CELEX: 31979R0327
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-19
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 327/79 of 19 February 1979 on the organization of a sample survey of manpower in spring 1979

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                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 327/79
                                                of 19 February 1979
                    on the organization of a sample survey of manpower in spring 1979
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   the survey. The information shall be collected for each
COMMUNITIES,                                                  member of the households included in the sample.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213                                       Article 3
thereof,
                                                              The sample shall comprise between 60 000 and
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by            100 000 households in Germany, France, Italy and the
the Commission ,                                              United Kingdom ; between 30 000 and 50 000 in
                                                              Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland ; between
Whereas in order to carry out the tasks which are             30 000 and 40 000 in Denmark, and approximately
assigned to it by the Treaty, in particular Articles 2,       10 000 households in Luxembourg.
117, 118 , 122 and 123 thereof, the Commission must
know the situation and the developments in employ­
ment and unemployment ;                                                                 Article 4
Whereas the statistical information available in each
                                                              The basic survey shall cover :
of the Member States does not provide a suitable basis
for comparison, particularly because of the differences       (a) the individual characteristics of all members of the
between the laws, rules and administrative practices of           households questioned ;
the Member States on which these statistics are based ;
                                                              (b) the occupations of these persons (status, branch of
                                                                  activity, hours of work, etc.) at the time of the
Whereas by reason of the considerable changes which               survey and one year prior to it ;
take place in the field of employment and unemploy­
ment, it appears necessary to make available at regular       (c) the search for work, taking into account the type
intervals statistics permitting proper comparisons                of employment sought, reasons for seeking it, and
between Member States ;                                           the length of time spent seeking it.
Whereas the best method of knowing the level and
the structure of employment and unemployment                                            Article 5
consists in carrying out harmonized and synchronized
Community sample surveys of manpower ; whereas                A supplementary survey dealing with the relationship
only the renewal in 1979 of the surveys already carried       between employment and education and/or training
out in 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 and 1977       shall be conducted as part of the basic survey referred
enables this information to be obtained ,                     to in Article 4 . Questions shall be asked on :
                                                              (a) the education and training currently being
                                                                  received by persons aged 14 to 44 years ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 (b) the process of integration into working life for
                                                                  persons aged 14 to 44 years who are in employ­
                                                                  ment or are seeking employment, with details of :
                        Article 1
                                                                    (i) the initial school and university studies they
                                                                        have completed,
In the spring of 1979 the Commission shall undertake
a manpower survey based on a sample of households                  (ii) the transition from initial school and univer­
in each of the Member States .                                          sity studies to working life,
                                                                  (iii) the     most    recent    post-school   training
                                                                        completed .
                        Article 2
                                                              Education and/or training shall be described both in
This survey shall be carried out in each of the               terms of its technical aspects (type, duration, etc.) and
Member States in a sample of households whose resi­           in terms of individual circumstances (objectives, finan­
dence is in the territory of these States at the time of      cial assistance, etc .).
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                        Article 6                            purposes. They may not be used for fiscal or other
                                                             purposes and may not be communicated to third
The information shall be gathered by the statistical         parties.
authorities of the Member States on the basis of a list
of questions drawn up by the Commission in coopera­
tion with the said authorities.                              The Member States shall take appropriate measures :
The Commission shall determine, in collaboration
with these authorities, the technical details of the
                                                             (a) to ensure that the information requested is
                                                                 furnished truthfully and in its entirety within the
survey (basic survey and supplementary survey). It               times specified ;
shall also establish, under the same conditions, the
starting and closing dates of the survey and the dead­       (b) to punish any infringement of the obligation
lines for answers to the questionnaires.                         under the first paragraph to preserve the confiden­
                                                                 tiality of the information gathered.
                        Article 7
The statistical authorities of the Member States shall
check the answers collected. They shall forward to the                                Article 9
Commission the results of the survey for each
respondent, who shall remain anonymous.
                                                             For the conduct of this survey, Member States shall
                        Article 8                            receive a flat-rate sum proportional to the number of
                                                             households questioned . This amount shall be set off
The individual items of information provided in the          against the appropriations provided for this purpose in
context of the survey may be used only for statistical       the budget of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 February 1979 .
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                           J. LE THEULE