Annual work programme

Each year, before the end of May, the Commission shall submit to the ESS Committee its work programme for the following year. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the comments of the ESS Committee. That work programme shall be based on the European statistical programme and shall indicate, in particular:
(a)
the actions which the Commission considers to have priority, bearing in mind Community policy needs and both national and Community financial constraints as well as the response burden;
(b)
initiatives regarding the review of priorities and the reduction of the response burden; and
(c)
the procedures and any legal instruments envisaged by the Commission for implementation of the programme.