Definition: European statistics

Category: Statistical concept; Peer reviews

Relevant statistics necessary for the performance of the activities of the European Union (EU). 

European Statistics are statistics 

1. included in the European statistical programme and the corresponding annual work programme,
2. in accordance with the statistical principles set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, and further elaborated in the European statistics Code of Practice. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:251:0049:0052:EN:PDF European Union, Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics, Official Journal of the European Union No L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164 - 173Eurostat, "European Statistics Code of Practice", revised edition 2017, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2018Eurostat, "European Statistics Code of Practice", Luxembourg, 2011