Bruxelles, den 04.02.2005

KOM(2005) 28 endelig

2005/0004 (COD)

Forslag til

EUROPA-PARLAMENTETS OG RÅDETS FORORDNING

om ændring af forordning (EF) nr. 1177/2003 om EF-statistikker over indkomstforhold og levevilkår (EU-SILC)

(FORELAGT AF KOMMISSIONEN)

BEGRUNDELSE

1. BAGGRUND

1. Den 16. juni 2003 vedtog Europa-Parlamentet og Rådet forordning (EF) nr. 1177/2003 om EF-statistikker over indkomstforhold og levevilkår (EU-SILC), som efterfølgende blev offentliggjort i EUT den 3. juli 2003. I henhold til denne forordning vil EU-SILC blive iværksat i 2004 eller 2005 i alle EU-medlemsstater, Island og Norge.

2. Formålet med forordningen er at fastlægge en fælles ramme for en systematisk udarbejdelse af EF-statistikker over indkomstforhold og levevilkår (EU-SILC). EU-SILC vil blive referencekilden for sammenlignende statistikker over indkomst .

3. Eftersom det nye SILC-projekt er en kilde til vigtige socioøkonomiske indikatorer og vil blive anvendt af Rådet og Kommissionen i kampen mod fattigdom og social udstødelse i EU, skal det opfylde høje standarder for statistisk kvalitet, især en høj svarprocent og en lav fejlprocent og fuld geografisk dækning.

2. KONTEKST

4. SILC-projektet skal også iværksættes i de ti nye medlemsstater. Det viser sig imidlertid, at de nye medlemsstater med undtagelse af Estland har behov for længere tid til at tilpasse deres systemer til de harmoniserede metoder og definitioner, der anvendes til at udarbejde EF-statistikker. Stikprøvestørrelserne for disse lande skal også defineres.

3. FORMÅLET MED DEN NYE FORORDNING

5. I forslaget til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning om ændring af forordning (EF) nr. 1177/2003:

- indføres en undtagelse fra artikel 4 for at give de nye medlemsstater undtagen Estland mulighed for at igangsætte SILC-projektet i 2005

- anføres det i artikel 13, at EU's finansielle bidrag til Estland ikke vil blive ydet for de første fire år, hvor der indsamles data, men for fire år at regne fra 2005

- defineres i bilag II den mindste effektive stikprøvestørrelse for hver af de ti nye medlemsstater.

4. FINANSIELLE VIRKNINGER

6. Forslaget til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning har en finansiel virkning for Kommissionen. EU's bidrag til finansiering af de første fire år af indsamlingen af SILC-data i de gamle EU-medlemsstater, Island og Norge beløb sig til €38 650 000. Bidraget til de nye medlemsstater beløber sig til €9 556 000.

5. NÆSTE SKRIDT

7. Den foreslåede forordning vil blive forelagt for Europa-Parlamentet og Rådet.

2005/0004 (COD)

Forslag til

EUROPA-PARLAMENTETS OG RÅDETS FORORDNING

om ændring af forordning (EF) Nr. 1177/2003 om EF-statistikker over indkomstforhold og levevilkår (EU-SILC)

(EØS-relevant tekst)

EUROPA-PARLAMENTET OG RÅDET FOR DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION HAR -

under henvisning til traktaten om oprettelse af Det Europæiske Fællesskab, særlig artikel 285,

under henvisning til forslag fra Kommissionen[1],

i henhold til fremgangsmåden i traktatens artikel 251[2], og

ud fra følgende betragtninger:

(1) Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr.1177/2003 af 16. juni 2003 om EF-statistikker over indkomstforhold og levevilkår (EU-SILC)[3] fastlægger en fælles ramme for en systematisk udarbejdelse af EF-statistikker over indkomstforhold og levevilkår omfattende sammenlignelige og aktuelle tværsnits- og tidsseriedata om indkomstforhold og om omfanget af fattigdom og social udstødelse og om de berørte gruppers sammensætning på nationalt plan og EU-plan.

(2) Som følge af de nye medlemsstaters tiltrædelse af Den Europæiske Union den 1. maj 2004 er det nødvendigt at udvide bilag II til forordning (EF) nr. 1177/2003, eftersom der i dette bilag for hver medlemsstat er fastsat den mindste effektive stikprøvestørrelse, der kræves i henhold til EU-SILC.

(3) Desuden har det vist sig, at de fleste nye medlemsstater og flere af de eksisterende medlemsstater har behov for længere tid til at tilpasse deres systemer til de harmoniserede metoder og definitioner, der anvendes til udarbejdelse af EF-statistikker.

(4) Forordning (EF) nr. 1177/2003 bør derfor ændres i overensstemmelse hermed -

UDSTEDT FØLGENDE FORORDNING:

Artikel 1

I forordning (EF) nr. 1177/2003 foretages følgende ændringer:

Artikel 4, stk. 2, affattes således:

"2. Som undtagelse fra stk. 1 kan Tjekkiet, Tyskland, Cypern, Letland, Litauen, Ungarn, Malta, Nederlandene, Polen, Slovenien, Slovakiet og Det Forenede Kongerige påbegynde den årlige tværsnits- og tidsseriedataindsamling i 2005.

Dette forudsætter, at disse medlemsstater for 2004 indsender sammenlignelige data for de fælles tværsnitsbaserede EU-indikatorer, som kan afledes af EU-SILC-instrumentet, og som Rådet vedtog som led i den åbne koordinationsmetode før den 1. januar 2003."

I artikel 13 indsættes som stk. 4 og 5:

"4. Som undtagelse fra stk. 1 modtager Estland for de fire år at regne fra 2005, hvor dataindsamlingen finder sted, et finansielt bidrag fra Fællesskabet til dækning af de omkostninger, som arbejdet medfører.

5. Året 2007 vil blive finansieret via et kommende fællesskabsprogram."

Bilag II ændres som angivet i bilaget til nærværende forordning.

Arti kel 2

Denne forordning træder i kraft på tyvendedagen efter offentliggørelsen i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende

Denne forordning er bindende i alle enkeltheder og gælder umiddelbart i hver medlemsstat.

Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den .

På Europa-Parlamentets vegne På Rådets vegne

Formand Formand

BILAG

"BILAG II

Mindste effektive stikprøvestørrelse

Husstande | Personer på 16 år og derover, der skal interviewes |

Tværsnit | Tidsserie | Tværsnit | Tidsserie |

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

EU-medlemsstater |

Belgien | 4 750 | 3 500 | 8 750 | 6 500 |

Tjekkiet | 4 750 | 3 500 | 10 000 | 7 500 |

Danmark | 4 250 | 3 250 | 7 250 | 5 500 |

Tyskland | 8 250 | 6 000 | 14 500 | 10 500 |

Estland | 3 500 | 2 750 | 7 750 | 5 750 |

Grækenland | 4 750 | 3 500 | 10 000 | 7 250 |

Spanien | 6 500 | 5 000 | 16 000 | 12 250 |

Frankrig | 7 250 | 5 500 | 13 500 | 10 250 |

Irland | 3 750 | 2 750 | 8 000 | 6 000 |

Italien | 7 250 | 5 500 | 15 500 | 11 750 |

Cypern | 3 250 | 2 500 | 7 500 | 5 500 |

Letland | 3 750 | 2 750 | 8 500 | 6 500 |

Litauen | 4 000 | 3 000 | 9 000 | 6 750 |

Luxembourg | 3 250 | 2 500 | 6 500 | 5 000 |

Ungarn | 4 750 | 3 500 | 10 250 | 7 750 |

Malta | 3 000 | 2 250 | 7 000 | 5 250 |

Nederlandene | 5 000 | 3 750 | 8 750 | 6 500 |

Østrig | 4 500 | 3 250 | 8 750 | 6 250 |

Polen | 6 000 | 4 500 | 15 000 | 11 250 |

Portugal | 4 500 | 3 250 | 10 500 | 7 500 |

Slovenien | 3 750 | 2 750 | 9 000 | 6 750 |

Slovakiet | 4 250 | 3 250 | 11 000 | 8 250 |

Finland | 4 000 | 3 000 | 6 750 | 5 000 |

Sverige | 4 500 | 3 500 | 7 500 | 5 750 |

Det Forenede Kongerige | 7 500 | 5 750 | 13 750 | 10 500 |

EU-medlemsstater i alt | 121 000 | 90 750 | 251 000 | 187 750 |

Island | 2 250 | 1 700 | 3 750 | 2 800 |

Norge | 3 750 | 2 750 | 6 250 | 4 650 |

I alt med Island og Norge | 127 000 | 95 200 | 261 000 | 195 200 |

NB:

Der er tale om den effektive stikprøvestørrelse, som er den størrelse, der kræves, hvis undersøgelsen var baseret på simpel tilfældig stikprøveudvælgelse (stikprøveplaneffekt i forhold til fattigdomsrisikovariablen = 1,0). De faktiske stikprøvestørrelser skal være større, hvis stikprøveplaneffekten overstiger 1,0 og for at kompensere for alle former for manglende besvarelse. Desuden er stikprøvestørrelsen antallet af gyldige husstande, dvs. husstande - og samtlige medlemmer heraf - hvor samtlige eller næsten samtlige krævede oplysninger er blevet indhentet."

