ANNEX IVMINIMUM STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED BY THE ACTUAL REPORTING POPULATION

3.Minimum standards for compliance with concepts:

  1. (a)

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

  2. (b)

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

  3. (c)

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