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aB COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 May 1994
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/24/EEC as regards the sta-
tistical surveys on cattle population and production, and amending the said Directive
(94/433/EC)
(OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 27)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
aM1Commission Decision 95/380/EC of 18 September 1995 L 228 25 23.9.1995
aM2Commission Decision 1999/47/EC of 8 January 1999 L 15 10 20.1.1999
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 May 1994
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive
93/24/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on cattle population
and production, and amending the said Directive
(94/433/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/24/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the
statistical surveys to be carried out on bovine animal production(1),
and in particular Articles 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (2), 6 (1) and (2), 8 (1) and
(2), 10 (3) and 12 (2) thereof,
Whereas precise definitions are required in order to carry out the sur-
veys provided for in Directive 93/24/EEC; whereas this requires thedefinition of the agricultural holdings covered by the survey; whereasthe individual categories into which the survey results are to be bro-
ken down must be precisely defined, and the herd size classes and
regions according to which the Member States draw up the surveyresults at regular intervals must be determined; whereas a single defi-nition of carcass weight is necessary for the drawing-up of slaughter-ing statistics;
Whereas, with the amendment of the combined nomenclature for live
bovine animals by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2505/92(
2), it is
no longer possible, either for intra-Community trade or for trade withnon-member countries, for the Member States to record trade in bullsand bullocks separately; whereas the breakdown of gross indigenousproduction into bulls and bullocks required under Council Directive
93/24/EEC is thus no longer possible; whereas Directive 93/24/EEC
should therefore be amended;
Whereas, furthermore, according to Directive 93/24/EEC, the Member
States may, at their request, be authorized to carry out the May orJune surveys in selected regions, on the understanding that these sur-
veys cover at least 70 % of the bovine population; whereas Member
States whose bovine population makes up only a small percentage ofthe overall population of the Community may, at their request, also beauthorized to dispense altogether with either the May/June or Decem-ber surveys, or to use the regional breakdown for the final results ofthe May/June survey; whereas, finally, the Member States may, at
their request, be authorized to use administrative sources instead of
statistical surveys to determine the cattle population and the prescribedbreakdown by herd size classes for the final results of even-numberedyears and/or for the results of the May/June survey;
Whereas applications have been made by the Member States for the
abovementioned types of authorization;
Whereas Commission Decision 73/262/EEC(
3), as amended by Deci-
sion 90/501/EEC(4), should be replaced;
Whereas, since Directive 93/24/EEC is applicable as from 1 January
1994, it is appropriate to apply the provisions of this Decision with
effect from the same date;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Stand-
ing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
(1) OJ No L 149, 21. 6. 1993, p. 5.
(2) OJ No L 267, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 253, 10. 9. 1973, p. 5.
(4) OJ No L 278, 10. 10. 1990, p. 41.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. For the purposes of Article 2 (2) of Directive 93/24/EEC, ‘agri-
cultural holding’ means any technical and economic unit under singlemanagement which produces agricultural products.
2. The survey referred to in Article 1 (1) of Directive 93/24/EEC
shall cover:
(a) agricultural holdings with a utilized agricultural area of 1 ha or
more;
(b) agricultural holdings with a utilized agricultural area of less than 1
ha, if their production is to a certain extent intended for sale or iftheir production unit exceeds certain natural thresholds.
3. Member States wishing to apply a different survey threshold
shall, however, undertake to determine this threshold in such a way
that only the smallest holdings are excluded, and that together the
holdings excluded account for 1 % or less of the total standard grossmargin, within the meaning of Commission Decision 85/377/EEC(
1),
of the Member State concerned.
Article 2
The definitions of the categories of bovine animals referred to in Arti-
cles 3 (1), 10 (2) and 12 (2) of Directive 93/24/EEC are set out inAnnex I.
Article 3
The territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 6 (1) of Directive 93/
24/EEC are set out in Annex II.
Article 4
The breakdown provided for in Article 8 (1) of Directive 93/24/EEC
is set out in Annex III.
Article 5
The carcass weight referred to in Article 10 (1) of Directive 93/24/
EEC is defined in Annex IV.
Article 6
In Article 12 (2) of Directive 93/24/EEC, category ‘D. bulls’ and cate-
gory ‘E. bullocks’ are combined to read ‘D. bulls and bullocks’.
Article 7
1. Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of Directive
93/24/EEC, the Member States listed in point (a) of Annex V areauthorized to carry out the May or June surveys in selected regions,on the undertstanding that these surveys cover at least 70 % of the
bovine population.
2. Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of Directive
93/24/EEC, the Member States listed in point (b) of Annex V areauthorized to dispense altogether with either the May/June ora
M2November/December csurveys.
3. Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 1 (2) of Directive
93/24/EEC, the Member States listed in point (c) of Annex V areauthorized to use administrative sources instead of statistical surveys.
(1) OJ No L 220, 17. 8. 1985, p. 1.
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4. Pursuant to Article 6 (2) of Directive 93/24/EEC, the Member
States listed in point (d) of Annex V are authorized to use the regionalbreakdown for the final results of the May/June survey.
5. Pursuant to Article 8 (2) of Directive 93/24/EEC, the Member
States listed in point (e) of Annex V are authorized to use the break-down by herd size classes for the final results of even-numbered yearsand/or for those of the May/June survey.
Article 8
Decision 73/262/EEC is repealed.
Article 9
This Decision shall apply with effect from 1 January 1994.
Article 10
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX I
Definitions of categories
Article 3 (1) of Directive 93/24/EECArticles 10 (2) and 12 (2) of Directive 93/
24/EEC
Calves: A. (a) Cattle less than 12 months
old intended for slaughter as
calves: the definition of
calves appears under A in the
next column.A. Calves:
domesticanimals of the bovine spe-
cies not exceeding a live weight of
300 kg, which do not yet have their
second teeth.
Bulls: D. Bulls:
Whole male bovine animals not
included in A.
Bullocks: E. Bullocks:
gelded male bovine animals not
included in A.
Heifers: C. (b) (ba)
Female bovine animals of two
years and over which have
not yet calved.B. Heifers:
Female bovine animals which have
not yet calved (into included in A).
Heifers for
slaughter:C. (b) (ba)(1)
Heifers bred for meat produc-
tion.
Other heifers: C. (b) (ba)(2)
Heifers reared for breeding
and intended to replenish
stocks of dairy or other cows.
Cows: C. (b) (bb)
Female bovine animals which
have already calved (includ-
ing any under two years).C. Cows:
Female bovine animals which have
already calved.
Dairy cows: C. (b) (bb)(1)
Cows which are kept exclu-
sively or principally to pro-
duce milk for human con-
sumption and/or for proces-
sing into dairy products.
Includes cull dairy cows
(whether or not they are fat-
tened between their last lacta-
tion and slaughter).
Other cows: C. (b) (bb)(2)
Cows other than dairy cows
including, where applicable,
draft cows.
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ANNEX II
Territorial subdivisions
Belgium: Provinces — Provincies
Denmark: —Germany: BundeslIBRRqnder
Greece: The regions of the Regional Development Service
Spain: Galicia
Principado de Asturias
Cantabria
PaIBRPWs VascoNavarraLa Rioja
AragIBRvPn
CataluIBRPFaBaleares
Castilla y LeIBRvPn
MadridCastilla-La ManchaComunidad Valenciana y
RegiIBRvPn de Murcia
ExtremaduraAndalucIBRPWaOther Comunidades autIBRvPnomas
France: Champagne-Ardennes
Picardie-Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Basse-Normandie — Haute-Normandie
BourgogneAlsace-Lorraine
Franche-ComtIBRU6
Pays-de-la-LoireBretagnePoitou-Charentes
Aquitaine
Midi-PyrIBRU6nIBRU6esLimousinRhIBRvvne-Alpes
Auvergne
and others
Ireland: —
Italy: Regioni
Luxembourg: —Netherlands: Provincies
Austria: BundeslIBRRqnderPortugal: RegiIBRvFesFinland: EtelIBRRq-Suomi-Uusimaa
ItIBRRq-Suomi
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VIBRRqli-Suomi
Pohjois-Suomi
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1994D0433 — EN — 11.01.1999 — 002.001 — 8ANNEX III
Size classes of cattle stocks held
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ANNEX IV
Definition of carcass weight
Carcass weight is the weight of the slaughtered animal's cold body after being
skinned, bled and eviscerated, and after removal of the external genitalia, the
limbs at the carpusandtarsus, the head, the tail, the kidneys and kidney fats,
and the udder.
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ANNEX V
a)Member States authorized to carry out the May or June surveys in selected
regions
France
Italy
b)Member States authorized to dispense altogether with either the May/June
oraM2November/December csurveys
May/June aM2November/December c
Portugal Greece
c)Member States authorized to use administrative sources instead of statistical
surveys for the May/June and/or aM2November/December csurveys
May/June aM2November/December c
d)Member States authorized to use the general breakdown for the final results
of the May/June survey
Belgium
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Sweden
e)Member States authorized to use the breakdown by herd size classes for the
final results of even-numbered years and/or for the results of the May/June
survey
in even-numbered years May/June
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Belgium
Greece
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