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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No327/79
of19February1979
ontheorganization ofasamplesurveyofmanpowerinspring1979
thesurvey.Theinformationshallbecollectedforeach
memberofthehouseholdsincludedinthesample.
Article3
Thesampleshallcomprisebetween60000and
100000householdsinGermany,France,Italyandthe
UnitedKingdom;between30000and50000in
Belgium,theNetherlandsandIreland;between
30000and40000inDenmark,andapproximately
10000householdsinLuxembourg .THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereasinordertocarryoutthetaskswhichare
assignedtoitbytheTreaty,inparticularArticles2,
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
onlytherenewalin1979ofthesurveysalreadycarried
outin1968,1969,1970,1971,1973,1975and1977
enablesthisinformationtobeobtained,Article4
Thebasicsurveyshallcover:
(a)theindividualcharacteristics ofallmembersofthe
householdsquestioned ;
(b)theoccupationsofthesepersons(status,branchof
activity,hoursofwork,etc.)atthetimeofthe
surveyandoneyearpriortoit;
(c)thesearchforwork,takingintoaccountthetype
ofemploymentsought,reasonsforseekingit,and
thelengthoftimespentseekingit.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article5
Asupplementary surveydealingwiththerelationship
betweenemploymentandeducationand/ortraining
shallbeconductedaspartofthebasicsurveyreferred
toinArticle4.Questionsshallbeaskedon:
(a)theeducationandtrainingcurrentlybeing
receivedbypersonsaged14to44years;
(b)theprocessofintegrationintoworkinglifefor
personsaged14to44yearswhoareinemploy­
mentorareseekingemployment ,withdetailsof:
(i)theinitialschoolanduniversitystudiesthey
havecompleted,
(ii)thetransitionfrominitialschoolanduniver­
sitystudiestoworkinglife,
(iii)themostrecentpost-schooltraining
completed .
Educationand/ortrainingshallbedescribedbothin
termsofitstechnicalaspects(type,duration,etc.)and
intermsofindividualcircumstances (objectives,finan­
cialassistance,etc.).Article1
Inthespringof1979theCommissionshallundertake
amanpowersurveybasedonasampleofhouseholds
ineachoftheMemberStates.
Article2
Thissurveyshallbecarriedoutineachofthe
MemberStatesinasampleofhouseholdswhoseresi­
denceisintheterritoryoftheseStatesatthetimeof

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purposes.Theymaynotbeusedforfiscalorother
purposesandmaynotbecommunicated tothird
parties.
TheMemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasures:
(a)toensurethattheinformationrequestedis
furnishedtruthfullyandinitsentiretywithinthe
timesspecified;
(b)topunishanyinfringement oftheobligation
underthefirstparagraphtopreservetheconfiden­
tialityoftheinformationgathered.Article6
Theinformationshallbegatheredbythestatistical
authoritiesoftheMemberStatesonthebasisofalist
ofquestionsdrawnupbytheCommissionincoopera­
tionwiththesaidauthorities .
TheCommission shalldetermine,incollaboration
withtheseauthorities,thetechnicaldetailsofthe
survey(basicsurveyandsupplementary survey).It
shallalsoestablish,underthesameconditions,the
startingandclosingdatesofthesurveyandthedead­
linesforanswerstothequestionnaires .
Article7
ThestatisticalauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesshall
checktheanswerscollected.Theyshallforwardtothe
Commission theresultsofthesurveyforeach
respondent,whoshallremainanonymous.
Article8
Theindividualitemsofinformationprovidedinthe
contextofthesurveymaybeusedonlyforstatisticalArticle9
Fortheconductofthissurvey,MemberStatesshall
receiveaflat-ratesumproportionaltothenumberof
householdsquestioned .Thisamountshallbesetoff
againsttheappropriations providedforthispurposein
thebudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19February1979.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.LETHEULE