On the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank (ECB/2025/17)
A-10-2025-0222
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs · Rapporteur: Aurore Lalucq
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Parliament approves the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 on the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank, as amended.¶ The amended regulation expands the ECB's statistical collection to include macroeconomic indicators and adds safeguards against confidentiality breaches, in line with GDPR.¶¶ It also requires the ECB to update sanction amounts every five years based on euro area inflation.¶
Committee position. The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs proposes that Parliament approve the draft regulation as amended, with changes to expand statistical areas and add confidentiality safeguards.¶¶¶
Key points
- Approves the draft regulation as amended by Parliament.¶
- Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it departs from the approved text and to consult again if it substantially amends it.¶¶
- Expands the list of statistical areas to include macroeconomic indicators.¶
- Adds safeguards to reduce the risk of breach of confidential statistical information, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.¶
- Welcomes the increase in sanctions for non-compliance and suggests the ECB update the amounts every five years according to euro area inflation.¶