1998年7月14日，欧洲中央银行应欧盟理事会根据1995年10月23日第2494/95号理事会条例（EC）第5（3）条和《建立欧洲共同体条约》（以下简称“条约”）第109l（2）条提出的请求，就修订委员会第1749/96号条例（EC）的理事会条例（EC）提案发表的意见协调消费价格指数商品和服务的覆盖范围，以及关于修订委员会第1749/96号条例（EC）的理事会条例（EC）提案，该条例涉及协调消费价格指数的地理和人口覆盖范围（CON/98/34）

Opinion of the European Central Bank of 14 July 1998 at the request of the Council of the European Union under Article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 and Article 109l(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the 'Treaty') on a proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 concerning the coverage of goods and services of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and on a proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 concerning the geographic and population coverage of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (CON/98/34)