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COUNCILDIRECTIVE
of31July1972
layingdownadditionalprovisionsconcerningsurveysofpigproductiontobemadeby
MemberStates
(72/281/EEC)
herds,itisnecessarytosubdividecertainofthe
territorialdivisionsreferredtoinArticle5(4)ofthe
Directiveof27March1968;
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Whereas,inorderthatitmaybeascertainedwhether
thesurveymethodsusedhavebeengivingaclear
pictureoftheconstantdevelopments inthepig
farmingindustry,aprogressreportshouldbe
submittedfromtimetotime;
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof27March
19681concerningsurveysofpigproductiontobe
madebyMemberStates,andinparticularArticle9
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasexperiencegainedinimplementing the
Directiveof27March1968hasshownthatMember
States'methodsoforganizingsurveysandpreparing
forecastsneedtobestandardized ;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthatitiseasierto
compareresultsifthereturndateforsurveysofpig
populationisspecifiedaspreciselyaspossible;
Whereas,asthestructureofthepigfarmingindustry
changesveryquickly,itisnecessarythata
breakdownofresultsofthesurveysbysize-of-herd
classbemadeatleasteverytwoyears;
Whereastheresultsofsurveysmustbeforwardedas
quicklyaspossibleandamaximumtimelimitfor
forwardingthemshouldthereforebefixedforthwith,
withaprovisionforthistimelimittobereduced
afteraperiodofadaptation;
Whereas,sincetherearetobenofurthercomplete
Communitycensuses,appropriatemeasuresmustbe
takenasregardssamplingcriteriatoavoid
deteriorationintheresultsofsamplesurveys;
Whereas,inorderthatabetterpicturemaybe
obtainedoftheregionaldistributionofnationalpig1.ForDecember,AprilandAugust,surveysas
providedforinArticle1(1)(a)oftheDirectiveof27
March1968shallrelatetothenumberofpigspresent
ononeofthefirstthreedaysofthemonthin
question.
2.However,inthecaseoftheAprilandAugust
surveys,thereturndatemaybethatonwhichthe
surveyiscarriedout,providedthatsurveysare
carriedoutwithinthefirstsixdaysofthesemonths.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshallatleasteverytwoyears,
startingin1973,makeabreakdownoftheresultsof
theirDecembersurveysbysize-of-herdclassestobe
definedbytheCommissionincooperationwiththe
MemberStates.
2.However,aMemberStatewhichobtainsresults
brokendownbysize-of-herdclassfromsomeother
nationalsurveycarriedoutduringtheyearofreturn
may,atleastuntil1975,continuetousesuchresults. 1OJNoL76,28.3.1968,p.13.

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Article3 Article6
Everythreeyears,startingin1975,theCommission
shallsubmittotheCouncilareportonthe
experiencegainedinsurveyingandforecastingpig
production .Thetimelimitforforwardingtheresultsreferredto
inArticle4(3)oftheDirectiveof27March1968
shallbetenweeksfromthereturndateofthesurvey.
AftertwoyearstheCouncil,actingonaproposal
fromtheCommissionandvotinginaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)ofthe
Treaty,mayreducethistimelimit.Article7
Article4MemberStatesshalltaketheappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatwitheffectfromDecember1972surveys
ofpigpopulationarecarriedoutinaccordancewith
therequirementsofthisDirective.
TheyshallforthwithnotifytheCommissionofthe
measurestaken.MemberStatesshall,insofarastheyareable,take
suchmeasuresinrelationtosamplingcriteriaasthey
considerappropriatetomaintainthequalityofthe
resultsofsurveys.
Article8Article5
Theterritorialdivisionsreferredtoir¥Article5(4)of
theDirectiveof27March1968shallbesubdividedin
theMemberStatesasfollows:
Regierungsbezirke
régionsdeprogramme
regioniThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,31July1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERPGermany:
France:
Italy:
Belgium:
Luxembourg :
Netherlands :provinces/provincies