NoL25/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.1.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of20December 1977
layingdownthestandardcodeandthedetailedrulesforthetranscriptiononto
magnetictapeofthedataofthesurveyonthestructureofagriculturalholdings
for1977
(78/73/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3228/76of21December1976ontheorganizationof
asurveyfor1977onthestructureofagriculturalhold­
ings(*),andinparticularArticle6(1)thereof,
WhereastheequipmentwhichtheCommissionhas
availableforanalyzingtheresultsofthestructures
surveyfor1977andtheneedforitsrationaluse
requirethatastandardformatbeprescribedforthe
transcriptionofthedataontomagnetictape;
Whereasthisstandardformatshouldasfaraspossible
facilitatecomparisonwiththeCommission'sanalyses
oftheresultsofthestructuressurveyfor1975and
shouldavoidunduecomplexityofstructure;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonAgriculturalStatistics,HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Thestandardcodeandthedetailedrulesforthetrans­
criptionontomagnetictapeofthedataprovidedfor
inArticle6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3228/76are
setoutinAnnexes 1,2,3and4hereto.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCommission
Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI
Vice-President
0)OJNoL366,31.12.1976,p.1.

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ANNEX 1
MAGNETIC TAPESPECIFICATION FORTHEDELIVERY TOTHESOECOFTHE
RESULTSOFTHE1977STRUCTURES SURVEY
1.TheinformationrecordedintheCommunityscheduleoftablesprovidedforinArticle6(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No3228/76istobedeliveredtotheSOECinthefollowingform:
(a)Onnine-trackmagnetictape/1600BPI(630bytes/cm)IBMstandardlabel.(Ifthisisnottech­
nicallypossible,specialarrangements aretobemadewiththeSOEC.)
(b)Ifslackbytesareincludedinthetape,theSOECmustbeinformed.
2.Thedataofindividualtablesaretobefurnishedinrowsinrecordsoffixedlength.Eachrecord
shallconsistoftwoparts:identificationwithfivezones(country,region,handicappedareastatus,
designationoftable,tablerownumber)andinformation ,comprising12zonesofequallengthfor
transcriptionofarow.
3.Annex2gives,foreachofthezonesofsucharecord:
(a)thenumberofdigitsavailable;
(b)thepictureintheCOBOLprogramminglanguageappropriatetothisnumberofdigits—the
meaningsofthesymbolsusedforthevariouspicturesaregiveninparagraph8;
(c)thenumberofbytesrequiredforthispicture(onanIBM370);
(d)theconsecutivenumberingofthebytesforthezoneinquestion;
4.Annex3givesthecodestobeusedandthenumbersofcolumnsandrowsinthevarioustables.
5.Ifatablehaslessthan12columns,'0'mustbeenteredintheremainingzonesoftheinformation
part.
6.Recordsaretobesortedaccordingtothecodefortheregion,thecodeforhandicappedarea
status,thecodeforthetableandthenumberoftherow(inthatorder).
7.Ablockshallbedeterminedbythenumberofrecordsrequiredfortranscriptionforagiven
geographicalunitofthedatacontainedinallthetablesoftheCommunityscheduleoftablesafter
theadaptationssetoutinAnnex4.
Thusablockwillnormallyconsistof478records.Whereacountrydoesnotprovideinformation
onacompleteroworrowsofatableinvirtueofanexceptionprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)
No3228/76orCommissionDecision77/614/EEC(*),thecompleterecord(s)is/aredeletedand
theblocklengthforthatcountryreducedaccordingly .Wheretworowsaremergedthecombined
informationisenteredinthefirst(lowernumber)rowandtheotherrowdeleted.
8.Thesymbolsusedintheexplanationofthepicturehavethefollowingmeaning:
—'9': storageofnumericalvalueintheavailablebyte(thus,'99'meansstorageof
twonumericalvaluesintwobytes);
—'S9(9)Comp':storageofadecimalnumberwithuptonineplaces(withprefix)asabinary
fixedpointnumberinfourbytes(i.e.inafullword);
—'S9(4)Comp':storageofadecimalnumberwithuptofourplaces(withprefix)asabinary
fixedpointnumberintwobytes(i.e.inahalf-word).
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ANNEX2
DETAILED PROVISIONS FORTHETRANSCRIPTION OFTABLESOFDATA
Number
ofdigitsCobol
pictureNumber
ofbytesBytes
from...to...
Row:
Identification part:
(1)Country1 9 1 1
(2)Region 3 999 3 2-4
(3)Handicapped areastatus1 9 1 5
Thecodesofheadings(1),(2)and(3)
areestablishedjointlybytheSOEC
andtheMemberStateconcerned
(4)Designationoftable
(forcodesseeAnnex3) 2 99 2 6-7
(5)Rownumber(1) 3 999 3 8-10
Informationpart(2):
(6)Columnelement—1 9S9(9)Comp 4 11-14
(7)Columnelement—2 9S9(9)Comp 4 15-18
(8)Columnelement—3 9S9(9)Comp 4 19-22
(9)Columnelement—4 9S9(9)Comp 4 23-26
(10)Columnelement—5 9S9(9)Comp 4 27-30
(11)Columnelement—6 9S9(9)Comp 4 31-34
(12)Columnelement—7 9S9(9)Comp 4 35-38
(13)Columnelement—8 9S9(9)Comp 4 39-42
(14)Columnelement—9 9S9(9)Comp 443-46
(15)Columnelement—10 9S9(9)Comp 4 47-50
(16)Columnelement—11 9S9(9)Comp 4 51-54
(17)Columnelement—12 9S9(9)Comp 4 55-58

