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Article 4Characteristics of the statistical populations and observation units#
1.The reference population shall be persons aged 15 and over usually residing in private households in the territory of the Member State concerned at the time of the data collection.
2.The national territories listed in Annex III shall be excluded from the sample. Small parts of the national territory amounting to no more than 2 % of the national population may also be excluded from the sample. Information on those national territories shall be provided in the reference metadata.
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