9.12.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 324/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1151/2010 of 8 December 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses, as regards the modalities and structure of the quality reports and the technical format for data transmission (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (1), and in particular Articles 5(5) and 6(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 establishes common rules for the decennial provision of comprehensive data on population and housing. (20  In order to assess the quality of the data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) by the Member States, it is necessary to define the modalities and structure of the quality reports. (3)  In order to ensure the proper transmission of the data and metadata, the technical format should be the same for all Member States. It is therefore necessary to adopt the appropriate technical format to be used for data transmission. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee () OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 14. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation lays down the modalities and structure of the quality reports to be submitted by Member States on the quality of the data they transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) from their population and housing censuses for the reference year 2011, as well as the technical format for data transmission, to fulfil the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 763/2008. Article 2 Definitions The definitions and technical specifications set out in Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1201/2009 (3 and (EU) No 519/2010 (%) shall apply for the purpose of this Regulation. The following definitions shall also apply: 1. ‘statistical unit’ means the basic observation unit, namely a natural person, household, family, living quarter, or conventional dwelling; 2. ‘individual enumeration’ means that information on each statistical unit is obtained so that their characteristics can be recorded separately and cross-classified with other char- acteristics; 3. ‘simultaneity’ means that the information obtained in a census refers to the same point in time (reference date); () OJ L 329, 15.12.2009, p. 29. OJ L 151, 17.6.2010, p. 1.