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–Reportonexperienceacquiredduringthefirstsurveyscarried
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out"bytheMemberStatesinordertodeterminetheproduction
potentialofplantations ofcertaintypesoffruittrees
«-submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncilinconformitywith
Article8oftheCouncilDirectiveof26July1971(71/286/EEC)
asamendedbyArticle2oftheCouncilDirectiveof10April1974
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'PRODUCTION
1.The directivo adopted ,bytheCouncil on26July1971 (71/286/EEC)*
requires inArticle 8that x ^
"TheCommission shall submit totheCouncil ,by1January 1976 ,areport ||
onexperience acquired during thefirst surveys ;theCommission shall also i|
provide theCouncil ,from 1January 1977 2),with annual reports onthesubject !
ofArticles 5and6.TheCommission shall ,where appropriate ,submit proposals
totheCouncil with aview tothehaxmonisation ofthemethods used bythe l'em-
bei*States .TheCouncil shall actontheBe proposals inaccordance with the j
voting procedure laid dovm inArticle 43(2)oftheTreaty ", ■>
2>Inaccordance with this provision ,theCommission submits totheCouncil this
report ontheeffectiveness theDirective inpermitting medium term forecasts
oftheproduction potential ofcertain species offruit orchards tobetasde .The
report describes experience acquired during thefirst survey rnddraws therefrom
certain conclusions forharnonisation ofthemethods used bytheMember States for
theorganisation ofthesurvey .Necessary minor changes intechnical d6to.il tothe ;j
surveys mayinthefuture beappropriate under asimpler procedure involving eonsidc-j
ration anddecision bytheStanding Commit teeforAgricultural Statistics 3). ••' I
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TBCTTVES _1 FL.,. ...... ...... R. F
3.Theobjective oftheDirective istoprovide theCommission with information
ontheproduction potential ofcertain spooies offr-uit trees (dessert apples , j
dessert pears ,peaches endoranges ),together with medium term estimation ofpro*
theCommission concerning thecommon organisation ofthemarket iafruit andvege­
tables .To .achieve this objective ,theDirective provides forthefollowing statis­
tical surveys andestimates tobeundertaken »
•4«AlltheMember States oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted have conducted
their first quinquennial survey ,themost recent national survey being undertaken
inJune 1974 *TheCommission hasnotyetreceived notification from allMember
States ofareas ofclearings andonnewplantations andwill report annually inmore j
detail onthese notifications from 1January 1977 asrequired under Article 8.flhis
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report will concentrate ontheexperience acquired during thefirst surveys on
plantations , -, .< • ,||Suction andmarket supply which arenecessary toperform thetask oonferred upon
,A)quinqutnnial surveys onplantations offruit trees
B)annual estimates ofareas offruit trees cleared
C)annual details ofareas ofnewplantations offruit trees- (.
·."■ 1 ·"■ 1'■ ■ '[V"!' .ΊIII,1Γ I■
1)Ô.J. N0L179' ,9.8.197 *,p.21..
2)Dates prr-ended bytheCouncil Directive of10Aoril 1974
(74/195/i^O);fee?O.J. L101 ,11.44974 ,p.66*.■iii
3)TheStanding Ccmmittes forAgricultural Statistics wassetuplater ,by
Council Decision of31July 1972 (72/279/EEC)seeO.J. N°L179,7.3-1972 ,p.1.

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III.THERL'?JI.T3OFTim3TJRV1-T5
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5.TheMemberStateshavepublishedinful]theresultsoftheirownpurveyson
plantations andtheStatisticalOfficeoftheEuropeanCommunitieshaspublished
the.resultsatCommunitylevelinmmmarisedversionintheInternalInformation on
Agriculture "CropProduction"serie3N°2of1975*Cor.nr.anitysurveyonfruittreo
plantations (June1975)-Amothodolo ,rficalreportonthesurveymethodsendfore­
castingmodelwillbopublishedin1976togetherwiththesurveyresultsinmore
detail•(includingtheresultsfromthenewsurveyconductedinFranct.1974).
6.ThustheCommission,theresponsibleauthoritiesintheMemberStates,,the
professional organisations andallinterestedpersonsnowhiveavailablemoreand
muchimprovedinformationbyoomparisonwiththepositionpriorto197^twhenonly
certainoftheI'emberS+at^shadconductednationalsurveysoffruittreeplanta­
tionsandnotonauniformbasis.
IV.TITSACRTCULTURALSTATISTICS (WWTTTTn
7.The"VegetableProducts"WorkingPartyoftheAgriculturalStatisticsCommittee
oftheStatisticalOfficeoftneEuropeanCommunitieshasdiscussedtheresultsin
aseriesofbilateralmeetingsbetweentheCommissionandtheMemberStatesfrom
1971to1974concerningthecollectionofdata.Thereafterin1975muti]ateralmee­
tingsoftheWorkingPartyhavebeenheldinordertostudy
"inconsultation andstandingcollaboration withMemberStatestheresults
suppliedinaccordancewiththeDirective,thetechnicalproblemsraised,in
particularbypreparingandcarryingoutthosurveysandthenotificationsreferredtointheDirective'!andthesignificanceofthefindingsofthesur­
veysandnotifications "
■inconformitywithArticle7oftheDirective.
8.TheWorkingPartyha3examinedindetailthemethodsfollowedinindividual
KemberStates,evaluatedtheproblemsencounteredandwiththisexperiencehave
discussedimprovementsforfuturesurveys.ThosituationinthethreenewMember
Stateshasalsobeendiscussedinthecontextofthefirstapplicationthereofthe
Directivef<?rthenextsurveyin1977•
V.EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED
Adetailedaccountis.givenbelowoftheexperienoeaoquiredtogetherwith
'■propousalaforimprovementsintheapplicationoftheDirective ..

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,.'Sfii'vrsvsonpj.ioTisof*fruytuT'ogs
a)Dateofsurvey(Article1,paragi'aph1and4)
9.TheDirectiverequiredsurveystobecarriedoutin1972,exceptwhere
anyMemberStateshadcarriedoutsurvey3duringthotwoyear3preceding
theentryintoforceoftheDirectivei.e.atimespanofthreeyears.
SurveysinPrance,NetherlandsendBelgiumwereexecutedin1969/70«1971»
and1970respectively (Lnlgiumconductingasupplementary surveyondensity
classesandforupdatingpurposegin1972).Thosurvey'sinGermany,Luxem­
bourgandItalywerecarriedoutin1972,1973and1974respectively ,the
latterhavingrecoursetotheprovisionsofArticle1oftheamendingDi­
rective(74/195/F.SC)specifyingexecution"by30.Tune1974".Thefirst
surveys,epreaiovernearly5years,didnotprovidethe"synchronised
obr.ewation "aeorigin?llyenvisagedintheprear.bletotheDirective.
10.HoweverhadallthesurveysbeenconductedintheSpr?ngof1972,theresults
couldhavebeenseriouslyaffectedbytheclearingsundertakeninpcrsunnc©ofRegu­
lationEEJ/2517/69whichfurtherreferenceisjnatieb^low.In1974FranceandNe­
therlandsundertooknevxsurveysrecordingthesituationsubsequenttosuchclearing 1
policywhichterminatedinApril1973.Inconsequence ,resultswillshortlybe
availablewhicharebothupdatedandooveramuchshorteroveralltimeppan,being,
synchronised inrespectofmuchofthetotalorchardareaoftheCommunityasorigi­
nallyconstituted4).
11.Thetimeofyearwasnotspecifiedforthefirstsurveyin1972butthe
"Spring"wasspecifiedforsubsequentpurveys.Tulaistheidealr^farencedate
forcuzveyssinceitpermitsoptimumcoverageofseasonalchangesduetopostharvest
clearingsandautumn/winterplantings.Adateinmidwintermayintroducericksof
incompletecoverageofthenewestplantations.Theoperation*!dateforcarryingout
thefie]denryoydifferedinGermanyforreasonsofadministrative convenience,and
inFrancebecauceofthesurveymethodused.France,inordertoemploythemost
up-to-datesamplingframe(in.theabsenceofanannualcensus)carriedoutduring
thewinterasamplesurveyofthosefieldsrecordedunderorchardduringthenational
landutilisationsurveywhichisheldduringthosummer.IlemberStateswithasystem
ofannualagricultural censusesinSpringareablotousethiscensusasabasisfor
theirfruitplantationsurveys.
4)ThesurveyswifiertaTcenbyNetherlands,ItalyandFrancein1974covered4620C0ha,
i.e.9114%thetotalareaunderthefourspecieswithintheoriginalSix
Kc.mberStates.
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b)Scope ofsurvey (/article 1,para*rraph 2)
12.TheDirective specified
"allundertakings having anarea planted with thespecie3 offruit trees
referred toinparagraph 1provided that thearea covers atleast 1500 square
metres andthat thefruit produced areentirely ormainly intended forsals ".
(IntheFederal Republic ofGermany ,holdings with atleast 1000 oqunre metres une'er
orchard fruit have been surveyed ,andintheNetherlands holdings with atleast -
10S3Es (standard farming units ).InFrance ,where thebasic unit ofenumeration was
thefield endnottheholding (except fororange orchards ),theT-fsvlts CTrrpHed
referred toorchards with anarea equal toorgreater than 10ares belonging toagri­
cultural holdings provided that theproduction therefrom wassold .However the
survey covered thetotal area tinder orchard .Thenewsurvey conducted in1?74
hasrevealed that thefamily gardens (whether ornotbelonging toanagricultural
holding )contain appreciable areas planted with apples tree3 (28^ofthetotal ), .
pear trees (17$)aswell aswith peach trees ,thelatter toaEmail erextent (6/»)»
Theposition isbelieved tobesimilar forapple trees intheUnited Kingdom r-nd
even more important inGermany .However ,since thegreater part ofthese areas belongs
toprivate gardens which dorotregularly produce forsale ,itisnotrecommended
that they bebrought within thescope oftheDirective .
c)Complété enuiraration orsarnple survoy (Article 1,para^raph 3)
13.Asample ofholdings wasundertaken byItaly ,byFrance (inrespect oforanges )
andbyBelgium (forupdating andfordensity ofplantation information ),whilst the -
main species offruit trees inFrance were surveyed bycomplete enumeration inrcr.pect
oftheso-called "Ebxeptionnal Orchards "(important interns ofsize orlocal specia­
lisation onaspecific production )andbyrandom sample offields inrespect ofall
other orchards .Complete enumeration wa3carried outintheother Member States .
14»Infuture surveys ,more useofSfanpling maybeenvisaged ,especially onthe
smaller holdings with below 0,5fawoforchards ,which together contribute relatively
little tothe total area . •
d)Characteristics to^be noted (Article 2,paragraph l)
15»Themain varieties ,theage ,thedensity ofplantings were characteristics
required under theidrective uidthese were satisfactorily recorded .Inthecase of
irrigation ,since this isnotregularly practised infourMember States (Germany ,

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Belgium,LuxembourgandNetherlands),thequestionwasnotincludedinthequestion­
naire*-Ini'raacoandItalyitwasfounddifficultproperlytodefine"theregular •
weeofirrigation"}thesurveyresultsfailedtoindicatetheanticipatedtrsndto­
wardsagreaterpercentageofirrigationfororchardsofproductiveageorofhigher
5) 'density.
16,Byncntrarfc,varietyandplantingdensity,especiallyjnrespectofapple
trerts,havetarnshowntob^valur."bleyieldinfluencingcharacteristics ,asreftsctin^
thetr^nlninmcdernorchardpractice.Thedirectiverequiredbreakdowninto925®
classesand4densityclasses,whichwerespecified,theformeridenticalio**all
speciesar.dthelatterforallspeciesexceptoranges.Theresultsshowth-'it,these
ageclassesarenet.optimalespeciallyforp*achtreesandoranges.Feaohtre^shave
arelativelyshortlifeof18to20years,endorangetreesarelativelylongl?.feof
50to60years.Thespecifieddensityclasseswerealnoprovedtobolesssatisfactory
forthosetworpeciesthanforpearBandapples.Forapplesfutureprovisionfora
furtherhigherdensityclassappearsdesirabletocovertheMostmodernintensive
plantations especiallyinBelgium
e)Additionalcharacteristics (Article2,paragraph2)
17•Additionalinformation onthefruittrees,eg.rootstocks.isconsideredtobe
unnecessaryforthepurposeoftheDirective,beingcloselylinkedtoplantingdensity#
Itmaybeevenundesirablehavingregardtothemanycrossclassifications whichcould
beinvolved,andwho.rosamplingisused,theresultinglargeerrorsforthesesnail
datacells.Howeverforotherpurposes,nomeMemberStatesincludeintheirnation?.!
questionnaires variousgeneralquestion!suchasstorar,^facilities,equipmentand
sales,aswellasareasplantedunlerotherspeciesoffruitandothercrops.
