EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.CONTEXT OF THE DELEGATED ACT
Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and the Council establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples 1 , empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to supplement that Regulation by establishing or adapting a system of multiannual rolling planning.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 2 established a multiannual rolling planning for the collection of data under Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 from 2021 to 2028. The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2175 3 already amended Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 by specifying the ad hoc subject for 2023 under Income and living conditions domain.
However, it is necessary to adapt the above multiannual rolling planning to ensure that it is effective and that it serves users’ needs. In particular, the area to be covered by the ad hoc subject 2025 concerning statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) needs to be specified, as it was not known when Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 was adopted. The purpose of the ad hoc subjects is to respond to new emerging needs. The area to be covered by the ad hoc subject is therefore to be decided close to the data collection period, not in advance.
This adaptation specifies, for the income and living conditions domain, the title of the ad hoc subject for 2025 as ‘Energy and the Environment’.
2.CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ACT
In preparing this delegated act, the Commission has conducted appropriate consultations, consulting national experts invited to expert meetings to discuss the draft act.
The European Directors of Social Statistics were consulted in June 2022. The Commission has also consulted the expert group representing the national statistical institutes of the European Statistical System in September 2022.
Finally, the Commission has kept the European Parliament and the Council informed of the consultations.
3.LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE DELEGATED ACT
The purpose of this delegated act is to adapt the system of multiannual rolling planning by specifying the title ‘Energy and the Environment’ as the ad hoc subject for 2025 for the income and living conditions domain to be included in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256.
According to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, this adaptation of multiannual rolling planning shall enter into force no later than 24 months before the beginning of each data collection period, as specified in planning for annual or data collection, namely by 31 December 2022.
The delegated act has no implications for the EU budget.
The delegated act concerns a matter relating to the European Economic Area (EEA) and its application should therefore extend to the EEA.
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amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 establishing a multiannual rolling planning