- confidential data
means data which allow statistical units to be identified, either directly or indirectly, thereby disclosing individual information.
- data
means any digital or non-digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information on the units observed;
- data access
means the processing by a national statistical institute or other national authorities or by the Commission (Eurostat) of data that have been provided or made available by a data holder, in accordance with specific technical, legal or organisational requirements;
- data collection
means surveys and all other methods of deriving information from different sources, including administrative sources;
- data holder
means a legal or natural person or any other entity that has the right, in accordance with applicable Union or national law, and the ability to manage and make available data obtained as a result of their activity;
- data source
means a source providing data that is relevant and necessary, in itself or in combination with data from other sources, for the development and production of statistics, including surveys, censuses, administrative data or data made available by data holders on request;
- development
means the activities aiming at setting up, strengthening and improving the statistical methods, standards and procedures used for the production and dissemination of statistics as well as at designing new statistics and indicators;
- direct identification
means the identification of a statistical unit from its name or address, or from a publicly accessible identification number;
- dissemination
means the activity of making statistics and statistical analysis accessible to users;
- indirect identification
means the identification of a statistical unit by any other means than by way of direct identification;
- metadata
means any information that defines and describes data and processes;
- officials of the Commission (Eurostat)
means the officials of the Communities, within the meaning of Article 1 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities, working at the Community statistical authority;
- other staff of the Commission (Eurostat)
means the servants of the Communities, within the meaning of Articles 2 to 5 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities, working at the Community statistical authority.
- production
means all the activities related to the collection, storage, processing, and analysis necessary for compiling statistics;
- statistical unit
means the basic observation unit, namely a natural person, a household, an economic operator and other undertakings, referred to by the data;
- statistics
means quantitative and qualitative, aggregated and representative information characterising a collective phenomenon in a considered population;
- use for statistical purposes
means the exclusive use for the development, production and dissemination of statistical results and analyses by statistical authorities, including for research and scientific activities, or the establishment of sampling frames;