European Parliament 27 June 2003, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2153/03 by José Ribeiro e Castro (UEN) to the Commission. Fisheries — public concern over announced incursion of Spanish fisheries into Portuguese coastal waters.

The concept of employment used for some Eurostat statistics is not fully consistent with the concept defined in the SME Recommendation. The concept of ‘persons’ in Article 7 refers essentially to the concept of ‘staff headcount’ and ‘annual work units’ in Article 5 (2), but as the count of part-timers, seasonal workers, apprentices, etc.