Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community
Modified by
Regulation (EC) No 1991/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 8 October 2002amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community, 302R1991, November 9, 2002
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002of 28 November 2002adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1575/2000 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 as far as the list of education and training variables and their codification to be used for data transmission from 2003 onwards are concerned, 302R2104, November 29, 2002
Regulation (EC) No 2257/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 November 2003amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community to adapt the list of survey characteristics(Text with EEA relevance), 303R2257, December 23, 2003
Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 23 October 2007amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community(Text with EEA relevance), 307R1372, December 3, 2007
Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 18 June 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four, 309R0596, July 18, 2009
Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98of 9 March 1998on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the CommunityTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,Having regard to the draft Regulation presented by the Commission,Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks assigned to it, the Commission needs comparable statistical information on the level and pattern of and trends in employment and unemployment in the Member States;Whereas the best method of obtaining such information at Community level is to conduct harmonised labour force surveys;Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3711/91 of 16 December 1991 on the organisation of an annual labour force sample survey in the CommunityOJ L 351, 20.12.1991, p. 1. laid down that, starting in 1992, a survey was to be conducted in the spring of each year;Whereas, although a continuous survey is preferable to an annual spring survey for ensuring the availability and harmonisation of data and measuring the volume of work, it is difficult to implement a continuous survey on the same dates in all the Member States;Whereas the use of existing administrative sources should be encouraged insofar as they can usefully supplement the information obtained through interviews or serve as a sampling basis;Whereas the data in the survey, as fixed by this Regulation, may be extended to include a further set of variables forming part of a programme of ad hoc modules which covers several years, and which will be drawn up under an appropriate procedure as part of the implementation arrangements;Whereas the principles of relevance and cost-effectiveness, as these are defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community statisticsOJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1., which constitutes the legislative framework for the production of Community statistics, will also apply to this Regulation;Whereas statistical confidentiality is governed by the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 322/97 and in Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European CommunitiesOJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 322/97.;Whereas the Statistical Programme Committee established by Decision 89/382/EEC, EuratomOJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. has been consulted by the Commission in accordance with Article 3 of the aforesaid Decision,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: