
Article 1 
This Regulation establishes uniform conditions for the breakdowns of data required by Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013, as well as for deadlines and for revisions of those data.
Article 2 
Definitions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 shall apply. In addition, for the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall also apply:

((a)) ‘age’ at a given date (either reference time or date of the event) means the interval of time between the date of birth and the given date, expressed in completed years;
((b)) ‘country of birth’ of an individual means the country of usual residence (in its current borders, if the information is available) of the individual’s mother at the time of the delivery, or, failing this, the country (in its current borders, if the information is available) in which the birth took place;
((c)) ‘country of birth of the mother’ means the ‘country of birth’ of the mother;
((d)) ‘citizenship’ means the particular legal bond between an individual and his or her State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, choice, marriage or other means according to national legislation;
((e)) ‘live-birth order’ means the numerical order of the live birth being recorded in relation to all previous live births of the mother;
((f)) ‘month of occurrence’ means the calendar month of occurrence of the event;
((g)) ‘year of birth’ means the calendar year of occurrence of the birth;
((h)) ‘Member State’ means a country that is a member of the European Union at the end of the reference year.
Article 3 
The breakdowns of the data to be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) under Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 are set out in Annex I.
The statistical tables to be provided to the Commission (Eurostat) are set out in Annex II.
Article 4 

1. Each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with provisional data on total population, total live births and total deaths at national level, as described in Annex II, point 1, within six months of the end of the reference year.
2. Each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II, point 2, and related standard reference metadata (in the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year.
3. Each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with provisional monthly data on total live births and total deaths, as described in Annex II, point 3, each covering at least the first six months of the reference year, by 30 November of the same reference year.
Article 5 

1. Member States shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) of any planned revision of the data supplied under Article 4(2) no later than one week before the release of the revised data in the Member State concerned.
2. Member States shall provide any revised data to the Commission (Eurostat) no later than one week after the release of these data.
3. Member States shall ensure that any revised data provided to the Commission (Eurostat) is consistent with the whole set of data provided under Article 4(2).
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 4 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I
The following breakdowns shall be used for the disaggregation of the statistical data requested under Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013.
The category ‘Unknown’ shall contain less than 5 % of the cases of the category ‘Total’ in the same distribution.

1. 

Age Low detail breakdown High detail breakdown
Identification AGE.L AGE.H
(0) Total Total
(1) Under 5 years 
(1.1)  Under 1 year
(1.2)  1 year
(1.3)  2 years
(1.4)  3 years
(1.5)  4 years
(2) 5 to 9 years 
(2.1)  5 years
(2.2)  6 years
(2.3)  7 years
(2.4)  8 years
(2.5)  9 years
(3) 10 to 14 years 
(3.1)  10 years
(3.2)  11 years
(3.3)  12 years
(3.4)  13 years
(3.5)  14 years
(4) 15 to 19 years 
(4.1)  15 years
(4.2)  16 years
(4.3)  17 years
(4.4)  18 years
(4.5)  19 years
(5) 20 to 24 years 
(5.1)  20 years
(5.2)  21 years
(5.3)  22 years
(5.4)  23 years
(5.5)  24 years
(6) 25 to 29 years 
(6.1)  25 years
(6.2)  26 years
(6.3)  27 years
(6.4)  28 years
(6.5)  29 years
(7) 30 to 34 years 
(7.1)  30 years
(7.2)  31 years
(7.3)  32 years
(7.4)  33 years
(7.5)  34 years
(8) 35 to 39 years 
(8.1)  35 years
(8.2)  36 years
(8.3)  37 years
(8.4)  38 years
(8.5)  39 years
(9) 40 to 44 years 
(9.1)  40 years
(9.2)  41 years
(9.3)  42 years
(9.4)  43 years
(9.5)  44 years
(10) 45 to 49 years 
(10.1)  45 years
(10.2)  46 years
(10.3)  47 years
(10.4)  48 years
(10.5)  49 years
(11) 50 to 54 years 
(11.1)  50 years
(11.2)  51 years
(11.3)  52 years
(11.4)  53 years
(11.5)  54 years
(12) 55 to 59 years 
(12.1)  55 years
(12.2)  56 years
(12.3)  57 years
(12.4)  58 years
(12.5)  59 years
(13) 60 to 64 years 
(13.1)  60 years
(13.2)  61 years
(13.3)  62 years
(13.4)  63 years
(13.5)  64 years
(14) 65 to 69 years 
(14.1)  65 years
(14.2)  66 years
(14.3)  67 years
(14.4)  68 years
(14.5)  69 years
(15) 70 to 74 years 
(15.1)  70 years
(15.2)  71 years
(15.3)  72 years
(15.4)  73 years
(15.5)  74 years
(16) 75 to 79 years 
(16.1)  75 years
(16.2)  76 years
(16.3)  77 years
(16.4)  78 years
(16.5)  79 years
(17) 80 to 84 years 
(17.1)  80 years
(17.2)  81 years
(17.3)  82 years
(17.4)  83 years
(17.5)  84 years
(18) 85 to 89 years 
(18.1)  85 years
(18.2)  86 years
(18.3)  87 years
(18.4)  88 years
(18.5)  89 years
(19) 90 to 94 years 
(19.1)  90 years
(19.2)  91 years
(19.3)  92 years
(19.4)  93 years
(19.5)  94 years
(20) 95 to 99 years 
(20.1)  95 years
(20.2)  96 years
(20.3)  97 years
(20.4)  98 years
(20.5)  99 years
(21) 100 years and older 
(21.1)  100 years
(21.2)  101 years
(21.3)  102 years
(21.4)  103 years
(21.5)  104 years
(21.6)  105 years
(21.7)  106 years
(21.8)  107 years
(21.9)  108 years
(21.10)  109 years
(21.11)  110 years and older



