Commission Regulation (EC) No 1626/2000

of 24 July 2000

implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the 2001 to 2004 programme of ad hoc modules to the labour force survey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1578/2000(2), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98 a programme of ad hoc modules covering several years must be drawn up each year.

(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom(3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A programme of ad hoc modules covering years 2001 to 2004 is laid down in the Annex to the present Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2000.

For the Commission

Pedro Solbes Mira

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 39.

(3) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

ANNEX

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Multiannual programme of ad hoc modules

1. Length and patterns of working time

List of variables: see Commission Regulation (EC) No 1578/2000 of 19 July 2000, implementing the Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the ad hoc module 2001 on length and patterns of working time (OJ L 181, 20 July 2000, p. 39)

Reference period: second quarter of 2001

Member States and regions concerned: all

Sample: as for the standard modules; however, if the individual is the sample unit no information on the members of the household is requested

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2002

2. Employment of disabled people

List of variables: to be defined before March 2001

Reference period: second quarter of 2002

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined

Sample: disabled persons; if the individual is the sample unit no information on the members of the household is requested

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2003

3. Lifelong learning

List of variables: to be defined before March 2002

Reference period: second quarter of 2003

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined

Sample: as for the standard modules; however, if the individual is the sample unit no information on the members of the household is requested

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2004

4. Transition from school to working life

List of variables: to be defined before March 2003

Reference period: second quarter of 2004

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined

Sample: persons who had left education in the last five/ten years (including persons who have left education for at least one year and re-entered education subsequently); if the individual is the sample unit no information on the members of the household is requested

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2005