Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on implementation of Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies

Job vacancy statistics (JVS) provide information on the number of jobs that are vacant at a particular point. They correspond to the part of labour demand that is not met by labour supply and thus provide key information on the size and structure of labour market mismatches.

Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2008 on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies ('the JVS Regulation') establishes the framework for producing, supplying and evaluating quarterly job vacancy statistics.

Article 10 of the JVS Regulation requires the Commission to report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Regulation by 24 June 2010 and every three years thereafter. The report is required to assess the quality of the statistics provided by Member States and the quality of the European aggregates, and to identify potential areas for improvement.

This is the third report presented by the Commission. It draws on experience of providing data at quarterly intervals and on documentation provided by Member States in their annual quality reports.