Activities of Edward SCICLUNA related to 2011/2289(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on quality management for European statistics PDF (147 KB) DOC (82 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas statistics should be publicly accessible and easily understandable to both policy-makers and citizens;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the quality of European Statistics is dependent on the integrity of the entire production process; whereas the modernisation of statistical production methods underway represents a vital public investment to streamline the entire production chain and requires continued commitment at EU and national level;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the approximately 350 statistical regulations applying to all Member States impose a proportionately higher statistical compliance burden on the smaller Member States;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Eurostat is involved in the Union's economic governance in that itwill provides the economic indicators required for the surveillance of fiscal policies and the scoreboard on macro-economic imbalances, together with new enforcement mechanisms; whereas recent legal reforms, most notably the economic governance 'six pack', have placed robust and reliable statistics at the core of economic governance at EU level;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources and expertise to assist Member States who have insufficient available resources or have major methodological obstacles to overcome, in order to ensure compliance and the provision of high quality data;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports Eurostatthe Commission's intention of proposing amendments to Regulation 223/2009 (Statistical Regulation) in order to establish a legal framework for ‘Commitments on Confidence in Statistics’, allowingproactive approach to monitor and assess public finance data at an early upstream stage in order to allow for corrective action at the earliest possible point as well as the proposal to establish a legal framework for ‘Commitments on Confidence in Statistics’ requiring Member States to formally adopt a commitment to take all necessary measures to maintain confidence in statistics and to allow more rigorous enforcement of the European Statistics Code of Practice;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges Eurostat to pursue, in relationship with main data providers and data users, its efforts to modernise the European Statistics' production methods in order to maintain cost-effectiveness;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the quality management system will require close coordination between Eurostat and national bodies responsible for verifying upstream public finance data; calls on Eurostatthe Commission to present proposals on the role of national courts of auditors in verifying national statisticthe quality of the sources used to establish national debt and deficit figures and on whether the European Court of Auditors should be involved;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges Eurostat to look at ways to make its publications, particularly those online, more user-friendly to the average citizen and non-professionals especially with regard to the use of graphs; furthermore, adds that its periodic newsletters should provide, as a minimum, information on each Member State;