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3.Theopinionshallberecordedintheminutes.In
addition,eachMemberStateshallbeentitledtoaskfor
itsownpositiontoberecordedintheminutes.
4.TheCommission shalltakemaximumaccountof
theCommittee'sopinionandshallinformtheCommittee
ofhowithastakenaccountofitsopinion.
Article17
Directive76/630/EECof20July1976onthestatistical
surveystobecarriedoutbytheMemberStatesonpig
productionshallceasetoapplyasfrom1January1994.Article18
TheMemberStatesshallintroducethelaws,regulations
andadministrativeprovisionsnecessarytocomplywith
thisDirectivenotlaterthan1January1994.
WhenMemberStatesadoptthesemeasures,theyshall
containareferencetothisDirectiveorshallbeaccom­
paniedbysuchreferenceontheoccasionoftheirofficial
publication .Themethodsofmakingsuchareference
shallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.
Article19
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveonthestatisticalsurveystobecarriedoutonsheepandgoat
production
(93/C18/09)
COM(92)578final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon18December1992)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
WhereasCouncilDirective82/177/EECof22March
1982onthestatisticalsurveystobecarriedoutbythe
MemberStatesonsheepandgoatproduction(')has
beenamendedseveraltimes;whereas,further
amendmentsbeingnecessary,theDirectivesshould,for
reasonsofclarity,berecastinasingletext;
Whereasitisimportanttofollowthetrendinthe
structureoftheagriculturalholdingsintheMember
States;
Whereas,inordertoensurethatthecommonagri­
culturalpolicyisproperlyadministered,particularly
wherethesheepmeatandgoatmeatmarketisconcerned,
theCommissionrequiresregulardataontrendsin
livestockandinsheepmeatandgoatmeatproduction;Whereasthecollectionandprocessingofthedataaswell
astheorganizationofthesurveyatnationallevelshould
continuetobewithinthecompetenceofthestatistical
servicesoftheMemberStates,andtheCommission
shouldberesponsibleforthecollection,coordination
andharmonization ofstatisticalinformationatEuropean
levelandarrangefortheharmonizedmethodologies
necessarytoimplementCommunitypolicies;
Whereas,inordertofacilitateimplementation ofthis
Directive,closecooperation isnecessarybetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthisshouldin
particularbeeffectedviatheStandingCommitteeon
Agricultural Statisticsestablished byDecision
72/279/EEC(2),
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
SECTIONI
SURVEYSOFTHESHEEPANDGOAT
A.Atnationallevel
Frequency—Fieldofsurvey
Article1
1.TheMemberStatesshallcarryoutstatistical
surveysofthesheeppopulationontheirterritoryeach
yearononedayinDecember .
(')OJNoL81of27.3.1982,p.35.Directivelastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1057/91(OJNoL107,27.4.1991,
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2.Thecategoriesreferredtoinparagraph 1maybe
modifiedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle19.
3.TheCommissionshalldefinethecategoriesafter
consultingtheCommitteeinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle19.
Accuracy
Article4
1.ThesurveysreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
conductedintheformofexhaustivesurveysorby
representative sampling.
2.ForeachoftheMemberStates,samplingerrorsfor
theresultsofthesurveysprovidedforinArticle2(2)
shallnotexceed2%ofthetotalnumberofsheepandof
goats,thesepercentagesrepresenting aconfidence
intervalof68%.
3.Asregardsthebasisonwhichthesamplingistobe
carriedout,andthesupplementary estimatesreferredto
inArticle2(3),MemberStatesshalltakewhatever
measurestheydeemappropriatetomaintainthequality
ofthesurveyresults.2.MemberStatesshallalsocarryoutastatistical
surveyofthegoatpopulation,eitherasaseparatesurvey
orasasinglesurveyofbothsheepandgoatpopulations :
(a)eachyear,onadayinDecember,wherethenational
goatpopulationis500000headormore;
(b)atleastonceeveryfiveyearswherethenationalgoat
populationislessthan500000head.
Article2
1.ForthepurposeofthisDirective,'sheep'means
domesticanimalsofthespeciesovisand'goats'means
domesticanimalsofthespeciescapra.
2.ThesurveysreferredtoinArticle1shallcoverall
sheepandgoatsonagriculturalholdingsasdefinedby
theCommissionafterconsultingtheStandingCommittee
forAgriculturalStatistics,hereinaftercalledthe
'Committee',setupbyCouncilDecisionof31July1972,
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
19.Theyshallcoversufficientholdingstoaccountforat
least95%oftheentiresheepandgoatpopulationas
determinedbythelastsurveyonthestructureofagri­
culturalholdings.
3.Asfaraspossible,MemberStatesshallsupplement
theresultsoftheabovesurveyswithanestimateofthe
goatandsheeppopulationnotcoveredbythesurveys
referredtoinparagraph2.
Breakdownbycategory
Article3
1.ThesurveysprovidedforinArticle1shallbe
conductedinsuchawayastoprovideabreakdownof
thesheepandgoatpopulationintoatleastthefollowing
categories :
A.Sheep,total;
A.l.Ewesandlivelambsputtotheram
A.1.1.Milkewes
A.1.2.Otherewes
A.1.3.Ewelambsputtotheram
A.1.3.1.Milkewelambsputtotheram
A.1.3.2.Otherewelambsputtotheram
A.2.Othersheep.
B.Goats,total:
B.l.Goatswhichhavealreadykiddedandgoats
mated
B.1.1.Goatswhichhavealreadykidded
B.l.2.Goatsmatedforthefirsttime
B.2.Othergoats.Transmission deadline
Article5
1.MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionofthe
provisionalresultsofthesurveyandsupplementary
estimates,notlaterthan1Marchafterthereference
monthforthedatareferredtoinArticle3(1).
2.MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionofthe
finalresultsofthesurveysandofthesupplementary
estimates,incompliancewithArticle4(2),notlaterthan
1Aprilfollowingthereferencemonth.
Derogations
Article6
1.BywayofderogationfromArticle3(1):
(a)thesubdivisionsofcategoryA.lshallbeoptionalfor
thoseMemberStateswherethesheeppopulationat
thetimeofthesurveyislessthan2500000head;
(b)thesubdivisionsofcategoryB.lshallbeoptionalfor
thoseMemberStateswherethegoatpopulationat
thetimeofthesurveyislessthan500000head;
(c)theMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle1(2)(b)
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toinpointB,withoutsubdivision,foreachofthe
yearsnotcoveredbythesurvey;
(d)theMemberStatesforwhichthepopulationof
categoryA.1.1representslessthan1%ofcategory
A.1shallbeauthorizedtoestimatethefigureor
deriveitfromothersources.Thesameshallapplyto
categoryA.1.3.1whenthisrepresentslessthan1%
ofcategoryA.1.3.
2.BywayofderogationfromArticle5:Denmarkand
theNetherlandsshallbeauthorizedtoestimatethesheep
andgoatpopulationsandtheUnitedKingdomthegoat
populationheldinDecemberonthebasisofthepopu­
lationsrecordedduringtheannualagriculturalcensus
whichtheycarryoutinMay/Juneofthesameyear.
Theyshallnotifytheprovisionalresultsnotlaterthan1
Marchandthefinalresultsnotlaterthan15September
oftheyearfollowingthereferenceyear.
B.Atregionallevel
Territorialsubdivisions
Article7
1.Thefinalresultsofthesurveyshallbecompiledfor
eachoftheterritorialsubdivisionsasdefinedbythe
CommissionfollowingconsultationoftheCommittee,in
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle19.
2.Theterritorialsubdivisionsdefinedinparagraph 1
maybeamendedbytheCommissioninaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle19.
Transmission deadline
Article8
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionofthedata
referredtoinArticle7notlaterthan15Mayoftheyear
followingthereferencemonth.
Derogations
Article9
BywayofderogationfromArticle8:
(a)TheNetherlandsshallbeauthorizedtonotifysheep
numbersby'provincie'inthecaseofpopulations
coveredbytheagriculturalcensusconductedinMay
ofthereferenceyear,notlaterthan15Septemberof
thatyear.
(b)TheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle1(2)(b)
shallbeexemptfromnotifyingtheregional
breakdownoftheirgoatnumbers.
C.Breakdownbysizeofholding
Sizeclasses
Article10
1.Inodd-numbered years,MemberStatesshall
provideabreakdownofthefinalresultsofthesurveyatnationallevelaccordingtosizeclassesasdefinedbythe
Commissioninaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle19.
2.Inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article19,theCommissionmayapproveanapplication
fromaMemberStatetousethebreakdownbysize
classesreferredtoinparagraph1forthefinalresultsof
even-numbered years.
3.Thesizeclassesreferredtoinparagraph 1maybe
amendedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle19.
Transmission deadline
Article11
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionofthe
datareferredtoinArticle10notlaterthan15Mayof
theyearfollowingthereferencemonth.
Derogations
Article12
BywayofderogationfromArticle11,Denmarkandthe
Netherlandsshallbeauthorizedtonotifythedataonthe
structureoftheirsheepandgoatpopulationsandthe
UnitedKingdomthoseofitsgoatpopulationscovered
bytheagriculturalcensusconductedinMay/Juneofthe
referenceyearnotlaterthan15Mayofthefollowing
year.
SECTIONII
SLAUGHTERING STATISTICS
Article13
1.MemberStatesshallcompilemonthlystatistics
relatingtothenumberandcarcaseweightofsheepand
goatsslaughteredontheirterritory,themeatofwhichis
deemedfitforhumanconsumption .
Ifnecessary,theyshallalsosupplyestimatesofslaugh­
teringsnotincludedinthereturns,sothatthestatistics
includeallthesheepandgoatsslaughteredontheir
territory.
2.Thestatisticsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
drawnupforthefollowingcategories:
A.Sheep,total
A.l.ofwhich:lambs
B.Goats,total
3.TheCommissionshalldefinethecarcaseweight
referredtoinparagraph1andthecategoriesreferredto
inparagraph2followingconsultationoftheCommittee,
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
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Transmission deadline
Article14
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionoftheresults
ofthestatisticsreferredtoinArticle13(1)notlaterthan
eightweeksafterthereferencemonth.
SECTIONIII
PRODUCTION FORECASTS
Article15
1.MemberStatesshall,onthebasisoftheresultsof
thesurveysandotheravailabledata,forecasttheirgross
indigenousproductionofsheepandgoatsforeach
six-monthcalendarperiod.
2.Grossindigenousproductionshallincludeallsheep
andgoatsslaughteredplusthebalancesofintra­
Communityandexternaltradeinlivesheepandgoats.
3.TheCommissionmayamendthisArticlein
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle19.
Transmission deadline
Article16
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionofthe
forecastsreferredtoinArticle15(1)notlaterthan1
Marchfollowingthesurveyforthetwosix-month
periodsofthecurrentyear.
SECTIONIV
GENERALREMARKS
Article17
TheCommission shallexamine:
(a)theresultssupplied;
(b)thetechnicalproblemswhicharise,inparticularin
preparingandconductingthesurveysandforecasts;
(c)thereliabilityofthesurveyresultsandforecasts.
Article18
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionofany
methodological orotherchangewhichcouldconsiderablyinfluencethestatistics.Thisshallbedone
notlaterthanthreemonthsafterthechangeinquestion
entersintoforce.TheCommissionshallnotifytheother
MemberStatesofanysuchcommunication intheappro­
priateworkingparties.
Article19
1.WheretheprocedurelaiddowninthisArticleis
invoked,themattershallbereferredtotheStanding
CommitteeonAgriculturalStatistics(hereinafterreferred
toasthe'Committee'),byitschairman,eitheronhisown
initiativeorattherequestofarepresentative ofa
MemberState.
2.TherepresentativeoftheCommissionshallsubmitto
theCommitteeadraftofmeasurestobetaken.The
Committeeshallgiveitsopiniononthedraftwithina
timelimittobesetbythechairmaninaccordancewith
theurgencyofthematter,ifnecessarybyavote.
3.Theopinionshallberecordedintheminutes,and
eachMemberStateshallbeentitledtoaskforitsown
positiontoberecordedintheminutes.
4.TheCommission shalltakemaximumaccountof
theCommittee'sopinionandshallinformtheCommittee
ofhowithastakenaccountofitsopinion.
Article20
CouncilDirective82/177/EECof22March1982onthe
statisticalsurveystobecarriedoutbyMemberStates
onsheepandgoatstocksshallceasetoapplyasfrom
1January1994.
Article21
MemberStatesshallintroducethelegalandadminis­
trativemeasuresnecessarytocomplywiththisDirective
notlaterthan1January1994.
WhenMemberStatesadoptthesemeasures,theyshall
containareferencetothisDirectiveorshallbeac­
companiedbysuchreferenceontheoccasionoftheir
officialpublication .Themethodsofmakingsucha
referenceshallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.
Article22
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.