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Document 32003R0450
Comparable EU-wide labour cost statistics
Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 concerning the labour cost index
Coverage
Data sources
Quality assurance
Eurostat checks all LCI data that EU countries transmit for completeness and consistency.
Committee
The European Statistical System Committee composed of national experts assists and advises the Commission, including on draft legislation.
Report
Every 2 years, the Commission submits a report on the regulation’s implementation to the European Parliament and the Council. This report assesses the quality of the transmitted LCI series data and the quality of the transmitted back data (i.e. data for the period running from the first quarter of 2000 to the fourth quarter of 2008).
It has applied since 2 April 2003.
The labour cost index shows the short-term development of labour costs and the total costs on an hourly basis of employing labour for the entire economy or various subsectors.
For more information, see:
Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 concerning the labour cost index (OJ L 69, 13.3.2003, pp. 1–5)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the labour cost index (LCI) (COM(2015) 42 final, 3.2.2015)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2003 of 7 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 450/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the labour cost index (OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, pp. 37–43)
See consolidated version.
last update 17.10.2016