Defined terms — Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland)
European Union · 32009R0223 · 303 provisions
12 defined in this instrument.
confidential data — data which allow statistical units to be identified, either directly or indirectly, thereby disclosing individual information. To determine whether a statistical unit is identifiable, account shall be taken of all relevant means that might reasonably be used by a third party to identify the statistical unit 7.
data collection — surveys and all other methods of deriving information from different sources, including administrative sources 5.
development — the activities aiming at setting up, strengthening and improving the statistical methods, standards and procedures used for the production and dissemination of statistics as well as at designing new statistics and indicators 2.
direct identification — the identification of a statistical unit from its name or address, or from a publicly accessible identification number 9.
dissemination — the activity of making statistics and statistical analysis accessible to users 4.
indirect identification — the identification of a statistical unit by any other means than by way of direct identification 10.
officials of the Commission (Eurostat) — the officials of the Communities, within the meaning of Article 1 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities, working at the Community statistical authority 11.
other staff of the Commission (Eurostat) — the servants of the Communities, within the meaning of Articles 2 to 5 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities, working at the Community statistical authority 12.
production — all the activities related to the collection, storage, processing, and analysis necessary for compiling statistics 3.
statistical unit — the basic observation unit, namely a natural person, a household, an economic operator and other undertakings, referred to by the data 6.
statistics — quantitative and qualitative, aggregated and representative information characterising a collective phenomenon in a considered population 1.
use for statistical purposes — the exclusive use for the development and production of statistical results and analyses 8.