Progress: Awaiting Parliament's position in 1st reading
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AGRI | KOKKALIS Petros ( GUE/NGL) | BUDA Daniel ( EPP), HRISTOV Ivo ( S&D), TOLLERET Irène ( Renew), BITEAU Benoît ( Verts/ALE), DAVID Ivan ( ID), VRECIONOVÁ Veronika ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | ECON |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 338-p1
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TFEU 338-p1Subjects
Events
The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the report by Petros KOKKALIS (The Left, EL) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards regional economic accounts for agriculture.
As a reminder, the proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 setting up the economic accounts for agriculture (EAA) in the EU by providing for the methodology and time limits for the transmission of agricultural accounts. The regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) are a regional adaptation of the EAA. In addition to national figures, regional data help to better understand the diversity that exists between regions and complement the information for the EU, the euro area and individual Member States. The recognition of the role of regions and regional data in the implementation of the CAP, which represents an important driver for jobs and sustainable economic growth in the Union is increasing. The inclusion of regional data and the tools to achieve better data should be proportionate, taking into consideration the additional administrative workload for farmers.
The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows:
Transmission date
Members proposed that the first transmission of data for the regional economic accounts for agriculture at NUTS 2 level within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 shall take place by 30 September 2022 at the latest (as opposed to the 30 of June as proposed by the Commission).
Dissemination of statistics
The report called for the data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) to be actively disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat) online, free of charge, excluding confidential data. Members stressed that the Commission should apply the statistical principle of ‘cost effectiveness’ to minimise the burden on survey respondents .
The EU could provide grants to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities in order to cover the implementation costs of this Regulation when the setting up of regional accounts necessitates the thorough adaptation of data collection systems.
Economic accounts for agriculture
The report highlighted that collecting the same information more than once, thus creating redundancy in the data reporting, should be avoided. Details of the specific method and sources should be set out in full transparency in the quality reports, indicating which regional data have been
collected directly and which data are based on national data with regional breakdowns based on assumptions.
PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards regional economic accounts for agriculture.
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: Eurostat has been compiling European agricultural statistics on agriculture in the European Union for decades. These data collections were evaluated in 2016 and it was found that they needed to be updated to take account of changes in agriculture, the CAP and other related EU policies.
The strategy for agricultural statistics to 2020 and beyond is a major programme for the modernisation of EU agricultural statistics run by the European Commission in close cooperation with Member States.
The proposed changes are based on the following findings:
- Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council sets up the economic accounts for agriculture (EAA) in the EU by providing for the methodology and time limits for the transmission of agricultural accounts. The regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) are a regional adaptation of the EAA. In addition to national figures, regional data help to better understand the diversity that exists between regions and complement the information for the EU, the euro area and individual Member States;
- as statistics play a central role in the decision-making process, evidence-based decision-making requires high quality statistics. Quality reports are essential for assessing, improving and communicating the quality of European statistics;
- lastly, the EAA provide important annual macroeconomic data to European policy-makers three times a year. The first and second estimates are followed by the final data. The current transmission deadline for the EAA second estimates does not provide much time after the end of the first reference period to collect improved data compared to the data provided for the first EAA estimates.
CONTENT: the proposal for the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 aims to:
- integrate the regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) into Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 as regards both the methodology and the appropriate deadlines for data transmission;
- allow possible derogations from the regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) requirements;
- add an article to cover quality reporting requirements;
- confer implementing powers on the Commission as regards the arrangements for and the content of the quality reports;
- relax the transmission deadlines for the second EAA estimates in order to facilitate improved data quality.
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0282/2021
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE696.305
- Committee draft report: PE692.589
- Contribution: COM(2021)0054
- Legislative proposal: COM(2021)0054
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: COM(2021)0054 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE692.589
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE696.305
- Contribution: COM(2021)0054
Activities
- Othmar KARAS
Plenary Speeches (0)
Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/0031(COD)
2021/08/19
AGRI
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Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council17 sets up the economic accounts for agriculture (EAA) in the Union by providing for the methodology and the time limits for the transmission of the agricultural accounts. The economic accounts for agriculture are satellite accounts of national accounts, as defined by ESA 2010, with the purpose of obtaining results that are harmonised and comparable between the Member States in order to draw up the accounts for the purposes of the Union. In 2016, the European Court of Auditors published a special report on the Commission’s system for performance measurement in relation to farmers’ incomes. That report includes sound and relevant observations and recommendations regarding the economic accounts for agriculture and Regulation (EC) No 138/2004. _________________ 17Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community (OJ L 33, 5.2.2004, p. 1).
