Press Release: European statistics: Council agrees rules to improve data for policymakers

On 27 January 2015 the Council approved an agreement reached with the European Parliament on new rules aimed at ensuring the quality and reliability of EU statistics. The new rules, amending regulation 223/2009, were intended to help policymakers take decisions on the basis of better statistics. The draft regulation was aimed at amendment the legal framework for EU statistics, strengthening governance of the European statistical system (ESS).

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ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-amending-regulation-ec-no-223-2009-on-european-statistics/

ESO: Background information: ECA: Did the Commission and Eurostat improve the process for producing reliable and credible European statistics? http://www.europeansources.info/record/special-report-no-12-2012-did-the-commission-and-eurostat-improve-the-process-for-producing-reliable-and-credible-european-statistics/

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