BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) To cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission is to specify the number and the titles of the variables for the dataset in the consumption domain (Household Budget Survey, HBS).

(2) The HBS is a key instrument to compile weightings for important macroeconomic indicators, such as consumer price indices and the harmonised indices of consumer prices as measures of inflation, as well for national accounts purpose. Furthermore, the HBS provides detailed descriptions of private households’ total consumption expenditure by household characteristics such as income, housing and many
demographic and socio-economic characteristics, thus providing information on economic and social living conditions of households and individuals in the Member States.

(3) For the consumption domain, the number of variables to be collected should not exceed, by more than 5%, the number of variables set out in the first delegated act adopted for that domain. This is the first delegated act adopted for the consumption domain,