Activities of Ieke van den BURG related to 2007/0220(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European statistics (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Within the Commission, Eurostat (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission (Eurostat)”) is the Directorate-General entrusted with the development, production, and dissemination of European Statistics pursuant to this Regulation and the applicable rules and procedures of the Commission.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
2. At Community level, the Commission (Within the Commission, the Director- General of Eurostat) shall ensure the production of European Statistics according to established rules and statistical principles; in this respect, ithe or she shall have the sole responsibility for deciding on processes, statistical methods, standards and procedures, and on the content and timing of statistical releases.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to Article 5 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the European Central Bank (ECB), the Commission (Eurostat) shall coordinate the statistical activities of the institutions and bodies of the Community, in particular with a view to ensuring consistency and quality of the data and minimising response burden. To that end, the Commission (Director- General of Eurostat) may invite any institution or body of the Community to consult and cooperate with it for the purpose of developing methods and systems for statistical purposes in their respective field of competence; any of these Institutions and bodies which may propose to produce statistics shall consult with the Commission (Eurostat) and take into account any recommendation that it may make to this effect.
Amendment 58 #
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 60 #
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 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The measures 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 scrutiny.implement the European Approach to Statistics shall be carried out with full involvement of Member States and shall be laid down in the individual statistical actions referred to in Article 12(1)
Amendment 64 #
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 76 #
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 explic or for increasing the qualitly authorised by the national authority that collected the dataof European Statistics.
Amendment 78 #
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 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Any transmission beyond the first transmission must be explicitly authorized by the authority that collected the data.
Amendment 82 #
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 under paragraph 1 and 1a where an act of Community law provides for the transmission of such data.
Amendment 85 #
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.