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) are a regional-level adaptation of the EAA. National figures alone cannot reveal the full and sometimes complex picture of what is happening at a more detailed level. Therefore, regional- level data help to increase the understanding of the diversity that exists between regions, complementing information for the Union, the euro area and individual Member States, while responding to the increased need of statistics for accountability as well as the need to reduce the disproportionate and bureaucratic administrative burden on all players, especially farmers. The REAA therefore need to be integrated into Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 both in terms of methodology and appropriate transmission deadlines.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) are a regional-level adaptation of the EAA. National figures alone cannot reveal the full and sometimes complex picture of what is happening at a more detailed level. Therefore, regional- level data help to increase the understanding of the diversity that exists between regions, complementing information for the Union, the euro area and individual Member States, while increasing the level of harmonisation, efficiency and consistency regarding European agricultural statistics. The REAA therefore need to be integrated into Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 both in terms of methodology and appropriate transmission deadlines.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) are a regional-level adaptation of the EAA. National figures alone cannot reveal the full and sometimes complex picture of what is happening at a more detailed level. Therefore, regional- level data help to increase the understanding of the diversity that exists between regions, complementing information for the Union, the euro area and individual Member States. The REAA therefore need to be integrated into Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 both in terms of methodology, transmission programme of data, and appropriate transmission deadlines.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) Statistics are no longer considered to be just one among many sources of information for policymaking purposes but
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) Statistics are no longer considered to be just one among many sources of information for policymaking purposes but instead play a central role in the decision-
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4a) A harmonised regional statistical knowledge base is necessary to design, implement, monitor, evaluate and review policies related to agriculture in the Union, in particular the common agricultural policy (‘CAP’), including rural development measures, as well as Union policies relating to, among other things, the environment, climate change, biodiversity, the circular economy, land use, balanced and sustainable regional development, public health, animal welfare, food safety and security and United Nations sustainable development goals.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4 a) Expanding national statistics to the regional level is essential to get a full picture of the situation of the agricultural sector, especially in the context of the results-oriented performance framework of the new CAP reform, which will enter into force in 2023. By providing better data for assessing the sustainability of the agricultural sector for the environment, people, regions and economy, the European System of Agricultural Statistics will also contribute to the priorities of the Green Deal, and in particular to the Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity strategies.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 b (new) (4 b) Agricultural statistics should provide high-quality statistical evidence for the implementation and monitoring of the CAP, which is an important driver for jobs and sustainable economic growth in the Union.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 provides the legal framework for European statistics and requires Member States to comply with the statistical principles and quality criteria specified in the Regulation. Quality reports are essential for assessing, improving and communicating on the quality of European statistics. The European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) has endorsed the single integrated metadata structure as the ESS standard for quality reporting, thereby helping to satisfy, through uniform standards and harmonised methods, the statistical quality requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, in particular those set out in Article 12 (3) thereof. This Regulation shall respect the general statistical principle set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, which provides that the costs of producing statistics are to be proportional to the importance of the results and benefits sought, that resources are to be used optimally and that the response burden is to be minimised.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. The first transmission of data for the regional economic accounts for agriculture
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. The first transmission of data for the regional economic accounts for agriculture shall take place
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 3 a (new) -1 Article 3a Dissemination of statistics 1.The data transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with Article 3 shall be actively disseminated by the Commission (Eurostat) online, free of charge, excluding confidential data in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 read in conjunction with Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006. 2. The public shall be granted access to the data collected under this Regulation that have not been proactively published in application of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 4a – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure the quality and conformity of the data and metadata transmitted.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 4a – paragraph 3 3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data transmitted. For that purpose, Member States shall transmit a quality report to the Commission (Eurostat), for the first time by 31 December of the year [insert the year starting 1 January following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and every five years thereafter, for the data sets transmitted during the period concerned.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 4a – paragraph 5 5. Member States shall inform the Commission (Eurostat)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 4a – paragraph 6 6. Upon a duly justified request from the Commission (Eurostat), Member States shall, without unjustified delay, provide necessary additional clarification to evaluate the quality of the statistical information.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 4b – paragraph 1a (new) 1 a. Where a derogation as referred to in paragraph 1 remains justified by sufficient evidence at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, grant a subsequent derogation for a maximum period of two years.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 2.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 a (new) source: 696.305
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