1. Draft framework regulation on IESS

2. Last DSS
Very large agreement on the principle of an FR (separation of policy and technical aspects, integration, flexibility, layers, …)
Helped clarifying the differences between delegated and implementing acts (not interchangeable, legally and politically)
Agreements about several issues (planning, harmonisation, standards, quality, financing, feasibility, etc.)
New proposals, taking comments into account

3. Article 1 : subject matter
Cosmetic changes

4. Article 2: Substantial article on data collections
Lists domains and topics (former annex I)
Annex I introduces detailed topics
Precision requirements (An. II)and sample characteristics (An. III)
Possibility to revise detailed topics in annex one, conditioned by
No significant adm. burden or cost
Not more than 20% of detailed topics and variables

5. Article 3: Planning Cosmetic changes linked to changes in article 2
Delegated conditioned by no admin burden or costs
Links planning to users' needs

6. Article 4: Elements common
Implementing act

7. Article 5: Technical specifications of data collections Article 6: Standards
Cosmetic changes

8. Article 7: terminology Adding/removing concepts
Removing it from the beginning as it is not the focus

9. Article 8: data sources
Merging of admin. Data and other data sources so as to insist on comparability and compliance of these two sources

10. Article 9: periodicity and transmission deadlines
Periodicity (annex IV), deadlines (annex V)
Revisable under delegated acts
"Pre-checked" data validated by MS, with common tool (?), to be still validated by Eurostat

11. Article 10: sampling frame
Cosmetic changes

12. Article 11: quality Concerns transmission of
Meta data on use of specifications
Data
Sampling frame
Also description of quality assurance
Assessment by Eurostat

13. Article 12: Feasibility study
Separation of the reporting and review aspects
Introduction of an
Article 17: review clause
After 5 years, report
Not limited to the result of the feasibility studies, but to all aspects of the quality of the data

14. Article 13: financing
More open to funding (some) regular data collection, at their beginning

15. Article 14: Delegation Article 15: Committee Article 16: Derogations Article 18: Repeal
No changes