No C 319/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 88 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 by 
adding a new survey characteristic for the set-aside of arable land 
COM(88) 554 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 24 October 1988) 
(88/C 319/05) 
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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 ('), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No. ..., for which im­
plementing rules are laid down in Commission Regulation 
(EEC) No 1272/88 (2), obliges the Member States to 
introduce an aid scheme designed to encourage the set-
aside of arable land and at the same time creates new forms 
of land use, combining agricultural use and a legal status, 
depending on whether or not the land qualifies for the aid 
instituted by this Regulation ; 
Whereas the structure of agricultural holdings largely 
determines the potential income of farmers, making it 
necessary to monitor the effects of new Common 
Agricultural Policy measures on land use, production and 
the economic potential of agricultural holdings; 
Whereas the Community surveys on the structure of 
agricultural holdings to be held between 1988 and 1997 in 
accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (3) 
represent the main instruments for monitoring and 
analysing developments in statistical terms by relating the 
set-aside of arable land to other structural characteristics 
such as the age of the holding manager, the type of farming 
and size of holdings, other crops and livestock; 
Whereas it is necessary to record the set-aside of arable land 
on the basis of a suitable classification, which should be harmonized and compulsory in all Member States, in order 
to obtain statistical data which are comparable between 
Member States and over time, and whereas it is therefore 
necessary to add to Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 571/ 
88 a new characteristic for agricultural areas subject to the 
set-aside incentive scheme for arable land; 
Whereas the general structure of the list of characteristics 
should not be changed, and in consequence land subject to 
the set-aside incentive scheme for arable land must be 
classified in the category corresponding to its possible 
agricultural use as well as in a separate category; 
Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the 
provisions of this Regulation, close cooperation between 
the Member States and the Commission should continue, in 
particular via the Standing Committee for Agricultural 
Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC (4), 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is hereby replaced 
by the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
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. 
(!) OJ NoL 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 121, 11. 5. 1988, p. 36. 
(3) OJ No L 56, 2.3. 1988, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 179, 7. 8. 1972, p. 1. 
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ANNEX 
ANNEX I 
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 ? {l) 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 
— basic training yes/no 
— full agricultural training yes/no 
04 Are accounts kept for the management of the holding ? yes/no 
C. Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and fragmentation of the holding 
Agricultural area utilized: ha/a 
01 for owner farming / 
02 for tenant farming / 
03 for share farming or other modes / 
number of 
parcels 
04 number of parcels making up the utilized agricultural area (2) 
D. Arable land 
Cereals for the production of grain (including seed): ha/a 
01 Common wheat and spelt / 
02 Durum wheat / 
03 Rye / 
04 Barley / 
05 Oats / 
06 Grain maize / 
07 Rice / 
08 Other cereals / 
(:) In France, GAECS (Groupements agricoles Sexploitation en commun — agricultural groups for joint farming), EARLs 
(exploitations agricoles a responsabilite limitee - limited - liability agricultural holdings) and de facto groups are regarded as 
agricultural holdings managed by natural persons. 
(2) Optional for the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ireland and Denmark: for Italy the number of parcels concerns the 
total area of the holding. 
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ha/a 
09 Dried vegetables for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of cereals and 
dried vegetables) / . 
(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) / . 
11 Sugar beet (excluding seeds) / . 
12 Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds) / . 
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 (!) / . 
(d) other oil-seed plants or fibre plants and other industrial plants / . 
(i) oil seeds (total) / . 
of which: 
— rape and turnip rape / . 
— sunflower (2) / . 
— soya (2) / . 
(ii) aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants (3) / . 
(iii) other industrial plants / . 
of which: 
— sugar-cane (4) / . 
Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries: 
14 — outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover / . 
of which: 
(a) open field / . 
(b) market gardening / . 
15 — under glass or other (accessible) protective cover / . 
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries): 
16 — outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover / . 
17 — under glass or other (accessible) protective cover / . 
18 Forage plants: / . 
(a) temporary grass / . 
(b) other / . 
t1) Optional except for Greece, Spain and Italy. 
