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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)549 final
Brussels.5October1981
Draft
COUNCILDIRECTIVE (EEC)
relatingtotheorganization bytheMemberStatesof
surveysontheearningsofpermanent andseasonal
«
workersemployedinagriculture
(submittedtothe
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; covn 5'4ø
Inorder toperform certain ta?ks assigned "toitunder the Treaty ,theCom­
mission must have informatior :onthecurrent status and trends ofearnings
intheCommunity countries .Itthsrefore requires' comparable statistics on
these matters for all sectors ofeconomic activity .
Asaresult oftheactivities oftheWorking Party for Statistics onEarir.ngs
inAgriculture ,which iscomposed ofrepresentatives ofthenational admii .-
istrations ,employers andlabour , Community surveys oftheearnings 01
permanent workers employed inagriculture were conducted from 1974 to1980
(1).These surveys provided comparable data onthelevel and "distribution of
earnings ,thenumber ofhours paid and the existence orabsence ofbenefits
inkind ,taking into account certain personal data onwage earners such as
age ,sexandoccupational qualifications (2).Theresults ofthese surveys
have been published (3).
Asregards theorganization offuture Community surveys ofthe earnings of
workers employed inagriculture ,theCouncil and theCommission have agreed
toset upapermanent system onthe basis ofaDirective .
Moreover ,theJoint Committee onthe social problems ofagricultural wage
earners expressed anopinion inthis connection on6May 1981 ,inwhich it
called forthesetting upofadefinitive Community 'instrument toensure the
rrgulnr publication ofcomparable data ,ontheearnings ofpermanent full-time
andpurt-time workers andofseasonal workers (atmaximum intervals of2years )
(1)Council Regulations (EEC)' No677/74of21March-1974 (OJNoL83of28
March 1974 ,pp4-5),No1103/75of28April 1975 (Oj'No L110of30April
1975 ,pp2-3),No1035 /76of30April 1976 (0JNoL118of5May1976 ,
pp3-4),No847/77of25April 1977 (0JNoL104of28April 1977 ,p.5)
andNo3112 /80of27November 1980 (0JNoL326of2December 1980 ,pp
6-7).
(2)Thesurveys for1977 to1979 ,which were carried outwith "areduced sample
andconfined tomale workers ,were concerned only with trends inincome
during this period .
(3)EUR0STAT ,Earnings inagriculture
–1974 (Social Statistics No5/1975
-1975 )
-y1976 )Separate publication
-1977 )
-1978 )Hourly earnings -Hours ofwork ,vol .1-1979 (1977 )
-1979 )2-1979 (1978 )and2-1980 (1979 )
-1980 Theresults will beincluded inaseparate publication ..

-2-
Consequently ,theprocedures fororganizing future surveys were decided on
bytheWorking Party forStatistics onEarnings inAgriculture atitsmeet­
ingon17March 1981 .
Thus the survey will beconducted every two years from 1982 onwards .It
will relate toworkers ofboth ,sexes belonging tothefollowing categories :
permanent full-time workers ,permanent part-time workers and seasonal work­
ers .The inclusion ofthe two last-mentioned categories ,which were not
taken into consideration inthe earlier surveys ,will be -decided onbythe
Commission incollaboration with the relevant national statistical s'ervices
andwill apply only totheMember States inwhich there isalarge orsub­
stantial number ofsuch workers .The Statistical Office has prepared a
Community definition ofthese three categories ofagricultural workers ,
largely onthebasis ofinformation supplied bythsMember States onthis
subject .
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Draft
0OUK0IL»S-iWiOTIVfi(BEO)
relatingtotheorganization bytheMemberStatesofsurveysonthe
earningsofpermanentandseasonalworkersemployedinagriculture
I
THECOUNCILOPEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
'V
1
Havingregardto|heTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticular *Article213thereof,
/''ί ■
HavingregardtothedraftDirectivesubmittedbytheCommission,
Hhareas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoitundertheTreaty,
inparticularthoseBetoutinArticles2,39,117?118,119and122
thereof,theCommissionneedstoknowtheearningssituationandtrends
intheMemberStates} ,
Whereassuchstatistical dataasdoexistwithintheMemberStateson
theearningsofagricultural workersdonotatpresentpermitvalid
comparisonstobemade,and.whereasitis,consequently ,necessaryto
conductaspecifioCommunitysurveybasedonuniformdefinitions and
characteristics }
WhereastheCommissionneedsregular,comprehensive dataonearnings,
andwhereasitisthereforenecessarytoincludeallcategoriesof
agricultural workersofbothsexesinthesurveys }
Whereas,however,sincethenumberofagricultural workersincertain
categoriesisverylowinseveralMemberStates,itisdesirableto
adoptaselectiveapproach }
Whereasitispossibleandalsomoreeconomicaltocarryoutsuch
surveysbyrandomsampling,andwhereas,inordertoobtainresultsof
uniformaccuraoy,itisneceessrytokeepwithinafixedmarginoferror
ofobservation,whichshouldbeaslowaspossible ?

