No L 341/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 12. 87 - COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3621/87 of 1 December 1987 ’ on the organization of a labour force sample survey in the Spring of 1988 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European  Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof, Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Comimission, Whereas in order to carry out the tasks which are assigned to it by the Treaty, and in particular by Articles 2, 92, 117, 118, 122 and 123 thereof, the Commission must be acquainted with the situation and developments in employment and unemployment ; Whereas the statistical information available in each of the Member States does not provide a suitable basis for comparison, particularly because of the differences between the laws, rules and administrative practices of the Member States on which those statistics are based ; Whereas the best method of ascertaining the level and the structure of employment and unemployment consists in carrying out harmonized and synchronized Community labour force sample survey, as has been done regularly in the past; Whereas in a period of continuing and increasing diffi-, culties on the labour market and of structural changes in the employment sector, fully up-to-date information must be made available ; : Whereas only the repetition in 1988 of the survey carried out in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 will enable this information to be obtained. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In the Spring of 1988 the Statistical Office of the Euro- pean Communities shall conduct a labour force sample survey for the Commission based on a sample of house- holds in each of the Member States. Article 2 The survey shall be carried out in each of the Member States in a sample of households having their residence in the territory of those States at the time of the survey. The Member States shall take measures to prevent double counting of persons with more than one residence. " The information shall be collected for each member of the households included in the sample. In cases where "one member of a household provides information for other members, this shall be clearly indicated. Article 3 The sample shall compromise between 60000 and 100 000 .households in Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain, between 30000 and 50000 in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Portugal, between 15000 and 30 000 in Denmark and approxima- tely 10 000 in Luxembourg. Article 4 The survey shall cover: (a) the individual characteristics of all members of the household questioned, namely: sex, age, marital status, nationality, type of household in which the person is living and surveyed, type of family relation- ship within the household. The members of one household shall be identified by a joint serial number and a code designating the State and region in which the household is questioned ; (b) situation with regard to economic activity of these persons at the time of the survey and characteristics of their work as follows : occupation, status, economic activity, number of hours usually and actually worked and reasons for any difference between the two ; full or part-time work, permanent or temporary work and any paid second job; (c) attempts to find work, with, in particular the following information : the type and extent of the work sought, the conditions and reasons, methods and length of time spent seeking work, whether unemployment benefit or aid is being received, the situation directly preceding the start of the search for work and the availability for work or the reasons for not being avai- lable ; (d) the highest level of education or training completed : the type and purpose of educational and training courses in which persons aged from 14 to 49 have recently taken part; (e) work experience of persons of working age without work including the characteristics of the last job and the time of, and reasons for, its coming to an end ; (f) the situation of the members of the household one year before the present survey, including : country and region of residence, position with regard to economic activity and, if employed, economic activity and occu- pational status of the job held.