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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on the organization of a series of surveys on the structure of 
agricultural holdings between 1988 and 1997 
COM(87) 243 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 June 1987) 
(87/C 179/03) 
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 from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas trends in the structure of agricultural holdings 
are an important factor in determining the development 
of the common agricultural policy; whereas the series of 
surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, carried 
out on a Community basis since 1966/67, should be 
continued; 
Whereas such trends cannot be examined at Community 
level unless comparable data are available for all the 
Member States; whereas it is therefore necessary to 
continue previous harmonization and synchronization 
efforts; 
Whereas, if at all possible, the characteristics, definitions 
and geographic units laid down for previous structure 
surveys should be retained; 
Whereas, in order to assess the situation of Community 
agriculture and monitor trends in agricultural structures, 
it is necessary to carry out at regular intervals statistical 
surveys in agricultural holdings which have a certain 
agricultural area utilized for farming or if they produce a 
certain proportion for sale or whose production exceeds 
certain physical thresholds; 
Whereas, in view of the variety of statistical services in 
the Member States, the efficiency of sample survey 
methods and the necessity to obtain reliable information 
at reasonable cost, Member States should be allowed to 
decide whether the surveys they carry out are of a full or 
sample type, on condition that the results of the sample 
surveys are reliable at the various levels of aggregation 
required. Whereas it is nonetheless necessary to carry out, at least 
every 10 years, a census (full survey) of all the agri­
cultural holdings in order to update the basic registers of 
holdings and the other information required for the 
stratification of sample surveys; 
Whereas, when the procedures to be employed for the 
Community census in 1989/90 are determined, account 
must be taken as far as possible of the recommendation 
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 
Nations (FAO) regarding a world census of agriculture 
to be conducted sometime around 1990; 
Whereas, for the requirements of agricultural policy, it is 
necessary to provide the statistical offices of the Member 
States and the Commission with a new system of 
analyzing the data and disseminating the results of the 
surveys which is more flexible and rapid than the 
previous one, while alleviating the workload of the 
Member States; 
Whereas individual data are subject to statistical 
confidentiality; 
Whereas it is necessary, in implementing this new 
system, both 
— to give adequate consideration to the confidentiality 
of individual data in conformity with the legislation 
of each Member State and the joint position adopted 
by the Directors-General of the national statistical 
offices and, 
— to ensure close cooperation between the Member 
States in the analysis of the data; 
Whereas the coordinating role of the Statistical Office of 
the European Communities is necessary to ensure 
uniform analysis of the results obtained and to meet the 
Community requirements for information in the field in 
question; 
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whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the 
provisions of thisRegulation,close cooperation between 
the Member States and the Commission should continue, 
in particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural 
Statistics ^SC^AS^ set up by council decision ^B^^B 
EEC^^ 
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As part of the programme of statistical surveys of the 
European Economic Community, Member States shall, 
between r^ and r^Bu carry out surveys on the 
structure of the agricultural holdingsintheir territories, 
hereinafter referred to as ^surveys5The reference periods 
of these surveys are set out in Articles^and^. 
In accordance with the fAC^ recommendation for a 
world census of agriculture, Member States shall carry 
outabasic survey in one or more stages in the form ofa 
generalcensus t^full surveys of all agriculturalholdings, 
between 1 Mecember 1^ and ^ March l^P^ it shall 
relate to thecropyearcorrespondingtothe croptobe 
harvested in 1^ or 1^0 
Member States may use a random sample survey for 
certain characteristics. The results obtained by random 
sampling shall be extrapolated. 
However, Member States may shift forward or back the 
reali^ationof the basic survey by P^monthsatmost,in 
which case they shall carry out a sample survey in 
additiontothebasicsurvey,relatingtooneof thecrop 
years. 
The following surveys on the structure of agricultural 
holdings shall be carried out in one or more stages in the 
form of full or random sample surveys^ 
^between t Loecember t^^ and ^ March t^^t, 
covering the cropyear corresponding to the cropto 
be harvested in r^^ structure survey 1^^^ 
^between t Loecember P^^ and t March P^^D, 
covering thecropyearcorrespondingtothe cropto 
be harvested in t^^ ^structure survey 1^^ and 
^between t laecember t^D and 1 March 1^, 
covering thecropyear corresponding tothecropto 
be harvested in r^^ ^structure survey r^^. 
^00]^oLt^,^^t^^Dt ArrAA^ 
Member States conducting sample surveys shalltake the 
necessary steps to obtain reliable results at the various 
levels of aggregation required,which are as follows^ 
^ for the basic surveys the regions and districts referred 
to in Article ^ ^lessfavoured agricultural arcas^ 
within the meaning of Article^of Council foirective 
^B^D^BEEC^ and ^mountain areas^ within the 
meaning of paragraph^of Article ^^particular types 
of farming, within the meaning of Commission 
decision ^B^BEEC^, in so far as they are 
locally important 
d^ for the subsequent surveys^ the regions referred to in 
Article ^glessfavoured agricultural areas^within the 
meaningof Article^of lOirective^B^D^BEEC^and 
^mountain areas^within the meaning of Article^^^ 
particular types of farming, within the meaning of 
Commission Precision ^B^^BEEC^, in so far as they 
are locally important. 
Por the purposes of applying this Regulations 
^ ^r^^r^^^^shall mean a single unit, both 
technically and economically, which has a single 
management and which produces agricultural 
products^ 
^ ^r^^r^^r^^^^^r^r^^^shallmeanthe 
total area taken up by arable land, permanent 
pasture and meadow,land used for permanent crops 
and kitchen gardens. 
ArrADA^ 
The surveys shall over^ 
^ agricultural holdings where the agricultural area 
utilised for farming is one hectare or more^ 
^ agricultural holdings where the agricultural area 
utili^edforfarmingisless thanonehectare,if they 
produce a certain proportion for sale or if their 
production unit exceeds certain physical thresholds. 
However, Member States who use a different survey 
threshold committhemselves to filing this threshold ata 
level excluding only the smallest holdings which together 
contributel^Bo or less to the total standard gross margin 
r^StGM^, within the meaning of roecision^B^^BEEC^ for 
the Member State concerned 
Arr^B 
P In the case of combined crops, the agricultural area 
utilised for farming shall be allocated between the 
various crops in proportion to the amount of land the 
latter take up. 
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The procedure for this allocation and, if appropriate, the 
exceptions to the general rule will be settled by the 
Member States in agreement with the Commission. 
Furthermore, the area used for combined crops shall also 
be recorded separately from the utilized agricultural area 
(AA) in accordance with the groupings listed in Annex 1. 
2. The area used for secondary succesive crops shall 
be recorded separately from the 'agricultural area used 
for farming'. 
The secondary successive crops shall be enumerated in 
accordance with the groupings listed in Annex 1. 
Article 8 
1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to 
ensure that the information collected in the 1988/1991 
surveys relates to the characteristics listed in Annex 1. 
The list of characteristics to be used in the 1993 to 1997 
surveys shall be laid down in accordance with the 
procedure set out in Article 13. 
2. The definitions relating to the characteristics and to 
the regions and districts shall be those laid down in 
Commission Decision 83/461/EEC ('), as amended by 
Decisions 85/622/EEC (2) and 85/643/EEC (3); any 
amendments shall be approved in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 13. 
3. Where, for the purpose of applying the Community 
typology for agricultural holdings in certain Member 
States, standard gross margins have been established 
relating to subdivisions of certain characteristics listed in 
Annex 1, the Member States concerned shall collect all 
the information necessary to permit the application of 
these standard gross margins. 
Article 9 
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to carry 
out the survey in their territories. In particular they shall: 
(a) devise questionnaires appropriate to the collection of 
the information provided for in the characteristics 
listed in Annex 1; 
(b) check whether the questionnaires have been 
completed in full and whether the replies are 
credible; where necessary and as far as possible, they 
shall complete missing data and correct inaccurate 
data. 
(') OJ No L 251, 12. 9. 1983, p. 100. 
(2) OJNoL379, 31. 12. 1985, p. 15. 
O OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1986, p. 61. Article 10 
Member States shall forward to the Statistical Office of 
the European Communities the information obtained 
from the census and sample surveys with the procedure 
described in Annex 2, called 'EUROFARM Project'. 
