Bruselj, 04.02.2005

KOM(2005) 28 končno

2005/0004 (COD)

Predlog

UREDBA EVROPSKEGA PARLAMENTA IN SVETA

o spremembi Uredbe (ES) št. 1177/2003 o statistiki Skupnosti o dohodku in življenjskih pogojih (EU-SILC)

(PREDLOžENA S STRANI KOMISIJE)

OBRAZLOŽITVENI MEMORANDUM

1. OZADJE IN ZGODOVINSKI ORIS

1. Dne 16. junija 2003 sta Evropski parlament in Svet sprejela Uredbo (ES) št. 1177/2003 o statistiki Skupnosti o dohodku in življenjskih pogojih (EU-SILC), ki je bila zatem objavljena v UL EU dne 3. julija 2003. Skladno s to uredbo bo projekt EU-SILC leta 2004 ali 2005 stekel v vseh državah članicah EU, na Islandiji in Norveškem.

2. Namen te uredbe je določitev skupnega okvira za sistematično pripravljanje statističnih podatkov Skupnosti o dohodku in življenjskih pogojih (EU-SILC). EU-SILC bodo postali referenčni vir primerjalnih statistik o dohodku .

3. Ker je novi projekt SILC vir temeljnih socialno-ekonomskih kazalcev in ga bosta Svet in Komisija uporabljala pri boju proti revščini in socialni izključenosti v EU, mora izpolnjevati visokokakovostne statistične standarde, zlasti visoko odzivno stopnjo, nizko stopnjo napak ter celovito geografsko pokritost.

2. UMESTITEV POLITIKE

4. Projekt SILC bo stekel tudi v desetih novih državah članicah. Vendar je videti, da vse te nove države članice, z izjemo Estonije, potrebujejo več časa za prilagoditev svojih sistemov usklajenim metodam in definicijam, ki se uporabljajo pri pripravljanju statistik Skupnosti. Prav tako je potrebno tudi določiti velikost vzorcev za te države.

3. CILJ TE NOVE UREDBE

5. Predlagana uredba Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta o spremembi Uredbe (ES) št. 1177/2003:

- v členu 4 uvaja odstopanje, da se vsem novim državam članicam razen Estonije omogoči, da bo leta 2005 stekel projekt SILC;

- v členu 13 določa, da finančni prispevek EU za Estonijo ne bo nakazan za prva štiri leta zbiranja podatkov, ampak za štiri leta od leta 2005;

- v Prilogi II določa najmanjšo efektivno velikost vzorcev za vsako od desetih novih držav članic.

4. FINANčNE POSLEDICE

6. Predlagana uredba Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta ima finančne posledice za Komisijo. Prispevek EU za prva štiri leta zbiranja podatkov SILC v starih državah članicah EU, na Islandiji in na Norveškem je znašal €38 650 000. Za nove države članice znaša €9 556 000.

5. NASLEDNJE STOPNJE

7. Predlagana uredba bo predložena v preučitev Evropskemu parlamentu in Svetu.

2005/0004 (COD)

Predlog

UREDBA EVROPSKEGA PARLAMENTA IN SVETA

o spremembi Uredbe (ES) št. 1177/2003 o statistiki Skupnosti o dohodku in življenjskih pogojih (EU-SILC)

(Besedilo velja za EGP)

EVROPSKI PARLAMENT IN SVET EVROPSKE UNIJE STA –

ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti in zlasti člena 285 Pogodbe,

ob upoštevanju predloga Komisije[1],

v skladu s postopkom, določenim v členu 251 Pogodbe[2],

ob upoštevanju naslednjega:

(1) Uredba (ES) št. 1177/2003 Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta z dne 16. junija 2003 o statistiki Skupnosti o dohodku in življenjskih pogojih (EU-SILC)[3] določa skupni okvir za sistematično pripravljanje statističnih podatkov Skupnosti o dohodku in življenjskih pogojih, ki vključujejo primerljive in posodobljene presečne in longitudinalne podatke o dohodku ter o stopnji in strukturi revščine in socialne izključenosti na nacionalni in evropski ravni.

(2) Zaradi pristopa novih držav članic k Evropski Uniji 1. maja 2004 je potrebno razširiti Prilogo II k Uredbi (ES) št. 1177/2003, ker navedena Priloga opredeljuje za vsako državo članico najmanjšo efektivno velikost vzorcev v skladu s shemo EU-SILC.

(3) Poleg tega je videti, da večina novih držav članic in nekatere stare države članice potrebujejo več časa za prilagoditev svojih sistemov usklajenim metodam in opredelitvam, ki se uporabljajo pri pripravljanju statistik Skupnosti.

(4) Uredbo (ES) št. 1177/2003 je zato treba ustrezno spremeniti –

SPREJELA NASLEDNJO UREDBO:

Člen 1

Uredba (ES) št. 1177/2003 se spremeni:

V členu 4 se odstavek (-2) nadomesti z naslednjim:

„2. Z odstopanjem od odstavka 1 lahko leta 2005 Češka, Nemčija, Ciper, Latvija, Litva, Madžarska, Malta, Nizozemska, Poljska, Slovenija, Slovaška in Združeno kraljestvo začnejo zbirati presečne in longitudinalne podatke.

Pogoj za to pooblastilo je, da navedene države članice predložijo primerljive podatke za 2004 za skupne presečne kazalnike Evropske unije, ki jih je Svet določil pred 1. januarjem 2003 v okviru odprte metode koordinacije in ki se lahko pridobijo na osnovi instrumenta EU-SILC.“

V členu 13 se dodata naslednja odstavka 4 in 5:

„4. Z odstopanjem od odstavka 1 prejme Estonija finančni prispevek Skupnosti za kritje stroškov zadevnega dela za štiri leta zbiranja podatkov od leta 2005.

5. Financiranje za leto 2007 je še vedno zagotovljeno iz prihodnjega programa Skupnosti.“

Priloga II se nadomesti z besedilom iz Priloge k tej uredbi.

Člen 2

Ta uredba začne veljati dvajseti dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Evropske unije .

Ta uredba je v celoti zavezujoča in se neposredno uporablja v vseh državah članicah.

V Bruslju,

Za Evropski parlament Za Svet

Predsednik Predsednik

PRILOGA

„PRILOGA II

Najmanjša efektivna velikost vzorcev

Gospodinjstva | Osebe, stare 16 let ali več, ki jih je treba anketirati |

presečna | longitudinalna | presečna | longitudinalna |

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

Države članice EU |

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

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

Danska | 4 250 | 3 250 | 7 250 | 5 500 |

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

Estonija | 3 500 | 2 750 | 7 750 | 5 750 |

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

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

Francija | 7 250 | 5 500 | 13 500 | 10 250 |

Irska | 3 750 | 2 750 | 8 000 | 6 000 |

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

Ciper | 3 250 | 2 500 | 7 500 | 5 500 |

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

Litva | 4 000 | 3 000 | 9 000 | 6 750 |

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portugalska | 4 500 | 3 250 | 10 500 | 7 500 |

Slovenija | 3 750 | 2 750 | 9 000 | 6 750 |

Slovaška | 4 250 | 3 250 | 11 000 | 8 250 |

Finska | 4 000 | 3 000 | 6 750 | 5 000 |

Švedska | 4 500 | 3 500 | 7 500 | 5 750 |

Združeno kraljestvo | 7 500 | 5 750 | 13 750 | 10 500 |

Države članice EU skupaj | 121 000 | 90 750 | 251 000 | 187 750 |

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

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

Vključno z Islandijo in Norveško skupaj | 127 000 | 95 200 | 261 000 | 195 200 |

Opomba:

Referenca je najmanjša efektivna velikost vzorca, ustrezna velikosti, ki bi se zahtevala, če bi anketa temeljila na enostavnem naključnem vzorčenju (učinek vzorca glede na spremenljivko „stopnja tveganja revščine“ = 1,0). Dejanske velikosti vzorca bodo morale biti večje, če vzorčni učinki presegajo 1,0 in zaradi nadomestitve katerih koli izpuščenih odgovorov. Poleg tega se velikost vzorca nanaša na število veljavnih gospodinjstev, se pravi takih, za katera (in za vse člane katerih) so pridobljene vse ali skoraj vse potrebne informacije.“

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 interven tion

€ 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] UL

[2] Mnenje Evropskega parlamenta z dne 14. maja 2002 (še ni objavljeno v Uradnem listu), Skupno stališče Sveta z dne 6. marca 2003 (UL C 107 E, 6.5.2003, str. 26) in Sklep Evropskega parlamenta z dne 13. maja 2003 (še ni objavljen v Uradnem listu).

[3] UL L 165, 3.7.2003, str. 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.