2017/0048(COD) | [ParlTrack]

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2. It shall apply from ~~1 January 2019~~the first day following the year after entry into force of this Regulation.

Amendment 104 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3

3. However, Articles 11 to 15 shall apply from ~~1 January 2020~~the first day following the second year after entry into force of this Regulation.

Amendment 105 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 2

Topics Detailed topics Labour inputs Employment ~~Hours worked Labour costs~~Ratio between the management wage and the wage of the bottom 10% of workers Hours worked Labour costs Investment in lifelong learning

Amendment 106 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 2

Topics Detailed topics Labour inputs Employment ~~Hours worked~~ Working conditions Hours worked Types of contract Disaggregated Labour costs

Amendment 107 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 4

Topics Detailed topics Outputs and performance Production Volume of sales Net turnover Capacity utilisation Capital stock Profitability

Amendment 108 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 4 a (new)

Topics Detailed topics Financial condition Degree of indebtedness Debt structure Cost of capital Interest payments

Amendment 109 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 5 a (new)

Topics Detailed topics Environment and CO2 allowances received / sold climate Environmental taxes Material flow accounts Climate-related risks

Amendment 110 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 5 b (new)

Topics Detailed topics Capital costs Net profit attributable to shareholders Earning per share Return on equity

Amendment 111 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 2. Country level business statistics – line 2

Topics Detailed topics Labour inputs Employment and working conditions Employment linked to business demographic events (births, deaths, survivals) Employment ~~in foreign-controlled~~and working conditions in foreign-controlled enterprises Employment ~~in foreign-~~and working conditions in foreign- controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic ~~concept) and domestic~~ affiliates Hours worked LTypes of contract Disaggregated labour costs LDisaggregated labour costs in foreign-controlled enterprises

Amendment 112 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 2. Country level business statistics – line 5

Topics Detailed topics Outputs and performance Net turnover by sectors, including the following sectors: - Total turnover in the maintenance and repair sector - Total turnover in second-life sales - Total turnover in circular sharing platforms Gross margin on goods for resale Value of output Value added Gross operating surplus Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates Industrial production Exports by enterprises

Amendment 113 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 2. Country level business statistics – line 5

Topics Detailed topics Outputs and performance ~~Net turnover~~ Gross margin on goods for resale Value of output Value added Gross operating surplus Net turnover of foreign-controlled enterprises Value of output of foreign-controlled enterprises Value added of foreign-controlled enterprises Net turnover of foreign-controlling enterprises (UCI concept) and domestic affiliates Industrial production Exports by enterprises Capacity utilisation Capital stock Profitability

Amendment 114 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 2. Country level business statistics – line 5 a (new)

Topics Detailed topics Financial condition Degree of indebtedness Debt structure Cost of capital Interest payments

Amendment 115 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 2. Country level business statistics – line 5 b (new)

Topics Detailed topics Taxation Average tax rate Effectively paid tax

Amendment 116 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 2. Country level business statistics – line 8 a (new)

Topics Detailed topics Circular Economy - Consumption of virgin raw materials - Consumption of virgin critical raw materials - Uptake of recycled materials in products - Uptake of reused or remanufactured products - Use of renewable energy for production, delivery, use and destination after use

Amendment 117 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 3. Regional business statistics – line 1

Topics Detailed topics Business population Population by region Business demographic events by region (births, deaths, survivals) Employment linked to businesses acting as providers or subcontractors of large undertakings

Amendment 118 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 3. Regional business statistics – line 2

Topics Detailed topics Labour inputs Employment by region Working conditions by region Employment linked to business demographic events by region (births, deaths, survivals) ~~Labour costs by region~~Types of contract Disaggregated Labour costs by region Hours worked

Amendment 119 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 4. Statistics on international activities – line 2

Topics Detailed topics Labour inputs Employment in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country ~~Labour cost~~Working conditions in enterprises abroad ultimately ~~controlled by~~ controlled by institutional units of the reporting country Disaggregated Labour costs in enterprises abroad ultimately controlled by institutional units of the reporting country

Amendment 120 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 4. Statistics on international activities – line 2 a (new)

Topics Detailed topics Due diligence Number of enterprises by sector implementing due diligence standards according to relevant international guidelines such as OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises and other specific sector specific voluntary standards;

Amendment 121 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Subject area 4. Statistics on international activities – line 7 a (new)

Topics Detailed topics Tax information The amount of the net turnover, which includes the turnover made with related parties; The amount of profit or loss before income tax; The amount of income tax accrued (current year) which is the current tax expense recognised on taxable profits or losses of the financial year by undertakings and branches resident for tax purposes in the relevant tax jurisdiction; The amount of income tax paid which is the amount of income tax paid during the relevant financial year by undertakings and branches resident for tax purposes in the relevant tax jurisdiction; The amount of accumulated earnings.

Amendment 122 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 2

Topics Periodicity Labour inputs Quarterly; annually for wage ratio and investments in lifelong learning;

Amendment 123 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 3

Topics Periodicity Prices ~~monthly; quarterly for services producer price indices and producer price indices for new residential buildings~~Quarterly

Amendment 124 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 4

Topics Periodicity Outputs and performance ~~monthly; quarterly for small countries for NACE Section F~~Quarterly

Amendment 125 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 4

Topics Periodicity Outputs and performance monthly; quarterly for small* countries for NACE Section F *As specified in an implementing act according to Art. 7 paragraph 1.

Amendment 126 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 5 a (new)

Topics Periodicity Environment and Annually climate

Amendment 127 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Carlos ZORRINHO, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 5 b (new)

Topics Periodicity Capital cost Quarterly

Amendment 128 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Country level business statistic – line 3

Topics Periodicity R&D inputs biennially; annually for sector of performance breakdown of intramural R&D expenditure, R&D personnel and number of researchers as well as for government budget appropriations or outlays on research and development (GBAORD) and national public funding to transnationally coordinated R&DAnnually

Amendment 129 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Carlos ZORRINHO, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Country level business statistic – line 7

Topics Periodicity Innovation ~~Bie~~anniually

Amendment 130 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Statistics on international activities – line 8

Topics Periodicity ICT usage and e- ABiennuially commerce

Amendment 131 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Country level business statistic – line 8 a (new)

Topics Periodicity Circular economy Annually

Amendment 132 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 4. Statistics on international activities – line 3 a (new)

Topics Periodicity Due diligence Annually

Amendment 133 #

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 4. Statistics on international activities – line 7 a (new)

Topics Periodicity Tax information Annually

Amendment 29 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) The administrative burden on businesses and in particular on small and medium sized enterprises should be as limited as possible taking into account to the extent possible other data sources than surveys. For the purpose of alleviating the burden on enterprises it should be possible to establish different data requirements depending on the size and importance of the business economies of Member States.

Amendment 30 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) There is a need to provide business statistics structured by sector of activity, in order to measure the productivity of businesses in the Union. In particular, there is an increasing demand of statistics on the services sector, which is the most dynamic sector of modern economies, especially in terms of that sector's potential for growth and employment creation and taking into account the relations with the manufacturing sector. New digital services further enhance this trend. Statistics on trade in services are essential for monitoring the functioning of the internal market for services and the digital single market and assessing the impact of barriers on trade in services.

Amendment 31 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) The monitoring of the progress towards the goals set by the Europe 2020 strategy at Member State and Union level requires harmoniszed statistics for the Union economy regarding climate change and resource efficiency, research and development, innovation, the information society covering both market and non- market activities and on the business landscape as a whole, in particular on business demography and employment related to market activities. Such information allows decision makers to take informed policy decisions in order to develop an economy based on knowledge and innovation, to improve access to the single market for small and medium sized enterprises, develop entrepreneurship and improve sustainability and competitiveness.

