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A5-0260/2003

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P5_TA(2003)0349

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Tuesday, 2 September 2003 - Strasbourg
Labour force sample survey ***I
P5_TA(2003)0349A5-0260/2003
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European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation amending 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 (COM(2003) 109 – C5&nbhy;0105/2003 – 2003/0047(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2003) 109)(1),

–   having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5&nbhy;0105/2003),

–   having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A5&nbhy;0260/2003),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.  Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 2 September 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2003 amending 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
P5_TC1-COD(2003)0047

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty(2),

Whereas:

(1)  The labour force sample survey to be carried out under Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998(3) must adequately cover new and recently emerging features of the labour market;

(2)  According to the European Social Policy Agenda adopted by the Nice European Council in December 2000, the Council Decision 2002/177/EC of 18 February 2002 on guidelines for Member States employment policies for 2002(4) and the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2002 on the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and the Community(5), the way work is organised must be adapted to the needs of both businesses and individuals;

(3)  The survey characteristics laid down in Regulation (EC) No 577/98 were determined according to statistical needs and the labour market situation prevailing at the time;

(4)  Data collection should not impose on respondents a burden out of proportion with the results which users of the survey can reasonably expect;

(5)  Regulation (EC) No 577/98 should therefore be amended accordingly;

(6)  The Statistical Programme Committee, established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom of 19 June 1989(6), has been consulted by the Commission,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 577/98 shall be modified as follows:

   (1) Points (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Article 4(1) are replaced by the following:"
  b) labour status:
   - labour status during the reference week,
   - continued receipt of wages and salary,
   - reason for not having worked though having a job,
   - search for employment for person without employment,
   - type of employment sought (self-employed or employee),
   - methods used to find a job,
   - availability to start work;
  c) employment characteristics of the main job:
   - professional status,
   - economic activity of the local unit,
   - occupation,
   - supervisory responsibilities,
   - number of persons working at the local unit,
   - country of place of work,
   - region of place of work,
   - year and month when the person started working in current employment,
   - involvement of public employment service in finding the current job,
   - permanency of the job (and reasons),
   - duration of temporary job or work contract of limited duration,
   - full-time/part-time distinction (and reasons),
   - contract with a temporary work agency,
   - working at home;
  d) hours worked:
   - number of hours per week usually worked,
   - number of hours actually worked,
   - number of hours of overtime in the reference week,
   - main reason for hours actually worked being different from usual hours;
  g) search for employment:
   - type of employment sought,
   - duration of search for employment,
   - situation of person immediately before starting to seek employment,
   - registration at public employment office and whether receiving benefits,
   - willingness to work for person not seeking employment,
   - reasons why person has not sought work,
   - lack of care facilities.
"

(2)  The following point (n) is added in Article 4(1):

"
  n) atypical working times:
   - shift work,
   - evening work,
   - night work,
   - Saturday work,
   - Sunday work.
"

(3)  The third indent of Article 4(2) is replaced by the following:

"
   - the volume of an ad hoc module shall be limited to eleven variables.
"

(4)  The following paragraphs 4 and 5 are added in Article 4:

"

4.  On a proposal from the Commission a list of variables, hereinafter referred to as structural variables, may be identified from among the survey characteristics specified in paragraph 1 which need to be surveyed only as annual averages with reference to 52 weeks rather than as quarterly averages. This list of structural variables, the minimum sample size and the survey frequency will be drawn up according to the procedure laid down in Article 8.

5.  Spain, Finland and the United Kingdom may, during a transition period lasting until the end of 2007, collect the structural variables with reference to a single quarter.

"

Article 2

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

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

Done at,

For the European Parliament For the Council

The President The President

(1) OJ C […], […], p. […]
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 2 September 2003.
(3) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 60.
(5) OJ L 182, 11.7.2002, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

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