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**Proposal for a Council Regulation setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (codified version) /* COM/2009/0125 final - CNS 2009/0040 */ **

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[pic] | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES |

Brussels, 18.3.2009

COM(2009) 125 final

2009/0040 (CNS)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (codified version)

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. In the context of a people’s Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as to make it clearer and more accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the specific rights it gives him.

This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones. Considerable research work, comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules.

For this reason a codification of rules that have frequently been amended is also essential if Community law is to be clear and transparent.

2. On 1 April 1987 the Commission therefore decided[1] to instruct its staff that all legislative acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to codify at even shorter intervals the texts for which they are responsible, to ensure that the Community rules are clear and readily understandable.

3. The Conclusions of the Presidency of the Edinburgh European Council (December 1992) confirmed this[2], stressing the importance of codification as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time.

Codification must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure.

Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by codification , the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments.

4. The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community[3]. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it[4]; this proposal fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bringing them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

5. The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation , in all official languages, of Regulation No 79/65/EEC and the instruments amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, by means of a data-processing system . Where the Articles have been given new numbers, the correlation between the old and the new numbers is shown in a table contained in Annex III to the codified Regulation.

ê 79/65 (adapted)

2009/0040 (CNS)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No [.../..]

of [...]

setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (codified version)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Ö the third subparagraph of Õ Article Ö 37 (2) Õ thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament[5],

Whereas:

ê

1. Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council of 15 June 1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community[6] has been substantially amended several times[7]. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

ê 79/65 Recital 1

2. The development of the common agricultural policy requires that there should be available objective and relevant information on incomes in the various categories of agricultural holding and on the business operation of holdings coming within categories which call for special attention at Community level.

ê 79/65 Recital 2

3. The accounts of agricultural holdings constitute the basic source of essential data for any assessment of incomes on agricultural holdings or study of their business operation.

ê 79/65 Recital 3 (adapted)

4. The data collected Ö should Õ be obtained from agricultural holdings specially and suitably selected in accordance with common rules and be based on verifiable facts. Such data Ö should Õ reflect technical, economic and social conditions on the holdings involved, be taken from individual holdings, be available as quickly as possible, be based on uniform definitions, be presented in a common form and be usable at all times and in full detail by the Commission.

ê 79/65 Recital 4 (adapted)

5. Those objectives can be attained only by means of a Community network for the collection of farm accountancy data Ö , hereinafter referred to as ‘data network’ Õ , based on the farm accountancy offices existing in each Member State, enjoying the confidence of the parties concerned and relying on their voluntary participation.

ê 2143/81 Recital 3 (adapted)

6. In order to obtain accounting results that are sufficiently homogeneous at Community level, the returning holdings should be distributed among the various divisions and the various categories of holdings on the basis of a stratification of the field of survey based on the Community typology for agricultural holdings as established by Ö Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008[8] Õ.

ê 2143/81 Recital 9 (adapted)

7. The divisions of the data network Ö should Õ , as far as possible, be identical with those used for the presentation of other regional data that are essential in order to provide guidelines for the common agricultural policy.

ê 79/65 Recital 5 (adapted) and 2059/2003 Recital 2 (adapted)

8. For management reasons, the Commission should be authorised to amend the list of divisions of Member States , at the request of a Member State.

ê 2801/95 Recital 2 (adapted)

9. The field of survey of the data network Ö should Õ comprise all agricultural holdings of a certain economic size, irrespective of any outside work the operator may engage in. This field should be re-examined periodically in the light of the new Farm Structure Survey data.

ê 2801/95 Recital 3 (adapted)

10. Returning holdings Ö should Õ be selected in accordance with the rules laid down in the context of a selection plan aimed at obtaining a representative accounting sample of the field of survey.

ê 2143/81 Recital 6

11. In view of the experience gained, it is desirable that the main decisions concerning the selection of returning holdings, particularly the establishment of the selection plan, should be adopted at national level. Consequently, it is at that level that a body should be made responsible for this task. Those Member States which have several divisions should, however, be free to maintain regional committees.

