
Article 1 
The programme of ad hoc modules to the labour force sample survey, covering years 2004 to 2006, as laid down in the Annex, is hereby adopted.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
1. 
List of variables: to be defined before March 2003.

Reference period: second quarter of 2004. However, Member States may provide data with reference to all 52 weeks of the year when the subsample for the ad hoc module is selected on the basis of wave structure of the sample.

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined.

Sample: one quarter of the full sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98. However, when all 52 weeks build up the reference period, the sample size will be at least 15 % of the full sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98. When the sample unit is the individual, no data on the other members of the household are required.

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2005.

2. 
List of variables: to be defined before March 2004.

Reference period: second quarter of 2005. However, Member States may provide data with reference to all 52 weeks of the year when the subsample for the ad hoc module is selected on the basis of wave structure of the sample.

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined.

Sample: one quarter of the full sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98. However, when all 52 weeks build up the reference period, the sample size will be at least 15 % of the full sample necessary to fulfil the requirements in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98. When the sample unit is the individual, no data on the other members of the household are required.

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2006.

3. 
List of variables: to be defined before March 2005.

Reference period: second quarter of 2006. However, Member States may provide data with reference to all 52 weeks of the year when the subsample for the ad hoc module is selected on the basis of wave structure of the sample.

Member States and regions concerned: to be defined.

Sample: the target age group for the sample for this module consists of persons aged 50 to 69. The complete set of variables of the labour force survey shall be collected for the sub-sample used for the ad hoc module. When the sample unit is the individual, no data on the other members of the household are required.

Transmission of the results: before 31 March 2007.