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Policy area(s): Statistics Activity(ies): Social Statistics |

TITLE OF ACTION: EU-SILC (COMMUNITY STATISTICS ON INCOME AND LIVING CONDITIONS) |

1. BUDGET LINE(S) + HEADING(S)

29 02 01: Politique d’informations statistiques

04 04 02 02: Actions visant à combattre et à prévenir l’exclusion sociale

2. OVERALL FIGURES

2.1. Total allocation for action (Operational part): €46 982 000 for commitment for EU-25

2.2. Period of application: 2003 - 2007

2.3. Overall multi-annual estimate of expenditure

(a) Schedule of commitment appropriations/payment appropriations (financial intervention) (see point 6.1.1)

€ Million

2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total |

Commitments | 6,423 | 12,057 | 11,681 | 11,692 | 5,127 | 46,980 |

Payments | 1,927 | 6,185 | 10,255 | 11,797 | 9,718 | 5,560 | 1,538 | 46,980 |

(b) Overall financial impact of human resources and other administrative expenditure

€ Million

Commitments/ payments | 1,080 | 1,080 | 1,080 | 1,080 | 4,320 |

TOTAL a+b | € Million |

Commitments | 7,503 | 13,137 | 12,761 | 12,772 | 5,127 | 51,300 |

Payments | 3,007 | 7,265 | 11,335 | 12,877 | 9,718 | 5,560 | 1,538 | 51,300 |

2.4. Compatibility with financial programming and financial perspective

Proposal compatible with the existing financial programming 2000-2006

2.5. Financial impact on revenue

No financial implications (involves technical aspects regarding implementation of a measure)

3. BUDGET CHARACTERISTICS

Type of expenditure | New | EFTA participation | Participation applicant countries | Heading Financial Perspective |

Non-comp | Diff | YES | YES | NO | Non-comp |

4. LEGAL BASIS

- Articles 285, 136, and 137 of the Amsterdam Treaty establishing the European Community

- Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community Statistical Programme 2003 to 2007 (COM(2001) 683 final)

- Decision No 50/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 December 2001 establishing a programme of Community action to encourage cooperation between Member States to combat social exclusion

- Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)

5. DESCRIPTION AND GROUNDS

5.1. Need for Community intervention

5.1.1. Objectives pursued

The general objective of EU-SILC (Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) is to produce timely and comparable cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion at national and EU levels.

The high priority given by the Council and the Commission to the fight against poverty and social exclusion in the EU requires comparable and timely statistics to monitor this process.

5.1.2. Measures taken in connection with ex ante evaluation

The EU-SILC project was launched in 2003 on the basis of a general agreement and in 2004-2005 under the Framework Regulation in place of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) survey that ran for the 1994-2001 period.

In 1999, the Directors of Social Statistics of the National Statistical Institutes decided to stop the ECHP project in 2001. This decision was taken in view of both the need to update the content according to the new political demands, and the request for operational improvement, i.e. mainly the timeliness of the data produced.

In 2000, the Directors of Social Statistics supported the introduction of a legal act for EU-SILC. The draft of the related Framework Regulation was then presented and amended following decisions taken during the meetings of the Statistical Programme Committee (SPC) on 30/05/01 and of the Directors of Social Statistics on 11-12/06/01.

The total costs for the collection of the EU-SILC data will be around €47 million over a five-year period. Fifty-five percent of the data collection costs will be supported by the Commission for the first four year of the project in each country, since it is a new project. Depending on the country between 37% and two-thirds of the data collection will be given to the countries.

The yearly data collection costs for the ECHP project were lower (€10 million). However, the Commission was not financing more than half of the costs.

EU-SILC evaluation

It is planned to carry out a regular evaluation of the EU-SILC project:

- Annual intermediate quality reports relating to the common cross-sectional EU indicators, as well as annual final quality reports covering both cross-sectional and longitudinal components of EU-SILC and focusing on the internal accuracy, will be produced by each Member State as well as by Iceland and Norway.

- The Commission will produce annual comparative intermediate and final quality reports on the basis of the reports mentioned above.

