2014/773/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 30 October 2014 on granting derogations for implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning with regard to Belgium, Ireland, France, Malta and Finland (notified under document C(2014) 7865)

In Ireland, the data collection for the second survey on the participation and non-participation of adults in lifelong learning (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Second Adult Education Survey’) shall take place between 1 January and 31 December 2017. The reference period for which the data on participation in lifelong learning activities are collected shall be the 12 months prior to the interview. In France and Finland, the data collection for the Second Adult Education Survey shall take place between 1 January and 30 June 2017. The reference period for which the data on participation in lifelong learning activities are collected shall be the 12 months prior to the interview. Belgium and Malta shall transmit clean micro-data files regarding the Second Adult Education Survey to the Commission (Eurostat) within nine months after the end of the national data collection period.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, Ireland, the French Republic, the Republic of Malta and the Republic of Finland.