18.Aquestion011harvestedproductionforeachvariety)iasbeenfoundofvalue
intheUnitedKingdomandDenmark;iniTsnceasimilarquestionhasbeenaskedfor.
groupsofvarieties.Suchaquestionm?yhaveapplicationforyielddatainsomebut
notall,otherMemberStates,althoughinFranceitappendsthatitprovidesenunder­
estimation.Thissubjectwillbementionedunderparagraph27and28, ,'
f)sarplin.^errors (Article3»para^raph2)
19•TheDirectiverequiresthatforsurveysbyrandc.-nsampling
"I^ipb-irStatesshalltakeeverymeasuretoensure"thatsanplingerrorsc«vmotbe'*
morethan3/'fcrthevholeoftheareaplantedwithfruittr«.;esofeachapecies".
)Theinu.o.-cr.uc»nxfruitexperts,on.ragedbytheConnrjsr.icniticollaboration withthena­
tionalstatistic ;J.cfticftatoobeain-yielddata,.advisedthatitwasinappropriate to■
separater\on-irrii><vl?d areassincetheseaxeashavefavourablenaturalconditions
assuringhi/rhyields. , '
)Statisticaldotp.il«ofthist./pearedi-jcuus^dwithintheGtnndin^Committeefor
Agriculturalotatisticsinotunragriculturalsectors. >

InthetwoStateswhichusedsamplingthistargetlevelofsamplingaoouracywithin
68$confidencelimitswasachievedbyItalyforrllepeoierc,andbyFranoofor.apple
treesbuttherewasslightlyexceededforpeartreosandpeaohtrees,evenusingthe
largestsineofsamplewhichcanreasonablyboexpeotod.^
g)Timetableforthetransmiseion^of^formation(Article4»paragraph3)•
20.TheDirectivespecifiedthattheresultschouldbenotifiedtotheCommissionby
"atthelrteeteightmonthsaftercarryingoutthesurvey",andthesamplingerrors
"atthelatesttenmonths"afterwards.ThesedateswereobservedbyBelgium,Luxem­
bourg,ItalyandNetherlands,butnotbyFranceandGermanyfortechnicaldifficulties
wherethedelayswereaboutthreetimersthr>specification .
21.InordertoensurethatinformationioavailableattheCommunitylevelfor
policypurposeswithoutexcessive (lolr-y,aspecialeffortiscalledforiftheob­
jectivesoftheDirectivearetobeaehicjved,especiallywherethesurveyoperation
isundertakeninaMemberStateatatimedifferentdromthe"Spring"r^forenrqdate.
KJROSTATtabulation *:mightbegivenpriorityoverpddationalnationaltabulations.
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h)Resultsbyproductionarea(Ai'ticle/,paragraph2)
22.TheresultsforFruice,GermanyandItalyweresubmittedbymajorproduction
zoneswithbroadlyhomogenousecologicalandagricultural conditions,asdefinedby
theCommissionincooperationwiththeseMemberStates.InBelgium,Netherlands and
Luxembourgthorus-nltsweresubmittedatnationallevelasenvisaged..
B.Annualectin-ateaofareasoffrn.ittreesolenrecl(Article5)
23.r.emberStatesarerequiredannuallytomakeestimatesofthoareaclearedand
tonotifytheresultsby31Julyofeachyear.ThishasbeendoneinBelgium,Germany,
ItalyandNethcrlau<?s ,mainlyusingestimatesprovidedfromthestaffofAgricultural .
Ministries,andinthecaseofBelgiumalsobasedupondeclarations intheannual
generalcensusofagriculture.InthecaseoftheNetherlands andFrance,whereclea­
ringssubsequenttotheirfirstsurveyswereparticularly extensive,additionalsur­
veyswereundertakenin1974ontheirowninitiativewithoutthoCommissionhaving
7)recoursetotheprovision ??unlerparagraph2.
