Draft COUNCIL DECISION amending Council Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres
Date: 1996-09-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, advisory committee (EU), scientific research, socioeconomic conditions

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  09.09.1996 
COM(%) 439  final 

96/0223  (CNS) 

Draft 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

amending Council Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European 
Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and 

social spheres 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

E X P L A N A T O RY  M E M O R A N D UM 

Proposed  amendments  of  the  Council  Decision  91/116/EEC  setting  up 
the  European  Advisory  Committee  on  statistical  information  in  the 
economic  and  social  spheres 

Council  Decision  9I/116/EEC  established  the European  Advisory  Committee  on 
statistical  information  in  the economic  and social  spheres.  This  advisory  committee  is 
organised  with  representatives  from  the scientific,  economic  and social  field  from  the 
Member  States  , and the committee's  main  task  is to  help  the Council  and the 
Commission  to  coordinate  the objectives  of the  Community's  statistical  information 
policy, 

In  Article  4 of the  said Council  Decision  9 I/1 I6/EEC  setting up  the  European 
Advisory  Committee  on  statistical  information  in the economic  and social  spheres,  the 
number  of  member  of which  the Committee  shall  consist,  is specified  by stating  the 
numbers  of  representatives  from  the Member  states to  be represented. 

By  reason  of the accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and Swedeivit  is necessary  to  eliminate 
the discrepancy  to  the number  of members  of the Member  States as concerns  the 
number  of  Presidents  or  Director-Generals  of the national  statistical  institutes  (12)  and 
the  two  representatives  from  each  member  State  to  be appointed  by  the Council  (24) 

In order  to  make  the Council  Decision  more  flexible, so as to  meet  future  accessions  of 
new  Member  States  without  the need  to  propose  new  amendments  concerning  the 
number  of  participants  in the Committee,  it  is proposed  to  delete  the reference  to  the 
exact  number  of  members  in  Article 4 

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amending  Council  Decision  91/116/EEC  setting  up the  European 
Advisory  Committee  on statistical  information  in the  economic  and 

social  spheres 

THE,COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 

Having  regard  to  the Treaty  establishing the  European  Community, 

Having  regard  to  the Treaty  of  Accession  of  the  Kingdom  of  Norway,  the  Republic  of 
Austria,  the  Republic  of Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of Sweden',  and  in  particular  Article 
169  thereof; 

I laving  regard  to  the  Draft  Decision  submitted  by  the Commission, 

I laving  regard  to  the opinion  of the  European  Parliament, 

Having  regard  to  the opinion of the  Economic  and Social  Committee, 

Whereas  Article  4 of Council  Decision  9I/1 I6/EEC:  setting  up the  European  Advisory 
Committee  on statistical  information  in the economic  and social spheres specifies  the 
number  of  member  of which  the Committee  shall  consist; 

Whereas  by  reason  of  the  accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden  it  is  necessary  to 
adjust  the  number  of members to  the Committee  accordingly; 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  DECISION: 

Sole  article 

Article  4  of  the  Council  Decision  91/1 I6/EEC  setting  up  the  European  Advisory 
Committee  on  statistical  information  in  the  economic  and  social  spheres  shall  be 
replaced  with  the following  text: 
"  The  Committee  shall  consist  of: 

four  members  representing the Commission, one of whom  shall be the  Member 
of the  Commission  responsible  for  statistical  information  policy; 
the Chairman  of the Committee  on  Monctarv,  Financial  and  Balance  of 
Payments  Statistics; 
the  Presidents  or  Directors-General  of the national  statistical  institutes  of the 
Member  States, 
two  representatives  per  Member  State appointed  by  the Council,  after 

\  OJ  No  C  24 1,  29.S  1994  p. 
"' OJ  Mo  L  59,  6.3  1991  p.  21 

consulting  the Commission, from  among leading representatives of the various 
economic  and  social  categories  and scientific  circles.  With  a view  to  the 
appointment  of these members, each Member  State shall  provide  the  Council 
with  a list  comprising  four  candidates.  The Council  shall take account  of the 
need for  the various  economic  and  social  categories  and the scientific  field  to 
be adequately  represented. 

Done at  Brussels, (  date) 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

TITLE OF OPERATION 

Proposed  amendments  to  Council  Decision  91/116/EEC  setting  up  the  European 
Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres 

BUDGET HEADING INVOLVED 

AO-2510 

LEGAL BASIS 

Council Decision 91/116/EEC of 25 February 1991 

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION 

4.1 

General objective 

1 

2 

3 

4 

By reason of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, it is necessary 
to eliminate the discrepancy  in the number of members from the Member 
States  as  regards  the  number  of  Presidents  or  Director-Generals  of  the 
national  statistical  institutes  (12)  and  the  two  representatives  from  each 
Member State to be appointed by the Council (24). 

4.2 

Period  covered and arrangements for renewal or extension 

Indeterminate 

5 

CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE  OR REVENUE 

5.1 

Non-compulsory  expenditure 

5.2 

Non-differentiated  appropriations 

5.3 

Type of revenue involved:  none 

6 

1VPE OF EXPENDITURE 

Other:  Reimbursement of travel expenses and daily allowances 

7 

FINANCIAL IMPACT 

See point 10. 

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FRAUD PREVENTION  MEASURES 

9 

ELEMENTS  OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS  ANALYSIS 

-  Need  to integrate the new Member  States 

10 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPENDITURE  (PART  A  OF  SECTION  HI  OF  THE  GENERAL 

BUDGET) 

The  actual  mobilisation  of  the  administrative  resources  required  will  result  from  the 
Commision's  annual  decision  regarding  the  allocation  of resources,  bearing  in mind  in 
particular the additional  staff and amounts granted by the budgetary authority. 

10.1 

Impact  on  the number  of staff:  None 

10.2  Overall  financial  impact  of additional  human  resources:  None 

10.3 

Increase  in other  operating  expenditure  as a result of the  action 

Budget  heading 
(No and title) 

A0-2510 

1996 totals 
(ECU) 

Method  of  calculation 

Additional  cost  (estimated): 

5 000 

Plenary  meeting  (6 new  members) 

20  000 

Sub-committees 

- 
8 meetings  per year  (3  new 

members) 

5 000 

Bureau 

- 
3 meetings per year  (2  new 

members) 

Total 

30  000 

Total  annual  expenditure  will  amount  to  ECU  104  000.  It  will  be  covered  by 
existing  resources. 

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