality.
c) The datasets shall be described in a complete and publicly available online documentation describing at least the data structure and semantics.
d) Datasets shall use Union or internationally recognised and publicly documented controlled vocabularies and taxonomies, where available.
5. COMPANIES AND COMPANY OWNERSHIP
5.1. Datasets in scope
The companies and company ownership thematic category includes datasets containing basic company information and company documents and accounts at individual company
level and with the key attributes listed in the table below.
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The descriptions of the datasets and their key attributes shall be understood in
Datasets Basic company information: key attributes
accordance with Articles 4, 5, 9-19a, 24, 28-29a, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 43 and 48c of
Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(86)and Articles
4-6 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(87).
— Name of the company (full version; alternative names when applicable);
— Company status (such as when it is closed, struck off the register, wound
up, dissolved (as well as the date of these events), economically active or Accounting documents, which include:
inactive as defined in national law); — Financial statements (incl. the list of participating interests, subsidiary
— Registration date; undertakings and associated undertakings, their registered office address
— Registered office address; and proportion of capital held), audit reports.
— Legal form; — Non-financial statements, management reports and other statements or
— Registration number; reports.
— Member State where the company is registered; — Annual financial reports.
— Activity/activities that are the object of the company, such as the NACE
code.
5.2. Arrangements for the publication and re-use
a) The datasets shall be made available for re-use
— without undue delay after the latest update;
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence, with additional conditions concerning the re-use of personal
data where relevant;
— in a Union or internationally recognised open, machine-readable format (XHTML for documents in the scope of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/815(88);
other formats if and where prescribed by applicable Union law), with complete metadata (for documents in the scope of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
2016/1437(89), the metadata specified in that Regulation, where applicable; for other documents, the metadata prescribed by applicable EU law, if any); machine-readability
shall not be imposed to data that are maintained in formats that are not machine readable (e.g. scanned company documents and accounts) or to unstructured/non-machine
readable data fields included as part of machine readable documents;
— through APIs and bulk download;
— at individual company level.
(86) Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of
undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19).
(87) Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are
admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC (OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 38).
(88) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/815 of 17 December 2018 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards
on the specification of a single electronic reporting format (OJ L 143, 29.5.2019, p. 1).
(89) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1437 of 19 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on
access to regulated information at Union level (OJ L 234, 31.8.2016, p. 1).
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c) The datasets shall use Union or internationally recognised and publicly documented controlled vocabularies and taxonomies, where available, such as the Core Business
Vocabulary(90).
6. MOBILITY
6.1. Datasets in scope
The mobility thematic category includes datasets within the scope of the INSPIRE data theme ‘Transport networks’ as set out in Annex I to Directive 2007/2/EC, at all levels of
generalisation available up to the scale of 1:5 000covering the entire Member State when combined. If datasets are not available at the scale of 1:5 000, but are available at higher
spatial resolution(s)(91), they shall be provided at the available spatial resolution. The datasets include as key attributes national identification code, geographical position as well as
links with cross-border networks, where available.
INSPIRE DATA THEME (as defined in Annex I to Directive 2007/2/EC)
Transport networks
For those Member States to which Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(92)applies, this category also includes the datasets in the table below; the
datasets are understood as described in Directive 2005/44/EC.
Inland waterways datasets Data type
— Fairway characteristics Static data
— Long-time obstructions in the fairway and reliability
— Rates of waterway infrastructure charges
— Other physical limitations on waterways
— Regular lock and bridge operating times
— Location and characteristics of ports and transhipment sites
— List of navigation aids and traffic signs
— Navigation rules and recommendations
— Water depths contours in the navigation channel Dynamic data
— Temporary obstructions in the fairway
— Present and future water levels at gauges
— State of the rivers, canals, locks and bridges
— Restrictions caused by flood and ice
— Short term changes of lock and bridge operating times
— Short term changes of aids to navigation
(90) https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/registered-organization-vocabulary/solution/core-business-vocabulary/release/200.
(91) Spatial resolution as defined in Annex Part B Section 6.2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards metadata (OJ L 326, 4.12.2008, p. 12).
(92) Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005,
p. 152).
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charts (Inland ENC according to
— Links to the external xml-files with operation times of restricting structures
the Inland ECDIS Standard)
— Location of ports and transhipment sites
— Reference data for water level gauges relevant to navigation
— Bank of waterway at mean water level
— Shoreline construction
— Contours of locks and dams
— Boundaries of the fairway/navigation channel
— Isolated dangers in the fairway/navigation channel under and above water
— Official aids-to-navigation (e.g. buoys, beacons, lights, notice marks)
6.2. Arrangements for the publication and re-use of transport network datasets
a) Transport network datasets shall be made available for re-use
— immediately after the latest update;
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence;
— in a Union or internationally recognised open, machine-readable format;
— through APIs(93)and bulk download;
— in their most up-to-date version.
b) The metadata describing transport network datasets shall contain at least the metadata elements defined in Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008.
c) The datasets shall be described in a complete and publicly available online documentation describing at least the data structure and semantics.
d) The datasets shall use Union or internationally recognised and publicly documented controlled vocabularies and taxonomies, where available.
6.3. Arrangements for the publication and re-use of inland waterways datasets
a) Inland waterways datasets shall be made available for re-use
— under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence or any equivalent or less restrictive open licence;
— in the format defined in Directive 2005/44/EC;
— through APIs and bulk download;
— including the International Ship Reporting Standard (‘ISRS’) location code attribute;
— in accordance with the update frequency and timeliness specified in the table below;
— in the granularity specified in the table below.
(93) Such as direct access download services based on Directive 2007/2/EC.
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c) The documentation of inland waterways datasets shall be in accordance with Directive 2005/44/EC and implementing measures and standards based on Directive 2005/44/EC.
Datasets Static Dynamic/Urgent Electronic Navigational Charts
Update frequency and timeliness When necessary Daily to (near) real time Every 3 months, in case of changes to the dataset
Granularity Individual waterway kilometre or nautical mile level; waterway hectometre level where
National waterway network and cross-border nodes
applicable
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