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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 20 July 1976
concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine
the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees
(76/625/EEC)
(OJ No L 218, 11. 8. 1976, p. 10)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Council Directive of 14 February 1977 (77/159/EEC) L 48 31 19. 2. 1977Council Directive of 15 December 1981 (81/1015/EEC) L 367 31 23. 12. 1981Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 of 20 December 1985 L 362 8 31. 12. 1985Council Directive of 25 February 1986 (86/84/EEC) L 77 32 22. 3. 1986Council Directive of 18 December 1986 (86/652/EEC) L 382 16 31. 12. 1986Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1057/91 of 26 April 1991 L 107 11 27. 4. 1991
Amended
by:
A1 Act of Accession of Greece L 291 17 19. 11. 1979
A2 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29. 8. 1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1. 1. 1995
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ICOUNCIL DIRECTIVE
of 20 July 1976
concerning the statistical surveys to be carried out by the Member States in order to determine
the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees
(76/625/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the T reaty establishing the EuropeanEconomic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (
1),
Whereas the Commission, in order to perform the task
conferred upon it by the T reaty and by Community provi-
sions governing the common organization of the market in
fruit and vegetables, needs to be kept well informed on the
production potential of plantations of certain species offruit trees within the Community and to have available me-
dium-term estimates of production and supply on the
markets;
Whereas surveys of fruit tree plantations are currently car-
ried out only by some Member States; whereas these sur-
veys do not permit the precise, uniform and synchronized
observation of the production and supply of fruit on the
markets; whereas a medium-term estimate of production
and supply on the markets is at present made only by
some Member States;
Whereas it is therefore advisable to carry out surveys con-
currently in all Member States on plantations of fruit trees
of the same species in accordance with the same criteria
and with comparable accuracy; whereas new plantations at-
tain their full yield only after a certain number of years;
whereas these surveys should therefore be repeated every
five years; whereas in this way reliable statistics may be
obtained on production potential taking account of the
fruit trees which are not yet productive;
Whereas, in theory, surveys should be limited to undertak-
ings in which a minimum area of 1 500 square metres is
planted with apple, pear, peach or orange trees, with a
view to fruit production for sale; whereas orchards of less
than 1 500 square metres in area may be disregarded be-
cause of their negligible influence on market supply;
Whereas uniform surveys should be carried out in each
Member State on the main varieties of each species of
fruit, endeavouring at the same time to establish subdivi-
sions according to variety which are as complete as necess-ary;
(1) OJ No C 159, 12. 7. 1976, p. 40.
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IIWhereas, since the annual calculations of production po-
tential must be based on the results of these surveys, in-
dications as to the age of trees and the density of planta-
tion should also be obtained; whereas these results must
be notified to the Commission as rapidly as possible;
Whereas the preparation of medium-term estimates re-
quires that each year Member States should estimate and
notify the Commission of the area of fruit trees which has
been cleared; whereas the Commission should also be sent
details every year of new plantations of fruit trees of the
abovementioned species;
Whereas, in any Member State where, since the last survey
on fruit tree plantations, exceptionally extensive clearing
has been noted, special and more detailed surveys should
be carried out on the volume of clearing and the results
thereof notified to the Commission;
Whereas consideration should also be given to statistics re-
sulting from the application of certain Community
measures for reorganizing Community fruit production;
Whereas the Commission must submit reports so that the
Council may examine to what extent the surveys and esti-
mates carried out enable the objective of this Directive to
be achieved and must suggest, where appropriate, that
methods should be aligned;
Whereas the previous surveys carried out between 1969
and 1974 by the six original Member States in compliance
with Directive 71/286/EEC (1) were not synchronized;
whereas surveys of fruit tree plantations have not been car-
ried out in a uniform manner or at all by the three new
Member States;
Whereas the experience acquired in previous surveys of
fruit tree plantations has shown that it is necessary to in-
troduce a certain flexibility into the statistical classification
of the technical characteristics to be surveyed;
Whereas it is necessary to ensure that when this Directive
is applied cooperation between Member States and the
Commission will be as effective as possible; whereas the
detailed rules for the application of the Directive must be
adopted after an opinion has been given by the Standing
Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Decision
72/279/EEC (2);
Whereas the procedure to be followed by the Standing
Committee for Agricultural Statistics should be laid down;
(1) OJ No L 179, 9. 8. 1971, p. 21.
(2) OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.
