Labour Costs in Europe 2000   Comparison of hourly labour costs in EU Member States and Candidate Countries   Hans-Joachim Mittag joachim.mittag@ec.europa.eu     This is an experimental Statistics in Focus publication. The added value of this interactive version, compared to a traditional online SiF in pdf format, is obvious. The reader is enabled to "play" with the data sets by using interactive Java applets and to choose between different options for graphical presentations. For the time being, the text of this SiF is only in English whereas the interactive elements are trilingual.     Structure of this article:   Hourly labours costs in the Member States Hourly labour costs in the Candidate Countries Methodological notes References and acknowledgement