1982R1859 — EN — 01.01.2008 — 016.002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1859/82

of 12 July 1982

concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural 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 the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community ( 1 ), as last amended by Council Regulation (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holdings should be completely revised; whereas, accordingly, Commission Regulation No 91/66/EEC ( 3 ), should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation; Whereas the holdings to be studied in connection with the farm accountancy data network fall within the field of survey of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 structure 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 difference in the agricultural situation as between the different Member States require that thresholds of economic size which vary by Member State, and even in some cases by division, be adopted for that year; Whereas experience shows that operation of the data network is facilitated 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 before being 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 implementation with a view in particular to identifying any adjustments which may be necessary for subsequent accounting years and whereas the 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 accordance with the opinion of the Community Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network, 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.

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Article 2

For the 2008 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2008 and 1 July 2008) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation 79/65/EEC in ESU shall be as follows:

— Belgium: 16 ESU

— Bulgaria: 1 ESU

— Czech Republic: 4 ESU

— Denmark: 8 ESU

— Germany: 16 ESU

— Estonia: 2 ESU

— Ireland: 2 ESU

— Greece: 2 ESU

— Spain: 4 ESU

— France: 8 ESU

— Italy: 4 ESU

— Cyprus: 2 ESU

— Latvia: 2 ESU

— Lithuania: 2 ESU

— Luxembourg: 8 ESU

— Hungary: 2 ESU

— Malta: 8 ESU

— Netherlands: 16 ESU

— Austria: 8 ESU

— Poland: 2 ESU

— Portugal: 2 ESU

— Romania: 1 ESU

— Slovenia: 2 ESU

— Slovakia: 8 ESU

— Finland: 8 ESU

— Sweden: 8 ESU

— United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland): 16 ESU

— United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland): 8 ESU.

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Article 3

The number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division is laid down in Annex I.

The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in Annex I by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.

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Article 4

The plan for the selection of returning holdings must ensure the representativeness 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, — 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, — 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 accordance with the Community typology of holdings (corresponding at least to the principal types) and the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the 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 which it relates. ►M14 The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia shall forward to the Commission their selection plan for the accounting year 2004 before 30 November 2004. ◄

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.

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Bulgaria and Romania shall forward to the Commission their selection plan for the accounting year 2007 before 31 July 2007.

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Article 7

Regulation No 91/66/EEC is hereby repealed.

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication 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 in all Member States.

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ANNEX I







Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings ▼M15 BELGIUM 341 Vlaanderen 720 342 Bruxelles-Brussel — 343 Wallonie 480 Total Belgium 1 200 ▼M14 745 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 300 ▼M15 370 DENMARK 2 250 GERMANY 010 Schleswig-Holstein 450 020 Hamburg 50 030 Niedersachsen 980 040 Bremen — 050 Nordrhein-Westfalen 790 060 Hessen 440 070 Rheinland-Pfalz 600 080 Baden-Württemberg 740 090 Bayern 1 150 100 Saarland 80 110 Berlin — 112 Brandenburg 240 113 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 180 114 Sachsen 280 115 Sachsen-Anhalt 190 116 Thüringen 190 Total Germany 6 360 ▼M14 755 ESTONIA 500 GREECE 450 Macedonia-Thrace 2 000 460 Epirus-Peloponnese-Ionian Islands 1 350 470 Thessaly 700 480 Continental Greece, Aegean Islands, Crete 1 450 Total Greece 5 500 ▼M16 SPAIN 500 Galicia 480 505 Asturias 270 510 Cantabria 190 515 País Vasco 250 520 Navarra 370 525 La Rioja 260 530 Aragón 739 535 Cataluña 710 540 Illes Balears 182 545 Castilla y León 1 095 550 Madrid 194 555 Castilla-La Mancha 1 138 560 Comunidad Valenciana 626 565 Murcia 444 570 Extremadura 718 575 Andalucia 1 816 580 Canarias 224 Total Spain 9 706 ▼M15 FRANCE 121 Île-de-France 170 131 Champagne-Ardenne 400 132 Picardie 300 133 Haute.Normandie 160 134 Centre 450 135 Basse-Normandie 220 136 Bourgogne 380 141 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 310 151 Lorraine 230 152 Alsace 180 153 Franche-Comté 230 162 Pays de la Loire 490 163 Bretagne 540 164 Poitou-Charentes 360 182 Aquitaine 500 183 Midi-Pyrénées 480 184 Limousin 200 192 Rhône-Alpes 450 193 Auvergne 360 201 Languedoc-Roussillon 400 203 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 360 204 Corse 150 Total France 7 320 ▼M14 380 IRELAND 1 300 ▼M19 ITALY 221 Valle d’Aosta 197 222 Piemonte 619 230 Lombardia 710 241 Trentino 388 242 Alto Adige 405 243 Veneto 907 244 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 735 250 Liguria 508 260 Emilia-Romagna 1 166 270 Toscana 956 281 Marche 601 282 Umbria 498 291 Lazio 528 292 Abruzzo 504 301 Molise 354 302 Campania 478 303 Calabria 346 311 Puglia 453 312 Basilicata 450 320 Sicilia 470 330 Sardegna 413 Total Italy 11 686 ▼M14 740 CYPRUS 500 770 LATVIA 1 000 775 LITHUANIA 1 000 ▼M15 350 LUXEMBOURG 360 ▼M14 HUNGARY 760 Közép-Magyarország 160 761 Közép-Dunántúl 190 762 Nyugat-Dunántúl 230 763 Dél-Dunántúl 260 764 Észak- Magyarország 210 765 Észak-Alföld 380 766 Dél-Alföld 470 Total Hungary 1 900 ▼M16 780 MALTA 400 ▼M14 360 NETHERLANDS 1 500 ▼M16 660 AUSTRIA 1 800 ▼M19 POLAND 785 Pomorze and Mazury 1 870 790 Wielkopolska and Śląsk 4 470 795 Mazowsze and Podlasie 4 460 800 Małopolska and Pogórze 1 300 Total Poland 12 100 PORTUGAL 615 Norte e Centro 1 233 630 Ribatejo e Oeste 351 640 Alentejo e Algarve 399 650 Açores e Madeira 317 Total Portugal 2 300 ▼M14 820 SLOVENIA 900 ▼M18 810 SLOVAKIA 502 ▼M16 FINLAND 670 Etelä-Suomi 537 680 Sisä-Suomi 237 690 Pohjanmaa 229 700 Pohjois-Suomi 147 Total Finland 1 150 ▼M17 SWEDEN 710 Plains of southern and central Sweden 702 720 Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of southern and central Sweden 217 730 Areas of northern Sweden 106 Total Sweden 1 025 ▼M14 UNITED KINGDOM 411 England — North Region 420 412 England — East Region 650 413 England — West Region 430 421 Wales 300 431 Scotland 380 441 Northern Ireland 320 Total United Kingdom 2 500

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Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings per accounting year 2007 2008 2009 onwards 830 BULGARIA 2 000 2 000 2 000 (1) (1) For 2009 and subsequent accounting years Bulgaria will have six divisions (Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC) and this number of returning holdings, which corresponds to the total for the country, will be allocated per division.







Reference number Name of division Number of returning holdings per accounting year 2007 2008 2009 2010 onwards 840 ROMANIA 1 000 2 000 4 000 6 000 (1) (1) For 2010 and subsequent accounting years Romania will have eight divisions (Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC) and this number of returning holdings, which corresponds to the total for the country, will be allocated per division.

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