Explanatory notes: NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero, N IS

A. Geographical situation of the holding

1. Survey district code

(a) Municipality or subsurvey district (2) code

2. Less-favoured area (2) Yes/no NR NR

(a) Mountain area (2) Yes/no NR NR

3. Agricultural areas with environmental restrictions Yes/no NR NR

B. Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey) N IS

1. Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by

(a) a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is independent? Yes/no

(b) one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the holding is a group holding (3)? Yes/no

(c) a legal person? Yes/no

2. If the answer to question B/1 (a) is yes, is the person (the holder) also the manager? Yes/no

(a) If the answer to question B/2 is ‘no’, is the manager a member of the holder's family? Yes/no NS NS

(b) If the answer to question B/2 (a) is ‘yes’, is the manager the spouse of the holder? Yes/no NS NS

3. Agricultural training of the managers (only practical agricultural experience, basic agricultural (4) code

C. Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system N IS

Agricultural area utilised:

1 For owner farming ha/a

2. For tenant farming ha/a

3. For share farming or other modes ha/a NE

5. Farming system and practises

(a) The utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic farming production methods are applied according to European Community rules ha/a

(d) The utilised agricultural area of the holding that are under conversion to organic farming production methods ha/a

(e) Is the holding applying organic production methods also to the animal production? totally, partly, not at all

(f) Direct investment aids to the holding in the framework of common agricultural policy during the last five years:

(i) Did the holding benefit directly from public aids within the framework of productive investments? (4) Yes/no NR NR

(ii) Did the holding benefit directly from public aids within the framework of rural development measures? (4) Yes/no NR NR

6. Destination of the holding's production:

(a) Does the household of the holder consume more than 50 % of the value of the final production of the holding? (4) Yes/no NS NR

(b) Do the direct sales to consumers account for more than 50 % of the total sales? (4) Yes/no NS NR

D. Arable land N IS

Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):

1. Common wheat and spelt ha/a NE

2. Durum wheat ha/a NE NE

3. Rye ha/a NE

4. Barley ha/a

5. Oats ha/a NE

6. Grain maize ha/a NE NE

7. Rice ha/a NE NE

8. Other cereals for the production of grain ha/a NS NE

9. Protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and pulses) ha/a NS NE

of which:

(e) Peas, field beans and sweet lupines ha/a NS NE

(f) Lentils, chick peas and vetches ha/a NE NE

(g) Other protein crops harvested dry ha/a NE NE

10. Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) ha/a

11. Sugar beet (excluding seeds) ha/a NE NE

12. Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds) ha/a NS NS

Industrial plants:

23. Tobacco ha/a NE NE

24. Hops ha/a NE NE

25. Cotton ha/a NE NE

26. Rape and turnip rape ha/a

27. Sunflower ha/a NE NE

28. Soya ha/a NE NE

29. Linseed (oil flax) ha/a NE NE

30. Other oil seed crops ha/a NE ME

31. Flax ha/a NE NE

32. Hemp ha/a NE NE

33. Other textile crops ha/a NE NE

34. Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants ha/a NS NS

35. Industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere ha/a NE NE

Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries :

14. Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover ha/a

of which :

(a) open field ha/a

(b) market gardening ha/a

15. Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover ha/a

Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) :

16. Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover ha/a NS NS

17. Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover ha/a

18. Forage plants :

(a) temporary grass ha/a

(b) other green fodder ha/a

of which:

(i) green maize (maize for silage) ha/a NS NS

(iii) other forage plants ha/a

19. Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed plants) ha/a

20. Other arable land crops ha/a

21. Fallow land without any subsidies ha/a

22. Fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes with no economic use ha/a NR NR

E. Kitchen gardens ha/a NS NS

F. Permanent grassland and meadow N IS

1. Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazing ha/a

2. Rough grazing ha/a

G. Permanent crops N IS

1. Fruit and berry plantations ha/a

(a) fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones (5) ha/a

(b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones ha/a NE NE

(c) nuts ha/a NE NE

2. Citrus plantations ha/a NE NE

3. Olive plantations ha/a NE NE

(a) normally producing table olives ha/a NE NE

(b) normally producing olives for oil production ha/a NE NE

4. Vineyards ha/a NE NE

of which normally producing:

(a) quality wine ha/a NE NE

(b) other wines ha/a NE NE

(c) table grapes ha/a NE NE

(d) raisins ha/a NE NE

5. Nurseries ha/a NS NS

6. Other permanent crops ha/a NE NE

7. Permanent crops under glass ha/a NE NE

H. Other land N IS

1. Non-utilised agricultural land (agricultural land which is no longer farmed, for economic, social or other reasons, and which is not used in the crop rotation system) ha/a

2. Wooded area (6) ha/a

3. Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) (7) ha/a

I. Successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation and set-aside of arable land N IS

1. Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops under glass) (8) ha/a NE NE

2. Mushrooms ha/a NS NS

3. Irrigated area

(a) total irrigable area ha/a NR

(b) cultivated area irrigated ha/a NS NR

4. Area subject to set-aside incentive schemes broken down by : ha/a NR NR

(a) fallow land with no economic use (already recorded under D/22) ha/a NR NR

(b) areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-food purposes (e.g. sugar beet, rape, non-forestry trees and bushes etc., including lentils, chick peas and vetches; already recorded under D and G) ha/a NR NR

