Activities of Emer COSTELLO related to 2013/0084(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community PDF (211 KB) DOC (316 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In order to effectively combat discrimination, in accordance with Article 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and to assist in ensuring compliance with Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and to aim for full employment and social progress, in accordance with Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, and to monitor progress towards Union policy objectives, such as the Europe 2020 headline targets, it is necessary to have comparable, reliable and objective statistics on the situation of employed persons, unemployed persons and persons outside the labour market, while respecting statistical confidentiality, privacy and the protection of personal data.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Commission should have the power to adopt delegated acts under Article 290 of the TFEU in order to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of particular legislative acts, notably to take account of economic, social and technical developments. The Commission should ensure that these delegated acts shouldo not impose a significant additional administrativedisproportionate additional burden on the Member States or on the respondent units.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In view of the importance of the Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules in support offor Union policies, a contribution by the Union to the financing of their implementation is proposmay be awarded through grant procedures, without calls for proposals. The grants shall be awarded to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics. Grants that are provided for the purposes of carrying out labour force surveys may take the form of lump sums. In this context, the use of lump sums should be aone of the principal means of simplifying grant management.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) By derogation from Article 126(3)(e) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, in view of the increased administrative burdenworkload related to the additional information to be collected for the Labour Force Survey which will contribute to providing the indicators for three of the Europe 2020 headline targets, it is necessary to cofinance the salary costs of the personnel of national administrations even if the relevant public authority would have carried out the supported action without an EU grant.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to ensure legal certainty, it is necessary to ensure that procedures for the adoption of measures which have been initiated but not completed before the entry into force of this Regulation are not affected by this Regulation.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 577/98
Article 7 b (new)
Article 7 b (new)
The Union may award financial support to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to as designated beneficiaries in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for the implementation of the ad hoc modules as referred to in Article 7a in accordance with Article X of Regulation (EU) No XX/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation, [COM (2011) 609 final]. The grants may take the form of lump-sum payments and shall be made subject to the condition of Member States’ actual participation in the implementation of ad hoc modules.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
2. When exercising the powers delegated in accordance with Article 4(2) and Article 7a, the Commission shall ensure that the delegated acts do not impose a significant additional administrativedisproportionate additional burden on the Member States and on the respondents.