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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80 )819 final
Brussels ,5thDecember 1980
REPORT BYTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
onthe Farm Accountary Data Network FADN
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
amending Regulation No79/65/EECsetting up network forthe ;
collection ofaccountancy data onthe income andbusiness
operation ofagricultural holding V .
intheEuropean Economic Community
STATEMENT BYTHE COMMISSION
forinclusion intheminutes oftheCouncil meeting at
which thedraft regulation amending
Regulation No79/65/EEC isadopted
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (80)819 final

Report bythe Commission tothe Council *
on
the Farm Accountancy Data Network
FADN
(
1.Article 23(1)ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No.79/65/EECof15June 1965 (2)
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setting upanetwork for thecollection ofaccountancy data from farms ,
hereinafter called the"basic Regulation ",laid down that before
,1January 1980 the Commission wastosubmit tothe Council afull report
onthe operation ofthe' FADN (3).The Commission was unable tosubmit a
report bythat date and undertook ,inacommunication tothe Council dated
29November 1979,todosoby31December 1980 .Itpresents this report in
accordance with that undertaking .
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2.The FADN hasbeen subjected toathoroughgoing review during thepast two
years with aview toimproving itsorganization andoperation inthelight
ofexperience (see Annex I).
The review wasparticularly concerned with thefollowing points *
-the need for more reliable and more up-to-date information ;
-the accession ofGreece ;
-the changeover toanew computer (ICLreplacing IBM).
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3*The review has ledtotheadoption ofanumber ofamendments tothe FADN .
The changes relate mainly tothe method ofwork ofthe Commission staff
concerned with the FADN andtoimprovements inthequality oftheinfor­
mation supplied bythe network ;Annex IItothis report summarizes these
changes ../.
(1)Article last amended byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No.2910/73,
OJNo.L299,27.10.1973 ,p. 1.
(2)OJNo.109,23.6.1965 ,p.1859/65.
(3)The Commission 'sprevious report totheCouncil ontheoperation of
the FADN dates back to26September 1972,doc.SEC(72)2800 final ,
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4.Other changes require amendments tothe rules .The purpose ofthis report
istodescribe andexplain theneed forthese changes .TheCommission 's
formal proposals tothe Council are presented atthe same time .
Objectives ofthe FADN
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5.The purpose ofthe FADN istocollect the accountancy data needed with a
view,inparticular ,to:
(a)anannual determination ofincomes onagricultural holdings ,
(b)ananalysis oftheefficiency ofmanagement ofagricultural holdings .
6.The Commission considers that these objectives remain entirely valid .
What the FADN should beused forisnoproblem ;the problem istomake
the best possible useofthis unique instrument inthe shaping and day-
to-day management ofthe CAP andfor assessing the impact andeffective­
ness ofthe measures adopted ,andtothis endthe Commission isdirecting
itsefforts . (
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Inparticular ,itintwids using the FADN both fordetermining farm incomes
(Chapter IIofthebasic Regulation )andforanalysing theefficiency of
agricultural holdings (Chapter IIIofthe basic Regulation ).
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7.Inthis connection the Commission isofthe opinion that the data supplied
bythe FADN should beaccessible toall who are concered with the CAP.
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Ittherefore envisages placing them inone ormore data banks accessible
toall concerned ,both within theinstitutions ofthe Community (European
Parliament ,Council ,Commission ,Court ofJustice ,Economic andSocial
Committee and Court ofAuditors )and outside (national authorities ,trade
organizations ,research centres ,etc.).
Itgoes without saying that the data banks will becreated insuch away
astosatisfy fully the requirements ofconfidentiality laid down in
Article 15ofthebasic Regulation .(secrecy ofindividual data).

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Field ofsurvey for thedetermination ofincomes
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8.The FADN atpresent surveys the individual farm accounts of2800Q (1)
holdings /providing themain occupation ofatleast oneworker (0.75 MWU
insome Member States ).
Experience leads theCommission topropose using asingle criterion for
demarcating theFADN field ofsurvey /namely theeconomic size ofthe
holding measured inES(J (1European size unit s1000 EUAofstandard
gross margin )(2)/andconfining thefield ofsurvey toholdings ofa
minimum size interms ofESU (see Annex III).
9.Each Member State has anational accountancy sample fordetermining .
incomes .Insome cases /thesample covers thefield ofsurvey better
<
because itincludes more returning holdings than arecommunicated tothe
FADN .TheCommission considers that allnational accountancy samples
should beincorporated into the FADN .The FADN will /asaresult /have
alarger number ofreturning holdings than atpresent .
t
,Expansion ofthe FADN accountancy sample may require adjustments tosome
national accountancy samples .
10.Insome regions oftheCommunity itisvery difficult tofind asufficient
number ofholdings willing tokeep farm accounts .TheCommission considers
that thecommon measure prpvided forinArticle 11ofDirective 72/159/EEC
(aidforthekeeping offarm accounts )(3)should bedeveloped inthese
regions . ■
Tothat end itwill arrange forprovisions tobeadopted todevelop the
keeping offarm accounts /inparticular :
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': './.
(1)This number will beraised to31000on1January 1981 andgradually
increased to35200by1January 1985 (accession ofGreece ).
(2)Commission Decision of7April 1978 establishing aCommunity typology
foragricultural holdings /0JNo.L148/5.6.1978 /p.1.
(3)0JNo.L96/23.4.1973 /p.1.

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-inconnection with the implementation inthe regions inquestion
ofother common measures ,SiUch AS .the development -Ofagricultural
advisory services initaly'O ),
-inconnection with specific agricultural development schemes in
less-favoured areas such asthe West ofIreland (2),Northern
Ireland (3),andcertain regions ofItaly (3).
FADN results i
11.Inorder toimprove thereliability andcomparability ofFADN results ,
the Commission proposes :
(a)that the accounting year,which atpresent begins ondifferent
dates during thefirst six months ofthe year,besynchronised
inall Member States assoon aspossible ;
(b)thatthemethods yfcalculating certain accountancy data be
better harmonized .-
12.Tospeed uppublication ofFADN results ,the Commission proposes :
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(a)that checking andcorrection ofaccountancy data bedone bythe
Member States ,using acommon program ;
(b)that the Member States forward the accountancy data assoon as
they areavailable ,evenifthey are incomplete oronly
provisional ;
(c)that the national networks and the FADN beinterlinked inan
appropriate manner .<b>
<c>
(1)OJNo.L38,14.2.1979 ,p.6.
(2)OJNe.L180,14.7.1980 ,p. 1.
(3)Proposal before the Council .

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13.Toimprove thesignificance ofthe FADN results ,the Commission has
decided touseonly weighted and updated results infuture (see Annex XI
tothis report ).Astudy iscurrently being made with the aimoffinding
better methods for thejoint interpretation ofFADN results and the
EUROSTAT figured opagricultural accounts .
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Organisation ofthe FADN ~ .
14.The Commission intends that the Community Committee forthe FADN
(Article 17ofthebasic Regulation )should befully involved inthe
analysis oftheresults ,andinparticular inthe assessment ofthe
incomes situation .The number ofmeetings wi.ll bekept toastrict
minimum ;ontechnical androutine questions ,simplified procedures
(bilateral contacts ,exchange ,ofcorrespondence ,working groups )will
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bepreferred .
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15.TheCommission considers that theregional committers provided forin
Article 5of.thebasic Regulation arenotnecessary^in allMember
States ;it proposes that they become optional andthat anational
committee beset upineach Member State toselect thereturning
y ■ ,
holdings . ,
Conclusions
16.The Commission requests the Council toproceed toabroad exchange of
views onthis report andtotake decisions assoon aspossible onthe
measures proposed .Itgives notice ofitsintention torequest the
funds required -for improving theorganization andoperation ofthe FADN
inits 1982 budget proposal .

