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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1233 final
Brussels ,25July 1973
DRAFT
REGULATION (ESC)OFTHECOUNCIL
relating totheorganisation ofthesurvey ofthestructure
anddistribution ofwages incommerce ,and
insurance companies
(submitted totheCouncil bythe Commission )
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Annex1
Explanatory Memorandum
Withregard .towagestatistics ,since1964theCommissionhashad
availablestandardized statisticsofindustrialworkers'wages.Up
tonowithasalsoorganizedtwoseriesofthreeannualsurveyson
f.
companies' payloadsandworkers'incomeswhich,inaccordancewith
Regulations No.10,14,28and151oftheCouncil0),coveredthe
accountsfortheyears1959to1964in14,8and13branchesofindus­
tryrespectively ,andalsothreelarger'surveysoflabourcostswhich,
inaccordancewiththeRegulations No.101/66/EEC,1899/68/EECand
(EEC)2259/71(2),'coveredallsectorsofindustrybasedonthe
accountsfortheyears1966,1969and1972.
Inaddition,asurveyoflabourcosts,inaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No.2053/69(3),coveredtheretailtrade,banksandinsurance
companiesbasedontheaccountsfortheyear1970.Anothersuchsur­
veyfor1.974extendedtothewholesaletradeisnowplanned,anda
draftregulationtothiseffectisbeingsubmittedtotheCouncil.
But,despiteallthisinformation theCommissioncannotaccomplish
someofthe;tasksallottedtoitbytheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
pean,EconomicCommunity ,particularly wheretheimplementing of
Articles2,3,117,118,119,120and122isconcerned,withoutalso
havingavailablevalid'andcomparabledataorithestructureanddistri­
butionofwageswithin -theCommunitycountries.'
(1)OfficialJournalNo.56dated31.8.1960,p.1199/60
OfficialJournalNo.55dated16.8.1961,p.1054/61
OfficialJournalNo.41dated28.5.1962,p.1277/62
OfficialJournalNo.133-dated13*12.1962 ,p.2841/62
(2)OfficialJournalNo.134dated22.7-1966,p.2540/66
OfficialJouranlNo.L289dated29.11.1968,p.4/'
OfficialJournalNo.L238dated23.10.1971,p.1
(3)OfficialJournalNo.L263dated21.10.1969 ,p*8

Infact,allthesurveysmentionedsofarsupplyveryusefulresults
buttheyaregenerallyonlyaveragevalues.Onlyaknowledgeofthe
statisticalrelationship/betweenwagesandthepersonalcharacteris­
ticsofthewageearners(sex,age,professionalqualifications ,
lengthofserviceinthecompany,etc.)couldhelptofurtherthe
analysisandtoexplaininparticular howfarthedifferentlevels
observedindifferentfieldsofactivityindifferentcountriescan
beputdowntothedifferences inthestructureofthelabourforce.
Surveysofthestructureanddistribution ofsalariesareaimedpre­
ciselyatmakingthisanalysispossible.Theyalsoprovideimportant
information onthedistribution ofindividual wages.
ThisiswhyfortheindustrialsectortheCommissionhasalready
organizedtwosurveysonthestructureanddistribution ofwages,
which,inaccordancewiththeCouncilRegulations No.188/64/EECand
(EEC)No.2395/71(1),havegoneintothedatafor1966and1972.
Theresultsofthefirstsurveyconcerningworkersalonehavebeen
publishedintheseries"SocialStatistics"oftheStatistical Office
oftheEuropeanCommunities (2);thoseofthesecondsurvey,which
coversallcategoriesofwageearnersinindustry,areatthemoment
beinganalysedandwillbepublishedduringtheyear197^-.
Itwasnecessaryforasurveyonthestructureanddistribution of
wagestobemadeinthecommercialsector,banksandinsurance 'compa­
nieswhich,likeindustry,arealreadyundergoingasurveyoflabour
costs.Thisneedwasrecognizedandemphasised bytheCouncilonthe
19October1971>atthediscussionontheRegulationwhichwastolead
totheorganisation ofthesecondsuchsurveyofindustry;onthis
occasiontheCouncildidinfactasktheCommission toextendits
(1)OfficialJournalNo.21dated2^.12.196^,p.363^-
OfficialJournalNo.L2^9dated10.11.1971,p.52
(2)Specialseries"Surveyonthestructureanddistribution ofwages
-1966"(8volumes)

