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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 571/88
of 29 February 1988
on the organization of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural
holdings
(OJ No L 56, 2. 3. 1988, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Council Regulation (EEC) No 807/89 of 20 March 1989
Amended by:L 86 1 31. 3. 1989
Commission Decision of 9 February 1993 (93/156/EEC) L 65 12 17. 3. 1993
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1057/91 of 26 April 1991 L 107 11 27. 4. 1991Commission Decision of 6 October 1994 (94/677/EC) L 269 38 20. 10. 1994Commission Decision of 15 February 1996 (96/170/EC) L 47 23 24. 2. 1996Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/96 of 17 December 1996 L 335 3 24. 12. 1996
Amended
by:
A1 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 155 29. 8. 1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 105 1. 1. 19952467/96 - - - deleted
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ICOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 571/88
of 29 February 1988
on the organization of Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the T reaty establishing the EuropeanEconomic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposals from the Commission (
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),
Whereas trends in the structure of agricultural holdings are
an important factor in determining the development of the
common agricultural policy; whereas the series of surveys
on the structure of agricultural holdings, carried out on a
Community basis since 1966/67, should be continued;
Whereas such trends cannot be examined at Community
level unless comparable data are available for all the
Member States; whereas it is therefore necessary to con-
tinue previous harmonization and synchronization efforts;
Whereas the workloads of the Member States and of the
Commission in the execution of this task must be reduced
as much as possible;
Whereas, where at all possible, the characteristics, defini-
tions and geographic units laid down for similar previous
structure surveys should be retained;
Whereas, when determining the characteristics to be exam-
ined , there must be an endeavour to curtail as far as
possible the workload of persons concerned by the survey;
Whereas, in order to assess the situation of Community
agriculture and monitor trends in agricultural structures, it
is necessary to carry out at regular intervals statistical sur-
veys in agricultural holdings which have a certain agricul-
tural area utilized for farming or if they produce a certain
proportion for sale or whose production exceeds certain
physical thresholds;
Whereas, in view of the variety of statistical services in the
Member States, the efficiency of sample survey methods
and the necessity to obtain reliable information at reason-
able cost, Member States should be allowed to decide
whether the surveys they carry out are of a full or sample
type, on condition that the results of the random sample
surveys are reliable at the various levels of aggregation re-
quired;
(1) OJ No C 179, 8. 7. 1987, p. 3 and
OJ No C 4, 8. 1. 1988, p. 10.
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IIWhereas it is nonetheless necessary t6 carry out, at least
every ten years, a census (full survey) of all the agricultural
holdings in order to update the basic registers of holdings
and the other information required for the stratification of
sample surveys;
Whereas, when the procedures to be employed for the
Community censuses in 1989/90 and 1999/2000 are deter-
mined, acocunt (SIC! account) must be taken as far as
possible of the recommendations of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regarding world
censuses of agriculture to be conducted sometime around
1990 and also around 2000;
Whereas for the requirements of agricultural policy it is
necessary to provide the statistical offices of the Member
States and the Commission with a new system of analysing
the data and disseminating the results of the surveys which
is more flexible and rapid than the previous one, while al-leviating the workload of the Member States;
Whereas the introduction of adequate procedures enabling
the Commission and the Member States to make the best
use of the statistics prepared from the data collected in
surveys of the structures of agricultural holdings should be
facilitated;
Whereas individual data are subject to statistical confiden-
tiality;
Whereas it is necessary, when implementing a new system
for the use of surveys and the circulation of their results,
— to take account of the positions of the Directors- - -
General of the Member States’ national statistical
institutions on the preparation of rules on the confi-
dentiality of statistics,
— to ensure close cooperation between the Member
States in the analysis of the data;
Whereas the coordinating role of the Statistical Office of
the European Community is necessary to meet the Com-
munity requirements for information in the field in ques-
tion and to ensure uniform analysis of the results obtained;
Whereas, in order to carry out these surveys, considerable
funding will be required from both the Member States and
the Commission over a number of years, a large propor-
tion of which will be used to meet the requirements of the
Community; whereas provision should therefore be made
for a Community subsidy to assist this programme;
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IIIWhereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the
provisions of this Regulation, close cooperation between
the Member States and the Commission should continue,
in particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural
Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC (1),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.