ê 2143/81 Recital 7 (adapted)

12. The national liaison agency Ö should Õ play a key role in the management of the data network.

ê 79/65 Recital 6

13. In selecting agricultural holdings and analysing and evaluating the data collected it is necessary to refer to data derived from other sources.

ê 79/65 Recital 7 and 1256/97 Recital 1 (adapted)

14. Farmers Ö should Õ be given an assurance that their accounts and all other individual details obtained in implementation of this Regulation will not be used for taxation purposes Ö or for purposes other than those provided for in this Regulation Õ or divulged by persons participating or having participated in the Community farm accountancy data network.

ê 79/65 Recital 8 (adapted)

15. In order that it may satisfy itself as to the objectivity and relevance of the data collected, the Commission Ö should Õ be in a position to obtain all necessary details concerning the manner in which the bodies entrusted with the selection of agricultural holdings and the accountancy offices participating in the Community farm accountancy data network discharge their duties and, if necessary, to send experts to work on the spot with the collaboration of the competent national authorities.

ê 2059/2003 Recital 3

16. The data network is a useful tool which enables the Community to develop the common agricultural policy and it serves, as a consequence, the Member States as well as the Community. The costs of the computerised systems on which the network relies and of studies and development activities of other aspects of the network, should therefore be eligible for Community financing.

ê

17. The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission[9],

ê 79/65

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

ê 79/65 (adapted)

è1 2910/73 Art. 1

è2 Corrigendum 2910/73 (OJ L 63, 5.3.1974, p. 34)

Creation of a Ö Community Õ farm accountancy data network

Article 1

1. To meet the needs of the common agricultural policy, a Community network for the collection of farm accountancy data Ö is set up Õ, hereinafter called the ‘data network’.

2. The purpose of the data network shall be to collect the accountancy data needed for, in particular:

(a) an annual determination of incomes on agricultural holdings coming within the field of Ö the Õ survey defined in Article Ö 5 Õ; and

(b) a business analysis of agricultural holdings.

3. è1 The data obtained pursuant to this Regulation è2 shall, in particular, serve as the basis ç for the drawing up of reports by the Commission on the situation of agriculture and of agricultural markets as well as on farm incomes in the Community; the reports Ö shall Õ be submitted annually to the European Parliament and the Council, in particular for the annual fixing of prices of agricultural produce. ç

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation Ö , the following definitions shall apply Õ:

(a) ‘operator’ means the natural person responsible for the day-to-day management of an agricultural holding;

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

(b) ‘category of holding’ means a group of agricultural holdings which belong to the same categories as regards Ö the Õ type of farming and economic size as defined in the Community typology for agricultural holdings established by Ö Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008Õ;

ê 79/65 (adapted)

(c) ‘returning holding’ means any agricultural holding making returns for the purposes of the data network;

(d) ‘division’ means the territory of a Member State, or any part thereof as delimited with a view to the selection or returning holdings; a list of such divisions appears in Annex I;

(e) ‘accountancy data’ means any technical, financial or economic data relating to an agricultural holding derived from accounts consisting of entries made systematically and regularly throughout the accounting year.

ê 2059/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted)

Article 3

At the request of a Member State the list of divisions shall be amended in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) Õ, provided that the request concerns the Member State's divisions.

ê 79/65 (adapted)

CHAPTER II

Determination of incomes on agricultural holdings

Article 4

This Chapter Ö shall apply to Õ the collection of accountancy data for the purpose of making an annual determination of incomes on agricultural holdings.

ê 2801/95 Art. 1(1) (adapted)

Article 5

1. The field of Ö the Õ survey referred to in Article 1(2)(a) shall cover the agricultural holdings having an economic size equal to, or greater than, a threshold expressed in Ö euro corresponding to one of the lower limits of economic size classes II to XIV Õ, as defined in the Community typology.

2. To qualify as a returning holding, an agricultural holding shall:

(a) have an economic size equal to, or greater than, a threshold to be determined in accordance with paragraph 1;

(b) be farmed by a farmer holding accounts or willing and able to keep farm accounts and willing to allow the accountancy data from his holding to be made available to the Commission;

(c) be representative, together with the other holdings and at the level of each division, of the field of survey.

