Excessive deficit procedure: quality of statistical data

A consent dossier on the quality of statistical data under the excessive deficit procedure. The amendments cite earlier Eurostat warnings, propose a Parliament committee of inquiry, give the Commission (Eurostat) wider access to budgetary information, provide for announced or unannounced methodological visits verifying accounts and the independence of national statistical authorities, require a standardised accounting method, and possible sanctions under the Stability and Growth Pact for misrepresented statistics.