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IIIWhereas the financial responsibility of the Community
should be defined with regard to expenditure incurred by
the Member States for the first survey provided for by this
Directive,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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1Article 1
1. Member States shall carry out in 1987, and each fifth
year thereafter, in the spring, surveys on plantations of
fruit trees existing on their territory for the production of
dessert apples and pears, except for purely non-dessert var-
ieties of apples and pears, peaches, apricots, oranges, le-
mons and small-fruited citrus. The survey on plantations of
purely non-dessert varieties of apples and pears shall be
optional.
For the purposes of paragraph 2 of this Article and of Ar-
ticles 2, 3, 5 and 6, the group of small-fruited citrus (man-
darins, including tangerines and satsumas, clementines,
wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids) shall be regarded
as one species.
Austria, Finland and Sweden shall carry out the surveysreferred to in the preceding subparagraphs for the first
time before 31 December 1997.
2. The survey provided for in paragraph 1 shall apply to
all undertakings having an area planted with the species of
fruit trees referred to in paragraph 1, provided that the
area covers at least 1 500 square metres and that the fruit
produced are entirely or mainly intended for sale.
The survey shall cover pure and mixed crops, that is to say
plantations of fruit trees of several of the species referred
to in paragraph 1 or of one or more of them together with
other species.
The survey shall also cover areas cultivated not only for
fruit production but also for other kinds of agricultural
production, provided fruit trees of the species referred to
in paragraph 1 are the main crop.
3. The survey may either be exhaustive or based on ran-
dom sampling.
Article 2
1. In carrying out the surveys provided for in Article 1,
the following characteristics are to be noted in respect of
the species of fruit referred to in Article 1 (1).
These surveys must be organized so that the results may
be presented in various combinations of these characteris-
tics.76/625/EEC
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2A. Variety of fruit
For each species of fruit, and in order of importance,
enough varieties must be shown to enable a separate
assessment to be made for each Member State, by
variety, of at least 80 % of the total area planted with
fruit trees of the species in question and, in any case,
all varieties representing 3 % or more of the total
area planted with fruit trees of the species in ques-
tion.
The survey relating to peach trees and apricot treesshall be carried out in Greece, Spain, France, Italy
and Portugal only. The survey relating to orange
trees, lemon trees and small-fruited citrus trees shall
be carried out in Greece, Spain, France, Italy and
Portugal only, in so far as any of the abovementioned
species of citrus fruit exists in significant quantities on
the territory of the Member State concerned.
B. Age of trees
Age of trees must be calculated from the time of
their planting in the orchard. The planting season ex-
tending from the autumn to the spring shall be con-
sidered as a single period. When there has been
double grafting, the time when this was carried out
shall be the determining factor.
C. Net area planted, number of trees and density of
plantation
The surveyors or departments responsible for analys-
ing the questionnaries (SIC! questionnaires) shall de-
termine the class of the density of plantation by the
net area planted and the number of trees.
The actual density of plantation may also be surveyed
a n dq u o t e dd i r e c t l y .
However, the United Kingdom is not required to de-termine the density of plantation when conducting the
1982 survey.
2. If the Member States, in respect of the areas plantedwith fruit trees referred to in Article 1 (1), take note of
additional characteristics complying with the purpose of
this Directive, bearing for example on stock, the shapes of
trees and the height of the trunk, the results must also be
notified to the Commission, in so far as they are reliable.
3. Detailed rules for applying this Article, in particular
those concerning the classes of age and of density of
plantation, shall be adopted in accordance with the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 9.76/625/EEC
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3Article 3
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to
limit mistakes of reporting and, if necessary, to estimate
their effect on the whole of the area planted with fruit
trees of each species.
2. So far as the results of the surveys carried out by ran-
dom sampling are concerned, Member States shall take
every measure to ensure that sampling errors at the 68 %
confidence level shall, at the most, be of the order of 3 %
for the whole of the national area planted with fruit trees
of each species.
Article 4
1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the re-
sults of the surveys drawn up in the prescribed form as
rapidly as possible, and in any case before 1 April of the
year following that in which the survey was carried out.
2. The results referred to in paragraph 1 must be sup-
plied for each production area. The boundaries of the pro-
duction areas to be adopted for Member States shall be
fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Ar-
ticle 9.
3. Sampling errors together with any mistakes discoveredin reporting as referred to in Article 3 must be notified
before 1 June of the year following that in which the sur-
vey was carried out.
4. Member States which process their survey information
electronically shall submit the results referred to in para-
graph 1 in a machine-readable form to be determined in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 9.