(2) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
(3) 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 (J) 
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) ..;..../ 
02 Citrus plantations / 
03 Olive plantations / 
(a) normally producing table olives (4) / 
(b) normally producing olives for oil production (4) / 
04 Vineyards / 
of which normally producing: 
(a) quality wine / 
(b) other wines / 
(c) table grapes / 
(d) raisins (5) / 
05 Nurseries / 
06 Other permanent crops / 
07 Permanent crops under glass / 
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.) / 
(J) Optional for Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. 
(2) Greece and Italy may merge heading 01 with heading 02. 
(3) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
(4) Optional for France. 
(5) Optional except for Greece and Spain. 
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ha/a 
02 Wooded area / . 
of which: 
(a) non-commercial (*) / . 
(b) commercial (J) / . 
and/or 
(c) deciduous (*) / . 
(d) coniferous (1) / . 
(e) mixed (*) / . 
I. Combined and successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation, 
greenhouses, set-aside of arable land 
01 Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops under glass) / . 
of which: 
(a) non-fodder cereals (D/01 to D/08) / . 
(b) non-fodder dried vegetables (D/09) / . 
(c) non-fodder oil-seed plants [D/13 (i)] / . 
(d) other successive secondary crops / . 
02 Mushrooms / . 
03 Irrigated area 
(a) total irrigable area / . 
(b) cultivated area irrigated at least once a year (2) / . 
of which: 
(1) durum wheat / . 
(2) maize / . 
(3) potatoes / . 
(4) sugar beet / . 
(5) sunflower / . 
(6) soya / . 
(7) fodder plants / . 
(8) fruit and berry orchards / . 
(9) citrus fruit / . 
(10) vines / . 
04 Ground area covered by greenhouses in use / . 
05 Combined (associated) crops (2) / . 
(a) agricultural crops (including pasture and meadow) — forestry species (3) / . 
(b) permanent crops — annual crops (3) / . 
(c) permanent crops — permanent crops (3) / . 
(d) other combined crops / . 
(*) Optional. 
(2) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
(3) Optional except for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal. 
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ha/a 
06 Land subject to the set-aside incentive scheme for arable land (*) / 
(a) Arable land left fallow (D/21), with rotation possibilities / 
(b) Arable land used as grazing for extensive livestock farming (F/01, F/02) / 
(c) Arable land converted for growing lentils, chick-peas and vetches (D/09) / 
(d) Arable land wooded (H/02) / 
(e) Arable land used for non-agricultural purposes (H01-03) / 
— of which arable land left permanently fallow (permanent fallow land) / 
J. Livestock (on the reference day of the survey) N k f 
head 
01 Equidae 
Bovine animals: 
02 Under one year old 
(a) male (2) 
(b) female (2) 
One year or over but under two years: 
03 Male animals 
04 Female animals 
Two years old and over: 
05 Male animals 
06 Heifers 
07 Dairy cows 
08 Other cows 
Sheep and goats: 
09 Sheep (all ages) 
(a) breeding females 
(b) other sheep 
10 Goats (all ages) 
(a) breeding females (3) 
(b) other goats (3) 
Pigs: 
11 Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilograms 
12 Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over 
13 Other pigs 
Poultry: 
14 Broilers 
15 Laying hens 
16 Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea-fowl) 
17 Rabbits, breeding females (4) 
Number of 
hives 
18 Bees (2) 
19 Other livestock (2) yes/no 
0) Optional for France as far as the 1988 basic survey is concerned. 
(2) Optional. 
(3) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. 
(4) Optional for Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland. 
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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 mecha­
nized) 
06 Sugar-beet harvesters (fully mecha­
nized) 
07 Do you have fixed or movable 
milking equipment ? 
08 Do you have a separate milking 
parlour ? 
08 (a) If so, is it fully automated ? 
t1') Optional for Denmark. 
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L 07 If the holder is also the manager, does he have any other gainful activity: 
Tick as appropriate — as his/her major 
occupation ? 
— as a subsidiary 
occupation: 
L 08 Does the holder's spouse, carrying out farm work for the holding, have any other gainful activity: 
Tick as appropriate — as his/her major 
occupation ? 
— as a subsidiary 
occupation ? 
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 holding (e.g. contractors' 
employees) (2). 
Insert number of equivalent full-time working days during the 12 months 
preceding the day of the survey (3). 
(x) Optional for Denmark. 
(2) Optional for Member States which are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at national level. 
(3) The United Kingdom is authorized to submit this information in equivalent working weeks.