opinion european central bank august request council european union propos council regul ec lai detail rule implement council regul ec minimum standard treatment product health educ social protect sector harmonis index consum price con august european central bank ecb receiv request council european union ecb opinion propos council regul ec abovement topic hereinaft refer quot draft regul quot ecb compet deliv opinion base articl treati establish european commun articl council regul ec octob harmonis indic consum price accord articl sentenc rule procedur european central bank ecb opinion adopt govern council ecb object draft regul defin methodolog detail inclus product health educ social protect sector timet inclus item hospit servic social protect servic retir home reason propos adopt draft regul li commiss regul ec amend council regul ec regul coverag harmonis index consum price hicp extend health educ social protect sector major part extens implemet decemb regul state methodolog detail inclus accord procedur laid articl framework regul ec opinion juli aforement regul ec ecb fulli support extens coverag support gener concept cover hicp quot household final monetari consumpt expenditur quot explain reason view articl draft regul provid detail definit coverag import extens coverag ecb support rule set articl ecb refer opinion submit juli draft commiss regul ec indic hicp articl essenti conceptu definit price measur good servic health educ social protect sector main pillar implement laspeyr principl measur price net reimburs ecb propos consist concept household final monetari consumpt expenditur regard articl ecb awar option treatment purchas price result purchas incom quot incom depend price quot justifi concept hicp ecb agre propos full discuss result altern propos find gener support ecb strongli support propos date implement decemb articl essenti ensur extens coverag hicp schedul decemb regul ec implement compar manner compar hicp decis credibl hicp ecb ecb propos provis articl draft regul enabl member state deviat rule regul condit connect provis articl defin compar threshold clarifi departur regul affect hicp systemat tenth percentag point compar strict applic articl regul rule regul state opinion juli regul ec ecb stress provis suffici compar back data cover year respect item list articl implement decemb year highli desir supplementari inform ecb opinion publish offici journal european commun frankfurt main august vice presid ecb noyer