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1Article 1
As part of the programme of statistical surveys of the
Community, Member States shall, between 1988 and 2007,
carry out surveys on the structure of the agricultural hold-
ings in their territories, hereinafter referred to as ‘surveys’.
The reference periods of these surveys are set out in Ar-
ticles 2 and 3.
Article 2
1. In line with the FAO recommendations for world cen-
suses of agriculture, Member States shall carry out a basic
survey in one or more stages in the form of a general cen-
sus (full survey) of all agricultural holdings, between 1 De-
cember 1988 and 1 March 1991 and between 1 December
1998 and 1 March 2001 respectively. These surveys shall
relate to the crop year corresponding to the crop to be
harvested in 1989 or 1990 and in 1999 or 2000.
Nevertheless, in the framework of the 1989/90 basic sur-
vey, Member States may use random sample surveys,
hereinafter referred to as ‘sample survey’ for certain char-
acteristics; the results obtained thereby shall be extrapo-
lated.
2. Member States may, however, bring forward or defer
the carrying out in the 1989/90 basic survey by 12 months
at most, in which case they shall carry out a sample survey,
relating to one of the crop years 1989 or 1990.
Article 3
The following surveys (interim surveys) on the structure of
agricultural holdings shall be carried out in one or more
stages in the form of full or sample surveys:
(a) between 1 December 1992 and 1 March 1994, cover-
ing the crop year corresponding to the crop to be
harvested in 1993 (structure survey 1993);
(b) between 1 December 1994 and 1 March 1996, cover-
ing the crop year corresponding to the crop to be
harvested in 1995 (structure survey 1995); and
(c) between 1 December 1996 and 1 March 1998, cover-
ing the crop year corresponding to the crop to be
harvested in 1997 (structure survey 1997);
(d) between 1 December 2002 and 1 March 2004, cover-
ing the crop year corresponding to the crop to be
harvested in 2003 (structure survey 2003);
(e) between 1 December 2004 and 1 March 2006, cover-
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2(f) between 1 December 2006 and 1 March 2008, cover-
ing the crop year corresponding to the crop to be
harvested in 2007 (structure survey 2007).
Article 4
Member States conducting sample surveys shall take the
necessary steps to obtain reliable results at the various le-
vels of aggregation required, which are as follows:
— the regions referred to in Article 8,
— the districts referred to in Article 8 (for base surveys
only),
— the ‘objective zones’ within the meaning of Regulation
(EEC) No 2052/88 (1) and Commission Decision
94/197/EC (2) (for the 1999/2000 basic survey only),
and in so far as the following territorial units are impor-
tant locally:
— the ‘less-favoured agricultural areas’ as defined in Ar-
ticle 3 of Directive 75/268/EEC (3)a n dt h e‘ m o u n t a i n
areas’ as defined in paragraph 3 of the same Article,
— the principal technical economic guide-lines within the
meaning of Decision 85/377/EEC (4),
— the particular technical economic guide-lines within
t h em e a n i n go ft h es a m eD e c i s i o n .
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that samples are structured in a way which allows the use
of one single coefficient per holding for raising the in-
formation collected by sampling.
Article 5
For the purposes of applying this Regulation:
(a) ‘agricultural holding’ shall mean a single unit, both
technically and economically, which has a single man-
agement and which produces agricultural products;
(b) ‘agricultural area utilized for farming’ shall mean the
total area taken up by arable land, permanent pasture
and meadow, land used for permanent crops and
kitchen gardens.
(1) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (OJ No 337, 24.12. 1994, p. 11).
(2) OJ No L 96, 14. 4. 1994, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. Directive as last amended
by the 1994 Act of Accession.
(4) OJ No L 220, 17. 8. 1985, p. 1. Decision as last amended
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3Article 6
The surveys shall cover:
(a) agricultural holdings where the agricultural area util-
ized for farming is one hectare or more;
(b) agricultural holdings where the agricultural area util-
ized for farming is less than one hectare, if they pro-
duce a certain proportion for sale or if their produc-
tion unit exceeds certain physical thresholds.
However, Member States which use a different survey
threshold commit themselves to fixing this threshold at a
level excluding only the smallest holdings which together
contribute 1% or less to the total standard gross margin
(SGM), within the meaning of Decision 85/377/EEC, for
the Member State concerned.
Before the surveys are carried out Member States shall in-
form the Commission of the methods used to fix their
thresholds.
Article 7
1. In the case of combined crops, the agricultural area
utilized for farming shall be allocated between the various
crops in proportion to the amount of land the latter take
up.
The procedure for this allocation and, if appropriate, ex-
ceptions to the general rule will be settled by the Member
States in agreement with the Commission.
Furthermore, the area used for combined crops shall also
be recorded separately from the utiized (SIC! utilized)
agricultural area (UAA) in accordance with the groupings
listed in Annex I.
2. The area used for successive secondary crops shall be
recorded separately from the ‘utilized agricultural area.’
Successive secondary crops shall be enumerated in accord-
ance with the groupings listed in Annex I.
Article 8
1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to en-
sure that the information collected in the surveys referred
to in this Regulation complies with the characteristics
listed in Annex I. The changes to be made to that list of
characteristics for the 1993 to 2007 surveys shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Ar-
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42. In the framework of determining the list of character-
istics for the 1992/2000 basic survey, Member States may,
at their request and on the basis of appropriate docu-
mentation, be authorized by the Commission, in accord-
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 15, to use
random sample surveys for certain characteristics.
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15,
likewise on request and on the basis of appropriate docu-
mentation and in the framework of determining the list of
survey characteristics, Member States may be authorized to
use, for certain characteristics as from the 1997 survey, al-
ready available information from sources other than stat-
istical surveys.
3. In the 1999/2000 basic survey, the geographical situ-
ation of each holding shall be defined by a code which
allows for aggregation by territorial units lower than the
survey-district level or at least by objective zones.
4. The definitions relating to the characteristics and to
the delimination (SIC! delimitation) and coding of regions,
survey districts and other territorial units shall be fixed in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15.
5. Where, for the purpose of applying the Communitytypology for agricultural holdings in certain Member
States, standard gross margins have been established relat-
ing to subdivisions of certain characteristics listed in Annex
1, the Member States concerned shall collect all the in-
formation necessary to permit the application of these
standard gross margins.
Article 9
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to carry out
the surveys in their territories. In particular they shall:
(a) devise questionnaires appropriate to the collection of
the information provided for in the list of characteris-
tics mentioned in Article 8 (1);
(b) check whether the questionnaires have been com-
pleted in full and whether the replies are credible;
where necessary and as far as possible, they shall
complete missing data and correct inaccurate data.
Article 10
Member States shall forward to the Statistical Office of the
European Communities the information mentioned in Ar-
ticle 8 (1) obtained from the censuses and sample surveys
in the form of individual data per holding, in accordance
with the procedure described in Annex II, hereafter called
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5Member States shall ensure that the data transferred in
the Eurofarm standard record layout are complete and
plausible, using the uniform checking conditions laid down
by the Statistical Office of the European Communities
after close collaboration with the competent services of the
Member States; they shall also use the checking tables
mentioned in paragraph 9 of Annex II for checking indi-
vidual data.
Article 11
Member States shall supply the Statistical Office of the
European Communities with any information it may re-
quire of them regarding the organization and methodology
of the surveys covered by this Regulation; in particular,
they shall provide detailes (SIC! details) of the timetable
for the data collection operations in the field.
Article 12
In the context of the Eurofarm project, the Statistical Of-
fice of the European Communities shall be responsible for
disseminating the tabular results of the survey. The practi-
cal details of such dissemination shall be agreed by the
appropriate committees and working parties.
Article 13
Every three years, and in the first instance not later than
31 December 1992, the Commission shall submit to the
Council a report on the operation of the Eurofarm project.
It shall propose any necessary changes to this Regulation.
