# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/881 of 23 May 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)

EU Regulation 2017/881 · adopted 23 May 2017

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/881 of 23 May 2017 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)

## Introductory text

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/881
of 23 May 2017
implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010
(Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)
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## 1 Subject matter

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## 2 Definitions

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## 3 Metadata and quality reporting

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## 4 Data sources

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## 5 Access to relevant information

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## 6 Technical format for data transmission

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## 7 Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2010

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## 8 Entry into force

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## Signature

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## Content and structure of the quality reports for data transmission

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## 1 OVERVIEW

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## 1.1 

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## 1.2 

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## 2 DATA SOURCES

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## 2.1 

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## 2.2 

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## 2.3 

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## 2.4 

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## 2.4.1 

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## 2.4.2 

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## 2.4.3 

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## 2.4.4 

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## 2.4.5 

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## 3 CENSUS LIFECYCLE

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## 3.1 Reference date

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## 3.2 Preparation and execution of data collection

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## 3.2.1 Questionnaire-based data

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## 3.2.2 Register-based data

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## 3.2.3 Data collected by means of a sample

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## 3.2.4 Data collected by combined methods (data based on more than one type of data source)

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## 3.3 Processing and evaluation

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## 3.3.1 

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## 3.3.2 

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## 3.4 

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## 3.5 Measures to ensure cost-effectiveness

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## 4 ASSESSMENT OF DATA QUALITY

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## 4.1 Comparability

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## 4.2 Timeliness and punctuality

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## 4.3 Coherence

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## 4.4 Coverage and accuracy

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## 4.5 Completeness

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## 4.6 Relevance

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/881 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-881
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

