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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013
Committee for Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Sandra Pereira
DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013
(COM(2023)0031 – C90010/2023 – 2023/0008(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0031),
– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 338(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90010/2023),
– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A90000/2023),
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
Amendment 1
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (5) According to Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), a qualified majority of the members of the Council is defined, inter alia, based on the population of the Member States. For this purpose, pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council22 Member States are currently obliged to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level. | deleted |
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| 22 Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 39). |
Or. pt
Amendment 2
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (7) To achieve the targets of the European Green Deal, the development and evaluation of effective policies require enhanced statistics relating to the energy use and efficiency of housing, detailed geographical data on the distribution of the population as well as deeper studies of the relationship between population and housing. With the COVID-19 pandemic the need for reliable, high frequency and timely statistics on deaths in the Union was manifested. While data needs were met with a voluntary data collection from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat), the Union needs an adequate mechanism for mandatory collection of such data within the European Statistical System (ESS) with the necessary frequency, timeliness and detail. | (7) To achieve the targets of the European Green Deal, the development and evaluation of effective policies are based on enhanced statistics relating to the energy use and efficiency of housing, detailed geographical data on the distribution of the population as well as deeper studies of the relationship between population and housing. |
Or. pt
Amendment 3
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (11) The evolving demographic situation and recent migration trends have created demands for timelier, more frequent, and more detailed European statistics on population, vital events and housing including details of topics or groups that have become politically and societally relevant during the past decade. In addition, the existing legal framework is not flexible enough to adapt to evolving policy needs and to enable the use of new sources at national and Union level. Furthermore, the structure of the existing legal framework in the form of three separate regulations, adopted at different times, has led to intrinsic inconsistencies of the statistics. Finally, as Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 will cease to apply on 31 August 2028, a new legal basis is required for the demographic statistics collected under that Regulation. It is therefore necessary to replace the current legal framework by a new, more coherent and flexible one that should amend relevant parts of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repeal Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013. | (11) The evolving demographic situation and recent migration trends have created demands for more detailed European statistics on population, vital events and housing including details of topics or groups that have become politically and societally relevant during the past decade. Furthermore, the structure of the existing legal framework in the form of three separate regulations, adopted at different times, has led to intrinsic inconsistencies of the statistics. Finally, as Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 will cease to apply on 31 August 2028, a new legal basis is required for the demographic statistics collected under that Regulation. It is therefore necessary to replace the current legal framework by a new, more coherent and flexible one that should amend relevant parts of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repeal Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013. |
Or. pt
Amendment 4
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (13) The rapidly changing nature of some population and housing characteristics, in particular in relation to demographic and migration phenomena, and the corresponding need for a prompt targeting and adaptation of policies means that there is a need for statistics to be available on a timely basis soon after the reference period. The periodicity and timeliness of statistics should be therefore tangibly advanced. | deleted |
Or. pt
Amendment 5
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (18) The enhanced regular (annual and infra-annual) statistics on population and housing based on administrative sources should be complemented with information from coordinated population and housing censuses in the Union conducted every ten years in accordance with the UN Principles and Recommendations. Equally important, population and housing censuses provide a unique opportunity for official statistics to be visible, both in terms of operations and results. | (18) The enhanced regular (annual) statistics on population and housing based on administrative sources should be complemented with information from coordinated population and housing censuses in the Union conducted every ten years in accordance with the UN Principles and Recommendations. Equally important, population and housing censuses provide a unique opportunity for official statistics to be visible, both in terms of operations and results. |
Or. pt
Amendment 6
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (19) The Union censuses should become more cost-effective through making full use of the rich set of administrative data available across the Member States or a combination of different sources including sources related to the Internet of Things (IoT) and provision of digital services. They should be also used to re-establish the demographic baseline and include surveys of the coverage of administrative data sources. | (19) The Union censuses should become more cost-effective through making full use of the rich set of administrative data available across the Member States or a conclusion of protocols between the national statistical institutes of the Member States and providers of data from private databases. They may be also used to re-establish the demographic baseline and include surveys of the coverage of administrative data sources. |
Or. pt
Amendment 7
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (20) Member States and the Commission (Eurostat) should have sustainable access to the widest possible range of data sources to produce European statistics on population and housing of high quality and in a cost-effective manner. In this regard, it is crucial that national statistical authorities get timely access and are able to use promptly the administrative data owned by public administrations at national, regional and local level, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. For example, statistics on energy efficiency of buildings can be based on administrative data relating to the issuance of energy certificates of buildings under Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council31. The national statistical institutes also need to be involved in decisions concerning the design and redevelopment of relevant administrative data sources to ensure that they can be further reused for compilation of official statistics. | (20) Member States and the Commission (Eurostat) should have sustainable access to the widest possible range of data sources to produce European statistics on population and housing of high quality and in a cost-effective manner. In this regard, national statistical authorities should be able to get access and are able to use promptly the administrative data owned by public administrations at national, regional and local level, in accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. For example, statistics on energy efficiency of buildings can be based on administrative data relating to the issuance of energy certificates of buildings under Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council31. The national statistical institutes also need to be involved in decisions concerning the design and redevelopment of relevant administrative data sources to ensure that they can be further reused for compilation of official statistics. |
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| 31 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13). | 31 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13). |
Or. pt
Amendment 8
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (23) Privately held data can improve the coverage, timeliness and crisis response capacities of European statistics on population and housing or to enable statistical innovation. Such data have the potential to complement existing demography and migration statistics, bring statistical innovation and even serve for production of early estimates. The national statistical institutes and other competent national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) should have access to and use such data. | (23) Privately held data can improve the coverage, timeliness and crisis response capacities of European statistics on population and housing or to enable statistical innovation. Such data have the potential to complement existing demography and migration statistics, bring statistical innovation and even serve for production of early estimates. The national statistical institutes and other competent national authorities and the Commission (Eurostat) should have access to and use such data through the conclusion of specific data-sharing protocols. It is necessary for national statistical institutes to be involved in decisions regarding the design of protocols regarding sources of data from private databases. |
Or. pt
Amendment 9
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (24) To ensure the comparability of European statistics on population and housing at Union level, it is essential that common population definitions are used and implemented in a harmonised way. To implement the single harmonised population base consistently, robustly and cost-effectively while ensuring timely results, statistical methods and modelling techniques such as ‘signs of life’ and ‘rate of stay’ need to be applied. | deleted |
Or. pt
Amendment 10
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (26) European statistics on population and housing should meet the quality criteria on relevance, accuracy, timeliness and punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability and coherence specified in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. Their quality should be enhanced as far as the needs of the Union evolve. Appropriate results from the quality assessment carried out by the Commission (Eurostat) should be publicly available to statistics users. Access to these statistics should be free and easy through Commission (Eurostat) databases on its website and in its publications. | (26) European statistics on population and housing should meet the quality criteria on relevance, accuracy, timeliness and punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability and coherence specified in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. Their quality should be enhanced as far as the needs of the Union evolve. Appropriate results from the quality assessment carried out by the Commission (Eurostat) should be publicly available to statistics users. Access to these statistics should be free and easy through Commission (Eurostat) databases on its website and in its publications. The Commission (Eurostat) will be required to facilitate the dissemination of its database content by making application programming interfaces available to users. |
Or. pt
Amendment 11
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (30) When data sharing entails processing of personal data according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 or Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, the principles of purpose limitation, data minimisation, storage limitation and integrity and confidentiality should be fully applied. In particular, data sharing mechanisms based on privacy enhancing technologies that are specifically designed to implement these principles should be preferred over direct data transmission. | (30) When data sharing entails processing of personal data according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 or Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, the provisions of these regulations should be implemented in full. In particular, the principles of purpose limitation, data minimisation, storage limitation and integrity and confidentiality should be fully applied. To this end, data sharing mechanisms based on privacy enhancing technologies that are specifically designed to implement these principles should be preferred over direct data transmission. In addition, data sharing should be subject to appropriate safeguards, including anonymisation and pseudoanonymisation, for the purposes of processing with a view to archiving in the public interest, in the interest of historical or scientific research or for other statistical purposes. |
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| 37 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1). | 37 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1). |
Or. pt
Amendment 12
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (34) European statistics on population and housing should evolve to take into account emerging data needs stemming from changing policy priorities, as well as changes in the demographic, migratory, social or economic situation in the Union. The Commission (Eurostat) should undertake pilot studies assessing the feasibility of the adaptations concerned as appropriate and should take into account aspects such as costs and administrative burdens on Member States and the availability of appropriate data sources. | (34) European statistics on population and housing should evolve to take into account emerging data needs stemming from changes in the demographic, migratory, social or economic situation in the Union. The Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States, especially their national statistical institutes or other statistical authorities, should undertake pilot studies assessing the feasibility of the adaptations concerned as appropriate and should take into account aspects such as costs and administrative burdens on Member States and the availability of appropriate data sources. |
Or. pt
Amendment 13
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (35) In order to take account of demographic, economic and social trends as well as technological developments, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in order to amend the list, description , periodicities and reference times of detailed topics covered by European statistics on population and housing; to update the periodicities and reference times in the Annex to this Regulation and to specify the information to be provided by Member States on an ad hoc basis. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | deleted |
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| 39 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. |
Or. pt
Justification
The provisions of this recital can only be adopted by means of a codecision procedure with the European Parliament acting as colegislator.
Amendment 14
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (38) Where the implementation of this Regulation, or of delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant thereto, would require major adaptations to the national statistical system of a Member State for data provision with periodicity of less than 10 years, the Commission should be able, in duly justified cases and for a limited period of time, to grant derogations to the Member States concerned. | (38) Where the implementation of this Regulation, or of implementing acts adopted pursuant thereto, would require major adaptations to the national statistical system of a Member State for data provision with periodicity of less than 10 years, the Commission should be able, in duly justified cases and for a limited period of time, to grant derogations to the Member States concerned. |
Or. pt
Amendment 15
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (ba) Where the circumstances described in point (a) or (b) cannot be verified, ‘usual residence’ shall mean the legal or registered place of residence; |
Or. pt
Justification
The provisions of Article 2(d) of Regulation No 763/2008 and Article 2(d) of Regulation No 1260/2013 should be reintroduced, given that population registers do not fully encapsulate the concept of ‘population base’ contained in the Commission proposal, which refers to periods of residence. Harmonisation of this concept for future purposes can only be provided for by modifying existing registration systems or by drawing up new registers.
Amendment 16
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 to amend the list of the detailed topics in the Annex. The delegated acts shall be adopted at least 12 months before the beginning of the relevant reference time. | deleted |
Or. pt
Justification
Amendments to the annex to this Regulation should only be made through an ordinary legislative procedure with Parliament acting as colegislator.
Amendment 17
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 4. When exercising the power to adopt delegated acts pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Commission shall ensure that those acts do not impose significant and disproportionate burden on the Member States and survey respondents. Any new detailed topic shall be assessed with respect to its feasibility by means of pilot studies carried out by the Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States in accordance with Article 14. | deleted |
Or. pt
Justification
Amendments to the annex to this Regulation should only be made through an ordinary legislative procedure with Parliament acting as co-legislator.
Amendment 18
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 1. Member States shall produce European statistics on population and housing quarterly, every six months, annually and multi-annually, and in a decennial population and housing census. | 1. Member States shall produce European statistics on population and housing annually and multi-annually, and in a decennial population and housing census. |
Or. pt
Justification
Data regarding the population base should be required at annual intervals, given the difficulties in providing infra-annual data using current administrative models.
Amendment 19
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 5. The first reference date for which annual statistics on the topic ‘population stocks’ are to be provided shall be 31 December 2025. The first reference time for which any other statistics under this Regulation are to be provided shall be in 2026. | 5. The first reference date for which annual statistics on the topic ‘population stocks’ are to be provided shall be 31 December 2026. The first reference time for which any other statistics under this Regulation are to be provided shall be in 2027. |
Or. pt
Amendment 20
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 to amend the Annex by updating the periodicities and reference times. | deleted |
Or. pt
Justification
Amendments to the annex to this Regulation should only be made through an ordinary legislative procedure with Parliament acting as co-legislator.
Amendment 21
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Article 7 | deleted |
| Ad hoc statistics requirements | |
| 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with ad hoc data sets and metadata. | |
| 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement this Regulation in accordance with Article 17 by specifying the data sets and metadata to be provided by Member States on an ad hoc basis, where the collection of additional statistics is deemed necessary for the purpose of addressing additional statistical needs under this Regulation. | |
| 3. Those delegated acts shall specify: | |
| (a) the detailed topics to be provided in the ad hoc data sets and the reasons for such additional statistical needs; | |
| (b) the reference times. | |
| 4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 starting with reference year 2027 and with a minimum of two years between each ad hoc collection. | |
| 5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical properties of the ad hoc data sets and metadata referred to in paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall specify the following technical elements, where appropriate: | |
| (a) titles of variables, their technical specifications and breakdowns; | |
| (b) detailed specifications of the statistical units and metadata; | |
| (c) statistical classifications to be used; | |
| (d) provision deadlines. | |
| Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) no later than 12 months before the beginning of the reference time. |
Or. pt
Amendment 22
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (a) statistics of quarterly and six-monthly periodicity at the latest by up to one working day after the national publication; | deleted |
Or. pt
Justification
Data regarding the population base should be required at annual intervals, given the difficulties in providing infra-annual data using current administrative models.
Amendment 23
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 3a. This provision shall only apply to data compiled at Member State level, in accordance with the definitions and requirements laid down in this Regulation and its implementing regulations. |
Or. pt
Amendment 24
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Article 10 | deleted |
| Timely access and reuse of administrative data | |
| 1. National authorities in charge of administrative data sources relevant for the purposes of this Regulation shall allow reuse of these data in time and frequency sufficient to produce and submit statistics within the deadlines and compliant with the specific quality requirements according to this Regulation. The timely access to administrative records, as well as its operational modalities, shall be included in cooperation agreements to be established between those national authorities and the national statistical authorities. | |
| 2. For the purpose of this Regulation, the Commission (Eurostat) shall be allowed, upon request, to access and reuse in a timely manner relevant data and metadata from databases and interoperability systems maintained by Union bodies and agencies, including under Regulations (EU) No 910/2014, (EU) 2018/1724 and statistical data stored in the central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS), in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 and the Regulations establishing the systems whose statistical data are stored in CRRS. For that purpose, the Commission (Eurostat) shall further cooperate with the relevant Union bodies and agencies with a view to specifying the customised statistical data and metadata required, where possible under Union law, for European statistics on population and housing, the operational modalities for their provision and the necessary accompanying physical and logical safeguards. |
Or. pt
Justification
See amendment to recital (20). Article 17a of Regulation (EC) N° 223/2009 already provides for the possibility of data reuse. No additional provision is therefore needed in this Regulation.
Amendment 25
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 2. Member States may participate in those studies but shall, together with the Commission (Eurostat), ensure the representativeness of those studies at Union level. | 2. Member States shall participate in those studies, ensuring their representativeness at Union level. |
Or. pt
Amendment 26
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 3. The results of those studies shall be evaluated by the Commission (Eurostat) in cooperation with Member States. The Commission (Eurostat) shall prepare in cooperation with the Member States reports on the findings of those studies. | 3. The results of those studies shall be evaluated by the Commission (Eurostat), together with Member States. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, together with the Member States, prepare reports on the findings of those studies. |
Or. pt
Amendment 27
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 1. Financial contribution may be provided from the general budget of the Union to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for: | 1. Financial contribution shall be provided from the general budget of the Union to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for: |
Or. pt
Amendment 28
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| (ba) the enhancement of technical and human resources to provide a qualified and stable workforce by enabling the national statistical institutes or other competent authorities to recruit and retain staff and provide training. |
Or. pt
Amendment 29
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Article 17 | deleted |
| Exercise of the delegation | |
| 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. | |
| 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5(3), 6(6) and 7(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [Publications Office: please insert exact date of entry into force of the Regulation]. | |
| 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 5(3), 6(6) and 7(2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. | |
| 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. | |
| 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. | |
| 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 5(3), 6(6) and 7(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. |
Or. pt
Amendment 30
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| 1. Where the application of this Regulation, or the delegated or implementing acts adopted pursuant thereto, requires major adaptations to be made to a Member State’s national statistical system, the Commission may grant, by means of implementing acts, derogations to Member State, for a maximum duration of two years. | 1. Where the application of this Regulation, or the implementing acts adopted pursuant thereto, requires major adaptations to be made to a Member State’s national statistical system, the Commission may grant, by means of implementing acts, derogations to Member State, for a maximum duration of three years. |
Or. pt
Amendment 31
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
| Article 19a | |
| Purposes | |
| The provisions of this Regulation, and the statistical data covered by it shall have as their sole purpose the compilation, production and dissemination of European statistics on population and housing as provided for in Article 1 and shall, under no circumstances, constitute grounds for deepening asymmetries between States or for sanctions or infringement proceedings. |
Or. pt
Amendment 32
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1
| Text proposed by the Commission | ||||
| Demography | Population stocks | The person's basic characteristics | 6M | 30.6.YY and 31.12.YY |
| A | 31.12.YY | |||
| MA | 31.12.YY | |||
| D | 31.12.YY | |||
| The person's socio-economic characteristics | A | 31.12.YY | ||
| MA | 31.12.YY | |||
| D | 31.12.YY | |||
| Fertility | Births | Q | Month | |
| A | Year | |||
| Legally induced abortions1 | A | Year | ||
| Mortality | Deaths | Q | Month, Week | |
| A | Year | |||
| Infant deaths | A | Year | ||
| Late foetal deaths | A | Year | ||
| Partnerships | Marriages and registered partnerships | A | Year | |
| Characteristics of persons entering a marriage or registered partnership | A | Year | ||
| Divorces and terminated registered partnerships | A | Year | ||
| Migration | Immigrants | Q | Month | |
| A | Year | |||
| Emigrants | A | Year | ||
| Internal migration | A | Year | ||
| Acquisition and loss of citizenship of EU MS and the Union | Persons who acquired citizenship | A | Year | |
| Persons who lost / gave up citizenship | A | Year | ||
| _______________________________________ | ||||
| 1 To be provided on a voluntary basis. | ||||
| Amendment | ||||
| Demography | Population stocks | The person's basic characteristics | A | 31.12.YY |
| A | 31.12.YY | |||
| MA | 31.12.YY | |||
| D | 31.12.YY | |||
| The person's socio-economic characteristics | A | 31.12.YY | ||
| MA | 31.12.YY | |||
| D | 31.12.YY | |||
| Fertility | Births | A | Year | |
| A | Year | |||
| Legally induced abortions1 | A | Year | ||
| Mortality | Deaths | A | Year | |
| A | Year | |||
| Infant deaths | A | Year | ||
| Late foetal deaths | A | Year | ||
| Partnerships | Marriages and registered partnerships | A | Year | |
| Characteristics of persons entering a marriage or registered partnership | A | Year | ||
| Divorces and terminated registered partnerships | A | Year | ||
| Migration | Immigrants | A | Year | |
| A | Year | |||
| Emigrants | A | Year | ||
| Internal migration | A | Year | ||
| Acquisition and loss of citizenship of EU MS and the Union | Persons who acquired citizenship | A | Year | |
| Persons who lost / gave up citizenship | A | Year | ||
| _______________________________________ | ||||
| 1 To be provided on a voluntary basis. |
Or. pt
Amendment 33
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 2
| Text proposed by the Commission | |
| Periodicity | |
| Quarterly | Q |
| Every 6 months | 6M |
| Annual | A |
| Multi-annual (years ending with ‘1’, ‘5’, ‘8’) | MA |
| Decennial (years ending with ‘1’) | D |
| Amendment | |
| Periodicity | |
| deleted | deleted |
| deleted | deleted |
| Annual | A |
| Multi-annual (years ending with ‘1’, ‘5’, ‘8’) | MA |
| Decennial (years ending with ‘1’) | D |
Or. pt
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Statistical knowledge is an important tool when it comes to finding ways of addressing the often multidimensional problems faced by the public.
Indeed, accurate knowledge is, above all, essential to identify existing difficulties and better address issues such as poverty, social and economic inequalities and lack of access free of charge to quality universal public infrastructures and services, together with housing, gender equality inside and outside the workplace and energy assessment of homes, to name but a few.
Developments with regard to statistical systems, together with the digital compilation, storage and dissemination of statistics now allow us to make more informed decisions. They do not, however, ensure that decisions taken on the basis of this information are conducive to progress. That is the task of policy makers.
Statistics on population and housing form part of a set of core data that has for some time allowed comparisons to be drawn between different countries covering migration and other areas. For example, the 10-year censuses carried out in the Member States provide helpful information regarding population and housing trends, with extremely valuable contributions being made by the national statistical institutes or other competent authorities in the Member States.
These institutions must accordingly be equipped with the necessary technical and human resources to carry out their work and ensure that reliable information is provided. We are aware that, in a number of Member States, work undeniably remains to be done in this area to achieve the desired results. In view of this, and given the differences between national statistical systems in certain specific areas, the rapporteur deems it necessary to ensure that this Regulation will not have a disproportionate impact on the Member States and their national statistical bodies. For this reason, the minimum reporting interval is set at one year, obviating the need for mandatory infra-annual statistics.
The national statistical systems of the various Member States are structured differently, each with their own specific characteristics and levels of development. Harmonisation of the concept of a constant population base relating to periods of residence, as set out in the proposal for a Regulation, could accordingly have a disproportionately adverse impact on certain Member States, especially those using administrative sources. Moreover, it is the responsibility of the Member States to decide how their statistical data and population records are kept. In certain Member States, such a population-based concept would require the restructuring or introduction of statistical population records, which is not considered desirable. The rapporteur therefore recommends that the wording of Article 2(d) of Regulation No 763/2008 and Article 2(d) of Regulation No 1260/2013 be maintained.
The powers granted to the European Commission under her proposal allow the programme to be amended and extended unilaterally and for its frequency and reference periods to be adjusted by means of delegated acts, thereby calling into question the necessary legal certainty and predictability regarding costs and planning for national statistical bodies or other competent authorities. We therefore consider that any such amendments should be tabled through the ordinary legislative procedure, allowing those concerned to express their views and giving them time to prepare.
It is also necessary to ensure the highest standards of data protection and privacy through compliance with the appropriate anonymisation and pseudoanonymisation requirements, particularly with regard to the availability, processing, dissemination and sharing of statistical data.