Article 1U.K.Subject matter
This Regulation lays down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 as regards the collection, transmission and processing of statistical data in Domain 1 on education and training systems.
Article 2U.K.Subjects covered and their characteristics
The selection and specification of subjects to be covered by Domain 1 on education and training systems, as well as the detailed list of their characteristics and breakdowns, shall be as set out in Annex I.
Article 3U.K.Reference periods and transmission of results
1.Data on enrolments, entrants and personnel shall refer to the school/academic year as defined nationally (year t/t+1). Annual data on enrolments, entrants and personnel shall be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30 September in year t+2. The first data transmission in September 2014 shall refer to the school/academic year 2012/2013 as defined nationally.
2.Graduates shall refer to the school/academic year as defined nationally (year t/t+1) or the calendar year (year t+1). Annual data on graduates shall be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30 November in year t+2.
3.The first transmission of data on graduates (except data on graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay throughout the cycle of study) shall be submitted in November 2014 and shall refer to the school/academic year 2012/2013 as defined nationally or the calendar year 2013.
4.The first transmission of data on graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay throughout the cycle of study shall be submitted in November 2017 and shall refer to the school/academic year 2015/2016 as defined nationally or the calendar year 2016.
5.Mobile students/graduates, regardless their citizenship, shall be defined by their country of origin (preference to prior education, vs. residence, vs. citizenship). Before 2016, data on ‘mobile students/graduates’ shall be provided using the national definition of ‘country of origin’. Starting in 2016, the definition of country of origin to be used shall be the country where the upper secondary diploma was awarded or the best national estimate.
6.Education expenditure data shall refer to the financial year of the Member State as defined nationally (year t). Annual data on education expenditure and number of students with coverage adjusted to statistics on education expenditure shall be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30 November in year t+2. The first data transmission in November 2014 shall refer to the 2012 financial year.
Article 4U.K.Data quality requirements and quality reporting framework
1.Data quality requirements and standard quality reports on education and training systems shall be as set out in Annex II.
2.Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the standard quality report in line with the requirements set out in Annex II every year. The standard quality reports shall be transmitted together with the ISCED integrated mapping of national programmes and qualifications using the template supplied by the Commission (Eurostat).
The first report shall refer to the 2014 data collection year (school/academic year 2012/2013). The quality report concerning the reference periods laid down in Article 3 shall be transmitted to the Commission by 31 January in year t+3.
3.Member States shall acquire the necessary data using a combination of different sources such as sample surveys, administrative data sources and other data sources.
4.Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with information on the methods and the quality of the data from the sources used other than sample surveys and administrative data sources as referred to in paragraph 3.
Article 5U.K.Repeal
Regulation (EU) No 88/2011 is repealed.
Article 6U.K.Entry into force
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, 23 September 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso