4 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/0389(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to reduce the burden on respondents, the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) and other national authorities should have access to administrative data, to the extent that those data are necessary for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics. In order to collect these data, NSIs and other national authorities may on no account make use of disproportionate means, such as introducing fines for farmers who are not prepared to assist with a survey.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For the purposes of flexibility to the European agricultural statistical system, and simplification and modernisation of the agricultural statistics, the variables to be collected should be allocated to different collection groups (core data and modules) varying in frequency or representativeness, or both. Member States may not compel farmers to participate in surveys with the aim of ensuring their representativeness by disproportionate means, such as fines.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In order to meet those requirements, Member States shall provide data representative of the agricultural holdings and common land agricultural units that meet at least one of the physical thresholds listed in Annex II with regard to the size of agricultural land or the number of animals. When collecting these data, Member States may in no way make use of disproportionate measures, such as the introduction of fines, in order to attain the desired degree of representativeness.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The data on the agricultural holdings in the frame extension may be collected by carrying out sample surveys. In that case Member States shall ensure that the weighted survey results are statistically representative of agricultural holdings within each region and are designed to meet the precision requirements set out in Annex V. When collecting these data, Member States may in no way make use of disproportionate measures, such as the introduction of fines, in order to attain the desired degree of representativeness.