council regul ec decemb statist level structur labour cost council european union regard treati establish european commun articl thereof regard draft regul submit commiss order carri task entrust commiss inform level trend structur employ labour cost employe earn member state develop commun oper singl market increas compar data level trend structur employ labour cost employe earn mean analys growth competit employ progress econom social cohes establish reliabl comparison member state region commun method assess situat level trend structur employ labour cost employe earn produc specif statist labour cost recent pursuant council regul eec decemb relat organ survei labour cost industri servic sector refer account data variat posit composit expenditur enterpris wage relat employ contribut commun statist produc base account data order bring date result previou survei pursuant regul ec european system nation region account european commun esa term refer standard definit account practic member state order meet commun necessit establish complet reliabl compar statist sourc nation region level level breakdown appli variabl limit ensur compar previou survei compat nation account requir statist inform member state provid valid basi comparison differ law regul administr practic member state commun statist produc result process basi common definit harmon methodolog accord principl subsidiar creation common statist standard enabl harmon inform produc propos action object reason scale effect achiev commun standard implement member state author agenc institut appoint compil offici statist pursuant council decis eec juli framework programm prioriti action field statist inform product commun statist labour cost prioriti action statist programm accept countri administr sourc statist sourc link simplifi questionnair method compat definit method approv correspond set variabl requir simplifi administr procedur enterpris smaller medium size enterpris includ promot technolog data collect compil collect directli enterpris data compil labour cost statist method exhaust reliabl date give rise parti concern small medium size enterpris burden proport result user statist expect make provis except member state order account technic difficulti encount state collect type inform provid qualiti statist inform affect committe statist programm european commun establish decis eec euratom consult commiss accord articl aforesaid decis declar favour present propos adopt regul articl gener provis member state commiss respect field compet produc commun statist level structur employ labour cost area econom activ defin articl articl refer period statist produc basi statist inform financi year subject special provis mention annex regul articl scope statist cover econom activ defin section mine quarri manufactur electr ga water suppli construct wholesal retail trade repair motor vehicl motorcycl person household good hotel restaur group activ travel agenc tour oper tourist assist activ cover section transport storag commun divis financi intermedi insur pension fund insur pension fund compulsori social secur section financi intermedi section real estat rent busi activ gener industri classif econom activ european commun hereinaft refer nace rev establish council regul eec octob statist classif econom activ european commun subject special provis mention annex regul articl inform requir compil statist labour cost base statist unit defin council regul eec march statist unit observ analysi product system commun provid inform refer local unit classifi princip activ region level nomenclatur territori unit statist nut establish commiss size class term employ enterpris local unit depend inform requir enterpris person occupi articl inform requir data collect total labour cost includ compens employe vocat train cost expenditur tax subsidi directli relat labour cost total staff emploi work time subject special provis mention annex regul articl data collect survei carri statist servic member state draw method collect inform employ person requir suppli inform repli question truthfulli complet time limit set member state measur avoid infring oblig suppli inform refer articl survei carri member state inform sourc member state produc estim data statist infer method characterist observ unit statist compil inform sourc estim data equival survei requir accuraci qualiti timeli burden enterpris small medium size enterpris repres requir articl account member state choic combin sourc estim refer paragraph member state transmit commiss request inform methodolog need applic regul case data deriv administr sourc inform evalu reliabl compar articl repres reliabl compar high qualiti level attain sampl size allow rel standard error variabl hourli labour cost divis nace rev exce articl process result statist servic member state process repli question refer articl inform sourc refer articl obtain compar result articl transmiss result result transmit period month end calendar year refer period includ confidenti data accord council regul euratom eec june transmiss data subject statist confidenti statist offic european commun articl arrang implement arrang implement regul definit level breakdown appli variabl guidelin accuraci aspect qualiti form transmit variabl result transmit laid accord procedur set articl articl procedur commiss assist committe statist programm european commun 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 appli immedi measur accord opinion committe commun commiss council forthwith event commiss defer applic measur decid period month date commun council act qualifi major decis time limit refer previou indent articl entri forc regul enter forc dai public offici journal european commun regul bind entireti directli applic member state brussel decemb council presid barrett oj oj oj oj oj regul amend regul eec oj oj regul amend act access oj annex special provis except refer period articl sweden financi year condit provid estim refer year ii except scope survei articl member state class germani section group section greec section franc portug divis section ireland section austria section class section iii detail inform articl member state provid suppli detail inform notabl make distinct manual manual worker cover unit fewer employe order account circumst aggreg result nation level provid qualiti statist inform affect germani compil distinct statist feder republ germani includ west berlin constitut prior octob laender includ east berlin provis articl repres appli separ aggreg