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REGULATION (EEC)No2640/74OFTHECOUNCIL
ofISOctober1974
ontheorganization ofasamplesurveyofmanpower
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereasinordertocarryoutthetaskswhichare
assignedtoitbytheTreaty,inparticularinArticles2,
117,118,122and123thereof,theCommissionmust
knowthesituationandthedevelopments inemploy­
mentandunemployment ;
Whereasthestatisticalinformation availableineach
oftheMemberStatesdoesnotprovideasuitablebasis
forcomparison ,particularlybecauseofthedifferences
betweenthelaws,rulesandtheadministrative prac­
ticesoftheMemberStatesonwhichthesestatistics
arebased;
Whereasbyreasonoftheconsiderablechangeswhich
takeplaceinthefieldofemploymentandunemploy­
ment,itappearsnecessarytomakeavailablestatistics
atregularintervalspermittingpropercomparisons
betweenMemberStates;
Whereasthebestmethodofknowingtheleveland
thestructureofemployment andunemployment
consistsincarryingoutharmonizedandsynchronized
Communitysamplesurveysofmanpower ;whereas
onlytherenewalin197.5ofthesurveyalreadycarried
outin1968,1969,1970,1971and1973enablesthis
informationtobeobtained ;
Whereas,asaresultoftheaccessionofthenew
MemberStatestotheEuropeanCommunities ,certain
specialproblemsariseintheseStatesconcerningtheir
participationinsuchasurveyandwhereasthissitua­
tionshouldbetakenintoaccount,sampleofhouseholdswhoseresidenceisintheterri­
toryoftheseStatesatthetimeofthesurvey.Theinfor­
mationshallbecollectedforeachofthepersonsin
thehouseholdsincludedinthesample.
Article3
Thesampleshallcoverbetween60000and100000
householdsinGermany,France,ItalyandtheUnited
Kingdom,between30000and50000inBelgiumand
theNetherlands ,between30000and40000in
DenmarkandIrelandandapproximately 10000
householdsinLuxembourg .
Article4
Thebasicsurveyshallcover:
(a)theindividualcharacteristics ofallthepersonsin
thehouseholdsquestioned ;
(b)theoccupationsofthesepersons(status,typeof
activity,hoursofwork,etc.)atthetimeofthe
surveyandoneyearpriortoit.
(c)thesearchforwork,takingintoaccountthetype
ofemploymentsought,reasonsforseekingit,and
thelengthoftimespentseekingit.
Article5
Supplementary questionsshallbeaskedwithinthe
frameworkofthebasicsurveyreferredtoinArticle4.
Theyshallrelateto:
(a)vocationaltrainingcurrentlybeingobtainedinthe
undertaking ,inspecializedinstitutions ,invoca­
tionaltrainingcentres,etc.byallpersonsaged14
to65years,whoareincludedinthesampleof
householdsreferredtoinArticle3;
(b)conditionsofwork(distancebetweenhomeand
placeofwork;meansoftransportused;shift
working,workingonSundaysorholidays,atnight,
etc.)byallpersonsaged14yearsandoverregu­
larlyengagedinaprincipaloccupationatthetime
ofthesurveywhoareincludedinthesampleof
households referredtoinArticle3.
Article6
Theinformationshallbegatheredbythestatistical
authoritiesoftheMemberStatesonthebasisofalist
ofquestionsdrawnupbytheCommission incoopera­
tionwiththesaidauthorities .
TheCommission shalldetermine ,incollaboration
withtheseauthorities ,thetechnicaldetailsoftheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheCommission shallundertakeintheSpringof
1975amanpowersurveyonasampleofhouseholds
ineachoftheMemberStates.
Article2
Thissurveyshallbecarriedoutintheformof
personalinterviewsineachoftheMemberStates,ina

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(b)topunishanyinfringement oftheobligationto
keepsecrettheinformationgathered,referredto
inthefirstsubparagraph .
Article9
Inordertotakeaccountofanyspecialproblems
facingnewMemberStatesparticipatinginthesurvey
forthefirsttime,thetechnicaldetailsreferredtoin
Articles1,2and3maybeadaptedtosuittheparti­
cularsituationsbycommonagreementbetweenthese
StatesandtheCommission .survey(basicsurveyandsupplementary questions),in
particularthelayoutofthesurvey.Itshallestablishin
addition,underthesameconditions,thestartingand
closingdatesofthesurveyandthetimeallowedfor
answerstothequestionnaires .
Article7
ThestatisticalauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesshall
checktheanswerscollected.Theyshallforwardtothe
Commissiontheresultsofthesurveyforeachperson
questioned,whileobservinganonymity .
Article8
Theindividualitemsofinformationprovidedinthe
contextofthesurveymaybeusedonlyforstatistical
purposes.Theymaynotbeusedforotherpurposes,
fiscalinparticular,andmaynotbecommunicated to
thirdparties.
TheMemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasures :
(a)toensurethattheinformationrequestedis
furnishedtruthfullyandinitsentiretywithinthe
fixedperiod;Article10
Fortheconductofthissurvey,MemberStatesshall
receiveaflat-ratesumproportionaltothenumberof
householdsquestioned .Thisamountshallbesetoff
againsttheappropriations providedforthispurposein
thebudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,15October1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU