9 Amendments of Bernard MONOT related to 2017/0134(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) TAmong other reasons, the increasing share of the Union’s own resources based on the gross national income at market prices (‘GNI’) of the Member States makes it necessaryimplies that it might be advisable to further reinforce the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of this aggregate.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Statistical integrity through respect ofor the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice, as reviewed and updated by the European Statistical System Committee on 28 September 2011, and ofor Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council17, is of particular importanceimportant, in particular where statistics are being used directly for administrative purposes. _________________ 17 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensuremake for uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation by providing GNI data for own resources purposes, implementing poweradvisory powers in relation to national statistical offices should be conferred on the Commission tofor the purposes of takeing measures concerning the inventory of the sources and methods used to calculate GNI and its components according to ESA 2010 and measures aimed at improving the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of Member States’ GNI. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council20. _________________ 20 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 608/201421 provides for inspections visits in Member States for the purpose of verifying own resources. In addition to those inspections, the Commission should be entitled to carry out GNI information visits to national statistical authorities in order to help ensure that GNI data isare comparable, reliable and exhaustive. The participation of representatives of national statistical authorities in GNI information visits to other Member States should contribute to the transparency ofmight provide an interesting adjunct to the process of GNI verificobservation. _________________ 21 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 608/2014 of 26 May 2014 laying down implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union (OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 29).
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The GNI Committee referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/200322 has issued opinions, provided advice to, and assisted the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers. Under the strategy for a new European Statistical System structure to improve coordination and partnership in a clear pyramid structure within the System, the European Statistical System Committee, established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, should have an advisory role and assist the Commission in exercising its implementing powercarrying out its activity of advising national statistical offices. To that effect, the GNI Committee should be replaced by the ESSC for the purpose of assisting the Commission in the exercise of its implementing poweractivity of advising the statistical authorities of the Member States under the current Regulation. Nevertheless, for the purposes of other functions previously undertaken by the GNI Committee under Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003, and not relating to assistance to the Commission in the exercise of the implementing powers of the Commissionits powers, the Commission should establish a formal expert group to assist it for such other purposes. _________________ 22 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 of 15 July 2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) (OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In accordance with point 8.89 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, GDP means the final result of the production activity of resident producer units. It can be defined primarily in three ways:
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of September of each year, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat), in the context of national accounting procedures, with figures for aggregate GNI and its components, in accordance with the definitions referred to in Article 1. Totals for GDP and its components may be presented in accordance with the three approaches referred to in Article 1(2). The figures provided shall cover the preceding year and any changes made to the figures for previous years.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts,, in coordination with the statistical authorities of the Member States, shall propose the detailed structure and content of the inventory referred to in paragraph 1, as well as the timetable for its updating. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts,propose measures to make GNI data more comparable, reliable and exhaustive. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7(2).