Draft DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement - Draft common position of the Community

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant Community legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

2. The EEA Joint Committee should therefore adopt the attached decision to amend Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement by adding recently adopted acquis in the field of Statistics. The decision concerns:

- 398 D 0377: Commission Decision No 98/377/EC of 18 May 1998 (OJ L 168, 13.6.1998, p. 29).

3. The proposal includes a replacement of an earlier adaptation text.

4. Article 1(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 concerning the arrangements for implementing the EEA Agreement envisages that the Council establishes the Community position for decisions extending Community legislation with substantial changes.

5. The Council is requested to approve the attached draft decision for adoption by the EEA Joint Committee. The Commission would hope to be able to put forward the position of the Community in the EEA Joint Committee in June 2002.

Draft DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement', and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No .../... of ... [1].

[1] OJ L ...

(2) Commission Decision 98/377/EC of 18 May 1998 adapting Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 in view of the organisation of the Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings [2] is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

[2] OJ L 168, 13.6.1998, p. 29.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. Point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88) of Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(a) the following indent shall be added:

'- 398 D 0377: Commission Decision No 98/377/EC of 18 May 1998 (OJ L 168, 13.6.1998, p. 29).'

(b) the text of adaptation (e) shall be replaced by the following:

'Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 shall be supplemented by the list set out in Appendix 1 to the present Annex.'

(c) The heading 'APPENDIX 1 TO ANNEX XXI' shall be inserted at the end of Annex XXI.

(d) The list in the Annex to the present Decision shall be inserted as the text of Appendix 1 to Annex XXI, under the sub-heading 'LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS'.

Article 2

The texts of Decision 98/377/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement of the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on [...], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee [3].

[3] [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, .

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee

ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

1.

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I. Combined and successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation, green-houses, storage

facilities for natural fertilizers, set-aside of arable land and nutrients management

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Number of hives

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K. Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment

1) On day of survey, belonging exclusively to the holding

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2) Machinery used in the last 12 months, used by several holdings (belonging to another holding, to a

co-operative or owned jointly with other holdings) or belonging to a service supply agency

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L. Farm labour force (in the 12 months preceding the day of the survey)

Statistical information is collected for each person, working on the holding, belonging to the following farm labour force categories in a way allowing

multiple crossing with each other and/or with any other survey characteristics.

01 Holders

In this category are found:

- Natural persons:

- sole holders of independent holdings (all persons who have answered "yes" to question B/01(a))

- partners of group holdings (all persons who have answered "yes" to question B/01(b)) [4].

[4] The Member States, for which question B/01 (b) and (d) are optional, do not gather separate data on partners of group holdings

- Legal persons

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01 (a) Managers

In this category are found:

- All managers on independent holdings, including spouses and other members of the holders' families who are also manager; that is where the answer is "yes" to either B/02 a) or B/02 b).

- All managers on group holdings.

- All managers on holdings where the holder is a legal person.

(The managers who are at the same time sole holders or partners of a group holding are recorded only once, that is, as a holder in category L/01).

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02 Spouses of holders, carrying out farm work for the holding

In this category are found the spouses of sole holders (the answer to questions B/01(a) is "yes", who are

not included in L/01, nor included in L/01(a) (they are not managers: the answer to question B/02(b) is "no")

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03 (a) Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for the holding: male (excluding persons in categories L/01, L/01(a) and L/02)

03 (b) Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for the holding: female (excluding persons in categories L/01, L/01(a) and L/02)1

The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each person of the categories mentioned above:

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04 (a) Non-family labour regularly employed: male (excluding persons in categories L/01, L/02 and L/03)

04 (b) Non-family labour regularly employed: female (excluding persons in categories L/01, L/02 and L/03)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each of the categories mentioned above:

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