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

3. The maximum number of returning holdings shall be 105 000 for the Community.

ê 2801/95 Art. 1(1) (adapted)

4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, and in particular the threshold for the economic size and the number of returning holdings per division, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18 (2) Õ.

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 3 (adapted)

è1 Act of Accession of 1994 Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 117.

è2 Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

è3 1791/2006, Annex, Chapter 5, Section A, pt. 1(a)

Article 6

1. Each Member State shall set up a national committee for the data network, hereinafter called ‘Ö the Õ National Committee’.è1 ç è2 çè3 ç

2. The National Committee shall be responsible for the selection of returning holdings. To this end, its duties shall, in particular, include approval of:

(a) the plan for the selection of returning holdings, specifying in particular the distribution of returning holdings per category of holding and the detailed rules for selecting the said holdings;

(b) the report on the implementation of the plan for the selection of returning holdings.

3. The chairman of the National Committee shall be appointed by the Member State from among the members of this Committee.

The National Committee shall take its decisions unanimously; in the event of unanimity not being achieved, decisions shall be taken by an authority appointed by the Member State.

4. Member States which have several Ö divisions Õ may, for each of the divisions under their jurisdiction, set up a regional committee of the data network, hereinafter called ‘Ö the Õ Regional Committee’.

The Regional Committee shall in particular have the duty of cooperating with the liaison agency referred to in Article Ö 7 Õ in selecting the returning holdings.

5. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18 (2) Õ.

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4

Article 7

1. Each Member State shall appoint a liaison agency whose duties shall be:

(a) to inform the National Committee, the Regional Committees and the accountancy offices of the detailed rules of application concerning them and to ensure that those rules are properly implemented;

(b) to draw up and submit to the National Committee for its approval, and thereafter to forward to the Commission:

(i) the plan for the selection of returning holdings, which plan shall be drawn up on the basis of the most recent statistical data, presented in accordance with the Community typology for agricultural holdings;

(ii) the report on the implementation of the plan for the selection of returning holdings;

(c) to compile:

(i) the list of returning holdings;

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4 (adapted)

(ii) the list of the accountancy offices willing and able to complete farm returns in accordance with the terms of the contracts provided for in Articles Ö 10 Õ and Ö 15 Õ;

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4

(d) to assemble the farm returns sent to it by the accountancy offices and to verify on the basis of a common inspection programme that they have been duly completed;

(e) to forward the duly completed farm returns to the Commission immediately after verification;

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4 (adapted)

(f) to transmit to the National Committee, the Regional Committees and the accountancy offices the requests for information Ö provided for Õ in Article Ö 17 Õ and to forward the relevant answers to the Commission.

2. The detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) Õ.

ê 79/65 (adapted)

Article 8

1. Each returning holding shall be the subject of an individual and anonymous farm return.

2. The accountancy data provided by each farm return Ö shall Õ be such that it is possible:

- to characterise the accounting holding by reference to the main elements of its factors of production;

- to assess the income of the holding in its various forms;

- to test by means of spot-checks the veracity of the information given.

3. The type of accountancy data to be given in a farm return, the form in which such data are to be presented and the definitions and instructions relating thereto shall be determined in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) Õ.

Article 9

A farmer whose holding is selected as a returning holding shall choose from a list compiled for that purpose by the liaison agency Ö , Õ an accountancy office willing to complete the return for his holding in accordance with the terms of the contract provided for in Article Ö 10 Õ.

Article 10

1. A contract shall be concluded annually on the authority of the Member State between the competent authority designated by the latter and each accountancy office chosen as provided in Article Ö 9 Õ. Under this contract the accountancy office Ö shall Õ undertake, in consideration of a standard fee, to complete farm returns in a manner consistent with the provisions of Article Ö 8 Õ.

2. The terms of Ö the Õ contract Ö referred to in paragraph 1 Õ, which must be uniform in all Member States, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) Õ.

3. Where the duties of an accountancy office are carried out by an administrative department, the latter shall be notified as to its duties through the normal administrative channels.

CHAPTER III

Collection of accountancy data for the purpose of a business analysis of agricultural holdings

Article 11

This Chapter Ö shall apply to Õ the collection of accountancy data for the purpose of a business analysis of agricultural holdings.

