
Article 1 
Derogations as set out in the Annex are granted to the Member States listed therein.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, Romania, the Republic of Finland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 19 February 2018.
For the Commission
Marianne THYSSEN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

For the purpose of the 2019 EHIS data collection the following derogations shall be granted:

 Belgium, Finland and the Netherlands shall not be required to deliver the variables specified in the following table:

Belgium 
— UN2A, UN2B, UN2C, UN2D on unmet needs
Finland 
— PL2 and PL8 on functional limitations
— PE6 on physical activity
— AL1 to AL6 on alcohol consumption
The Netherlands 
— CD1P and CD2 on diseases and chronic conditions
— PL8 and PL9 on functional limitations
— PE9 on physical activity
— DH5 and DH6 on dietary habits
— SK3, SK4 and SK6 on smoking
 Belgium, Germany, Malta and Austria shall be granted a derogation regarding the data collection period. The data collection period shall be 2018 for Belgium, 2018-2020 for Austria and Germany, and 2019-2020 for Malta.
 Romania shall be granted a derogation regarding the provision of microdata. Romania shall transmit the pre-checked microdata within 12 months after the end of the national period for collecting the data.
 The United Kingdom shall be granted a derogation regarding the reference population. The reference population in the United Kingdom shall be individuals aged 16 and over living in private households residing in the national territory at the time of the data collection.
