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ANNEX IVMINIMUM STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED BY THE ACTUAL REPORTING POPULATION

3.Minimum standards for conceptual compliance:

(a)

the statistical information must comply with the definitions and classifications contained in this Regulation;

(b)

in the event of deviations from these definitions and classifications, where applicable, reporting agents must monitor on a regular basis and quantify the difference between the measure used and the measure contained in this Regulation; and

(c)

reporting agents must be able to explain breaks in the data supplied compared with the previous periods’ figures.