Article 12

In accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) the following shall be determined Õ:

- the subjects of the analyses Ö referred to Õ in Article 1(2)(b);

- detailed rules concerning the selection and number of returning holdings, these being established according to the objectives of each particular analysis.

Article 13

1. Each returning holding selected in accordance with the Ö rules adopted pursuant to the Õ second indent of Article Ö 12 Õ shall be Ö the Õ subject of a special farm return, which shall be individual to that holding and anonymous. This farm return shall include the accountancy data required under Article Ö 8 Õ (2) and all such further accountancy items and details as each particular analysis may require.

2. The type of accountancy data to be given in a special farm return, the form in which such data are to be presented and the definitions and instructions relating thereto shall be determined in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) Õ.

3. Special farm returns shall be completed by the various accountancy offices chosen as provided in Article Ö 14 Õ.

Article 14

A farmer whose holding is selected in accordance with the Ö rules adopted pursuant to the Õ second indent of Article Ö 12 Õ shall choose from a list compiled for the purpose by the liaison agency an accountancy office willing to complete the special return for his holding in accordance with the terms of the contract provided for in Article Ö 15 Õ.

Article 15

1. A. contract shall be concluded on the authority of the Member State between the competent authority designated by the latter and each accountancy office chosen as provided in Article Ö 14 Õ. Under this contract the accountancy office Ö shall Õ undertake, in consideration of a standard fee, to complete special farm returns in a manner consistent with the provisions of Article Ö 13 Õ.

2. The terms of Ö the Õ contract Ö referred to in paragraph 1 Õ, which must be uniform in all Member States, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 18(2) Õ.

The supplementary terms which may be included in Ö that Õ contract by Member States shall be determined in accordance with the same procedure.

3. Where the duties of an accountancy office are carried out by an administrative department, the latter shall be notified as to its duties through the normal administrative channels.

CHAPTER IV

General provisions

Article 16

ê 1256/97 Art. 1 (adapted)

1. It shall be prohibited to use for taxation purposes any individual accountancy data or other individual details obtained in implementation of this Regulation, or to divulge or use such data for purposes other than those Ö provided for Õ in Article 1.

ê 79/65

2. It shall be prohibited for any person participating or having participated in the data network to divulge any individual accountancy data or any other individual details of which knowledge was acquired in the exercise of his duties or otherwise incidentally to such exercise.

3. Member States shall take all appropriate measures to penalise infringements of the provisions of paragraph 2.

Article 17

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 6

1. The National Committee, the Regional Committees, the liaison agency and the accountancy offices shall be bound, within their respective areas of responsibility, to furnish the Commission with any information which the latter may request of them regarding the discharge of their duties under this Regulation.

Such requests for information made to the National Committee, the Regional Committees or to the accountancy offices and the relevant answers shall be forwarded in writing through the liaison agency.

ê 79/65

2. If the information supplied is inadequate or if such information fails to arrive in good time, the Commission may, with the collaboration of the liaison agency, send experts to work on the spot.

ê 806/2003 Art. 2 and Annex II, pt. 1 (adapted)

Article 18

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network Ö , consisting of representatives of the Member States and chaired by the Commission representative, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community Committee’ Õ.

2. Where reference is made to this Ö paragraph Õ Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

3. The Community Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 7 (adapted)

Ö 4. Õ The Community Committee shall be consulted:

(a) for the purpose of verifying that the plans for the selection of returning holdings are in conformity with the provisions of Article Ö 5 Õ;

(b) for the purpose of analyzing and evaluating the weighted annual results furnished by the data network, having regard in particular to data deriving from other sources inter alia from farm accounts and statistics generally and from national accounts.

Ö 5. Õ The Community Committee may examine any other matter raised by its chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of a representative of a Member State.

It shall examine each year, in October, the trend of farm incomes in the Community, referring in particular to the updated results of the data network.

It shall be kept regularly informed of the working of the data network.

ê 79/65 Art. 21 (adapted)

Ö 6. Õ The Chairman shall convene the meetings of the Community Committee.

Secretarial services for the Community Committee shall be provided by the Commission.