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ANNEX3
TABLEREFERENCE CODESANDNUMBERSOFCOLUMNSANDROWS(a)
TableNo Code Numberofcolumns Numberofrows
1 1 12 148
2(i) 2 10 9
2(ii) 3 10 9
2(iii) 4 10 9
2(iv) 5 10 9
2(v) 6 10 6
3rows1-12 7 12 9
3rows13.16 8 4 9
4(i) 9 10 11
4(ii) 10 10 11
4(iii) 11 10 11
4(iv) 12 10 11
5.1 13 10 15
5-2 14 10 15
5.3 15 10 15
5.4 16 10 13
5.5 17 10 13
5.6 18 10 14
6.1 19 9 13
6.2 20 9 14
6.3 21 9 13
6.4 22 8 13
6.5 23 9 12
6.6 24 10 12
6.7 25 10 12
6.8 26 9 12
7« 27 10 8
7(ii) 28 10 8
7(iii) 29 10 8
7(iv) 30 10 8
7(v) 31 10 8
(a)TablesofDecision77/614/EECasadaptedinAnnex4tothisDecision.

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ANNEX4
ADAPTATIONS FORTHEPURPOSES OFTRANSMISSION ONMAGNETIC TAPETO
THECOMMUNITY PROGRAMME OFTABLESSETOUTINDECISION 77/614/EEC
1.Table1:Invert.
2.Table2:AddonextracolumnTotal'between'100'andTotal>0'andsplitintofivesubta­
bles:
(i)'holdings:ninerowsand10columns,
(ii)'haAAtotal':ninerowsand10columns,
(iii)'haAAownerfarmed':ninerowsand10columns,
(iv)'haAAothermodes':ninerowsand10columns,
(v)'ageofholder':sixrows(nosplitbysizeofholding)and10columns.
3.Table3:Invert.
4.Table4:Splitintofoursubtables(J):
(i)'holdings':11rowsand10columns,
(ii)'totalarea':11rowsand10columns,
(iii)'woodland':11rowsand10columns,
(iv)'agriculturalarea':11rowsand10columns.
5.Table7:Invertandsplitintofivesubtables:
(i)'holdings':eightrowsand10columns,
(ii)'holdingsusingtractorsotherthanthoseinsoleownership':eightrowsand10
columns,
(iii)'haAA':eightrowsand10columns,
(iv)'arableland':eightrowsand10columns,
(v)'numberoftractorsowned':eightrowsand10columns.
(!)Otherland(I/01+1/03)obtainablebydifference.