Council Regulation (EC) No 2329/98 of 22 October 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 on statistical surveys of areas under vines
Date: 1998-10-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural holding, agricultural statistics, area of holding, land use, utilised agricultural area, viticulture

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2329/98

of 22 October 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 on statistical surveys of areas under vines

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

2392/86 (5) as a source of information on the basic survey,
given that developments in computer technology enable
increasingly accurate and comprehensive information to
be obtained from reliable data in an updated vineyard
register,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 (3) lays down the
basic provisions for statistical surveys of areas under vines;
whereas the survey results are used to determine the
production potential and medium-term trend in produc-
tion in the Community;

Whereas it is appropriate to give greater flexibility to the
system established by Regulation (EEC) No 357/79, not
only because of developments
and
computer technology but also because of the need to
lighten the burden of statistical operations required of the
Member States;

in techniques

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 provides that the
Member States concerned are to carry out basic surveys of
areas under vines every 10 years; whereas, for technical
and practical reasons, certain Member States, however,
consider that it would be appropriate to link up this
operation with the Community survey on the structure of
agriculture holdings provided for by Council Regulation
(EEC) No 571/88 (4);

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. the following subparagraph shall be added to Article

1(1):

‘If a Community survey on the structure of agricultural
holdings on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 571/
88 (*) is scheduled within a maximum of 12 months in
relation to the basic survey provided for in the first
indent of the first subparagraph, both surveys may be
carried out simultaneously. Member States shall inform
the Commission in advance of their intention to make
use of this provision.

(*) OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1.';

Whereas, as part of a flexible methodology, Member
States should be afforded the possibility of using the
vineyard register provided for by Regulation (EEC) No

(1) OJ C 257, 15. 8. 1998, p. 8.
(2) OJ C 328, 26. 10. 1998.
(3) OJ L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 124. Regulation as last amended by

the 1994 Act of Accession.

(4) OJ L 56, 2. 3. 1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Decision 98/377/EC (OJ L 168, 13. 6. 1998, p.
29).

2. the following subparagraph shall be added to Article

2(3)(A):

‘However, as regards the 1999 basic survey, the Portu-
guese Republic may transmit information on vine vari-
eties which together represent at least 53 % of the
total area under wine grape vines.';

(5) OJ L 208, 31. 7. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1596/96 (OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 38).

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3. the following paragraph shall be added to Article 3:

communicating to the Commission the basic-survey
information.'

‘4. Member States which have completed the estab-
lishment of the vineyard register at national level or in
in
certain regions and which update it annually,
accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86, may
use the data in the vineyard register as a source for

Article 2

into force on the day
This Regulation shall enter
following that of 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.

Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 1998.

For the Council

The President

W. MOLTERER