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Regulation (EU) 2025/941 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2025 on European Union labour market statistics on businesses, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 and Regulations (EC) No 450/2003 and (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2025/941 |
| Original proposal | COM(2023)459  |
| CELEX number i | 32025R0941 |
| Document | 07-05-2025; Date of signature |
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| Signature | 07-05-2025 |
| Effect | 09-06-2025; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 15 01-01-2026; Application See Art 15 |
| Deadline | 09-06-2030; See Art 12.2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
Official Journal of the European Union |
EN L series |
2025/941 |
20.5.2025 |
REGULATION (EU) 2025/941 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 7 May 2025
on European Union labour market statistics on businesses, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 and Regulations (EC) No 450/2003 and (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
Accurate, timely, reliable and comparable labour market statistics on businesses in the Union are required for the design, implementation and evaluation of Union policies, in particular those addressing economic, social and territorial cohesion and the European employment strategy, and in the context of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR). Those statistics are also relevant in the context of the European Semester, the EPSR action plan and the social economy action plan. They are also important for the Union to fulfil its tasks under the Treaties. |
(2) |
The prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) and the monitoring of adequate minimum wages pursuant to Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) require accurate information on the evolution of hourly labour costs and wage levels, on the coverage of collective pay agreements and on the share of workers covered by a minimum wage across Member States. |
(3) |
The European Central Bank uses European labour market statistics on businesses, in the context of the single monetary policy, in particular those on the evolution of labour costs and wage growth. Therefore, accurate, timely, reliable and comparable Union statistics on the evolution of labour costs are necessary. |
(4) |
It is necessary to extend the coverage of job vacancy statistics and the timeliness of the labour cost index as both indicators are listed among the Principal European Economic Indicators in the Commission Communication of 27 November 2002 on eurozone statistics ‘towards improved methodologies for eurozone statistics and indicators’, needed to monitor monetary and economic policies. |
(5) |
It is important for analytical purposes that an appropriate amount of back data is available to be able to assess labour cost indices over time. |
(6) |
In order to operationalise the definition of social enterprise, it is important to initiate feasibility and pilot studies with the aim of having specific data on social enterprises. |
(7) |
A legal basis is necessary to regulate the transmission of annual data on gender pay gap for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals under the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations, in particular, goal 5 on Gender Equality. |
(8) |
The implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, as described in Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), requires comparable data on wages received by men and women. In order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women, Article 31 of the Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) requires Member States to provide the... |
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