7)'If,withinaMemberState,theclearingreferredtoinparagraph1hasbeenparticular­
lyextensiveandifprecisodetailson-ehsir-ubjeotarelacking,theMemberStatecon­
cernedthall,attherequestandincoopcitationwiththeCommission,carryoutsurveys
inthespringofthefollowingyearon.the-extentofclearingcarriedoutonits
territorysincetholactsurveyonthearaesplantedwithfruittreesofthespecies
referredtoinArticle1(1).. r

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InFrance,theresultsoftheorchardstructuresurveywillprovide,bycomparison .
v;iththe1969survey,aglobalcoverageoftheclearingswhichhaveoccurredduring
thisperiod,andaspecialannualsurveyintoclearingshasnowbeenintroducedwith
effectfrom1975•Difficulties inmakingsuchestimatesarenotnormallyanticipated j
especiallyvhereaquestiononclearingscanbeintroducedintothepnnualgeneral |
agricultural census.
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2£.TheetatistiesobtainedfromapplyingtheclearingmeasuresunderRegulation |
EECN°2517/69havebeentakenintoconsiderationasrequiredunderparagraph3,but j
inrespectofthe79000hainvolved,onlyveryrudimentarydatawereavailable. j
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ThereforeaspecialstudyinoneMemberStatewasundertakeninordertocollectthej
informationsubsequently .ThoCommissionincooperationwiththenationalgovernment i
CC'.i- Ir.ir;sic.-neclthe"Pondsd'OrientationetdeRegalarisationdesMarchesAgric.oles"
(F.O.R.K.A.)toobtainbetterclearingstatisticsforFrance'onthebasisofdeclara­
tionsmadeuiu^erRegulation KEC/2517/69,InpossiblefutureCommunityscheme:.;
itvillbeimportanttoprovide,inadditiontothefinancialcontrolofsuchopera­
.tions,adequatestatisticaldetailsfortheclearingpolicytobeevaluated(especially
withregardtoitsstatisticaleffectbymajorvarietiesandageclassesonth6fruit
plantationsurveyresults).
C)Annualdetailsofrvr^ar.ofnowplant^.tiensoffrur'ttrees(Article6)
25.TheKemberStateshave,exceptforGermany,notregularlyprovidedthisinfor­
mationwhichisrequestedannuallyby31December.Theproblemsposedaretechnically
similarto"thoseunderArticle5inrespectofclearingstbutsmallerinmagnitude
sinceratesofplanting .5nthee&rly1970'ria:;indicate'-,fromtherecentbasicorchard
fruitpurveys(byGermany,ItalyandNetherlands whichgavedetailsinsingleyears
fortheyoungerorchards)arelowerthanpreviously.Itwouldbedesirablefor?!cmber .
Statestoconsiderintroducingtherequisitecuestionsintotheirgeneralannual
census(asnowoccursinNetherlandsr.ndBelgium)ormakingspecialsurveyprovisions
asinFrance. '
71•SIffTTIO.WS or«nrjFi:rf>IÎ7'îS(Article7)
26.TheCommission ,inreoperationwiththeI-err,berStateshasmadedetailedstudies
:ofthesignificanceofthesurveyresults,whichhaveb?enavailableatCoraiunityle­
velsinceJure1975*AttiresmeetingsinJulyendNovember1975theabovementioned
"VegetableProducts"WorkingPartyhasexaminedthesurveyresult3forforecasting
purocseL. ...

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27.Implicit/andthemostimportarriyobjcctivegoftheDireotivcasdescribedinthe
prerjnble,i3thecalculationofmediumtermestimatesoffuturefruitproductn.cnpo­
tential.Forthispurposedateonyieldsperhectareareessentialincombinationwit}
thestatisticalresultsfromtheareasurveys;
28.Suchyielddata,withtheessentiala^e,varietyanddensityvariable?',ware
originallylackinginalmostallMemberStates.IntheNetherlands ,however,euch
datawareavailablefromalon£andextensiveseriesoforchard,productionrecordsand
hasbeenusedtoproduceaforecastof"normal"futureproductionto1930.Francehas
establishedsince1971anannualsurveyof"yieldobservations "onasampleofor­
chardsinordertodevelopitscropforecasts.Elsewhere,20nationalfruitexperts
havebeenengagedbytheCommissionunderstudycontractwhichprovidethisdata
withintheraoinproductionzones,usingvariousmethodsappropriatetotholocalcon­
ditions,Initiallyyisldcurvesweredrawnupbasedupongeneralexperiencefromex­
perimentalfruitstations;latermoreobjectivesurveymethodswerealsoused.
