Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2009 of 13 January 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards the definition of a job vacancy, the reference dates for data collection, data transmission specifications and feasibility studies (Text with EEA relevance)

14.1.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 9/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 19/2009
of 13 January 2009
implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards the definition of a job vacancy, the reference dates for data collection, data transmission specifications and feasibility studies
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) and Articles 3(1), 5(1) and 7(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 established a common framework for the systematic production of quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies.
(2) Implementing measures are necessary concerning the definition of the information to be provided and the reference dates for which the information will be collected.
(3) It is also necessary to specify the format, the deadlines for the transmission of the required data and the date of the first reference quarter to be transmitted.
(4) In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 453/2008, it is necessary to establish the appropriate framework of a series of feasibility studies to be carried out by those Member States with difficulties in providing data for small units and for certain activities.
(5) The European Central Bank has been consulted.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,