Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2013/0084(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community PDF (211 KB) DOC (316 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission should have the power to adopt delegated acts under Article 290 of the TFEU in order to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of particular legislative acts, notably to take account of economic, social and technical developments. The Commission should ensure that these delegated acts do not impose a significant additional administrative burden on the Member States or on the respondent units.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the importance of the Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules in support of Union policies, a contribution by the Union to the financing of their implementation is proposwill be awarded through grant procedures, without calls for proposals. The grants shall be awarded to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics. Grants that are provided for purposes of carrying out labour force surveys may take the form of lump sums. In this context, the use of lump sums should be a principal means of simplifying grant management.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) By derogation from Article 126(3)(e) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, in view of the increased administrative burden related to the additional information to be collected for the Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules which will contribute to providing the indicators for three of the Europe 2020 headline targete Union policies, it is necessary to cofinance the salary costs of the personnel of national administrations even if the relevant public authority would have carried out the supported action without an EU grant.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 577/98
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b (new)
The Union mayshall award financial support to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to as designated beneficiaries in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for the implementation of the ad hoc modules as referred to in Article 7a in accordance with Article X of Regulation (EU) No XX/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation, [COM (2011) 609 final].
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 577/98
Article 7 c – paragraph 2 (new)
Article 7 c – paragraph 2 (new)
2. When exercising the powers delegated in accordance with Article 4(2) and Article 7a, the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional administrative burden on the Member States and on the respondents. In addition, the Commission shall duly justify the actions in those intended delegated acts and shall provide information with input from Member States on the burden and the production costs as referred to in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 577/98
Article 7 c – paragraph 3 (new)
Article 7 c – paragraph 3 (new)
3. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 4(2) and Article 7a shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from …*. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of time from (Publications officean identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. ______________ * OJ: please insert the exact date of the entry into force of the amendingis Regulation). .