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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 837/90
of 26 March 1990
concerning statistical information to be supplied by the Member States on cereals 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
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 837/90
of 26 March 1990
concerning statistical information to be supplied by the Member
States on cereals production
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity, 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 markets in cereals(
1), as last
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), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1806/89 (4),
Havingreg ard to the proposal from the Commission(5),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the European Parliament(6),
Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks imposed on it by the Treaty and
the Regulations concerning the common agricultural policy, theCommission needs to have reliable, comparable and up-to-date data,established by objective methods, on areas under cultivation, yields andproduction of cereals;
Whereas it is appropriate to recognize the importance of the cereal
production sector for the organization and management of agriculturalmarkets, which implies that the requisite statistical surveys should beconducted to an increasingdeg ree on the basis of Community rules;
Whereas account should be taken of the experience acquired by statist-
ical services with these surveys over many years;
Whereas the purpose of this Regulation is to define the statistical
information to be supplied, to prescribe a satisfactory level of reliabilityand lay down additional technical information necessary to assessproduction figures, to provide for objectivity and representativeness ofsurveys on area and production by a broad exchange of experience,involvingmeeting s and reports and to fix the deadlines to 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 years of experience with this Regulation, together with, if neces-sary, proposals for improvingstatistical surveys and whereas theCommission should consider the feasibility of a harmonizedCommunity survey after 1992;
Whereas there is a need to gauge the amount of Community funds
required to implement this measure; whereas this amount is in line withthe financial perspective which appears in the Interinstitutional Agree-ment of 29 June 1988 on budgetary discipline and improvement of thebudgetary procedure(
7); whereas the appropriations actually available
must, in compliance with this Agreement, be determined in accordancewith budgetary procedure;
(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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Whereas it is appropriate to establish the procedure to be followed by
the StandingCommittee for Ag ricultural Statistics,
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 asspecified in Articles 2 and 6.
SECTION II
Data to be supplied at national level
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 cereals as specified in Annex II and for any cereal
within group 7 of that Annex, production of which exceeds 50 000tonnes per 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 exceeds 50 000 tonnes, data on the area undercultivation, yield and production shall be obtained from statisticalsurveys, which take the form of censuses or representative samplesurveys.
2. These surveys shall be conducted usingstatistically recog nized
methods which meet the requirements on quality, objectivity and relia-bility as defined in this section.
3. In order to meet the requirements of this section, transitional
arrangements may be agreed upon for one or more Member States, inaccordance with Article 8 (3).
(1) For the procedure to be followed in ascertainingthe moisture content, see
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1908/84, (OJ No L 178, 5.7. 1984, p. 22), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2507/87 (OJ NoL 235, 20. 8. 1987, p. 10). Other approximation methods are allowed.
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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 least 95% of the total area under cereal cultivation.
These area figures must be complemented by an estimate relying on
data from other sources and relatingto the remainingarea under cereals.
2. The sample surveys on areas must be designed so that the standard
error for the total area under cereal cultivation in each individualMember State does not 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 does not exceed the greater o f2%o f total production or 50 000
tonnes.
2. In addition to the requirements on total cereal production in para-
graph 1, for each cereal referred to in Annex I of which production inthe Member State exceeds the threshold laid down in Article 3 (1), thestandard error for the production of the cereal should not exceed thegreater o f5%o f that production or 20 000 tonnes.
SECTION IV
Data to be supplied at regional level
Article 6
Annual data on the area under cultivation, yields, production and mois-
ture content must be forwarded to Eurostat at the regional levels definedin 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, exchange of experience and transitional arrangements
Article 7
1. The calendar year in which the harvest takes place shall herein-
after be referred to as the ‘harvest year'.
2. Member States shall supply Eurostat with provisional national data
on the area under cultivation at the latest by 1 October of the harvestyear. Final data on the area under cultivation shall be supplied at thelatest by 1 April followingthe 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 figures at the latest by 1 October following theharvest year.
If yield and production figures refer to revised 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.
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Article 8
1. Within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation,
Member States shall submit a detailed methodological report to Eurostatdescribinghow the data for areas under cultivation, yield and produc-tion are derived for their countries and, where appropriate, regions andindicate the representativeness and reliability of these figures. Eurostat,in collaboration with the Member States, shall compile a summary ofthese reports.
2. Member States shall inform Eurostat of any modifications to the
information provided under paragraph 1 within three months of theirintroduction.
3. Should certain methodological reports show that a Member State
cannot, in the immediate future, meet the requirements of this Regula-tion and if changes in survey techniques and methodology are neces-sary, Eurostat may fix, in cooperation with the Member State, a trans-itional period, up to a maximum of two years, duringwhich the surveyprogramme of this Regulation shall be achieved.
4. Methodological reports, transitional arrangements, data avail-
ability, data reliability and other relevant issues connected with theapplication of this Regulation shall be examined twice a year within thecompetent WorkingParty of the StandingCommittee for Ag riculturalStatistics.
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 arrangements in force in the Member States,
— if necessary, proposals for the realization of an additional ad hoc
Community survey usingharmonized methods and characteristics.
2. The Council shall act on the proposals referred to in paragraph 1
in accordance with the votingprocedure laid down in Article 148 (2) ofthe Treaty.
SECTION VI
Financial arrangements
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, includingexpenditure related
to resources for one man-year (auxiliary, national expert on second-ment, etc.).
2. The budgetary authority shall determine the appropriations avail-
able for each accountingperiod.
SECTION VII
Final provisions
Article 11
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the chairman shall refer the matter to the StandingCommittee forAgricultural Statistics, hereinafter called ‘the Committee',either on hisown initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The Commission representative shall submit to the Committee a
draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall give its opinionon this draft within a time limit that may be set by the chairman inaccordance with the urgency of the matter. It shall act by a majority of
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54 votes, the votes of Member States beingweig hted as laid down inArticle 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the proposed measures when they
are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.
(b) When the proposed measures are not in accordance with the
opinion of the Committee, or in the absence of any opinion, theCommission shall without delay submit to the Council aproposal concerningthe measures to be taken. The Councilshall decide by a qualified majority.
If no decision has been taken by the Council three months after
a proposal has been submitted to it, the proposed measuresshall be adopted by the Commission.
Article 12
This Regulation shall enter into force three days after its publication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
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ANNEXI
CEREALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 (1)
CEREALS (excludingrice)
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. Maslin7.2. 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 grains other than maslin7.8. 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 — longg rain ( Oryza sativa L.)
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ANNEXII
GROUPS OF CEREALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 (2)
(data submission table)

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ANNEXIII
REGIONAL LEVELS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
Member States Regional breakdown by
Belgique — België Provinces — Provincies
Danmark —
BR Deutschland Bundesländer
Ελλάδα Υπηρεσίες περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης (1)
España Comunidades autónomas
France Régions de programme
Ireland —
Italia Regioni (2)
Luxembourg—
Nederland Provincies
Portugal NUTS II (1)
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 years after this Regulation has come into force, the Italian regions
can be regrouped according to NUTS I.