29.Theyieldjatahasbeenexaminedbytherepresentatives oftheCommissionand
theMemberStatesinaseriesofmeetings.Thestatisticalservicesinseverall'ember
Stateshaveestablishedorareconsideringestablishingwiderbasedyielddatacollec­
tionsystems.Considerable improvement canboexpectedinfuturefromthesemeasures
fortheforecastsofCommunityfruitproductionpotentialwhichwillbecalculated
usingthemodeldevelopedbytheCommissionincooperationwiththeMemberStates.
Inadditionspecialsensitivitystudieshavebeencommissioned at
universities intheUnitedKingdomandGermany.Theresultsofthosestudiesare
expectedinearly1976.
VII.'FIK(Article9)
30.Itwa3intendedthatexpenditure byMemberStatesonthefirstsurveysofplan­
tationsbereimbursedinpartfromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanGuidanceand
GuaranteePund,uptoamaximumofJOB300unitsofaccountintotal.Infact,atotal
of729900unitofaccountswereactuallypaidowingtoaslightadjustmentinthesub­
sequentexchangerates.Itwasnowconsiderodappropriatetoreimbursefromthenormal
budgetoftheCoir-nissirm (up.toamaximumof3&4^00U.C.in1977and896000U.C.
in1978)partoftheexpenditureonthe1977surveysvrhichwill,forthefirsttime,
befullysynchronisedsurveysfortheCommunityandwillincludethethreerev;Member
States.

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31.Itmay "bestated that s
(1)theDirective hasmetitsmain objective inpermitting calculations offuture
production potential to "bemade .Amajor advance hasbeen made inrespect of
theinformation onareas offruit tree plantations andisbeing made inrespect
ofthecollection ofunit yield data .Thefull benefit will only beobtainod ,
however ,when further surveys have been conducted inthequinquennial series .
(2)Certain ,limitations inthetiming ofthefirst survey arising from thederoga­
tions under .Article 1,paragraph 4findunder Article 9a(byArticle 1ofthe19'4
Amending Directive of10Apriy ;were ofatemporary nature applicable tothe
initial operation oftheDirective .
(3)ThePi^eoiive ,ofproved value overall ,canbeimproved indetails ;itisdesi­
rable topermit seme flexibility toaccommodate changing conditions inthefruit
orcaardF oftheCommunity .
(4)Theminor changes ondetails canbest beintroduced bycontinued close colla­
boration with thetechnical services oftheMember States byfollowing the
simpler procedure ofanOpinion given bytheStanding Committee forAgricultural
Statistics .TheCommission will therefore propose totheCouncil amendments for
theDirective . '

Fin.-ncial sîrw-.ie'.ifc "
Appendix totheReport totheCouncil onexperience acquired during the
firit surveys carried out b,ytheMemoorStates inorder todetermine the
production potential ofplantations ofcertain types cffruit trees .
Tit!!crv.f\pnrp oseof <-yrycjr
Pruit Orchard Survey 1977 »v;ith theobject ofmaking medium terra forecasts
eftheproduction potential cfapples ,pears ,peaches sc-ldorange e.
2.Ori -in
Directive oftheCouncil ,26July 1971 (7l/286/EEC).
3.Jurtifi crtio »
' kcrw*MTMM .«.ait.i)ww
The1977 survey will "bethefirst to "beundertaken "bythethree newMember
States inthe context cfthe Directive .
The1977 survey will hethefirst survey to "besynchronised forallthe
Member States oftheCommunity (those financed earlier bein£ spread outever
atime period of5years between 19^9 and1974 )•
4.Allv-crvticn ind rstiTvrfcion ofcos?t .
Itisanticipated that theexpenditure incurred bythoMember States shell
boreimburned inpart bytheCommission ataflat rate from thebudget 'credits for
statistical studies andenquiries (article 26*0 for1977 (385000units of
account )and1978 (895000units ofaccount ).
' ...... .'The1971 Directive proposed atotal of729900
units cfaccount for533200hectares inthesixMember States ,i,e ,1,37u.a .
perhectare .Thepresent proposals represent 1230COOu.a .for541000hecta­
resinthenine Member States ,i.e. 2,37 u.a./hain1977 allowing forinfla­
tion during this period . • ■ /
Inthe1971Directive ,areimbursement ataflatrate of7u.&./haoffruit
plantation actually covered bythesurvey (any12u.a./hain1977)up tothemaxirrrim
WK-unt , proposed fortheMember States carrying 1outthesurveys by
random sampling .