Amendment 32 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The coordination of economic policies within the Union and the euro area and the provision of information to economic agents within the single market requires comparable data on labour market developments including statistics on labour costs, earnings and on the number of occupied and vacant posts. In addition, lifelong learning is a key element in developing and promoting a skilled, trained and adapted workforce, and particular attention should be given to vocational training in enterprises as a crucial contributor to lifelong learning. Such data are mainly collected from businesses and should in the future be legislated and better integrated with other business statistics. Data on ~~the level and composition of labour costs and on the structure and distribution of earning~~labour costs are needed to assess medium-term developments of Union economies~~. Data on labour cost developments and job vacancies are needed~~ for the short–term monitoring of Union economies, including for monetary policy purposes. Data on enterprises' investment in continuing vocational training, the characteristics and volume of such training as well as information on enterprises' strategies for vocational training are needed to monitor the implementation of the Union's strategy for enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training.

Amendment 33 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The coordination of economic policies within the Union and the euro area and the provision of information to economic agents within the single market requires comparable data on labour market developments including statistics on labour costs~~, earnings and on the number of occupied and vacant posts~~. In addition, lifelong learning is a key element in developing and promoting a skilled, trained and adapted workforce, and particular attention should be given to vocational training in enterprises as a crucial contributor to lifelong learning. Such data are mainly collected from businesses and should in the future be legislated and better integrated with other business statistics. Data on ~~the level and composition of labour costs and on the structure and distribution of earning~~labour costs are needed to assess medium-term developments of Union economies~~. Data on labour cost developments and job vacancies are neede~~ and for the short–term monitoring of Union economies, including for monetary policy purposes. Data on enterprises' investment in continuing vocational training, the characteristics and volume of such training as well as information on enterprises' strategies for vocational training are needed to monitor the implementation of the Union's strategy for enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training.

Amendment 34 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The coordination of economic policies within the Union and the euro area and the provision of information to economic agents within the single market requires comparable data on labour market developments including statistics on labour costs, earnings and on the number of occupied and vacant posts. Together with the integrated framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, this data will also contribute to achieving the targets of the European Pillar of Social Rights. In addition, lifelong learning is a key element in developing and promoting a skilled, trained and adapted workforce, and particular attention should be given to vocational training in enterprises as a crucial contributor to lifelong learning. Such data are mainly collected from businesses and should in the future be legislated and better integrated with other business statistics. Data on the level and composition of labour costs and on the structure and distribution of earnings are needed to assess medium-term developments of Union economies. Data on labour cost developments and job vacancies are needed for the short–term monitoring of Union economies, including for monetary policy purposes. Data on enterprises' investment in continuing vocational training, the characteristics and volume of such training as well as information on enterprises' strategies for vocational training are needed to monitor the implementation of the Union's strategy for enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training.

Amendment 35 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Statistics on the circular economy, the sustainable development goals, innovation, research and development activities are needed for the development and monitoring of policies that aim to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability performance of Member States and increase their medium and long term potential for smart growth and employment. An expanding digital economy and the increased use of information and communication technologies are also among the important drivers of competitiveness and growth in the Union, and statistical data are needed to support the related strategies and policies.

Amendment 36 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Statistics on innovation, research and development activities are needed for the development and monitoring of policies that aim to strengthen the competitiveness of Member States and increase their medium and long term potential for smart growth and employment. An expanding digital economy and the increased use of information and communication technologies are also among the important drivers of competitiveness and growth in the Union, and statistical data are needed to support the related strategies and policies, including the completion of the digital single market.

Amendment 37 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)

(24a) Statistical data and information are needed for the Union to monitor progress on sustainable corporate management both in the EU and in international supply chains. The EU directive 2014/95 requires large companies to disclose certain information on the way they operate and manage social and environmental challenges; sectoral aggregate information should be made available to the Union. In addition businesses implement international standards and guidelines for of due diligence and data on the performance of the various businesses sectors in this area are needed.

Amendment 38 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 b (new)

(24b) The circular economy is estimated to be a €3.8 trillion opportunity for the global market 1a, creating remarkable opportunities for Europe’s industry and SMEs; to support the Union’s policy action on the circular economy there is a need for Union harmonised statistics and indicators on the performance of enterprises and Member States in this area. __________________ 1aStudy by Accenture: Waste to Wealth - 2016.

Amendment 39 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)

(25a) In order to reflect ever wider use of innovative technologies and to minimise the possible impact on businesses, the responsible national statistical authorities should make use of these technologies and should be encouraged to implement innovative approaches.

