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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No837/90
of26March1990
concerningstatisticalinformationtobesuppliedbytheMember Statesoncereals production
(OJ L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 3570/90 of 4 December 1990 L 353 8 17.12.1990
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2197/95 of 18 September 1995 L 221 2 19.9.1995
►M3Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 29 September 2003L 284 1 31.10.2003
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No837/90
of26March1990
concerning statistical information to be supplied by the Member
Statesoncereals production
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October
1975 on the common organization of the marketsin cereals(1), aslas t
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 201/90 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June
1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), aslas t
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1806/89 (4),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (5),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (6),
Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks imposed on it by the Treaty
and the Regulationsconcerning the common agricultural policy, theCommission needs to have reliable, comparable and up-to-date data,
established by objective methods, on areas under cultivation, yields
and production of cereals;
Whereasit isappropriate to recognize the importance of the cereal
production sector for the organization and management of agriculturalmarkets, which implies that the requisite statistical surveys should be
conducted to an increasing degree on the basis of Community rules;
Whereas account should be taken of the experience acquired by statis-
tical services with these surveys over many years;
Whereas the purpose of this Regulation is to define the statistical infor-
mation to be supplied, to prescribe a satisfactory level of reliability andlay down additional technical information necessary to assess produc-tion figures, to provide for objectivity and representativeness ofsurveys on area and production by a broad exchange of experience,involving meetingsand reportsand to fix the deadlinesto be met;
Whereas, for cereals as a whole and some important types of cereals,
the communication of regional data is also required on an annual basis;
Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report after
three yearsof experience with thisRegulation, together with, if neces -
sary, proposals for improving statistical surveys and whereas the
Commission should consider the feasibility of a harmonized Commu-nity survey after 1992;
Whereasthere isa need to gauge the amount of Community funds
required to implement thismeas ure; whereasthisamount isin line
with the financial perspective which appears in the InterinstitutionalAgreement of 29 June 1988 on budgetary discipline and improvementof the budgetary procedure (
7); whereasthe appropriationsactually
available must, in compliance with this Agreement, be determined inaccordance with budgetary procedure;
Whereas it is appropriate to establish the procedure to be followed by
the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 22, 27. 1. 1990, p. 7.
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1.
(5) OJ No C 8, 13. 1. 1990, p. 12.
(6) Opinion delivered on 16 March 1990 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(7) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 33.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
SECTION I
Objectives
Article 1
Member States shall provide the Statistical Office of the European
Communities, hereinafter called Eurostat, with annual data on cereals
ass pecified in Articles2 and 6.
SECTION II
Datatobesuppliedatnationallevel
Article 2
1. This Regulation shall apply to the cereals listed in Annex I.
Annex I may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 11.
2. Each Member State shall submit annual data on the following:
— area under cultivation (1 000 ha),
— average yield (100 kg/ha) and
— production harvested (1 000 tonnes),
for each group of cerealsass pecified in Annex II and for any cereal
within group 7 of that Annex, production of which exceeds50 000
tonnesper year.
Annex II may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 11.
3. In addition, Member States shall submit data on the average
moisture content (1), expressed as a percentage, in connection with the
information mentioned in the second and third indents of the firstsubparagraph of paragraph 2.
SECTION III
Methods,specifications
Article 3
1. For each cereal referred to in Annex I in the Member State of
which annual production exceeds50 000 tonnes , data on the area under
cultivation, yield and production shall be obtained from statistical
surveys, which take the form of censuses or representative samplesurveys.
2. These surveys shall be conducted using statistically recognized
methodswhich meet the requirementson quality, objectivity and relia-bility asdefined in thiss ection.
3. In order to meet the requirements of this section, transitional
arrangementsmay be agreed upon for one or more Member States , inaccordance with Article 8 (3).
Article 4
1. In the case of sample surveys on areas under cultivation, the
samples must be designed so that they are representative of at least95 % of the total area under cereal cultivation.1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 3
(1) For the procedure to be followed in ascertaining the moisture content, see
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84, (OJ No L 178, 5.
7. 1984, p. 22), aslas t amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2507/87 (OJ No L
235, 20. 8. 1987, p. 10). Other approximation methodsare allowed.
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These area figures must be complemented by an estimate relying on
data from other sources and relating to the remaining area undercereals.
2. The sample surveys on areas must be designed so that the stan-
dard error for the total area under cereal cultivation in each individual
Member State doesnot exceed the greater of 1 % of that area or 5 000hectares.
Article 5
1. In the case of sample surveys on yield or production, the samples
must be designed so that the standard error for the total cereal produc-tion doesnot exceed the greater of 2 % of total production or 50 000tonnes.
2. In addition to the requirementson total cereal production in para-
graph 1, for each cereal referred to in Annex I of which production in
the Member State exceedsthe thres hold laid down in Article 3 (1), the
standard error for the production of the cereal should not exceed thegreater of 5 % of that production or 20 000 tonnes.
SECTION IV
Datatobesuppliedatregionallevel
Article 6
Annual data on the area under cultivation, yields, production and
moisture content must be forwarded to Eurostat at the regional levelsdefined in Annex III.
Annex III may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 11.
These regional data must be supplied for total cereals, excluding rice,
and for common wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley and grain maize.
The Member States shall indicate those regional figures having excep-
tionally high percentage standard errors.
