Regulation (EC) No 1991/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 October 2002 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community
Date: 2002-10-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU statistics, report, sampling, statistical method, working population

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EC) No 1991/2002 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 8 October 2002

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey
in the Community

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (3),

(4)

(5)

(6)

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EC) No 577/98 should be adopted in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999
laying down the procedures for the exercise of imple-
menting powers conferred on the Commission (5).

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

The Statistical Programme Committee, established by
Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (6) has been
consulted in accordance with Article 3 of that Decision,

Whereas:

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (4)
lays down the
force sample survey,
basic provisions
designed to provide comparable statistical
information
on the level and pattern of, and trends in, employment
and unemployment in the Member States.

for a labour

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

Sufficient time has now passed since Regulation (EC) No
577/98 took effect to allow all Member States to make
the arrangements and commitments needed fully to
implement that Regulation. However not all Member
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.

(1) OJ C 270 E, 25.9.2001, p. 23.
(2) OJ C 48, 21.2.2002, p. 67.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 11 December 2001 (OJ C
177 E, 25.7.2002, p. 30), Council Common Position of 15 April
2002 (OJ C 145 E, 18.6.2002, p. 122) and Decision of
the
European Parliament of 11 June 2002 (not yet published in the
Official Journal).

(4) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.

Article 1

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

1.

in Article 1, the second paragraph shall be replaced by the
following:

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

By way of derogation,
extended

(a) until 2003 for Italy,

the transitional period shall be

(b) until 2004 for Germany under

the condition that
Germany provide quarterly substitute estimates for the
main labour force sample survey aggregates as well as
annual average estimates for some specified labour force
sample survey aggregates.’

(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(6) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

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2. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

Procedure

The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical
1.
Programme Committee instituted by Article 1 of Council
Decision No 89/382/EEC, Euratom (*).

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/
EC shall be set at three months.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

(*) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.
(**) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.’

Article 2

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC (**) shall apply, having
regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commu-
nities.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 8 October 2002.

For the European Parliament

The President

P. COX

For the Council

The President

T. PEDERSEN