Article 19

ê 2059/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted)

1. Appropriations to be included in the general budget of the European Union, in the Commission section, shall cover:

(a) those costs of the data network attributable to payment of fees to accountancy offices in consideration of their performance of the duties referred to in Articles Ö 10 Õ and Ö 15 Õ;

(b) all the costs of the computerised systems operated by the Commission for the reception, verification, processing and analysis of accountancy data supplied by the Member States.

The costs referred to in point (b) include, where appropriate, the costs of disseminating the results of those operations and the costs of studies into, and development of, other aspects of the data network.

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 8

2. Costs in respect of the setting up and operation of the National Committee, Regional Committees and liaison agencies shall not be included in the Community budget.

ê

Article 20

Regulation No 79/65/EEC is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 21

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, [...]

For the Council

The President

[...]

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10

ANNEX I

List of divisions referred to in Article 2(d)

ê 660/2004 Art. 1 and Annex

Belgium

1. Vlaanderen

2. Bruxelles — Brussel

3. Wallonie

ê 1791/2006, Annex, Chapter 5, Section A, pt. 1(b) (adapted)

Bulgaria

1. Северозападен (Severozapaden)

2. Северен централен (Severen tsentralen)

3. Североизточен (Severoiztochen)

4. Югозападен (Yugozapaden)

5. Южен централен (Yuzhen tsentralen)

6. Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen)

However, Bulgaria may constitute a single division Ö until 31 December 2009 Õ

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

Czech Republic

Constitutes a single division

ê 2143/81 Art.1 pt. 10

Denmark

Constitutes a single division

Germany

1. Schleswig-Holstein

2. Hamburg

3. Niedersachsen

4. Bremen

5. Nordrhein-Westfalen

6. Hessen

7. Rheinland-Pfalz

8. Baden-Württemberg

9. Bayern

10. Saarland

11. Berlin

ê 3577/90 Art. 2 and Annex XVI

12. Brandenburg

13. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

14. Sachsen

15. Sachsen-Anhalt

16. Thüringen

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

Estonia

Constitutes a single division

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10

Ireland

Constitutes a single division

Greece

1. Μακεδονία — Θράκη

2. Ήπειρος — Πελοπόννησος — Νήσοι Ιονίου

3. Θεσσαλία

4. Στερεά Ελλάς — Νήσοι Αιγαίου — Κρήτη

ê 3644/85 Art. 1 (adapted)

Spain

1. Galicia

2. Asturias

3. Cantabria

4. País Vasco

5. Navarra

6. La Rioja

7. Aragón

8. Cataluña

9. Ö Illes Balears Õ

10. Castilla-León

11. Madrid

12. Castilla-La Mancha

13. Comunidad Valenciana

14. Murcia

15. Extremadura

16. Andalucía

17. Canarias

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10

France

1. Île de France

2. Champagne-Ardenne

3. Picardie

4. Haute-Normandie

5. Centre

6. Basse-Normandie

7. Bourgogne

8. Nord-Pas de Calais

9. Lorraine

10. Alsace

11. Franche-Comté

12. Pays de la Loire

13. Bretagne

14. Poitou-Charentes

15. Aquitaine

16. Midi-Pyrénées

17. Limousin

18. Rhône-Alpes

19. Auvergne

20. Languedoc-Roussillon

21. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

22. Corse

Italy

1. Piemonte

2. Valle d'Aosta

3. Lombardia

4. Alto Adige

5. Trentino

6. Veneto

7. Friuli — Venezia Giulia

8. Liguria

9. Emilia — Romagna

10. Toscana

11. Umbria

12. Marche

13. Lazio

14. Abruzzi

15. Molise

16. Campania

17. Puglia

18. Basilicata

19. Calabria

20. Sicilia

21. Sardegna

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

Cyprus

Constitutes a single division

Latvia

Constitutes a single division

Lithuania

Constitutes a single division

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10

Luxembourg

Constitutes a single division

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

Hungary

1. Közép-Magyarország

2. Közép-Dunántúl

3. Nyugat-Dunántúl

4. Dél-Dunántúl

5. Észak- Magyarország

6. Észak-Alföld

7. Dél-Alföld

Malta

Constitutes a single division

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 (adapted)

Netherlands

Constitutes a single division

ê 2801/95 Art. 1(2) and Annex

Austria

Constitutes a single division

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

Poland

1. Pomorze and Mazury

2. Wielkopolska and Śląsk

3. Mazowsze and Podlasie

4. Małopolska and Pogórze

ê 1469/2007 Art.1

Portugal

1. Norte e Centro

2. Ribatejo-Oeste

3. Alentejo e Algarve

4. Açores e Madeira

ê 1791/2006, Annex, Chapter 5, Section A, pt. 1(b) (adapted)

Romania

1. Nord-Est

2. Sud-Est

3. Sud-Muntenia

4. Sud-Vest-Oltenia

5. Vest

6. Nord-Vest

7. Centru

8. Bucureşti-Ilfov

Ö However, Romania constitutes a single division until 31 December 2009 Õ

ê Act of Accession of 2003 Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346

Slovenia

Constitutes a single division

Slovakia

Constitutes a single division

ê 2801/95 Art. 1(2) and Annex

Finland

1. Etelä-Suomi

2. Sisä-Suomi

3. Pohjanmaa

4. Pohjois-Suomi

Sweden

1. Plains of Southern and Central Sweden

2. Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of Southern and Central Sweden

3. Areas of Northern Sweden

ê 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10

United Kingdom

1. England — north region

2. England — east region

3. England — west region

4. Wales

5. Scotland

6. Northern Ireland

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ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments

Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council (OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65) |

1972 Act of Accession |

Regulation (EEC) No 2835/72 of the Council (OJ L 298, 31.12.1972, p. 47) |

Regulation (EEC) No 2910/73 of the Council (OJ L 299, 27.10.1973, p. 1) |

1979 Act of Accession |

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2143/81 (OJ L 210, 30.7.1981, p. 1) |

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3644/85 (OJ L 348, 24.12.1985, p. 4) |

1985 Act of Accession |

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (OJ L 362, 31.12.1985, p. 8) | Only point (2) of the Annex |

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (OJ L 353, 17.12.1990, p. 23) | Only Annex XVI |

Point V.A.I of Annex I to the 1994 Act of Accession (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 117) |

Council Regulation (EC) No 2801/95 (OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 3) |

Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/97 (OJ L 174, 2.7.1997, p. 7) |

Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1) | Only point (1) of Annex II |

Point 6.A.1 of Annex II to the 2003 Act of Accession (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 346) |

Council Regulation (EC) No 2059/2003 (OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 1) |

Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004 (OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 97) |

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1) | Only point 1 of Section A of Chapter 5 of the Annex |

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/2007 (OJ L 329, 14.12.2007, p. 5) |

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ANNEX III

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation No 79/65/EEC | This Regulation |

Articles 1 and 2 Article 2a Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6(1)(a) Article 6(1)(b), first indent Article 6(1)(b), second indent Article 6(1)(c), first indent Article 6(1)(c), second indent Article 6(1)(e), (f) and (g) Article 6(2) Article 7 Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 Article 11 Article 12 Article 13 Article 14 Article 15 Article 16 Article 17 Article 18 Article 19 Article 20(1) and (2) Article 21, first and second paragraphs Article 21, third paragraph Article 22 Article 23 __ __ Annex __ __ | Articles 1 and 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Article 7(1)(a) Article 7(1)(b)(i) Article 7(1)(b)(ii) Article 7(1)(c)(i) Article 7(1)(c)(ii) Article 7(1)(e), (f) and (g) Article 7(2) Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 Article 11 Article 12 Article 13 Article 14 Article 15 Article 16 Article 17 __ __ Article 18(1), (2) and (3) Article 18(4) and (5) Article 18(6) __ Article 19 __ Article 20 Article 21 Annex I Annex II Annex III |

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[1] COM(87) 868 PV.

[2] See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.

[3] Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – Codification of the Acquis communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final.

[4] See Annex II to this proposal.

[5] OJ [...], [...], p. [...].

[6] OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65.

[7] See Annex II.

[8] OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 3.

[9] OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.