Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Added4. 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 and shall keep the European Parliament informed about its preparatory work.

Added5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Added6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 5(3), Article 6(6) or Article 7(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.

AddedArticle 18 Committee procedure

Added1. The Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) established by Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Added2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

AddedArticle 19 Derogations

Added1. Where the application of this Regulation ▌ requires major adaptations to be made to a Member State’s national statistical system, the Commission may grant, by means of implementing acts, derogations to that Member State, for a maximum duration of seven years.

Added1a. Where delegated or implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation require major adaptations to be made to a Member State’s national statistical system, the Commission may grant, by means of implementing acts, derogations to that Member State for a maximum duration of three years.

Added2. When granting derogations pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall take into account the comparability of Member States’ statistics and the timely calculation of the required representative and reliable European aggregates. When granting those derogations, the Commission shall also ensure that the requirements related to statistics, metadata and quality covered by this Regulation and previously covered by Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 or by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 are continued without interruption.

Added3. The Member State shall submit a duly justified request for derogation to the Commission within two months of the date of the entry into force of the act concerned.

Added4. The Commission shall adopt the implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 1, 1a and 3 of this Article in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

AddedArticle 20 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 862/2007

AddedRegulation (EC) No 862/2007 is amended as follows:

Added(1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of 11 July 2007 on European statistics on asylum and administrative and judicial procedures related to immigration legislation and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers’;

Added(2) in Article 1, points (a) and (b) are deleted;

Added(3) in Article 2(1), points (a), (b), (c), (f) and (g) are deleted;

Added(3a) in Article 2(1), point (d) is replaced by the following:

Added“(d) ‘citizenship’ means citizenship as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council*+”;

Added(4) Article 3 is deleted;

Added(5) the following article is inserted:

Added“Article 9c

AddedTimely access to and reuse of administrative data

Added1. In accordance with Article 17a of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, national authorities in charge of administrative data sources relevant for the purposes of this Regulation shall allow the reuse of those data in time and subject to a frequency sufficient to produce and submit statistics within the deadlines and in accordance with the specific quality requirements according to this Regulation. The national statistical authorities and the national authorities in charge of the administrative records shall establish the necessary cooperation mechanisms for access to those records in a timely manner, free of charge.

Added2. 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. To that end, 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(6) the following article is inserted:

Added“Article 10a

AddedLists of countries and territories

AddedThe lists of countries and territories referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) .../... *+ shall be applied for the compilation of statistics under this Regulation to ensure comparability of country and territories specific details across European statistics. Member States shall apply these lists for the first time to compile statistics due under this Regulation starting with data transmissions for the reference year 2026.

Added________

Added* Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013 (OJ ...).".

AddedArticle 21 Repeal

AddedRegulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013 are repealed with effect from 1 January 2026 without prejudice to the obligations set out in those legal acts with regard to reference periods that fall, in whole or in part, before that date.

AddedReferences to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

AddedArticle 22 Entry into force and application

AddedThis Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

AddedIt shall apply from 1 January 2026.

AddedThis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

AddedDone at ...,

AddedFor the European Parliament For the Council

AddedThe President The President

AddedANNEX

AddedDomains, topics and detailed topics with periodicity and reference time per detailed topic

AddedLegend