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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples PDF (1 MB) DOC (161 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In this respect, it is essential to improve the timeliness of social indicators so that they are available in due time for the relevant policy frameworks, including the European Semester.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In 2011, the European Statistical System (ESS) endorsed in Wiesbaden its Memorandum on a New Conceptual Design for Household and Social Statistics. In its view, the European surveys that provide data relating to persons and households should be streamlined, and additional, less frequent microdata collections should be used to complement those core social surveys. Furthermore, there should be better access to administrative data, an increased user- friendliness of Eurostat website and the re-use of existing data sources and access to new data sources should be developed at national and EU level.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In this respect, this Regulation should act as a catalyst in order to strengthen and reinforce cooperation between the Commission (Eurostat), the National Central Banks and the Statistical Advisory Committee. It should also foresee more integration with the National Statistical Institutes and ensure Member States' compliance with the European Statistics Code of Practice.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) For that purpose, large flexibility should be included in this regulation so as to establish a rich statistical basis that responds to current needs, and to enable adaptation to social, economic, technological and legal evolutions taking into account statistical comparability at international level.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The gross domestic product (GDP) is a fundamental macroeconomic indicator showing the aggregated economic activity. It is however essential to complement it with strong indicators adopting a household perspective, focusing on the citizens situations, describing the distributions of material living conditions and the inequalities as well as investigating better the multiple dimensions of quality of life. Therefore, this regulation should provide a rich and evolving set of statistics in these domains.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) European statistics shall have a comprehensive and harmonized approach of the European Union and go beyond the European Commission's political priorities in order to provide accurate data, which would help in further integration processes in the Union. To this respect, Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 provides a reference framework for European statistics and requires Member States to comply with the statistical principles and quality criteria specified in the Regulation. Quality reports are essential for assessing, improving and communicating on the quality of European statistics. The European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) has endorsed an ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. This should contribute to the harmonisation of quality reporting under this Regulation.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Statistics are needed at national and at regional level as well and therefore, any decision of taking comparable territorial units such as NUTS2 must take costs into account. In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/200327 , all Member States’ statistics that are transmitted to the Commission and that are to be broken down by territorial units should use the NUTS classification. Consequently, in order to establish comparable regional statistics, data on the territorial units should be provided in accordance with the NUTS classification. __________________ 27 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on reliable data at individual level collected from samples of those persons and households, which shall be compatible with the European Statistical Programme, its extension till 2020 and with any future similar programmes.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the implementation of this regulation, Member States shall comply with the European Statistics Code of Practice.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. An appropriate balance between economic and social goals in the European Semester, supported by high- quality statistics in both domains, is needed for improving the resilience of the Union, the cohesion targets and preserving its welfare levels. Hence, social and employment goals must be supported by country-specific recommendations assessing employment and social challenges.
Amendment 182 #
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 several persons providing themselves with essentials for living;
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The data shall be broken down so as to describe sub-populations of interest and shall reflect inequalities, whenever relevant.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States and the Commission (Eurostat) shall produce information in order to support comparative analysis at NUTS 2 territorial level, taking costs into account.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) where necessary to achieve a high level of comparability for employment and unemployment data in the labour market domain and for material deprivation data in the income and living conditions domain, the methodology to be used to collect the data. This may include, where necessary, the including the formulation, order and placing of the questions in the questionnaire. This necessity shall be duly justified.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In response to policy, social, economic and technological developments, the Commission shall adopt and adapt: (a) the number and description of variables; (b) the precise characteristics of the statistical populations, the observation units and the respondents; (c) the reference periods and dates; The Commission shall adopt these elements through delegated acts, in accordance with article 15.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide the data referred to in Article 1 by using one or a combination of the following sources, provided that they meet the quality requirements given in Article 12 and are collected and further processed in accordance with and subject to safeguards provided for in applicable data protection laws:
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) information directly provided by the respondents, unless the provision of information is specifically required under Union or Member State law in accordance with applicable data protection law;
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission (Eurostat) shall publish and display the information transmitted under this regulation on the Eurostat's web site in a user-friendly way.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the metadata on the specifications, of the data transmitted and of the sampling frames having also due consideration to display them in a user- friendly way at the Eurostat website.