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Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 of 8 April 2013 adopting the programme of ad-hoc modules, covering the years 2016 to            2018, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2013                     

# of 8 April 2013

# adopting the programme of ad-hoc modules, covering the years 2016 to 2018, for the labour force sample survey provided for                        by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in                           the Community(1), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 577/98, it is necessary to specify the elements of the programme of ad-hoc modules covering                              the years 2016 to 2018.

(2)The Europe 2020 strategy and its flagship initiative ‘Youth on the Move’ call for further information on the situation of                              young people on the labour market. The 2011 Commission Communication on a ‘Youth Opportunities Initiative’(2) encourages action at European level in several priority fields linked to getting a first job.

(3)Based on the Communication concerning a ‘Small Business Act’(3), the 2012 Commission Communication ‘Towards a job-rich recovery’(4), which forms part of the Employment Package, encourages job creation specifically through promoting and supporting self-employment.

(4)The strategy for equality between women and men, covering the period 2010-2015(5), includes measures for reconciliation between work and family life as a means of achieving equal economic independence for                              women and men.

(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

The programme of ad-hoc modules for the labour force sample survey, covering the years 2016 to 2018, as set out in the Annex,                     is hereby adopted.                  

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

## [F1ANNEXU.K.LABOUR FORCE SURVEYMultiannual programme of ad hoc modules

Textual Amendments

F1Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1397/2014 of 22 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 adopting the programme                                 of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2016 to 2018, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation                                 (EC) No 577/98 (Text with EEA relevance).

### 1.**YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE LABOUR MARKET**U.K.

*Reference period:* 2016                   

*Sub-modules (areas on which more detailed information is to be provided):*                   
          -  Sub-module 1: Educational background                           Aim: to provide more detail on young people's educational background, identifying aspects likely to influence their career                              prospects.                          
          -  Sub-module 2: Finding a job                           Aim: to capture information on young people's own individual approach to finding work, and on the help they receive for finding                              work; to evaluate young people's own perceptions as to whether their level of education matches the demands of their current                              job.                          

### 2.**SELF-EMPLOYMENT**U.K.

*Reference period:* 2017                   

*Sub-modules (areas on which more detailed information is to be provided):*                   
          -  Sub-module 1: Economically dependent self-employment                           Aim: to identify the population of economically dependent self-employed people. This group has features in common with both                              employees and with the self-employed, and therefore has an ambivalent professional status.                          
          -  Sub-module 2: Working conditions of self-employed people                           Aim: to analyse self-employed people's working conditions and their main reasons for becoming self-employed.                          
          -  Sub-module 3: The self-employed and employees                           Aim: to compare the attitudes and outlook of self-employed people with those of employees, e.g. level of job satisfaction.                          

### 3.**RECONCILIATION BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY LIFE**U.K.

*Reference period:* 2018                   

*Sub-modules (areas on which more information is to be provided):*                   
          -  Sub-module 1: Care responsibilities                           Aim: to establish to what extent the availability of suitable care services for children and other dependent persons influences                              people's participation in the labour force.                          
          -  Sub-module 2: Flexibility of working arrangements                           Aim: to analyse the degree of flexibility offered at work, from the point of view of reconciling work and family life.                          
          -  Sub-module 3: Career breaks and parental leave                           Aim: to identify career breaks linked to taking care of children or other dependent persons, in particular parental leave,                              and to analyse their duration.]                          

1

OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.                           

2

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and                              the Committee of the Regions — Youth Opportunities Initiative, adopted on 20 December 2011 — COM(2011) 933 final.                           

3

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and                              the Committee of the Regions — ‘Think Small First’ — A ‘Small Business Act’ for Europe, adopted on 25 June 2008 — COM(2008)                              394 final.                           

4

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and                              the Committee of the Regions — ‘Towards a job-rich recovery’, adopted on 18 April 2012 — COM(2012) 173 final.                           

5

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and                              the Committee of the Regions — Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015, adopted on 21 September 2010 — COM(2010)                              491.