Article 11 
Member States shall supply the Statistical Office of the 
European Communities with any information it may 
require of them regarding the organization and 
methodology of the surveys covered by this Regulation; 
in particular, they shall provide details of the timetable 
for the data collection operations in the field. 
Article 12 
The Statistical Office of the European Communities shall 
be responsible for disseminating the tabular results of the 
survey in collaboration with the Member States. The 
forms which this collaboration may take shall be agreed 
by the appropriate committees and working parties. 
Article 13 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is 
invoked, the matter shall be referred to the Standing 
Committee for Agricultural Statistics (hereinafter 
referred to as 'the Committee') by its chairman, either on 
his own initiative or at the request of the representative 
of a Member State. 
2. The Commission representative shall submit to the 
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
Committee shall give its opinion on that draft within a 
time limit set by the chairman having regard to the 
urgency of the matter. Opinions shall be deliverd by a 
majority of 54 votes, the votes of the Member States 
being weighted as provided in Article 148 (2) of the 
Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 
3. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall 
take immediate effect. However, if these measures are 
not in accordance with the Committee's opinion, the 
Commission shall submit them forthwith to the Council; 
in this case, the Commission may defer application of the 
measures it has adopted for not more than one month 
from the date of their submission to the Council. 
The Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a 
different decision within one month. 
Article 14 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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. 
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ANNEX 1 
LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS 
A. Geographical situation of the holding 
01 Survey district 
02 Less-favoured area yes/no 
(a) Mountain area yes/no 
B. Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey) 
01 Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by a natural 
person? yes/no 
02 If yes, is this person (the holder) also the manager? yes/no 
(a) If the answer to question B/02 is 'no', is the manager a member of the 
holder's family? yes/no 
03 Manager's agricultural training 
— only practical experience yes/no 
— primary * yes/no 
— secondary yes/no 
— higher yes/no 
04 Are accounts kept for the liolding? yes/no 
05 During the 10 years before the survey, has the holding had a development plan or 
a plan for materially improving the holding with public financing? yes/no 
C. Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and fragmentation of the holding (in 
relation to the holder) 
Agricultural area utilized: ha/a 
01 for owner farming / 
02 for tenant farming / 
03 for share farming or other modes / 
04 number of parcels making up the utilised agricultural area (') / 
D. Arable land 
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed) 
01 Common wheat and spelt 
02 Durum wheat 
03 Rye 
04 Barley 
05 Oats 
06 Grain maize 
07 Rice 
08 Other cereals ha/a 
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ of which: 
irrigated 
area (2) 
ha/a 
/ 
/ 
(') Optional for the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ireland and Denmark. 
(2) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
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ha/a 
09 Dried vegetables for the production of grain (including seed 
and mixtures of cereals and dried vegetables) I .... 
(a) of which as pure crops for fodder: peas, broad and field 
beans, vetches, sweet lupins /.... 
(b) other (as pure or mixed crops) /.... 
10 Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes) I .... 
11 Sugar beet (excluding seeds) I .... 
12 Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds) I .... 
13 Industrial plants (including seeds for herbaceous oil-seed plants; 
excluding seeds for fibre plants, hops, tobacco and other 
industrial plants) /.... 
of which: 
(a) tobacco /.... 
(b) hops /.... 
(c) cotton O I .... 
(d) other oil-seed plants or fibre plants and other industrial 
plants 
(i) oilseeds (total) I .... 
of which: 
— rape and turnip rape /.... 
— sunflower (') /.... 
— soya (') .1 .... 
(ii) aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants (5) I .... 
(iii) other industrial plants /.... 
of which: 
— sugar-cane (4) I .... 
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries: 
14 — outdoor or under low 
(not accessible) protective cover I .... 
of which: 
(a) open field /•••• 
(b) market gardening /.... 
15 — under glass or other (accessible) protective cover I .... 
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries): 
16 — outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover I ... 
17 — under glass or other (accessible) protective cover I ... 
18 Forage plants: /••• 
(a) temporary grass /••• 
(b) other /••• of which: 
irrigated 
area (') 
ha/a 
(') Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
(2) Optional except for Greece, Spain and Italy. 
(J) Optional for the United Kingdom. 
(4) Optional except for Spain and Portugal. 
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ha/a 
19 Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried 
vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed plants) /.... 
20 Other arable land crops /.... 
21 Fallow land /.... 
E. Kitchen gardens (') /.... 
F. Permanent pasture and meadow (2) /.... 
01 Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings /.... 
02 Rough grazings /.... 
G. Permanent crops 
01 Fruit and berry plantations /.... 
(a) fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones /.... 
(b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones (3) /.... 
(c) nuts (3) I .... 
02 Citrus plantations I .... 
03 Olive plantations /.... 
(a) normally producing table olives /.... 
(b) normally producing olives for oil production /.... 
04 Vineyards /•••• 
of which normally producing: 
(a) quality wine /•••• 
(b) other wines /•••• 
(c) table grapes /•••• 
(d) raisins (4) /•••• 
05 Nurseries /•••• 
06 Other permanent crops /•••• 
07 Permanent crops under glass (5) /•••• of which: 
irrigated 
area (') 
ha/a 
H. Other land 
01+03 Unutilized 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) and other 
land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, 
ponds, quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) 
(') Optional for the United Kingdom. 
(2) Italy and Greece may merge heading 01 with heading 02. 
(') Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
(4) Optional except for Greece and Spain. 
(s) Optional except for Portugal. 
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02 Wooded area 
of which: 
(a) non-commercial (3) 
(b) commercial (3) 
and/or 
(c) deciduous (3) 
(d) coniferous (3) 
(e) mixed (3) ha/a of which: 
irrigated 
area (') 
ha/a 
I. Combined and successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation, greenhouses 
01 Successive secondary non-fodder crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops 
under glass) / 
of which: 
(a) cereals (D/01 to D/08) / 
(b) dried vegetables (D/09) / 
(c) oil seed plants (D/13 i) / 
(d) other successive secondary crops / 
02 Mushrooms / 
03 Irrigated area / 
04 Ground area covered by greenhouses in use / 
05 Combined (associated) crops (') / 
(a) Agricultural crops (including pasture and meadow) — Forestry species (2) / 
(b) Permanent crops — Annual crops (2) / 
(c) Permanent crops — Permanent crops (2) / 
(d) Other combined crops / 
J. Livestock (on the reference day of the survey) Number of 
head 
01 Equidae 
Bovine animals: 
02 Under one year old 
(a) maleC) 
(b) female (3) 
One year or over but under two years: 
03 Male animals 
04 Female animals 
Two years old and over: 
05 Male animals 
06 Heifers 
(') Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
C) Optional except for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal. 
(5) Optional. 
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Number of 
head 
07 Dairy cows 
08 Other cows 
Sheep and goats: 
09 Sheep (all ages) 
(a) ewes 
(b) other sheep 
10 Goats (all ages) 
(a) breeding females (') 
(b) other goats (') 
Pigs: 
11 Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms 
12 Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over 
13 Other pigs v 
Poultry: 
14 Broilers 
15 Laying hens 
16 Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea-fowl) 
17 Rabbits, breeding females (2) 
Number of 
hives 
18 Bees(3) 
19 Other livestock (3) yes/no 
(l) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
O Optional for the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland. 
(') Optional. 
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K. Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment 
01 Four-wheel tractors, track-laying 
tractors, tool carriers 
02 Cultivators, hoeing machines, 
rotary hoes and motor mowers (') 
03 Combine harvesters 
04 Forage harvesters 
05 Potato harvesters (fully 
mechanized) 
06 Sugar-beet harvesters (fully 
mechanized) 
07 Do you have fixed or movable 
milking equipment? 
08 Do you have a separate milking 
parlour? 
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holding 
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yes/no 
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(belonging to another holding, to 
a cooperative or owned jointly 
with other holdings) 
Or belonging to a service supply 
agency 
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(') Optinonal for Denmark. 
