31974R0677

No L 83 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 3 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 677 / 74 OF THE COUNCIL of 21 March 1974 relating to the organization of a survey on the earnings of permanent workers in agriculture

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Article 3 COMMUNITIES, The survey shall be carried out by means of random Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European sampling. Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof ; In respect of those holdings appearing in the survey sample, employers shall supply the information Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by required for the survey, in the manner set out here­ the Commission ; after.

Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks assigned to it by the Treaty, and in particular Articles 2, 39, 117, Article 4 118 , 119 and 122 thereof, the Commission needs to know the earnings situation and trends in the Member The survey shall consist of the collection for each States ; permanent worker, of all data relating to gross cash earnings for one month in 1974, preferably the month Whereas, in contrast to those existing for industry and of April, the existence or absence of benefits in kind, services, comparable statistics on earnings in agricul­ the nature of work performed, the basis on which earn­ ture are not yet available at Community level and ings are calculated, and the number of hours paid, as consequently this gap should be filled ; well as the sex, age and professional qualifications .

Whereas such statistical data on the earnings of workers in agriculture as do exist within the Member Article 5 States do not permit valid comparisons to be made and hence it is necessary to conduct a specific Information shall be gathered by the statistical Community survey based on uniform definitions and services of the Member States . characteristics ; The Commission , with the collaboration of the statis­ Whereas the technical difficulties of a survey on earn­ tical services of the Member States, shall determine ings in agriculture make it necessary to proceed by the technical details of the survey and the manner in stages and in the first instance only to consider the which results are to be transmitted to the Commis­ earnings of permanent workers in agriculture ; sion .

Whereas it is possible and more economical to carry out such a survey by random sampling only, Article 6

Individual items of information supplied for purposes HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of the survey shall be used for statistical purposes only. It shall be prohibited to use the information for Article 1 taxation purposes, or to communicate it to third parties. The Commission shall undertake a survey of the actual earnings of permanent workers in agriculture Member States shall take appropriate measures to on the basis of the statistical data relating to one avoid any infringement of : month in 1974, preferably the month of April . (a) the obligation to supply the information referred to in Article 3 , Article 2 (b) the obligation, under the first paragraph of this Article, to maintain secrecy as regards the informa­ The survey shall be extended to all holdings which tion obtained . employ permanent workers, and which exercise activity specified and defined under class 01 of the General Nomenclature of Economic Activities in the Article 7 European Communities (NACE), with the exception of holdings whose activities are mainly or exclusively The expenditure incurred by Member States in directed to creating and maintaining gardens and carrying out this survey shall be charged against the parks, to hunting and to activities ancillary to agricul­ European Communities' budget appropriations allo­ ture . cated for this purpose.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 21 March 1974. For the Council The President

J. ERTL