Information society, eEurope: Community statistics

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Luis BERENGUER FUSTER (PES, E) making some amendments to the Commission's proposal. (Please see the document dated 13/01/04.) Parliament specified that whenever significant new data requirements are identified or insufficient quality of data is to be expected, the Commission must institute pilot studies to be completed on a voluntary basis by the Member States before any data collection. Such pilot studies will be carried out in order to assess the feasibility of the relevant data collection, taking into consideration the benefits of the availability of the data in relation to the collection costs and the burden on respondents.