h'haraftai/n.La».•-.•••/{./vs••••'erris,;forgrantingCommunity
financialcontributions toMe-berStatesforthepurposeofconductingthe
surveysrsferrsd .tointhisDirective }
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE
Article1
Asfrom1982,MemberStatesshallundertakeasurveyinalternateyears
oftheactualearningsofmaleandfemaleworkersemployedinagriculture }
thesurveyshallcoverpermanentfull-timeandpart-timeworkersand
seasonalworkers.
TheCommission,afterconsulting thestatisticalauthoritiesofthe
(
MemberStates,shalldeterminethecategoriesofagricultural workers
who,onthebasisoftheirrelativeimportance,aretobeincludedinthe
surveyineachcountry. ,
*
TheCommission,afterconsultingtheappropriate WorkingParty,shall
definetheaforementioned categoriesofagricultural workers."
Article2
ThesurveyprovidedforinArtiole1shallbeconduotedontfyebasigof
statisticaldatarelatingtothemonthsofSeptember,OctoberorNovember
in'thecaseofpermanentworkers,andtomonthsselectedbytheCommission,
inoooperation withthenationalstatisticalauthorities oftheMember
States,inthecaseofseasonalworkers. '
Article3
ThesurveyprovidedforinArticle1shallcoverallholdingswhichemploy
permanentand/orseasonalworkersandwhichengageinactivitiesas
specifiedanddefinedunderClass01oftheGeneralNomenclature of
EconomicActivitiesintheEuropeanCommunities (NACE),withthe
exceptionofholdingstheactivitiesofwhicharemainlyorexclusively
directedtocreatingandmaintaining gardensandparks,tohuntingor
toactivitiesancillarytoagriculture .
Article4
ThesurveyprovidedforinArticle1shallbecarriedoutbyRandom
sampling.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate measures,inparticular
withregardtothesamplebase,tomaintainor,ifnecessary,toimprove
thequalityofthesurveyresults.

Aï-tieie 5respect ot „
Thesurvey shall consist ofthecollection in/each permanent orseasonal
worker *ofalldata 'relating togross cash earnings forthemonth ormonths
referred toinArtiole 2,theexistence ofbenefits inkind ,
thenature ofthework performed ,thebasis onwhich earnings are
calculated andthenumber ofhours paid ,aswell assex,ageandjob
categories .
Article 6
TheCommission shall >after consulting thestatistical authorities of
theMember States , determine thetechnical details ofthesurvey
andthearrangements fortransmitting theresults totheCommission .
m
Artrcle 7
TheMember States shall receive *inrespect ofthe first three surveys ,
aflat-rate sumforeach holding surveyed .This sum _shall becharged
against appropriations allocated forthis purpose inthebudget ofthe
European Communities . -
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Article 8
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .

FINANCIAL RECORD
1.Relevant budget heading ;Art .264
2.Title ofbudget heading :Draft Council Directive (EEC )ontheorganiz­
ation ofasurvey onthe earnings ofworkers employed inagriculture .
3.Légal basis :Council Directive (EEC )
Objective and justification ofthe project :toset up,after aseries
of'complete' and 'light *annual surveys ,apermanent system ofsur­
veys which will allow more detailed comparisons ofthe level and the
distribution ofthe earnings ofworkers inagriculture ,attwo-yearly
intervals ,andtofollow developments inthis respect .Theinformation
must becollected directly atthe agricultural holdings bythe statis -
(■ - v»
tical services ofthe Member States .
5.Financial implications oftheproject (inECU )
5.0 Inrespect ofexpenditure :Asstated inArticle 7ofthe draft Direct­
ive ,theMember States will receive alump sum inrespect ofeach hold­
ingcovered forcarrying out the three initial surveys .These costs
will becharged against the appropriations provided for this purpose
inthebudgets ofthe European Communities for 1982 ,1984 and 1986
(Article 264 ,'Statistical surveys andstudies' ).
TheCommunity contribution covers only part ofthe total cost ofthe
surveys carried out bythenational statistical offices .
5.1Method ofcalculation :Itisproposed tocalculate the flat rate con- •
tribution toMember States onthe basis ofanamount of12ECU per unit
covered .Taking account ofthenumber ofholdings tobecovered (+56000 )
thesumchargeable tothebudget oftheEuropean Communities canbees­
timated ,for each ofthe three surveys covering the ten Meirhcr States ,
at672 000 ECU .This estimate isbased onthe following breakdown of
thesample bycountries (figures forthe1980 survey inbrackets ):

Units ECU
Germany 9000 (8823 )a) 108000 (105876 )
France 12000 (10000 ) ,144000 (120000 )
Italy 15000 (10000 ) 180000 (120000 )
Netherlands 2450 (2450 ) 29400 (29400 )
Belgium 1750 (1750 ) 21000 (21000 )
Luxembourg 250 (250 ) 3000 (3000 )
United Kingdom 2000 (1820 ) 24000 (21840 )
Ireland 2530 (2530 ) 30360 (30360 )
Denmark .6000 *-16000 ) 72000 (72000 )
Greece 5000 (-) 60000 (-)
TOTAL ■65980 (43623 ) 671760 (523476 )
a)Actual number that took part inthelast complete survey inwhich this
country participated (1976 ).