Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2295 of 13 November 2025 setting out the list and description of variables and their technical specifications, statistical classifications, breakdowns, metadata and precision targets for the topics job vacancies, labour cost index and gender pay gap pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2025/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council

1 Data shall be transmitted at national level. The list and description of variables and their technical specifications, as well as statistical classifications and breakdowns to be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat), shall be as set out in Annex I.

2 For the topic ‘gender pay gap’, when the data for the topic ‘structure of earnings’ becomes available, the ‘gender pay gap’ data transmitted under this Regulation shall be revised if necessary. The revised data shall fully coincide with the corresponding values transmitted under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1526 .

The precision targets for statistical surveys shall be as set out in Annex II.

1 When submitting to the Commission (Eurostat) the quarterly data for the topics ‘job vacancies’ and ‘labour cost index’, and the annual data for the topic ‘gender pay gap’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2025/941, Member States shall transmit information (metadata) on: (a) Major changes in the labour market that had an impact on the number of occupied or vacant posts for the topic ‘job vacancies’, on the labour cost index and its components for the topic ‘labour cost index’, and on the variables of the topic ‘gender pay gap’. (b) Changes in sources and methods implemented in the latest reference quarter for the topics ‘job vacancies’ and ‘labour cost index’, or the latest reference year for the topic ‘gender pay gap’, describing: the changes in sources and methods, the series affected, at NACE section level, the expected effect in terms of quality, in particular the bias and volatility, whether the changes have caused a break in the series and whether past data have been adjusted or revised. (c) The causes of large or frequent revisions in past data. (d) Any other relevant information allowing major changes in the data to be interpreted and related to the actual situation in the labour market or to changes in sources and methods.

1 Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) data sets in electronic form with fully checked and edited data that comply with validation rules in accordance with the specification of variables set out in Annex I. Data shall be transmitted in complete data sets covering all variables, regardless of the number of revised observations and variables.

2 Member States shall make available to the Commission (Eurostat) the data and metadata required under this Regulation using the statistical data exchange standards specified by the Commission (Eurostat) and the single entry point.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.