Firstly, he believes that setting up in-depth visits is an important step in strengthening the monitoring of data; nevertheless, without clear indications on increasing the resources of Eurostat, despite the fact that the attached impact assessment seems to indicate that such visits take up time and money, the in-depth visits should be reserved for cases in which Eurostat has grave doubts as to the accuracy, coherence or quality of the data supplied by a Member State, by virtue of the principle of proportionality.
Firstly, he believes that setting up in-depth visits is an important step in strengthening the monitoring of data; nevertheless, without clear indications on increasing the resources of Eurostat, despite the fact that the attached impact assessment seems to indicate that such visits take up time and money, the in-depth visits should be reserved for cases in which Eurostat has grave doubts as to the accuracy, coherence or quality of the data supplied by a Member State, by virtue of the principle of proportionality.