5 Amendments of Ana MIRANDA related to 2011/0440(COD)
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Pursuant to Article 175 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission submits every three years a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the progress made towards achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion. The preparation of these reports and the regular monitoring of demographic developments and of possible future demographic challenges in the EU regions, including different types of regions such as cross-border regions, metropolitan regions, rural regions, mountain and island regions, require annual regional data at NUTS 3 regional level. Since demographic ageing and other events such as intra-European migration of young people of working age displays strong regional differences, Eurostat is requested to prepare regional projections on a regular basis in order to complement the demographic picture of the NUTS 2 regions in the European Union. The possibility of studying NUTS 1 regions for specific issues that might affect those regions will also be assessed.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Annual statistical data on demography are fundamental for the study and definition of a wide range of policies, with particular regard to social and, economic and territorial issues, at national and regional level. Statistics on population are an important denominator for a wide range of policy indicators, such as the ‘Demographic Vulnerability Index’, particularly in exploring the severe and permanent demographic handicaps of some EU regions.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Demographic statistics on population constitute an essential component for the estimation of total population in the framework of the European System of Accounts (ESA). The updating and purging of data are an important element for the production of statistics at European level.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Sub-state authorities with legislative powers should be governed by the same criteria when collaborating in the development, production and dissemination of European statistics.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
The data shall be based on the data sources chosen by the Member State in accordance with national laws and practices. Scientifically based and well documented statistical estimation methods shall be used where appropriate. Further convergence measures shall be promoted when selecting these methods in different Member States.