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Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2010 of 23 April 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection as regards the definitions of the categories of the groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2010/351 |
| CELEX number i | 32010R0351 |
| Document | 23-04-2010 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 24-04-2010; OJ L 104 p. 37-39 |
| Effect | 14-05-2010; Entry into force Date pub. + 20 See Art 4 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
24.4.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 104/37 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 351/2010
of 23 April 2010
implementing Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection as regards the definitions of the categories of the groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (1), and in particular Article 10(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
In order to ensure that data from different statistical and administrative sources in the Member States are comparable, and to allow reliable Community-wide overviews to be drawn up, the categories of groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship must be defined in the same way in all Member States. Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 therefore requires the Commission to define the above categories. |
(2) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
This Regulation lays down the categories of groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship as required by Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.
Article 2
For the above categories, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) |
‘country of previous usual residence’ means the country in which a person was usually resident immediately prior to immigration, regardless of the person’s citizenship or country of birth; |
(b) |
‘country of next usual residence’ means the country in which a person becomes usually resident following an emigration, regardless of the person’s citizenship or country of birth; |
(c) |
‘level of development’ means the relative degree of development of a country as defined by statistical measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita; |
(d) |
‘native-born’ means a person who was born in the country of current usual residence, regardless of the person’s citizenship; |
(e) |
‘foreign-born’ means a person who was born outside of the country of current usual residence, regardless of the person’s citizenship. |
Article 3
The groups of country of birth, groups of country of previous usual residence, groups of country of next usual residence and groups of citizenship according to which Member States are required to transmit data to the Commission are listed in the Annex.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 April 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX
The groups of countries and citizenship are as follows:
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basic groups, |
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additional groups of other non-European Union (EU) countries and citizenship. |
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1.BASIC GROUPS OF COUNTRIES
1.1. Groups of citizenship
‘Citizenship’ shall be defined according to Article 2(1)(d) of Regulation (EC)...
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