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The MEETS programme
New needs, outdated needs
Clear EU policy target;
globalised economy;
statistics have to portray new
phenomena;
outdated requirements.
The MEETS programme
New ways of producing statistics
Burden on business is an issue;
away from surveys; towards the use af
administrative data;
more integration needed in statistics.
The MEETS programme
Four main areasdevelop target sets of indicators and review
priorities
streamline the framework of business related statistics
support a more efficient way of producing data
modernise and simplify the data collection system for Intrastat
The MEETS programme
Objective 1: The development of target sets of indicators and a review of priorities
Action 1.1: Identify the areas of lesser importance
» conduct regular reviewsAction 1.2: Development of new areas
» define and agree
» harmonised definitions
» test
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Objective 2: A streamlined framework of business-related statistics
Action 2.1: Integration of the legal framework and the methodology
» review existing legal acts» harmonise methodologies» studies on consistency
Action 2.2: Development of statistics on enterprise groups
» Implementation of the EuroGroups register» support actions in Member States
Action 2.3: European sample schemes» not all data needed from all countries or at all level
of detail
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Objective 3: The implementation of a smarter way of collecting data Action 3.1: Make better use of data that already exist
in the statistical system»Data linking, optimal sampling, combination of
sources, estimation Action 3.2: Make better use of data that already exist
in the economy»The use of administrative and accounting data
Action 3.3: Develop tools for the more efficient extraction, transmission and processing of data
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Objective 4: The modernisation and simplification of Intrastat
Action 4.1: Harmonisation of methods to improve quality under a simplified Intrastat system
Action 4.2: Better use of administrative data
Action 4.3: Data exchange
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Resources
Resource allocation in million € (provisional)
– 42.5 million in total
2009 2010 2011 20122013
5.5 12.9 10.5 8.5 5.1
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Main purpose
MEETS should not only be a financing
tool, but should create momentum that is
needed to allow for a modernisation of
business and trade statistics.
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MEETS-projects, annual actions
On a technical level MEETS will be broken down into 25 MEETS-projects.
Each MEETS-projects will be handled individually. A project might run over several years.
From these projects the annual actions to go into the annual work programme will be derived.
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The legal form of MEETS: European Council and Parliament Decision
– Started in summer 2006;
– proposed by Commission on 19 July 2007;
– adopted by European Parliament 9 July 2008;
– adoption in Council 18 November 2008;
– published in OJ on 19 December 2008.
– Start of the programme 1 January 2009;
– end of the programme 31 December 2013.
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