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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)717final.
Brussels,6January1978.
Draftfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
relatingtotheorganization of.asurveyoflabourcosts
inindustry,thewholesaleandretaildistribution ,"bankingandinsurance
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COS(77)717final.

Explanatory Memorandum
TheCommission cannot carry outcertain tasks assigned ,toit "bytheTreaty
establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,inparticular with respect to
theimplementation ofArticles 2,3,11T»118 ,120and 122 ,without acciess
tovalid data ,comparable forthedifferent countries ,onthecost oflabour
andontheincomes ofemployees >inthfeCommunity .
That iswhy ,since 1959 , pursuance ofCoxmcil Regulations ,awhole series
ofspecific Community surveys hasbeen carried outinindustry (l),incom­
merce ,banking andinsurance (2),andinroad transport (3).These surveys
were carried outbytheStatistical Office oftheEuropean Communities in
collaboration with theNational Institutes ofStatistics and the Ministries
ofLabour ofMember States .Theresults ofthese surveys were published in
the "Social Statistics "series issued bytheStatistical Office oftheEuro­
pean Communities (4);they were greatly appreciated bygovernments andby
economic and social bodies .
The activities oftheCommission inthevarious sectors make itnecessary
that themost recent possible figures ontotal labour costs should beavail­
able atall times .Incollaboration with the competent authorities inMem­
ber States ,theStatistical Office has ,therefore ,,developed methods ofup­
dating theresults ofsurveys oflabour costs .However ,inview ofthefact
that expenditure onwages andrelated costs issubject tosubstantial change ,
this technique ofupdating canprovide valid results only forthefirst few
years following asurvey ;thereafter ,thesurvey must berepeated .
(1)Regulation No10(OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1199/60).
Regulation No14(OJNo55»16.8 .19^1 ,p.1054/61).
Regulation No28(OJNo41?28.5-1962,p.1277/62).
Regulation No151(OJNo133,13.12.1962,p.2841/62).
Regulation10L/$6/FEEC(OJNo134,22.7.1966,p.2540/66).
Regulation(EEC)No1899/68(OJNoL289 ,29.11.1968 ,p.4).
Regulation(EEC)No2259/71(OJNoL238,23.10.1971 ,p.1).
Regulation (EEC)NO328/75(OJNoL37,12.2.1975 ,P-1).
(2)Regulation(EEC)NO2053/69(OJNoL263,21.10.1969,P-8).Regulation (EEC)No3192/73(OJNoL326 ,27.11.1973 ,p.1J.
(3)Regulation No100/66/EEC (OJNO134,22.7 .1966 ,P»2538/66).
(4)No3/1961 ,3/1962 ,1/1963 ,2/1964 ,5/1964 ,6/1965 ,5/1966 ,4/1969 ,1/1970 ,
6/1970 ,3/1971 ,4/1972 ,4/1974 ,6/1975 ,1977 .

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Itisinthat connection that theWorking Party on"Wage Statiatioe ",com­
prising representatives ofgovernments (Ministries ofLabour andNational
Institutes ofStatistics )andofemployers andlabour ,came totheconclu­
sion that itwould benecessary torepeat thesurveys oflabour costs at
three-yearly intervals ;this view wasshared bytheCommission andthe
Council ;*thus theyears 1$66 ,19^9t 1972 and 1975have been selected so
farforindustry .
Inorder torationalize andfurther facilitate procedures ,plans have been
made toincorporate into asingle survey theinvestigations that hadhitherto
b«en made separately ,into industry ontheonehand ,andinto commerce ,bank­
ingandinsurance ontheother .This proposal wasapproved inprinciple by
the enlarged conference oftheDirectors-General oftheNational Institutes
ofStatistics held on8,$and 10December 1976 ,which also agreed that the
first "dual "survey ofthis kind could becarried outin1979 on "thebasis
oftheaccounts fortheyear 1978 .
Sothat thesurvey should notconstitute tooheavy aburden ontheundertak – '
ings andonthebudget oftheEuropean Communities andMember States ,the
intention isnot that itshould involve exhaustive returns from all ■under­
takings ,butthat itshould bebased onarepresentative sample .
TheWorking Party on"Wage Statistics ",which metinLuxemburg on4,5»6
and 11,12,13July 1977 »reached agreement onthetechnical basis forthe
survey (thebasic questionnaire ,thesurvey field ,methods ,transmitting of
results ,etc.)which will ensure thecomparability oftheresults andwill
allow themaximum amount ofinformation ontheCommunity tobederived from
the survey . -
Asinthesurveys of1974 and1975 >this survey will cover theestablish­
ments orundertakings employing atleast tenwage–earners .This will ensure
thecomparability ofthesurvey with those ofprevious years andwith the
other wage statistics oftheCommunity (harmonized statistics onearnings
andstatistics onthestructure anddistribution ofwages )which cover the
same field .
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Theplannedsurveywillprovidedetailedstatistical information onthe
expenditure onwagesandrelatedcostsbornebytheemployers,aswellas
ontheincomesofemployeesinallbranchesofindustry(includingtheenergy,
waterandconstructionindustries),incommerce,bankingandinsurance(1).
Theresultsofthissurveywill,ofcourse,beusedasanewbasisforthe
tipdatingwhichiscarriedo\vtregularlyduringinterveningyears.
Bothgovernmentexpertsandtherepresentatives ofprofessional organiza­
tionsofemployersandworkershave\irgedthatthodecisiontoundertake
thissurveybetakenasquicklyaspossible,sothattheundertakings form­
ingpartofthesamplesshouldbeinapositionatthebeginningof1978to
tokothenecessarymeasuresenablingtheiatocompletethequestionnaire .
Withthisinview,theCommissionsubmitstotheCouncilforitsapproval
theattacheddraftregulation.
InaccordancewithArticle8ofthisRegulation,aflat-ratecontribution
foreachreturningundertaking orestablishment willbechargedtothesum
r.llocatedforthepurposeinthebudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .Onthe
basisofexperiencegainedinprecedingsurveys,thetotalcostofthesur­
veyenvisagedinthedraftregulationcanbeestimatedat1500000unitsof
account(125000undertakings orestablishments at12unitsofaccountper
questionnaire ).
(1)ClassesandgroupsfallingunderDivisions 1to5andClasses61,64/65,
81and82oftheNomenclature ofEconomicActivitiesintheEuropean
Communities (UACE).

REGULATION (EEC )No OPTHE COUNCIL
of
relating totheorganization ofasurvey oflabour costs inindustry ,the
wholesale andretail distribution ,"banking andinsurance
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 213thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ;
Whereas ,inorder tocarry outthetasks assigned toitbytheTreaty ,in
particular those setoutinArticles 2,3,117,1T8,120and122thereof ,
theCommission must bekept informed oftheposition andtrends inthe .nine
Community countries ,asregards labour costs andemployee incomes ;
Whereas statistical information available ineach Member State does notpro­
vide avalid basis forcomparisons ,inparticular because ofthedifferences
existing between thelaws ,regulations andadministrative practices ofthe
Kember States ;andwhereas surveys must therefore becarried outandthe
results processed onthebasis ofuniform definitions andmethods ;
Whereas thebest method ofassessing thelevel ,composition andtrends both
oflabour costs andofemployee incomes istocarry cutspecific Community
surveys ,ashasbeen done since 1959 ,pursuant toCouncil Regulations No10
(1),No14(2),No28(3),No151 (4),No101/66/3EC (5),(EEC)No1899/68
(6),(EEC)No2259/^1(7)and (EEC)No328/75(8),onthebasis ofaccount­
ingdata fortheyears1959 "to1964 ,1966,19^9 »1972 and1975 inindustry ,
(1)OJNo56,31.8.1960 ,p.1199/60.
(2)OJNo55,16.8.1961,p.1054/61.
(3)OJNo41,28.5.1962 ,p.1277/62.
(4)OJNo133 ,13.12.1962 ,p.2841/62.
(5)OJNo134 ,22.7.1966 ,p.2540/66.
(6)OJNoL289 ,29.11.1968 ,p.4.
(7)OJNoL238 ,23.10.1971 ,p. 1.
(8)OJNoL37,12.2.1975 ,p.1.

