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Provisional agreement between Parliament and Council on final act



2014/0346(COD) Harmonised indices of consumer prices
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON GUALTIERI Roberto (S&D) MARTUSCIELLO Fulvio (EPP), SWINBURNE Kay (ECR), GOULARD Sylvie (ALDE), VIEGAS Miguel (GUE/NGL), EICKHOUT Bas (Verts/ALE), VALLI Marco (EFD)
Opinion IMCO
Lead committee dossier: ECON/8/02259
Legal Basis TFEU 338-p1

Activites

  • 2016/03/08 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
    • T8-0070/2016 summary
  • 2015/10/27 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
    • A8-0313/2015 summary
  • 2015/10/13 Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee
  • 2015/10/13 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2014/12/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2014/12/09 Legislative proposal published
    • COM(2014)0724 summary
    • DG {'url': 'http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home', 'title': 'Eurostat'}, THYSSEN Marianne

Documents

  • Legislative proposal published: COM(2014)0724
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0313/2015
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0070/2016
AmendmentsDossier
79 2014/0346(COD)
2015/09/08 ECON 79 amendments...
source: 567.477

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 575 votes to 100, with 30 abstentions, a legislative resolution 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.

    Parliament’s position, adopted at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure, amended the Commission proposal as follows:

    Objective: the amended Regulation stated that price statistics of high quality and comparability are essential for those responsible for public policy in the Union, researchers and all European citizens.

    This Regulation lays down a common framework for the development, production and dissemination of harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP, Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices at constant tax rates - HICP-CT, Owner-Occupied Housing - OOH price index) and of the house price index (HPI) at Union and national level.

    Compilation of harmonised indices: the amended text stipulated that neither the HICP nor the HICP-CT shall cover transactions between households, except in the case of rentals paid by tenants to private landlords, where the latter act as market producers of services purchased by households (tenants).

    OOH indices shall be compiled, where possible and provided that the data is available, for the 10 years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation.

    By 31 December 2018, the Commission shall prepare a report which shall address the suitability of the OOH price index for integration into the HICP coverage.

    Depending on the outcome of the report on the suitability of the owner-occupied housing indices for integration into HICP coverage, the Commission may adopt, within one year of the publication of that report, a delegated act to integrate the OOH index into the HICP.

    Comparability of the harmonised indices: the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts for the amendment of the Annex I in order to ensure comparability at international level of the breakdown of HICP by ECOICOP categories. The ECOICOP should also be consistent with the UN COICOP, which is the international standard classifying individual consumption according to purpose, therefore the ECOICOP should be adapted to align it with changes to the UN COICOP.

    In order to ensure uniform conditions of implementation, and for the purposes of achieving the objectives of this Regulation, further details for producing comparable harmonised indices shall be defined by means of implementing acts. Such implementing acts shall concern: (i) sampling and representativity; (ii) collection and treatment of prices; (iii) replacements and quality adjustment; (iv) index compilation; (v) revisions;  (vi) special indices; (vii) treatment of products in specific areas.

    In order to ensure adaptation to changes to the UN COICOP, to amend the list of items regulated by implementing acts by adding items in order to take account of technical developments in the statistical methods and based on the evaluation of pilot studies, the power to adopt acts should be delegated to the Commission.

    Data requirements: Member States shall collect basic information representative of their country in order to produce harmonised indices and their sub-indices.

    The amended text stipulated that the sub-indices of ECOICOP that are not required to be produced by the Member States, either because they do not cover household final monetary consumption expenditure or because the degree of methodological harmonisation is not yet sufficient, shall be as follows: (i) narcotics; (ii) games of chance; (iii) prostitution; (iv) life insurance; (v) Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM).

    The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to modify the list set out above in order to include games of chance in the HICP and the HICP-CT.

    Deadlines, exchange standards and revisions: Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the harmonised indices and all sub-indices by no later than: (a) 15 calendar days for the February to December indices, and 20 calendar days for the January indices, after the end of the month for which the indices are calculated; and (b) 85 calendar days after the end of the quarter for which the indices are calculated.

    Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the updated weights by no later than the 13 February each year for the monthly indices and the 15 June each year for the quarterly indices.

    Member States whose currency is the euro shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with the flash estimate of the HICP no later than the penultimate calendar day of the month to which the flash estimate refers.

    Pilot studies: the Commission (Eurostat) may launch pilot studies, to be carried out on a voluntary basis by Member States. They shall assess the feasibility and costs of obtaining improved data quality and composition of basic information or adopting new methodological approaches. The general budget of the Union shall, where appropriate, contribute to the financing of pilot studies. By 31 December 2020 and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council evaluating, if applicable, the main findings of the pilot studies.

    Delegated acts and implementing measures: in adopting implementing measures and delegated acts in accordance with this Regulation, the Commission should consider, where appropriate, cost-effectiveness and ensure that those measures and acts do not impose a significant additional burden on Member States or respondents.

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  • The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) 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.

