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23.10.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL238/1
REGULATION (EEC)No2259/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of19October1971
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ontheorganisationofasurveyonwagesandsalariesinindustry
1972,inordertobringuptodatetheresultsofthe
precedingsurveybasedondatafortheyear1969;
Whereasitisimportanttoobtain,bymeansofa
singleuniformsurvey,acompletepictureoflabour
costsandworkers'incomesinindustryasawhole;
whereasitisthereforenecessary,inviewofthescope
oftheinvestigation ,tocarryitoutbymeansof
randomsampling,sothatitdoesnotconstitutetoo
heavyaburdenonundertakingsandonthebudget
oftheEuropeanCommunities ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article213thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksentrustedto
itundertheTreaty,inparticularbyArticles2,3,117,
118,120and122thereof,theCommissionmustbe
keptinformedofthepositionandtrendofwagesand
salariesinthesixcountriesoftheCommunityas
regardsbothlabourcostsandworkers'incomes;
Whereasstatisticalinformationavailableineachof
thesixcountriesdoesnotprovideavalidbasisfor
comparisonandsurveysmustthereforebebasedon
uniformdefinitionsandmadeaccordingtoauniform
method;
Whereasthebestmethodofascertainingthelevel,
compositionandtrendsoflabourcostsandworkers'
incomesinindustryistocarryoutspecific
Communitysurveys,aswasdonefrom1959onwards
inimplementation ofCouncilRegulationsNos10,1
14,228,3151,4101/66/EEC5and(EEC)No1899/68«
onthebasisofaccountingdatafortheyears1959to
1964,1966and1969;
Whereas,sinceexpenditurebyundertakings on
wages,salariesandrelatedcostsissubjectto
substantialchange,itseemsdifficultfortheresultsof
surveystobeprojectedbeyondacertainperiodof
time;whereasitisconsequentlydesirabletocarry
outafreshsurveyonthebasisofdatafortheyearWithintheframeworkofitsperiodicalsurveyson
labourcostsandworkers'incomes,theCommission
.shallcarryoutin1973onthebasisofaccounting
datafor1972,asurveyonlabourcosts(manualand
clericalworkers)andonworkers'incomesinindustry.
Article2
Thesurveyshallincludeallestablishments or
undertakings inindustryand,whereappropriate ,
smallcraftindustry.Itshallcoverthewholefieldof
industrialactivity,includingtheenergyandwater
sectors,thebuildingindustryandcivilengineering .
Thescopeofthesurveyshallberestrictedto
Divisions1to5oftheNomenclature ofEconomic
ActivitiesintheEuropeanCommunities (NACE).
Thestatisticalunitshallbetheestablishment or
undertaking ,whateveritslegalform,employingnot
lessthantenw.orkers.
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutbymeansofrandom
sampling.
Article31OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1199/60.
2OJNo55,16.8.1961,p.1054/61.
3OJNo41,28.5.1962,p.1277/62.
4OJNo133,13.12.1962,p.2841/62.
5OJNo134,22.7.1966,p.2540/66.
6OJNo289,29.11.1968,p.4.Employersshall,inrespectoftheirundertakingsor
establishments dependentthereonwhicharelistedfor

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Personsrequiredtosupplyinformationshallreplyto
thequestionnaires truthfully,fully,andwithinthe
timelimitset.randomsampling,supplytheinformationneededto
determinelabourcosts(manualandclericalworkers)
andworkers'incomesonthebasisoftheaccounting
dataforthewholeoftheyear1972.
Article6
Article4
Thesurveyshallcover:ThestatisticalofficesofMemberStatesshallanalyse
therepliestothequestionnaires .Theyshallforward
tothe;Commissiontheoverallresultsofthesurvey
excludingindividualitemsofinformation ;theresults
shallbebrokendownbybranchofindustry,by
regionandbycategoryofestablishment orunder­
takingaccordingtosize.
Article7(a)costofwagesandsalaries,includingbonusesand
allowances,andallincidentalexpenditure,in
particularemployers'contributions tosocial
securityandsupplementary schemes,andother
socialpayments,includingthecostofvocational
trainingofworkers;
(b)thenumberofpersonsemployedinthe
establishments orundertakings ;
(c)thenumberofhoursputinbyworkers.Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposes
ofthesurveyshallbeusedforstatisticalpurposes
only.Itshallbeprohibitedtousetheinformationfor
taxationpurposesortocommunicate ittothird
parties.
MemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasuresto
providesanctionsagainstanyinfringementof:
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferred
toinArticle3;
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthis
Article,tomaintainsecrecyasregards
informationobtained.Article5
Informationshallbegatheredbythestatisticaloffices
oftheMemberStatesbymeansofquestionnaires
drawnupbytheCommissioninco-operationwith
thoseoffices.
TheCommissionshall,inco-operationwiththose
offices,determinethedetailedprocedureforthe
survey,andinparticulartheplanforrandom
sampling.Furthermore ,itshalllaydowninthesame
waythestartingandclosingdatesofthesurvey,and
thetimelimitforreplyingtothequestionnaires .Article8
TheexpenditureincurredbyMemberStatesin
connectionwiththesurveyshallbeenteredagainst
appropriations providedforthatpurposeinthe
budgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. .
DoneatBrussels,19October1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
C.DONATCATTIN