COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 October 1989
establishing, for the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings between 1988 and 1997, a Community programme of tables to be stored in the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) of the Eurofarm system
(89/653/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organization of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings between 1988 and 1997 (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 807/89 (2), and in particular point 2 of Annex II thereto;
Whereas, in accordance with the second indent of point 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88, the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) will contain the survey results in the form of statistical tables, and whereas the content of the BDT will be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15 of the said Regulation;
Whereas this programme of tables must take account of point 13 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88, which states that the tables contained in the BDT must not allow direct or indirect identification of holdings;
Whereas the tables for the various levels of aggregation must be designed in a way which takes into account the statistical reliability of the survey results;
Whereas continuity between the tabular results of the surveys provided for in Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88 and previous surveys of this type must be guaranteed as far as possible, in order to facilitate analysis over time on the basis of long time series;
Whereas it is necessary to draw up without delay a Community programme of tables for the BDT so that the Statistical Office of the European Communities can develop the Eurofarm system within the time limits laid down;
Whereas this programme, following a detailed study of the results of the surveys and in accordance with the development of the common agricultural policy and the statistical requirements of the principal information users, must be supplemented progressively by additional tables forming an integral part of the Community programme of tables for the BDT referred to in point 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88, these tables also to be drawn up according to the procedure laid down in point 2 of Annex II to the said Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision reflect the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Community programme of tables for the Tabular Data Bank (BDT of the Eurofarm system, as provided for by Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
1. The statistical information stored in the Tabular Data Bank (BDT) shall not be made available to users before the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in conjunction with the Member States, has established that it complies with the criteria and rules governing statistical confidentiality and reliability to be established jointly with the Member States.
2. For this purpose, the tables mentioned in Article 1 and the ad hoc tables defined in point 15 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) N° 571/88 shall be stored initially in a special field of the Tabular Data Bank (BDT), access to which is restricted to the Statistical Office of the European Communities and the statistical services of the Member States for the tables concerning their own countries.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 October 1989.