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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No959/93
of5April1993
concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than
cereals
(OJ L 98, 24.4.1993, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No959/93
of5April1993
concerningstatisticalinformationtobesuppliedbyMemberStates
oncropproductsotherthancereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal by the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas, in order to carry out the tasks imposed on it by the Treaty
and the regulations concerning the common agricultural policy, the
Commission needs to have reliable, comparable and up-to-date data,established by objective methods, on areas under cultivation, yieldsand production of crop products other than cereals;
Whereas it is appropriate to recognize the importance of the crop
production sector apart from cereals for the organization and manage-
ment of agricultural markets, which implies that the requisite statisticalsurvey should be conducted to an increasing degree on the basis ofCommunity rules;
Whereas account should be taken of the experience acquired by the
statistical services with these surveys over many years;
Whereas the purpose of this Regulation is to define the statistical infor-
mation to be supplied, to prescribe a satisfactory level of reliability andlay down additional technical information necessary to assess produc-tion figures, to provide for objectivity and representativeness of
surveys on area and production by a broad exchange of experience,
involving meetings and reports and to fix the deadlines to be met;
Whereas, for some cropp roducts other than cereals, the communication
of regional data is also required on an annual basis;
Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to submit a report after
three years of experience with this Regulation, together with, if neces-sary, proposals for improving statistical surveys;
Whereas, during a transitional period, the changes to be made in statis-
tical methods involve additional work for Member States, which
requires a financial contribution from the Community for the period
1993 to 1995, such amount being deemed necessary as ECU 1 millionper year;
Whereas, notwithstanding that the collection and treatment of data and
the organization of surveys at national level ought to remain the
responsibility of the statistical services of the Member States, the
Commission must ensure the collection, coordination and harmoniza-tion of statistical information at European level and provide for theharmonized methodologies for the management of Community policies;
Whereas, in order to facilitate the application of this Regulation, close
cooperation between the Member States and the Commission should
continue, in particular via the Standing Committee for AgriculturalStatistics set upby Decision 72/279/EEC(
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(1) OJ No C 335, 18. 12. 1992, p. 35.
(2) Opinion delivered on 12 February 1993 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(3) OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
SECTION I
Objectives
Article 1
Member States shall provide the Commission with annual data on the
production and area of crops, other than cereals, as specified in Articles
2 and 6 of this Regulation with due regard for Council Regulation(Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission ofdata subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of theEuropean Communities(
1).
SECTION II
Datatobesuppliedatnationallevel
Article 2
1. Member States shall deliver data on main areas and secondary
areas, in accordance with the definitions given in Annex I, annualy
for all types of use of arable land listed in Annex II. Only the MemberStates indicated in Annex IX shall be obliged to include secondaryareas in an annual statistical survey and to deliver data on those areas.
2. In addition, Member States shall submit data on main areas of
permanent grassland and permanent crops and other areas as statedrespectively in Annex II, headings K, L, M and N. Those data can beobtained fully or partially from earth observation techniques and
sources other than the comprehensive survey mentioned in Article 3
(1), and such sources need not necessarily be annual surveys.
3. Each Member State shall also sumbit annual data on the
following:
— average yield, and
— production harvested, for each product as specified in Annex III.
SECTION III
Methods,andspecifications
Article 3
1. For the specification in each Member State of the use of arable
land referred to in Annex II, data on the main areas shall be obtainedfrom one comprehensive annual statistical survey which should takethe form of a census or a representative survey. That survey mayinclude the other utilized agricultural area apart from arable land.
2. After approval by the Commission, Member States may, however,
use adminsitrative sources as a substitute for data on arable land
obtained from the comprehensive survey mentioned in paragraph 1.
3. Where neither statistical surveys on permanent crops, permanent
grassland and other parts of the utilized agricultural area (as defined
in Annex II, headings K, L, M and N) for a specific year nor annualestimates on changes in land use of those items from Communitysources are available, Member States may provide estimates for thatyear for those items.
4. The general survey referred to in paragraph 1 shall be conducted
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(1) OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 1.
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5. The Member States listed in Annex IX may choose between two
different methodological approaches for the land use survey accordingto the definitions in Annex I:
— either a ‘real-time’ approach referring to the main area at the time
of the survey with additional information on secondary area lateron,
—o ra n ‘ex-post’ evaluation of land use (referring to main and
secondary area in the same survey) taking place at the end of the
cropseason. Only Member States referred to in Annex IX have to
specify secondary areas.
6. Data for areas of marginal importance, as referred to in Annex
VIII, may be obtained from other data sources not meeting all therequirements of this Regulation.
7. In order to meet the requirements of this section, transitional
arrangements may be agreed upon in accordance with Article 8 (3).
Article 4
1. In the case of sample surveys on main areas of arable land, the
samples must be designed so that they are representative of at least95 % of the total area of that land under crops other than cereals.
Data on the main areas must be supplemented by an estimate relying
on data from other sources and relating to the area of arable land notcovered by the sample and under crops other than cereals.
2. Surveys on land under permanent grassland, permanent crops and
other parts of the utilized agricultural area apart from arable land shallbe as representative as possible. Permanent grassland shall also includethe parts of the utilized agricultural area outside agricultural holdings.
3. The sample surveys on main areas of arable land must be
designed so that, in each Member State and for each of the separate
groups of main areas (as specified in Annex IV) at least one of the
following two criteria is satisfied:
(a) the coefficient of variation does not exceed that given in Annex IV;
(b) the standard error does not exceed that given in Annex IV.
4. The degree of accuracy required for the area estimates of perma-
nent grassland, permanent crops and other parts of the utilizedagricultural area apart from arable land shall be decided in accordancewith the procedure laid down in Article 12, once the Member Stateshave forwarded to the Commission the reports referred to in Article 8(1).
Article 5
1. Surveys on production or yields shall be conducted using statisti-
cally recognized methods as regards quality, objectivity and reliability.
2. After approval by the Commission, Member States may, however,
use administrative sources as substitutes for the data obtained from thesurveys on production or yields as mentioned in paragraph 1.
3. The degree of accuracy to be required for the production estimate
of each cropin Annex III shall be decided in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 12, once the Member States have
forwarded to the Commission the reports referred to in Article 8 (1).
4. Any supplementary information required for the further standardi-
zation of production estimates shall be decided in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 12, once the Member States haveforwarded to the Commission the reports referred to in Article 8 (1).1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 4
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SECTION IV
Datatobesuppliedatregionallevel
Article 6
1. Annual data on areas under cultivation, yields and harvested
production must be forwarded to the Commission for the crops indi-
cated in Annex V at the regional levels defined in Annex VI. Areasunder cultivation are defined in Annex V.
Where no regional data are available for a specific year in respect of
permanent crops, permanent grassland and other parts of the utilized
agricultural area (as defined in Annex II headings K, L, M and N)Member States may supply estimates for that year in respect of thoseitems, as specified in Annex V.
2. Member States shall be obliged to supply data on areas and
products only in respect of crops of which the area exceeds the levelof marginal importance as indicated in Annex VIII.
3. Member States shall be obliged to supply data on areas under
cultivation as defined in Annex V and on harvested production only
in respect of the most important regions for each of the specified crops.For each of those crops, data must be submitted for those regions,which together, arranged in descending order, represent at least 80 %of the area under a specific crop as compared with the total area underthat cropin the Member State concerned.
SECTION V
Deadlines,exchangeofexperience andtransitionalarrangements
Article 7
1. The calendar year in which the harvest begins shall hereinafter be
referred to as the ‘harvest year’.
2. For the land-use items given in Annex II, Member States shall
supply the Commission with provisional national data on the areaunder cultivation at the latest by 1 October of the harvest year. Finaldata on those areas under cultivation shall be supplied at the latest by
1 April following the harvest year.
3. Initial estimates of national yields and production figures on the
products specified in Annex VII shall be forwarded at the latest bythe deadlines in that Annex. Provisional yields and production figures
on the products specified in Annex III shall be supplied at the latest by
15 April and final figures at the latest by 1 October, both in the yearfollowing the harvest year.
4. If yield and production figures refer to revised area data, the latter
should also be submitted.
5. The regional data referred to in Article 6 shall be supplied at the
same time as the final figures at national level and be consistent withthem.
Article 8
1. Within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation,
Member States shall submit a detailed methodological report to the
Commission describing how data for the utilized area, the arable land
and the area under individual crops are obtained. Member States shallalso explain how yield and production are calculated in their respectivecountries and, where appropriate, regions and indicate the representa-tiveness and reliabilty of those figures. The Commission, incollaboration with Member States, shall compile a summary of the
reports.
2. Member States shall inform the Commission, within three
months, of any modifications to the information provided under para-graph 1.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 5
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3. Should certain methodological reports show that a Member State
cannot, in the immediate future, meet the requirements of this Regula-tion and if changes in survey techniques and methodology are
necessary, the Commission may, in cooperation with the Member State,
set a transitional period of a maximum of two years for the introduc-tion of a survey programme in accordance with this Regulation.
4. Methodological reports, transitional arrangements, data avail-
ability, data reliability and other relevant issues connected with the
application of this Regulation shall be examined twice a year withinthe competent Working Group of the Standing Committee for Agricul-tural Statistics.
Article 9
Not later than the end of 1995, the Commission shall submit to the
European Parliament and the Council:
— a report on the experience gained from the statistical surveys and
estimates carried out pursuant to this Regulation,
— if necessary, proposals for the improvement and harmonization of
the arrangements in force in the Member States.
Article 10
Annexes I to IX shall be amended, as the need arises, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 12.
SECTION VI
Financialarrangements
Article 11
1. The Community shall grant to the Member States each year
during the period 1993 to 1995 a contribution to the expenditureincurred in the work undertaken to improve the methodological bases
and the comparability of the data mentioned in Articles 2 and 6; the
amount deemed necessary for this contribution shall be ECU 1 millionper year.
2. The budget authority shall determine the appropriations available
for each financial year.
3. The amount of the contribution to be granted to each Member
State shall be decided in the light of the requests made by the MemberStates and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12.
SECTION VII
Finalprovisions
Article 12
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed,
the chairman shall refer the matter to the Standing Committee for Agri-cultural Statistics, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, either on his owninitiative or at the request of the representative 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 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 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 States within the Committee shall be weighted in themanner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.
3. (a) The Commission shall adopt the proposed measures when they
are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 6
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(b) When the proposed measures are not in accordance with the
opinion of the Committee, or in the absence of any opinion,the Commission shall without delay submit to the Council a
proposal concerning the measures to be taken. The Council shall
decide by a qualified majority.
If no decision has been taken by the Council three months after a
proposal has been submitted to it, the proposed measures shall beadopted by the Commission.
Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 7
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ANNEX I
DEFINITIONS
I. SURVEY UNIT
A survey unit is either the arable land (as defined in Annex II) of an agri-
cultural holding(1) or one of the pieces of land selected as units in a
comprehensive survey of the arable land of a Member State.
II.A.EX-POST EVALUATION OF LAND USE
The main and secondary areas of a survey unit are classified as follows:
Areaofasurveyunit
1.General case
The main area of a given parcel of a survey unit is, in the general case,
where the parcel has only one occupation during a crop year, unequi-
vocally defined by that occupation. (In this case the secondary area of
that parcel will be zero).
2.Special cases
2.1. Successive cropping
Main area : If the parcel of arable land is used more than once
during a given crop year (successive cropping), and the area each
time has only one crop, then the main area is the crop with the
highest value. If the value of the production does not determine
which is the main crop, then the main crop is taken as the one
which occupies the ground for the longest period of time.
Secondary area : All other occupations are then regarded as
secondary areas.
2.2. Combined cropping
Main area : If the parcel of arable land is used throughout the
growing season of a given cropyear for the same fixed combina-
tion of crops (combined cropping), then the main area is split pro
rata between the crops concerned.
Secondary area : In this case there will be no secondary area.
2.3. Combination of successive and combined cropping
Main area : If the parcel of arable land is used more than once
during a given cropyear and with a combination of successive
and combined crops, then each combination of crops occupying
the land during the same period of time is valued separately, and
the combination or the single cropwith the highest value is taken
as the main area. Where that area is used for combined cropping,
the main area is split pro rata between the crops concerned.
Secondary area : All other occupations are then regarded as
secondary areas.
II.B. REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF LAND USE
The main area or the recorded area of a given parcel of a survey unit is
defined as the actual utilization of the arable land at the point of time
within a given cropyear decided up on as the reference date for the survey
on land use.
In the case of combined cropping (see point II.A. 2.2) the main area or the
recorded area is split pro rata between the crops concerned.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 8
(1) See Commission Decision 89/651/EEC of 26 October 1989 (OJ No L 391, 30. 12.
1989, p. 1).
