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Date: 1976-07-28
Title: Draft REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the organization of a sample survey of manpower. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           COM (7 6) 421 final .
                                           Brussels , 28 July 1976 .
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                                  Draft
                     REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNSIL
                        on the organization of a
                       sample survey of manpower *
             (submitted to the Council lay the Commission)
CCM(76 ) 421 final .
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   1*                  In order to obtain comparable statistics on employment and
  unemployment in the Community, the Commission organized the first labour
   force sample survey in i960 and it was carried out in the six original
  Member States ,
                       The survey was then repeated annually from 1968 to 1971 but
  without the participation of all Community countries ; for various reasons
  Luxembourg did not take part in the I968 survey and the Netherlands did not
  participate in the three subsequent surveys# Since the harmonized and
  synchronized Community sample survey of the labour foroe represents the most
  valid means of ascertaining the level and structure of employment and unem–
  ploment throughout the Community, the Council of Ministers decided, in 1971 »
  to continue this project , but agreed that the annual schedule should be
  interrupted and that ■{he survey should be conducted in 1973 and 1975 in all .
  the Member States , in vievr of the practical difficulties encountered by
  certain countries, in holding the survey annually ( l ).
  2.                ,  The programme of statistics on employment stipulated that
, the labour foroe sample survey should continue to be held, and the Commission
  decided to approve the programme in October 1975 and "to forward it to the
  Council .                                                                         . f          .
                       The Council took note of the programme at its meeting v -
  Of 19th 'July 1976 , ) approved its broad lines , .and confirmed the importance
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  that it attached to its effeotive implementation (:/
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  ( l ) The survey in spring 1973 was carried out in pursuance or Regulation
        (EEC ) ri° 2723/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972» The repetition of
        the survey in 1975 was sanctioned by Regulation (EHC ) n# 2646/74                                     the
        Council of 15 October 1$74<                                              <„         7 < ' < 1, ; f t-    }
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                   Finally, the incorporation of supplementary surveys or
 questions on matters strictly linked with employment in the basio surveys ,
made it possible to carry out a specific survey in 1973 on occupational
training, the results of which were used to determine the relations existing
between economio activity and the level of training,
                   I*1 1975 » supplementary questions on working conditions were
inoluded in the survey, primarily to situate these aspects in a Community
socio-^-economio context .
5.                 The following principles were decided upon for the 1977
survey, in agreement with the experts of the nine Member States :
1) the basio labour force Burvey should not be substantially changed compared
   with the 1973 and 1975 surveys ;
2) a supplementary survey should be carried out in connection with the basic
   survey. It should refer to :
   – persons not ooononically active who havo triLthdmvm fron the labour narkfct ,
      having failed to find employment ;
   – persons receiving one or more pensions (stating the category, type and
      number of pensions ; the year of and reasons for retirement ; the prinoipal
      means of subsistence ).
6.                 ils provided for in Article 10 of the draft regulation , Merabe.r
States will , for the conduct of this survey, receive lump-sum payments
proportional to the number of households surveyed. These payments are covered
by the budget of the European Communities . On the basis of funds made available
for previous surveys and having regard to the number of households , the cost
of the basic survey inducting the supplementary survey may be estimated, for
the nine Member States , at 1,300,000 u.a. This comprises & fixed payment per
household covered by the survey as a whole , as well as the expenses connected
with the processing of the results by the Community.
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                     Drarfc
       R33ULATI01T (EEC ) OP THE COUIJSIL
          on the organization of a
          sample survey of manpower
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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                          REGULATION (EEC ) OF MS COUNCIL      " ■ ''      :
                                                                               «
                            on the organization of a
                            sample survey of manpower*     '
                  (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ' '
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
  and in particular Article 213 thereof, ;      -      y.                           .
  Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission ,
' 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 lcnow the situation and the development in employment and
  unemployment ;                                          / ••            ' •;              , i'-
  Whereas the statistical information available in each of the Member States
  does not provide a suitable basis for comparison , particularly because of
  the differences between the laws , rules and administrative practices of the
  Member States on which these statistics are based ;
  Whereas by reason of the considerable ohanges whioh take place in . the field
  of employment and unemployment , it appears neoessary to make available at ( -.
  regular intervals statistics permitting proper comparisons between Member
  States ; ' ''    ?           :      ■ '•                        (> ■ ■ ' ' •_    y. v/
  Whereas the best method of knowing the level and the structure- of employment
  and unemployment consists in carrying out harmonized and synchronized                         „
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  Community sample surveys of the labour foroe ; whereas only the repetition
  in 1977 of "the survey already carried out previously in 1968 , 19^9# 1970 1
  1971 . 1973 and 1975 enables this information to be obtained ;
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 Whereas , as a result of the accession of the now Member States to the Europoan
 Communities , certain special problems arise in these States oonceming their
 participation in such a survey and whereas this situation should be taken
 into account ,                           •
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION *
                                   Article 1
The Commission shall undertake in the spring of 1977 a manpower          survey-
based on a Bample of households in each of the Member States#
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                                 Article 2
This survey shall be carried out in the form of personal interviews in each
of the Member States in a sample of households whose residence is in the
territory of these States at the time of the survey. The information shall
be oolleoted . for eaoh of the persons in the households included in the sample .
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                                Artide 3
The sample shall cover between 60,000 and 100,000 households in                  Germany ,
Prance , Italy and the United Kingdom ; between 30»000 and 50»000 in Belgium ,
the Netherlands and Ireland ; between },0 t 000 and 40»000 in Denmark , and
approximately 10.000 households in Luxembourg.
                                Article 4
The tfasic survey shall cover :
a) the individual characteristics of all the persons in the households
    questioned ;,
b) the occupational characteristics of these persons (status , branch of
    activity, hours of work , eto .) at the time of the survey and one year
    prior to it }
o ) the search for work, talcing into account the type of employment sought ,
    reasons for seeking it and the length of time spent seeking it .
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 A supplementary survey shall "bo conducted within the framework of the basic
 survey referred to in Article 4 » It shall relate tot
a) persons not economically active who have withdrawn from the labour market ,
    having failed to find employment ;
b ) persons receiving one or more pensions (stating the category, type and
    nunber of pensions ; the year of and reasons for retirement ; the principal
    means of subsistence ).
                                Article 6
The information shall be gathered by the statistical authorities of the
Member States on the basis of a list of questions drawn up by the Commission
in cooperation with the said authorities .
The Commission shall determine , in collaboration with these authorities ,
the technical details of the survey (basic survey and supplementary survey).
It shall establish in addition , under the same conditions , the starting and
closing dates of the survey and the deadlines for answers to the question­
naires .
                                Article 7
The statistical authorities of the Member States shall check the replies
collected. They shall forward to the Commission the results of the survey
for each person interviewed, while observing anonymity.
                                Article 8
The individual items of information provided in the context of the survey
may be used only for statistical purposes . They may not be vised for fiscal
or other purposes and nay not be communicated to third parties .
The Member States shall take appropraite measures :
a) to ensure that the information requested is furnished truthfully and in
    its entirety within the times specified;
b ) to punish any infringement of the obligation to keep the information
    gathered confidential , in accordance with the provisions of the first
    sub-paragraph .
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                               Art x c 1 ^ Q
In ordor to take account of the special difficulties* e:q->ericmced "by n-,:w
Member States who participated in the Coni.tunity labour force sample survey
for the first time in 1975 » tho technical aspects referred to in Articles
1 to 3 may bo adapted to b pacific asircurnstancea ai;d shall bo decided upon
on the basis of agreement between these States arid the Co'vais'jion .
                               Article 10
For the conduct of the survey , Member States shall receive lurp-eum paymr.-rt
proportional to the numbers of housohc 3 i!s included* These payments shall bo
set off against the credits provided for this purpose In "the budget of the
European Communities®
Done at                  ,
                                                         for the Council ,
                                                          The President