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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1859/82
of12July1982
concerning theselection ofreturningholdingsforthepurposeofdeterminingincomes ofagricul-
turalholdings
(OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 13/84 of 4 January 1984 L 3 11 5.1.1984
►M2Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1561/84 of 5 June 1984 L 150 12 6.6.1984
►M3Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3368/84 of 30 November 1984 L 313 40 1.12.1984
►M4Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3122/85 of 6 November 1985 L 297 12 9.11.1985
►M5Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3548/85 of 16 December 1985 L 338 16 17.12.1985
►M6Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1753/87 of 24 June 1987 L 166 10 25.6.1987
►M7Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/90 of 18 December 1990 L 356 15 19.12.1990
►M8Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3549/92 of 9 December 1992 L 361 17 10.12.1992
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1859/82
of12July1982
concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of
determining incomesofagricultural holdings
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June 1965
setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on theincomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the
European Economic Community (
1), aslas t amended by Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2143/81 (2), and in particular Articles4 (4), 5 (5) and
6 (2) thereof,
Whereas returning holdings must be selected in a uniform manner in
each division and whereas to that end detailed rules should be laid
down to implement the relevant provisions of Regulation No 79/65/
EEC;
Whereasin the light of the lates t amendmentsto Regulation No 79/65/
EEC and of experience acquired since 1965 the detailed rules for the
selection of returning holdings should be completely revised; whereas,
accordingly, Commission Regulation No 91/66/EEC (3), should be
repealed and replaced by a new Regulation;
Whereasthe holdingsto be s tudied in connection with the farm
accountancy data network fall within the field of survey of the struc-
ture surveys and of Community or national censuses of agricultural
holdings;
Whereas the data available for the purposes of drawing up selection
plans for the ‘1982’ and subsequent accounting years and the differ-
ence in the agricultural situation as between the different Member
States require that thresholds of economic size which vary by MemberState, and even in some cases by division, be adopted for that year;
Whereasexperience s howsthat operation of the data network isfacili-
tated if the number of returning holdings selected per division is
allowed to vary within certain limitson condition that the total number
of holdingsper Member State iscomplied with;
Whereas the selection plan must include a minimum number of
elementsenabling itsvalidity in relation to the objectivesof the farm
accountancy data network to be assessed;
Whereas the selection plan must be drawn up prior to the beginning of
the corresponding accounting year so that it can be approved beforebeing used for the selection of returning holdings;
Whereasthe report on the implementation of the s election plan for
returning holdings must cover the different aspects of the plan's imple-mentation with a view in particular to identifying any adjustmentswhich may be necessary for subsequent accounting years and whereasthe report must also take account of the use of certain data from the
plan for the purposes of the weighting to be given to the accountancy
data;
Whereasthe meas uresprovided for in thisRegulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the FarmAccountancy Data Network,1982R1859 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 007.001 — 2
(1) OJ No 109, 23. 6. 1965,, p. 1859/65.
(2) OJ No L 210, 30. 7. 1981, p. 1.
(3) OJ No 121, 4. 7. 1966, p. 2249/66.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Regulation ‘agricultural holding’ means a farm
business as defined in the context of the Community agricultural
surveys and censuses.
Article 2
For the 1990 accounting year — a period 12 consecutive months begin-
ning between 1 January and 1 July 1990 — and for subsequentaccounting years, the threshold of economic size as referred to inArticle 4 of Regulation No 79/65/EEC shall be as follows, in ESU as
defined in Annex III to Commission Decision 85/377/EEC (
1):
— for the Netherlands: 16 ESU
— for Belgium: 12 ESU— for Germany: 8 ESU— for France: 8 ESU— for Luxembourg: 8 ESU— for the United Kingdom
(not including Northern Ireland): 8 ESU
— for Northern Ireland: 4 ESU— for Denmark: 4 ESU— for Ireland: 2 ESU— for Italy: 2 ESU— for Greece: 2 ESU— for Spain: 2 ESU— for Portugal: 1 ESU.
Article 3
The number of returning holdings per division shall be as shown in
Annex I.
