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REGULATION (EEC)No328/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of10February1975
relatingtotheorganization ofasurveyoflabourcostsinindustry
substantialchange,itisappropriatetocarryoutanew
surveybasedonaccountingdatafortheyear1975in
ordertobringuptodatetheresultsoftheprevious
survey,basedondatafortheyear1972or1973;
Whereasinviewoftheextensiveness ofthesurvey
fielditisnecessarytoapplysamplingmethodssothat
thesurveydoesnotconstitutetooheavyaburdenon
undertakingsandonthebudgetoftheEuropean
Communities andtheMemberStates,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle213;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,inordertoaccomplishthetasksassignedto
itbytheTreaty,inparticularinArticles2,3,117,118,
120and122thereof,theCommissionmustbekept
informedofthepositionandtrendsinthenine
Communitycountries,asregardslabourcostsand
workers'incomes;
Whereasstatisticalinformation availableineach
MemberStatedoesnotprovideavalidbasisfor
comparisons ,inparticularbecauseofthedifferences
existingbetweenthelaws,regulationsandadministra­
tivepracticesoftheMemberStates;andwhereas
surveysmustthereforebecarriedoutandtheresults
processedonthebasisofuniformdefinitionsand
methods;
Whereasthebestmethodofassessingthelevel,
compositionandtrendsofbothlabourcostsandof
workers'incomesistocarryoutspecificCommunity
surveys,ashasbeendonesince1959,pursuantto
CouncilRegulationsNo10(1),No14(2),No28(3),
No151(4),No101/66/EEC(5),(EEC)No1899/68(6),
(EEC)No2259/71(7),onthebasisofaccountingdata
fortheyears1959to1964,1966,1969and1972;
Whereas,sinceexpenditurebyestablishmentundertak­
ingsonwages,salariesandrelatedcostsissubjecttoArticle1
Withintheframeworkofitsperiodicsurveyson
labourcostsandworkers'incomes,theCommission
shallundertakein1976,onthebasisofaccounting
datafortheyear1975,asurveyonlabourcosts
(manualandnon-manualworkers)andonworkers'
incomesinindustry.
Article2
Thesurveyshallcoverallestablishments orundertak­
ingsinindustry,andwhereappropriate,smallcraft
industry.Itshallcoverallindustrialactivities,
includingenergyandwater,buildingandcivilengi­
neering,excludingbuildingandcivilengineeringin
Ireland.Thescopeofthesurveyshallberestrictedto
Divisions 1to5oftheNomenclature ofEconomic
ActivitiesintheEuropeanCommunities (NACE).The
statisticalunitshallbetheestablishment orunder­
taking,whateveritslegalform,employingnotless
than10employees .
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutbymeansofsampling.(])OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1199/60.
(2)OJNo55,16.8.1961,p.1054/61.
(')OJNo41,28.5.1962,p.1277/62.
(")OJNo133,13.12.1962,p.2841/62.
5)OJNo134,22.7.1966,p.2540/66.
(6)OJNoL289,29.11.1968,p.4.
7)OJNoL238,23.10.1971,p.1.

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Article6
ThestatisticalservicesofMemberStatesshallanalyse
therepliestothequestionnaires .Theyshallforwardto
theCommissiontheresultsofthesurvey,excluding
individualitemsofinformation ,inaccordancewith
processingprogrammelaiddownbytheCommis­
sion;theresultsshallbebrokendownbyindustrial
sector,regionandsizecategoryofestablishment or
undertaking .Article3
Employersshall,inrespectoftheirestablishments or
theundertakingsdependentthereonwhichareindi­
catedinthesample,supplytheinformationneededto
determinelabourcosts(manualandnon-manual
workers)andworkers'incomesonthebasisofthe
accountingdataforthewholeoftheyear1975,inthe
mannersetouthereafter .
Article4
Thesurveyshallcover:
(a)costsofwagesandsalaries,includingbonusesand
allowances,andallincidentalexpenditure ,inparti­
cularemployers'contributions tosocialsecurity
andsupplementary schemes,andothersocial
payments,includingthecostofvocationaltraining
ofemployees ;
(b)thenumberofemployeesengagedintheestablish­
mentsorundertakings ;
(c)thelengthoftimeworkedbyemployees .
Article5
Theinformationshallbecollectedbythestatistical
officesoftheMemberStatesbymeansofaquestion­
nairedrawnupbytheCommissionincooperation
withtheseoffices.
TheCommission shall,incooperationwiththese
offices,determinethedetailedprocedureforthe
survey.Further,itshalllaydowninthesamewaythe
startingandclosingdatesofthesurveyandthetime
limitforreplyingtothequestionnaires .
Personsrequiredtosupplyinformationshallreplyto
thequestionnaires truthfully,fullyandwithinthe
timelimitset.Article7
Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposes
ofthesurveyshallbeusedforstatisticalpurposes
only.Itshallbeprohibitedtousetheinformationfor
taxationpurposes,ortocommunicate ittothird
parties.
MemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasuresto
avoidanyinfringement of:
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferred
toinArticle3,and
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraph,tomain­
tainsecrecyasregardstheinformationobtained.
Article8
Fortheconductofthesurvey,MemberStatesshall
receiveaflat-ratesumproportionaltothenumberof
establishments orundertakingssurveyed.Thisamount
shallbeenteredagainstappropriations providedfor
thispurposeinthebudgetoftheEuropeanCommuni­
ties.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10February1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD