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European
Union L
99/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 317/2013
of 8 April 2013
amending the Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 1983/2003, (EC) No 1738/2005, (EC) No 698/2006,
(EC) No 377/2008 and (EU) No 823/2010 as regards the International Standard Classification of
Education
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3) The
international
comparability
of
educational
statistics
requires that the Member States and the Union insti
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
tutions use classifications of education which are
Union,
compatible with the revised International Standard Clas
sification of Education ISCED 2011 (hereinafter referred
to as ‘ISCED 2011’), as adopted by the Unesco Member
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the
States at their 36th General Conference in November
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003
2011.
concerning Community statistics on income and living
conditions (EU-SILC) ( 1 ), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
(4) The
establishment
of
a
revised
International
Standard
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of
Classification of Education makes it necessary to amend
9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and
various references to ISCED, ISCED 97 and ISCED 1997
on labour costs ( 2 ), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
as well as to amend a number of relevant instruments.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of
9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample
(5) It
is
therefore
necessary
to
amend
accordingly
the
survey in the Community ( 3 ), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
following Regulations: Commission Regulation (EC) No
1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 implementing Regu
lation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European
and of the Council concerning Community statistics on
Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the
income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list
production and development of statistics on education and
of target primary variables (
lifelong learning (

5 ); Commission Regulation

4 ), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
(EC) No 1738/2005 of 21 October 2005 amending
Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000 as regards the definition
Whereas:
and transmission of information on the structure of earn
ings ( 6 ); Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of
5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
(1) The
introduction
of
an
updated
classification
system
is
530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural stat
central to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to maintain
istics on labour costs and earnings (
the relevance of European statistics, by taking into

7 ); Commission Regu
lation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 imple
account developments and changes in the area of
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the
education.
organisation of a labour force sample survey in the
Community as regards the codification to be used for
(2) The
United
Nations
Educational,
Scientific
and
Cultural
data transmission from 2009 onwards, the use of a
Organization (Unesco) has revised the version of the
subsample for the collection of data on structural
International Standard Classification of Education
variables and the definition of the reference quarters ( 8 );
(ISCED) used hitherto (ISCED 1997) with the aim of
Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 of
ensuring that it is consistent with developments in the
17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No
policies and structures of education and training.
452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
( 1 ) OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1.
( 5 ) OJ L 298, 17.11.2003, p. 34.
( 2 ) OJ L 63, 12.3.1999, p. 10.
( 6 ) OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 32.
( 3 ) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.
( 7 ) OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 30.
( 4 ) OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227.
( 8 ) OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57.

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Council concerning the production and development of
obtaining a certificate or a diploma, when there is certifi
statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards
cation. In cases where there is no certification, successful
statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learn
completion must be associated with full attendance.
ing ( 1 ).
Groups of codes to be used are defined in the Implementing
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
Arrangements of the SES survey.’.
accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical
System Committee,
Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 698/2006
Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 is amended as follows:
Article 1
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003
In Section 2.1(2) of the Annex, the reference to ‘level of
education (ISCED 0 to 6)’ is replaced by ‘Educational attainment
Footnote No 19 in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
level (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 8)’.
1983/2003 is replaced by the following:
Article 4
‘ISCED 2011: International standard classification of
education 2011.’.
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 377/2008
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 is amended as follows:
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005
Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regu
lation.
Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 is amended as follows:
(1) ‘ISCED 97’is replaced by ‘ISCED 2011’ throughout the
Article 5
Annexes;
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 823/2010
(2) variable 2.5 of Annex I is replaced by the following:
Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 is amended as follows:
‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011)’;
Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with Annex II to
this Regulation.
(3) variable 2.5 of Annex II is replaced by the following:
Article 6
‘Educational attainment level (ISCED 2011)
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
This variable concerns the highest level of education
that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
successfully completed, which the employee has received
Union.
according to the International Standard Classification of
Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011). The expression
It shall apply as from the reference year starting on 1 January
“level successfully completed” must be associated with
2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 33.

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ANNEX I
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 377/2008
(1) In Annex III the instructions for the codification of the variables ‘HATLEVEL’, ‘HATFIELD’, and ‘HATYEAR’ shall be
replaced by the following:
Name Column Periodicity Code Description Filter/Remarks
‘HATLEVEL 197/199 QUARTERLY Educational
attainment
level ( 1 ) Everybody
aged
15
years or more
000 No
formal
education
or
below
ISCED 1
100 ISCED
1
200
ISCED 2 (incl. ISCED 3
programmes of duration less
than 2 years)
302 ISCED
3
programme
duration
of 2 years and more,
sequential (i.e. access to next
ISCED 3 programme only)
303 ISCED
3
programme
duration
of 2 years and more, terminal
or access to ISCED 4 only
304 ISCED
3
with
access
to
ISCED
5, 6 or 7
300 ISCED
3
programme
of
duration of 2 years and
more, without possible
distinction of access to other
ISCED levels
400 ISCED
4
500 ISCED
5
600 ISCED
6
700 ISCED
7
800 ISCED
8
999 Not
applicable
(child
less
than
15 years)
blank No
answer
HATYEAR 200/203 YEARLY Year
when
this
level
was
HATLEVEL = 100-
successfully completed
800
The four digits of year when
highest level of education was
successfully completed are
entered
9999 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
≠
100 to 800)
blank No
answer

