Previously, the commission had to wait until all member states had calculated their own output data before it was able to work out EU-wide figures.

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It is calculated to include only the 15 member states of the EU when Objective 1 areas were decided.

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In an interview with CNN, Mojab said that many times, honor crimes are calculated acts that involve more than one family member.

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It insisted the measures were needed to cut high levels of sickness absence, which it calculated have come down from 22 days per staff member to 12 days since the new rules were brought in.

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In relation to data revisions, a member of the committee, Domenico Giannone, has calculated based on the size of previous revisions that the probability that, after revision, GDP in 2012Q2 will be found to exceed GDP in 2011Q3 is about 5%.

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Commission taxation spokeswoman Maria Assimakopoulou said any change to the way VAT was calculated on fuel would need a proposal by the EU executive and a unanimous vote by member states.

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