Activites

• 2008/03/15 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2008/234
  • OJ L 073 15.03.2008, p. 0013
• 2008/03/11 Final act signed
• 2008/03/11 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2848
• 2008/02/14 Council Meeting
• 2008/02/14 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• #2828
• 2007/11/13 Council Meeting
• 2007/10/24 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0462/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Ieke van den BURG (PES, NL) on the proposal for a decision setting up a European Advisory Committee on Community Statistical Information Policy. Compromise amendments were agreed between the rapporteur, the Commission and the Council Presidency. The main amendments were as follows: Name: the name of the Committee is changed to the European Statistical Advisory Committee.Tasks: Parliament’s re-definition of the tasks of the Committee now include delivering an opinion on the following, inter alia: the balance between different areas in the Community statistical programme, the annual statistical work programme of the Commission, and possibilities of re-prioritising statistical work;         the sufficiency of the resources needed to implement the Community statistical programme, and whether the scope, level of detail, and costs of European statistics are commensurate with users' needs; the costs related to the provision of statistical information by information providers and possibilities of reducing the response burden, with particular reference to the burden on SMEs. The Statistical Advisory Committee will also draw the Commission's attention to areas in which it may be necessary to develop new statistical activities and shall advise the Commission on how to improve the relevance of the European statistics to users. For the performance of its tasks the Statistical Advisory Council may commission studies and hold seminars. The Statistical Advisory Council shall cooperate with the Statistical Programme Committee and the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics. It shall regularly inform those two committees of its opinions regarding the tasks and shall send them opinions and reports that it has drawn up.Composition: the Statistical Advisory Board shall consist of 24 members. a) 12 members of the Statistical Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Commission after consultation of the European Parliament and the Council. They shall act independently. With a view to the appointment of these members, each Member State shall provide the Commission with a list of three candidates with a well-established qualification in the field of statistics. The Commission shall endeavour to ensure that the selection of those twelve members represents equally users, respondents and other stakeholders in European statistics (including the scientific community, the social partners and civil society). Those members shall perform their duties in their personal capacity b) 11 members shall be directly appointed by the bodies to which they belong (including one from the European Data Protection Supervisor). The Director-General of Eurostat shall be an ex-officio member of the Statistical Advisory Board without a voting right. Duration of mandate: Members of the Statistical Advisory Council shall be appointed for a term of 5 years (as opposed to 4 as proposed by the Commission), renewable once. The Chair shall be appointed for a term of five years, renewable once. Operation: the expenses of the Statistical Advisory Committee shall be included in the budgetary estimates of the Commission.Lastly, Parliament stated that the decision should enter into force three months after publication in the Official Journal. This proposal is closely linked to the proposal for the establishment of a European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (please see COD/2006/0199).

• 2007/10/22 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2007/09/18 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0328/2007
• 2007/09/11 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• #2803
• 2007/05/30 Council Meeting
• 2007/05/30 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2006/11/29 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2006/11/03 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2006)0653 summary

    PURPOSE: the establishment of a “European Advisory Committee on Community Statistical Information Policy” PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.BACKGROUND: the “European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres” or CEIES was set up in 1991 on the initiative of the then President of the European Commission Jacques Delors. Its purpose is to assist in the co-ordination of the Community’s statistical information policy. CEIES helps assess the relevance of the Community’s statistical programme; it helps monitor the statistical programmes; and it assesses costs incurred.Both the Commission, in its 2005 Communication on the independence, integrity and accountability of national and Community statistical authorities, and the Council in November 2005, recognised the need to reform CEIES. Reforming CEIES should lead to greater improvements in the governance of the European Statistical system and enhance the quality of Community statistics.CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal is to repeal Decision 91/116/EEC on the establishment of CEIES and to propose a new Decision setting up a reformed committee. The reform takes account of EU expansion and the increase in EU members from 15 to 25. Concretely speaking the proposed provisions are as follows:-          Name change: The Commission is proposing to drop “Economic and Social Spheres” from the existing heading and rename it: The “European Advisory Committee on Community Statistical Information Policy.”-          More vigorous provisions are proposed regarding the preparation of the Community’s statistical programme as well as the Commission’s annual statistical work programme.-          The Committee may offer advice on user’s needs.-          The Commission will have to report annually on how it has taken the Committee’s views into account when formulating policies.-          Membership of the Committee will be reduced from 79 members to 20 members. Composition of the new committee will include representatives from civil society as well as statisticians. The Director General of Eurostat will be a member.-          Temporary working parties may be set up to report to the Committee.

  • DG {'url': 'http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home', 'title': 'Eurostat'}, ALMUNIA Joaquín

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2006)0653
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0328/2007
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0462/2007
• : Decision 2008/234
• : OJ L 073 15.03.2008, p. 0013

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)