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Annex II
Internal changes inthe FADN
implemented byCommission staff
1.Data Processing I
-Theold IBM programs have been adapted for useinthe new ICL computer
atthe Computer Centre .
~Theverification andcorrection programs forthe new farm return are
nowoperational ,and areavailable toMember States .
2.Conversion ofdata from the old farm return
The changing ofthe farm return could cause abreak inthecontinuity
"\ofthedata ;with aview tominimizing this 'break incontinuity ,
Commission staff arecurrently aligning accountancy data for 1969 to
1977 onthe new farm return .
3.-Weighting and aggregation ofresults
.Amethod ofweighting has been devised bythe Commission staff and has
been used for weighting theresults currently available forthe period
1969-1977 . •
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4.Updating ofresults I <
There isacertain delay before accountancy results reach the Commission ;
Commission staff have now worked out awayofupdating results .An
internal study istobeundertaken with the aimofputting thefinishing
touches tothis technique .
5.Joint interpretation ofmacro and micro-economic results
The Directorate-General forAgriculture andtheStatistical Office ofthe
European Communities arestudying therelationship between FADN results
andthe EUROSTAT figures onagricultural accounts with aview tojoirit
interpretation ofdata -from the two sources .
6.Exchange ofofficials between national networks and the FADN
Commission staff are Looking into thepossibility ofarranging exchanges
between officials from the national networks ,and the FADN .

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Annex III
FADN FIELD OF SURVEY
Technical considerations for anew demarcation
1.The FADN field ofsurvey isasubdivision ofthefield ofsurvey ofthe
Community structures survey .Itmust comprise all holdings which can be
observed through their accounts and which aredirectly orindirectly
involved inthe CAP. t
2.Pursuant toRegulation No.79/65/EECthe FADN field ofsurvey comprises
holdings which :
-are run asmarket-oriented holdings ,
-provide the main occupation oftheoperator ,
-ensure the employment ,onanannual basis ,ofatleast one
worker (one MWU);this threshold may,however ,belowered
to0.75 MWU (1).
3.Themultiplicity ofthecriteria adopted in1965 for demarcating the
FADN field of.survey resulted ,among other things ,from the absence of
anadequate Community data base .For lack ofsuch abase moreover ,the
criteria adopted have notall been correctly applied hitherto .With
theresults ofthe 1975 structures survey classified onthebasis of
the new Community typology foragricultural holdings ,the Community
does now have anappropriate data base .
I
4.This base has also ledtothe discovery ofanartificial criterion :
the"economic size ofthe holding ",which ,expressed interms ofESU
(one European Size Unit =1000 EUAofstandard gross margin )suffices
onits owntoserve 'the purposes ofprevious criteria .
(1)Thefollowing Member States have made useofthis possibility
(threshold of0.75 MWU):Italia ,Nederland ,Danmark andIreland .

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5.Itisnotpossible toexclude from the FADN field ofsurvey ,aswas
initially intended ,allpart-time holdings .This isnot adrawback ,
however ,because these holdings are also ofinterest for the CAP
provided that tfley exceed acertain economic size .
6.Itmayinfuture bedesirable todemarcate the FADN field ofsurvey
qnthe basis ofthe same number ofESUinall Member States ,but at
present the selection ofanidentical number ofESU throughout the
,Community would^nOt satisfy thecondition referred toinparagraph 1.
Most ofthe holdings which can beobserved onthe basis oftheir farm
accounts and which areofinterest forthe purposes ofthe CAPfall
within afield ofsurvey asfollows :
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holdings 4ESU all Member States
except :
^ 2ESU Ireland andNorthern Ireland
"p>1ESU Italy and Greece .
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7.Inthelight oftheforegoing the Commission recommends that for the
purposes ofdemarcating the FADN field ofsurvey :
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1)asingle criterion beadopted :the economic size (ESU) .
2)the minimum values indicated above beapplied .
These limits may bereviewed when the standard gross margins used
hitherto are revised .
The useofdifferent limits forthefield ofsurvey will require certain
precautions tobeobserved inthepresentation ofFADN results .

ProposalforaCouncilRegulation
amendingRegulation No79/65/EEC
settingupanetworkforthecollectionofaccountancydata
ontheincomeandbusinessoperationofagricultural holdings
intheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
1
andinparticularArticle43thereof, ?
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HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,^
HavingregardtotheopinidnoftheEuropeanParliament,
$
1WhereasCouncilRegulation No79/65/EEC, aslastamended
?byRegulation ,(EEC)No2910/73,setupanetworkforthecollectionof
accountancydataontheincomesandbusinessoperationofagricultural
holdingsintheEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
Whereas,atatimewhenpricemovementsarebothrapidanddivergent,
accountancydatacannotbeproperlycomparedunlesstherelevantaccount­
ingperiodsaresynchronized;
Whereas,!fimprovedcomparability istobeachievedbetweentheaccounting
resultsfurnishedbythedatanetworkandtheresultsofnationalfarm
accounts,thecalendaryearmustbechosenascommonaccountingperiod;
whereassuchachoice,whichisconsistentwiththepracticefollowed
byalargemajorityofreturningholdings,willalsohavetheadvantages
ofrenderingtheaccountingresultsavailabletotheCommissionintime
forthepreparationofitsannualproposalsrelatingtothecommonagri­
culturalpolicy;
-0JNo109,23.6.1965,p.1859/65.
0JNoL299,23.10.1973,p.1.

