1. IESS Integrated European Social Statistics

2. New type of regulatory framework
Mandate
Currently:
Heavy legal machinery, time consuming
Difficult to change
Lack flexibility
Counter-innovative
Need for support to integrated production models
Independence of statistics
Framework regulations combined with delegated and implementing acts, supplemented by manuals

3. Co-decided acts (EP&C)
Legal acts (Council)
Co-decided acts (EP&C)
Adoption
Commission: implementing measures
Scrutiny
Committee: vote

4. Ordinary legislative procedure (EP&C)
Commission's delegated powers
Revoke
Object
Council
Commission: implementing measures
Committee vote

5. Delegated acts: non-legislative acts of general application to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of the legislative act
Implementing act: where uniform conditions for implementing legally binding Union acts
Not interchangeable! To be fully respected !
What to provide <-> how to provide
Amend the annex <-> transmission format
Strict Commission's position
Proposal based on the LFS ahm compromise.
Expected evolution

6. Delegated acts Document ESSC 2013/17/15 – welcomed by the ESSC
Prior consultation of experts are required. It means TF, WG, DSS, ESSC (shadow procedure at the ESSC)
Submission to EP & Council before being enforced
EP & Council can revoke the mandate at any point

7. IESS Integrated European Social Statistics Planning
Level of details
Technical aspects Policy relevance
EP and Council
regulation
Topics
Framework Regulation
Delegated acts
Modules
Planning
Features common to all data collection (*)
Implementing
acts
Data collection 1
Data collection 2
Variables
Data collection 3
Data collection n
Sampling frames
Act on derogations
Explanatory
notes
Manuals
and Guidelines
(not regulated)
Manual 1
Manual 2
Manual 3
Manual 4
Manual 5
Manual 6
Manual 6
Manual n

8. The Framework regulation
Distinction between planning and effective data collections
Planning: integrated, smoothing, ad hoc modules
Revised yearly, 2 years fixed, 5 more years indicative
States the data collections and the modules
Data collection:
List of variables for each modules and other characteristics

9. Modernisation of social statistics
Two step approach
Step 1: current surveys
Step 2:
More flexibility
Based on assembling modules (co-variations)
With precision requirements
No constraint on the vehicle

10. Modules (regular or supplementary)
Content
Organisation - assembling
Framework
regulation
Domains
(current surveys)
Topics
Organised step 1
Delegated
Act: Planning
Organised step 2
Data collections
Otherwise
Periodicity
(LM and ILC)
Modules (regular or supplementary)
Implementing
acts
Variables

11. Framework regulation, annexes
Main sources of costs
Topics and domains
Periodicity
Precision requirements
Sample characteristics
Deadlines for transmission

12. Other elements of the Framework regulation
Need for standardisation
Need for sampling frames
Freedom in using data sources
Data quality requirements and reporting
Necessity of some input harmonisation
Data transmission
Financing
Derogations

13. Illustration of the concepts
Delegated act on planning
Data collections (current) and periodicity
Planning years
For each periodicity: modules
Funding
Implementing act on data collection
Statistical definitions
Target population, statistical units and reference period
List of variables
Sample, field work and data processing
Manuals