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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)13final.
Brussels,5February1977•
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
relatingtotheorganization ofasurveyontheearnings
ofpermanentworkersemployedinagriculture
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(77)13final.

Explanatory Memorandum
Inorder toperform certain tasks assigned toitunder theTreaty ,theCom­
mission must have information onthecurrent status andtrends ofearnings
intheCommunity countries .Ittherefore requires comparable statistics on
these matters forallsectors ofecenomic aotivity .
Asaresult oftheactivities oftheWorking Party forStatistics onEarn­
ings inAgriculture ,which isoomposed ofrepresentatives ofthenational
administrations ,employers andlabour ,Community surveys oftheearnings of
permanent workers employed inagriculture were conducted in1974 ,1975 and
1976 (1).These surveys provided comparable information onthelevel and
distribution ofearnings ,thenumber ofhours paid andtheexistence or
absence ofbenefits inkind ,taking into account certain personl data on
wage earners suoh asage ,sexandoccupational qualifications .Thefigures
for1974 have already been published (2),those for1975 will besoshortly
andthe1976 data will beavailable towards themiddle of1977*
Inview ofthequantity ofinformation nowavailable ontherelationship
between thelevel ofearnings andoertain data onwage earners ,theWorking
>
Party forStatistics onEarnings inAgriculture agreed with theCommission
that fortheperiod 1977-1979 small er-soale surveys should make itpossible
tomonitor current trends adequately provided amore detailed survey ,com­
parable tothosa carried outfrom 1974 to1976 ,wasconduoted in1980 .The
proposed simplification ofthesurvey islargely ofateohnica.1 nature ,con­
sisting inafairly substantial reduction inthesize ofthesample required
forCommunity purposes .Thesurvey isalso tobelimited meantime towage
earners ofthemale sex .
(1)Council Regulations (EEC)Nos677/76ot21Maroh 1974 (OJNoL83,28.3 .
1974 ,p.4/5),1103A5 of28April 1975 (OJNoL110,30.4.1975 ,p.2/j)
and1035/76of .30April 1976 (OJNoL118,5-5.1976 ,p.3/4) ■ .
(2)Eurostat ,Earnings ofpermanent workers inagrioulture ,1974 (Scoial
Statistics ,5/1975 )

CouncilRegulation (EEC)No
of
relatingtotheorganization ofasurveyontheearningsofpermanentwork-
eraemployedinagriculture .
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle213thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted "bytheCommission,
Whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoitundertheTreaty,
andinparticularthosesetoutinArticles2,39»117»1.18f119and122
thereof,theCommissionrequiresinformation ontheourrentstatusandtrends
ofearningsintheMemberStates;
Whereassuchstatistical dataasdoexistwithintheMemberStatesonthe
earningsofagricultural workersdonotatpresentpermitvalidcomparisons
tobemade,anditisconsequently necessarytoconductaspecificCommunity
surveybasedonuniformdefinitions andcharacteristics aswasdonein1974»
1975and1976pursuanttoCounoilRegulations (EEC)Nos677/740),1103/75
Whereasthetechnicaldifficulties involvedinasurveyonearningsinagri­
culturemakeitneoossarytorestrictthesurveyatpresenttotheearnings
ofpermanentagricultural workers;
Whereasitisconvenient ,inviewoftheresultsalreadyobtained,to
restrictthescopeofthesurveymeantimetodataonworkersofthemale
sex,whorepresentover$0$ofthepermanentagriculturallabourforce;(2)and1035/76(3);
i1)0JNoL83,28.3.1974,p.4
2)0JNoL110,30.4.1975 »p.2
2)0JNoL118,5.5.1976,p.3

Whereas itispossible and .moreeoonomioal tocarry outsuchasurvey "by
random sampling only ,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
During 1977 ?197° a-nd1979 "theCommission shall undertake asurvey of "theactual
earnings ofpermanent workers employed inagriculture onthe "basis ofsta­
tistical data relating toSeptember ,October orNovember#
Article 2
Thesurvey shall oover allholdings which employ permanent workers andwhich
engage inacti^tied asspecified ailddefined under class 01oftheGeneral
Nomenclature ofEconomic Activities intheEuropean Communities (NACE ),with
theexception ofholdings whose activities aremainly orexclusively direoted
tocreating andmaintaining gardens andparks ,tohunting ortoaotivities
ancillary toagriculture .
Article 3
Thesurvey shall becarried outbymeans ofrandom sampling .
Inrespeot ofthose holdings appearing inthesurvey sample ,employers shall
supply theinformation required forthesurvey inthemanner setouthere–
after .
• «
Article 4
Thesurvey shall oonsist inthecollection foreaoh male permanent worker of
alldata relating togross oash earnings forSeptember ,October ,orNovember
1977 »1978 and1979 ,theexistence orabsenoe ofbenefits inkind ,thenature
ofwork performed ,thebasis onwhich earnings arecalculated andthenumber
ofhours paid ,aswell asageandoccupational qualifications .

Article 5
Theinformation shall becollected "bythestatistical offioes oftheMember
States *
TheCommission ,with thecollaboration ofthese offices ,shall determine the
technical details ofthesurvey andthearrangements fortransmitting the
results tothe Commission .
Article 6
Individual items ofinformation supplied forpurposes ofthesurvey maybe
used forstatistical purposes only .Itshall beprohibited tousethe
information fortaxation purposes ortooommunioate ittothird parties .
Member States shall take appropriate sanctions against anyinfringement of :
a)theobligation tosupply theinformation referred toinArticle 3,
b)theobligation ,under thefirst paragraph ofthis Article ,tomaintain
secreoy asregards theinformation obtained .
Article 7
To cover theexpenditure incurred inconducting thesurvey ,theMember
States shall receive alump sumproportionate tothenumber ofholdings
covered .This sumshall becharged against theEuropean Communities' budget
appropriations allooated forthis purpose .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly applicable in
allMember States . '
Done at ,(date ) FortheCouncil
The President