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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2877/76
of23November 1976
ontheorganization ofasamplesurveyofmanpower
Article2 THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Thissurveyshallbecarriedoutintheformof
personalinterviewsineachoftheMemberStatesina
sampleofhouseholdswhoseresidenceisintheterri­
toryoftheseStatesatthetimeofthesurvey.Theinfor­
mationshallbecollectedforeachmemberofthe
householdsincludedinthesample.
ArticleJ
Thesampleshallcomprisebetween60000and
100000householdsinGermany,France,Italyandthe
UnitedKingdom;between30000and50000in
Belgium,theNetherlandsandIreland;between
30000and40000inDenmark,andapproximately
10000householdsinLuxembourg .HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereasinordertocarryoutthetaskswhichare
assignedtoitbytheTreaty,inparticularinArticles2,
117,118,122and123thereof,theCommissionmust
knowthesituationandthedevelopments inemploy­
mentandunemployment ;
Whereasthestatisticalinformation availableineach
oftheMemberStatesdoesnotprovideasuitablebasis
forcomparison ,particularlybecauseofthedifferences
betweenthelaws,rulesandadministrative practicesof
theMemberStatesonwhichthesestatisticsarebased;
Whereasbyreasonoftheconsiderablechangeswhich
takeplaceinthefieldofemploymentandunemploy­
ment,itappearsnecessarytomakeavailableatregular
intervalsstatisticspermittingpropercomparisons
betweenMemberStates;
Whereasthebestmethodofknowingtheleveland
thestructureofemployment andunemployment
consistsincarryingoutharmonizedandsynchronized
Communitysamplesurveysofmanpower ;whereas
onlytherenewalin1977ofthesurveysalreadycarried
outin1968,1969,1970,1971,1973and1975enables
thisinformationtobeobtained;
WhereasspecialproblemsariseincertainMember
Statesconcerningtheirparticipationinsuchasurvey
andwhereasthissituationshouldbetakeninto
account,Article4
Thebasicsurveyshallcover:
(a)theindividualcharacteristics ofallmembersofthe
householdsquestioned ;
(b)theoccupationsofthesepersons(status,branchof
activity,hoursofwork,etc.)atthetimeofthe
surveyandoneyearpriortoit;
(c)thesearchforwork,takingintoaccountthetype
ofemploymentsought,reasonsforseekingit,and
thelengthoftimespentseekingit.
Article5
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Asupplementary surveyshallbeconductedaspartof
thebasicsurveyreferredtoinArticle4.Itshallrelate
to:
(a)personsnoteconomically activewhoareoutside
thelabourmarket,havingfailedtofindemploy­
ment;Inthespringof1977,theCommissionshallunder­
takeamanpowersurveybasedonasampleofhouse­
holdsineachoftheMemberStates.

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(b)personsreceivingoneormorepensions(stating
thecategory,typeandnumberofpensions;the
yearinwhichtheywerefirstreceived,andwhy;
theprincipalmeansofsubsistence).
Article6purposes.Theymaynotbeusedforfiscalorother
purposesandmaynotbecommunicated tothird
parties.
TheMemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasures:
(a)toensurethattheinformationrequestedis
furnishedtruthfullyandinitsentiretywithinthe
timesspecified;
(b)topunishanyinfringement oftheobligationto
preservetheconfidentiality oftheinformation
gathered,referredtointhefirstsubparagraph .Theinformationshallbegatheredbythestatistical
authoritiesoftheMemberStatesonthebasisofalist
ofquestionsdrawnupbytheCommissionincoopera­
tionwiththesaidauthorities .
TheCommission shalldetermine,incollaboration
withtheseauthorities,thetechnicaldetailsofthe
survey(basicsurveyandsupplementary survey).It
shallalsoestablish,underthesameconditions,the
startingandclosingdatesofthesurveyandthedead­
linesforanswerstothequestionnaires .Article9
Inordertotakeaccountofspecialproblemsexperi­
encedbycertainMemberStateswhichparticipatedin
thesurveyforthefirsttimein1975,thetechnical
detailsreferredtoinArticles1,2and3maybe
adaptedtospecificcircumstances andshallbedecided
uponbycommonagreementbetweentheseStatesand
theCommission .Article7
ThestatisticalauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesshall
checktheanswerscollected.Theyshallforwardtothe
Commission theresultsofthesurveyforeach
respondent,whoshallremainanonymous .Article10
Article8Fortheconductofthissurvey,MemberStatesshall
receiveaflat-ratesumproportionaltothenumberof
householdsquestioned .Thisamountshallbesetoff
againstthecreditsprovidedforthispurposeinthe
budgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .Theindividualitemsofinformationprovidedinthe
contextofthesurveymaybeusedonlyforstatistical
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE