CELEX: 51974PC0047
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-24
Title: Draft REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL relating to the organization of a survey on the earnings of permanent workers in agriculture (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Draft
                  REGULATION ( EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
        relating to the organization of a survey on the earnings
        of permanent workers in agriculture
          ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(74 ) 47 final
 ---pagebreak---                            Explanatory Memorandum
In order to perform certain tasks assigned to it by the . Treaty , the
Commission needs - tq know th£ earnings situation and trends in the
Community countries . It therefore requires comparable statistics on
these matters .                                      . .     \
To this end , a coordinated set of comparable statistics on earnings
has been progressively developed by Community surveys conducted with
the collaboration of national statistical services . However , such
Community surveys have only been made on industry , transport and serv- .
ices and have not as yet been applied to agriculture .
In order to meet the most urgent requirements defined by a Working
Party consisting of representatives of governments , management and
labour , work has been done with a view to implementing , in the first
instance , an annual survey on the actual earnings of agricultural
workers , including such factors as sex , age and professional qualifi­
cations .. A pilot survey designed to test a draft questionnaire and a
sampling method took place in 1971 • On the basis of the conclusions
drawn from the pilot survey , the Working Party , which had in the mean­
time been enlarged by representatives from the new Member States ,
arrived at a final agreement on 3 July 1973 on the conditions under
                                                       1
which the survey was to be conducted ; in particular , it was decided •
that initially the survey would only cover permanent workers and that
it could commence in April 1$?^. '
The draft regulation attached hereto , which the Commission is submitting
to the Council , is in accordance with the Council 's decision of 19
October 1971 giving approval to the social statistics programme for
the next few years , which expressly provides for statistics on agri­
cultural earnings ( 1 ) .
( 1 ) Cf. the following Council documents : R/1220/3/71 (SOC 125 rev. 3 )
      and R/2277/71 ( SOC 209 )
 ---pagebreak--- In accordance with Article' 7 of this draft "regulation , the expenses
incurred by the Member States in' conducting the survey will be charged
against the European Communities budget appropriations allocated for
this purpose . On the basis of 10 U.A , per holding questioned ," the
appropriations necessary in 197^ to complete' the survey may be estimate ^
at 400,000 U.A.                                      '■ % '   '"         1
 ---pagebreak---                              Draf-t
              Regulation ( EEC ) _
relating to the organization of a survey on the earnings of permanent
workers in. agriculture .;
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  •                      i
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commu­
nity , and in particular Article 213 thereof ,
                      •                      .                            i •
having regard to the draft' regulation submitted by the Commission ,
whereas , in order to carry out the tasks assigned to it' by the Treaty ,
in particular those set out in Articles 2 , 39 , 117 , 118 , '119 and 122
thereof , the Commission neieds to know the earnings 'Situation and trends
in the countries of the Community;-' ' •          "•* • 1 \A''       -'
whereas , in contrast to those existing for industry and services ,
comparable statistics on earnings in agriculture are not yet available
at Community level and consequently this' gap should 'be- filled ;"" ' ' ' ••
whereas, such statistical data on the jearnings of agricultural,- workers
as do exist within the Member States do not in their present state
permit valid comparisons to be made and hence it is necessary to con­
duct a specific Community survey' based' on uniform definitions and
characteristics ;  ... .
                                "        .           .    .
whereas the technical difficulties inciu:red: in a survey on earnings in
agriculture make it necessary to proceed by stages and in the first
instance only to, consider the - earnings of permanent- agricultural :
workers ;
whereas it is technically possible and more economical to carry out
such a survey by sampling .
 ---pagebreak--- HEREBY ENACTS :
                                 Article 1
On the basis of the statistical data relating to April 197^ » the Com­
mission shall undertake a survey of the actual earnings of permanent
workers in agriculture .                   '   .    .
                                 Article 2
The survey shall be extended to r.ll holdings employing permanent work­
ers wii^h specific duties as defined under class 01 of the General
Nomenclature of Economic Activities in the European Communities
( N.A.C.E. ), with the exception of holdings whose activities are mainly
pr exclusively directed to creating and maintaining gardens and parks ,
to activities ancillary to agriculture , and to hunting .
                                 Article 3
The survey shall be carried out by means of . random sampling .
Employers shall , in respect of given holdings in the survey sample ,
supply the information heeded , in the manner set out hereafter .
                                 Article b
The survey shall consist of the collection from each holding for each
permanent worker covered by the sample of data on gross cash earnings
for the month of April 197^» the existence or absence of advantages
in kind , sex , age , professional qualifications , the nature of work
performed ,- the basis on which earnings are calculated , and the number
of hours paid .
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                                Article 5
Information shall be gathered by the statistical offices of the Member
States .
The Commission , with the collaboration of those offices , shall deter­
mine the technical details of the survey and the manner in which
results are to be transmitted to the Commission .
                                Article 6
The individual information supplied for this survey shall only be used
for statistical purposes . It may not be used for taxation purposes ,
or communicated to any other persons .
Member States shall take appropriate measures to avoid any infringe­
ment of
a ) the obligation to supply the information referred to in Article 3 >
b ) the obligation , under the first paragraph of this Article , to main­
    tain secrecy as regards the information obtained .
                                article 7
The expendxture incurred by Member States in carrying out this survey
shall be charged against the European Communities budget appropriations
allocated for this purpose .
All sections of this regulation are mandatory and directly applicable
in each Member Gountry .                          '
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Done at                                       By order of the Council
                     ( Date )
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