Commission Regulation (EC) No 246/2003 of 10 February 2003 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2004 to 2006, to the labour force sample survey provided by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98
Date: 2003-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, organisation of work, retirement conditions, sample survey, statistical method, working life, working population, working time

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 246/2003

of 10 February 2003

adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2004 to 2006, to the labour force
sample survey provided by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Statistical
the
Programme Committee,

opinion

the

of

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9
March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample
survey in the Community (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002 (2), and in particular Article
4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

it is
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 577/98,
necessary to specify the elements of the programme of
ad hoc modules covering the years 2004 to 2006.

Specific statistical information is needed by the Member
States and the Commission to develop appropriate
policy measures in the domains of modernising the work
organisation (3), the reconciliation of work and family
life (4) and active ageing (5).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The programme of ad hoc modules to the labour force sample
survey, covering years 2004 to 2006, as laid down in the
Annex, is hereby adopted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2003.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 67.
(4) OJ C 218, 31.7.2000, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 64.

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ANNEX

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME OF AD HOC MODULES

1. Work organisation and working time arrangements

List of variables: to be defined before March 2003.

Reference period: second quarter of 2004. However, Member States may provide data with reference to all 52 weeks of
the year when the subsample for the ad hoc module is selected on the basis of wave structure of the sample.

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined.

Sample: one quarter of the full sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/
98. However, when all 52 weeks build up the reference period, the sample size will be at least 15 % of the full sample
necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98. When the sample unit is the indivi-
dual, no data on the other members of the household are required.

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2005.

2. Reconciliation of work and family life

List of variables: to be defined before March 2004.

Reference period: second quarter of 2005. However, Member States may provide data with reference to all 52 weeks of
the year when the subsample for the ad hoc module is selected on the basis of wave structure of the sample.

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined.

Sample: one quarter of the full sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/
98. However, when all 52 weeks build up the reference period, the sample size will be at least 15 % of the full sample
necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98. When the sample unit is the indivi-
dual, no data on the other members of the household are required.

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2006.

3. Transition from work into retirement

List of variables: to be defined before March 2005.

Reference period: second quarter of 2006. However, Member States may provide data with reference to all 52 weeks of
the year when the subsample for the ad hoc module is selected on the basis of wave structure of the sample.

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined.

Sample: one quarter of the sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98.
The sample for this module consists only of persons aged 50 to 74. However, when all 52 weeks build up the refer-
ence period, the sample size will be at least 15 % of the sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of
the Regulation (EC) No 577/98. When the sample unit is the individual, no data on the other members of the house-
hold are required.

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2007.