First Report published by the Commission on the Community Statistics and their Quality
According Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, the Commission is required to submit this first report to the European Parliament
and the Council with a view to examining the dgree of progress in the implementation of the above Regulation.
The report concludes inter alia the following:
Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 has resulted in very great improvements to European statistics on migration and international protection. The data supplied by national authorities to the Commission are more complete and, in most cases, are now based on comparable statistical definitions. There has been a corresponding increase in the use made of these statistics by official bodies at European and national level, by non-governmental bodies and by the citizen.
However significant weaknesses remain in the data supplied by some Member States mostly in terms of non-availability of certain key statistics, in providing timely data for some domains, and in the incorrect application of the harmonised statistical definitions.
There must be renewed and concerted efforts to overcome the remaining problems with these statistics. This will require continuing communication and cooperation between the relevant national authorities and the Commission.
More on the statistics covered by this regulation, their main characteristics and quality, in the Commission report.