The category ‘Unknown’ shall not be used. Cases where ‘Age’ is unknown shall be redistributed using best national estimates.

2. 

Age of the mother Low detail breakdown High detail breakdown
Identification AGM.L AGM.H
(0) Total Total
(1) 14 years or younger 14 years or younger
(2) 15 to 19 years 
(2.1)  15 years
(2.2)  16 years
(2.3)  17 years
(2.4)  18 years
(2.5)  19 years
(3) 20 to 24 years 
(3.1)  20 years
(3.2)  21 years
(3.3)  22 years
(3.4)  23 years
(3.5)  24 years
(4) 25 to 29 years 
(4.1)  25 years
(4.2)  26 years
(4.3)  27 years
(4.4)  28 years
(4.5)  29 years
(5) 30 to 34 years 
(5.1)  30 years
(5.2)  31 years
(5.3)  32 years
(5.4)  33 years
(5.5)  34 years
(6) 35 to 39 years 
(6.1)  35 years
(6.2)  36 years
(6.3)  37 years
(6.4)  38 years
(6.5)  39 years
(7) 40 to 44 years 
(7.1)  40 years
(7.2)  41 years
(7.3)  42 years
(7.4)  43 years
(7.5)  44 years
(8) 45 to 49 years 
(8.1)  45 years
(8.2)  46 years
(8.3)  47 years
(8.4)  48 years
(8.5)  49 years
(9) 50 years and older 50 years and older
(99) Unknown Unknown

3. 

Country of birth Single breakdown
Identification COB.M
(0) Total
(1) Native-born
(2) Foreign-born
(2.1) Born in anotherMember State
(2.2) Born outside the EU
(9) Unknown

4. 

Country of birth of the mother Single breakdown
Identification CBM
(0) Total
(1) Native-born
(2) Foreign-born
(2.1) Born in anotherMember State
(2.2) Born outside the EU
(9) Unknown

5. 

Country of citizenship Single breakdown
Identification COC.M
(0) Total
(1) National citizenship
(2) Non-national citizenship
(2.1) Citizenship of another Member State
(2.2) Citizenship of a country not a member of the EU
(3) Stateless
(9) Unknown

A person with two or more citizenships shall be allocated to only one country of citizenship, to be determined in the following order of precedence:


— reporting country, or
— if the person does not have the citizenship of the reporting country: other Member State, or
— if the person does not have the citizenship of another Member State: other country outside the EU.

