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30 . 11 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 331 / 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2877 / 76 of 23 November 1976 on the organization of a sample survey of manpower

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Article 2 COMMUNITIES, This survey shall be carried out in the form of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European personal interviews in each of the Member States in a Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 sample of households whose residence is in the terri­ thereof, tory of these States at the time of the survey. The infor­ Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by mation shall be collected for each member of the the Commission , households included in the sample .

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 Article J know the situation and the developments in employ­ ment and unemployment ; The sample shall comprise between 60 000 and 100 000 households in Germany, France, Italy and the Whereas the statistical information available in each United Kingdom ; between 30 000 and 50 000 in of the Member States does not provide a suitable basis Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland ; between for comparison , particularly because of the differences 30 000 and 40 000 in Denmark, and approximately between the laws, rules and administrative practices of 10 000 households in Luxembourg. the Member States on which these statistics are based ;

Whereas by reason of the considerable changes which take place in the field of employment and unemploy­ Article 4 ment, it appears necessary to make available at regular intervals statistics permitting proper comparisons The basic survey shall cover : between Member States ; Whereas the best method of knowing the level and (a) the individual characteristics of all members of the the structure of employment and unemployment households questioned ; consists in carrying out harmonized and synchronized (b) the occupations of these persons (status, branch of Community sample surveys of manpower ; whereas activity, hours of work, etc.) at the time of the only the renewal in 1977 of the surveys already carried survey and one year prior to it ; out in 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1973 and 1975 enables this information to be obtained ; (c) the search for work, taking into account the type of employment sought, reasons for seeking it, and Whereas special problems arise in certain Member the length of time spent seeking it. States concerning their participation in such a survey and whereas this situation should be taken into account, Article 5

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : A supplementary survey shall be conducted as part of the basic survey referred to in Article 4. It shall relate to : Article 1 In the spring of 1977, the Commission shall under­ (a) persons not economically active who are outside take a manpower survey based on a sample of house­ the labour market, having failed to find employ­ holds in each of the Member States . ment ;

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(b) persons receiving one or more pensions (stating purposes. They may not be used for fiscal or other the category, type and number of pensions ; the purposes and may not be communicated to third year in which they were first received, and why ; parties. the principal means of subsistence). The Member States shall take appropriate measures : Article 6 (a) to ensure that the information requested is furnished truthfully and in its entirety within the The information shall be gathered by the statistical times specified ; authorities of the Member States on the basis of a list (b) to punish any infringement of the obligation to of questions drawn up by the Commission in coopera­ preserve the confidentiality of the information tion with the said authorities . gathered, referred to in the first subparagraph . The Commission shall determine, in collaboration with these authorities, the technical details of the Article 9 survey (basic survey and supplementary survey). It shall also establish, under the same conditions, the In order to take account of special problems experi­ starting and closing dates of the survey and the dead­ enced by certain Member States which participated in lines for answers to the questionnaires. the survey for the first time in 1975, the technical details referred to in Articles 1 , 2 and 3 may be Article 7 adapted to specific circumstances and shall be decided upon by common agreement between these States and The statistical authorities of the Member States shall the Commission . check the answers collected. They shall forward to the Commission the results of the survey for each Article 10 respondent, who shall remain anonymous. For the conduct of this survey, Member States shall Article 8 receive a flat-rate sum proportional to the number of households questioned . This amount shall be set off The individual items of information provided in the against the credits provided for this purpose in the context of the survey may be used only for statistical budget of the European Communities .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1976 .

For the Council The President

A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE