5 Amendments of Sven GIEGOLD related to 2014/0194(COD)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission when, for reasons of economic and technical changes, data requirements need to be updated, including submission deadlines as well as revisions, extensions and eliminations of data flows set out in Annex I, and when the definitions set outgeographical breakdown levels, institutional sectors breakdown levels and economic activity breakdown levels set out in Tables 6, 7 and 8 of Annex I data need to be updated as well as for specifying the common quality standards, the content of quality reports and the requirements for producing the statistics referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 5, provided that such updates and specifications neither affect the reporting burden nor change the underlying conceptual framework. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission whenever certain requirements of data flows in Annex II need to be updatedeliminated, provided that such elimination does not reduce the quality of statistics produced in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 184/2005
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10, when, for reasons of economic and technical changes, data requirements need to be updated, including submission deadlines as well as revisions, extensions and eliminations of data flows set out in Annex I, and when the definitions set outgeographical breakdown levels, institutional sectors breakdown levels and economic activity breakdown levels set out in Tables 6, 7 and 8 of Annex I need to be updated, as well as for specifying the content of quality reports and the requirements for producing the statistics referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 5, provided that such updates and specifications neither affect the reporting burden nor change the underlying conceptual framework. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 whenever certain requirements of data flows in Annex II need to be updatedeliminated, provided that such elimination does not reduce the quality of statistics produced in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 184/2005
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(1a) In Article 3, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. Member States shall collect the information required pursuant to this Regulation using all the sources they consider relevant and appropriate. These may include administrative data sources such as business registers including the central registers of information on the ultimate beneficial owners of corporate and other legal entities referred to in the Anti-Money Laundering Directive, the European Group Registry (EGR) or the GLEI and the geographical counterpart FDI data available in the framework of the Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) initiative of the IMF.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 184/2005
Article 5
Article 5
(2a) Article 5 is replaced by the following Article 5 Data flows 1. The statistics to be produced shall be grouped for transmission to the Commission (Eurostat) according to the following data flows: (a) balance of payments euro indicators; (b) balance of payments quarterly statistics; (c) international trade in services; (d) foreign direct investment (FDI) flows; (e) FDI positions. 2. The data flows shall be as further specified in Annex I. statistics to be produced shall aggregate FDI outflows on the basis of the country of incorporation of the ultimate beneficial owner of the economic unit controlling the outflow. 3. The statistics to be produced shall differentiate foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows between flows resulting in greenfield investments by an increase in gross capital formation or an increase in working capital of an economic unit from takeovers which result only in a change in ownership of an economic unit over the yearly reference period. 4. The statistics produced in conformity with paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat). 5. The data flows referred to in paragraph 1 to 3 shall be as further specified in Annex I after requesting the opinion of the CMFB.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 184/2005
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
(4a) The following Article is inserted: Article 12a Public reporting on foreign direct investment Eurostat shall publish on its website in a dedicated and user friendly page for foreign direct investment statistics for all jurisdictions covered by level Geo 6 of Annex I.