Briuselis, 04.02.2005

KOM(2005) 28 galutinis

2005/0004 (COD)

Pasiūlymas

EUROPOS PARLAMENTO IR TARYBOS REGLAMENTAS

iš dalies keičiantis Reglamentą (EB) Nr. 1177/2003 dėl Bendrijos statistikos apie pajamas ir gyvenimo sąlygas (ES-SPGS)

(PATEIKTA KOMISIJOS)

AIŠKINAMASIS MEMORANDUMAS

Pagrindiniai faktai ir trumpa istorija

2003 m. birželio 16 d. Europos Parlamentas ir Taryba priėmė Reglamentą (EB) Nr. 1177/2003 dėl Bendrijos statistikos apie pajamas ir gyvenimo sąlygas (ES-SPGS), kuris 2003 m. liepos 3 d. buvo paskelbtas Europos Sąjungos oficialiajame leidinyje . Remiantis šiuo Reglamentu, 2004 arba 2005 metais visose Europos Sąjungos valstybėse narėse, Islandijoje ir Norvegijoje bus pradėtas įgyvendinti ES-SPGS projektas.

Šio Reglamento tikslas yra sukurti bendrą Bendrijos statistikos apie pajamas ir gyvenimo sąlygas (ES-SPGS) sisteminio rinkimo programą. ES-SPGS sistema turi tapti pa lyginamos statistinės informacijos apie pajamas šaltiniu .

Kadangi naujas SPGS projektas pateiktų pagrindinius socialinius ir ekonominius rodiklius ir būtų naudojamas Tarybos bei Komisijos kovoje su skurdu ir socialine atskirtimi Europos Sąjungoje, jis turėtų užtikrinti aukštą duomenų patikimumo kokybę, visų pirma, aukštą dalyvavimo tyrime lygį, mažas paklaidas ir pilną geografinę aprėptį.

Politinis kontekstas

SPGS projektas taip pat bus vykdomas dešimtyje naujųjų valstybių narių. Tačiau paaiškėjo, kad visoms naujoms valstybėms narėms, išskyrus Estiją, reikėtų skirti daugiau laiko jų sistemų pritaikymui prie suderintų metodų ir sąvokų, naudojamų Bendrijos statistiniams duomenims gauti. Taip pat šioms šalims turi būti nustatyti imties dydžiai.

Naujo Reglamento tikslas

Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos reglamento pasiūlymu iš dalies keičiamas Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 1177/2003:

į 4 straipsnį įtraukiama leidžianti nukrypti nuostata, pagal kurią visos naujosios valstybės narės, išskyrus Estiją, gali pradėti įgyvendinti SPGS projektą 2005 metais;

13 straipsnyje patikslinama, kad ES finansinė pagalba Estijai bus taikoma ne keturiems pirmiesiems duomenų rinkimo metams, o keturiems metams, pradedant nuo 2005 m.;

II priede nustatomi mažiausi efektyvieji imčių dydžiai visoms dešimčiai naujųjų valstybių narių.

Finansinis poveikis

Siūlomu Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos reglamentu daromas finansinis poveikis Komisijai. ES įnašas keturiems pirmiems SPGS informacijos rinkimo metams senosioms ES valstybėms narėms, Islandijai ir Norvegijai sudaro 38 650 000 eurų. Naujosioms valstybėms narėms skiriama 9 556 000 eurų suma.

Kiti etapai

Siūlomas Reglamentas bus pateiktas Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos nagrinėjimui.

2005/0004 (COD)

Pasiūlymas

EUROPOS PARLAMENTO IR TARYBOS REGLAMENTAS

iš dalies keičiantis Reglamentą (EB) Nr. 1177/2003 dėl Bendrijos statistikos apie pajamas ir gyvenimo sąlygas (ES-SPGS)

(Tekstas svarbus EEE)

EUROPOS PARLAMENTAS IR EUROPOS SĄJUNGOS TARYBA,

atsižvelgdami į Europos bendrijos steigimo sutartį, ypač į jos 285 straipsnį,

atsižvelgdami į Komisijos pasiūlymą[1],

laikydamiesi Sutarties 251 straipsnyje nustatytos tvarkos[2],

kadangi:

2003 m. birželio 16 d. Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos reglamentas (EB) Nr. 1177/2003 dėl Bendrijos statistikos apie pajamas ir gyvenimo sąlygas (ES-SPGS)[3] sukuria bendrą sistemingo Bendrijos statsiitkos apie pajamas ir gyvenimo sąlygas rinkimo programą, apimančią palyginamą ir savalaikę skerspjūvio bei išilginio pjūvio informaciją apie pajamas, skurdo bei socialinės atskirties lygį ir sudėtį nacionaliniu ir Europos Sąjungos mastu.

2004 m. gegužės 1 d. naujoms valstybėms narėms įstojus į Europos Sąjungą, Reglamento (EB) Nr. 1177/2003 II priedas turi būti papildytas, atsižvelgiant į tai, kad jame nurodomi pagal ES-SPGS programą reikalaujami mažiausi efektyvieji imčių dydžiai kiekvienai valstybei narei.

Be to, paaiškėjo, kad daugumai naujųjų valstybių narių ir keletui esamų valstybių narių reikėtų skirti daugiau laiko jų sistemų pritaikymui prie suderintų metodų ir sąvokų, naudojamų Bendrijos statistinių duomenų kaupimui.

Todėl reikėtų iš dalies pakeisti Reglamentą (EB) Nr. 1177/2003,

PRIĖMĖ ŠĮ REGLAMENTĄ:

1 straipsnis

Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 1177/2003 iš dalies keičiamas taip:

4 straipsnio 2 dalis pakeičiama ir išdėstoma taip:

„2. Darant išimtį šio straipsnio 1 daliai, Čekija, Vokietija, Kipras, Latvija, Lietuva, Vengrija, Malta, Nyderlandai, Lenkija, Slovėnija, Slovakija ir Jungtinė Karalystė metinius skerspjūvio ir išilginio pjūvio duomenis gali pradėti rinkti 2005 metais.

Šis leidimas suteikiamas tik tuo atveju, jei šios valstybės narės pateiktų 2004 metų palyginamus duomenis bendrų Europos Sąjungos skerspjūvio rodiklių, kuriuos Taryba pasirinko iki 2003 m. sausio 1 d., siekdama taikyti atvirą koordinavimo metodą, ir kuriuos galima išvesti remiantis ES-SPGS priemone, rengimui.“

13 straipsnyje pridedamos šios 4 ir 5 dalys:

„4. Nukrypstant nuo šio straipsnio 1 dalies, Estija gauna Bendrijos finansinę pagalbą su duomenų rinkimu susijusiems darbams keturiems duomenų rinkimo metams, pradedant 2005 m., padengti.

5. 2007 m. išlaidos dar bus dengiamos būsimos Bendrijos programos.“

II priedas pakeičiamas šio reglamento priedo tekstu.

2 straipsnis

Šis reglamentas įsigalioja dvidešimtą dieną nuo jo paskelbimo Europos Sąjungos oficialiajame leidinyje .

Šis reglamentas yra privalomas visas ir tiesiogiai taikomas visose valstybėse narėse.

Priimta Briuselyje,

Europos Parlamento vardu Tarybos vardu

Pirmininkas Pirmininkas

PRIEDAS

„II PRIEDAS

Mažiausi efektyvieji imčių dydžiai

Namų ūkiai | Apklaustini asmenys nuo 16 metų amžiaus |

Skerspjūvio | Išilginio pjūvio | Skerspjūvio | Išilginio pjūvio |

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

ES valstybės narės |

Belgija | 4 750 | 3 500 | 8 750 | 6 500 |

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

Danija | 4 250 | 3 250 | 7 250 | 5 500 |

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

Estija | 3 500 | 2 750 | 7 750 | 5 750 |

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

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

Prancūzija | 7 250 | 5 500 | 13 500 | 10 250 |

Airija | 3 750 | 2 750 | 8 000 | 6 000 |

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

Kipras | 3 250 | 2 500 | 7 500 | 5 500 |

Latvija | 3 750 | 2 750 | 8 500 | 6 500 |

Lietuva | 4 000 | 3 000 | 9 000 | 6 750 |

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portugalija | 4 500 | 3 250 | 10 500 | 7 500 |

Slovėnija | 3 750 | 2 750 | 9 000 | 6 750 |

Slovakija | 4 250 | 3 250 | 11 000 | 8 250 |

Suomija | 4 000 | 3 000 | 6 750 | 5 000 |

Švedija | 4 500 | 3 500 | 7 500 | 5 750 |

Jungtinė Karalystė | 7 500 | 5 750 | 13 750 | 10 500 |

ES valstybės narės iš viso | 121 000 | 90 750 | 251 000 | 187 750 |

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

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

Iš viso su Islandija ir Norvegija | 127 000 | 95 200 | 261 000 | 195 200 |

Pastaba:

Turimas omenyje efektyvusis imties dydis, kuris yra reikalaujamas dydis, jei tyrimas būtų paremtas paprastąja atsitiktine imčių atranka (imties plano efektas „skurdo rizikos lygio“ kintamojo atžvilgiu = 1,0). Faktiški imčių dydžiai turės būti padidinti, kad imties plano efektas pasiektų 1,0 ir kad būtų kompensuojamas visų rūšių atsisakymas dalyvauti tyrime. Be to, imties dydis reiškia skaičių namų ūkių, apie kuriuos ir kurių narius surinkta visa arba beveik visa reikalinga informacija.“

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] OL

[2] 2002 m. gegužės 14 d. Europos Parlamento nuomonė (dar nepaskelbta Oficialiajame leidinyje ), 2003 m. kovo 6 d. Tarybos bendroji pozicija (OL C 107 E, 2003 5 6, p. 26) ir 2003 m. gegužės 13 d. Europos Parlamento sprendimas (dar nepaskelbtas Oficialiajame leidinyje ).

[3] OL L 165, 2003 7 3, p. 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.