Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) N.°577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community
Date: 2001-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, report, sample survey, sampling, statistical method, working population

25.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 270 E/23

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council
Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community

(2001/C 270 E/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 319 final (cid:151) 2001/0127(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 13 June 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(6) The Statistical Programme Committee,

established by
Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (4) has been
consulted in accordance with Article 3 of that Decision,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1, second paragraph is replaced by the following

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

text:

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of
a labour force sample survey in the Community (1)
lays
force sample
down the basic provisions for a labour
survey,
statistical
provide
to
information on the level and pattern of and trends in
employment and unemployment in the Member States.

comparable

designed

(2) An expeditious implementation by all Member States of the
continuous labour force sample survey required by Council
Regulation (EC) No 577/98 was considered a priority
action in the Action Plan on EMU Statistical Requirements
endorsed by the Council on 19 January 2001.

(3) Sufficient time has now passed since Council Regulation
(EC) No 577/98 took effect to allow all Member States to
make the arrangements and commitments needed fully to
that Regulation (2); however not all Member
implement
States have made such arrangements and commitments.
Therefore, the derogation that allows Member States to
limit themselves to an annual survey should be subject to
a time limit.

(4) Following the

entry into force of Council Decision
1999/468/EC of June 1999 laying down the procedures
for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
Commission (3) new rules of procedure
should be
introduced.

(cid:145)The survey shall be a continuous survey providing quarterly
and annual results; however, during a transitional period not
extending beyond 2002, Member States that are unable to
implement a continuous survey shall instead carry out an
annual survey, to take place in the spring.(cid:146)

2. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following text:

(cid:145)1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical
Programme Committee instituted by Article 1 of Council
Decision No 89/382/EEC, Euratom, composed of represen-
tatives of the Member States and chaired by the represen-
tative of the Commission.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regu-
latory procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3)
and Article 8 thereof.

The period provided for in Article 5(6) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be three months.(cid:146)

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 577/98 should be amended accordingly.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 77 of 14.3.1998, p. 3.
(2) Commission report to EP and Council on (cid:145)Implementation on the
Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of a labour force in the
Community(cid:146), COM(2000) 895 final.

(3) OJ L 184 of 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(4) OJ L 181 of 28.6.1989, p. 47.