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"BCOUNCIL 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
"M1 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3570/90 of 4 December 1990 L 353 8 17.12.1990
Amended by:
"A1 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
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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,
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 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),
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 Regulations concerning the common agricultural policy, the
Commission needs to have reliable, comparable and up-to-date data,
established by objective methods, on areas under cultivation, yields and
production of cereals;
Whereas it is appropriate to recognize the importance of the cereal
production sector for the organization and management of agricultural
markets, 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
statistical 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 reliability
and lay down additional technical information necessary to assess
production figures, to provide for objectivity and representativeness of
surveys on area and production by a broad exchange of experience,
involving meetings 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
necessary, proposals for improving statistical surveys and whereas the
Commission should consider the feasibility of a harmonized Community
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 with
the financial perspective which appears in the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment of 29 June 1988 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the
budgetary procedure (7); whereas the appropriations actually available
must, in compliance with this Agreement, be determined in accordance
with budgetary procedure;
Whereas it is appropriate to establish the procedure to be followed by the
Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics,!B
(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. 33.1990R0837 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 002.001 — 2
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 as
specified 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 50 000
tonnes 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 first subparagraph 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 under
cultivation, yield and production shall be obtained from statistical
surveys, which take the form of censuses or representative sample
surveys.
2. These surveys shall be conducted using statistically recognized
methods which meet the requirements on quality, objectivity and
reliability 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, in
accordance with Article 8 (3).!B
(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), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2507/87 (OJ No L235, 20. 8. 1987, p. 10). Other approximation methods are allowed.1990R0837 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 002.001 — 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 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 relating to the remaining area 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 individual
Member State does not exceed the greater of 1 % of that area or 5 000
hectares.
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 production
does not exceed the greater of 2 % of total production or 50 000 tonnes.
2. In addition to the requirements on total cereal production in
paragraph 1, for each cereal referred to in Annex I of which production
in the Member State exceeds the threshold laid down in Article 3 (1), the
standard error for the production of the cereal should not exceed the
greater of 5 % of 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
moisture content must be forwarded to Eurostat at the regional levels
defined 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
exceptionally 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 hereinafter
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 harvest
year. Final data on the area under cultivation shall be supplied at 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. Provisional
data on yield and production shall be supplied at the latest by 1 February
and final figures at the latest by 1 October following the harvest 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 with
them.!B1990R0837 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 002.001 — 4
Article 8
1. Within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation, Member
States shall submit a detailed methodological report to Eurostat
describing how the data for areas under cultivation, yield and production
are derived for their countries and, where appropriate, regions and
indicate the representativeness and reliability of these figures. Eurostat,
in collaboration with the Member States, shall compile a summary of
these reports.
2. Member States shall inform Eurostat of any modifications to the
information provided under paragraph 1 within three months of their
introduction.
3. Should certain methodological reports show that a Member State
cannot, in the immediate future, meet the requirements of this Regulation
and if changes in survey techniques and methodology are necessary,
Eurostat may fix, in cooperation with the Member State, a transitional
period, up to a maximum of two years, during which the survey
programme of this Regulation shall be achieved.
4. Methodological reports, transitional arrangements, data availability,
data reliability and other relevant issues connected with the application
of this Regulation shall be examined twice a year within the competent
Working Party of the Standing Committee for Agricultural 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
arrangements in 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
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 3for the period 1990 to 1993, including expenditure related
to resources for one man-year (auxiliary, national expert on secondment,
etc.).
2. The budgetary authority shall determine the appropriations available
for each accounting period.
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 Standing Committee for
Agricultural Statistics, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, either on his
own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.!B1990R0837 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 002.001 — 5
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the 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) of the Treaty in the
case of decisions which the Council is required 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.
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, the
Commission shall without delay submit to the Council a
proposal concerning the measures to be taken. The Council
shall 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 measures shall
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.!A1
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ANNEX I
CEREALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 (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 specified
7.1. 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 — long grain ( Oryza sativa L.)!
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ANNEX II
GROUPS OF CEREALS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 (2)
(data submission table)
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ANNEX III
REGIONAL LEVELS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
Member States Regional breakdown by
Belgique — België Provinces / Provincies
Danmark —
Deutschland Bundesländer
Ελλάδα Υπηρεσίες περιφερειακής ανάπτυ/ksiής (1)
España Comunidades autónomas
France Régions de programme
Ireland —
Italia Regioni (2)
Luxembourg —
Nederland Provincies
Österreich —
Portugal NUTS II (1)
Suomi —
Sverige Bidragsområde norr
Bidragsområde söder
Övriga landet
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.!A11990R0837 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 002.001 — 9