Activities of Kay SWINBURNE related to 2014/0346(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Harmonised indices of consumer prices (A8-0313/2015 - Roberto Gualtieri)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised indices of consumer prices and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 PDF (675 KB) DOC (137 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure comparability at international level of the classification of individual consumption according to purpose used for the breakdown of HICP and to assure adaptation to changes of UN COICOP, to establishas well as threshold below which there is no obligation to provide sub-indices of harmonised indio modify the list of sub-indices of ECOICOP that need not be producesd and to establish a list of sub-indices that need not be produced by the Member Statesinclude games of chance in the HICP and the HICP-CT, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of harmonised indices. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) 'flash estimate of the HICP' means an early estimate of the HICP provided by the Member States in the euro area only, that may be based on provisional information and, if necessary, appropriate modelling;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure uniform conditions, the appropriate methodology for and continuity in producing comparable harmonised indices shall be defined by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2), and for the purposes of achieving the objectives of this Regulation, the appropriate methodology and improved methods based on voluntary pilot studies referred to in Article 8 shall be defined by means of implementing acts.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The harmonised indices and their sub- indices shall be rescaled to a new common index reference period in cases of a major methodological change of harmonised indices or every 10 years, which has been adopted in accordance with this Regulation, or every 10 years after the last rescaling starting from 2015. The rescaling to the new index reference period shall take effect with the index for January of the following calendar year. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 to establish dsecond year after the index reference period. Detailed rules on rescaling of the harmonised indices linked to major methodological changesshall be established by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 in order to establish a list of sSub-indices of ECOICOP that need not be produced by the Member States, either because they do not cover private consumption or because the degree of methodological harmonisation is not sufficientegree of methodological harmonisation is not yet sufficient, shall be as follows: 02.3 Narcotics; 09.4.3 Games of chance; 12.2 Prostitution; 12.5.1 Life insurance; 12.6.1 FISIM; The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 in order to modify the list to include games of chance in the HICP and the HICP-CT.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States in the euro area shall provide a flash estimate of the HICP not later than the penultimate calendar day of the month to which it refers.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The results of the pilot studies shall be evaluated by the Commission (Eurostat) in close cooperation with the Member States and main users of harmonised indices, taking into account the benefits of having improved prbasice information or new methodological approaches relative to the additional costs of collection and compilation.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4