Legal provisions of COM(2001)319 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) N.°577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the EC

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dossier COM(2001)319 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) N.°577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the EC.
document COM(2001)319 EN
date October  8, 2002


Contents

Article 1

Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in Article 1, the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following: "The survey shall be a continuous survey providing quarterly and annual results; however, during a transitional period not extending beyond 2002, Member States which are unable to implement a continuous survey shall instead carry out an annual survey, to take place in the spring.

By way of derogation, the transitional period shall be extended

(a) until 2003 for Italy,

(b) until 2004 for Germany under the condition that Germany provide quarterly substitute estimates for the main labour force sample survey aggregates as well as annual average estimates for some specified labour force sample survey aggregates."

2. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 8

Procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee instituted by Article 1 of Council Decision No 89/382/EEC, Euratom(7).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC(8) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure."

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.


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