(c) areas converted into permanent pasture and meadow (already recorded under F/1 and F/2) (4) ha/a NR NR

(d) former agricultural areas converted into wooded area or being prepared for afforestation (already recorded under H/2) (9) ha/a NR NR

(e) other areas (already recorded under H/1 and H/3) (9) ha/a NR NR

J. Livestock (on the reference day of the survey) N IS

1. Equidae Number of heads

Bovine animals:

2. Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female Number of heads

3. Male bovine animals, one but less than two years old Number of heads

4. Female bovine animals, one but less than two years old Number of heads

5. Male bovine animals, two years old and over Number of heads

6. Heifers, two years old and over Number of heads

7. Dairy cows Number of heads

8. Other cows Number of heads

Sheep and goats:

9. Sheep (all ages) Number of heads

(a) sheep, breeding females Number of heads

(b) other sheep Number of heads

10. Goats (all ages) Number of heads

(a) goats, breeding females Number of heads

(b) other goats Number of heads

Pigs:

11. Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kg Number of heads

12. Breeding sows weighing 50 kg and over Number of heads

13. Other pigs Number of heads

Poultry:

14. Broilers Number of heads

15. Laying hens (10) Number of heads

16. Other poultry Number of heads NS NS

of which

(a) turkeys Number of heads NS NS

(b) ducks Number of heads NS NS

(c) geese Number of heads NS NS

(d) other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere Number of heads NE NE

17. Rabbits, breeding females Number of heads NS NS

18. Bees Number of hives NS NE

19. Livestock, not mentioned elsewhere yes/no NS NS

K. Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment N IS

(1) On day of survey, belonging exclusively to the holding

1. Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers by power rating (kW) (4) Number

(a) < 40 (11) Number

(b) 40 to < 60 (11) Number

(c) 60 to < 100 (11) Number

(d) 100 and more (11) Number

2. Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers (4) Number NS NS

3. Combine harvesters (4) Number

9. Other fully mechanised harvesters (4) Number

10. Irrigation equipment (4) yes/no NE

(a) if yes, is the equipment mobile (4) yes/no NE

(b) if yes, is the equipment fixed (4) yes/no NS NE

(2) Machinery used in the last 12 months, used by several holdings (belonging to another holding, to a co-operative or owned jointly with other holdings) or belonging to a service supply agency

1. Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers by power rating (kW) (4) yes/no

2. Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers (4) yes/no NS NS

3. Combine harvesters (4) yes/no

9. Other fully mechanised harvesters (4) yes/no

L. Farm labour force (in the 12 months preceding the day of the survey)

Statistical information is collected for each person, working on the holding, belonging to the following farm labour force categories in a way allowing multiple crossing with each other and/or with any other survey characteristics

1. Holders

In this category are found: — Natural persons: — sole holders of independent holdings (all persons who have answered ‘yes’ to question B/1(a)) — the partner on group holdings that has been identified as being the holder — Legal persons

The following information is recorded for each natural person mentioned above: N IS

— The gender

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

0 %, > 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

1 (a). Managers In this category are found: — the managers on independent holdings, including spouses and other members of the holders' families who are also manager; that is where the answer is ‘yes’ to either B/2 (a) or B/2 (b), — the partners on group holdings who have been identified as managers, — the managers on holdings where the holder is a legal person. (The managers who are at the same time sole holders or partners identified as being the holder of a group holding are recorded only once, that is, as a holder in category L/1).

The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above: N IS

— The gender

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

2. Spouses of holders In this category are found the spouses of sole holders (the answer to question B/1 (a) is ‘yes’) who are not included in L/1, nor included in L/1 (a) (they are not managers: the answer to question B/2 (b) is ‘no’)

The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above: N IS

— The gender

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

0 %, > 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

3 (a). Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for the holding: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/2)

3 (b). Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for the holding: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/2)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each person of the categories mentioned above: N IS

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over (4)

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

4 (a). Non-family labour regularly employed: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1a, L/2 and L/3)

4 (b). Non-family labour regularly employed: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1a, L/2 and L/3)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each of the categories mentioned above N IS

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 and over, (4)

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according to the classification:

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker N IS

5 + 6. Non-family labour employed on a non regular basis: male and female Number of working days

7. Does the holder who is also the manager have any other gainful activities?

— as his/her major occupation ? Yes/no

— as a subsidiary occupation ? Yes/no

8. Does the sole holder's spouse have any other gainful activity:

— as his/her major occupation ? Yes/no

— as a subsidiary occupation ? Yes/no

9. Does any other member of the sole holder's family engaged in the farm work of the holding have any other gainful activity? If ‘yes’, how many have other gainful activities:

— as his/her major occupation ? Number of persons

— as a subsidiary occupation ? Number of persons

10. Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work during the 12 months preceding the day of the survey, not included under L/1 to L/6, undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by the holding (e.g. contractors' employees) (12) Number of days N IS

M. Rural development

Other gainful activities on the holding (other than agriculture), directly related to the holding

(a) tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities Yes/no

(b) handicraft Yes/no NS

(c) processing of farm products Yes/no NS NE

(d) wood processing (e.g. sawing, etc.) Yes/no NS

(e) aquaculture Yes/no NS

(f) renewable energy production (wind energy, straw burning, etc.) Yes/no NS NE

(g) contractual work (using equipment of the holding) Yes/no