    The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

    Subject matter: this Regulation lays down a common framework for the development, production and dissemination of harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP, HICP-CT, OOH price index) and of the house price index (HPI) at Union, national and sub-national level.

    Compilation of harmonised indices: the amended text stipulated that neither the HICP nor the HICP-CT shall cover transactions between households, except in the case of rentals paid by tenants to private landlords, where the latter act as market producers of services purchased by households (tenants).

    OOH indices shall be compiled, where possible and provided that the data is available, for the 10 years preceding the entry into force of this Regulation.

    Depending on the outcome of the report on the suitability of the owner-occupied housing indices for integration into HICP coverage as provided for in Regulation EU) No 93/2013, the Commission may adopt, within one year of the publication of that report, a delegated act to integrate the OOH index into the HICP.

    Comparability of the harmonised indices: the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts for the amendment of the Annex in order to ensure comparability at international level of the breakdown of HICP by ECOICOP categories.

    In order to ensure uniform conditions of implementation, and for the purposes of achieving the objectives of this Regulation, further details for producing comparable harmonised indices shall be defined by means of implementing acts. Such implementing acts shall concern: (i) sampling and representativity; (ii) collection and treatment of prices; (iii) replacements and quality adjustment; (iv) index compilation; (v) revisions;  (vi) special indices; (vii) treatment of products in specific areas.

    Data requirements: Member States shall collect basic information representative of their country in order to produce harmonised indices and their sub-indices.

    The amended text stipulated that the sub-indices of ECOICOP that are not required to be produced by the Member States, either because they do not cover household final monetary consumption expenditure or because the degree of methodological harmonisation is not yet sufficient, shall be as follows: (i) narcotics; (ii) games of chance; (iii) prostitution; (iv) life insurance; (v) Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM).

    In the event that the degree of methodological harmonisation improves sufficiently, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to remove one or more sub-indices listed.

    Deadlines, exchange standards and revisions: Member States shall provide the update weights for the monthly indices no later than 13 February each year. The updated weights for the quarterly indices shall be provided no later than 15 June each year.

    The text stressed that early provisional information on the monthly Harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) in the form of flash estimates is crucial for monetary policy in the euro area. Therefore flash estimates should be provided by Member States in the euro area whenever necessary.

    Each Member State in the euro area shall provide a flash estimate of the HICP not later than the penultimate calendar day of the month to which the HICP refers.

    Pilot studies: these studies shall assess the feasibility and costs of obtaining improved data quality and composition of basic information or adopting new methodological approaches.

    The general budget of the Union shall, where appropriate, contribute to the financing of pilot studies.

    Based on the evaluation of the pilot studies, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to supplement this Regulation.

    Delegated acts: delegated acts shall not impose a significant additional burden on Member States, nor on the respondent units. A cost-effect analysis should be fully considered when adopting and implementing those delegated acts.

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8.60 European statistical legislation
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  • PURPOSE: to establish a common legal framework for the production of harmonised indices by Member States.

    PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

    BACKGROUND: harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) are designed to measure inflation in a harmonised manner across Member States. The Commission and the European Central Bank use the HICP in their assessment of price stability in Member States under Article 140 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

    Harmonised consumer price indices are essential for assessing and measuring: (i) convergence in terms of price stability within the EU; and (ii) the results of euro area monetary policy, in terms of achieving the objective of price stability.

    In October 1995, a Council Regulation on harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) was drafted and adopted, followed by 20 implementing regulations in the following 17 years.

    Certain parameters have changed since the adoption of the original framework: (i) the development of the European Statistical System (ESS); (ii) the technical aspects of data collection and index compilation have changed dramatically due to the rapid rate of technological progress in recent years; (iii) the Lisbon Treaty established a new comitology set-up.

    These various changes all necessitate redrafting of the legislation on HICP so as to modernise and rationalise the legal basis and adapt it to today’s needs, both actual and potential.

    CONTENT: the objective of this proposal is to establish a common legal framework for the production of harmonised indices by Member States, which involves collecting, compiling, processing and submitting harmonised consumer price indices.

    The proposal for a revised HICP Regulation seeks to create a single legal measure covering all uniform conditions. It would combine the different implementing regulations into a single one, which would give stakeholders and Member States greater clarity and make administration easier and more effective.

    This proposal simplifies and clarifies the requirements for the compilation of these indices. It enshrines the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice relating to commitment to quality, sound methodology, cost-effectiveness, relevance, accuracy, reliability, coherence and comparability.

    DELEGATED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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  • date: 2014-12-09T00:00:00 docs: type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(2014)0724 body: EC type: Legislative proposal published commission: DG: url: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home title: Eurostat Commissioner: THYSSEN Marianne
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  • body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs committee: ECON
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee: IMCO
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2014/0346(COD)
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Legislation
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Treaty on the Functioning of the EU TFEU 338-p1
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Preparatory phase in Parliament
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Repealing Regulation (EC) No 2494/95
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Regulation
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Harmonised indices of consumer prices
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COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)
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5.10.02 Price policy, price stabilisation