42 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2016/0264(COD)
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for inclusive and sustainable growth and job creation, the reduction of poverty and, social exclusion, and inequality of every form, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union as well as Member States to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for growth and job creation, gender equality, the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In shaping European Social Statistics due attention should be given to Article 10 TFEU. Therefore it is essential to ensure gender-segregated data collection to prevail, allowing for a solid factual basis to assess in how far equality has been achieved and discrimination has been tackled.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In view of this,To work towards achieving the above, it is paramount that social indicators should be of the necessary high quality, in particular in terms of their robustness, their timeliness, their relevance, their adaptability to new users’ requests, as well as their comparability and efficiency.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In line with the "Beyond GDP" initiative1a , it is important to complement GDP with high level indicators reflecting other dimensions such as quality of life including work-life balance, inclusion, well-being and social cohesion, highlighting the importance of ensuring that the relevant data can be segregated in order to identify, for example, gender- specific issues; __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco /pdf/SWD_2013_303.pdf and http://ec.europa.eu/environment/beyond_ gdp/index_en.html
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) European statistics relating to persons and households are currently collected on the basis of a number of legislative acts covering surveys on persons and households, demographic statistics, population and housing censuses and statistics mainly collected from administrative sources. Some data are also gathered from business surveys. Despite significant improvements in recent years there is a need tofor further integrate themprovement and accuracy combined with a more holistic collection of statistics based on surveys conducted on persons and, households and businesses throughout the EU.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In 2011, the European Statistical System (ESS) endorsed in Wiesbaden its Memorandum on a New Conceptual Design for Household and Social Statistics. In its view, the European surveys that provide data relating to persons and households should be streamlined, and additional, less frequent microdata collections should be used to complement those core social surveys. Furthermore, there should be better access to administrative data, and the re-use of existing data sources and access to new data sources should be developed at national and EU level in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/6791a __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The developments described above need to be gradually streamlined, and statistical legislation in the area of social statistics needs to be modernised, in order to ensure that the high quality social indicators are produced in a more integrated, flexible and efficient manner. At the same time, due consideration must be given to the needs of users, to the burden placed on respondents, to Member States resources, the reliability and accuracy of the methods used, technical feasibility of producing the statistics, the time within which they can be available and the reliability of the results; however, at no stage should the consideration of users’ needs and Member States’ resources reduce the quality, reliability, efficiency, or independence of the data and statistics collected.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The developments described above need to be gradually streamlined, and statistical legislation in the area of social statistics needs to be modernised, in order to ensure that the high quality social indicators are produced in a more integrated, flexible and efficient manner. At the same time, due consideration must be given to the needs of users, to the burden placed on respondents, to Member States resources, the reliability and accuracy of the methods used, technical feasibility of producing the statistics, the time within which they can be available and the reliability of the results. To achieve data of high quality, due consideration should be given to the reference manual "Developing Gender Statistics: a practical tool”, prepared by the UNECE Task Force on Gender Statistics Training for Statisticians with contributions from various experts1a. __________________ 1a http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/st ats/publications/Developing_Gender_Stati stics.pdf
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Due to their specificities, demographic statistics23 , population and housing censuses24 , business surveys and statistics based on mainly administrative sources are not covered by this Regulation and should be governed separately by specific frameworks adapted to their characteristics. Statistical data is essential to describe, assess and support the improvement of life and well-being of citizens, the economy and the environment. It is of utmost importance for Union policies to be embraced by citizens. Statistical data should in this sense further advance the fundamental principle of European citizenship including non-discrimination and gender equality. __________________ 23 Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p.39). 24 Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 14).