Amendment 40 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) While maintaining the principle of providing business statistics on the entire economy, the data requirements should take into account to the extent possible, simplifying measures for alleviating the burden on business economies of Member States which are relatively small, in accordance with the principle of proportionality. Additional requirements should not pose a disproportionate administrative burden to respondents.

Amendment 41 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) Where appropriate the Commission should conduct cost-benefit analysis and ensure any action it puts forward does not impose a significant additional burden on Member States or respondents, in particular for SMEs, taking into account the expected user benefits and increase in statistical quality.

Amendment 42 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(oa) ‘performance’ means any relevant assessment indicators of economic, social and environmental dimensions related to the functioning and outputs of the undertakings;

Amendment 43 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) When referring to national statistical business registers and the EuroGroups Register, this Regulation shall apply only to units which, wholly or partially, exercise an economic activity and economically inactive legal units, which are part of an enterprise in combination with economically active legal units. For the purposes of the European network of statistical business registers any activity comprising the offer of goods and services on a given market shall be regarded as an economic activity. Holding assets and/or liabilities may also be considered to be an activity. In addition, non-market services contributing to the GDP, as well as direct and indirect holdings of active legal units shall be regarded as economic activities for the purposes of the European network of statistical business registers. Economically inactive legal units are part of an enterprise only in combination with economically active legal units.

Amendment 44 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States shall produce the statistics referred to in Articles 6 and 7 as well as the national statistical business registers referred to in Article 9, using any rel~~evant~~iable data sources while avoiding excessive burden on respondents and taking due account of the cost effectiveness of the national statistical authorities. The national statistical authorities may use the following data sources for the production of the statistics and the national statistical business registers required under this Regulation:

Amendment 45 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) surveys: obligatory and facultative reporting units called upon by the Member States shall be obliged to provide timely, accurate and complete information needed for the production of the statistics and the national statistical business registers required under this Regulation;

Amendment 46 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) administrative records, including information from tax and customs authorities such as annual financial statements;

Amendment 47 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) administrative records, including information from national central banks, tax and customs authorities;

Amendment 48 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) non-financial statements in conformity with Directive 2014/95/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups;

Amendment 49 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Scientifically based and well documented statistical estimation and imputation methods

Amendment 50 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. When the required statistics cannot be produced by means of the data sources referred to in paragraph 1 which comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16, Member States may use scientifically based and well documented statistical estimation and imputation methods to produce those statistics.deleted

Amendment 51 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. When the required statistics cannot ~~be produced~~provide adequate quality by means of the data sources referred to in paragraph 1 ~~which comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16~~, Member States may use scientifically based and well documented statistical estimation and imputation methods to produce those statistics, provided that these statistical estimation and imputation methods comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16.

Amendment 52 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. When the required statistics cannot be produced by means of the data sources referred to in paragraph 1 which comply with the quality criteria referred to in Article 16, Member States may use scientifically based and well documented methods, such as statistical estimation ~~and~~, imputation ~~methods~~and modelling, to produce those statistics.

Amendment 53 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. In order to produce statistics on international trade in goods and to improve the quality of those statistics, the national statistical authorities of the Member States concerned ~~may~~shall exchange data received from their customs authorities related to the exports or imports of goods~~, in particular where those exports or imports involve the customs authorities of more than one Member State~~.

Amendment 54 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The subject areas shall include ~~one or more~~ of the following topics as further detailed in Annex I:

Amendment 55 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) Labour inputs and conditions of employment;

Amendment 56 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)

(ia) Due diligence

Amendment 57 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point m a (new)

(ma) Financial and fiscal information;

Amendment 58 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point m b (new)

(mb) Environment and climate

Amendment 59 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point m c (new)

(mc) Capital costs

Amendment 60 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point m d (new)

(md) Circular economy

Amendment 61 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point m e (new)

(me) Taxation

Amendment 62 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point m f (new)

(mf) Financial condition

Amendment 63 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 21 for the purpose of amending the detailed topics specified in Annex I and for the purpose of specifying subjects and characteristics covered by the detailed topics of Innovation and ICT usage and e-commerce ~~and~~, the circular economy, Global value chains.

Amendment 64 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Delegated acts concerning subjects and characteristics covered by the topic Global value chains shall only be adopted provided that the necessary methodology was sufficiently developed by pilot studies and the corresponding pilot studies have been successfully completed. Before adopting a corresponding delegated act which includes the topic “Global Value Chains” the Commission has to inform all Member States comprehensively about the compliance with the above stipulated requirements.

Amendment 65 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 21 for the purpose of establishing a methodology to assess climate-related risks in liaison with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures established by the Financial Stability Board;

Amendment 66 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. When exercising its power to adopt delegated acts, the Commission shall ensure that the following t~~hree~~wo conditions are fulfilled:

Amendment 67 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a

(a) delegated acts aim at cost and burden neutrality or reduction and do not, in any case, impose a significant additional cost or burden on the Member States or on the respondents; the Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt delegated acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed delegated acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003 as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.

Amendment 68 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point b

(b) not more than a maximum of one detailed topic for the subject area "short term business statistics", five detailed topics for the subject area "country-level business statistics", two detailed topics for the subject area "regional business statistics" and two detailed topics for the subject area "statistics on international activities" in an existing delegated act are added or replaced by another detailed topic over a period of five consecutive years. The maximum does not apply to amendments that result from agreements, Treaties and conventions and from other international institutions in which the Union is a member, and to changes that result from the changes to accounting frameworks of national and regional accounts in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 549/2013 and of balance of payments statistics in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 184/2005.The number of characteristics for detailed topics of dynamic business statistics shall not increase significantly between two consecutive reference periods and shall not exceed the number of characteristics of the first year of implementation of this Regulation;deleted

Amendment 69 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c

(c) delegated acts are adopted at least 158 months ~~before the end~~for the subject areas “Country level business statistics” and “Regional business statistics” and 24 months for the subject areas “Short-term business statistics” and “Statistics on international activities” before the start of the reference period of the data except for the topics of "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e- commerce" for which the delegated acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the ~~end~~start of the reference period of the data.

Amendment 70 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c

(c) (b) delegated acts are adopted at least 15 months before the end of the reference period of the data except for the topics of "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e- commerce" for which the delegated acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the end of the reference period of the data.

Amendment 71 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c

(c) delegated acts are adopted at least 158 months before the end of the reference period of the data except for the topics of "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e- commerce" for which the delegated acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the end of the reference period of the data.

Amendment 72 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. For the detailed topics listed in Annex I, Member States shall compile data relevant to each detailed topic. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of further specifying the following elements of the data to be transmitted under this Regulation, their technical definitions and simplifications:; the Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt implementing acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed implementing acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.

Amendment 73 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. For the detailed topics listed in Annex I, Member States shall compile data relevant to each detailed topic. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts for the purpose of further specifying the following elements of the data to be transmitted under this Regulation, their technical definitions and simplifications:

Amendment 74 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. WThe~~n exercising the powers referred to in paragraph 1 w~~ Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its powers referred to in paragraph 1 if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed implementing acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations. With regard to the simplifications, the Commission shall take into account the size and importance of the business economies, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, in order to alleviate the burden on enterprises. In addition, the Commission shall ensure that the input needed for compiling the accounting frameworks of national and regional accounts according to Regulation (EC) No 549/2013 and of balance of payments statistics according to Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 is maintained. Implementing acts~~, except for those tha~~ for the subject are~~gulate the first implementation of this Regulation, shall be adopted at least 15 months~~a “Country level business statistics” and for the subject area “Regional business statistics” shall be adopted at least 18 months and 24 months respectively before the ~~end~~start of the reference period of the data for the topics listed in Annex I. For the topics "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e- commerce" the implementing acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the ~~end~~start of the reference period of the data.

