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COM(73)1228final
Brussels,25July1973
DRAFT ■.
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
relatingtotheorganisation ofasurvey
onlabourcostsincommerce,banking
andinsurancebusinesses
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COîl(73)1228final

Annex1
Explanatory Memorandum
InordertoperformcertaintasksarisingfromtheTreatywhichset
uptheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,inparticularthosedealtwithin
Articles2,3,117,118,119,120and122thereof,theCommission
t
requiresreliableandcomparableinter-country dataonearningsand
thecostoflabourinthevariousbranchesofeconomicactivity.
Forthisreason,atstatisticslevel,acomprehensive seriesofspeci­
ficCommunitysurveyshasbeenmadesince1959,pursuanttoanumber
ofCouncilRegulations .Mostofthesehavebeenconcernedwithindus­
try(1),althoughasimilarinvestigation wasmadein1967intoroad
transport(2)andin1970,,intoretailtrade,bankingandinsurance
(3).Thefindingsofthesesurveyswerepublishedinthe"SocialSta­
tistics"seriesissuedby.theStatistical OfficeoftheEuropeanCom­
munities(b)..Thesesuppliedrepresentative data,greatlyappreciated
bytheGovernments aswellasbyeconomicandsocialcirclesinthe
variouscountries .
Thefirstsurveyonthecostof.labourintheretailtrade,banking
andinsurance,relatingto1970,filledanimportantgapintheCommu­
nitysystemofstatistical information onearningsinanareawhereno
comparableinter-country statistics hadpreviouslyexistedandwhere
thenumberofwageearnershadbeengrowingsteadilyoverthepasbfew
years.
(1)Regulation No.10(J.O.No.56dated31.8.1960,p.1199/60)
Regulation No.1U(J.O.No.55dated16.8.1961,p.105V61)
Regulation No.28(J.O.No.*f1dated28.5.1962,p.1277/62)
Regulation No.151(J.O.No.133dated13.12.1962 ,p.28^1/62)
Regulation No.101/66/EEC(J.O.No.13^dated22.7.1966,p.25W66)
Regulation (EEC)No.1899/68(J.O.No.L289dated29.11.1968,'p.4)
Regulation (EEC)^No.2259/^71(J.O.No.L238dated23.10.1971,p.1)
(2)Regulation No.100/66/EEC(J.'OiNcu-T^dated-22.7.1966,p.2538/66)
(3)Regulation (EEC)No.2053/69(J.O.No.L263dated21.10.1969 ,p.8)
(*f)Nos.3/1961,3/1962,1/1963,2/196^,5/1964,6/1965,5/1966,V1969,
1/1970,6/1970,3/1971and4/1972 1

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However ,asthereference year gets further away ,theresults ofsuch
aninvestigation obviously lose some oftheir interest ,especially in
view ofthemajor changes which have taken place since then inwage
costs .-That iswhy itwas necessary torepeat the survey .
Atits .169th session on19October 1971 ,theCouncil (Ministers of
Social Affairs )which hadincluded onitsagenda theCommission 's
social statistics programme ,voted infavour ofrepeating thesurvey ,
stressing the fact that itshould beconsidered asbeing particularly
important .
Consequently ,.tiie-^Wage survey indistributive trades andservices "
Working Party (composed ofrepresentatives oftheGovernments andboth
sides ofindustry ),atitsmeeting of28/29June 1972 inLuxembourg ,
atwhich -representatives ofthethree newMember States took part ,as
well asthose ofthethree sub-committees on"Distributive Trades ",
"Banks "and "Insurance "held on16,17and 18January 1973 »reached
agreement onall the technical details and onthe specimen question­
naire and explanatory notes forrepeating thesurvey .
Under theterms ofthis agreement ,thesurvey istorelate tothe "cost
oflabour in197^andapart from banking ,insurance andretail trade ,
isextended toinclude also thewholesale trade .Moreover ,ithas
been decided tolower ,the limit for retail and insurance businesses
covered bythe survey to10employees instead of20aswas thecase in
thelast survey .
Inview ofthis enlargement inscope ,,which means agreater number of
units tobequestioned ,thesurvey will becarried outbysampling ,
wherever practicable ,inorder toreduce asfaraspossible theamount
ofwork for firms and national statistical services .
(1)Cf.Council Documents R/1220/3/71 (SOC 125rev. 3)andR/2277/71
(S0C 209 )

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The -Government experts and therepresentatives ofthe employers *and
employees' trade associations both hope that thedecision toundertake
this survey will betaken asquickly aspossible ,sothat thebusi­
nesses concerned will beable tomake the necessary arrangements to
enable them toreply tothe questionnaire onthebasis oftheir account­
ingdata for197^*Notonly will this assist inobtaining better results
from thesurvey from thequalitative point ofview ,butwill also have
abeneficial effect ontheatmosphere inwhich thesurvey iscarried
out .
Hence ,theCommission submits totheCouncil for itsapproval ,the
following draft regulation .
Asprovided forinArticle 6ofthis draft regulation ,theexpenditure
incurred byMember States onthis survey ofthe cost oflabour in
distributive trades ,banking and insurance ,will becharged against
theEuropean Community budget appropriations provided forthis purpose .
Thetotal cost ofthis survey isestimated at4^0,000 units ofaccount
(based oninterrogation ofthebusinesses at11U.A. perquestionnaire ).

