Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 · Regulation · 16 articles

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Subject matter

Article 1

This Regulation establishes a common framework for the production of Community statistics on vocational training in enterprises.

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 1. ‘enterprise’ means the enterprise as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 696/93 of 15 March 1993 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community ( 9 ) ; 2. ‘NACE Rev. 1.1’ means the common statistical classification of economic activities within the European Community, as established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community ( 10 ) .

Data to be collected

Article 3

1. The data shall be collected by the Member States with a view to producing Community statistics for the analysis of continuing vocational training in enterprises in the following fields: (a) training policy and training strategies of enterprises in developing the skills of their workforce; (b) management, organisation and forms of continuing vocational training in enterprises; (c) the role of social partners in ensuring all aspects of continuing vocational training in the workplace; (d) access to continuing vocational training, its volume and content, especially in the context of economic activity and enterprise size; (e) specific continuing vocational training measures of enterprises to improve the ICT skills of their workforce; (f) chances for employees in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access continuing vocational training and to acquire new skills, and the particular needs of SMEs in the provision of training; (g) the effects of public measures on continuing vocational training in enterprises; (h) equal opportunities to access continuing vocational training in enterprises for all employees, with respect to gender and specific age groups in particular; (i) specific continuing vocational training measures for people at a disadvantage in the labour market; (j) continuing vocational training measures geared to different types of employment contract; (k) expenditure on continuing vocational training: funding levels and funding resources, incentives for continuing vocational training; and (l) evaluation and monitoring procedures of enterprises as regards continuing vocational training. 2. Specific data shall be collected by the Member States with respect to initial vocational training in enterprises on: (a) participants in initial vocational training; and (b) total expenditure on initial vocational training.

Scope of statistics

Article 4

The statistics on vocational training in enterprises shall cover at least all economic activities defined in sections C to K and O of the NACE Rev. 1.1.

Statistical units

Article 5

1. For the collection of the data, the enterprise active in one of the economic activities referred to in Article 4 and employing 10 or more employees shall be used as a statistical unit. 2. Having regard to the specific national size distribution of enterprises and the evolution of policy needs, Member States may extend the definition of the statistical unit in their country. The Commission may also decide to extend this definition in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2), if such extension would enhance substantially the representativeness and the quality of the result of the survey in the Member States concerned.

Data sources

Article 6

1. Member States shall acquire the required data using either a survey in enterprises or a combination of a survey in enterprises and other sources, applying the principles of reduced burden on respondents and of administrative simplification. 2. Member States shall lay down the modalities for enterprises to reply to the survey. 3. Through the survey the enterprises shall be called upon to give correct and complete data within the prescribed deadlines. 4. Other sources, including administrative data, could be used to complete the data to be collected where these sources are appropriate in terms of relevance and timeliness.

Survey characteristics

Article 7

1. The survey shall be a sample survey. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the data they transmit reflect the structure of the population of the statistical units. The survey shall be conducted in such a way as to permit a breakdown of the results at Community level in at least the following categories: (a) economic activities pursuant to NACE Rev. 1.1; and (b) size of the enterprises. 3. Sampling and precision requirements, the sample sizes needed to meet these requirements, and the detailed specifications of the NACE Rev. 1.1 and size categories into which the results can be broken down shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Survey approach

Article 8

1. In order to reduce the burden on respondents the survey approach shall permit the data collection to be customised with respect to: (a) training and non-training enterprises; and (b) different forms of vocational training. 2. The specific data to be collected with respect to training and non-training enterprises and to the different forms of vocational training shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Quality control and reports

Article 9

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the quality of the data they transmit. 2. No later than 21 months after the end of each reference period referred to in Article 10, Member States shall submit to the Commission (Eurostat) a quality report containing all the information and data requested for it to verify the quality of the data transmitted. The report shall specify possible breaches of the methodological requirements. 3. On the basis of the reports referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data transmitted with particular regard to ensuring the comparability of the data between Member States. 4. The quality requirements for the data to be collected and transmitted for Community statistics on vocational training in enterprises, the structure of the quality reports referred to in paragraph 2 and any measures necessary for assessing or improving the quality of the data shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Reference period and periodicity

Article 10

1. The reference period to be covered by the data collection shall be one calendar year. 2. The Commission shall determine the first reference year for which the data are to be collected in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2). 3. Member States shall collect the data every five years.

Transmission of data

Article 11

1. Member States and the Commission, within their respective fields of competence, shall promote the conditions for increased use of electronic data collection, electronic data transmission and automatic data processing. 2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the individual data on enterprises in accordance with the existing Community provisions on transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality as set out in Regulations (EC) No 322/97 and (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90. Member States shall ensure that the transmitted data do not permit the direct identification of the statistical units. 3. Member States shall transmit the data in electronic form, in conformity with the appropriate technical format and the interchange standard to be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2). 4. Member States shall transmit the complete and correct data no later than 18 months after the end of each reference year.

Report on implementation

Article 12

1. By 20 October 2010 and after consultation of the Statistical Programme Committee, the Commission shall transmit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation. In particular, this report shall: (a) assess the benefits accruing to the Community, the Member States and the users of the statistics produced in relation to the burden on the respondents; and (b) identify areas for potential improvement and amendments considered necessary in the light of the results obtained. 2. Following the report, the Commission may propose measures to improve the implementation of this Regulation.

Implementing measures

Article 13

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation, including measures to take account of economic and technical developments concerning the collection, transmission and processing of the data, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 14(2).

Committee procedure

Article 14

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

Financing

Article 15

1. For the first reference year for which the Community statistics provided for in this Regulation are produced, the Commission shall make a financial contribution to the Member States to help cover the costs incurred by them in collecting, processing and transmitting the data. 2. The amount of the financial contribution shall be fixed as part of the relevant annual budgetary procedure. The budget authority shall determine the appropriation available. 3. In implementing this Regulation, the Commission may have recourse to experts and to technical assistance organisations, the financing of which may be provided for within the overall financial framework for this Regulation. The Commission may organise seminars, colloquia or other meetings of experts as are likely to facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, and undertake appropriate information, publication and dissemination actions.

Entry into force

Article 16

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

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