Regulation (EC) No 453/2008

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This text since 4 Jun 2008law://eu/reg/2008/453/art_2@2026-11-13

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Article 2Definitions#

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1.‘job vacancy’ shall mean a paid post that is newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant:

(a)for which the employer is taking active steps and is prepared to take further steps to find a suitable candidate from outside the enterprise concerned; and

(b)which the employer intends to fill either immediately or within a specific period of time.

The concepts ‘active steps to find a suitable candidate’ and ‘specific period of time’ shall be defined in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9(2).The statistics provided shall distinguish, on an optional basis, between vacancies for fixed-term and permanent jobs;

2.‘occupied post’ shall mean a paid post within the organisation to which an employee has been assigned;

3.‘metadata’ shall mean the explanations needed to interpret the changes in the data arising from either methodological or technical changes;

4.‘back data’ shall mean the historical data covering the specifications given in Article 1.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EC) No 453/2008 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 23 Apr 2008
In force: 24 Jun 2008
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32008R0453 · ELI

Topics

data collection employment statistics Eurostat EU statistics exchange of information job vacancy Provisions governing the Institutions Social provisions

History · 1 version

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Cited by 5: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1062/20082 provisions; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137; Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/4472 provisions; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/471; Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/20097 provisions

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back data
shall mean the historical data covering the specifications given in Article 1.
job vacancy
shall mean a paid post that is newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant: The concepts ‘active steps to find a suitable candidate’ and ‘specific period of time’ shall be defined in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9(2).
metadata
shall mean the explanations needed to interpret the changes in the data arising from either methodological or technical changes;
occupied post
shall mean a paid post within the organisation to which an employee has been assigned;