Extension of the European statistical programme (ESP) to 2018-2020

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Series Details January 2018
Publication Date January 2018
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‘EU Legislation in Progress’ briefings aim to provide Members of the European Parliament with systematic and automatic analysis on all substantial proposals for EU legislation at every stage of the legislative procedure. Each contains an account of the purpose, content and legal aspects of the legislation proposed, in particular analysing what the legislation would change, as well as any previous legislation and the background. An overview of stakeholders’ views is also provided, as well as the opinions of national parliaments and the two advisory committees.

They are all made publicly available for stakeholders and the public.

The briefings are continuously updated as they pass through the policy making process and the source url hyperlink above should take you to the latest available version.The ESP 2013-2017 is 'the legal framework for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics'. The European Commission is of the view that the current statistical infrastructure is not flexible enough and that the European Statistical System partnership does not yet deliver sufficient cost savings because of lack of investment. That is why, in line with the ten priorities of the Juncker agenda, it proposed an extension of the current programme, additional funding, and modifications to the main text of Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 and its annex.

The European Parliament and the Council also inserted amendments – mainly to the annex of the regulation, which sets out the statistical infrastructure and objectives of the ESP – to enrich the statistics used for the implementation of the programme with statistics capturing employment, quality of life, gender inequality, the situation of migrants, education and healthcare.

Adopted in October 2017, the extension of the programme has applied since 1 January 2018 as Regulation 2017/1951.

Author: Angelos Delivorias

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2017/603903/EPRS_BRI(2017)603903_EN.pdf
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EP: EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress http://epthinktank.eu/eu-legislation-in-progress/
EUR-Lex: Regulation 2017/1951: Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 on the European statistical programme 2013-17, by extending it to 2020 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32017R1951

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