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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE93/24/EEC
of1June1993
onthestatisticalsurveystobecarried outonbovineanimalproduction
(OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 5)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision of 30 May 1994 (94/433/EC) L 179 27 13.7.1994
►M2Council Directive 97/77/EC of 16 December 1997 L 10 28 16.1.1998
Amended by:
►A1Act 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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COUNCILDIRECTIVE93/24/EEC
of1June1993
on the statistical surveys to be carried out on bovine animal
production
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas Council Directive 73/132/EEC of 15 May 1973 on the statis-
tical surveys to be carried out by the Member States on bovine
livestock, on forecasts of the availability of bovine animals for
slaughter and on statistics on slaughtered bovine animals(3) and
Council Directive 78/53/EEC of 19 December 1977 laying down addi-tional provisions relating to the statistical surveys to be carried out bythe Member Stateson bovine lives tock(
4) have been amended several
times; whereas, furhter (SIC! further) amendments being necessary, the
provisions thereof should, for reasons of clarity, be recast;
Whereas provision should be made for those Member States whose
bovine population makesup only a s mall percentage of the overall
population of the Community to reduce the number of annual surveys
where appropriate;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the common agricultural policy is
properly administered, particularly where the beef and veal market is
concerned, the Commission requires regular data on trends in livestock
and in beef and veal production;
Whereas the collection and processing of the data as well as the orga-
nization of the survey at national level should continue to lie within the
competence of the statistical services of the Member States, and theCommission should be responsible for the coordination and harmoniza-tion of statistical information at European level and arrange for theharmonized methodologies necessary to implement Community poli-cies;
Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of this Directive, close
cooperation is necessary between the Member States and the Commis-sion and this should be effected via the Standing Committee onAgricultural Statistics set up by Decision 72/279/EEC(
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(1) OJ No C 18, 23. 1. 1993, p. 19.
(2) OJ No C 115, 26. 4. 1993.
(3) OJ No L 153, 9. 6. 1973, p. 25. Directive last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1057/91 (OJ No L 107, 27. 4. 1991, p. 11).
(4) OJ No L 16, 20. 1. 1978, p. 20. Directive last amended by Directive 86/80/
EEC (OJ L 77, 22. 3. 1986, p. 27).
(5) OJ L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
SECTION I
SURVEYSOFTHEPOPULATION
A. At national level
Frequency—Field ofsurvey
Article 1
1. The Member States shall carry out statistical surveys of the
bovine population on their territory each year with reference to oneday in the month of May/June and with reference to one day in the
month of November/December.
Member States may be authorised to replace the May/June survey by a
survey in April if they forward to the Commission, before 30September of the same year, an estimate of the bovine population forone of the first days in June.
2. The Member States may, at their request, be authorised to carry
out the May/June or November/December surveys in selected regions,on the understanding that those surveys cover at least 70 % of thebovine population.
Those Member States whose bovine population is less than 1,5 million
per head may be authorized to dispense altogether with one of the twosurveys laid down in paragraph 1 or to carry it out in selected regions
only.
The Member States may, at their request, be authorized to use admin-
istrative sources instead of statistical surveys under paragraph 1.
3. In considering the requests referred to in paragraph 2, the
Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 17, the obligationsaris ing from Article 6 being taken intoaccount.
Article 2
1. For the purposes of this Directive, the term ‘bovine animals’
means domestic animals of the species Bos taurus, Bubalus bubalus
and Beefalo .
2. The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall cover all bovine animals
held on agricultural holdingsasdefined in accordance with the proce-dure laid down in Article 17. The surveys shall cover sufficient
holdingsto account for at leas t 95 % of the bovine population asdeter-
mined by the last survey on the structure of agricultural holdings.
3. As far as possible, Member States shall supplement the results of
the surveys provided for in paragraph 2 with an estimate of the bovinepopulation not covered by the surveys.
Breakdownbycategory
Article 3
1. The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall be conducted in such a
way asto provide a breakdown of the bovine population into at leas tthe following categories:
A. bovine animalsles sthan 1 year old:
(a) calvesfor s laughter;
(b) other:
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B. bovine animalsaged between 1 and 2 years :
(a) male;
(b) female;
(ba) animals for slaugther (SIC! slaughter);
(bb) other;
C. bovine animalsof 2 yearsand over:
(a) male;
(b) female:
(ba) heifers;
1. heifersfor s laughter;
2. other;
(bb) cows:
1. dairy cows;2. other;
D. buffaloes:
(a) female breeding buffaloes;
(b) other buffaloes.
2. The categoriesreferred to in paragraph 1 may be modified in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
3. The categoriess hall be defined in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 17.
Accuracy
Article 4
1. The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall be conducted in the
form of exhaustive surveys or by representative sampling.
2. For each of the Member States, sampling errors for the results of
the surveys provided for in Article 2 (2) shall not exceed 1 % of thetotal number of bovine animalsand 1,5 % of the total number ofcows, (confidence interval of 68 %).