The number of returning holdings to be selected in each division may
differ from that shown in Annex I by up to 20 % in either directionprovided that thisdoesnot entail a reduction in the total number ofreturning holdingsper Member State.
Article 4
The plan for the selection of returning holdings must ensure the repre-
sentativeness of the returning holdings as a whole.
It shall include:
(a) the elementson which it isbas ed, namely:
— particulars of the statistical reference sources,
— the procedures for stratifying the field of survey in accordance
with the Community typology of holdings, taking account,where appropriate, of additional national criteria,
— the procedures for determining the selection rate chosen for
each stratum.
— the procedures for the selection of returning holdings,1982R1859 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 007.001 — 3
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— the procedures for the possible later updating of the selection
plan,
— the probable period of validity of the selecting plan;
(b) the breakdown of holdings in the field of survey classified in accor-
dance with the Community typology of holdings(corres ponding atleast to the principal types) and the number of returning holdings tobe selected for each of the strata adopted.
Article 5
The selection plan shall be forwarded to the Commission not later than
two monthsbefore the beginning of the firs t accounting year to whichit relates.
The proceduresand time limitsfor communicating adjus tmentsto the
selection plan to the Commission shall be the same as for the
forwarding of the plan itself.
Article 6
The report on the implementation of the selection plan for returning
holdingss hall include:
1. The breakdown of the selected returning holdings by category of
holding;
2. comments on the analysis of discrepancies recorded between the
selection plan and the returning holdings selected, on the guidelines
to be employed, in improving the selection for the subsequent
accounting year, and on the precautionsto be taken in weightingthe accounting data.
The implementation report shall be submitted in accordance with the
model set out in Annex II. It shall be forwarded to the Commissionwithin 6 monthsof the beginning of the accounting year.
Article 7
Regulation No 91/66/EEC ishereby repealed.
Article 8
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the day following itspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall be applicable as from the accounting year 1982.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1982R1859 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 007.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
Numberofreturningholdingsbydivision
Reference
NumberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
(accounting year ‘1982’
onwards)
GERMANY
010 Schleswig-Holstein 500020 Hamburg 40030 Niedersachsen 800040 Bremen —050 Nordrhein-Westfalen 660060 Hessen 370070 Rheinland-Pfalz 480080 Baden-Württemberg 620090 Bayern 960
100 Saarland 70
110 Berlin —112 Brandenburg 180113 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 130114 Sachsen 220115 Sachsen-Anhalt 140116 Thüringen 130
Total Germany 5 300
FRANCE
121 Île-de-France 95131 Champagne-Ardenne 260132 Picardie 230
133 Haute-Normandie 145
134 Centre 350135 Basse-Normandie 215136 Bourgogne 285141 Nord — Pas-de-Calais 305151 Lorraine 215152 Alsace 160153 Franche-Comté 200162 Paysde la Loire 440163 Bretagne 475164 Poitou-Charentes325182 Aquitaine 425
183 Midi-Pyrénées430
184 Limousin 195192 Rhône-Alpes360193 Auvergne 320201 Languedoc-Roussillon 340203 Provence — Alpes— Côte d'Azur 2701982R1859 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 007.001 — 5
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Reference
NumberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
(accounting year ‘1982’
onwards)
204 Corse 60
Total France 6 100
Reference
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
Accounting year
1982 1983 1984 1985 onwards
ITALY
221 Valle d'Aosta 70 ►M1206◄►M2237◄►M3263◄
222 Piemonte 940 ►M1752◄►M2842◄►M3950◄
230 Lombardia 950 ►M12 641◄►M23 068◄►M33 469◄
241 Trentino 150 ►M1285◄►M2332◄►M3375◄
242 Alto Adige 150 ►M1415◄►M2480◄►M3549◄
243 Veneto 900 ►M1851◄►M2971◄►M31 106◄
244 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 250 ►M1428◄►M2498◄►M3558◄
250 Liguria 350 ►M1403◄►M2458◄►M3513◄
260 Emilia-Romagna 900 ►M11 542◄►M21 802◄►M32 055◄
270 Toscana 900 ►M1907◄►M21 035◄►M31 161◄
281 Marche 450 ►M1502◄►M2569◄►M3645◄
282 Umbria 400 ►M1642◄►M2745◄►M3841◄
291 Lazio 650 ►M1620◄►M2704◄►M3787◄
292 Abruzzo 450 ►M1269◄►M2301◄►M3328◄
301 Molise 140 ►M1237◄►M2268◄►M3301◄
302 Campania 950 ►M1422◄►M2460◄►M3499◄
303 Calabria 700 ►M1471◄►M2516◄►M3563◄
311 Puglia 800 ►M1599◄►M2681◄►M3756◄
312 Basilicata 350 ►M1394◄►M2441◄►M3499◄
320 Sicilia 950 ►M1698◄►M2775◄►M3858◄
330 Sardegna 600 ►M1716◄►M2817◄►M3924◄
Total: Italy 12 000 14 000 16 000 18 000
Reference
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
(accounting year 1982
onwards)
340 BELGIUM 1 000
350 LUXEMBOURG 300
360 NETHERLANDS 1 500
370 DENMARK 2 000
380 IRELAND 1 300
UNITED KINGDOM
411 England — North Region 420
412 England — East Region 650
413 England — West Region 4301982R1859 — EN — 01.01.1993 — 007.001 — 6
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Reference
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
(accounting year 1982
onwards)
421 Wales300
431 Scotland 380
441 Northern Ireland 320
Total: United Kingdom 2 500
Refer-
ence
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
Accounting year
1982 1983 19841985
onwards
Reference
number
GREECE
450 Makedonia — Thraki 1 510 2 070 2 380 2 480
460 Ipiros — Peloponnissos — Nissi Ioniou 1 120 1 530 1 760 1 840470 Thessalia 560 770 900 930
480 Sterea Ellas — Nissi Egaeou — Kriti 1 210 1 630 1 860 1 950
Total: Greece 4 400 6 000 6 900 7 200
Refer-
ence
NumberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
Accounting years
1986 1987 1988 19891990
onwards
SPAIN
500 Galicia 600 ►M6
700
◄►M6
1 050
◄
505 Asturias 350 ►M6
500
◄►M6
590
◄
510 Cantabria 250 ►M6
260
◄►M6
280
◄
515 PaisVas co 400 ►M6
300
◄►M6
350
◄
520 Navarra 450 ►M6
460
◄►M6
420
◄
525 La Rioja 400 ►M6
500
◄►M6
430
◄
530 Aragón 650 ►M6
500
◄►M6
630
◄
535 Cataluña 650 ►M6
610
◄►M6
820
◄
540 Baleares300 ►M6
360
◄►M6
310
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Refer-
ence
NumberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
Accounting years
1986 1987 1988 19891990
onwards
545 Castilla-León 2 000 ►M6
1 950
◄►M6
2 070
◄
550 Madrid 300 ►M6
80
◄►M6
90
◄
555 Castilla-La Mancha 1 400 ►M6
940
◄►M6
970
◄
560 Comunidad Valenciana 750 ►M6
1 000
◄►M6
1 080
◄
565 Murcia 400 ►M6
350
◄►M6
390
◄
570 Extremadura 800 ►M6
800
◄►M6
760
◄
575 Andalucía 2 000 ►M6
2 400
◄►M6
2 440
◄
580 Canarias300 ►M6
290
◄►M6
320
◄
Total Spain 12 000 12 000 13 000 14 000 15 000
PORTUGAL
610 Entre Douro e Minho e da Beira
Litoral500►M6
450
◄►M6
580
◄
620 Trás-os-Montes e da Beira Interior 300 ►M6
400
◄►M6
460
◄
630 Ribatejo-Oeste 500 ►M6
670
◄►M6
700
◄
640 Alentejo e do Algarve 300 ►M6
380
◄►M6
430
◄
650 Açorese da Madeira 200 ►M6
200
◄►M6
230
◄
Total Portugal 1 800 2 100 2 400 2 700 3 000
The distribution of returning holdings for the accounting years after 1986 will be established subse-
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ANNEX II
REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SELECTION PLAN FOR RETURNING
HOLDINGS
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