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Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 and repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics PDF (669 KB) DOC (100 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
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 earninglabour 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 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
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 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. When the required statistics cannot be producedprovide 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 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point a
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 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) delegated acts are adopted at least 158 months before the endfor 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 endstart of the reference period of the data.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
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 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. WThen 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 aregulate the first implementation of this Regulation, shall be adopted at least 15 monthsa “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 endstart 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 endstart of the reference period of the data.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
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 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
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 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 5 – title
Chapter 5 – title
EXCHANGE and collection OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTRA- UNION TRADE IN GOODS STATISTICS
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
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 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission (Eurostat) identifies a need for significant new data requirements or improvements to the data sets covered by this Regulation, it may launch in agreement with the national statistical institutes pilot studies to be carried out by the Member States on a voluntary basis before any new data collection.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5, 6, 9 and 12 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from [please insert exact date of entry into force of the Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of time. an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall duly justify the actions provided for in those delegated acts, conducting where appropriate cost- effectiveness analysis, including an assessment of the burden on respondents and of the production costs in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. 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 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council, to the Council and to the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Art. 5 para 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.