3. In addition to the sampling frame and the supplementary esti-
matesreferred to in Article 2 (3), Member Statess hall take whatevermeasures they deem appropriate to maintain the quality of the surveyresults.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 5
1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the provisional
results of the surveys and supplementary estimates before:
— 30 September of the same year for the May/June survey,
— 15 February of the following year for the ►
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December ◄survey.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the results of the
surveys and the supplementary estimates, as defined in Article 4 (2),
before:
— 15 October of the same year for the May/June survey,
— 1 April of the following year for the ►M2November/
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B. At regional level
Territorial subdivisions
Article 6
1. The final results of the ►M2November/December ◄survey
shall be compiled for each of the territorial subdivisions as defined inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
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 1 for the final resultsof the May/June survey.
3. The territorial subdivisions referred to in paragraph 1 may be
amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 7
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the data referred to
in Article 6 before 15 May of the year following the reference month.
C. Breakdown by herd size
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 herd size classes as defined in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
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 herd size classes referred to in paragraph 1 for the
final results of even-numbered years and/or for those of the May/June
survey.
3. The herd size classes referred to in paragraph 1 may be amended
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 9
The Member States shall forward to the Commission the data referred
to in Article 8 before 15 May of the year following the referencemonth.
SECTION II
SLAUGHTERIN(SIC!SLAUGHTERING)STATISTICS
Article 10
1. The Member States shall draw up monthly statistics relating to
the number and carcase weight of bovine animals slaughtered in theslaughter-houses on their territory, the meat of which is deemed fit forhuman consumption.1993L0024 — EN — 05.02.1998 — 001.001 — 5
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If necessary, they shall also supply estimates of slaughterings not
included in the returns, so that the statistics include all the bovineanimalss laughtered on their territory.
2. The statistics referred to in paragraph 1 shall be drawn up for the
following category:
A. calves;
B. heifers;C. cows;
D. bulls;
E. bullocks.
3. The carcase weight referred to in paragraph 1 and the categories
referred to in paragraph 2 shall be defined in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 11
Member States shall inform the Commission of the results of the statis-
ticsreferred to in Article 10 (1) within the two monthsfollowing thereference month.
SECTION III
PRODUCTIONFORECASTS
Article 12
1. The Member States shall use the survey results and other avail-
able information to produce forecasts, for each calendar half-year, of
their supply of bovine animals.
This supply shall be expressed as the gross indigenous production
which shall include all bovine animals slaughtered plus the balances
of intra-Community and external trade in live bovine animals.
(SIC!) A. calves;
B. heifers;C. cows;
D. bullsand bullocks ;
Thisbreakdown may be amended in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 17.
3. The definition of ‘supply’ referred to in paragraph 1 and that of
‘categories’ referred to in paragraph 2 may be amended in accordancewith the procedure laid down in Article 17.
Transmissiondeadline
Article 13
The Member States shall forward the forecasts referred to in Article 12
(1) to the Commission at the following times and for the following six-month periods:
(a) before 15 February for forecasts up to the first six months of the
following year (inclusive);
(b) before 1 October for forecasts up to the second six months of the
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SECTION IV
GENERALPROVISIONS
Article 14
The Member States shall forward to the Commission the data referred
to in Articles5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 in compliance with Council Regulation(Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission ofdata subject to statistical confidentiality of the Statistical Office of the
European Communities(
1).
Article 15
The Commission shall examine, in consultation with the Member
States:
(a) the results supplied;
(b) the technical problemswhich aris e, in particular in preparing and
carrying out the surveys and estimates;
(c) the reliability of the survey results and estimates.
Article 16
The Member States shall inform the Commission of any methodolo-
gical or other change which would considerably influence thestatistics. This shall be done not later than three months after thechange in question enters into force. The Commission shall notify the
other Member Statesof any s uch communication in the appropriate
working parties.
Article 17
1. Where the procedure laid down in thisArticle isto be followed,
the chairman of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics(hereinafter referred to asthe ‘committee’) s hall refer the matter ofthe committee, either on hisown initiative or at the reques t of a repre-
sentative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shalldeliver itsopinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman
may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion
shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of theTreaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopton a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives ofthe Member Stateswithin the Committee s hall be weighted in themanner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are
in accordance with the opinion of the committee.
(b) If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion
of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commissionshall, without delay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to
the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified
majority.
If, on the expiry of three monthsfrom the date of referral to the
Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shallbe adopted by the Commission.
Article 18
1. Directives73/132/EEC and 78/53/EEC s hall be repealed asfrom
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2. The references to the repealed Directives shall be construed as
referring to thisDirective.
Article 19
The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not
later than 1 January 1994.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a refer-
ence to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on theoccasion of their official publication. The methods of making such areference shall be laid down by the Member States.
Article 20
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.1993L0024 — EN — 05.02.1998 — 001.001 — 8