Activities of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2010/0374(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union PDF (279 KB) DOC (458 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Research and development expenditure, provided it is used to procure or manufacture economic goods, has the nature of investment and should therefore be recorded as fixed capital formation. However, it is necessary to specify the format of the data to be recorded as fixed capital formation by means of a delegated act when a sufficient level of confidence in the reliability of the data is reached through a test exercise based on the development of supplementary tables.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Member States' arms expenditure is by nature not investment in the classical sense and should therefore not be recorded as fixed capital formation but should continue to be recorded as normal operating expenditure.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 5
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. Research and development expenditure, provided it is used to procure or manufacture economic goods, shall be recorded, by Member States, as fixed capital formation. The Commission may adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 9, to ensure the reliability of the data to be recorded as fixed capital formation. Such delegated acts shall specify the format of those data.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States' arms expenditure shall be recorded as normal operating expenditure.