What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Added:1a. For the purpose of producing statistics on the detailed topic of energy related characteristics of buildings, national statistical authorities shall have timely and regular access to the national databases on energy performance of buildings according to Directive (EU) 2024/1275 and shall be allowed to reuse administrative data from those databases.

Added:1b. For the purpose of producing population breakdowns by sex, national statistical institutes shall use information available in national administrative data sources.

Added:2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Commission (Eurostat) shall be allowed, upon request, to access and reuse in a timely manner relevant data and metadata from databases and interoperability systems maintained by Union bodies and agencies, including under Regulations (EU) No 910/2014, (EU) 2018/1724 and statistical data stored in the central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS). In particular, data from the interoperable Large Scale IT Systems (LSITs) in the area of freedom, security and justice shall be accessed by the Commission (Eurostat) from the CRRS, in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 and the Regulations establishing the systems whose statistical data are stored in CRRS. For that purpose, the Commission (Eurostat) shall further cooperate with the relevant Union bodies and agencies with a view to specifying the customised statistical data and metadata required, where possible under Union law, for European statistics on population and housing, the operational modalities for their provision and the necessary accompanying physical and logical safeguards.

Added:Article 11 Lists of countries and territories

Added:1. Where data sets include information by countries or territories, Member States shall use specific breakdowns for the purposes of this Regulation and of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007.

Added:2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying or updating the lists of countries and territories that shall apply to breakdowns of statistics compiled under this Regulation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of this Regulation. ▌

Added:3. Implementing acts amending more than one third of the breakdown categories of countries or territories shall apply at the earliest 12 months after their entry into force.

Added:Article 12 Quality requirements and quality reporting

Added:1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the quality of the data sets and metadata transmitted.

Added:2. Member States shall take appropriate and effective measures to:

Added:(a) implement the rules related to the population base as laid down in Article 3, uniformly and independently of the data sources used;

Added:(b) capture or estimate hard-to-reach population groups;

Added:(c) control the exhaustiveness and accuracy of the population covered in accordance with Article 3;

Added:(d) establish frames that are fit for the purposes of this Regulation and of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700;

Added:(e) avoid possible risks of undercounting or double counting related to the free movement of persons in the Union, the access of persons to cross-border services linked to vital events and the person rights to buy cross-border, own and use housing property across the Union, such as by introducing single digital identifiers;

Added:(f) avoid possible risks of undercounting or double counting and ensure better comparability of migration flows;

Added:(g) provide all data to the Commission (Eurostat) that are needed to ensure the completeness of published European statistics.

Added:2a. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the metadata on the specifications, of the data with a view, inter alia, to publishing them in a user‐friendly manner on the Commission (Eurostat) website.

Added:3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat), for the first time by 31 March 2027 and every year thereafter ending with ‘0’, ‘3’ or ‘7’, a quality report describing the quality of the statistics provided and the statistical processes for the data sets provided during the period. Those quality reports shall include information on the data sources and methods used, the application of the concepts and definitions and related possible effects on quality of the selected data sources, data revisions and their reasons and impacts and the statistical disclosure control methods. The quality reports shall also detail how Member States have applied the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and how the quality criteria referred to in paragraph 2 have been met.

Added:4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the practical arrangements for the quality reports and their contents.

Added:Those implementing acts shall not impose a significant additional burden and costs on the Member States.

Added:They shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Added:4a. Any major adaptation provided for by such implementing acts may be the subject of a financial and technical support pursuant to Article 15 or a derogation pursuant to Article 19(1a).

Added:5. Member States shall inform the Commission (Eurostat) as soon as possible of any relevant information or changes with regard to the implementation of this Regulation that would influence the quality of the statistics provided and shall take measures to resolve the issue without undue delay.

Added:6. Upon a duly justified request from the Commission (Eurostat), Member States shall provide, without undue delay, necessary additional clarifications to evaluate the quality of the statistical information, such as the assessment results of the data sources and the documentation of methods.

Added:Article 13 Data sharing

Added:1. The purpose of data sharing between national statistical institutes and other national authorities on the list referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 (national statistical authorities), and between those national statistical authorities and the Commission (Eurostat), shall be exclusively to develop and produce European statistics that fall within the scope of this Regulation and ▌to improve their quality.

Added:2. In the interest of secure data sharing within the ESS, all necessary safeguards including a secure data sharing infrastructure with regard to the physical, technical and logical protection of data shall be taken. The Commission (Eurostat) shall set up a secure infrastructure to facilitate data sharing referred to in paragraph 1. ▌National statistical authorities may use this secure data sharing infrastructure for the purpose specified in paragraph 1. The Commission (Eurostat) and the national statistical authorities that use this secure data sharing infrastructure for the processing of personal data in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be considered as joint controllers for the processing of personal data in the secure data sharing infrastructure. In the event that the national statistical authorities use another data sharing infrastructure, they shall ensure that such infrastructure provides for at least equivalent security than the one set up by the Commission (Eurostat).

Added:3. When the data concerned are confidential data within the meaning of Article 3, point (7), of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 or personal data according to Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725, the sharing of such data ▌ may take place on a voluntary basis provided that it is:

Added:(a) based on a request justifying the necessity to share the data in each individual case, in particular with regard to the quality issues to be specifically addressed;

Added:(b) based ▌ on privacy enhancing technologies that are specifically designed to implement the principles of Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725, with particular regard to purpose limitation, data minimisation, storage limitation, integrity and confidentiality;

Added:(c) without prejudice to Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009.

Added:3a. For the purpose of data sharing referred to in paragraph 1, non-confidential data shall be shared between national statistical institutes and other national authorities of different Member States and between these national statistical authorities and the Commission (Eurostat).

Added:4. The Commission (Eurostat) and the Member States shall test and assess, by means of pilot studies, the infrastructure for and fitness of relevant privacy enhancing technologies for data sharing.

Added:5. Where the pilot studies carried out pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article identify effective and secure data sharing solutions for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down technical specifications for the data sharing and measures for the confidentiality and security of information. Such implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Added:Article 14 Pilot and feasibility studies

Added:1. The Commission (Eurostat) shall, where necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this Regulation, launch pilot and feasibility studies that aim to:

Added:(a) assess the availability of data sources and their quality, including of publicly and privately held data in Member States and at Union level;

Added:(b) develop and assess the feasibility of implementing new ▌ detailed topics, statistical units, variables and their breakdowns;

Added:(ba) assess the availability of data sources and enhancing methods for providing statistics on the disability of persons and testing disaggregating statistics, including their comparability, in accordance with national law and practice on data protection and disclosure control;

Added:(c) develop new methodologies and statistical techniques to reinforce quality and enhance information about hard-to-reach populations;

Added:(d) reduce discrepancies in data of migration flows and ensuring their better comparability;

Added:(da) reduce possible undercounting or double counting of people;

Added:(e) test and assess the infrastructure for and fitness of relevant privacy enhancing technologies for secure data sharing within the ESS in accordance with Article 13(4).

Added:2. Member States may participate in those studies but shall, together with the Commission (Eurostat), ensure the representativeness of those studies at Union level.

Added:3. The results of those studies shall be evaluated by the Commission (Eurostat) in cooperation with Member States. The Commission (Eurostat) shall prepare in cooperation with the Member States reports on the findings of those studies.

Added:Article 15 Financing

Added:1. As regards the implementation of this Regulation, financial contribution shall be made available from the Single Market Programme established by Regulation (EU) 2021/690 , in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, to the national statistical authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for:

Added:(a) adaptations of infrastructure and training in the national statistical system necessary for the development and implementation of new or enhanced data sources, methodologies, data sharing, statistical units, topics, detailed topics, variables and their breakdowns;

Added:(aa) the preparation and implementation of ad-hoc data collection as referred to in Article 7;

Added:(b) the participation of the Member States in representative pilot and feasibility studies referred to in Article 14.

Added:1a. The amount of the Union financial contribution made available pursuant to this Article shall be established in accordance with the rules of the Single Market Programme as part of the annual budgetary procedure, subject to the availability of funding.

Added:In addition, national statistical authorities as referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 may apply for support from other applicable financial programmes of the European Union in accordance with the rules of such programmes. Member States may also apply for support from the Technical Support Instrument to improve the quality of statistics and to develop methodologies according to the requirements of this Regulation in accordance with the rules of the Technical Support Instrument and its objective to foster the production, provision and quality monitoring of data and statistics.

Added:2. The Union financial contribution shall not exceed 90% of the eligible costs.

Added:Article 16 Protection of the financial interests of the Union

Added:Where a third country participates in the actions financed under this Regulation by means of a decision adopted pursuant to an international agreement or on the basis of any other legal instrument, the third country shall grant the necessary rights and access required for the authorising officer responsible, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Court of Auditors and the EPPO to comprehensively exercise their respective competences. In the case of OLAF, such rights shall include the right to carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, pursuant to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013.

Added:Article 17 Exercise of the delegation

Added:1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Added:2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(3), Article 6(6) and Article 7(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [OJ: please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

Added:3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 5(3), Article 6(6) and Article 7(2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.