Article 5
1. Member States shall make annual estimates of the
areas of fruit trees of the species referred to in Article 1
(1) cleared in their territory and shall notify the results of
their estimates to the Commission by 31 March of the fol-
lowing year at the latest. In so far as possible, these esti-
mates must distinguish between varieties.
If surveys have been conducted on the extent of the clear-ing, results shall be notified to the Commission by
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42. If, within a Member State, the clearing referred to in
paragraph 1 has been particularly extensive and if precise
details on that subject are lacking, the Member States con-
cerned shall, at the request of and in cooperation with the
Commission, carry out surveys in the spring of the follow-
ing year on the extent of the clearing carried out on its
national territory since the last survey on the areas planted
with fruit trees of the species referred to in Article 1 (1).
The Member State concerned shall notify the results of the
survey to the Commission within eight months after carry-
ing it out. This provision shall not be applicable during the
survey years fixed in Article 1 (1), nor in the year preced-
ing or following the survey year.
3. Statistics obtained by applying other Community
measures concerning the clearing of areas planted with the
species referred to in Article 1 (1) must be taken into con-
sideration.
4. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Germany is authorized
to delay the production of statistics relating to the territory
of the former German Democratic Republic until 1993.
Article 6
1. Member States shall make annual estimates of theareas of fruit trees of the species referred to in Article
1 (1) planted in their territory and shall notify the results
of their estimates to the Commission by 31 March of the
following year at the latest. In so far as possible, these
estimates must distinguish between varieties.
2. Statistics obtained by applying other Communitymeasures concerning plantations of fruit trees of the
species referred to in Article 1 (1) must be taken into con-
sideration.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Germany is authorizedto delay the production of statistics relating to the territoryof the former German Democratic Republic until 1993.
Article 7
The Commission shall study the following in consultation
and standing collaboration with Member States:
(a) the results supplied,
(b) the technical problems raised, in particular by prepar-
ing and carrying out the surveys and the notifications,
(c) the significance of the findings of the surveys and
notifications.76/625/EEC
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5Article 8
The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament
and the Council, within one year after notification of the
results by Member States, a report on experience acquired
during the first survey in the enlarged Community; the
Commission shall also submit to them from 1 January
1977 annual reports on the subject of Articles 5 and 6.
The Commission shall, where appropriate, submit propo-sals to the Council with a view to the harmonization of the
methods used by the Member States. The Council shall act
on these proposals by a qualified majority.
Article 9
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to
be followed, the Chairman shall refer the matter to the
Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics (hereinafter
called the ’Committee’), either on his own initiative or at
the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit tothe Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to
the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be deliveredby the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the T reaty
in the case of decisions which the Council is required to
adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of
the representatives of the Member States within the Com-
mittee shall be weighted on the manner set out in that
Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the proposed mea-
sures when they are in accordance with the opin-
ion of the Committee.
(b) When the proposed measures are not in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Committee or in
the absence of any opinion, the Commission
shall immediately submit to the Council a pro-
posal for the measures to be taken. The Council
shall decide by a qualified majority.
(c) If after three months no decision has been taken
by the Council the proposed measures shall be
adopted by the Commission.76/625/EEC
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6Article 10
1. Contributions to the expenditure incurred by the
Member States on the 1977 survey shall be entered in the
budget of the European Communities, up to the following
maximum amounts:
units of account
Belgium 59 000
Denmark 50 000
Germany 89 000
France 312 000
Ireland 6 000
Italy 628 000
Luxembourg 12 000
Netherlands 54 000
United Kingdom 70 000
Contributions to the expenditure incurred by Greece on
the 1982 survey shall be entered in the budget of the
European Communities up to a maximum amount of
85 000 ECU.
However, the Member States which, in accordance withArticle 1 (3), carry out the surveys by random sampling
shall be reimbursed for their expenditure up to the abo-
vementioned maximum amount at a flat rate of 12 units of
account per hectare of fruit plantation actually covered by
the survey.
The contribution to the expenses incurred by the Kingdomof Spain and the Portuguese Republic for the survey to beconducted in 1987 shall be entered in the budget of the
European Communities up to a maximum of 250 000 ECU
for Spain and 70 000 ECU for Portugal.
2. Member States shall submit their applications for re-imbursement:
—o f 3 1 ⋅25 % of the abovementioned amounts, after
beginning the survey,
— of the remainder, after notification of the results.
Article 11
Directive 71/286/EEC is hereby repealed.
Article 12
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