Amendment 75 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. When exercising the powers referred to in paragraph 1 with regard to the simplifications, the Commission shall take into account the size and importance of the business economies, in accordance with the principle of proportionality~~, in order to alleviate the burden on enterprises~~. In addition, the Commission shall ensure that the input needed for compiling the accounting frameworks of national and regional accounts according to Regulation (EC) No 549/2013 and of balance of payments statistics according to Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 is maintained. Implementing acts, except for those that regulate the first implementation of this Regulation, shall be adopted at least 15 months before the end of the reference period of the data for the topics listed in Annex I. For the topics "Innovation" and "ICT usage and e-commerce" the implementing acts shall be adopted at least six and twelve months respectively before the end of the reference period of the data.

Amendment 76 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2). While preparing such implementing acts the Commission shall asses any increase or reduction of costs or administrative burden on Member States or the respondents together with the projected increase of statistical quality and any other direct or indirect benefit resulting from the additional proposed action.

Amendment 77 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

National statistical business registers and the EuroGroups Register shall be the auth~~oritativ~~entic and reliable source for deriving high quality, consistent and coordinated register populations according to Article 16 of this Regulation, for the production of European statistics.

Amendment 78 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) delegated act does not impose a significant additional cost or burden on the Member States or on the respondent; the Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt delegated acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed delegated acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.

Amendment 79 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2) for the purpose of further specifying the descriptive details for each of the register detailed topics.deleted

Amendment 80 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Commission shall only be allowed to exercise its power to adopt implementing acts under this regulation if it was sufficiently demonstrated that the additional overall financial burden for enterprises and Member States, through the adoption of all proposed implementing acts, combined, under this regulation, do not exceed 5% (inflation-adjusted) compared to the present regulations (EEC) No 3924/91, (EC) No 48/2004, (EC) No 716/2007, (EC) No 177/2008, (EC) No 295/2008, (EC) No 1165/1998, (EC) No 638/2004 (EC) No 808/2004 and Decision (EC) No 1608/2003, as well as the acts adopted on the basis of those regulations.

Amendment 81 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) In order to ensure efficiency and ~~high~~ quality in the production of the EuroGroups Register, the Commission (Eurostat), shall transmit to the national statistical authorities of each Member State, data on legal units, in accordance with Article 9(4), exclusively for the purpose of identification of legal units in the Union.

Amendment 82 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. In order to ensure that the data exchanged under this Article is used exclusively for statistical purposes, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts setting out the format, security and confidentiality measures for such data, as well as the procedure for the data exchange, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 2~~2(2)~~1.

Amendment 83 #

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 5 – title

EXCHANGE and collection OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRA- UNION TRADE IN GOODS STATISTICS

Amendment 84 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 2~~2(2)~~1 for the purpose of specifying the modalities of the collection respectively compilation of the information referred to under paragraph 1 and for the purpose of further specifying the modalities for the application of the coverage rate referred to under paragraph 2.

Amendment 85 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Miroslav POCHE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

The Commission shall be empowered to adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 2~~2(2)~~1 for the purpose of specifying the statistical data elements referred to in points (a) to (i), and for specifying the list of statistical data elements applicable for the specific goods or movements and the data compiled by using the particulars of customs declarations referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 12(1).

Amendment 86 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

Access to the exchanged confidential data ~~may~~shall be granted to researchers carrying out statistical analyses for scientific purposes, in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. The approval of the national statistical authority of the Member State of export which provided the data is required.

Amendment 87 #

Barbara KAPPEL, Lorenzo FONTANA, Angelo CIOCCA, Christelle LETARD-LECHEVALIER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data and metadata transmitted in a transparent and verifiable way.

Amendment 88 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts specifying the modalities, content and deadlines for the transmission of the metadata and quality reports. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2). While preparing such implementing acts the Commission shall asses any increase or reduction of costs or administrative burden on Member States or the respondents together with the projected increase of statistical quality and any other direct or indirect benefit resulting from the additional proposed action.

Amendment 89 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8

8. At the request of the Commission (Eurostat), Member States shall provide the additional information ~~necessary~~, and any updates to that information, needed to evaluate the quality of the statistical information.

Amendment 90 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat), at its request, any relevant information with regard to the implementation of this Regulation in the Member States. Such a request should not pose a disproportionate administrative burden or costs to the Member States concerned.

Amendment 91 #