This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER

( 1 ) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3 .

( 2 ) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Youth on the Move: An initiative to unleash the potential of young people to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the European Union , adopted on 15 September 2010, COM(2010) 477 final.

( 3 ) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socioeconomic outcomes , adopted on 20 November 2012, COM(2012) 669 final.

( 4 ) OJ C 311, 19.12.2009, p. 1 .

( 5 ) OJ C 120, 26.4.2013, p. 1 .

( 6 ) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Working together for Europe's young people: A call to action on youth unemployment, adopted on 19 June 2013 — COM(2013) 447 final.

( 7 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 of 8 April 2013 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2016 to 2018, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 ( OJ L 99, 9.4.2013, p. 11 ).

( 8 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1397/2014 of 22 October 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 318/2013 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules, covering the years 2016 to 2018, for the labour force sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 ( OJ L 370, 30.12.2014, p. 42 ).

( 9 ) Regulation (EU) No 545/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community ( OJ L 163, 29.5.2014, p. 10 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/459 of 19 March 2015 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2016 ad hoc module on young people on the labour market provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 ANNEX