The ECOICOP should also be consistent with the UN COICOP, which is the international standard classifying individual consumption according to purpose, therefore the ECOICOP should be adapted to align it with changes to the UN COICOP.
Ba cheart do ECOICOP freisin a bheith ag teacht le COICOP NA, arb é an caighdeán idirnáisiúnta é lena n-aicmítear an tomhaltas aonair de réir cuspóra, agus dá bhrí sin, ba cheart ECOICOP a chur in oiriúint chun é a ailíniú leis na hathruithe atá tagtha ar COICOP NA.