CELEX: 31974R2640
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2640/74 of the Council of 15 October 1974 on the organization of a sample survey of manpower

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                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 2640/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of IS October 1974
                             on the organization of a sample survey of manpower
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  sample of households whose residence is in the terri­
COMMUNITIES,                                                 tory of these States at the time of the survey. The infor­
                                                             mation shall be collected for each of the persons in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European        the households included in the sample .
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213
thereof ;
                                                                                      Article 3
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by
the Commission ;                                             The sample shall cover between 60 000 and 100 000
                                                             households in Germany, France, Italy and the United
Whereas in order to carry out the tasks which are            Kingdom , between 30 000 and 50 000 in Belgium and
assigned to it by the Treaty, in particular in Articles 2,   the     Netherlands, between     30 000    and 40 000   in
117, 118 , 122 and 123 thereof, the Commission must          Denmark and Ireland and approximately 10 000
know the situation and the developments in employ­           households in Luxembourg.
ment and unemployment ;
                                                                                      Article 4
Whereas the statistical information available in each
of the Member States does not provide a suitable basis       The basic survey shall cover :
for comparison , particularly because of the differences
between the laws, rules and the administrative prac­         (a) the individual characteristics of all the persons in
tices of the Member States on which these statistics              the households questioned ;
are based ;                                                  (b) the occupations of these persons (status, type 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
                                                             (c) the search for work, taking into account the type
ment, it appears necessary to make available statistics
                                                                  of employment sought, reasons for seeking it, and
at regular intervals permitting proper comparisons
between Member States ;
                                                                  the length of time spent seeking it.
Whereas the best method of knowing the level and                                       Article 5
the structure of employment and unemployment
consists in carrying out harmonized and synchronized         Supplementary questions shall be asked within the
 Community sample surveys of manpower ; whereas               framework of the basic survey referred to in Article 4.
only the renewal in 197.5 of the survey already carried      They shall relate to :
out in 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 and 1973 enables this
 information to be obtained ;                                (a) vocational training currently being obtained in the
                                                                  undertaking, in specialized institutions, in voca­
 Whereas , as a result of the accession of the new                tional training centres, etc . by all persons aged 14
 Member States to the European Communities, certain               to 65 years, who are included in the sample of
 special problems arise in these States concerning their          households referred to in Article 3 ;
 participation in such a survey and whereas this situa­       (b) conditions of work (distance between home and
 tion should be taken into account,                               place of work ; means of transport used ; shift
                                                                  working, working on Sundays or holidays, at night,
                                                                  etc .) by all persons aged 14 years and over regu­
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     larly engaged in a principal occupation at the time
                                                                  of the survey who are included in the sample of
                                                                   households referred to in Article 3 .
                        Article 1
 The Commission shall undertake in the Spring of                                       Article 6
 1975 a manpower survey on a sample of households
 in each of the Member States .                               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 coopera­
                        Article 2                             tion with the said authorities .
 This survey shall be carried out in the form of              The Commission shall determine , in collaboration
 personal interviews in each of the Member States, in a       with these authorities , the technical details of the
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survey (basic survey and supplementary questions), in          (b) to punish any infringement of the obligation to
particular the layout of the survey. It shall establish in         keep secret the information gathered, referred to
addition , under the same conditions, the starting and             in the first subparagraph .
closing dates of the survey and the time allowed for
answers to the questionnaires .
                         Article 7                                                      Article 9
The statistical authorities of the Member States shall
check the answers collected . They shall forward to the
                                                               In order to take account of any special problems
                                                               facing new Member States participating in the survey
Commission the results of the survey for each person           for the first time , the technical details referred to in
questioned, while observing anonymity.
                                                               Articles 1 , 2 and 3 may be adapted to suit the parti­
                                                               cular situations by common agreement between these
                         Article 8                             States and the Commission .
The individual items of information provided in the
context of the survey may be used only for statistical
purposes . They may not be used for other purposes,                                    Article 10
fiscal in particular, and may not be communicated to
third parties .
                                                               For the conduct of this survey, Member States shall
The Member States shall take appropriate measures :            receive a flat-rate sum proportional to the number of
(a) to ensure that the information requested is                households questioned . This amount shall be set off
     furnished truthfully and in its entirety within the       against the appropriations provided for this purpose in
     fixed period ;                                            the budget of the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Luxembourg, 15 October 1974.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                            B. DESTREMAU