What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new), Article 21 – paragraph 2: (9a) Article 21 is amended as follows: / (a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: / 2. Transmission of confidential data between an ESS authority that collected the data and an ESCB member shall take place provided that this transmission is necessary for the efficient development, production and dissemination of European statistics or for increasing the quality of European statistics, within the respective spheres of competence of the ESS and the ESCB, and that this necessity has been justified.

Added:(b) the following points 5a, 5b and 5c are inserted:

Removed:The ESS and the ESCB should be required to enhance their cooperation in the field of the exchange of confidential data, to avoid double reporting and to strengthen the prudential supervisory tasks of the ESCB, cf. point 2.4 ECB opinion.

Added:‘5a. ‘data source’ means a source providing data that is relevant, in itself or in combination with data from other sources, for the development and production of statistics, including surveys, censuses, administrative records or data made available by data holders on request;

Removed:Regulation (EC) No 223/2009

Added:5b. ‘data access’ means processing by a national statistical institute or the Commission (Eurostat) of data that has been provided by a private data holder, in accordance with specific technical, legal or organisational requirements, without necessarily requiring the transmission or downloading of such data;

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new) – point b (new), Article 21 – paragraph 4: (b) paragraph 4 is deleted.

Added:5c. ‘multi-source statistics’ mean statistics developed or produced on the basis of a variety of data sources, including by means of modelling techniques;’;

Removed:Regulation (EC) No 223/2009

Added:(ba) the following point is inserted:

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new) – point c (new), Article 21 – paragraph 6 a (new): (c) the following paragraph is added: / 6a. This Article shall not apply if the data to be transmitted are key attributes on individual companies that Member States are required to make publicly available under Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and the implementing acts adopted pursuant to that Directive, or other core identification and classification variables, which are not considered confidential data for the purposes of this Article. / 1a Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56).

Added:‘7a. ‘privately held data’ means data held by private entities, the main aim of which is not the provision of statistics;’;

Removed:Regulation (EC) No 223/2009

Added:(c) point 8 is replaced by the following:

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new), Article 26a a (new): (11a) the following article is inserted: / "Article 26aa / Exercise of the delegation / 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred to the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. / 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 17c shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from ... [the date of entry into force of this amending Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period of time. / 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 17c 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. / 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. / 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act,…

Added:‘8. ‘use for statistical purposes’ means the exclusive use for the development, ▌production and dissemination of statistical results and analyses, including for related research and scientific activities or the establishment of sampling frames;’;

Removed:cf. justification of Amendment 15

Added:(d) the following point 8a is inserted: