Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1022/2009of 29 October 2009amending Regulations (EC) No 1738/2005, (EC) No 698/2006 and (EC) No 377/2008 as regards the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)(Text with EEA relevance), 309R1022, October 30, 2009
Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006of 5 May 2006implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings(Text with EEA relevance)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and labour costsOJ L 63, 12.3.1999, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)., and in particular Article 11(iv) thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 was implemented by Commission Regulations (EC) No 452/2000OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 53. and (EC) No 72/2002OJ L 15, 17.1.2002, p. 7. which define the content and evaluation criteria of the report on quality to be forwarded to the Commission (Eurostat) after each reference period.(2)The information supplied in the quality report must refer to certain variables. Those variables are defined in Commission Regulations (EC) No 1726/1999OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 28. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 11). and (EC) No 1916/2000OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1738/2005 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 32)..(3)Changes in the quality evaluation measures of structural statistics on earnings and labour costs are necessary as a result of the amendments made to Regulations (EC) No 1726/1999 and (EC) No 1916/2000 by Regulations (EC) No 1737/2005 and (EC) No 1738/2005 respectively. For the sake of clarity, and in order to reduce the burden for the national statistical offices, it is also necessary to harmonise the quality evaluation of statistics on labour costs and earnings.(4)Regulations (EC) No 452/2000 and (EC) No 72/2002 should therefore be replaced by this Regulation.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: