Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, located in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics that enable Europe-wide comparisons between countries and regions. Eurostat allows free use and re-use of data with a few specific exceptions.
Microdata datasets:
Among the exceptions are the Eurostat Microdata datasets. These are confidential data which contain information about individual statistical units. The current legal framework enables access to anonymised Microdata available at Eurostat only for scientific purposes.
The following Microdata sets exist:
- ECHP (European Community Household Panel)
- LFS (Labour Force Survey)
- CIS (Community Innovation Survey)
- AES (Adult Education Survey)
- EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions)
- SES (Structure of Earnings Survey)
- FSS (Farm Structure Survey)
- EFRT (European Road Freight Transport Survey)
- EHIS (European Health Interview Survey)
- CSIS (Community Statistics on Information Society)
- CVTS (Continuing Vocational Training Survey)
CBS access to Microdata from Eurostat:
CBS has been recognized by Eurostat as a research institution with access to Microdata from Eurostat statistics. This means that CBS researchers can apply for access by submitting a research proposal (the procedure takes around 8-10 weeks).
Please contact Erik Sonne if you want to know more about access to Eurostat’s Microdata.
If you are looking for literature, information or documents about EU (European Union) CBS Library gives access to a number of databases and other information resources via Databases > EU .
Here follows a short presentation of some of the key resources.
Looking for official documents:
EUR-lex: is the key EU information resource to find the public documents from EU such as the EU law (treaties, directives, resolutions etc.), the case law and the Official Journal of EU dating back to 1951.
Searching for literature:
ECLAS (European Commission Library Automated System): is the search system of the European Commission Library. Dating back to 1978 this catalogue contains a wealth of books and articles from more than 200 journals from commercial publishers in all EU languages. However, the largest part of the collection is in English, French and German.
Looking for statistics:
Eurostat: is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions. You can also do your own searches in the Eurostat Data section. A good starting point is Statistics Explained – Eurostat’s own guide to European statistics.
Searching for topic specific information:
ESO, European Sources Online: ESO could be a good starting point. ESO is an online database and information service which provides access to information on the institutions and activities of the European Union. One of the key features is the information guides. On the Europa server you find “EU by topic” – another good information resource to find information by topic.
The Danish angle:
EU-Oplysningen / EU Information Centre: is to recommend if you have a specific Danish in your search. Here you find a presentation of the Danish relationship to EU and a wealth of information about EU issues in the Folketing (the Danish Parliament). The European Affairs Committee (Europa-udvalget) plays a central role. Before a Danish Minister heads off to Brussels to make decisions at the Council of Ministers, he or she will have appeared before the European Affairs Committee to obtain what is known as a mandate for negotiation. You find all documents related to the Folketing and EU: “Dokumenter” (in Danish).
Questions can be directed to Erik Sonne.