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Name Column Periodicity Code Description Filter/Remarks
HATVOC 204 QUARTERLY Orientation
of
this
level HATLEVEL
=
300
to 400 and
1 General (15
≤ AGE ≤ 34 or
2 Vocational (AGE
>
34
and
REFYEAR –
HATYEAR ≤ 15))
9 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
≠
300 to 400 or (AGE > 34
and REFYEAR – HATYEAR >
15))
blank No
answer
HATFIELD 205/208 YEARLY Field
of
this
level HATLEVEL
=
300
to 800 and
0000-
Level 1 of the classification of (15 ≤ AGE ≤ 34 or
9998
fields of education and train
ing ( 2 )
9999 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
≠ (AGE > 34 and
300 to 800 or (AGE > 34 REFYEAR –
and REFYEAR – HATYEAR > HATYEAR ≤ 15))
15))
blank No
answer
( 1 ) Highest level of education successfully completed as defined by ISCED 2011, coding based on ISCED mappings to be delivered to
Eurostat.
( 2 ) Or subdivisions of the classification of fields of education and training.’
(2) In Annex III the variable ‘EDUCFILD’ and the instructions for the codification of the variable ‘EDUCLEVL’ shall be
replaced by the following:
Name Column Periodicity Code Description Filter/Remarks
‘EDUCLEVL 209 QUARTERLY Level
of
this
education ( 1 )
EDUCSTAT = 1 or 3
1 ISCED
1
2 ISCED
2
3 ISCED
3
4 ISCED
4
5 ISCED
5
6 ISCED
6
7 ISCED
7
8 ISCED
8
9 Not
applicable
(EDUCSTAT
≠
1 or 3)
blank No
answer
EDUCVOC 210 QUARTERLY Orientation
of
this
education
EDUCLEVL = 3 to 4
1 General

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Name Column Periodicity Code Description Filter/Remarks
2 Vocational
9 Not
applicable
(EDUCLEVL
≠
3 to 4)
blank No
answer
( 1 ) Coding based on ISCED mappings to be delivered to Eurostat.’

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ANNEX II
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 823/2010
(1) In Annex I the instructions for the codification of the variables ‘HATLEVEL’, ‘HATFIELD’, ‘HATYEAR’, ‘HATVOC’,
‘HATOTHER’, ‘HATOTHER_LEVEL’, ‘HATOTHER_VOC’, ‘HATOTHER_FIELD’, ‘HATCOMP’ and ‘HATCOMPHIGH’
shall be replaced by the following:
Variable name and status Code Description Filter
‘HATLEVEL EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT
LEVEL
Everybody
(Highest level of education successfully completed as
defined by ISCED 2011, coding based on ISCED
mappings to be delivered to Eurostat)
000 No
formal
education
or
below
ISCED
1
100 ISCED
1
200
ISCED 2 (incl. ISCED 3 programmes of duration less
than 2 years)
302
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more,
sequential (i.e. access to next ISCED 3 programme
only)
303
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more,
terminal or access to ISCED 4 only
304
ISCED 3 with access to ISCED 5, 6 or 7
300
ISCED 3 programme of duration of 2 years and
more, without possible distinction of access to
other ISCED levels
400 ISCED
4
500 ISCED
5
600 ISCED
6
700 ISCED
7
800 ISCED
8
– 1 No
answer
HATFIELD FIELD
OF
THE
HIGHEST
LEVEL
OF
HATLEVEL = 300 to
EDUCATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
800
0000-9998 Level 1 of the classification of fields of education and
training (1)
(1) or subdivisions of the classification of fields of
education and training, details provided in the Adult
Education Survey Manual referred to in Article 6
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
≠ 300 to 800)
HATYEAR YEAR
WHEN
HIGHEST
LEVEL
OF
HATLEVEL ≠ 000, – 1
EDUCATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED
four digits The four digits of the year when highest level of education
or training was successfully completed are entered