Article 14
1. As a contribution to expenses incurred by the
Member States in carrying out the surveys provided for in
Articles 2 and 3, 20 ECU per holding for which complete
survey results are forwarded to the Statistical Office of the
European Communities shall be reimbursed up to a maxi-
mum per survey of:
— 100 000 ECU for Luxembourg,
— 500 000 ECU for Belgium and Denmark,
— ECU 600 000 for Sweden,
— 700 000 ECU for the Netherlands,
— ECU 700 000 for Finland,
— 1 100 000 ECU for Ireland,
— 1 300 000 ECU for the United Kingdom,
— ECU 1 400 000 for Austria.
— 2 000 000 ECU for Germany, Greece, Spain, France,
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6For Member States which carry out a general census (full
survey) in 1999/2000 of all agricultural holdings surveying
all the required characteristics, the abovementioned sums
shall be increased by 50%.
The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the
budgetary authority within the limits of the financial per-
spective.
2. The maximum annual financial reference amount for
the development, maintenance, necessary adaptations to,
and management of, the Eurofarm project, including disse-
mination of results, shall be:
— ECU 480 000 for 1989,
— ECU 440 000 for 1990,
— ECU 240 000 for 1991,
— ECU 80 000 for the years 1992 to 1998,
— ECU 700 000 for the years 1999 and 2000,
— ECU 550 000 for the years 2001 to 2010.The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the
budgetary authority within the limits of the financial per-
spective.
Article 15
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is in-
voked, the matter shall be referred to the Standing Com-
mittee for Agricultural Statistics (hereinafter referred to as
‘the Committee’) by its Chairman, either on this own initi-
ative or at the request of the representative of a Member
State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit tothe Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to
the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered
by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2)
➀of the
T reaty in the case of decisions which the Council is re-
quired to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The
votes of the representatives of the Member States within
the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in
that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
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Regulation (EEC) No 571/88. However, this modificationcannot be inserted due to successive amendments to thebasic act, which have not been taken into account. Regula-tion (EC) No 2467/96 indicates that the Committee adopts‘by a majority of 62 votes’ (as provided in Article 148 (2)of the Treaty.2467/96
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73. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall
take immediate effect. However, if these measures are not
in accordance with the Committee’s opinion, the Commis-
sion shall submit them forthwith to the Council; in this
case, the Commission may defer application of the
measures it has adopted for not more than one month
from the date of their submission to the Council.
The Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a dif-
ferent decision within one month.
Article 16
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that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro-
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8ANNEX I
LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS
A. Geographical situation of the holding
01 Survey district02 Less-favoured area yes/no
(a) Mountain area yes/no
B. Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the
survey)
01 Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by a
natural person (
1)?yes/no
02 If yes, is this person (the holder) also the manager? yes/no
(a) If the answer to question B/02 is ‘no’, is the manager a member of
the holder’s family?yes/no
03 Manager’s agricultural training (2)
—only practical experience yes/no
—basic training yes/no
—full agricultural training yes/no
04 Are accounts kept for the management of the holding (2)? yes/no
C. Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and fragmentation of the
holding
Agricultural area utilized ha/a
01 For owner farming ....../......02 For tenant farming ....../......03 For share farming or other modes ....../......
Number
of
parcels
04 Number of parcels making up the utilized agricultural area (3) ..............
D. Arable land ha/a
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):01 Common wheat and spelt ....../......02 Durum wheat ....../......03 Rye ....../......04 Barley ....../......05 Oats ....../......06 Grain maize (
4) ....../......
07 Rice ....../......08 Other cereals ....../......
(1) In France, GAECs (Groupements agricoles d’exploitation en commun —agricultural
groups for joint farming), EARLs (exploitations agricoles à responsabilité limitée —Lim-
ited liability agricultural holdings) and de facto groups are regarded as agricultural hold-
ings managed by natural persons.
(2) Optional.
(3) Optional. For Italy the number of parcels concerns the total area of the holding.
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9ha/a
09 Pulse for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of
cereals and pulse) ....../......
(a) of which as pure crops for fodder: peas, broad and field beans,
vetches, sweet lupins (1) ....../......
(b) other (as pure or mixed crops) (1) ....../......
10 Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) ....../......11 Sugar beet (excluding seeds) ....../......12 Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds) (
2) ....../......
13 Industrial plants (including seeds for herbaceous oilseed plants;
excluding seeds for fibre plants, hops, tobacco and other industrialplants) ....../......
of which: ....../......
(a) tobacco (
3) ....../......
(b) hops (3) ....../......
(c) cotton (4) ....../......
(d) other oilseed plants or fibre plants and other industrial plants: ....../......
(i) oil seeds (total) ....../......
of which:
—r a p ea n dt u r n i pr a p e(3) ....../......
—sunflower (5) ....../......
—soya (6) ....../......
(ii) aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants (7) ....../......
(iii) other industrial plants (2) ....../......
of which:—sugar cane (
8) ....../......
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries:14—outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover of ....../......
of which:
(a) open field (
2) ....../......
(b) market gardening (2) ....../......
15—under glass or other (accessible) protective cover ....../......
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):16—outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover (
2) ....../......
17—under glass or other (accessible) protective cover ....../......
18 Forage plants:
(a) temporary grass ....../......(b) other (
2) ....../......
(1) Optional for the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden.
(2) Optional for Finland and Sweden.
(3)O p t i o n a l f o r P o r t u g a l .
(4) Optional except for Greece, Spain and Italy.
(5)Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
(6) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France and Italy.
(7) Optional for the United Kingdom, Portugal, Finland and Sweden.
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19 Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables,
potatoes and oilseed plants) ....../......
20 Other arable land crops (1) ...../......
21 Fallow land without any subsidies ....../......22 Fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes with no economic
use ....../......
E. Kitchen gardens (
2) ....../......
F. Permanent pasture and meadow (3) ....../......
01 Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings ....../......02 Rough grazings ....../......
G. Permanent crops
01 Fruit and berry plantations (
1) : ....../......
(a) fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones ....../......(b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones (
4) ....../......
(c) nuts (4) ....../......
02 Citrus plantations ....../......03 Olive plantations ....../......
(a) normally producing table olives (
5) ....../......
(b) normally producing olives for oil production ....../......
04 Vineyards
of which normally producing: ....../......(a) quality wine ....../......(b) other wines ....../......(c) table grapes ....../......(d) raisins (
6) ....../......
05 Nurseries (7) ....../......
06 Other permanent crops (7) ....../......
07 Permanent crops under glass (8) ....../......
H. Other land
01 + 03 Unutilized agricultural land (agricultural land which is no
longer farmed, for economic, social or other reasons, andwhich is not used in the crop rotation system) and other land(land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds,quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) ....../......
(1) Optional for Finland.
(2) Optional for Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden.
(3) Iyaly, Greece, Finland adn Sweden may merge heading 01 with heading 02.
(4) Optional except for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal.
(5)O p t i o n a l f o r F r a n c e .
(6) Optional except for Greece and Spain.
(7) Optional for Finland and Sweden.
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02 Wooded area ....../......
of which:(a) non-commercial (
1) ....../......
(b) commercial (1) ....../......
and/or
(c) deciduous (1) ....../......
(d) coniferous (1) ....../......
(e) mixed (1) ....../......
I. Combined and successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irriga-
tion, greenhouses, set-aside of arable land
01 Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops
under glass) (2) ....../......
of which:(a) non-fodder cereals (D/01 to D/08) (
2) ....../......
(b) non-fodder dried vegetables (D/09) (2) ....../......
(c) non-fodder oil-seed plants (D/13 (d) (i)) (2) ....../......
(d) other successive secondary crops (2) ....../......
02 Mushrooms (3) ....../......
03 Irrigated area (4):
(a) total irrigable area ....../......(b) cultivated area irrigated at least once a year (
1) ....../......
of which:(1) durum wheat ....../......(2) maize ....../......(3) potatoes ....../......(4) sugar beet ....../......(5) sunflower ....../......(6) soya ....../......(7) fodder plants ....../......(8) fruit and berry orchards ....../......(9) citrus fruit ....../......(10) vines ....../......
04 Ground area covered by greenhouses in use05 Combined (associated) crops (
1) ....../......
(a) agricultural crops (including pasture and meadow) —forestry
species (1) ....../......
(b) permanent crops —annual crops (1) ....../......
