NoL83/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.3.74
REGULATION (EEC)No677/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of21March1974
relatingtotheorganizationofasurveyontheearningsofpermanentworkersin
agriculture
Article3 THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutbymeansofrandom
sampling.
Inrespectofthoseholdingsappearinginthesurvey
sample,employersshallsupplytheinformation
requiredforthesurvey,inthemannersetouthere­
after.
Article4
Thesurveyshallconsistofthecollectionforeach
permanentworker,ofalldatarelatingtogrosscash
earningsforonemonthin1974,preferablythemonth
ofApril,theexistenceorabsenceofbenefitsinkind,
thenatureofworkperformed,thebasisonwhichearn­
ingsarecalculated,andthenumberofhourspaid,as
wellasthesex,ageandprofessionalqualifications .HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoit
bytheTreaty,andinparticularArticles2,39,117,
118,119and122thereof,theCommission needsto
knowtheearningssituationandtrendsintheMember
States;
Whereas,incontrasttothoseexistingforindustryand
services,comparablestatisticsonearningsinagricul­
turearenotyetavailableatCommunityleveland
consequently thisgapshouldbefilled;
Whereassuchstatisticaldataontheearningsof
workersinagricultureasdoexistwithintheMember
Statesdonotpermitvalidcomparisonstobemade
andhenceitisnecessarytoconductaspecific
Communitysurveybasedonuniformdefinitionsand
characteristics ;
Whereasthetechnicaldifficultiesofasurveyonearn­
ingsinagriculturemakeitnecessarytoproceedby
stagesandinthefirstinstanceonlytoconsiderthe
earningsofpermanentworkersinagriculture ;
Whereasitispossibleandmoreeconomicaltocarry
outsuchasurveybyrandomsamplingonly,Article5
Informationshallbegatheredbythestatistical
servicesoftheMemberStates.
TheCommission ,withthecollaboration ofthestatis­
ticalservicesoftheMemberStates,shalldetermine
thetechnicaldetailsofthesurveyandthemannerin
whichresultsaretobetransmitted totheCommis­
sion.
Article6
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposes
ofthesurveyshallbeusedforstatisticalpurposes
only.Itshallbeprohibitedtousetheinformationfor
taxationpurposes,ortocommunicate ittothird
parties.
MemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasuresto
avoidanyinfringementof:
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferred
toinArticle3,
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthis
Article,tomaintainsecrecyasregardstheinforma­
tionobtained.TheCommission shallundertakeasurveyofthe
actualearningsofpermanentworkersinagriculture
onthebasisofthestatisticaldatarelatingtoone
monthin1974,preferablythemonthofApril.
Article2
Article7Thesurveyshallbeextendedtoallholdingswhich
employpermanentworkers,andwhichexercise
activityspecifiedanddefinedunderclass01ofthe
GeneralNomenclature ofEconomicActivitiesinthe
EuropeanCommunities (NACE),withtheexception
ofholdingswhoseactivitiesaremainlyorexclusively
directedtocreatingandmaintaininggardensand
parks,tohuntingandtoactivitiesancillarytoagricul­
ture.TheexpenditureincurredbyMemberStatesin
carryingoutthissurveyshallbechargedagainstthe
EuropeanCommunities 'budgetappropriations allo­
catedforthispurpose.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21March1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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