Annex2
CouncilRegulation (EEC) No.
dated
relatingtotheorganisation ofasurveyonlabourco6tsincommerce,
bankingandinsurancebusinesses .
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
havingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCommunity,and
inparticularArticle213thereof,..
havingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ,
whereas,inordertocarryoutthetasksassignedtoitbytheTreaty,
inparticular ,thosesetoutinArticles2,3t117»118,119,120and
122thereof,theCommissionneedstoknowtheearningssituationand
trendsintheninecountriesof;theCommunity,particularly withregard
tolabourcosts:
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whereas,intheabsenceofstatistical information Whichwillallow
reliablecomparisons tobemade,thebestmethodoffindingoutthe
level,composition andtrendsbothoflabourcostsandworkers 1earn­
ingsistocarryoutspecificCommunitysurveys,ashasbeendone'since
1959,pursuanttoCouncilRegulations Nos/'IO(1);"14'(2),28(3),151
(4),101/66/EEC(5),(EEC)1899/68(6)and;(EEC)2259/71(7),basedon
accountinginformationfortheyears1959to1964,1966,1969an(*1972
forindustry,No.100/66/EEC(8),basedoninformationrelatingto
1967forroadtransportand(EEC)No.2053/69(9)basedonaccounting
informationrelatingto1970forretailtrades,bankingandinsurance ;
(1)J.O.No.56dated31.8.1960,p.1199/60
(2)J.O.No.55dated16.8.1961,p.105V61
(3)J.O.No.V!dated28.5.1962,p.,1277/62
(4)J.O.No.133dated13.12.1962,p.2841/62
(5)J.O.No.13^dated22.7.1966,p.25W66
(6)J.O.No.L289dated29.11.1968,p.k
(7)J.O.No.L238dated23.10.1971,p.1
(8)J.O.No.134dated22.7.1966,p.2538/66
(9)J.O.No.L263dated21.10i1969,p.8

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whereas ,byreason ofthemajor changes which aretaking place inthe
expenditure incurred bybusiness forwages and employers' contribu **
tions relating thereto ,itisappropriate tocarry out anewsurvey
based onaccounting information fortheyear 197^,inorder tobring
uptodate theresults ofthe .last survey which dealt with the account'
inginformation relating to1970 ,
HEREBY ENACTS : ,
Article 1
Onthebasis oftheaccounting data relating tothe year 197% the
Commission shall undertake in1975 asurvey oflabour costs (workers
andemployees )inretail andwholesale ,banking andinsurance busines­
ses .
Article 2
The survey isextended toallbusinesses employing 10workers orover
with specific duties asdefined byClasses 61,6^/65,81and82ofthe
General Nomenclature ofEconomic Activities intheEuropean Communi­
ties (N.A.C.E. ),with theexception ofGroups 651 ,6^2and811 .How­
ever ,inthecase ofinsurance businesses inLuxembourg ,thesurvey
will take noaccount ofthe limited number ofworkers employed .
Thestatistical unit shall bethebusiness ,whatever itslegal status .
The survey may bemade onasample basis .
Employers responsible forthebusinesses subject toinvestigation are
required tosupply theinformation necessary fordetermining thecost
oflabour (workers andstaff *employees ),onthebasis oftheaccount­
ingdata relating tothewhole of197^,assetoutbelow .

Article3
Thesurveyshallbeconcernedwith:
a)expenditure onwages,includingbonusesandexgratiapayments,.and
alladditionalcharges,inparticularemployers'expenditure byway
ofsocialsecuritycontributions andsupplementary charges,other
socialallowances ,includingfringebenefitsandchargesrelating
toworkers'vocationaltraining;
b)thenumberofworkersengagedinthebusinesses ;
c)thenumberofhoursworkedbyemployees.
Article4
Theinformationshallbecollectedbythestatistical servicesinthe
MemberCountriesbymeansofquestionnaires drawnupbytheCommission
incollaboration withtheseservices.
TheCommissionshalldetermine,incollaboration withthestatistical
servicesoftheMemberCountries ,thetechnicaldetailsofthesurvey,
and,ifnecessary,thesamplingprogramme.Moreover,itwillsimilarly
fixthedatesofcommencement andtermination ofthesurveyaswellas
thedeadlineforreplyingtothequestionnaires .
Thepersonsresponsibleforsupplyingtheinformationwillreplyto
thequestionnaires truthfullyandcompletely ,andbythedatesspeci­
fied.
Thestatistical servicesoftheMemberCountriesshallprocessthe
completedquestionnaires andshallsendtotheCommissiontheoverall
resultsofthesurvey,butnotindividualinformation ,brokendownin
accordancewiththeproceduresdecideduponjointly.

Article 5
The individual information supplied for the survey canonly beused
forstatistical purposes .Itmay not beused fortaxation purposes ,
orcommunicated toanyother persons .
TheMember Countries shall take appropriate measures toavoid any
infringement :
a)oftheobligation tosupply theinformation covered byArticle 2,
last paragraph ;
b^ofthe -obligation -tokeep theinformation secret ,inaccordance
with theprovisions ofthe first paragraph ofthis article .
Article 6
The expenditure incurred byMember Countries incarrying out this sur
vey shall becharged against theEuropean Community budget appropria­
tions allocated for this purpose .
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Allsections ofthis regulation aremandatory anddirectly applicable
ineach Member Country .
This day of 197
ByOrder oftheCouncil
President