Jakub Hrkal ESTAT Unit F-4 State of play regarding the adoption of the Commission Regulation on EHIS wave 3 Agenda item 1.3 Jakub Hrkal ESTAT Unit F-4 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Outline Adoption process of EHIS wave 3 (developments after TG HIS in Feb 2017) Summary of changes in the Regulation after TG HIS 2017 Decision on derogations Timeline for adoption of the EHIS wave 3 legislative acts 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Adoption process of EHIS wave 3 (developments after TG HIS 2017) February – April Informal requests for derogations February – March Internal consultations in Eurostat May - June Consultation of the Directors of Social Statistics (DSS) May - ??? Formal requests for derogations June Written Consultation of Eurostat directors 4 July ISC launched 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Summary of changes introduced after TG HIS 2017 (1) Articles 6 and 8 (Provision of microdata/reference metadata): the reference to SDMX replaced by 'exchange standard set out by the Commission (Eurostat)' as in EHIS wave 2 Article 7 (Sampling frames) removed and reference to 'nationally representative probability samples' included in Article 3 as in EHIS wave 2 ANNEX III (National territories that are excluded from the survey): Adaptations for FR and NL 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Summary of changes introduced after TG HIS 2017 (2) Annex I (List of variables): Codes of answer categories removed (→ Categories & Filters adapted accordingly) → manual will deal with codes Alignment of background variables with updated DSS document on standardised variables: COUNTRY, BIRTHPLACE, CITIZEN, BIRHTPLACEFATH, BIRTHPLACEMOTH: 'ISO alpha 2' replaced by 'SCL GEO' Country of residence (COUNTRY): Category 'Not stated' removed → a specific country code must be filled in Variables Legal marital status & Having high blood lipids in the past 12 months included after TG HIS 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Decision on derogations Data collection period (AT, BE, DE, MT) Reference population (UK) Deadline for provision of microdata (RO) List of variables (BE, FI, NL) 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Timeline for adoption of the EHIS wave 3 legislative acts 25 July 2017 ISC closed July – September Official translations (FRA and GER by mid- Aug, other languages by mid-Sep) August 2017 Publication on Better Regulation Portal Information or consultation of TG HIS & PHS WG 22 September Vote at the European Statistical System Committee December 2017 Scrutiny procedure with European Council / European Parliament January 2018 Adoption of EHIS Regulation by the European Commission 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force

Thank you for your attention! 6-7 July 2017 EHIS Task Force