The Statistical Programme Committee

A statistical programme is drawn up and updated each year by the Statistical Programme Committee (SPC). The SPC is chaired by the Director-General of Eurostat and is composed of representatives of the statistical institutes of each Member State. The programme, which is approved by the Commission for four years and adopted by the Parliament and the Council of Ministers, covers:

• the policies or responsibilities of the Community as laid down in the Treaties (Rome, Paris) and the Single Act (Luxembourg), e.g. Economic and Monetary Union, Common Agricultural Policy;
• the themes or major sectors of social, economic and environmental activity, e.g. monetary integration, crop production;
• the activities or projects by operational unit, e.g. short-term trends, labour force survey.