Year-on-year, downward pressures came from lower prices of transport (-0.4 percent in August of 2014 from -0.1 percent in July) and food and non-alcoholic beverages (-2.2 percent from 2.0 percent).
Cost of housing rose 0.9 percent compared with a 1.2 percent increase in July.
The core inflation rate (excluding food and energy) was 0.0 percent year-on-year in August of 2014.
In August, the annual rate of change of the Harmonised Index Consumer Price (HICP) fell 0.5 percent.
