Commission Regulation (EC) No 102/2007 of 2 February 2007 adopting the specifications of the 2008 ad hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants, as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 and amending Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, child of migrant, data collection, labour market, migrant, sample survey, statistical method, working population

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 102/2007

of 2 February 2007

adopting the specifications of the 2008 ad hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants
and their immediate descendants, as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 and
amending Regulation (EC) No 430/2005

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular Article 4(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

in June 2003,

its meeting in Thessaloniki

At
the
European Council considered that a successful integration
of migrants contributes to social cohesion and economic
welfare and to addressing the demographic and economic
challenges that the European Union is now facing, and
called for further progress in this respect. Furthermore, it
explicitly called for an accurate and objective analysis of
these
to help develop and promote policy
initiatives for more effective management of migration
in Europe. The need for effective integration policies
stressed once again in the ‘Hague Programme’
was
adopted by the European Council
in
November 2004.

in Brussels

issues

As highlighted in the Commission's first Annual Report
on Migration and Integration (2)
to
employment has been identified as the greatest barrier
important
therefore,
to integration and,
political priority within national integration policies.

lack of access

the most

immediate descendants

Consequently, a comprehensive and comparable set of
data on the labour market situation of migrants and
their
to
monitor progress towards the common objectives of
the European Employment Strategy and of the Social
Inclusion Process.

is needed in order

for

a Decision of

The Commission proposal
the
European Parliament and of the Council establishing a
Community Programme for Employment and Social
Solidarity — Progress (3) — provides
in Section 1,
Employment,
the relevant actions
including statistical actions. The present Regulation
should implement those actions.

financing of

the

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2257/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p. 6).

(2) COM(2004) 508.
(3) COM(2004) 488.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2005 of 7 March
2005 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules,
covering the years 2007 to 2009, for the labour force
sample survey provided by Council Regulation (EC) No
577/98 (4) already included an ad hoc module on the
labour market
their
immediate descendants. The list of variables for this
module should be defined before December 2006.

of migrants

situation

and

Regulation (EC) No 384/2005 also provides that
im-
plementation of the 2008 module will be conditional
upon the results of
feasibility studies to be finished
before the end of 2005. Eurostat presented the results
of these feasibility studies in the meeting of Directors of
Social Statistics of Member States in September 2005. It
has been concluded that Member States and Eurostat
should proceed in the preparation of the module 2008.

For reasons of reliability and quality of the data to be
provided, some variables described in the Annex to this
Regulation should be optional for Member States with a
small sample size for migrants.

There is a need to amend columns 19/20 of Annex II to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 of 15 March
2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98
on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in
the Community concerning the codification to be used
for data transmission from 2006 onwards and the use of
a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural
variables (5)
the
analysis of the labour market situation of migrants by
obtaining information on the year of arrival in the host
country and on age at the time of arrival, which remain
two key explanatory variables for analysing the process
of integration into the labour market.

in order to increase the relevance of

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

opinion

the

of

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The detailed list of variables to be collected in 2008 by the ad
hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants and
their immediate descendants shall be as set out in the Annex.

(4) OJ L 61, 8.3.2005, p. 23. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 341/2006 (OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 9).

(5) OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 36.

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Article 2

Columns 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218 and 219 of the Annex shall be optional for the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

In Annex II, the text in columns 19/20 of Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 is replaced by the following text:

Article 3

‘YEARESID

19/20

YEARLY

Years of residence in this country

Everybody’

00

01-99

Born in this Country

Number of years of residence
in this country

Blank

No answer

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 2 February 2007.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Specifications of the 2008 ad hoc module on the labour market situation of migrants and their immediate
descendants

1. Member States and regions concerned: all.

2. The variables shall be coded as follows:

The numbering of the variables of the labour force survey in the ‘Filter’ column (C11/14, C17/18, C19/20, C24, C99,
C116, C162/165 and C170/171) refers to Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005.

The coding to be used for columns 207/208 and 209/210 shall be the same as for columns 17/18, 21/22, 39/40 and
150/151 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 430/2005.

Column

Code

Description

Filter

203/206

Year of acquisition of citizenship

Everybody aged 15-74
and C17/18 = C170/171

4 digits

9996

Year unknown but national by acquisition

9997

National at birth

9998

National since the creation of the country/redefinition of borders

9999

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C17/18 ≠ C170/171))

Blank No answer

207/208

Country of birth of father
(For Germany: nationality/former nationality of father when he has in
the reference week the German nationality)

Everybody aged 15-74

For coding, see ISO country classification

Country unknown but father born abroad

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74)

98

99

Blank No answer

209/210

Country of birth of mother
(For Germany: nationality/former nationality of mother when she has in
the reference week the German nationality)

Everybody aged 15-74

For coding, see ISO country classification

Country unknown but mother born abroad

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74)

98

99

Blank No answer

211/212

Total number of years of residence in the host country

Everybody aged 15-74
and C19/20 ≠ 00

01-98

2 digits

99

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C19/20 = 00))

Blank No answer

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Column

Code

Description

Filter

Everybody aged 15-74
and C19/20 ≠ 00 and
(C162/165 – C11/14 –
C19/20) ≥ 15

213

Main reason the person had for migrating (last migration)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Employment, intra-corporate transfer

Employment, job found before migrating other than code 1

Employment, no job found before migrating

Study

International protection

Accompanying family/family reunification

Family formation

Other

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠
00 and (C162/165 – C11/14 – C19/20) < 15))

Blank No answer

214

Whether the duration of the current residence permit/visa/certificate is
limited (optional for France)

Everybody aged 15-74
and C17/18 ≠ C170/171

0

Yes, less than 1 year

1-5

Yes, number of years

6

7

8

9

Yes, limited duration of more than 5 years

Yes, but do not know the duration

No

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C17/18 = C170/171))

Blank No answer

215

Whether current legal access to the labour market is restricted

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Yes, access restricted to employment
sectors/occupations

for specific employers/

Yes, access restricted to self-employment

Yes, access not allowing self-employment

Yes, combination of 1 and 2

Yes, combination of 1 and 3

Yes, combination of 1 and 3

No

Does not know

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C17/18 = C170/171) or (person aged 15-74 and
C17/18 ≠ C170/171 and C116 = 2, blank))

Blank No answer

216

Use of facilities for establishing what highest qualification equates to in
the host country system

1

2

3

4

5

9

Yes, established what qualification equates to

Yes, but not
procedure not yet completed

established what qualification equates

to or

No, no need because highest qualification obtained in the host
country

No, no need for reason other than code 3

No for other reason

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠
00 and C116 = 2, blank))

Blank No answer

Everybody aged 15-74
and C17/18 ≠ C170/171
and (C24 = 1, 2 or C99 =
1, 2, 4 or (C99 = 3 and
C116 = 1))

Everybody aged 15-74
and C19/20 ≠ 00 and
(C24 = 1, 2 or C99 = 1,
2, 4 or (C99 = 3 and
C116 = 1))

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Column

Code

Description

Filter

217

Need to improve host country language skills to get an appropriate job

1

2

9

Yes

No

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠
00 and C116 = 2, blank))

Blank No answer

Everybody aged 15-74
and C19/20 ≠ 00 and
(C24 = 1, 2 or C99 = 1,
2, 4 or (C99 = 3 and
C116 = 1))

218

Main help received in the host country in finding the current job or
setting up own business

Everybody aged 15-74
and C24 = 1, 2

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

Relatives/friends

Public employment office

Private employment agencies

Migrant or ethnic organisation

Other

None

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C24 = 3, 4, 5))

Blank No answer

219/220

Use of services for labour market integration in the two years following
the last arrival

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

99

Yes, contact with an adviser for job guidance/counselling or job
search assistance

Yes, participation to labour market training/programmes

Yes, participation to host country language tuition

Yes, combination of 1 and 2

Yes, combination of 1 and 3

Yes, combination of 2 and 3

Yes, combination of 1, 2 and 3

No, not entitled to

No, for reason other than code 08

Not applicable (person aged under 15 or over 74 or (person aged
15-74 and C19/20 = 00) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠
00 and C19/20 > 10) or (person aged 15-74 and C19/20 ≠ 00
and C19/20 ≤ 10 and (C162/165 – C11/14 – C19/20) < 15))

Everybody aged 15-74
and C19/20 ≠ 00 and
C19/20 ≤ 10 and
(C162/165 – C11/14 –
C19/20) ≥ 15

Blank No answer

221/226

Weighting factor for the 2008 LFS module (optional)

Everybody aged 15-74

0000-
9999

Columns 220-223 contain whole numbers

00-99

Columns 224-225 contain decimal places