CELEX: 31976R2877
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2877/76 of 23 November 1976 on the organization of a sample survey of manpower

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                                         (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2877 /76
                                                 of 23 November 1976
                              on the organization of a sample survey of manpower
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                             Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          This survey shall be carried out in the form of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213              personal interviews in each of the Member States in a
thereof,                                                       sample of households whose residence is in the terri­
                                                               tory of these States at the time of the survey. The infor­
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by             mation shall be collected for each member of the
the Commission ,                                               households included in the sample .
Whereas in order to carry out the tasks which are
assigned to it by the Treaty, in particular in Articles 2,
117, 118 , 122 and 123 thereof, the Commission must                                     Article J
know the situation and the developments in employ­
ment and unemployment ;                                        The sample shall comprise between 60 000 and
Whereas the statistical information available in each
                                                               100 000 households in Germany, France, Italy and the
                                                               United Kingdom ; between 30 000 and 50 000 in
of the Member States does not provide a suitable basis         Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland ; between
for comparison , particularly because of the differences       30 000 and 40 000 in Denmark, and approximately
between the laws, rules and administrative practices of        10 000 households in Luxembourg.
the Member States on which these statistics are based ;
Whereas by reason of the considerable changes which
take place in the field of employment and unemploy­                                     Article 4
ment, it appears necessary to make available at regular
intervals statistics permitting proper comparisons
between Member States ;                                        The basic survey shall cover :
Whereas the best method of knowing the level and               (a) the individual characteristics of all members of the
the structure of employment and unemployment                        households questioned ;
consists in carrying out harmonized and synchronized           (b) the occupations of these persons (status, branch of
Community sample surveys of manpower ; whereas                      activity, hours of work, etc.) at the time of the
only the renewal in 1977 of the surveys already carried             survey and one year prior to it ;
out in 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1973 and 1975 enables
this information to be obtained ;                              (c) the search for work, taking into account the type
                                                                    of employment sought, reasons for seeking it, and
Whereas special problems arise in certain Member                    the length of time spent seeking it.
States concerning their participation in such a survey
and   whereas   this  situation   should   be  taken  into
account,
                                                                                        Article 5
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  A supplementary survey shall be conducted as part of
                                                               the basic survey referred to in Article 4. It shall relate
                         Article 1                             to :
In the spring of 1977, the Commission shall under­             (a) persons not economically active who are outside
take a manpower survey based on a sample of house­                  the labour market, having failed to find employ­
holds in each of the Member States .                                ment ;
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(b) persons receiving one or more pensions (stating          purposes. They may not be used for fiscal or other
    the category, type and number of pensions ; the          purposes and may not be communicated to third
    year in which they were first received, and why ;        parties.
    the principal means of subsistence).
                                                             The Member States shall take appropriate measures :
                        Article 6                            (a) to ensure that the information requested is
                                                                 furnished truthfully and in its entirety within the
The information shall be gathered by the statistical              times specified ;
authorities of the Member States on the basis of a list
                                                             (b) to punish any infringement of the obligation to
of questions drawn up by the Commission in coopera­               preserve the confidentiality of the information
tion with the said authorities.
                                                                 gathered, referred to in the first subparagraph .
The Commission shall determine, in collaboration
with these authorities, the technical details of the                                    Article 9
survey (basic survey and supplementary survey). It
shall also establish, under the same conditions, the         In order to take account of special problems experi­
starting and closing dates of the survey and the dead­       enced by certain Member States which participated in
lines for answers to the questionnaires.                     the survey for the first time in 1975, the technical
                                                             details referred to in Articles 1 , 2 and 3 may be
                        Article 7                            adapted to specific circumstances and shall be decided
                                                             upon by common agreement between these States and
The statistical authorities of the Member States shall       the Commission .
check the answers collected. They shall forward to the
Commission the results of the survey for each                                           Article 10
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 credits provided for this purpose in the
context of the survey may be used only for statistical       budget of the European Communities .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 November 1976 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                      A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE