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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE93/23/EEC
of1June1993
onthestatisticalsurveystobecarried outonpigproduction
(OJL149,21.6.1993,p.1)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1CouncilDirective97/77/ECof16December1997 L10 28 16.1.1998
►M2Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Councilof29September2003L284 1 31.10.2003
Amendedby:
►A1ActofAccessionofAustria,SwedenandFinland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adaptedbyCouncilDecision95/1/EC,Euratom,ECSC) L1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE93/23/EEC
of1June1993
onthestatisticalsurveystobecarried outonpigproduction
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission(1),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament(2),
Whereas Council Directive 76/630/EEC of 20 July 1976 concerning
surveys of pig production made by Member States(3) has been
amendedseveraltimes;andwhereas,furtheramendmentsbeingneces-sary,theprovisionsthereofshould,forreasonsofclarity,berecast;
WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforthoseMemberStateswhosepig
populationmakesuponlyasmallpercentageoftheoverallpopulationof the Community to reduce the number of annual surveys whereappropriate;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the common agricultural policy is
properly administered, particularly where the pigmeat market is
concerned,theCommissionrequiresregulardataontrendsinlivestock
andinpigmeatproduction;
Whereasthecollection andprocessingofthedataaswellastheorga-
nizationofthesurveyatnationallevelshouldcontinuetoliewithinthecompetence of the statistical services of the Member States, and theCommissionshouldberesponsibleforthecoordinationandharmoniza-tion of statistical information at European level and arrange for the
harmonized methodologies necessary to implement Community poli-
cies;
Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of this Directive, close
cooperationisnecessarybetweentheMemberStatesandtheCommis-sion and this should be effected in particular via the StandingCommittee on Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC(
4),
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:
SECTIONI
SURVEYSOFTHEPOPULATION
A. Atnationallevel
Frequency—fieldofsurvey
Article 1
1. The Member States shall carry out statistical surveys of the pig
populationontheirterritoryeachyearwithreferencetooneofthefirstdaysofApril,AugustandDecember.
2. The Member States may, at their request, be authorized to carry
out the April and August surveys in selected regions, on the under-standingthatthesesurveyscoveratleast70%ofthepigpopulation.1993L0023—EN—20.11.2003—002.001—2
(1) OJNoC18,23.1.1993,p.12.
(2) OJNoC115,26.4.1993.
(3) OJNoL223,16.8.1976,p.4.DirectivelastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1057/91(OJNoL107,27.4.1991,p.11).
(4) OJNoL179,7.8.1972,p.1.
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ThoseMemberStateswhosepigpopulationislessthan3millionhead
may be authorised to carry out the survey once a year in April, May/June, August or November/December. If they decide to carry out the
survey in April, May/June or August, they shall forward to the
CommissionanestimateofthepigpopulationforoneofthefirstdaysinDecemberofthereferenceyear.
TheMemberStatesmay,attheirrequest,beauthorized touseadmin-
istrativesourcesinsteadofstatisticalsurveysunderparagraph1.
3. In considering the requests referred to in paragraph 2, the
Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down
inArticle17.
4. The Commission may authorise the Member States, at their
request,tocarryoutonlytwosurveysayear,atsix-monthintervalsin
the months of May/June and November/December. That authorisationmaybegrantedonlyonconditionthattheMemberStatesapplyappro-priate methods which guarantee the quality of the forecasts providedfor in Article 12. Appropriate methodological documentation must besubmittedbytheMemberStatesonsubmittingsucharequest.
5. Those Member States which carry out more than three surveys
per year shall be permitted a variance of up to three days on two ofthesurveydatesreferredtoinparagraph4thattheyfix.
Article 2
1. ForthepurposesofthisDirective,theterm‘pig’meansdomestic
animalsofthespecies Sus.
2. The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall cover all pigs held on
agricultural holdings as defined in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 17. The surveys shall cover sufficient holdings toaccount for at least 95 % of the pig population as determined by thelastsurveyonthestructureofagriculturalholdings.
3. Asfaraspossible,MemberStatesshallsupplementtheresultsof
the surveys provided for in paragraph 2 with an estimate of the pigpopulationnotcoveredbythesaidsurveys.
Breakdownbycategory
Article 3
1. ThesurveysprovidedforinArticle1shallbeconductedinsucha
way as to provide a breakdown of the pig population into at least the
followingcategories:
A. pigletswithaliveweightoflessthan20kg;
B. pigswithaliveweightof20kgormorebutlessthan50kg;C. fattening pigs, including cull boars and cull sows with a live
weight:
(a) of50kgormorebutlessthan80kg;
(b) of80kgormorebutlessthan110kg;
(c) of110kgormore;
D. breedingpigswithaliveweightof50kgandhigher;
(a) boars;
(b) coveredsows,ofwhich:
(b1) sowscoveredforthefirsttime;
(c) othersows,ofwhich:
(c1) giltsnotyetcovered.
2. The categories referred to in paragraph 1 may be modified in
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle17.1993L0023—EN—20.11.2003—002.001—3
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3. Thecategoriesshallbedefinedinaccordance withtheprocedure
laiddowninArticle17.
Accuracy
Article 4
1. The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall be conducted in the
formofexhaustivesurveysorbyrepresentativesampling.
2. ForeachoftheMemberStates,samplingerrorsfortheresultsof
the surveysprovided forin Article 2(2)shall not exceed 2% (confi-denceintervalof68%)ofthetotalnumberofpigs.
3. In addition to the sampling frame and the supplementary esti-
mates referred to in Article 2 (3), Member States shall take whatever
measures they deem appropriate to maintain the quality of the surveyresults.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 5
1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the provisional
resultsofthesurveysandsupplementaryestimatesbefore:
— 15JuneofthesameyearfortheAprilsurvey,
— 15OctoberofthesameyearfortheAugustsurvey,
— 15FebruaryofthefollowingyearfortheDecembersurvey.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the results of the
surveys and the supplementary estimates, as defined in Article 4 (2),
before:
— 1AugustofthesameyearfortheAprilsurvey,
— 1DecemberofthesameyearfortheAugustsurvey,
— 1AprilofthefollowingyearfortheDecembersurvey.
3. Those Member States authorised to carry out only two surveys
per year shall notify the Commission of the provisional results of the
surveysincludingadditionalestimatesbefore:
— 15AugustofthesameyearfortheMay/Junesurvey,
— 15 February of the following year for the November/December
survey.
ThoseMemberStateswhosepigpopulationislessthan3millionhead
andwhichhavebeenauthorisedtocarryoutonlyonesurveyperyear
and which donot undertake this surveyin November/December, shallnotifytheCommissionoftheestimateforDecemberby15Februaryofthefollowingyear.
4. Those Member States authorised to carry out only two surveys
per year shall notify the Commission of the results of the surveys
includingadditionalestimates,asdefinedinArticle4(2),before:
— 15SeptemberofthesameyearfortheMay/Junesurvey,
— 1AprilofthefollowingyearfortheNovember/Decembersurvey.
B. Atregionallevel
Territorial subdivisions
Article 6
1. The final results of the ►
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December ◄surveyshallbecompiledforeachoftheterritorialsubdi-
visions as defined in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle17.1993L0023—EN—20.11.2003—002.001—4
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2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17, the
Commission may approve an application from a Member State to usethe regional breakdown referred to in paragraph 1forthe final results
ofthe►
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3. The territorial subdivisions referred to in paragraph 1 may be
amended by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laiddowninArticle17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 7
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionofthedatareferredto
inArticle6before15Mayoftheyearfollowingthereferencemonth.
C. Breakdownbyherdsize
Sizeclasses
Article 8
1. In odd-numbered years, the Member States shall, at national
level, break down the final results of the ►
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December ◄surveys by size classes as defined in accordance with
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle17.
2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17, the
Commission may approve an application from a Member State to usethe breakdown by size classes referred to in paragraph 1 for the final
results of even-numbered years and/or for those of a given month of
theyear.