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Variable name and status Code Description Filter
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
=
000,
–
1)
HATVOC ORIENTATION
OF
THE
HIGHEST
LEVEL
OF
HATLEVEL = 300 to
EDUCATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
400 and (REFYEAR –
HATYEAR) ≤ 20
1 General
education
2 Vocational
education
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
≠ 300 to 400 or
(REFYEAR – HATYEAR) > 20
HATOTHER
OTHER FORMAL EDUCATION OR TRAINING HATLEVEL = 300 to
(optional)
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN ANOTHER 800 and (REFYEAR –
FIELD THAN “HATLEVEL”
HATYEAR) ≤ 20
1 Yes
2 No
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATLEVEL
≠ 300 to 800 or
(REFYEAR – HATYEAR) > 20
HATOTHER_LEVEL
Level of the formal education programme HATOTHER
=
1
(optional)
300-800 Coded
as
HATLEVEL
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATOTHER
≠ 1)
HATOTHER_VOC
Orientation of the formal education programme HATOTHER = 1 and
(optional)
HATOTHER_LEVEL =
300 to 400
1-2 Coded
as
HATVOC
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATOTHER
≠ 1 or
HATOTHER_LEVEL ≠ 300 to 400)
HATOTHER_FIELD
Field of the formal education programme
HATOTHER = 1 and
(optional)
HATOTHER_LEVEL =
300 to 800
0000-9998 Coded
as
HATFIELD
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATOTHER
≠ 1 or
HATOTHER_LEVEL ≠ 300 to 800)
HATCOMP
PROCEDURE OF RECOGNITION OF SKILLS Everybody
(optional)
and COMPETENCES UNDERTAKEN
1 Yes,
certification
obtained
2 Yes,
procedure
ongoing
3 No
– 1 No
answer

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Variable name and status Code Description Filter
HATCOMPHIGH
RECOGNITION OF SKILLS and COMPETENCES HATCOMP = 1,2 and
(optional)
ALLOWS ACCESS TO A higher formal HATLEVEL ≠ 000, – 1
education programme than the level mentioned
in “HATLEVEL”
1 Yes
2 No
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(HATCOMP
≠ 1,2 or HATLEVEL =
000, – 1)’
(2) In Annex I the instructions for the codification of the variables ‘DROPHIGH’, ‘DROPLEVEL’ and ‘DROPVOC’ shall be
replaced by the following:
Variable name and status Code Description Filter
‘DROPHIGH FORMAL
education
ABANDONED,
higher
than
HATLEVEL ≠ 000, – 1
the level mentioned in “HATLEVEL” but NOT and (REFYEAR –
COMPLETED
HATYEAR) ≤ 20
1 Yes
2 No
– 1 No
answer
– 2
Not applicable (HATLEVEL = 000, – 1 or (REFYEAR
– HATYEAR) > 20)
DROPLEVEL Level
of
the
FORMAL
education
not
completed
DROPHIGH = 1
(as defined by ISCED 2011)
200
ISCED 2 (incl. ISCED 3 programmes of duration less
than 2 years)
302
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more,
sequential (i.e. access to next ISCED 3 programme
only)
303
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more,
terminal or access to ISCED 4 only
304
ISCED 3 with access to ISCED 5, 6 or 7
300
ISCED 3 programme of duration of 2 years and
more, without possible distinction of access to
other ISCED levels
400 ISCED
4
500 ISCED
5
600 ISCED
6
700 ISCED
7
800 ISCED
8
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(DROPHIGH
≠ 1)

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Variable name and status Code Description Filter
DROPVOC
Orientation of the FORMAL education not DROPLEVEL = 300 to
(optional)
completed
400 and (REFYEAR –
HATYEAR) ≤ 20
1 General
education
2 Vocational
education
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(DROPLEVEL
≠ 300 to 400 or
(REFYEAR – HATYEAR) > 20’
(3) In Annex I the instructions for the codification of the variables ‘FEDLEVEL’, ‘FEDFIELD’ and ‘FEDVOC’ shall be
replaced by the following:
Variable name and status Code Description Filter
‘FEDLEVEL Level
of
the
most
recent
FORMAL
education
FEDNUM ≥ 1
activity (as defined by ISCED 2011)
100 ISCED
1
200
ISCED 2 (incl. ISCED 3 programmes of duration less
than 2 years)
302
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more,
sequential (i.e. access to next ISCED 3 programme
only)
303
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more,
terminal or access to ISCED 4 only
304
ISCED 3 with access to ISCED 5, 6 or 7
300
ISCED 3 programme of duration of 2 years and
more, without possible distinction of access to
other ISCED levels
400 ISCED
4
500 ISCED
5
600 ISCED
6
700 ISCED
7
800 ISCED
8
– 2 Not
applicable
(FEDNUM
=
0)
FEDFIELD Field
of
the
most
recent
FORMAL
education
FEDNUM ≥ 1 and
activity
FEDLEVEL = 300 to
800
0000-9998 Level 1 of the classification of fields of education and
training (1)
(1) or subdivisions of the classification of fields of
education and training, details provided in the Adult
Education Survey Manual referred to in Article 6
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(FEDNUM
=
0
or
FEDLEVEL
≠ 300 to
800

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Variable name and status Code Description Filter
FEDVOC Orientation
of
the
most
recent
FORMAL
FEDLEVEL = 300 to
education activity
400
1 General
education
2 Vocational
education
– 1 No
answer
– 2 Not
applicable
(FEDLEVEL
≠ 300 to 400)’
(4) In Annex II, ‘sample and precision requirements’, in paragraph 3, the indicator ‘participation rate (%) in non-formal
education and training by highly educated persons (ISCED level 5-6)’ shall be replaced by ‘participation rate (%) in
non-formal education and training by highly educated persons (ISCED levels 5-8)’.

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