17 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2007/0220(COD)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The use of confidential data for administrative, legal or tax purposespurposes that are not exclusively statistical or for the verification against the statistical data subjects should be strictly prohibited.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'professionalscientific independence' meaning that statistics, in line with existing legal provisions and current scientific knowledge, must be developed, produced and disseminated in an independent manner, free from any pressures from political or interest groups or national or Community authorities particularly as regards the selection of techniques, definitions, methodologies and sources to be used, and the timing and content of all forms of dissemination;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in exceptional cases, by the Commission under the conditions laid down in Articleby the Commission in specific and duly justified cases, in particular to meet unexpected needs, in accordance with the provisions in paragraph 15a; or
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission may decide on a temporary direct statistical action in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 27(2) provided that: (a) the action does not foresee data collection covering more than three reference years; (b) the data are already available or accessible within the national authorities responsible, or can be obtained directly, using the appropriate samples for the observation of the statistical population at European level with the adequate coordination with the national authorities;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. In pursuing an action referred to in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b), the Commission shall provide information on: (a) the reasons justifying the action, notably in the light of the aims of the Community policy concerned; (b) the objectives for the action and the expected results; (c) a cost effectiveness analysis, including an assessment of the burden on respondents; and of the production costs; (d) the ways the actions is carried out, including its duration and the role of the Commission and the national authorities.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The European Approach to Statistics aims at: (a) maximising the availability and timeliness of European totals where the production and dissemination of European Statistics may rely entirely or not on national data produced and disseminated by the national authorities of all Member States; (b) optimising the transmission of data and the release and revision of statistics where a coordinated policy and approach need to be establishedIn specific and duly justified cases and within the framework of the European Statistical Programme, the European Approach to Statistics aims at: (a) maximising the availability of statistical aggregates at European level and improving the timeliness of European Statistics; (b) reducing the burden on respondents and national authorities.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The cases where the European approach to statistics is relevant include: (a) the production of European Statistics by use of: - non-published national contributions or national contributions from a subset of Member States; - specifically designed survey schemes; - partial information by modelling techniques; (b) the dissemination of statistical aggregates at European level by applying specific statistical disclosure control techniques.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The mMeasures to take shall be determined in the individual statistical actions laid down in Article 12(1) for the sectoral statistical domains or in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutinyimplement the European Approach shall be carried out with full involvement of Member States. These measures shall be laid down in the individual statistical actions referred to in Article 12(1).
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If necessary, a coordinated release and revision policy shall be established in cooperation with Member States.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The disseminatCommission of (European Statisstat), the NSIs and other national authoritices shall be carried out by the Commission (Eurostat), the NSIs and other national authorities within their respective spheres of competenceobliged within their respective spheres of competence to make available to the public in an appropriate manner European statistics, including their concepts, definitions and explanations without delay, unless determined otherwise by a legal act by the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Transmission between the national authorities and between the national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat), of confidential dataof confidential data from an ESS authority, as referred to in Article 4, that collected the data to another ESS authority may take place provided that this transmission is necessary for the efficient development, production and dissemination of European Statistics. Any further transmission must be explicitly authorised by the national authority that collected the data or for increasing the quality of European Statistics.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Transmission of confidential data between an ESS authority that collected the data and an ESCB member may take place provided that this transmission is necessary for the efficient development, production and dissemination of European Statistics or for increasing the quality of European Statistics within the respective spheres of competence of the ESS and the ESCB.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Any further transmission beyond the first transmission must be explicitly authorized by the authority that collected the data.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. National rules on statistical confidentiality may not be invoked to prevent the transmission of confidential data where an act of Community lawunder paragraphs 1 and 1a where an act of the European Parliament and of the Council acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty provides for the transmission of such data.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Confidential data transmitted according to the provisions of this Article shall be used exclusively for statistical purposes and only accessible to staff working in statistical activities within their specific domain of work.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Article 24
Data obtained from sources lawfully available to the public shall not be considered confidential for the purpose of dissemination of statistical information obtained from these dataand which remain available to the public at the national authorities according to national legislation, shall not be considered confidential .