3. The size classes referred to in paragraph 1 may be amended in
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 9
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionthedatareferred
to in Article 8 before 15 May of the year following the reference
month.
SECTIONII
SLAUGHTERINGSTATISTICS
Article 10
1. The Member States shall draw up monthly statistics relating to
the number and carcase weight of pigs slaughtered in the slaughter-
houses on their territory, the meat of which is deemed fit for human
consumption.
If necessary, they shall also supply estimates of slaughterings not
includedinthereturns,sothatthestatisticsincludeallthepigsslaugh-teredontheirterritory.
2. Thestatisticsreferredtoinparagraph1shallbedrawnupforthe
followingcategory:
A. pigs,total.
3. The carcase weight referred to in paragraph 1 and the category
referred to in paragraph 2 shall be defined, in accordance with theprocedurelaiddowninArticle17.1993L0023—EN—20.11.2003—002.001—5
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Transmissiondeadline
Article 11
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionoftheresultsofthestatis-
tics referred to in Article 10 (1) within the two months following thereferencemonth.
SECTIONIII
PRODUCTIONFORECASTS
Article 12
1. The Member States shall use the survey results and other avail-
able information to produce forecasts, for each calendar quarter-year,oftheirsupplyofpigs.
This supply shall be expressed as the gross indigenous production
which shall include all pigs slaughtered plus the balance of intra-Communityandexternaltradeinlivepigs.
2. Theforecastsreferredtoinparagraph1shallbedrawnupforthe
followingcategory:
A. pigs,total.
3. The definition of ‘supply’ referred to in paragraph 1 may be
amendedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 13
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtheforecastsreferredtoinArticle12
(1) to the Commission at the following times and for the followingthree-monthperiods:
(a) before 15 February for forecasts up to the third quarter of the
currentyear(inclusive);
(b) before15Juneforforecastsuptothefirstquarterofthefollowing
year(inclusive);
(c) before 15 October for forecasts up to the second quarter of the
followingyear(inclusive).
SECTIONIV
GENERALPROVISIONS
Article 14
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionthedatareferred
toinArticles5,7,9,11and13incompliancewithCouncilRegulation(Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission ofdatasubjecttostatistical confidentiality oftheStatistical OfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities(
1).
Article 15
The Commission shall examine, in consultation with the Member
States:
(a) theresultssupplied;
(b) the technical problems which arise, in particular in preparing and
carryingoutthesurveysandforecasts;
(c) thereliabilityofthesurveyresultsandestimates.1993L0023—EN—20.11.2003—002.001—6
(1) OJNoL151,15.6.1990,p.1.
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Article 16
The Member States shall inform the Commission of any methodolo-
gical or other change which would considerably influence the
statistics. This shall be done not later than three months after the
change in question enters into force. The Commission shall notify theother Member States of any such communication in the appropriateworkingparties.
Article 17
1. TheCommissionshallbeassistedbytheStandingCommitteeon
AgriculturalStatistics,hereinafterreferredtoas‘theCommittee’.
2. WherereferenceismadetothisArticle,Articles5and7ofDeci-
sion 1999/468/EC(
1) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of
Article8thereof.
TheperiodlaiddowninArticle5(6)ofDecision1999/468/ECshallbe
setatthreemonths.
3. TheCommitteeshalladoptitsrulesofprocedure.
Article 18
1. Directive76/630/EECshallberepealedasfrom1January1994.2. Any reference made to the repealed Directive shall be construed
asreferringtothisDirective.
Article 19
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directivebefore1January1994.
WhenMemberStatesadoptthesemeasures,theyshallcontainarefer-
encetothisDirectiveorshallbeaccompaniedbysuchreferenceonthe
occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such areferenceshallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.
Article 20
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.1993L0023—EN—20.11.2003—002.001—7
(1) CouncilDecision1999/468/ECof28June1999layingdowntheprocedures
forthe exercise ofimplementing powersconferred onthe Commission(OJ
L184,17.7.1999,p.23).▼M2
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