In cases of dual citizenship where both countries are within the EU but neither is the reporting country, Member States shall determine which country of citizenship is to be allocated.

6. 

Country of citizenship of the mother Single breakdown
Identification CCM
(0) Total
(1) National citizenship
(2) Non-national citizenship
(2.1) Citizenship of another Member State
(2.2) Citizenship of a country not a member of the EU
(3) Stateless
(9) Unknown

Technical specifications as for the topic ‘country of citizenship’.

7. 

Geographical area Low detail breakdown Medium detail breakdown High detail breakdown
Identification GEO.L GEO.M GEO.H
NUTS classification NUTS level 0 (territory of the country) All NUTS level 2 geographic denominationsor Statistical Region All NUTS level 3 geographic denominationsor Statistical Region
(99999)  Unknown Unknown

The version of the NUTS classification or Statistical Regions used shall be the version in force at the end of the reference year.

8. 

Live-birth order Single breakdown
Identification LBO
(0) Total
(1) Rank 1
(2) Rank 2
(3) Rank 3
(4) Rank 4 and more
(9) Unknown

In the case of multiple births, each live-born child shall be counted separately. The count does not include foetal deaths, and is irrespective of whether all live births were in wedlock or out-of-wedlock, or within current or previous legal unions, and regardless of whether the live-born children are alive or dead at the reference date or whether or not they are living with the mother.

9. 

Month of occurrence Single breakdown
Identification MOC
(0) Total
(1) January
(2) February
(3) March
(4) April
(5) May
(6) June
(7) July
(8) August
(9) September
(10) October
(11) November
(12) December
(99) Unknown

10. 

Sex Single breakdown
Identification SEX
(0) Total
(1) Male
(2) Female

The category ‘Unknown’ shall not be used. Cases where ‘Sex’ is unknown shall be redistributed using best national estimates.

11. 

Year of birth Single breakdown
Identification YOB.H
(0) Total
(1) Reference year
(2) Reference year – 1
(3) Reference year – 2
(4) Reference year – 3
(5) Reference year – 4
(6) Reference year – 5
(7) Reference year – 6
(8) Reference year – 7
(9) Reference year – 8
(10) Reference year – 9
(11) Reference year – 10
(12) Reference year – 11
(13) Reference year – 12
(14) Reference year – 13
(15) Reference year – 14
(16) Reference year – 15
(17) Reference year – 16
(18) Reference year – 17
(19) Reference year – 18
(20) Reference year – 19
(21) Reference year – 20
(22) Reference year – 21
(23) Reference year – 22
(24) Reference year – 23
(25) Reference year – 24
(26) Reference year – 25
(27) Reference year – 26
(28) Reference year – 27
(29) Reference year – 28
(30) Reference year – 29
(31) Reference year – 30
(32) Reference year – 31
(33) Reference year – 32
(34) Reference year – 33
(35) Reference year – 34
(36) Reference year – 35
(37) Reference year – 36
(38) Reference year – 37
(39) Reference year – 38
(40) Reference year – 39
(41) Reference year – 40
(42) Reference year – 41
(43) Reference year – 42
(44) Reference year – 43
(45) Reference year – 44
(46) Reference year – 45
(47) Reference year – 46
(48) Reference year – 47
(49) Reference year – 48
(50) Reference year – 49
(51) Reference year – 50
(52) Reference year – 51
(53) Reference year – 52
(54) Reference year – 53
(55) Reference year – 54
(56) Reference year – 55
(57) Reference year – 56
(58) Reference year – 57
(59) Reference year – 58
(60) Reference year – 59
(61) Reference year – 60
(62) Reference year – 61
(63) Reference year – 62
(64) Reference year – 63
(65) Reference year – 64
(66) Reference year – 65
(67) Reference year – 66
(68) Reference year – 67
(69) Reference year – 68
(70) Reference year – 69
(71) Reference year – 70
(72) Reference year – 71
(73) Reference year – 72
(74) Reference year – 73
(75) Reference year – 74
(76) Reference year – 75
(77) Reference year – 76
(78) Reference year – 77
(79) Reference year – 78
(80) Reference year – 79
(81) Reference year – 80
(82) Reference year – 81
(83) Reference year – 82
(84) Reference year – 83
(85) Reference year – 84
(86) Reference year – 85
(87) Reference year – 86
(88) Reference year – 87
(89) Reference year – 88
(90) Reference year – 89
(91) Reference year – 90
(92) Reference year – 91
(93) Reference year – 92
(94) Reference year – 93
(95) Reference year – 94
(96) Reference year – 95
(97) Reference year – 96
(98) Reference year – 97
(99) Reference year – 98
(100) Reference year – 99
(101) Reference year – 100
(102) Reference year – 101
(103) Reference year – 102
(104) Reference year – 103
(105) Reference year – 104
(106) Reference year – 105
(107) Reference year – 106
(108) Reference year – 107
(109) Reference year – 108
(110) Reference year – 109
(111) Reference year – 110or earlier


The category ‘Unknown’ shall not be used. Cases where ‘Year of birth’ is unknown shall be redistributed using best national estimates.

12. 

Year of birth of the mother Single breakdown
Identification YBM
(0) Total
(1) Reference year – 14or later
(2) Reference year – 15
(3) Reference year – 16
(4) Reference year – 17
(5) Reference year – 18
(6) Reference year – 19
(7) Reference year – 20
(8) Reference year – 21
(9) Reference year – 22
(10) Reference year – 23
(11) Reference year – 24
(12) Reference year – 25
(13) Reference year – 26
(14) Reference year – 27
(15) Reference year – 28
(16) Reference year – 29
(17) Reference year – 30
(18) Reference year – 31
(19) Reference year – 32
(20) Reference year – 33
(21) Reference year – 34
(22) Reference year – 35
(23) Reference year – 36
(24) Reference year – 37
(25) Reference year – 38
(26) Reference year – 39
(27) Reference year – 40
(28) Reference year – 41
(29) Reference year – 42
(30) Reference year – 43
(31) Reference year – 44
(32) Reference year – 45
(33) Reference year – 46
(34) Reference year – 47
(35) Reference year – 48
(36) Reference year – 49
(37) Reference year – 50or earlier
(99) Unknown

ANNEX II
1. 

Table Title Breakdowns to be crossed
POPDB Population GEO.L
LVBDB Live births GEO.L
DTHDB Deaths GEO.L

2. 

Table Title Breakdowns to be crossed
POP01 Population by age, sex and region (level 2) of residence GEO.M, AGE.H, SEX
POP02 Population by age, sex and region (level 3) of residence GEO.H, AGE.L, SEX
LVB01 Live births by month of occurrence GEO.L, MOC
LVB02 Live births by mother’s age, mother’s year of birth and mother’s region (level 2) of residence GEO.M, AGM.H, YBM
LVB03 Live births by mother’s age and mother’s region (level 3) of residence GEO.H, AGM.L
LVB04 Live births by mother’s age, mother’s year of birth and mother’s country of birth GEO.L, AGM.H, YBM, CBM
LVB05 Live births by mother’s age, mother’s year of birth and mother’s country of citizenship GEO.L, AGM.H, YBM, CCM
LVB06 Live births by mother’s age, mother’s year of birth and live birth order GEO.L, AGM.H, YBM, LBO
LVB07 Live births by mother’s age, mother’s year of birth and sex of the new-born GEO.L, AGM.H, YBM, SEX
DTH01 Deaths by month of occurrence GEO.L, MOC
DTH02 Deaths by sex, age, year of birth and region (level 2) of residence GEO.M, SEX, AGE.H, YOB.H
DTH03 Deaths by sex, age and region (level 3) of residence GEO.H, SEX, AGE.L
DTH04 Deaths by sex, age, year of birth and country of birth GEO.L, SEX, AGE.H, YOB.H, COB.M
DTH05 Deaths by sex, age, year of birth and country of citizenship GEO.L, SEX, AGE.H, YOB.H, COC.M

3. 

Table Title Breakdowns to be crossed
LVBNC Live births by month of occurrence GEO.L, MOC
DTHNC Deaths by month of occurrence GEO.L, MOC