- From 2004 on, the Commission will organise methodological studies to estimate the impact on comparability of the national data sources used and to identify best practices to be followed.

- In addition, no later than 31 December 2007, the Commission will submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the work done in the preceding years under the Regulation.

5.2. Action envisaged and budget intervention arrangements

- The target population(s): Community policies, national governments, businesses, universities, research organisations, and the general public.

- The concrete measures to be taken to implement the action: launching of household/individual surveys in all EU Member States and Iceland and Norway, combined with register information in some countries.

- On average, the countries will support 45% of the costs, but country contributions will vary from 33.3% to 63%.

- The immediate outputs of each action: annual production of survey (combined with register) data.

- The expected outcomes solving needs or problems: annual production of comparable and timely data on income and on the level and composition of poverty and social exclusion for the EU as a whole and for each EU Member State as well as for Iceland and Norway.

5.3. Methods of implementation

Method used to implement the planned actions: direct management by the Commission using either regular or outside staff.

6. FINANCIAL IMPACT

6.1. Total financial impact on Part B - (over the entire programming period)

6.1.1. Financial intervention

€ Million |

2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |

Eurostat 29 02 01 | 3,2115 | 6,0285 | 5,8405 | 5,846 | 2,5635 |

EMPL 04 04 02 02 | 3,2115 | 6,0285 | 5,8405 | 5,846 | 2,5635[4] |

TOTAL | 6,423 | 12,057 | 11,681 | 11,692 | 5,127 |

National shares of the Community funds will be allocated among EU and EEA countries as follows:

€ |

2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | TOTAL |

Belgium | 571 441 | 567 841 | 567 841 | 567 841 | 2 274 964 |

Czech Republic | 351 825 | 351 825 | 351 825 | 351 825 | 1 407 300 |

Denmark | 261 651 | 261 651 | 261 651 | 261 651 | 1 046 604 |

Germany | 1 133 175 | 1 133 175 | 1 133 175 | 1 133 175 | 4 532 700 |

Estonia | 181 787 | 160 616 | 162 471 | 164 325 | 669 199 |

Greece | 277 783 | 277 783 | 277 783 | 277 783 | 1 111 132 |

Spain | 820 691 | 820 691 | 820 691 | 820 691 | 3 282 764 |

France | 874 964 | 1 065 150 | 1 065 150 | 1 065 150 | 4 070 414 |

Ireland | 619 800 | 619 800 | 619 800 | 619 800 | 2 479 200 |

Italy | 1 005 563 | 1 005 563 | 1 005 563 | 1 005 563 | 4 022 252 |

Cyprus | 236 000 | 206 000 | 213 667 | 221 533 | 877 200 |

Latvia | 112 171 | 121 486 | 126 153 | 136 218 | 496 028 |

Lithuania | 149 172 | 151 144 | 161 327 | 173 333 | 634 976 |

Luxembourg | 475 800 | 475 800 | 475 800 | 475 800 | 1 903 200 |

Hungary | 274 985 | 284 041 | 292 302 | 309 398 | 1 160 726 |

Malta | 198 204 | 209 635 | 213 192 | 216 819 | 837 850 |

Netherlands | 502 365 | 502 365 | 502 365 | 502 365 | 2 009 460 |

Austria | 664 781 | 664 781 | 664 781 | 664 781 | 2 659 124 |

Poland | 463 813 | 355 422 | 329 567 | 319 245 | 1 468 047 |

Portugal | 220 339 | 253 672 | 253 672 | 253 672 | 981 355 |

Slovenia | 282 879 | 287 227 | 292 859 | 298 491 | 1 161 456 |

Slovakia | 282 167 | 185 553 | 185 553 | 188 167 | 841 440 |

Finland | 295 000 | 295 000 | 295 000 | 295 000 | 1 180 000 |

Sweden | 335 367 | 335 367 | 335 367 | 335 367 | 1 341 468 |

United Kingdom | 1 245 296 | 1 089 101 | 1 084 789 | 1 112 500 | 4 531 686 |

TOTAL EU25 | 6 423 180 | 12 056 938 | 11 680 689 | 11 692 344 | 5 127394 | 46 980 545 |

Iceland | 65 481 | 68 835 | 74 025 | 74 025 | 282 366 |

Norway | 235 372 | 235 372 | 235 372 | 235 372 | 941 488 |

6.2. Calculation of costs by measure envisaged in Part B (over the entire programming period)[5]

Commitments in € million

Breakdown | Type of outputs (projects, files ) | Number of outputs (total for years 1…n) | Average unit cost | Total cost (total for years 2003-2007) |

1 | 2 | 3 | 4=(2X3) |

Action 1 - Data collection for the cross-sectional component | Data | - 2004: 65 250 households - 2005: 127 000 households - 2006: 127 000 households - 2007: 127 000 households -2008: 61 750 households | 79,864 € per household | 40,571 million € |

- Additional data collection for the longitudinal component 1 | Data | - 2004: 10 000 households - 2005: 21 500 households - 2006: 21 500 households - 2007: 21 500 households - 2008: 5 750 households | 79,864 € per household | 6,409 million € |

TOTAL COST | 46,980 million € 2 |

1 In most countries, the cross-sectional and longitudinal components will be combined into one operation; in a few countries, two separate operations will be carried out: the additional number of households corresponding to the additional data collection for the longitudinal component will be around 20.000 households.

2 €38 686 million will be borne by countries

7. IMPACT ON STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE

7.1. Impact on human resources

Types of posts | Staff to be assigned to management of the action using existing resources | Total | Description of tasks deriving from the action |

Number of permanent posts | Number of temporary posts |

Permanent officials or Temporary staff | A B C | 2 2 1 | 2 3 |

Other human resources |

Total | 5 | 5 | 10 |

7.2. Overall financial impact of human resources

Type of human resources | Amount € | Method of calculation * |

Officials Temporary staff | 540 000 540 000 | 5*108 000 € per year 5*108 000 € per year |

Other human resources (give budget line) |

Total | 1 080 000 |

The amounts are the total expenditure for twelve months.

7.3. Other administrative expenditure deriving from the action

Budget line (number and heading) | Amount € | Method of calculation |

Overall allocation (Title A7) A0701 – Missions A07030 – Meetings A07031 – Compulsory committees[6] A07032 – Non-compulsory committees4 A07040 – Conferences A0705 – Studies and consultations … Other expenditure (state which) |

Information systems (A-5001/A-4300) |

Other expenditure - Part A (state which) |

Total |

The amounts are the total expenditure for twelve months.

I. Annual total (7.2 + 7.3) II. Duration of action III. Total cost of action (I x II) | 1 080 000 € 4 Years 4 320 000 € |

7.4. Allocation

The need for human and administrative resources shall be covered within the allocation granted to the managing DG in the framework of the annual allocation procedure.

8. FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION

8.1. Follow- up arrangements

Implementation of the EU-SILC project will be handled by comitology procedure. Commission Regulations will be developed in relation to the list of variables to be included in EU-SILC: the updated definitions, the sampling and tracing and fieldwork aspects including imputation, and the content of the quality reports to be transmitted by Member States as well as by Iceland and Norway to Eurostat.

8.2. Arrangements and schedule for the planned evaluation

The main instruments used for the evaluation of the EU-SILC project are the annual intermediate quality reports relating to the common cross-sectional EU indicators and the annual quality reports covering both cross-sectional and longitudinal components of EU-SILC. The latter will also focus on the internal accuracy produced by each country, as well as the report produced no later than 31 December 2007 by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the work done in the preceding years under the Regulation.

In addition, rolling reviews will be used for the evaluation of the EU-SILC project during its implementation.

User surveys will be carried out in order to give a clear picture of strengths and weaknesses. These evaluation activities will take place in the context of Eurostat's Corporate Plan.

9. ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES

A revised system of internal management and control was put in place following the Commission's Reform initiative on financial management. This system included a reinforced internal audit capability.

Annual monitoring of progress with implementation of the Commission's Internal Control Standards is designed to give assurance on the existence and functioning of procedures for the prevention and detection of fraud and irregularities.

New rules and procedures have been adopted for the principal budgetary process: calls for tenders, grants, commitments, contracts and payments. The manual of procedures is made available to everyone involved in financial acts with a view to clarifying responsibilities, simplifying workflows and indicating key control points. Training on their use is provided. The manuals are subject to regular review and updating.

[1] EUT

[2] Europa-Parlamentets udtalelse af 14.5.2002 (endnu ikke offentliggjort i EUT), Rådets fælles holdning af 6.3.2003 (EUT C 107 E af 6.5.2003, s. 26) og Europa-Parlamentets afgørelse af 13. maj 2003 (endnu ikke offentliggjort i EUT).

[3] EUT L 165 af 3.7.2003, s. 1.

[4] The financing for the year 2007 shall still be ensured by a future Community programme.

[5] For further information, see separate explanatory note.

[6] Specify the type of committee and the group to which it belongs.