investigation also into the service sectors ,pointing out that ifit
was infact advisable torenew the first survey ofthe structure and
distribution ofwages inindustry and toextend ittocover the cleri­
cal staff ,itwasall /,themore justified and also urgent tocarry out
asimilar survey ofcommerce ,banks andinsurance companies in -197^
atthe same time asthe enquiry onlabour costs already planned for
these sectors (1).
This iswhy therepresentatives oftheGovernments andnational Statis­
tical Institutes ,professional employers' and employees' organisations
examined thetechnicalities ofcarrying out such asurvey during a
meeting which took place inLuxembourg from the27tothe29March1973
Asample survey will take place towards theendof197^andcould be
continued tothebeginning oftheyear1975.Itwill cover all compa­
nies employing atleast tenwage earners inthewholesale andretail
trades ,banks andinsurance companies (2).
Theprofessional employers' and employees' organisations andalso the
national services responsible for theorganisation ofthe survey have
asked that thedecision relating tothis survey should betaken and
all thetechnical details concerned should begiven tothem asquickly
aspossible sothat thecompanies have time toprepare .This would
help notonly toimprove theresults ofthis survey from aqualitative
point ofview *butwould also have afavorable influence ontheatmos­
phere inwhich itwould take place .
Tothis end ,theCommission submits totheCouncil foritsapproval ,
thefollowing draft regulation .
(1)Cf.particularly thefollowing documents :R/1220/3/71 (SOC125
rev.3);R/206V71 (SOC195)(FIN^71);R/2277/71 (SOC209)
(2)Classes61,6^/65,81and82oftheGeneral Nomenclature ofEcono­
micActivities intheEuropean Communities (N.A.C.E. ),excluding
groups 651 ,652and811

-Α -
Inaccordance with Article 6ofthis draft regulation ,theexpenses
borne bytheMember States ontheoccasion ofthesurvey will be
charged tothe sumprovided for inthebudget oftheEuropean Commu­
nities .Based onthe experience ofpreceding surveys made inthe
industrial sector ,the total cost ofthe survey canbeestimated at
1,000,000 U.A. (just over 1,650,000 wage earners at0.6U.A. perwage
earner ). .

Annex2
'. DRiiPP
RVOOLMET(SjJC)OPOOUETOIL
relatingtotheorganisation ofthesurveyofthestructureanddis­
tributionofwagesincommerce,banksandinsurancecompanies.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandinparticularArticle213, ..
havingregardtothedraftregulationsubmittedbytheCommission ,
whereasinordertoaccomplishthetasksassignedtoitbytheTreaty ,
inparticularinArticles2,3,117,118,119,120and122,theCom­
missionmustknowthesituation ,anddevelopment ofwagesinthenine
Communitycountries,withregardto,ononehand,theirvariationsin
termsofthestructureofthelabourforceandontheotherhandthe
distribution ofthewageearnersaccordingtowagelevel;
whereasthesurveyofwageswhichwasmadeinaccordancewithRegula­
tion(EEC)No.2053/69(1),onthebasisofstatisticalinformation
relatingtotheyear19?0,wasonlyabletosupplyaveragesdrawnfrom
generaldataandgavenodetailsabouttherelationship betweenwages
andpersonalcharacteristics ofwageearners(age,sex,professional ,
qualifications ,lengthofserviceetc.)noronthedistribution of
salariesaroundtheaverage;
·, .. ........
whereasstatisticalinformationinthisfieldisonlyavailablein'
someMemberStatesandthereforevalidcomparisons cannotbemadeand
surveysofthestructureanddistribution ofwagesmustbecarriedout
onthebasisofstandarddefinitions andacc'ordi'xlgtoa'standard
T. . ^• i•method;
rV-... ■ '•
(1)OfficiaiJournalNo.L263dated21.10.1969,p.0