(c) permanent crops —permanent crops (1) ....../......
(d) other combined crops (1) ....../......
(1) Optional.
(2) Optional for Finland and Sweden.
(3) Optional for Portugal, Finland and Sweden.
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1207 Storage facilities for natural fertilizers of animal origin (solid dung,
liquid manure and slurry) (1)(2)
(a) Do you have storage facilities on your holding for:
(i) solid dung? yes/no(ii) liquid manure? yes/no(iii) slurry yes/no
(b) Storage capacity available for:
without any occasional
emptying, sufficient
forhow many full months?
(i) solid dung ...m
2(3)... months (4)
(ii) liquid manure ...m3(3)... months (4)
(iii) slurry ...m3(3)... months (4)
ha/a
08 Are subject to set -side incentive schemes broken down by: ....../......
(a) fallow land with no economic use (already recorded under D/22) ....../......(b) areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for
non-food purposes (e.g. sugar beet, rape, trees, bushes etc.,
including lentils, chickpeas and vetches, already recorded under Dand G) ....../......
(c) areas converted into permanent pasture and meadow (already
recorded under F/01 and F/02) ....../......
(d) former agricultural areas converted into wooded area or being
prepared for afforestation (already recorded under H/02) ....../......
(e) others (already recorded unter H/01 and H/03) ....../......
J. Livestock (on the reference day of the survey)
Number
of heads
01Equidae ..............
Bovine animals:
02 Under one year old ..............
(a) male animals (5) ..............
(b) female animals (5) ..............
O n ey e a ro ro v e rb u tu n d e rt w oy e a r s :03 Male animals ..............04 Female animals ..............Two years old and over:05 Male animals ..............06 Heifers ..............07 Dairy cows ..............08 Other cows ..............
(1) Optional for Greece, Spain, Ireland, Austria, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
(2) Optional for the Netherlands for the 1995 survey.
(3) Optional for Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
(4) Optional, except for Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
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13Sheep and goats:
09 Sheep (all ages) ..............
(a) breeding females ..............(b) other sheep ..............
10 Goats (all ages) (
1) ..............
(a) breeding females (2) ..............
(b) other goats (2) ..............
Pigs:11 Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kgs ..............12 Breeding sows weighing 50 kgs and over ..............13 Other pigs ..............Poultry:14 Broilers ..............15 Laying hens ..............16 Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea fowl) (
3) ..............
17 Rabbits, breeding females (4) ..............
Number
of hives
18 Bees (5) ..............
19 Other livestock (5)Y e s / n o
(1) Optional for Germany, Finland and Sweden.
(2) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
(3) Optional for Finland and Sweden.
(4) Optional for Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Finland, Sweden and the United King-
dom.
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14K. Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment (1)
01 Four-wheel tractors, track-laying
tractors, tool carriers
02 Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary
hoes and motor mowers (2)
03 Combine harvesters
04 Forage harvesters (2)
05 Potato harvesters (fully mecha-
nized) (2)
06 Sugar-beet harvesters (fully mecha-
nized) (2)
07 Do you have fixed or movable milk-
ing equipment (2)?
08 Do you have a separate milking par-
lour (2)?
a) If you have a seperate milking
parlour, is it fully automated
(3)?
(1) Optional for the 1997 survey.
(2) Optional for the 1995 and the 1997 surveys.
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16L 07 If the holder is also the manager, does he have any other gainful activity?
—as his/her major
occupation?(tickas appropriate)
—as a subsidiary
occupation?(tickasappropriate)
L 08 Does the holder’s spouse, carrying out farm work for the holding, have any
other gainful activity?
—as his/her major
occupation?(tickas appropriate)
—as a subsidiary
occupation?(tickasappropriate)
L 09 Does any other member of the holder’s family engaged in the farm work of
the holding have any other gainful activity? (1)
—as his/her major
occupation?(insert num ber ofpersons )
—as a subsidiary
occupation?(insertnumberofpersons)
L 10 T otal number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work, not inclu-
ded under L 01 to L 06, undertaken on the holding by persons not em-
ployed directly by the holding (e.g. contractors employees) (2).
Insert number ofequivalent full-timeworking daysduring the12
months preceding the day of the survey (3)
(1) Optional for Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden.
(2) Optional for Member States which are able to provide an overall estimate for this char-
acteristic at national level.
(3) The United Kingdom is authorized to submit this information in equivalent working
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17ANNEX II
EUROFARM PROJECT
Description and content
1. The Eurofarm project is a set of data banks to be used for
processing Community surveys on the structure of agricul-
tural holdings for the requirements of national and Com-
munity agricultural policies.
The project will be designed and implemented by the stat-
istical services of the Member States and of the Commis-
sion, working in close consultation and with Commissionsupport.
2. The Eurofarm data banks are as follows:
— the individual data bank (BDI), which will contain the
individual data not directly indentifiable (SIC! identifi-
able) on all holdings (in the case of basic surveys) or
data on all holdings or on a representative sample ofholdings (in the case of interim surveys) which is suffi-
cient to enable analyses to be carried out at the geo-
graphical levels mentioned in Article 4 of the Regula-tion.
— the T abular Data Bank (BDT), which will contain the
survey results in the form of statistical tables. The
contents of the BDT will be decided in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 15 of this Re-gulation.
Location of the data banks
3. Except in case of the individual data of Germany
concern-
ing the 1988 to 1997 surveys, the BDI for all Member
States is located in a Commission processing centre. The
Statistical Office of the European Communities has sole re-sponsibility for access to it and for its management.
4. The BDT is housed in a Commission processing centre.
Communication of the individual data to the Statistical
Office of the European Communities
5. Individual data will be supplied using a uniform code speci-
fied by Eurostat in agreement with the Member States andwithin time limits to be determined in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 15 of this Regulation.
6. By way of derogation, Germany will not forward individual
data but tabular results corresponding to the BDT table
programme mentioned under paragraph 2. This derogation
expires after the surveys of the period 1988 to 1997.
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18Communication of the tabular data
7. On the basis of the individual data supplied by the Member
States the Statistical Office of the European Communities
will compile:
—t a b l e s i n t e n d e d f o r B D T ,
— ad hoc tables as defined in paragraph 15.
8.1. Where the individual data forwarded by the Member States
do not enable the Statistical Office of the European
Communities to prepare all the tables for the BDT speci-
fied in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article15, the Member States in question shall undertake to supply
the missing tables three months after the date for the for-
warding of individual data referred to in paragraph 5 of theAnnex.
8.2. Where the individual data forwarded by the Member States
do not enable the Statistical Office of the EuropeanCommunities to prepare the ad hoc tables based on the
characteristics listed in Annex I, the Commission, in collab-
oration with the Member States, shall consider how thetables in question are to be forwarded.
9. T ogether with the individual data the Member States under-
take to forward the checking tables which will be defined by
the Statistical Office of the European Communities in con-
cert with the Member States.
Confidentiality of individual data
10. The individual data must be forwarded to the Statistical Of-
fice of the European Communities in an anonymous formwhich does not allow holdings to be directly identified.
11. The Commission will take suitable precautions within its
data-processing system to safeguard the confidentiality ofthe data and shall inform the Member States thereof.
12. Access to the individual data is restricted to the persons
responsible within the Statistical Office of the EuropeanCommunities for implementation of the Regulation.
13. The tables referred to in paragraph 14 must not allow di-
rect or indirect identification of holdings.
Use of the data and dissemination of the results
14. The Statistical Office of the European Communities under-
takes to use the individual data communicated by theMember States for statistical purposes only, and to exclude
all use for administrative ends.
The individual data will be used in compiling:— the tables contained in the BDT ,
— the ad hoc tables.
15. Ad hoc tables are those for which no provision has been
made in the original Community programme fixing the con-
tent of the BDT , but whose compilation, on the basis of thecharacteristics indicated in Annex I, is requested in order to
satisfy the information requirements of the Community in-
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19Coordination
16. In the framework of their respective responsibilities and in
accordance with Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90,
the Statistical Office of the European Communities and theMember States will establish rapid consultation procedures
with a view to:
— ensuring the confidentiality and statistical reliability of
the information prepared on the basis of the individ-
ual data,
— informing the Member States of the use made of these
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