basic information

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13/06/2016 – 09/01/2025 Article 2, Regulation (EU) 2016/792 Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘basic information’ means data covering: with reference to the HICP and the HICP-CT: purchase prices of products which need to be taken into account in order to compute sub-indices in accordance with this Regulation; characteristics that determine the product price; information on taxes and excise duties levied; information as to whether a price is fully or partially administered; and weights reflecting the level and structure of the consumption of the products concerned; with reference to the OOH price index: transaction prices of dwellings new to the household sector and of other products that the households acquire in their role as owner-occupiers which need to be taken into account to compute the OOH price index in accordance with this Regulation; characteristics which determine the dwelling price and the prices of other products that the households acquire in their role as owner-occupiers; and weights reflecting the level and structure of the relevant housing expenditure categories; with reference to the HPI: transaction prices of dwellings purchased by households which need to be taken into account to compute the HPI in accordance with this Regulation; characteristics which determine the dwelling price; and weights reflecting the level and structure of the relevant housing expenditure categories;

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