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European Statistical Programme 2013-17: Quality, timely and efficient statistics to support European policies
In order to ensure reliable, comparable and cost-effective statistics in the years ahead, the Commission adopted a proposal for the European Statistical Programme 2013-17. With a budget of EURO 299.4 million, the programme will run for 5 years from 1 January 2013. European Statistical System (Eurostat and national statistical institutes) will be responsible for implementing the multiannual programme, in accordance with the European Statistics Code of Practice and respecting the principles of independence, integrity and accountability. A large proportion of the budget will be allocated to the Member States in order to support the implementation of the Programme at national level.
The European Statistical Programme sets out 3 overriding objectives for 2013-17, namely:
- To provide high quality statistics to better design, monitor and evaluate EU policies.
- To implement more efficient methods of producing European statistics
- To strengthen the leading role of the European Statistical System in official statistics worldwide
The draft Regulation will now be discussed by the Council and the European Parliament, with a view to adoption by the end of 2012, so that the new programme can start on 1 January 2013.
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