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Whereas acertain amount oftime isrequired tomake this alteration to
theaccounting period ;
Whereas thefield ofsurvey ofthedata network must comprise all the
holdings ofacertain economic size,irrespective ofanyoutside work
theoperator may engage in;
inorder -
Whereas /toobtain accounting results that aresufficiently homogeneous
atCommunity level,thereturning holdings should bedistributed among
thevarious divisions andthevarious categories ofholdings onthebasis
ofastratification ofthefield ofsurvey based onthe Community typology
7 1ofagricultural holdings asdefined byCommission Decision ■78/463/EEC;
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Whereas all thereturning holdings studied inthe Member States for the
purposes ofrecording farm incomes inorder toprovide guidelines for
agricultural policies must belong tothe Community data network andthe
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number ofreturning holdings must beincreased accordingly ;whereas it
must bepossible tovary the said number within certain limits according to
developments inthefield ofagriculture andtheinformation requi redforthe ,
common agricultural policy ; , . „ . .
Whereas holdings must beselected inaccordance with therules laid down
inthecontext ofaselection plan aimed atobtaining arepresentative
accounting sample ofthefield ofsurvey ;
Whereas ,inview ofexperience gained ,itisdesirable that the main .■i
decisions concerning theselection ofreturning holdings ,particularly the
establishment oftheselection plan,should beadopted atnational level ;
whereas ,consequently ,itisatthat level that abody should bemade
responsible forthis task;whereas those Member States which have several
divisions should ,however ,befree tomaintain their regional committees ; ;
OJNoL148,5.6.1978 ,p.1.
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Whereas thenations I~liai son agency must play akeyrole inthe management
ofthe data network ;whereat ,tothis end,itshould beentrusted with new
tasks ;
Whereas experience shows thatitisnolonger desirable tomake provision
for supplementary terms tobeincluded inthecontract tobemade between
the Member State and the accountancy offices ;
Whereas thedivisions ofthedata network must,.asfar aspossible ,
beidentical with those used for thepresentation ofother regional data
.that areessential fortheguidance ofthe common agricultural policy ;
whereas ,inthis respect ,theAnnex toRegulation .No79/6|/EECshould be
amended ,using the"regions deprogramme "asdivisions fo|<France .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation No79/65/EECishereby amended asfolLows :
1.Article 2(a)shall bereplaced bythe "following :
"<a>"Accounting year' means aperiod oftwelve months beginning on
1January and ending on31December .However ,unti L1January
1985,theaccounting year may begin -atany time between 1January
and 1July,toend between 31December and 30June ofthefollowing
year." I
2.Article 2(b)shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"(b)'Category ofholding' means agroup ofagricultural holdings which
belong tothe same categories asregards type offarming and
economic size asdefined inthe Community typology foragricultural
holdings established byCommission Decision 78/463/EEC."
./.

Article 4shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"1.Thefield ofsurvey referred toinArticle 1(2)(a)shall cover
theholdings having aneconomic size equal toorgreater than a
threshold expressed inEuropean size units (ESU)asdefined by
Decision 78/463/EgC.
2.Toqualify asareturning holding ,anagricultural holding shall :
(a)have aneconomic size equal toorgreater than athreshold to
bedetermined inaccordance with paragraph 1;
(b)befarmed byaperson willing andable tokeep farm accounts
andwilling toallow the accountancy data from hisholding to
bemade available tothe Commission ;
(c)berepresentative ,together with theother holdings andatthe
level ofeach division ,ofthefield ofsurvey .
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3.The number ofreturning holdings shall befifty thqusand ;however ,
the number mayvary byuptoten per cent above orbelow that
figure .
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4.Detailed rules for the implementation ofthis Article ,inpartic­
ular the threshold for the economic size ofholdings and the
number ofreturning holdings perdivision ,shall beadopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 19."
Article 5shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
Article 5
.Each Member State s.all,within two months of thedate ofentry into
force ofthis Rea_ji.ation ,set upanational commi ttee 'forthedata net­
work,hereinafter called "national committee ".
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2.Thenationalcommitteeshallberesponsible fortheselectionof
returningholdings.Tothisend,itsdutiesshallincludeapproval
of:
(a)theplanfortheselectionofreturningholdingsspecifyingin
particularthedistribution ofreturningholdingspercategory
ofholdingandthedetailedrulesforselectingthesaidreturn­
ingholdings.
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(b>thelistofthereturningholdings,
(c)thelistoftheaccountancyofficesreferredtoinArticle6.
3.TheMemberStateswhichhaveseveraldivisions may,foreachofthe
divisionsundertheirjurisdiction,setuparegionalcommitteeof
theDataNetworkhereinaftercalled"regionalcommittee".
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Theregionalcommitteeshallberesponsibleforcooperatingwiththe
liaisonagencyreferredtoinArticle6
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-i/idrawingupthelistofreturningholdings,
-inselecting'thereturningholdings.
4.Wherenecessary,detailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedpursuanttotheprocedurelaiddowninArticle19."

Article6.shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
Article6
EachMemberStateshallappointaliaisonagencywhosedutiesshallbe:
(a)toinformthenationalcommittee,regionalcommittees andaccount­
ancyofficesastothedetailedimplementing rulesconcerning them
andtoensurethatsuchrulesareproperlyapplied;
(b)tocompileandsubmittothenationalcommitteeforitsapproval
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andthereaftertoforwardtotheCommission :
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v i '• if'
-theplanfortheselectionofreturningholdings;thisplan
shallbedrawnuponthebasisofthemostrecentstatistical
data,presentedinaccordancewiththeCommunitytypologyof
agriculturalholdings,
-thelistofreturningholdings,
-thelistoftheaccountancyofficeswillingandabletocomplete
farmreturnsinaccordancewiththetermsofthecontractspro­
videdforinArticles9and,14;
<c)tomusterthe.farmreturnssenttoitbytheaccountancyoffices
andtoverifyonthebasisofacommoninspectionprogrammethat
theyhavebeendulycompleted;,
(d)toforward,u;cerverification,thedulycompletedfarmreturnsto
theCommissixi;
(e)topassantothenationalcommittee,regionalcommitteesand
accountancyofficestherequestsforinformation mentionedin
Article16andtoforwardthereleventanswerstotheCommission.
Detailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthisArticleshallbeadopted
inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle19*1

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6.The second subparagraph ofArticle 9(2)ishereby repealed .
7.Thefirst indent ofArticle 16(1 )ishereby amended asfollows :
"1.Thenational committee ,cegional committees and accountancy offices
shall ,within their respective areas ofresponsibility ,furnish the
Commission with all information which thelatter may request of
them regarding thedischarge oftheir duties under this Regulation.'
8.Article 20shall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"1.The Community Committee shall beconsulted ;
(a)for the purpose ofverifying that the plans for theselection
ofreturning holdings are inconformity with theprovisions of
Article 4;
(b)for the purpose ofanalysing andevaluating the weighted annual
results furnished bythe data network ,while having regard in
particular todata deriving from other sources such asfarm
statistics and national farm accounts .
2.The Community Committee may examine anyother matter raised byits
Chairman ,either onhis owninitiative oratthe request ofarep­
resentative of aMember State .
Itshall examine once ayear,inOctober ,the trend offarm incomes
inthe Community ,referring inparticular tothe up-dated results
ofthe data riwork .
Itshall ;optregularly informed ofthe working ofthe data
network ."
9.Article 22(2 )s.all bereplaced bythefollowing :
Costs inrespect ,ofthesetting upandoperation ofthenational
committee ,regional committees andliaison agencies shall not be
included inthe Community Budget .

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10.InArticle 23, "1^iuuary 1930 issvr*;yrepU.5 -.-iby
"1January 1990"»
11.Thetendivisions intheAnnex concerning France arehereby replaced
bythefollowing twenty-two divisions :
1 Région IledeFrance
2 Champagne-Ardenne
3 Picardie
4 Haute -Normandie
5 Centre
6 Basse-Normandie
7 Bourgogne
8 Nord-Pas deCalais
9 Lorraine
10 Alsace
11 Franche Comté
12 Pays delaLoire
13 Bretagne
U Poitou-Charentes
15 Aqui taine
16 Midi-Pyrénées
17 , Limousin
18 Rhône-Alpes
19 Auvergne
20 Languedoc
21 Provence -Alpes -Côte d'Azur
22 Corse
Article 2
1981 .Itshall apply
anddirectly applicable
Done atBrussels , f°rtheCouncil
The PresidentThis Regulation shall enter into force on1July
with effect from the 1982 accounting year .
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety
inall Member States .

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Annex
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Statement bythe Commission for inclusion
inthe minutes ofthe Council meeting at
which thedraft regulation amending
Regulation No 79/65/EECisadopted
1.Definition ofthefield ofsurvey
The economic size thresholds forholdings corresponding tothelimit of
thefield ofsurvey ofthe FADN are thefollowing :
-4ESU inGermany ,France ,Belgium ,Luxembourg ,Netherlands ,Denmark ,
United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland )
-2ESU inIreland and Northern Ireland
-2ESU inItaly and Greece .
These thresholds will berevised when the standard gross margins used
for the Community typology ofagricultural holdings are updated .
2.Community typology ofagricultural holdings
The scheme oftypes offarming inthe Community typology ofholdings
adopted byCommission Decision 78/463/EECof7April 1978 will remain in
force unchanged atleast until 1January 1985 .
The standard gross margins and the size class limits will beupdated by
referring tothe three year period 1979-80-81.
The standard gross margins updated inthis waywill beused for the
processing ofaccountancy data from the year 1980 onwards .However ,to
ensure thecontinuity ofstatistical series ,the accountancy data for
1980 will also beprocessed ,onapriority basis ,using the current
typology .The same arrangements will bemade for the 1979/80structures
survey . •
3.Number ofreturn :-ghidings byMember State
The returning ho:rings from 1982 onwards break down asfollows :Germany ,
11500;France ,6500;Italy 15000;Belgium ,1700;Luxembourg ,500;
Netherlands ,1800;Denmark ,2000;Ireland ,1300;United Kingdom ,3700;
Greece ,4400.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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1.BUDGET HEAOING :3130tiTVcZ.QuO EUA
APPR0P1IAT1QNS :„ ___19g1 ; P 670.000 EUA
2.TITLE ;Draft Council Regulation amending ,Regulation No79/65/EECsetting upa
network for thecollection ofthe accountancy data onthe income and busi­
ness operation ofagricultural holdings inthe European Economic Community
j.LEGAL BASIS :Council Regulation No 179/65/EEC-Article 43oftheTreaty
AIMS ofPROJECT i/\djustments tothe RICA taking account ofthe experience acquired
since 1965 (see the Commission 'sreport tothe Council )
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
$.0 EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TO THE ECBUDGET
K0CX VNOXMX JW9M0M XOHX XXX
-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
-OTHER
5.1 RECEIPTS
-OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
XKXxmAMWfflMilMHk
-NATIONALPERIOD OF12MONTHS
1.030.400 E
niI
biIUÀ
pm(3)CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
(1931 )
mI
nil
nilFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
« 1982 >
1.030.400 EUA1
nil
nil
pm(3)
Budget ofthe E.C.
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS1983
1.128.000(2 )
pm(3)1984
1.128.000(23
pm(3)1985
1.128.000(2 )
pm(3)1986
1,128.00(2 )
pm(3)
5.2 METHOD OFCALCULATION (commitment appropriation )
(1)48.400 farri -returns x61 EUA
2.952.400 EUA-1.922.000 -EUA
*(2)50.000 farm returns x61 EUA
3.050.000 EUA-1.922.000 EUA  2.952.400 EUA
1.030.400 EUA
3.050.000 EUA
1.128*000 EUA
(*■)Standard remuneration fixed for 1981 financial year
(**) See 1981 Budget ; -
6.0mu
6.1
6.2
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BENECESSARY ?yesWB "
OBSERVATIONS I
(3).Possible receipts will berelated to:
a)the next transfer ofRICA data to CRONOS
[b)theresult ofthecurrent negotiations concerning thetransition
i from CRONOS toEURONET-DIANE
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