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L 07 If the holder is also the manager, does he have any other gainful activity: 
as his/her major 
occupation? 
as a subsidiary 
occupation? Tick as appropriate 
L 08 Does the holder's spouse, carrying out farm work for the holding, have any other gainful activity: 
as his/her major 
occupation? 
as a subsidiary 
occupation? Tick as appropriate 
L 09 Does any other member of the holder's family engaged in the farm work of the holding have any 
other gainful activity: 
as his/her major 
occupation? 
as a subsidiary 
occupation? Insert number of persons 
L 10 Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work, not included under L 01 to L 06, 
undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by the holding (e.g. contractors' 
employees) ('). 
Insert number of equivalent full-time working days during the 12 months 
preceding the day of the survey (2). 
L 11 Where the holder is 55 years or older, is there a successor in the family 
of the holder to take over the management of the holding? yes/no/not known 
(') Optional for Member States which are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at national level. 
(2) The United Kingdom is authorized to submit this information in equivalent working weeks. 
No C 179/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 8.7. 87 
ANNEX 2 
EUROFARM PROJECT 
Description and content 
1. The EUROFARM project is a set of data banks to be used for processing Community surveys on the 
structure of agricultural holdings for the requirements of national and Community agricultural policies. 
The project will be designed and implemented by the statistical services of the Member States and of 
the Commission, working in close consultation and with Commission support. 
2. The EUROFARM data banks are as follows: 
— The Individual Data Bank (BDI), which according to the preference of the Member States will 
contain either data on all holdings or data on a representative sample of the holdings surveyed 
which is sufficient to enable analyses to be carried out at the geographical level specified in Article 
4 of this Regulation. 
— The Tabular Data Bank (BDT), which will contain the survey results in the form of statistical 
tables. The contents of the BDT will be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 13 of this Regulation. 
Location of the data banks 
3. Except in the case of Federal Republic of Germany, the BDI for all Member States is located in a 
Commission processing centre. EUROSTAT is responsible for access to it and for its management. 
4. The BDT is housed in a Commission processing centre. 
Communication of the individual data to EUROSTAT 
5. Individual data will be supplied using a uniform code specified by EUROSTAT in agreement with the 
Member States and within time limits to be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 13 of this Regulation. 
6. By way of derogation, the Federal Republic of Germany will not forward individual data. It 
undertakes to centralize these date on a magnetic carrier in a single data processing centre, within 12 
months of completion of data collection in the field. 
Communication of the tabular data 
7. On the basis of the individual data supplied by the Member States EUROSTAT will compile: 
— tables intended for the BDT, 
— ad hoc tables as defined in paragraph 15. 
8. When the available data do not allow EUROSTAT to compile all or part of the tables mentioned in 
paragraph 7, the Member States undertake to supply: 
— the missing tables for the BDT within three months of the final date for supply of individual data 
referred to in paragraph 5, 
— ad hoc tables based on the characteristics mentioned in Annex I within time limits to be laid down 
after agreement between EUROSTAT and the Member States. 
9. Together with the individual data the Member States undertake to forward the checking tables which 
will be defined by EUROSTAT in concert with the Member States. 
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Confidentiality of individual data 
10. The individual data must be forwarded to EUROSTAT in an anonymous form which does not allow 
the holdings to be directly identified. 
11. The Commission will take suitable precautions within its data-processing system to safeguard the 
confidentiality of the data. 
12. Access to the individual data is restricted to the persons responsible within EUROSTAT for 
implementation of this Regulation. 
13. The tables referred to in paragraph 14 must not allow direct or indirect identification of holdings. 
Use of the data and dissemination of the results 
14. EUROSTAT undertakes to use the individual data communicated by the Member States for statistical 
purposes only, and to exclude all use for administrative ends. 
The individual data will be used in compiling: 
— the tables contained in the BDT, 
— the ad hoc tables. 
15. Ad hoc tables are those for which no provision has been made in the original Community programme 
fixing the content of the BDT, but whose compilation, on the basis of the characteristics indicated in 
Annex I, is requested in order to satisfy the information requirements of the Commission or the 
Member States. 
Coordination 
16. EUROSTAT and the Member States will establish a rapid consultation procedure with a view to: 
— ensuring the confidentiality and statistical reliability of the information prepared on the basis of the 
individual data, 
— informing the Member States of the use made of these data. 
The ad hoc tables compiled by EUROSTAT at the request of a Member State will be communicated to 
all the Member State for information.