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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)721final
Brussels.16May1973•
AMENDMENTS TOTHEPROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION
AMENDINGREGULATIONNO.79/65/EECASREGARDS
THEFIELDOFSURVEYANDTHENUMBEROFRETURNING
HOLDINGS TOBEINCLUDEDHITHEFARMACCOUNTANCY DATA
•-NETWORKOFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
(Presented "by"theCommissiontotheCounciltinderthe
secondparagraphofArticle149oftheTreaty)
COM(73)721final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On5March 1973 "theCommission submitted totheCouncil aproposal
foraregulation amending Regulation n°79/65/ESGasregards the
field ofsurvey andthenumber ofreturning holdings tobeincluded in
thefarm accountancy data network oftheEuropean Economic Community .
On16March 1973 "theEuropean Parliament delivered itsOpinion on
this proposal from theCommission .Itrequested theCommission so
toamend Article 1,§3,that theaccountancy data collected through
thedata network should serve primarily asthebasis foranannual
report onfarm incomes intheCommunity .This report would besent
tothe Council andtheParliament soastoprovide theinformation
necessary forthetaking ofdecisions relating toagricultural prices .
TheCommission shares theopinion oftheParliament inthis respect ,
andpursuant tothesecond paragraph ofarticle 149 of.'theEECTreaty ,
hasmade theappropriate ,addition toitsproposal 1toamend Regulation
No.79/65/EEC.

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1.Thetitleisamendedasfollows:
"PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATIONAMENDINGREGULATION NO.79/65/EEC
ASREGARDSTHEUTILIZATION OFACCOUNTANCY DATA.THEFIELDOFSURVEY
ANDTHENUMBEROFRETURNING HOLDINGS TOBEINCLUDEINTHEFARM'
ACCOUNTANCY DATANETWORKOFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY".
2.Articlel;oftheproposalforaregulationisreplacedbythe
followingnewarticle:
Article1
Article1(3)ofRegulationNo.79/65/EECisreplacedlaythefollov/ing
3.Dataobtainedpursuanttothisregulationshallserveprimarilyas
thebasisforreportsbytheCommissiontotheCouncilonthesituation
ofagriculture andofagricultural marketsaswellasonfarmincomes
intheCommunity;thereportsaxetobesubmittedannuallytothe
CouncilandtheParliamentingoodtimesoastobeavailablefor
consideration upontheannualfixingofagricultural prices;r.
4.Article1isrenumberedArticle2.
5.Article2isrenumberedArticle3.
6.Article3isrenumberedArticleA,