5.5.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL118/3
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1035/76
of30April1976
relatingtotheorganizationofasurveyontheearningsofpermanentworkers
employedinagriculture
Article3 THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutbymeansofrandom
sampling.
Inrespectofthoseholdingsappearinginthesurvey
sample,employersshallsupplytheinformation
requiredforthesurveyinthemannersetout
hereafter.
Article4
Thesurveyshallconsistinthecollectionforeach
permanentworkerofalldatarelatingtogrosscash
earningsforSeptember,October,orNovember1976,
theexistenceorabsenceofbenefitinkind,thenature
ofworkperformed,thebasisonwhichearningsare
calculatedandthenumberofhourspaid,aswellas
sex,ageandjobcategories.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoit
undertheTreaty,andinparticularthosesetoutin
Articles2,39,117,118,119and122thereof,the
Commissionneedstoknowtheearningssituationand
trendsintheMemberStates;
Whereassuchstatisticaldataasdoexistwithinthe
MemberStatesontheearningsofagriculturalworkers
donotatpresentpermitvalidcomparisonstobe
made,andhenceitisnecessarytoconductaspecific
Communitysurveybasedonuniformdefinitionsand
characteristics aswasdonein1974and1975,pursuant
toRegulations (EEC)No677/74(J)and(EEC)No
1103/75(2);
Whereasthetechnicaldifficultiesinvolvedinasurvey
onearningsinagriculturemakeitnecessarytorestrict
thesurveyatpresenttotheearningsofpermanent
workersinagriculture ;
Whereasitispossibleandmoreeconomicaltocarry
outsuchasurveybyrandomsamplingonly,Article5
Informationshallbegatheredbythestatisticaloffices
oftheMemberStates.
TheCommission ,withthecollaboration ofthese
offices,shalldeterminethetechnicaldetailsofthe
surveyandthearrangements fortransmittingthe
resultstotheCommission .
Article6HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheCommission shallundertakeasurveyofthe
actualearningsofpermanentworkersemployedin
agricultureonthebasisofthestatisticaldatarelating
toSeptember,OctoberorNovember1976.Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposes
ofthesurveymaybeusedforstatisticalpurposesonly.
Itshallbeprohibitedtousetheinformationfortaxa­
tionpurposes,ortocommunicate ittothirdparties.
MemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasuresto
avoidanyinfringement of:
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferred
toinArticle3,
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthis
Article,tomaintainsecrecyasregardstheinforma­
tionobtained.Article2
Thesurveyshallcoverallholdingswhichemploy
permanentworkersandandwhichengageinactivities
asspecifiedanddefinedunderclass01oftheGeneral
Nomenclature ofEconomicActivitiesintheEuro­
peanCommunities (NACE),withtheexceptionof
holdingswhoseactivitiesaremainlyorexclusively
directedtocreatingandmaintaininggardensand
parks,tohuntingortoactivitiesancillarytoagricul­
ture.Article7
Tocovertheexpenditureincurredinconductingthe
survey,theMemberStatesshallreceiveaglobalsum
proportionate tothenumberofholdingscovered.This
sumshallbechargedagainsttheEuropeanCommuni­
ties'budgetappropriations allocatedforthispurpose.(»)OJNoL83,28.3.1974,p.4.
(2)OJNoL110,30.4.1975,p.2.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30April1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.BERG