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MODES OF ACCESS TO EU
MICRODATA IN THE NEW LEGAL
FRAMEWORK
ALEKSANDRA BUJNOWSKA
EUROSTAT
STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION
Eurostat
Access to confidential data for
scientific purposes
 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics defines
the basic principles of:
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the development, production and dissemination of European statistics and
access to confidential data for scientific purposes
 Access to confidential data for scientific purposes is enabled
under the following conditions (Article 23):
 Only indirect identification possible
 Access for statistical analyses for scientific purposes
 Approval of national statistical authorities that transmitted the data to
Eurostat required for each access request
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Principles of the new Commission Regulation
(EU) No 557/2013 on access to confidential
data for scientific purposes
• Users: recognized research entities
• Purpose: statistical analysis for scientific purposes indicated
in the research proposal
• Datasets available:
• scientific use files (access in research entities)
• secure use files (access in secure environment)
• Access provided by Eurostat or another accredited entity:
access facility
• Approval of access by national statistical authorities
• Transparency and efficiency
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Process, step 1
1. Recognition of research entity
• Application form, confidentiality undertaking and terms of
use to be signed by the head of research entity
• Assessment by Eurostat
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Publication of the name of the research entity on Eurostat
website
More than 100 applications received
Around 70 research entities recognized and published on
Eurostat websites
All information about access conditions and microdata available are published
on Eurostat website: Eurostat – Statistics – Access to microdata
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Process, step 2
2. Research proposal
• Application form and confidentiality declaration to be
signed by researchers applying for access to confidential
data
• Consultation of the technical service in Eurostat
• Consultation of national statistical authorities (4 weeks)
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Opening of the access
All information about access conditions and microdata available are published
on Eurostat website: Eurostat – Statistics – Access to microdata
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Confidential data for scientific
purposes
• Scientific use files (data sent to researchers):
confidential data for scientific purposes on which methods
of statistical disclosure control have been applied to reduce
to the appropriate level and in accordance with current best
practice the risk of identification of the statistical unit
• Secure use files (data available in Eurostat secure
environment): confidential data for scientific purposes on
which no further methods of statistical disclosure control
have been applied
• Statistical disclosure control methods - methods to
reduce the risk of disclosing information on the statistical
units, usually based on restricting the amount of or
modifying the data released
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Which datasets are available?
 Datasets currently released:
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European Community Household Panel (ECHP)
Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Community Innovation Survey (CIS)
Structure of Earnings Survey (SES)
Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)
Adult Education Survey (AES)
European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) - NEW
European Road Freight Transport (ERFT) - NEW
 Two new datasets will be released soon:
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Community statistics on information Society (CSIS)
Continuous Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)
Household Budget Survey will be released as from January 2014.
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Current modes of access
• Scientific use files – confidentialised and
transmitted to research entities on electronic
devices
• Secure use files – available only in Eurostat
secure room (in Luxembourg)
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Secure use files – possible modes of
access
• On-site access
• Decentralised access (remote access via secure
access facilities in national statistical authorities
in MS)
• Remote access (access from the research
entities)
• Remote execution (use of confidential data
without actually seeing them)
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Access facilities
• Physical or virtual environment and its
organisational setting where access to
confidential data for scientific purposes is
provided
• Implementation
• National Statistical Institutes
• National Statistical Authorities
• Other bodies
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Implementation – 2014/2015
• Decentralized access
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Accreditation of safe centres in NSIs
Development of the IT solution
Trainings of the safe centres' staff
Opening of the access via safe centres
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Thank you for your attention!
Any questions?
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