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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
►M9Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/96 of 17 July 1996 L 179 6 18.7.1996
►M10Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/97 of 16 January 1997 L 14 28 17.1.1997
►M11Commission Regulation (EC) No 285/2000 of 4 February 2000 L 31 79 5.2.2000
►M12Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/2001 of 30 July 2001 L 205 21 31.7.2001
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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), as last amended by Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2143/81(2), and in particular Articles 4 (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;
Whereas in the light of the latest amendments to 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repealed and replaced by a new Regulation;
Whereas the holdings to be studied 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;
Whereas experience shows that operation of the data network is facili-
tated if the number of returning holdings selected per division is
allowed to vary within certain limits on condition that the total number
of holdings per Member State is complied with;
Whereas the selection plan must include a minimum number of
elements enabling its validity in relation to the objectives of 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;
Whereas the report on the implementation of the selection plan for
returning holdings must cover the different aspects of the plan's imple-mentation witha 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;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the FarmAccountancy Data Network,1982R1859 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 011.001 — 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 agriculturalsurveys and censuses.
Article 2
For the 2001 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive months
beginning between 1 January and 1 July in 2001) and for subsequentaccounting years, the threshold as referred to in Article 4 of RegulationNo 79/65/EEC in ESU shall be as follows:
— Belgium: 16 ESU
— Netherlands: 16 ESU— Denmark: 8 ESU— Germany: 8 ESU— France: 8 ESU— Luxembourg: 8 ESU— Austria: 8 ESU— Finland: 8 ESU— Sweden: 8 ESU— United Kingdom
(with the exception of Northern Ireland): 16 ESU
— Northern Ireland: 8 ESU— Ireland: 2 ESU— Italy: 2 ESU— Greece: 2 ESU— Spain: 2 ESU— Portugal: 2 ESU.
For Italy the threshold as defined in the first subparagraph will be 4
ESU for the 2002 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive months
beginning between 1 January and 1 July 2002) and for subsequentaccounting years.
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 this does not entail a reduction in the total number of
returning holdings per 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 elements on which it is based, namely:
— particulars of the statistical reference sources,1982R1859 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 011.001 — 3
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— 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
eachstratum.
— the procedures for the selection of returning holdings,— 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 (corresponding at
least to the principal types) and the number of returning holdings tobe selected for eachof th e strata adopted.
Article 5
The selection plan shall be forwarded to the Commission not later than
two months before the beginning of the first accounting year to whichit relates.
The procedures and time limits for communicating adjustments to 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
holdings shall 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 precautions to 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 months of the beginning of the accounting year.
Article 7
Regulation No 91/66/EEC is hereby repealed.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall be applicable as from the accounting year 1982.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
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ANNEX I
NUMBEROFRETURNINGHOLDINGSBYDIVISION
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1993
accounting year onwards)
GERMANY
010 Schleswig-Holstein 500
020 Hamburg 40
030 Niedersachsen 800
040 Bremen —
050 Nordrhein-Westfalen 660
060 Hessen 370
070 Rheinland-Pfalz 480
080 Baden-Württemberg 620
090 Bayern 960
100 Saarland 70
110 Berlin —
112 Brandenburg 180
113 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 130
114 Sachsen 220
115 Sachsen-Anhalt 140
116 Thüringen 130
Total Germany 5 300
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1982
accounting year onwards)
FRANCE
121 Île-de-France 95
131 Champagne-Ardenne 260
132 Picardie 230
133 Haute-Normandie 145
134 Centre 350
135 Basse-Normandie 215
136 Bourgogne 285
141 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 305
151 Lorraine 215
152 Alsace 160
153 Franche-Comté 200
162 Pays de la Loire 440
163 Bretagne 475
164 Poitou-Charentes 325
182 Aquitaine 425
183 Midi-Pyrénées 430184 Limousin 195
192 Rhône-Alpes 360
193 Auvergne 320
201 Languedoc-Roussillon 3401982R1859 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 011.001 — 5
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Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1982
accounting year onwards)
203 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 270
204 Corse 60
Total France 6 100
Reference
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
(1997 accounting year onwards)
ITALY
221 Valle d'Aosta 367
222 Piemonte 1 110
230 Lombardia 917
241 Trentino 404
242 Alto Adige 404
243 Veneto 1 589
244 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 795
250 Liguria 590
260 Emilia-Romagna 914
270 Toscana 620
281 Marche 951
282 Umbria 668291 Lazio 931
292 Abruzzo 882
301 Molise 445
302 Campania 748
303 Calabria 911
311 Puglia 1 013
312 Basilicata 1 138
320 Sicilia 1 350
330 Sardegna 1 253
Total Italy 18000
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1982
accounting year onwards)
340 BELGIUM 1 000
350 LUXEMBOURG 300360 NETHERLANDS 1 500
370 DENMARK 2 000
380 IRELAND 1 300
UNITED KINGDOM
411 England — NorthRegion 420
412 England — East Region 650413 England — West Region 430421 Wales 3001982R1859 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 011.001 — 6
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Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1982
accounting year onwards)
431 Scotland 380
441 Northern Ireland 320
Total United Kingdom 2 500
Reference
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1999
accounting year onwards)
GREECE
450 Makedonia-Thraki 2 000
460 Ipiros-Peloponnisos-Nissi Ioniou 1 350
470 Thessalia 700
480 Sterea Ellas-Nissi Egaeou-Kriti 1 450
Total Greece 5 500
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1995
accounting year onwards)
SPAIN
500 Galicia 800
505 Asturias 350
510 Cantabria 230
515 País Vasco 310
520 Navarra 430
525 La Rioja 290
530 Aragón 640
535 Cataluña 870
540 Baleares 270
545 Castilla y León 1 230550 Madrid 270
555 Castilla-La Mancha 870
560 Comunidad Valenciana 700
565 Murcia 530
570 Extremadura 590
575 Andalucía 1 470
580 Canarias 250
Total Spain 10100
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1995
accounting year onwards)
PORTUGAL
610 Entre Douro e Minho e Beira Litoral 980
620 Trás-os-Montes e Beira Interior 560
630 Ribatejo e Oeste 650
640 Alentejo e Algarve 460
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Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1995
accounting year onwards)
Total Portugal 3 000
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings (1995
accounting year onwards)
660 AUSTRIA 2 000
Reference
numberName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
(1997 accounting year onwards)
FINLAND
670 Etelä-Suomi 581
680 Sisä-Suomi 272
690 Pohjanmaa 277
700 Pohjois-Suomi 170
Total Finland 1 300
Reference
NoName of divisionNumber of returning holdings
Accounting years
1995 1996 19971998
onwards
SWEDEN
710 Plains of Southern and Central Sweden 332 407 558 600
720 Forest and mixed agricultural and forest
areas of Southern and Central Sweden 180 218 242 295
730 Areas of Northern Sweden 88 100 100 105
Total Sweden 600 725 900 1 0001982R1859 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 011.001 — 8
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ANNEX II
REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SELECTION PLAN FOR RETURNING
HOLDINGS
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