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ANNEX II
SPECIFICATIONOFAREASREFERREDTOINARTICLE2(1)AND(2)
Description Cronos codeMain area or
recorded area
(Ha)(6)Secondary
area or addi-
tional area
(Ha) (6)
A.Totalcereals (1) 1050 (*)
— Rice (1) 1250 (*)
B.Driedpulses (+) 1300
— Field peas (+) 1320
— Other dried peas 1311
— Field beans (+) 1335
(including
1338)
— Dried beans (+) 1331
— Lupins (+) 1343
— Other dried pulses 1341, 1342,
1349
C.Rootcrops (+) 1350
— Potatoes (+) 1360
— Sugar beet (+) 1370
— Fodder beet (+) 1381— Other root crops
(e. g. fodder kale, turnip)1382
D.Industrialcrops (+) 1400
— Rape and turnip rape (+) 1420— Sunflower seed (+) 1450— Soya beans (+) 1470
— Fibre flax and linseed (+) 1520 + 1460
— Cotton and cotton seed (+) 1540 + 1490— Other oil seeds
(e. g. poppy, mustard, sesame, etc.)1480
(excluding
1490)
— Hemp(+) 1530— Tobacco (+) 1550— Hops (+) 1560
— Other industrial crops
(e. g. fibre, medicinal, aromatic or plants
for seasoning)1570 + 1571
E.Totalfodder
(from arable land)2600
— Green fodder from arable land: 2610
— Green maize (+) 2625
— Other green fodder 2612, 2671,
2672 and
2673
— Temporary grasses and grazings 2680
F.Fresh vegetables (including strawberries)
outdoor or under low non-accessible cover (
2)1600 + 2260 (*)
G.Flowers and ornamental plants outdoor or
under low non-accessible cover (2)3001 (*)
H.Areasharvestedforseed (3) 3310 (*)
I.Fallow(includinggreenmanures) 2696 (*)
J.Arableland(A-I) (2) 0001 (*)
K.Permanentgrassland 0002 (*)
L.Land under permanent crops (excluding
strawberries)(0003-2260) (*)
of which:
Orchards 2040 (*)1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 9
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Description Cronos codeMain area or
recorded area
(Ha)(6)Secondary
area or addi-
tional area
(Ha) (6)
Vineyards 2410 (*)
Olive plantations 2450 (*)
M.Cropsunderglass (4) 1111 (*)
of which:Fresh vegetables 1112 (*) (*)Flowers and ornamental plants 1113 (*) (*)Permanent crops 1114 (*) (*)
N.Otherareasincludingkitchengardens (
5) 0004 (*)
O.Utilizedagricultural area
(A - I) + (K - N)0005 (*)
(1) Data about cereals and rice are already collected in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26
March 1990.
(2) Crops under glass or high (accessible) cover are excluded (Structure survey codes D/15, D/17 and G/07) as are
kitchen gardens.
(3) As defined in accordance with Commission Decision 89/651/EEC of 26 October 1989 Annex I: code D19.
(4) Crops under glass of high (accessible) cover include fresh vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants as well as
all permanent crops under glass.
(5) Delivery of data on areas occupied by kitchen gardens is not obligatory for Denmark, the Netherlands and the
United Kingdom.
(6) See definition in Annex I.
(+) The descriptions are also included in Annex III.(*) This sign means that forwarding of data is optional.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 10
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ANNEX III
SPECIFICATIONOFPRODUCTSREFERREDTOINARTICLE2(3)
NB:Data about cereals and rice are already collected in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC)
No 837/90 of 26 March 1990.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 11
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ANNEX IV
SPECIFICATION OF THE REQUIRED ACCURACY IN EACH MEMBER STATE FOR
GROUPSOFAREASREFERREDTOINARTICLE4(3)
Cronos Code DescriptionMaximum accep-
table coefficient of
variationMaximum accep-
table standard error
1300 B. Dried pulses 3 5 000 ha
1350 C. Root crops 3 5 000 ha
1400 D. Industrial crops 3 5 000 ha
2600 E. Total fodder (from arable
land) (1)2 5 000 ha
1600 + 2260 F. Fresh vegetables (including
strawberries)3 5 000 ha
2696 I. Fallow (including green
manures)3 5 000 ha
(1) Total fodder (from arable land) comprises:
(a) green fodder from arable land (Cronos code 2610);
and
(b) temporary grasses and grazings (Cronos code 2680).
NB:The accuracy for cereals and rice is already fixed in Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26
March 1990.
The capital letters B, C, D, E, F and I refer to the headings in Annex II.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 12
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ANNEX V
SPECIFICATIONOFAREASANDPRODUCTSREFERREDTOINARTICLE6
NB:The capital letters B, C, D, I, J, K, L and O refer to headings in Annex II.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 13
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ANNEX VI
REGIONALLEVELSREFERREDTOINARTICLE6
Member States Regional breakdown by
Belgique — België Provinces — Provincies — Région wallonne — Vlaams
gewest
Danmark —
Deutschland Bundesländer
Ελλάδα Υπηρεσίες περιφερειακής ανάπτυξής (1)
España Comunidades autónomasFrance Régions de programme
Ireland —
Italia Regioni
Luxembourg —
Nederland Provincies
Österreich —
Portugal NUTS II (
1)
Suomi —
Sverige —
United Kingdom Standard regions
(1) Regional data have to be provided at the latest three years after this Regulation has come into force.
NUTS = Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 14
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ANNEX VII
DEADLINES FORINITIAL YIELD AND PR ODUCTION ESTIMATES OF SELECTED
PRODUCTSATNATIONALLEVEL(ARTICLE7(3))
NB:Data about cereals and rice are already collected in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC)
No 837/90 of 26 March 1990.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 15
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ANNEX VIII
AREAS OF MARGINAL, IMPORTANCE AND AREAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
REGULARSTATISTICALSURVEY
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ANNEX IX
The following Member States must include secondary areas in an annual statis-
tical survey:
— Greece
— Spain— Italy— Portugal.
For the definition of the secondary areas, see Annex I.1993R0959 — EN — 01.01.1995 — 001.001 — 17