17o1OO/66/EE0 (1),on -the "basis ofdata fortheyoar 1967in.road transport ,
and (EEC)No2053/69(2)and (EEC)No3192/73(3),andonthebasis ofaccount­
ingdata fortheyears 1970 and1974 incommerce ,tanking andinsurance ;
Whereas ,since expenditure "byundertakings onwages ,salaries andrelated
costs issubject tosubstantial change ,itisappropriate tooarry outanew
survey based onaccounting data fortheyear 1978 inorder tobring up-to -
date theresults oftheprevious surveys ,based onaccounting data forthe
year 1975 inindustry andtheyear 1974 incommerce ,banking andinsurance ;
Whereas ,inorder torationalize procedures andtolighten theburden on
undertakings and onthebudget oftheEviropean Communities andtheMember
States itisneoessary toobtain therequired information bysampling ,and
bymeans ofasingle survey ofindustry ,commerce ,banking andinsurance ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Within theframework ofitsperiodic surveys onlabour costs andemployee
earnings ,theCommission shall undertake in1979 *onthebasis ofaccounting
data fortheyear 1978 ,asurvey oflabour costs (manual andnon-manual
workers )andofemployee incomes inindustry , wholesale andretail dis­
tribution ,banking andinsurance .
Article 2
Thesurvey shall cover undertakings orestablishments employing atleast ten
persons ofwhich themain activities fall withiin thescope ofDivisions 1,
2,3,4and5andClasses 61,64/65,81and82oftheNomenclature ofEoonomic
Activities intheEuropean Communities (NACE ),with theexception ofgroups
651 ,652and811and ,forIreland ,ofClass $0*Inbanking 'andinsurance
undertakings inLuxembourg ,however ,the'survey shall beconducted without
regard toaminimum number ofemployees .
Thesurvey shall becarried outby .sampling .
(1)OJNo134 ,22.7.1966 ,p.2538/66.
(2)CJNoL263 ,21.10.1969 ,p.8.
(3)CJNoL326 ,27=11.1973 ,p.1.

Article3
Employersshall,inrespectoftheirundertakings orestablishments which
areincluded ,inthesample,supplytheinformation neededtodeterminelabour
costs(manualandnon-manualworkers)andemployeeincomesonthebasisof
theaccountingdataforthewholeoftheyear1978,inthemannersetout
hereinafter .
Article4
Thestirveyshallcover:
a)costsofwagesandsalaries,includingbonusesandallowances,andall
incidentalexpenditure ,inparticularemployers *contributions tosocial
securityandsupplementary schemes,andothersocialpayments,including
theoostofvocationaltrainingofemployees,andanytaxesorsubsidies
directlyrelatedtolabourcosts;
b)thenumberofemployeesengagedintheestablishments orundertakings ;
c)thelengthoftimeworkedbyemployees.
Article5
TheinformationshallbecollectedbythestatisticalofficesoftheMember
Statesbymeansofaquestionnaire drawnupbytheCommissionincooperation
withtheseoffices.
TheCommissionshall,incooperationwiththeseoffices,determinethe
detailedproceduresfortheconductofthesurvey.Further,itshalllaydown
thesamewaythestartingandclosingdatesofthesurveyandthetimelimitfo
replyingtothequestionnaires .
Personsrequiredtosupplyinformationshallreplytothequestionnaire
truthfully,completelyandwithinthetimelimitsset.

Article6
ThestatisticalofficesofKeiiibex*Statessh,allanalysetlierepliestoth.e
questionnaires .TheyshallforwardtotheCommissiontheresultsofthe
survey,excludingindividualitemsofinformation,inaccordancewiththe
processingprogrammelaiddown"bytheCommission;theresultsshalltoe
"brokendownbysectorsofactivityand,ifsorequired,byregionandsize
categoryoftheestablishment orundertaking *
Article7
Individualitemsofinformationsuppliedforpurposesofthesurveyshallbe
usedforstatisticalpurposesonly.Itshallbeprohibitedtousethein­
formationforotherpurposes,particularlyfortaxationpurposes,ortocom­
municateittothirdparties.
MemberStatesshalltakeappropriatemeasurestoavoidanyinfringementof:
a)theobligationtosupplytheinformationreferredtoinArticle3,and
b)theobligation,underthefirstparagraphofthisArticle,tomaintain
confidentiality asregardstheinformationobtained.
Article8
Fortheconductofthesurvey,MemberStatesshallreceiveaflat-ra^esum
proportionaltothenumberofestablishments orundertakingssurveyed.This
amountshallbeenteredagainstappropriations providedforthispurposein
thebudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
Doneat»FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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