COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/256
of 16 December 2019
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
Subject matter
Article 2
Data collection periods for domains and for associated detailed topics
Article 3
Data collection periods for ad-hoc subjects requested by users
Article 4
Entry into force
ANNEX I
Data collection periods
| Domains | Years of data collection | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | |
| Health | 
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 | X | 
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| Education and training | 
 | X(1) | 
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 | X(2) | 
| Use of information and communication technologies | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 
| Time use | 
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| Consumption | 
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 | X(3), (4) | 
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| Domains | Groups (acronyms) | Years of data collection | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | ||
| Labour Force | Quarterly (LFQ) | Every quarter | Every quarter | Every quarter | Every quarter | Every quarter | Every quarter | Every quarter | Every quarter | 
| Yearly (LFY) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| ‘Reasons for migration’ and ‘working time arrangements’ (LF2YA) | X | 
 | X | 
 | X | 
 | X | 
 | |
| ‘Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (12 months)’, ‘disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module’ and ‘elements of the Minimum European Health Module’ (LF2YB) | 
 | X | 
 | X | 
 | X | 
 | X | |
| Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants (LF8YA) | X | 
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| Pensions and labour market participation (LF8YB) | 
 | 
 | X | 
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| ‘Young people on the labour market’ and ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ (LF8YC) | 
 | 
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 | X | 
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| Reconciliation of work and family life (LF8YD) | 
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 | X | 
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| Work organisation and working time arrangements (LF8YE) | 
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 | 
 | X | 
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| Accidents at work and work-related health problems (LF8YF) | 
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 | 
 | X | |
| Ad hoc Subject on job skills | 
 | X | 
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| Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage) | 
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 | X | 
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| Income and Living Conditions | Yearly (ILCY) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 
| Children (ILC3YA) | X | 
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 | X | 
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 | X | 
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| Health (ILC3YB) | 
 | X | 
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 | X | 
 | 
 | X | |
| Labour Market and Housing (ILC3YC) | 
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 | X | 
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 | X | 
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| Quality of life (ILC6YA) | 
 | X | 
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 | X | |
| Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages & Housing difficulties (ILC6YB) | 
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 | X | 
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| Access to services (ILC6YC) | 
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 | X | 
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| Over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth (ILC6YD) | 
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 | X | 
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| Ad hoc Subject on Living arrangements and conditions of children within separated or blended families | X | 
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| Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage) | 
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 | X | 
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| Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage) | 
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 | X | 
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| Ad hoc Subject (to be defined at a later stage) | 
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 | X | 
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ANNEX II
| Domains | Detailed topics | Groups (acronyms) | 
| Labour Force | Data collection information | Quarterly (LFQ) | 
| Identification | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Weights | Yearly (LFY) and Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Interview characteristics | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Localisation | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Demography | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Citizenship and migrant background | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Household composition | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Household composition – additional specific details | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Stay in the country | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Reason for migration | Every 2 years (LF2YA) | |
| Elements of the Minimum European Health Module | Every 2 years (LF2YB) | |
| Disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module | Every 2 years (LF2YB) | |
| Accidents at work and other work-related health problems | Every 8 years (LF8YF) | |
| Main activity status (self-defined) | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Elementary job characteristics | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Employment status | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Duration of contract | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Details of contract | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Full- or part-time status — reason | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Dependent self-employment | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Supervisory responsibilities | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Establishment size | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Workplace | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Working at home | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Search for employment | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Willingness to work | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Availability | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Second or multiple job(s) | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Search for another job | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Underemployment | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Reconciliation of work and family life | Every 8 years (LF8YD) | |
| Young people on the labour market | Every 8 years (LF8YC) | |
| Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants | Every 8 years (LF8YA) | |
| Pension and labour market participation | Every 8 years (LF8YB) | |
| Care needs | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Start of job | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Way job found | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Career continuity and breaks | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Elementary characteristics of the last job | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Working hours | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Working time arrangements | Every 2 years (LF2YA) | |
| Work organisation and working time arrangements | Every 8 years (LF8YE) | |
| Income from work | Yearly (LFY) | |
| Income from unemployment allowances | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Educational attainment level | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned | Yearly (LFY) and every 8 years (LF8YC) | |
| Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (4 weeks) | Quarterly (LFQ) | |
| Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (12 months) | Every 2 years (LF2YB) | |
| Income and living conditions | Data collection information | Yearly(ILCY) | 
| Identification | Yearly(ILCY) | |
| Weights | Yearly(ILCY) | |
| Interview characteristics | Yearly(ILCY) | |
| Localisation | Yearly(ILCY) | |
| Demography | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Citizenship and migrant background | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Household composition | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Household composition — additional specific details | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Duration of stay in the country | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Disability and Minimum European Health Module | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Details on health status and disability | Every 3 years (ILC3YB) | |
| Children health | Every 3 years (ILC3YA) | |
| Access to health care | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Health care | Every 3 years (ILC3YB) | |
| Access to health care (children) | Every 3 years (ILC3YA) | |
| Health determinants | Every 3 years (ILC3YB) | |
| Main activity status (self-defined) | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Elementary job characteristics | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Characteristics of the workplace | Every 3 years (ILC3YB) | |
| Duration of contract | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Employment status | Every 3 years (ILC3YC) | |
| Detailed labour market situation | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Supervisory responsibilities | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Previous work experience | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Calendar of activities | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Working hours | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Educational attainment level | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned | Every 3 years (ILC3YC) | |
| Participation in formal education activities (current) | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Quality of life | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Social and cultural participation | Every 6 years (ILC6YA) | |
| Well-being | Every 6 years (ILC6YA) | |
| Material deprivation | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Children-specific deprivation | Every 3 years (ILC3YA) | |
| Main housing characteristics | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Housing conditions details, incl. deprivation and imputed rent | Every 3 years (ILC3YC) | |
| Housing costs including reduced utility costs | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Living environment | Every 3 years (ILC3YC) | |
| Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) and reasons | Every 6 years (ILC6YB) | |
| Use of services, including care services and services for independent living | Every 6 years (ILC6YC) | |
| Affordability of services | Every 6 years (ILC6YC) | |
| Unmet needs and reasons | Every 6 years (ILC6YC) | |
| Childcare | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Income from work | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Income from social transfers | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Income from pensions | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Other incomes, including income from property and capital and inter-household transfers | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Taxes and contributions actually paid after reductions | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Total annual income at the level of persons and households | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Over-indebtedness, including reasons | Every 6 years (ILC6YD) | |
| Arrears | Yearly (ILCY) | |
| Elements of wealth, including dwelling ownership | Every 6 years (ILC6YD) | |
| Elements of consumption | Every 6 years (ILC6YD) | |
| Intergenerational transmission of advantages and disadvantages | Every 6 years (ILC6YB) | |
| Assessment of own needs | Every 6 years (ILC6YB) |