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whereasthebestmethodofassessingthesituationasregardsthe
structureanddistribution ofwagesistocarryoutthisspecifically
Communitysurveyaswasdoneforindustryin1966and1972,inaccord­
ancewithRegulations No.188/64/EEC(1)and(EEC)No.2395/71(2);
whereasitisimportanttoobtainacompletepictureofthestructure
anddistribution ofwagesforallthewageearners(workers,clerical
staff,supervisorystaffandexecutives )andforallbranchesofthe
wholesaleandretailtrades,banksandinsurancecompanies ;whereas
itseemstobenecessary,becauseofitsscope,tocarryoutthis
investigation bymeansofsamplingsothatitdoesnotbecometoo
greataburdenonthecompaniesandthebudgetoftheEuropeanCommu­
nities,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1.
TheCommissionshallundertakeasurveyofthestructureanddistribu­
tionofwagesofallworkers(manualandnon-manualincludingadminis­
trativeandmanagerialstaff)inthewholesaleandretailtrades,banks
andinsurancecompanies,onthebasisofstatistical informationrelat­
ingtoonemonthin197^,preferablyOctober,andtothewholeof197^»
Article2
Thesurveyshallcoverallcompaniesemploying10ormorewageearners,
whichcarryoutlimitedactivitiesunderclasses61,6^/65,81and82
oftheGeneralnomenclature oftheeconomicactivitiesintheEuropean
Communities (N.A.C.E.)butwiththeexceptionofgroups651,652and
811.
(1)OfficialJournalNo.21*tdated2^.12.1964-,p.#3V64
(2)OfficialJournalNo.L24-9dated10.11.1971 ,p.52

Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutonasamplingbasis.
Asfarascompaniesandwageearnersfiguringthesampleunderthe
conditionsmentionedbelowareconcerned ,employersareaskedtopro­
videtheinformation necessarytodeterminethestructureanddistri­
butionofwages.
Article3
Thesurveyconsistsofgatheringinformationinthecaseofeachwage
earneron
1.grossearningsforonemonthof197^-,preferablyOctober,including
thevariousbonusespaidregularlyandextrapayforovertime,night
workandSundayworkandfamilyallowancesgrantedaccordingtothe
collectiveagreementsorvoluntarily ;,
2.thetotalgrosssalaryfor197^1includingovertimepay,bonuses
andgratuities ;totalbonusesandgratuitieswhicharenotpaid
systematically withthenormalremuneration (quarterly,halfyearly
andannuallyetc.)shallbespecifiedseparately ;
3.thesex,age,professional qualifications ,lengthofserviceinthe
'company,systemofremuneration ,workingsystem,paymentofwages
incaseofabsence;
*f.weeklyworkinghours;
5.theareawherethewageearnerworksandthesizeofthecompany
whichemployshim.
Articlek
Theinformationisgatheredbythe.statistical servicesoftheMember
Statesbymeansofquestionnaires drawnupbytheCommissionin-colla­
borationwiththeseservices.

TheCommission will determine thetechnical procedure ofthesurvey ,
particularly thesampling plan ,incollaboration with thestatistical
services oftheMember States .Similarly ,itwill decide onthedates
forthebeginning and endofthesurvey ,thetime limit forreplies
tothequestionnaire and theprocedure forsending theresults ofthe
survey tothe Commission .
Thepeople requested toprovide theinformation will reply tothe
questionnaire inatruthful and complete manner within the fixed time
limit .
Article 5
Personal information provided within the framework ofthe survey shall
only beused for statistical purposes .Itisforbidden touse this
information for taxpurposes ortopass itontoathird person .
TheMember States shall take appropriate measures toavoid any
infringement
a)oftheobligation toprovide theinformation mentioned inarticle 2,
last paragraph ,
s
b)oftheobligation tokeep information secret inaccordance with the
provisions inthefirst paragraph inthis article .
Article 6
Expenditure borne bytheMember States forthis survey will bededucted
from thesumprovided forthis purpose inthebudget oftheEuropean
Communities .
This regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly appli­
cable inall Member States .
Done at ,onFor the Council
The President