NoL110/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.4.75
REGULATION (EEC)No1103/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of28April1975
relatingtotheorganization ofasurveyontheearningsofpermanentworkers
employedinagriculture
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoit
bytheTreaty,andinparticularthosesetoutinArti­
cles2,39,117,118,119and122thereof,theCommis­
sionneedstoknowtheearningssituationandtrends
intheMemberStates;
Whereassuchstatisticaldataasdoexistwithinthe
MemberStatesontheearningsofagriculturalworkers
donotatpresentpermitvalidcomparisons tobe
made,andhenceitisnecessarytoconductaspecific
Communitysurveybasedonuniformdefinitionsand
characteristics aswasdonein1974,pursuanttoRegu­
lation(EEC)No677/74(');
Whereasthetechnicaldifficultiesinvolvedinasurvey
onearningsinagriculturemakeitnecessarytorestrict
thesurveyatpresenttotheearningsofpermanent
workersinagriculture ;
Whereasitispossibleandmoreeconomicaltocany
outsuchasurveybyrandomsamplingonly,Articlc3
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutbymeansofrandom
sampling .
Inrespectofthoseholdingsappearinginthesurvey
sample,employersshallsupplytheinformation
requiredforthesurveyinthemannersetout
hereafter .
Articlc4
Thesurveyshallconsistinthecollectionforeach
permanentworker,ofalldatarelatingtogrosscash
earningsforSeptember,OctoberorNovember1975,
theexistenceorabsenceofbenefitinkind,thenature
ofworkperformed,thebasisonwhichearningsare
calculatedandthenumberofhourspaid,aswellas
sex,ageandprofessionalqualifications .
Articlc5
Informationshallbegatheredbythestatisticaloffices
oftheMemberStates.
TheCommission ,withthecollaboration ofthese
offices,shalldeterminethetechnicaldetailsofthe
surveyandthearrangements fortransmittingthe
resultstotheCommission .
Articlc6
Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposes
ofthesurveyshallbeusedforstatisticalpurposes
only.Itshallbeprohibitedtousetheinformationfor
taxationpurposes,ortocommunicate ittothird
parties.
MemberStatesshalltakeapppropriatemeasuresto
preventanyinfringement of:
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferred
toinArticle3,
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthis
Article,tomaintainsecrecyasregardstheinforma­
tionobtained .
Articlc7
Tocovertheexpenditureincurredinconductingthe
survey,theMemberStatesshallreceiveaglobalsum
proportionate tothenumberofholdingscovered.This
sumshallbechargedagainsttheEuropeanCommuni­
ties'budgetappropriations allocatedforthispurpose.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Articlc1
TheCommission shallundertakeasurveyofthe
actualearningsofpermanentworkersemployedin
agricultureonthebasisofthestatisticaldatarelating
toSeptember ,OctoberorNovember1975.
Articlc2
Thesurveyshallcoverallholdingswhichemploy
permanentworkersandwhichengageinactivitiesas
specifiedanddefinedunderclass01oftheGeneral
Nomenclature ofEconomicActivitiesintheEuro­
peanCommunities (NACE),withtheexceptionof
holdingswhoseactivitiesaremainlyorexclusively
directedtocreatingandmaintaininggardensand
parks,tohuntingortoactivitiesancillarytoagricul­
ture.
(')OJNoL83,2(S.3.1974,p.4.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28April1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.A.CLINTON