SECTION V
Deadlines,exchangeofexperience andtransitionalarrangements
Article 7
1. The calendar year in which the harvest takes place shall herein-
after be referred to asthe ‘harves t year’.
2. Member States shall supply Eurostat with provisional national
data on the area under cultivation at the latest by 1 October of the
harvest year. Final data on the area under cultivation shall be suppliedat the latest by 1 April following the harvest year.
3. Initial estimates of national yields and production figures shall be
forwarded at the latest by 15 November of the harvest year. Provisionaldata on yield and production shall be supplied at the latest by 1February and final figuresat the lates t by 1 October following the
harvest year.
If yield and production figuresrefer to revis ed area data, the latter
should also be submitted.
4. The regional data referred to in Article 6 shall be supplied at the
same time as the final figures at national level and be consistent withthem.
Article 8
1. Within 12 monthsof the entry into force of thisRegulation,
Member States shall submit a detailed methodological report to Euro-stat describing how the data for areas under cultivation, yield andproduction are derived for their countriesand, where appropriate,1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 4
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regions and indicate the representativeness and reliability of these
figures. Eurostat, in collaboration with the Member States, shallcompile a summary of these reports.
2. Member States shall inform Eurostat of any modifications to the
information provided under paragraph 1 within three monthsof theirintroduction.
3. Should certain methodological reportss how that a Member State
cannot, in the immediate future, meet the requirementsof thisRegula-
tion and if changesin s urvey techniquesand methodology arenecessary, Eurostat may fix, in cooperation with the Member State, atransitional period, up to a maximum of two years, during which thesurvey programme of this Regulation shall be achieved.
4. Methodological reports, transitional arrangements, data avail-
ability, data reliability and other relevant issues connected with theapplication of thisRegulation s hall be examined twice a year withinthe competent Working Party of the Standing Committee for Agricul-tural Statistics.
Article 9
1. No later than by the end of 1992, Eurostat shall submit to the
European Parliament and the Council:
— a report on the experience gained from the statistical surveys and
estimates carried out pursuant to this Regulation,
— if necessary, proposals for the improvement and harmonization of
the arrangementsin force in the Member States ,
— if necessary, proposals for the realization of an additional ad hoc
Community survey using harmonized methods and characteristics.
2. The Council shall act on the proposals referred to in paragraph 1
in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 148 (2) of
the Treaty.
SECTION VI
Financialarrangements
Article 10
1. The amount of Community expenditure considered necessary to
implement the measure enacted by this Regulation shall be►
M1ECU 3 520 000 ◄for the period 1990 to 1993, including
expenditure related to resources for one man-year (auxiliary, nationalexpert on secondment, etc.).
2. The budgetary authority shall determine the appropriations avail-
able for each accounting period.
SECTION VII
Finalprovisions
Article 11
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on
Agricultural Statistics, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.
2. Where reference ismade to thisArticle, Articles5 and 7 of Deci-
sion 1999/468/EC (1) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of
Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be
set at three months.1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 5
(1) Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures
for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (OJ
L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23).▼M3
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3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 12
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force three daysafter itspublication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 6
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ANNEX I
CEREALSREFERREDTOINARTICLE2(1)
CEREALS (excluding rice)
1. Common wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.emend. Fiori et Paol.)
2. Durum wheat ( Triticum durum Desf.)
3. Rye ( Secale cereale L.)
4. Barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.)
5. Oats( Avena sativa L.)
6. Grain maize ( Zea mays L.)
7. Cereals not elsewhere specified7.1. Maslin
7.2. Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench × Sorghum Sudanense (Piper)
Stapf.)
7.3. Triticale (× Triticosecale Wittm.)
7.4. Millet (Panicum miliaceum)7.5. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)7.6. Canary seed ( Phalaris canariensis L.)
7.7. Mixed grainsother than mas lin
7.8. Corn-cob-mix Zea mays L.)
8. RICE
8.1. Rice — round grain ( Oryza sativa L.)
8.2. Rice — medium grain ( Oryza sativa L.)
8.3. Rice — long grain ( Oryza sativa L.)1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 7
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ANNEX II
GROUPSOFCEREALSREFERREDTOINARTICLE2(2)
(datasubmissiontable)
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ANNEX III
REGIONALLEVELSREFERREDTOINARTICLE6
Member StatesRegional breakdown by
Belgique — België Provinces— Provincies
Danmark —
Deutschland Bundesländer
Ελλάδα Υπηρεσίες περιφερειακής ανάπτυξής (1)
España Comunidades autónomas
France Régionsde programme
Ireland —
Italia Regioni (2)
Luxembourg —
Nederland Provincies
Österreich ►M2Bundesländer ◄
Portugal NUTS II (1)
Suomi ►M2Etelä-Suomi
Sisä-Suomi
PohjanmaaPohjois-Suomi ◄
Sverige Bidragsområde norr
Bidragsområde söderÖvriga landet►
M28 Riksområden ◄
United Kingdom Standard regions
NUTS = Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.
(1) Regional data have to be provided at the latest three years after this Regulation has come into force.
(2) Over a period of two yearsafter thisRegulation hascome into force, the Italian regionscan be regrouped
according to NUTS I.1990R0837 — EN — 20.11.2003 — 004.001 — 9