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Statistics are no longer considered as just one of many sources of information for policy-making purposes, but instead play a central role in the decision-making process. Evidence-based decision-making requires statistics that meet high-quality criteria, as set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , in accordance with the purposes they are serving. High quality and independent statistical data is essential for everyone in society as it is used to better influence policy to informing citizens, the economy and the environment. It is also important now more than ever as a bulwark against falsified facts, alternative facts, and fake news which is blighting society and the political process. __________________ 25 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 includes rules on the transmission of data from the Member States, including the transmission of confidential data. Measures taken in accordance with this Regulation should ensure that confidential data is protected and that no unlawful disclosure or non-statistical use of data occurs during the production and dissemination of European statistics, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Implementation of this Regulation could require major adaptations to the national statistical systems, and the Commission may therefore grant derogations should be granted to Member States.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘pre-checked data or microdata’ means data or microdata verified by the Member States, on the basis of agreed common validation rules while complying with Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘domain’ means one or several data sets organised in order to cover particular topics set out in Annex I;
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘topic’ means the content of the information to be collected about the observation units, each topic covering a number of detailed topics, set out in Article 3 (2);
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘administrative records’ mean data generated by a non-statistical source, (usually, but not always, a public body), the aim of which is not to provide statistics, for its own purposes;
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) health: access, availability and use, status and disability, care and determinants,
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) income, consumption, deprivation and wealth, including debts,
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) quality of life, including social and, cultural, and economic participation and wellbeing,
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Technical standards shall be put in place to facilitate the exchange and sharing of information between the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member StatesMember States and the Commission (Eurostat), in particular for the purpose of supporting quality management and process documentation related to the statistics covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) administrative records and any other sources, methods or innovative approaches in so far as they allow for the production of data that are comparable and compliant with the applicable specific requirements laid down by this Regulation and comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Data shall be based on representative samples drawn from sampling frames set up at national level that allow persons or households to be selected at random, with a known probability of selection. The sampling frames shall aim to cover exhaustively and exclusively the population of interest and shall be regularly updated. They shall contain all the information necessary for the sample design, such as information needed for stratification purposes and for contacting the persons or households. The sampling frame shall also include the information needed to link persons to other administrative records, in so far as is allowed under data protection rules under Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure the quality of the data and metadata transmitted is of the highest quality.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the implementation of this Regulation, the Union mayshall provide grants to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for:
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Member States national statistical institutes shall be granted the sufficient financial and human resources earmarked for the exact purpose of the additional tasks outlined in this Regulation for which they do not currently undertake. The needed resources shall be re-evaluated according to the evolution of this Regulation.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. If applying this Regulation, or the implementing measures and delegated acts adopted under it, in a Member State’s national statistical system would necessitate major adaptations, the Commission may grant, by means of implementingdelegated acts, a derogation for up to three years ranging from one to three years depending on the scale of the adaptations. A derogation may only be granted if it will not compromise the comparability of Member States’ data relating to headline indicators, or hamper the calculation of the required timely and representative European aggregates.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Where a derogation is still justified at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may grant a subsequent derogation forranging from one year to a maximum period of threewo years, by means of implementingdepending on the reasons as to why the original derogated timeframe was not sufficient, by means of delegated acts.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. When the only means by which a Member State can provide the required data sets is by using methods other than those laid down in this Regulation, or in the implementing measures and delegated acts adopted under it, the Commission may exceptionally authorise the use of such methods for a maximum duration of five years, by means of implementingdelegated acts.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Where the authorisation is still justified at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may grant a subsequent authorisation for a maximum period of fivthree years, by means of implementing actsdelegated acts, providing sufficient evidence is given as to why the original derogated timeframe was not sufficient.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Labour market” - topic “Labour market participation”
Annex I – domain “Labour market” - topic “Labour market participation”
Labour market participation Employment status Duration of contract Duration of contract – secondary information Full- or part-time status - reason Dependent self-employment Supervisory responsibilities Establishment size Workplace Working at home Search for work Willingness to work Availability Second job Second, or multiple, job(s) Search for another job Reconciliation between work and family life Young people on the labour market Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants Transition into retirement Care needs
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services”
Living conditions, including material Material deprivation deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services Child deprivation Main housing characteristics Housing conditions details, incl. deprivation Housing costs including imputed rent Living environment Housing difficulties (including renting difficulties) Use of services, including care services Affordability Unmet needs and reasons Childcare Care
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Income from work including debts Income from allowances Income from pensions Other incomes Taxes and contributions Total income Over-indebtedness Arrears Wealth (including all assets) Main consumption components Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages Intergenerational transmission of advantages
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Health” – topic “Health: status and disability, care and determinants”
Annex I – domain “Health” – topic “Health: status and disability, care and determinants”
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Education and Training” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Education and Training” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Total assets value excluding income
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Use of information and communication technologies” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – domain “Use of information and communication technologies” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Total assets value excluding income
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Time use” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Time use” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Production for self-consumption and sell, including debts reparations Income from work Total income Total assets value excluding income
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Consumption” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Consumption” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Total assets value excluding income Taxes and contributions Income in kind from non-salaried activities Imputed rent Main source of income Wealth (including all assets) Debts Arrears Consumption by COICOP Cross border consumption expenditures by COICOP Own consumption
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. For the Labour Market domain, the data sets shall consist of information collected quarterly, annually, biennially and every 86 years. Data on variables relating to ad-hoc subjects shall be collected every fourthree years.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 3
Annex IV – point 3
3. For the Health domain, the data shall be collected every 65 years.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 4
Annex IV – point 4
4. For the Education and Training domain, the data shall be collected every 65 years.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6
Annex IV – point 6
6. For the Time Use domain, the data shall be collected every 105 years.