CELEX: 51991PC0205
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 82/606/EEC ON THE ORGANIZATION BY MEMBER STATES OF SURVEYS ON THE EARNINGS OF PERMANENT AND SEASONAL WORKERS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                COM(91)205 final
                                                                Brussels, 6 June 1991
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 ---pagebreak---                          Explanatory memorandum
Since 1974 the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in
cooperation with the national statistical offices of the Member
countries, has conducted regular surveys of the earnings of workers in
agriculture. In 1982, the Council decided by Directive 82/606/EEC*1)
that the surveys would be conducted every two years.
Experience gained from the 1984, 1986 and 1988 surveys conducted under
that Directive has shown that a periodicity of two years is not the
most appropriate for the characteristics of the survey.
By nature this survey is a source of medium-term statistics designed to
provide the Commission at regular Intervals with the fullest possible
Information on the earnings of workers In agriculture. The periodicity
initially planned now appears excessively short In relation to the
complexity of the survey, which demands a relatively substantial amount
of work.
In order to balance the requirements of reducing the workload and
making information available, the Eurostat Working Party on Statistics
on Earnings In Agriculture has decided that a periodicity of three
years would be more In keeping with the characteristics of the survey.
The immediate effect of the new periodicity would be to postpone until
1991 the survey to be carried out In 1990, and then to undertake the
survey every three years.
(1) OJ No L 247 of 23.8.1982, p. 22.
 ---pagebreak---                             COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                of
           amending Directive 82/606/EEC on the organization
             by Member States of surveys on the earnings of
         permanent and seasonal workers employed In agriculture
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community» and In particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Directive 82/606/EEC^) lays down that the Member states shall
carry out during 1990 a survey on the earnings of permanent and
seasonal workers employed in agriculture;
Whereas the experience gained from the 1984» 1986 and 1988 surveys
shows that the periodicity of the surveys laid down In the said
Directive is not the most appropriate»
 CI) OJ NO L 247 Of 23*8.1982, p. 22
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 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                Article 1
Article 1 paragraph 1 of Directive 82/606/EEC shall be replaced by the
fol lowing text:
     -Article 1
     1. The Member States shall carry out In 1984, and every two years
     thereafter, a survey on the actual earnings of male and female
     permanent full-time and/or seasonal workers employed In
     agriculture. From 1988 onwards, the surveys shall be conducted
     every three years. The categories of workers to be covered by this
     survey In each Member State are set out in Annex I."
                                Article 2
This Directive Is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                 For the CounclI,
                                                 The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                         Task Force PME
          COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
  I.    What is the main reason for introducing the measure?
        The changes of the directive consist exclusively in the modification of the frequency
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        of the surveys. These would be carried out every three years. Hence, the next survey
        will be carried out in 1991 instead of 1990.
  II.   Features of the business in question. In particular:
        The survey covers all sizes of agricultural holdings employing manual workers. The
        survey are sampling surveys.
        a) are there many SMEs?
        b) are they concentrated in regions which are:
                 i.      eligible for regional aid in the Member States?
                 ii.     eligible under the ERDF?
  III.  What direct obligations does this measure impose on businesses?
        The holding of the sample have to fill a questionnaire on salaries and working time of
        their manual workers.
  IV.   What indirect obligations are local authorities likely to impose on businesses?
        Local authorities have no influence on the survey.
  V.    Are there any special measures in respect of SMEs? Please specify.
        There are no special measures in respect of SME.
   VI.   What is the likely effect on:
         a) the competitiveness of businesses?      No
         b) employment? No
   VII.  Have both sides of industry been consulted? Yes
         Please indicate their opinions.
         Both social partners agreed with this proposal.
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