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[C] - Harmonized index of consumer prices
Legislation
European Union law
The minimum standards for HICP weighting are fixed. In particular, each year Member States shall review and update HICP sub-index ... [more]
Reference: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1114/2010 of 1 December 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the quality of HICP weightings and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/97
The minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products are established. Definitions of ¿seasonal product¿, estimations of se... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/2009 of 22 April 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of seasonal products in the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP)
Numerous clarifications and amendments to Regulations (EC) No 1749/96 and No 2494/95 are introduced. In particular, the aims and t... [more]
Reference: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1334/2007 of 14 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 on initial implementing measures for Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices
The common rules for determining certain index reference periods are established. This Commission Regulation provides definitions ... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 of 19 October 2005 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the common index reference period for the harmonised index of consumer prices, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96
The minimum standards for the treatment of service charges proportional to transaction values are fixed ¿ for example some of the ... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1920/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of service charges proportional to transaction values in the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96
The minimum standards for revisions procedures are defined – for example when new or improved information is received or when ther... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/2001 of 28 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for revisions of the harmonised index of consumer prices and amending Regulation (EC) No 2602/2000
The minimum standards for the treatment of insurance transactions are fixed. The price of gross insurance premiums is used as the ... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 - as regards minimum standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96
A new classification framework to be used (the COICOP/HICP classification) is established – in line with the final version of COI... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96, concerning the sub- indices of the harmonized indices of consumer prices
The minimum standards for the recording of prices in the health, education and social protection fields are fixed. In particular t... [more]
Reference: Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/1999 of 8 October 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of products in the health, education and social protection sectors in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
The coverage of products in the HICPs is extended to include some goods and services that had until then been excluded (e.g. COICO... [more]
Reference: Council Regulation (EC) No 1687/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 concerning the coverage of goods and services of the harmonised index of consumer prices
The geographical and population coverage is specified. The HICPs cover purchases by households within the territory of a country, ... [more]
Reference: Council Regulation (EC) No 1688/98 of 20 July 1998 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 concerning the geographic and population coverage of the harmonised index of consumer prices
This Commission Regulation sets out the treatment of tariff prices (for example as can apply for electricity or telephone charges)... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98 of 9 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the treatment of tariffs in the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
Minimum standards for the quality of the weights of the HICPs are set down: the weights should relate to a period not more than se... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/97 of 10 December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards minimum standards for the quality of HICP weightings
This Commission Regulation sets out a series of standards: the initial coverage of the indices; the treatment of newly significant... [more]
Reference: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 of 9 September 1996 on initial implementing measures for Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices
Arrangements for the transmission of HICP data (indices and weights) to Eurostat are set down.
Reference: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2214/96 of 20 November 1996 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices: transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP
This Council Regulation sets the legal basis for the establishment of a harmonised methodology for compiling CPIs in the Member St... [more]
Reference: COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices