38 Amendments of Siôn SIMON related to 2016/0264(COD)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for inclusive growth and job creation, social cohesion, the reduction of poverty, inequalities and social exclusion, skills, gender equality, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of this, social indicators should be of the necessary high quality, in particular in terms of their robustness, their timeliness, their relevance, their adaptability to new users’ requests, as well as their comparability and efficiency. It is essential to ensure gender- and age- segregated data collection, including for people over 74, in order to identify gender and age specific issues, thus allowing for a solid factual basis to assess progress with regard to gender equality and tackling gender and age-based discrimination.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to better streamline and rationalise the reference framework for European social statistics collected from samples, existing legal provisions for European statistics on persons and households based on data at individual level should be brought together under one framework. This would guarantee that the European social statistics collected fromion of samples including the domains of labour marketforce, income and living conditions, health status, education and training- participation of adults in lifelong learning and use of information and communication technologies would be undertaken in a consistent, coherent and coordinated way. This should ensure the provision of relevant data regarding unemployment, in particular youth unemployment, new employment trends, in particular in the context of digital economy, poverty, including child poverty, social exclusion, access to health care, access to ICT, skills development and participation in education activities, consumption expenditure and purchasing power, for purposes of better policy making.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The existing regulations dealing with social statistics data collection at individual level have been adopted to answer policy needs existing at the time of their adoption. Since then new social circumstances and phenomena have emerged, which will certainly change in the future. This Regulation should ensure an adequate coverage of present and future needs for social data. It is also essential that the content of the data collections is kept up to date with the needs of users and with technological changes. Therefore, flexibility for further evolution should be embedded in the legal architecture of this Regulation.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Social statistics are no longer considered as just one of many sources of information for policy-making purposes, but instead play a central role in the decision-making processplay a central role in the decision-making process in particular for policies aiming to improve socio-economic conditions and the life and well-being of citizens by ensuring non-discrimination and gender equality. Evidence-based decision-making requires statistics that meet high-quality criteria, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , in accordance with the purposes they are serving. __________________ 25 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 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In Europe there is data collection at individual level other than the one established by this Regulation. It is conducted by other Union institutions, as well as the academic community. As these sources can have complementarities, synergies among them should be sought.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to take account of economic, social and technical developments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the detailed topics set out in Annex I. The Commission should also have the power to put in place or adapt the eight-year multiannual rolling planning for the collection of data covered by this Regulation in accordance with the periodicity specified in Annex IV and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The European social statistics collected from samples and the data collection process should become more efficient and relevant. The comparability and coherence of the data in the long run should be ensured. European statistics on persons and households based on data at individual level collected from samples are currently regulated in a number offive separate legislative acts which should be completely or partially replaced by this Regulation. It is therefore necessary to repeal Council Regulation (EC) No 577/9831 and Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 are covered in their totality by this Regulation and it is therefore necessary to repeal them. Regulation (EC) No 808/200432a concerning Community statistics on the information society, Regulation (EC) No 1338/200832b on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work and Regulation (EC) No 452/200832c concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, cover other statistical units besides individuals and households, as well as other domains and topics besides those covered by this Regulation. While these three regulations should be maintained they should be amended in order to exclude from their scope the respective parts dealing with the collection of data from individuals and households which are covered by this Regulation. __________________ 31 Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3). 32 Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 1). 32aRegulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 49) 32bRegulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70) 32cRegulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227)
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(–a) 'microdata' means non-aggregated observations or measurements of characteristics of individual units;
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) 'private household' means a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and share expenditures, including the joint provision of the essentials of living;
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) labour marketforce,
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The data sets for all domains shall cover common detailed topics to the following topics, as further detailed in Annex I: (a) technical items; (b) person and household characteristics; (c) labour market participation; (d) educational attainment and background; (e) income. For some domains data sets shall cover additional detailed topics to these topics, which are specific for a particular domain.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The data sets shall coverIn addition to the common topics common to all domains in addition tolisted in paragraph 1a, the data sets shall cover the following specific topics, as further detailed in Annex I:
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to amend the detailed topics listed in Annex I so as to reflect relevant technical, social and economic developments and respond to the new needs of users and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. In exercising this power, the Commission shall ensure that:
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to establish or adapt a multiannual rolling planning for eight years for the collection of data covered by this Regulation, in accordance with the periodicity specified in Annex IV and in accordance with the European Statistical Programme. The Commission shall ensure that such delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden or cost on the Member States or on the respondents.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ad hoc subjects requested by the users, for the labour marketforce and income and living conditions domains, as provided for in Annex IV. In exceptional and justified cases, these data may cover detailed topics other than those listed in Annex I.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission ishall be empowered to adopt implementdelegated acts ing acts for the purpose ofcordance with Article 15 to specifying the following technical items of the individual data sets, in order to cover the needs, identified in the relevant detailed topics:
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number, title and description of variables;
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, specify the following technical items of the individual data sets: (a) the statistical classifications; (b) the requirements relating to geographical coverage, sample features including subsampling, technical aspects of the fieldwork, editing and imputation, weighting, estimation and variance estimation; (c) the methodology to be used to collect data for employment and unemployment in the labour force domain and for material deprivation in the income and living conditions domain, including the order and placing of the questions in the questionnaire, where necessary to achieve a high level of comparability.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. For the data sets on monthly unemployment relating to the labour marketforce domain, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of describing the variables and the length, quality requirements and level of detail of the time series to be transmitted.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to improve the data sets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, where necessary, institute and Member States shall cooperate in severaland participate a in limited number of representative feasibility and pilot studies, which in particular, will aim to improve quality includingand comparability of statistical data, to contribute to modernising the consumption and time use domains, to explore and implement new ways of improving responsiveness to users' needs, to better integrate the collection of data and the use of other data sources, and to make data collection in Member States more efficient, taking into account technological developmentsdomains and data collection methods, taking into account technological developments; the participation of Member States in feasibility and pilot studies shall be arranged according to their preferences and possibilities to take part in such studies, by them choosing a limited number of studies from a list established by the Commission in the multiannual rolling planning as provided in Article 4(1).
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission (Eurostat) shall, where relevant, invite Union Agencies which carry out non-ESS European social surveys to contribute to the development of new indicators and the collection of pilot data on ad-hoc subjects (as per Annex IV) or subjects of future interest for ESS.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the development and/or implementation of data collections or data collection methods for social statistics, including sampling frames, during the first four yearscycle of the collection of the data sets for each domain covered by this Regulation;
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) developing methodologies, including participation in the feasibility and pilot studies referred to in Article 13;
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Union financial contribution shall be provided in accordance with Article 7 of Regunder the Mulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 , Article 16(1) (a) of Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 , Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , Article 58 of Regulation 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 , or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 . __________________ 34Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 onannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 shall be provided in accordance with corresponding regulations regarding the European sStatistical pProgramme 2013-17 (OJ L 39, 9.2.2013, p. 12). 35Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on a, the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation ("EaSI") and amending Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 238) 36Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104). 37Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006(OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320). 38 Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the establishment of a third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1350/2007/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 1)), Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020), the Third Programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020) and the Structural Reform Support Programme.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall include in its proposal for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework commitments for EU budget financial support with regard to the implementation of this Regulation as provided in Paragraph 1.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 808/2004
Article 4 and Annex II
Article 4 and Annex II
Article 17a Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 Regulation (EU) No 808/2004 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 4 is replaced by the following: "Article 4 Modules The modules in this Regulation shall cover the domain enterprises and the information society, as defined in Annex I." (2) Annex II is deleted
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008
Article 2 and Annex I
Article 2 and Annex I
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 c (new)
Article 17 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 452/2008
Article 3 and Annex
Article 3 and Annex
Article 17c Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 3 is replaced by the following: "Article 3 Domains This Regulation shall apply to the production of statistics in two domains: (a) Domain 1 shall cover statistics on education and training systems; (b) Domain 2 shall cover other statistics on education, such as statistics on human capital and on the social and economic benefits of education, not covered by Domain 1 and by Regulation XXX/XXXX* ; The production of statistics in those domains shall be carried out in accordance with the Annex." (2) In the Annex, Domain 2: Participation of adults in lifelong learning is deleted. __________________ *OJ: please insert the reference to Regulation (2016/0264(COD)
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Sample characteristics of the Labour MarketForce domain shall include:
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. For the Labour MarketForce domain, the data sets shall consist of information collected quarterly, annually, biennially and every 8 years. Data on variables relating to ad-hoc subjects shall be collected every four years.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – introductory part
Annex V – point 1 – introductory part
1. For the Labour MarketForce domain, the Member States shall transmit :