ANNEX IV U.K. MINIMUM STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED BY THE ACTUAL REPORTING POPULATION

3. Minimum standards for compliance with concepts: U.K.

(a)

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

(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;

(c)

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