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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)47 final
Brus sels ,24January 1974
Draft
REGULATION (EEC )OPTHECOUNCIL
relating totheorganization ofasurvey onthe earnings
ofpermanent workers inagriculture
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(74 )47final

Explanatory Memorandum
Inorder toperform certain tasks assigned toitbythe .Treaty ,the
Commission needs -tqknow th£ earnings situation and trends inthe
Community countries .Ittherefore requires comparable statistics on
these matters . . . \
Tothis end ,acoordinated set ofcomparable statistics onearnings
hasbeen progressively developed byCommunity surveys conducted with
the collaboration ofnational statistical services .However ,such
Community surveys have only been made onindustry ,transport and serv- .
ices and have not asyetbeen applied toagriculture .
Inorder tomeet themost urgent requirements defined byaWorking
Party consisting ofrepresentatives ofgovernments ,management and
labour ,work has been done with aview toimplementing ,inthe first
instance ,anannual survey ontheactual earnings ofagricultural
workers ,including such factors assex ,age andprofessional qualifi­
cations ..Apilot survey designed totest adraft questionnaire and a
sampling method took place in1971 •Onthebasis ofthe conclusions
drawn from thepilot survey ,theWorking Party ,which had inthemean­
time been enlarged byrepresentatives from thenewMember States ,
arrived atafinal agreement on3July 1973 ontheconditions under
1
which thesurvey was tobeconducted ;inparticular ,itwas decided •
that initially thesurvey would only cover permanent workers and that
itcould commence inApril 1$?^. '
The draft regulation attached hereto ,which theCommission issubmitting
tothe Council ,isinaccordance with the Council 'sdecision of19
October 1971 giving approval tothesocial statistics programme for
thenext fewyears ,which expressly provides forstatistics onagri­
cultural earnings (1).
(1)Cf.thefollowing Council documents :R/1220/3/71(SOC125rev. 3)
andR/2277/71 (SOC 209 )

Inaccordance with Article' 7ofthis draft "regulation ,theexpenses
incurred bytheMember States in'conducting thesurvey will becharged
against theEuropean Communities budget appropriations allocated for
this purpose .Onthebasis of10U.A ,perholding questioned ,"the
appropriations necessary in197^tocomplete' thesurvey maybeestimate ^
at400,000 U.A. '■% ' '" 1

Draf-t
Regulation (EEC)_
relating totheorganization ofasurvey ontheearnings ofpermanent
workers in .agriculture .;
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,• i
having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Commu­
nity ,andinparticular Article 213thereof ,
• . i •
having regard tothe draft' regulation submitted bytheCommission ,
whereas ,inorder tocarry outthetasks assigned toit'bytheTreaty ,
inparticular those setoutinArticles 2,39,117 ,118 ,'119and122
thereof ,theCommission neieds toknow the earnings 'Situation and trends
inthecountries ofthe Community;-' '• "•* •1\A'' -'
whereas ,incontrast tothose existing forindustry and services ,
comparable statistics onearnings inagriculture are not yet available
atCommunity level andconsequently this' gapshould 'be -filled ;"" '''••
whereas ,such statistical data onthe jearnings ofagricultural ,-workers
asdoexist within theMember States donot intheir present state
permit valid comparisons tobemade and hence itisnecessary tocon­
duct aspecific Community survey' based' onuniform definitions and
characteristics ;... .
" . . .
whereas the technical difficulties inciu:red :inasurvey onearnings in
agriculture make itnecessary toproceed bystages andinthefirst
instance only to,consider the -earnings ofpermanent -agricultural :
workers ;
whereas itistechnically possible andmore economical tocarry out
such asurvey bysampling .

HEREBYENACTS:
Article 1
OnthebasisofthestatisticaldatarelatingtoApril197^»theCom­
missionshallundertakeasurveyoftheactualearningsofpermanent
workersinagriculture . '..
Article2
Thesurveyshallbeextendedtor.llholdingsemployingpermanentwork­
erswii^hspecificdutiesasdefinedunderclass01oftheGeneral
Nomenclature ofEconomicActivitiesintheEuropeanCommunities
(N.A.C.E.),withtheexceptionofholdingswhoseactivitiesaremainly
prexclusivelydirectedtocreatingandmaintaining gardensandparks,
toactivitiesancillarytoagriculture ,andtohunting.
Article3
Thesurveyshallbecarriedoutbymeansof.randomsampling.
Employersshall,inrespectofgivenholdingsinthesurveysample,
supplytheinformation heeded,inthemannersetouthereafter.
Articleb
Thesurveyshallconsistofthecollectionfromeachholdingforeach
permanentworkercoveredbythesampleofdataongrosscashearnings
forthemonthofApril197^»theexistenceorabsenceofadvantages
inkind,sex,age,professional qualifications ,thenatureofwork
performed,-thebasisonwhichearningsarecalculated ,andthenumber
ofhourspaid.

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Article 5
Information shall begathered bythestatistical offices oftheMember
States .
TheCommission ,with thecollaboration ofthose offices ,shall deter­
mine thetechnical details ofthe survey and themanner inwhich
results are tobetransmitted tothe Commission .
Article 6
Theindividual information supplied for this survey shall only beused
forstatistical purposes .Itmay not beused fortaxation purposes ,
orcommunicated toany other persons .
Member States shall take appropriate measures toavoid anyinfringe­
ment of
a)theobligation tosupply theinformation referred toinArticle 3>
b)theobligation ,under thefirst paragraph ofthis Article ,tomain­
tain secrecy asregards theinformation obtained .
article 7
The expendxture incurred byMember States incarrying out this survey
shall becharged against theEuropean Communities budget appropriations
allocated for this purpose .
Allsections ofthis regulation aremandatory anddirectly applicable
ineach Member Gountry . '
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Done at Byorder oftheCouncil
(Date )
Président