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REGULATION (EEC)No3192/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of22November 1973
ontheorganization ofasurveyonlabourcostsinwholesaleandretaildistribu­
tion,bankingandinsurance
basedonaccountingdatafortheyear1974,inorder
tobringuptodatetheresultsoftheprecedingsurvey
basedondatafortheyear1970,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Onthebasisoftheaccountingdatafortheyear1974,
theCommissionshallcarryoutin1975asurveyon
labourcosts(manualandnon-manualworkers)in
retailandwholesaledistribution ,bankingandinsur­
ance.THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoit
undertheTreaty,inparticular,thosesetoutinArti­
cles2,3,117,118,119,120and122thereof,the
Commissionmustbekeptinformedoftheposition
andtrendofwagesandotherlabourcostsinthenine
countriesoftheCommunity ,inparticularasregards
labourcosts;
Whereas,intheabsenceofstatisticalinformation
whichwillallowreliablecomparisonstobemade,the
bestmethodofascertainingthelevel,composition
andtrendsbothoflabourcostsandemployees'
incomeistocarryoutspecificCommunitysurveys,as
hasbeendonesince1959,pursuanttoRegulations
No10('),No14(2),No28(3),No151(4),No101/
66/EEC(5),(EEC)No1899/68(*)and(EEC)No
2259/71(7)onthebasisofaccountingdataforthe
years1959to1964,1966,1969and1972forindustry,
No100/66/EEC(8),onthebasisofdatafortheyear
1967forroadtransport,and(EEC)No2053/69(9)on
thebasisofaccountingdatafor1970forretaildistribu­
tion,bankingandinsurance ;
Whereas,sinceexpenditurebyundertakingsonwages,
salariesandrelatedcostsissubjecttosubstantial
change,itisappropriatetocarryoutanewsurveyArticle2
Thesurveyshallcoverallundertakingsemploying10
ormoreemployeesofwhichthemainactivitiesare
withinscopeofDivisions61,64/65,81and82ofthe
Nomenclature ofEconomicActivitiesintheEuro­
peanCommunities (NACE),withtheexceptionof
Groups651,652and811.However,inthecaseof
insuranceundertakings inLuxembourg ,thesurvey
shallbecarriedoutwithoutreferencetoaminimum
numberofworkersemployed .
Thestatisticalunitshallbetheundertaking ,whatever
itslegalform.Thesurveymaybecarriedoutby
meansofrandomsampling.
Article3
(')OJNo56,31.8.I960,p.1199/60.
(2)OJNo55,16.8.1961,p.1054/61.
(3)OJNo41,28.5.1962,p.1277/62.
(4)OJNo133,13.12.1962,p.2841/62.
(5)OJNo134,22.7.1966,p.2540/66.
(o)OJNoL289,29.11.1968,p.4.Employersshall,inrespectofgivenundertakings
whicharesubjecttoinvestigation ,supplytheinforma­
tionneededtodeterminelabourcosts(manualand
non-manualworkers)onthebasisoftheaccounting
dataforthewholeoftheyear1974,inthemannerset
outhereafter .C)OJNoL238,23.10.1971,p.1.
(8)OJNo134,22.7.1966,p.2538/66.
(')OJNoL263,21.10.1969,p.8.

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ThestatisticalofficesoftheMemberStatesshall
analysetherepliestothequestionnaires .Theyshall
forwardtotheCommission theoverallresultsofthe
survey,excludingindividualitemsofinformation ;the
resultsshallbebrokendowninaccordancewithproce­
durestobedecideduponjointly.Article4
Thesurveyshallcover:
(a)costsofwagesandsalaries,includingbonusesand
allowances ,andallincidentalexpenditure ,inparti­
cularemployers'contributions tosocialsecurity
andsupplementary schemes,expenditureand
othersocialpayments,includingthecostofvoca­
tionaltrainingofemployees ;
(b)thenumberofemployeesengagedintheundertak­
ings;
(c)thenumberofhoursworkedbytheemployees .Article6
Article5Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposes
ofthesurveyshallbeusedforstatisticalpurposes
only.Itshallbeprohibitedtousetheinformationfor
taxationpurposes,ortocommunicate ittothird
parties.
MemberStates'shalltakeappropriatemeasuresto
avoidany,infringement of:
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferred
toinArticle3;
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthis
Article,tomaintainsecrecyasregardstheinforma­
tionobtained .Informationshallbegatheredbythestatisticaloffices
oftheMemberStatesbymeansofquestionnaires
drawnupbytheCommission incooperationwith
thoseoffices.
TheCommission shall,incooperationwiththose
officesdeterminethedetailedprocedureforthe
survey,andwherenecessary,theplanforrandom
sampling.Furthermore ,itshalllaydowninthesame
waythestartingandclosingdatesofthesurveyand
thetimelimitforreplyingtothequestionnaires .
Personsrequiredtosupplyinformationshallreplyto
thequestionnaires truthfully,fully,andwithinthe
timelimitset.Article7
TheexpenditureincurredbyMemberStatesin
connectionwiththesurveyshallbeenteredagainst
appropriations providedforthatpurposeinthe
budgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22November1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.KAMPMANN