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Document 32008R0453
Quarterly statistics on job vacancies in EU countries
Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 on quarterly statistics on job vacancies in the EU
Scope
Reference dates and specifications
Data transmission
EU countries must transmit data to Eurostat in a format and within deadlines determined by the European Statistical System Committee.
Quality assessment
On receipt of the data from EU countries, Eurostat checks them for completeness and consistency.
Financing
EU countries were able to receive EU funding for the first three years of data collection as a contribution to the cost of the work involved.
Reports
Every 3 years, the Commission submits a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the regulation. This assesses the quality of the statistics provided by EU countries and that of European aggregates, as well as identifying potential areas for improvement.
Implementing acts
It has applied since 24 June 2008.
EU policies in the area of job vacancies aim to improve the functioning of the labour market by trying to more closely match supply and demand. EURES, the European job mobility portal, seeks to make it easier to match jobseekers and employers.
For more information, see:
Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, pp. 234–237)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1062/2008 of 28 October 2008 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards seasonal adjustment procedures and quality reports (OJ L 285, 29.10.2008, pp. 3–8)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 19/2009 of 13 January 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies, as regards the definition of a job vacancy, the reference dates for data collection, data transmission specifications and feasibility studies (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, pp. 3–6)
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies (COM(2016) 449 final, 8.7.2016)
last update 10.10.2016