38 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2016/0264(COD)
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy21 and the strengthening of economic governance, social indicators play an essential role in informing and supporting the Union’s key priorities for inclusive growth and job creation, the reduction of poverty and social exclusion and for the inclusion of people with disabilities, skills, mobility and the digital economy. In particular, social indicators must provide a sound statistical basis for developing and monitoring the policies introduced by the Union to address those priorities. __________________ 21 Communication from the Commission - EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010) 2020 of 3 March 2010.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The European Statistical System (ESS), the partnership between the Commission (Eurostat), the national statistical institutes (NSIs) and other national authorities responsible in each Member State for the development, production and publication of official European statistics aims to provide relevant, impartial, reliable, timely and comparable statistical data at Union level.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Poverty is a multifaceted phenomenon. It involves not only material living conditions like income, consumption, wealth or debt, but also health, education, access and use of services. Furthermore, poverty has also to be seen in the society in which people live. It is therefore important that statistics should provide a rich, sound, comparable and robust basis for the setting up indicators adapted to the variety of possible uses.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Income is widely used when assessing the situation of the households. Consumption, wealth and debts, including possible debts in foreign currency, are however also important to measure, both from a household and from a macroeconomic perspective.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) It is important to describe accurately disability, in particular in relation to independent living, reasonable accommodation in the labour market and possible obstacles to social and labour integration; therefore it is important to better cover the populations concerned and to allow them to take fully part in the data collections through fully accessible surveys.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The possibility to use administrative sources for statistical purposes has widened significantly, thanks to technological advances. The use of administrative sources should be actively promoted in the area of social statistics, while always ensuring the quality, accuracy, timeliness and comparability of those statistics, as well as safeguarding the right to the protection of personal data.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The social domain is characterized by new and fast changing realities. Therefore flexibility should be built in this regulation so as to allow for the development and production of statistical data that are responsive to the needs of policy makers, users and the public at large.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) While complying with the objectives of this Regulation and in order to improve the quality of data sets and social indicators, the Commission should adopt measures implementing feasibility and pilot studies aiming at improving quality of social statistics, including comparability, at modernising data collection and at meeting users' new demands in a cost-efficient and responsive manner. Member States should cooperate with regard to those feasibility and pilot studies and the Commission should be able to provide appropriate financial support for Member States for implementation.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Household income is the key factor determining living standards and the reference budget approach is the most detailed methodology defining the minimum level of resources required to adequately participate in society as well as the price of the necessary basket of goods and services. Should there be a need to improve data collection and methodology of reference budget estimations on a regional basis in cooperation with international partners through pilot studies, the Commission (Eurostat) shall provide appropriate financial resources for Member States.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 provides a reference framework for European statistics and requires Member States to comply with the statistical principles and quality criteria specified in the Regulation. Quality reports are essential for assessing, improving and communicating on the quality of European statistics. The European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) has endorsed an ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. This should contribute to the harmonisation of quality reporting under this Regulation. To guarantee the quality of results, European social statistics should be developed, produced and disseminated on the basis of uniform standards and of harmonised methods, based also on ESS Beyond 20201a. _______________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/conte nt/item-6-big-data-beyond-2020_en
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Statistics are needed at national and at regional level as well and it is important that data are made available for comparable territorial units such as NUTS2 and that the Commission (Eurostat) provide Member States with appropriate financial resources for this purpose. In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/200327 , all Member States’ statistics that are transmitted to the Commission and that are to be broken down by territorial units should use the NUTS classification. Consequently, in order to establish comparable regional statistics, data on the territorial units should be provided in accordance with the NUTS classification. __________________ 27 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Data aggregated at high regional level are sometimes not sufficient to understand the diversity of the phenomena over the territory, at local level. Efforts towards achieving a more detailed geolocalisation of respondents, based on the infrastructure set up by the Directive 2007/2/EC is therefore needed. In order to be able to disseminate high- quality and comparable data at NUTS 2 level in the longer term and to overcome methodological difficulties relating to geolocalisation, feasibility studies in that direction should be provided for, as well as links between this Regulation and developments in the context of population and housing censuses and the Commission (Eurostat) should provide adequate financial resources for this purpose.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In order to ensure coherence and comparability of European social statistics produced in accordance with the principles laid down in Article 338(2) TFEU, cooperation and coordination should be reinforced between the authorities that contribute to the development, production and dissemination of European social statistics on European and national level as well.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20b) There must be an obligation to notify the processing of personal data to the supervisory authorities in case of data processing operations which involve using new technologies, or are of a new kind and where no data protection impact assessment has been carried out before by the controller, or where they become necessary in the light of the time that has elapsed since the initial processing.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 c (new)
Recital 20 c (new)
(20c) When using data from new data sources, for example location data obtained from mobile telephone records, Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector shall apply.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘administrative records’ mean data generated by a public body, for other, non- statistical source, usually a public body, the aim of which is not to provide statistics, for its own purpospurposes, and any other sources, methods or innovative approaches;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘ad hoc subject’ means themedetailed topics that are of a particular interest for users at a specific point in time but that are not included in the regular data sets. ;
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘headline indicator’ means widely used information that serves to monitor a central objective of EU policy.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) no more than 210 per cent of the detailed topics listed in Annex I are changed for each domain by delegated acts. For the domains for which data are collected with an infra- annual or annual periodicity, these changes shall represent a maximum of 105 per cent of the list of detailed topics. Those maximum percentages shall apply to four consecutive years. The number of detailed topics that may be changed shall be rounded up to the nearest integer.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ad hoc subjects requested by the users, for the labour market and income and living conditions domains, as provided for in Annex IV. In exceptionalf the and justified cases, these data may cover detailed topics other than those listed in Annex Ihoc subjects amend the detailed topics listed in Annex I, the amendment should be considered when calculating the limits set out in point (b) of Article 3(4).
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) where necessary to achieve a high level of comparability for employment and unemployment data in the labour market domain, the output harmonization methodology is to be used to collect the data. This may include, where necessary, the order and placing of the questions in the questionnaire. ThisModel questionnaires shall not be mandatory but only recommendation and the necessity thereof shall be duly justified.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When items are common to several data sets, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt implementing acts for the purpose of specifying the following technical characteristics of the different data sets:
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide the data referred to in Article 1 by using one or a combination of the following sources, provided that they meet the quality requirements given in Article 12 and are collected and further processed in accordance with and subject to safeguards provided for in applicable data protection laws:
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) information directly provided by the respondents on a voluntary basis, on the basis of the consent of the data subjects providing the data, unless the provision of information is specifically required under EU law or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subjects' rights and freedoms and legitimate interest;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with detailed information on the sources and methods used in accordance with the implementing acts referred to in Article 7(3).
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Data shall be based on representative samples drawn from sampling frames set up at national level that allow persons or households to be selected at random, with a known probability of selection. The sampling frames shall aim to cover exhaustively and exclusively, with the usual coverage error accepted, the population of interest and shall be regularly updated. They shall contain all the information necessary for the sample design, such as information needed for stratification purposes and for contacting the persons or households. The sampling frame shall also include the information needed to link persons to other administrative records, in so far as is allowed under data protection ruleslinking to such records is necessary and proportionate and specifically permitted under applicable EU or Member State law, to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subjects' right and freedoms and legitimate interest.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to improve the data sets, the Commission (Eurostat) shall, where necessary, institute and Member States shall cooperate in several feasibility and pilot studies, in particular, to (a) improve quality including comparability, to (b) develop, assess and implement techniques allowing better coverage of the territorial diversity at NUTS2 level and at local level; (c) develop and test new detailed topics for data collection; (d )contribute to modernising the consumption and time use domains, to; (e) explore and implement new ways of improving responsiveness to users' needs, to(f) better integrate the collection of data and the use of other data sources, and to mak; (g) to improve the data collection in Member States more efficient, taking into account technological developments. struments so that people with disabilities can fully participate. In case of a mandatory feasibility or pilot study, the Commission (Eurostat) shall provide the appropriate financing according to the rules set out in Article 14.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(4) and 4(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time5 years from [Publications Office: please insert exact date of entry into force of the Regulation].
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Where a derogation is still justified at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may grant a subsequent derogation for a maximum period of threefour years, by means of implementing acts.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Labour market” – topic “Labour market participation”
Annex I – domain “Labour market” – topic “Labour market participation”
Labour market participation Employment status Duration of contract Duration of contract – secondary information Full- or part-time status - reason Dependent self-employment Supervisory responsibilities Establishment size Workplace Working at home Search for work Willingness to work Availability Second job Search for another job Reconciliation between work and family life Young people on the labour market Reasonable accommodation provided for people with disabilities Young people on the labour market People with disabilities on the labour market Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants Transition into retirement Care needs
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Person and household characteristics”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Person and household characteristics”
Person and household characteristics Household composition - details Households with more generations unemployed on the long term Duration of stay in the country
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Quality of life, including social and cultural participation and wellbeing”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Quality of life, including social and cultural participation and wellbeing”
Quality of life, including social and Quality of life cultural participation and wellbeing Social and cultural participation Well-being Capability for Independent Living of people with disabilities
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – topic “Living conditions, including material deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services”
Living conditions, including material Material deprivation deprivation, housing, living environment, access to services Child deprivation Main housing characteristics Housing conditions details, incl. deprivation Housing costs including imputed rent Housing costs including reduced utility costs Living environment Use of services, including care services Affordability Unmet needs and reasons Childcare
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – “topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – domain “Income and living conditions” – “topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Income from work including debts Income from allowances Income from pensions Other incomes Taxes and contributions, incl. tax-credits for families with children Total income Over-indebtedness Arrears Wealth Main consumption components Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Health” – topic “Health: status and disability, care and determinants”
Annex I – domain “Health” – topic “Health: status and disability, care and determinants”
Health: status and disability, care and Minimum European Health Module determinants Diseases and chronic conditions Accidents and injuries Pain Pain Mental health Functional limitations Difficulties in personal care activities Difficulties in household activities People with disabilities: independent living Temporary limitation in activity (due to health problems) Barriers to participation in specific life domains Use of health and long-term care Medicine use Preventive care Access to health care Height and weight Physical activity Nutritional habits Smoking Alcohol consumption Social and environmental factors
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – domain “Education and training” – topic “Participation in education and training”
Annex I – domain “Education and training” – topic “Participation in education and training”
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Domain “Consumption” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Annex I – Domain “Consumption” – topic “Income, consumption and wealth, including debts”
Income, consumption and wealth, Total income including debts Taxes and contributions Income in kind from non-salaried activities Imputed rent Housing costs including reduced utility costs Main source of income Wealth Debts Arrears Consumption by COICOP Cross border consumption expenditures by COICOP Own consumption