Translation of "watson's u statistic " (English → French) :

Indeed, my proposals for this dossier on the five-year European statistical framework build on the recommendations adopted in my report on 'Quality management for European statistics'. In particular, stronger governance frameworks including independent agencies; standardised public auditing systems; user friendly statistical information; and assisting member states to ensure compliance are the key themes of this report.

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the list of customs procedures or customs-approved treatment or use which determine an export or import for external trade statistics; to adopt different or specific rules for goods or movements which, for methodological reasons, call for specific provisions; to adapt the list of goods and movements excluded from external trade statistics; to specify the data sources other than the customs declaration for records on imports and exports of specific goods or movements; to specify the statistical data, including the codes to be used; to establish requirements for data related t ...[+++]o specific goods or movements; to establish requirements on the compilation of statistics; to specify the characteristics of samples; to establish the reporting period and the level of aggregation for partner countries, goods and currencies; and also to adapt the deadline for transmitting statistics, content, coverage and revision conditions for statistics already transmitted; and to establish the deadline for transmitting statistics on trade by business characteristics and statistics on trade broken down by invoicing currency.

In order to enhance trust in European statistics, the national statistical authorities should in each Member State, as should the Community statistical authority within the Commission, enjoy professional independence and ensure impartiality and high quality in the production of European statistics, in accordance with the principles laid down in Article 285(2) of the Treaty as well as the principles further elaborated in the European statistics Code of Practice endorsed by the Commission in its Recommendation of 25 May 2005 on the inde ...[+++]pendence, integrity and accountability of the national and Community statistical authorities (incorporating the European statistics Code of Practice).

This directive proposes the setting up of a European Statistical Advisory Board. It aims to address two issues: Robustness of the European Statistical System and public confidence in that system.

1) Inward statistics, covering all enterprises and all sectors, which are under foreign control (so called "Inward FATS"). They are usually compiled by national statistical institutes in the framework of the a) Structural Business Statistics, and the b) Balance of Payments statistics.

The proposal is welcome because the bodies in the Member States which produce science and technology statistics operate on disparate organisational footings (public authorities such as national statistical institutes, private research institutes, consultancy firms). A body of European rules could therefore undoubtedly generate ‘value added’ to the extent that it would widen the range of available indicators and make statistics more comparable.