council regul ec march organis labour forc sampl survei commun council european union regard treati establish european commun articl thereof regard draft regul present commiss order carri task assign commiss compar statist inform level pattern trend employ unemploy member state method obtain inform commun level conduct harmonis labour forc survei council regul eec decemb organis annual labour forc sampl survei commun laid start survei conduct spring year continu survei prefer annual spring survei ensur avail harmonis data measur volum work difficult implement continu survei date member state exist administr sourc encourag usefulli supplement inform obtain interview serv sampl basi data survei fix regul extend includ set variabl form part programm ad hoc modul cover year drawn procedur part implement arrang principl relev cost effect defin council regul ec februari commun statist constitut legisl framework product commun statist appli regul statist confidenti govern rule set regul ec council regul euratom eec june transmiss data subject statist confidenti statist offic european commun statist programm committe establish decis eec euratom consult commiss accord articl aforesaid decis adopt regul articl frequenc survei labour forc sampl survei hereinaft refer survei conduct member state year survei continu survei provid quarterli annual result member state posit implement continu survei carri annual survei place spring inform collect survei relat gener situat week run mondai sundai preced interview refer week case continu survei refer week spread uniformli year interview take place week immedi refer week refer week date interview week quarter refer quarter year group consecut week list week make quarter year drawn procedur laid articl articl unit scope survei observ method survei carri member state sampl household person resid econom territori state time survei princip scope survei consist person resid privat household econom territori member state main popul person live privat household supplement person live collect household collect household cover mean sampl special drawn permit direct observ person concern person group continu associ privat household includ connect household variabl determin labour statu underemploy obtain interview person concern member household inform obtain altern sourc includ administr record provid data obtain equival qualiti sampl unit individu household inform collect individu household sampl unit individu inform member household exclud characterist list articl collect sampl defin refer week uniformli distribut year number observ individu sampl member household satisfi annual estim level reliabl criteria defin articl articl repres sampl group unemploi peopl repres work ag popul rel standard error estim annual averag spring estim case annual survei spring nut ii level exce popul question region inhabit exempt requir case continu survei popul constitut work ag popul rel standard error nation level estim success quarter exce popul question member state popul million twenti million inhabit requir relax rel standard error estim quarterli exce popul question member state popul million inhabit exempt precis requir survei carri spring quarter survei unit preced survei quarter form part survei group identifi code respons question result miss data method statist imput appli weight factor calcul take account probabl select extern data relat distribut popul survei sex ag year ag group region nut ii level extern data held suffici reliabl member state concern member state provid commiss eurostat inform requir organis methodolog survei criteria adopt design size sampl articl survei characterist data provid demograph background sequenc number household sex year birth date birth relat end refer period marit statu relationship refer person sequenc number spous sequenc number father sequenc number mother nation number year resid member state countri birth option natur particip survei direct particip proxi member household labour statu labour statu refer week reason work job search employ person employ type employ sought emploi employe method find job avail start work employ characterist main job profession statu econom activ local unit occup number person work local unit countri place work region place work year month person start work current employ perman job reason durat temporari job work contract limit durat full time part time distinct reason work home hour work number hour week work number hour work main reason hour work person usual hour job exist job profession statu econom activ local unit number hour work visibl underemploy work current number hour option case annual survei job reason type employ sought employe method find job reason person seek job option case annual survei avail start work number hour work wish option case annual survei search employ type employ sought full time part time durat search employ situat person immedi start seek employ registr public employ offic receiv benefit willing work person seek employ reason person sought work educ train particip educ train previou week purpos level type total length total number hour highest successfulli complet level educ train year highest level successfulli complet tertiari vocat qualif obtain previou work experi person employ exist previou employ experi year month person work main reason leav job busi profession statu job econom activ local unit person work occup job situat year survei option quarter main labour statu profession statu econom activ local unit person work countri resid region resid main labour statu option incom option technic item relat interview year survei refer week interview week member state region household degre urbanis serial number household type household type institut weight factor sampl relat preced survei annual survei sampl relat survei annual survei sequenc number survei wave set variabl hereinaft refer ad hoc modul ad supplement inform paragraph programm ad hoc modul cover year drawn year procedur laid articl programm ad hoc modul subject refer period sampl size equal sampl size determin articl deadlin transmiss result deadlin articl member state region cover detail list inform collect ad hoc modul drawn twelv month begin refer period modul volum ad hoc modul exce volum modul paragraph definit edit codif variabl adjust list survei variabl made evolut techniqu concept list principl formul question labour statu drawn procedur laid articl articl conduct survei member state make compulsori repli survei articl transmiss result twelv week end refer period case continu survei month end refer period case survei spring member state forward eurostat result survei direct identifi articl report report implement regul submit commiss parliament council year begin year report evalu qualiti statist method envisag member state improv result lighten survei procedur articl procedur commiss assist statist programm committe hereinaft refer committe repres commiss submit committe draft measur committe deliv opinion draft time limit chairman lai urgenc matter opinion deliv major laid articl treati case decis council requir adopt propos commiss vote repres member state committe weight manner set articl chairman vote commiss adopt measur envisag accord opinion committe measur envisag accord opinion committe opinion deliv commiss delai submit council propos relat measur council act qualifi major expiri period month date referr council council act propos measur adopt commiss articl arrang repeal regul eec repeal articl entri forc regul enter forc dai public offici journal european commun regul bind entireti directli applic member state brussel march council presid brown oj oj oj regul amend regul ec oj