36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
28.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL291/35
REGULATION (EEC)No2723/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of19December1972
ontheorganisationofasamplesurveyofmanpower
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI -HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
TIES,
Article1
TheCommissionshallundertakeinthespring
of1973asamplesurveyofmanpowerinhouse­
holdsineachoftheMemberStates.
Article2
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutintheformof
personalinterviewsineachoftheMember
States,inasampleofhouseholdswhoseresi­
denceisintheterritoryoftheseStatesatthe
timeofthesurvey.Theinformationshallbe
collectedforeachofthepersonsinthehouse­
holdsincludedinthesample.
Article3HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
particularArticle213thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsub­
mittedbytheCommission ;
Whereasinordertocarryoutthetaskswhich
areassignedtoitbytheTreaty,inparticular
inArticles2,117,118,122and123thereof,
theCommission mustknowthesituationand
thedevelopments inemploymentandun­
employment ;
Whereasthestatisticalinformation available
ineachoftheMemberStatesdoesnotprovide
asuitablebasisforcomparison,particularly
becauseofthedifferencesbetweenthelaws,
rulesandtheadministrative practicesofthe
MemberStatesonwhichthesestatisticsare
based;
Whereasbyreasonoftheconsiderablechanges
whichtakeplaceinthefieldofemployment
andunemployment ,itappearsnecessaryto
makeavailabledataissuedatregularintervals
permittingpropercomparisons between
MemberStates;
Whereasthebestmethodofknowingthelevel
andthestructureofemploymentandun­
employmentconsistsincarryingoutharmonised
andsychronisedCommunitysamplesurveysof
manpower;whereasonlytherenewalin1973
ofthesurveyalreadycarriedoutpreviouslyin
1968,1969,1970and1971,enablesthisinforma­
tiontobeobtained;
Whereas,asaresultoftheaccessionofthenew
MemberStatestotheEuropeanCommunities ,
certainspecialproblemsariseintheseStates
concerningtheirparticipationinsuchasurvey
andwhereasthissituationshouldbetakeninto
account;Thesampleshallcoverbetween60000house­
holdsand100000forGermany,Franceand
Italy;between30000and50000forBelgium
andtheNetherlandsandapproximately 10000
householdsinLuxembourg .
Article4
Thebasicsurveyshallcover:
(a)theindividualcharacteristics ofalltheper­
sonsinthehouseholdsquestioned;
(b)theoccupationsofthepersons(status,type
ofactivity,hoursofwork,etc.)atthetime
ofthesurveyandoneyearpriortoit;
(c)seekingemployment,whiletakingaccount
ofthetypeofemploymentsought,reasons
forseekingitandthelengthoftimespent
seekingit.

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Article5 forwardtotheCommission theresultsofthe
surveyforeachpersonquestioned,while
observinganonymity .
Article8Aspecificsurveycovering'vocationaltraining'
shallbecarriedoutatthesametimeasthe
basicsurvey.Itspurposeshallbetogatherthe
followinginformationconcerningallthepersons
agedfromfourteentosixty-fiveincludedinthe
samplereferredtoinArticle3:
(a)levelofeducationreachedandcurrently
beingobtainedingeneraleducationalestab­
lishments;
(b)levelofvocationaltrainingreachedand
currentlybeir.gobtainedwithintheeduca­
tionalsystem;
(c)levelofvocationaltrainingreachedand
currentlybeingobtainedintheplaceof
employmentinspecialisedinstitutions,in
vocationaltrainingcentres,etc.Theindividualitemsofinformationprovided
inthecontextofthesurveymayonlybeused
forstatisticalpurposes.Theymaynotbeused
forfiscalorotherpurposesandmaynotbe
communicatedtothirdparties.
TheAdemberStatesshalltakeappropriate
measures :
(a)toensurethattheinformationrequestedis
furnishedtruthfullyandinitsentirety
withinthefixedtimes;
(b)topunishanyinfringementoftheobligation
tokeepsecrettheinformationgathered,in
accordancewiththeprovisionsofthefirst
subparagraph .Article6
Article9Theinformationshallbegatheredbythe
statisticalauthoritiesoftheMemberStateson
thebasisofalistofquestionsdrawnupby
theCommissionincooperationwiththesaid
departments .
TheCommissionshalldetermine,incollabor­
ationwiththeseauthorities,thetechnicaldetails
ofthesurvey(basicsurveyandspecificsurvey
onvocationaltraining),inparticularthelayout
ofthesurvey.Iishallestablishinaddition,
underthesameconditions,thestartingand
closingdatesofthesurveyandthetimeallowed
foranswerstothequestionnaires .ThenewMemberStatesoftheEuropean
Communities mayparticipateinthesurvey
referredtointhisRegulation,inaccordance
withprocedurestobeadoptedbywayof
commonagreementbetweentheseStatesand
theCommission .
Article10
Article7 TheexpensesincurredbytheMemberStates
inconnectionwiththesurveyshallbesetoff
againstthecreditsprovidedforthispurposein
thebudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .ThestatisticalauthoritiesoftheMemberStates
shallcheckthesnswerscollected.Theyshall
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,19December1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP