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OMMÏ5SION OSTHEEUROEBAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)2119final
Brussels,19December1974
Draft
«coi..-g
relating "totheorganisation ofasurveyofwagesinindustry
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0ÎI(74)2119final

anato :
TheCommission cauiot carry outcertain tasks assigned to"itbytheTreaty
establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,inparticular with respect
totheimplementation ofArticles 2,3 ,117 ,118 ,120and122,without access
tovalid data ,comparable forthedifferent countries ,onthecost oflabour
andontheincomes ofwage–earners intheCommunity#
TheCommission hastherefore already organized twoseries ofthree annual
surveys onthepayloads ofundertakings andworkers' incomes ,which ,in
accordance with Regulations 10,14,28and151oftheCouncil (l),covered
theaccounts fortheyears 1959 1964 in14,3and13branches ofindustry
respectively ,andalso three more extensive surveys oflabour costs which ,
inaccordance with Regulations lOl/66/EEC ,I899/68/EECand2259/7I/EEC (2),
covered allsectors ofindustry onthebasis oftheaccounts fortheyears
1966 ,I969 and1972 .These surveys were carried outbytheStatistical Office
oftheEuropean Communities inCollaboration with thenational institutes
ofstatistics ,and the ministries oflabour ofMember States .The results of
theprevious surveys were published inthe "Social Statistics "series issued
bytheStatistical Office oftheEuropean Communities (3).Theinitial results
ofthe1972 survey were publsshed inHo.3/1974 ofthesame series .(4)
Theresults ofthesurveys ofwages carried outsofarhave provided
representative data ,which aregreatly appreciated bygovernments andeconomic
and social circles .
(1)Official Journal No.56dated 31August i960 ,p.1199/60
Official Journal No.55dated 16August I96I ,p.1054/61
Official Journal No.41dated 28May1962 ,p.1277/62
Official Journal No.133dated 13December 1962 ,p.2841/62
(2)Official Journal No.134dated 22July1966 ,p.2540/66 ...
Official Journal No.L289dated 28November 1968,p.4
Official Journal No.L238dated 23October 1971 ,P-1
(3)No.3/1961 ,3/1962 ,1/1963 ,2/1964 ,5/1964 ,6/1965 ,5/1966 ,4/1969 ,
6/1970and3/1971 ,andinthe1968 supplement of"Statistical studies
andsurveys ".
(4)Ontheinitiative oftheCommission abroadly analogous survey hasalso been
effected for1973 intheUnited Kingdom andDenmark ;itsresults will
bepublished atanearly date .

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IJhile thefirst sixsurveys ,covering theaccounts ofundertakings forthe
years 1959 "to1964*were restricted toalimited number ofbranches ofactivity ,
those fortheyears I966 ,1969 and1972 provided acomplete picture ofthe
level andstructure oflabour costs forallbranches ofindustry .
Theactivities oftheCommission inthevarious sectors make itnecessary ,
however ,that themost recent possible figures onpayloads should beavailable
atalltimes .Incollaboration with thecompetent authorities inMember States ,
theStatistical Office has ,therefore ,developed methods ofupdating the
results ofsurveys oflabour costs .Inview ofthefact that expenditure on
wages andrelated costs issubject tosubstantial change ,ashasbeen shown
bytheresults ofprevious surveys ,thetechnique ofupdating canonly provide
results valid for thefirst fewyears following asurvey ;thereafter ,the
survey must berepeated .Itwas inthis connection that theWorking Party
on"Survey ofwages inindustry ",comprising representatives ofgovernments
(ministries oflabour andnational institutes ofstatistics )andofemployers
andlabour ,came totheconclusion that itwould benecessary torepeat the
surveys oflabour costs atthree-yearly intervals :this view wasshared by
theCommission andtheCouncil ,astheyears 1966 ,1969 and1972 hadbeen
selected sofar .
During themeeting oftheWorking Party on4and 5July 1974»anagreement ,
with certain reservations from theIrish andBritish delegations ,wasreached
atatechnical level tothe effect that thenext survey ofexpenditure on
xjages andassociated employers' contributions should beheld in1976 ,onthe
basis oftheaccounts for theyear 1975 *
Sothat thesurvey should notconstitute tooheavy aburden ontheundertakings
andonthebudget oftheEuropean Communities ,itisnotintended that it
should involve exhaustive returns from allundertakings ,butthat itshould
bebased onarepresentative sample .Thetechnical basis forthesurvey ,
i.e. thebasic questionnaire ,thesurvey methods ,theprogramme forthe

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processing oftheresults andthearrangements forpasssing onthedata ,has
been agreed with experts from thenational statistical services ,inorder
toensure thecomparability oftheresults andtoderive themaximum of
information from thesurvey .
Asin1972 ,thesurvey field covers companies employing atleast 10wage-
earners .Thecomparability ofthesurvey with that of1972 andwith other
Community wage statistics (harmonized statistics onearnings andstatistics
onthestructure anddistribution ofwages )covering thesame field isthus
ensured .
Thesurvey envisaged would provide detailed statistical information on
expenditure onwages andrelated costs byestablishments and ontheincomes
ofworkers inallbranches ofindustry ,including theelectricity ,water and
construction industries (l).Itisintended tha,t theresults ofthis survey
should beused asanev;basis fortheupdating which iscarried outregularly
during intervening years .
Both government experts andtherepresentatives ofprofessional organisations
foremployers andworkers have pressed that thedecision toundertake this
survey should betaken asquickly aspossible ,sothat theundertakings
forming part ofthesample should beinaposition atthebeginning of1975
totake thenecessary measures forcollecting theaccounting data tocomplete
thequestionnaire .
V/iththis inview ,theCommission submits totheCouncil foritsapproval ,the
attached draft regulation .
Inaccordance with Article 8ofthis Regulation ,aflat-rate contribution foreach
returning establishment will becharged tothesumallocated forthepurpose
inthebudget oftheEuropean Communities .Onthebasis oftheexperience
ofpreceding surveys ,thetotal cost ofthesurvey ofwages inindustry
envisaged inthedraft regulation canbeestimated at1008000units of
account (84000companies at12units ofaccount perquestionnaire ).
(l)Classes andgroups falling under Divisions 1to5ofthegeneralnomenclature ofeconomic activities intheEuropean Communities (N.A.C.E. )

Braft
REGULATION (EEC)0?THECOUNCIL
relating totheorganisation ofasurvey ofwages inindustry
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and ,inparticular ,Article 213 ,
having regard tothedraft regulation submitted bytheCommission ,
whereas ,inorder toaccomplish thetasks assigned toitbytheTreaty ,in
particular those setoutinArticles 2,3,H7 »118120and122thereof ,the
Commission must bekept informed oftheposition andtrend ofwages andother
labour costs inthenine Community countries ,inparticular asregards labour
costs andtheincomes ofworkers ;: ■1 .*
"whereas inthe absence ofstatistical information which will ..allow reliable
comparisons tobemade ,inparticular because ofthediscrepancies existing
between thelaws ,regulations andadministrative practices oftheMember
States ,surveys arecarried outandtheresults evaluated onthebasis of
standard definitions andbystandard methods ; , .
whereas thebest method ofassessing thelevel ,composition andtrend both
ofthecost oflabour andoftheincomes ofworkers inindustry istocarry
outspecific Community surveys ,ashasbeen done since 1959*.i*Vaccordance
with Council Regulations No.10(l ),No.14(2),No.28(3 .), 151(4 ),-
No.101/66EEC(5),(EEC)No.1899/68(6),(EEC)No.2259/71(7),onthebasis
ofaccounting information fortheyears 1959-1964 ,1966 ,I969and1972 ;
(1)Official Journal No.56dated 31August i960 ,p.II99/6O
(2)Official Journal No.55dated 16August 1961,p.1054/61
(3)Official Journal No.41dated 28I4ay1962 ,p.1277/62
(4)Official Journal No.133dated 13December 1962 ,p.2841/62
(5)Official Journal No.134dated 22July1966,p.2540/66
(6)Official Journal No.L289dated 29November I966 ,p.4
(7)Official Journal No.L238dated 23October 1971 ,P»1

whereas ,since expenditure byundertakings onrages ,salaries andrelated
costs issubject tosubstantial change ,itisappropriate tocarry outa
newsurvey based onaccounting data fortheyear 1975 inorder tobring up
todate theresults ofthoprevious survey ,based ondata fortheyear
1972 or1973 ;
whereas ,because oftheextensiveness ofthesurvey field itisnecessary to
apply thesampling method sothat thesurvey does notconstitute tooheavy a
burden onthe -undertakings and onthebudget oftheEuropean Communities and
theMember States ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS .REGULATION :
Article 1
Within theframework ofitsperiodic surveys relating tolabour costs and the
incomes ofworkers ,theCommission shall in1976 onthebasis ofaccounting
data fortheyear 1975 undertake asurvey oflabour costs (manual andnon-manual
workers )andontheincomes ofworkers inindustry .
Article 2
Thesurvey shall cover allindustrial establishments orundertakings and ,x^here
appropriate ,craft companies orenterprises .Itshall cover allindustrial
activities ,including theelectricity ,water andconstruction industries .
Thefield ofthesurvey shall becircumscribed byDivisions 1to5ofthe
General nomenclature oftheEconomic Activities intheEuropean Communities
(1T.A.C.E. ).Thestatistical unit shall bethe •undertaking ,whatever itslegal
form ,employing atleast tenemployees .
-•Thesurvey shall becarried outonasampling basis ..

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Employersshall,inrespectofgiven,undertakings whicharesubjectto
investigation ,supplytheinformation neededtodeterminelabourcosts
(manualandnon–manualworkers)andworkers*incomeonthe"basisofthe
accountingdataforthewholeoftheyear1975»inthemannersetout
hereafter.
Thesurveyshàllcovers
(a)Costsofwagesandsalaries,includingbonusesandallowances,andall
incidentalexpenditure ,inparticularemployers'contributions to
socialsecurityandsupplementary schemes,expenditure andothersocial
payments,includingthecostofvocationaltrainingofemployees;
(b)thenumberofemployeesengagedintheundertakings ;and
(c)thenumberofhoursworkedbytheemployees.
Article5
TheinformationshallbegatheredbythestatisticalofficesoftheMember
Statesbymeansofquestionnaires drawnupbytheComnissionin.cooperation
withtheseoffices. ' :
TheCommissionshall,incooperationwiththoseoffices,determinethe
detailedprocedureforthesurvey.Further,itshalllaydowninthesame
waythestartingandclosingdatesofthesurveyandthetime,limitfor ■
replyingtothequestionnaires .
Personspecmirecl "tosupplyinformcrfcion sh.3.11reply "to"the(jues"txoniiciirs
truthfully,fullyandvrithinthetimelimitset.

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Article6
ThestatisticalservicesofifemberStatesshallanalysetherepliestothe
questionnaires .TheyshallforwardtotheCommissiontheresultsofthe
survey,excludingindividualitemsofinformation ,inaccordancewiththe
evaluation programmelaiddown"bytheCommission ;theresultsshallbe
brokendownbyindustrialsector,regionandsizecategoryofundertaking .
Article7
Individualitemsofinformation suppliedforpurposesofthesurveyshall
beusedforstatistical purposesonly.Itshallbeprohibitedtouse
theinformationfor..taxationpurposes,ortocommunicateittothird
parties.
TheMemberStatesshalltakeappropriate measurestoavoidanyinfringement
ofs
(a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferredtoinArticle3»and
(b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthisArticle,tomaintain
secrecyasregardstheinformation obtained.
Article8•
Fortheconductofthesurvey,MemberStatesshallreceiveaflat–ratesura
proportionaltothenumberofundertakingsquestioned.Thisamountshallbe
setoffagainsttheappropriations providedforthispurposeinthebudget
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Thisregulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
Doneat ,onPortheCouncil
ThePrésident