Proposal for a Council Decision on the application of aerial-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural statistics for 1999-2003
Date: 1998-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, agricultural statistics, area of holding, crop yield, management information system, remote sensing

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Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  on  the  application  of  aerial(cid:220)survey  and  remote(cid:220)sensing
techniques  to  the  agricultural  statistics  for  1999(cid:220)2003

(98/C  372/08)

COM(1998)  601  final  -  98/0296(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  11  November  1998)

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,

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas  Council  Decision  94/753/EC  of  14  November
1994  on  the  continued  application  of  remote  sensing  to
agricultural  statistics  during  the  period  1994  to  1998  will
lapse  on  31  December  1998;

Whereas  there  is  an  especially  felt  need  to  have  adequate
information  on  land  use  and  on  the  condition  of  crops  in
the  context  of  new  developments  in  the  common  agri(cid:220)
cultural  policy  and  with  a  view  to  Union  enlargement;

the  detailed 

Whereas 
the
in  Council  Decision  94/753/EC
measures  contained 
should  be  adjusted  and  reorganised  in  the  light  of  the
experience  gained  and  the  results  achieved;

implementing 

rules 

for 

Whereas,  in  cooperation  with  the  interested  Member
States,  an  aerial(cid:220)survey  system  should  be  introduced  to
collect  the  necessary  data  on  land  use  and  other  variables
of  interest;

Whereas  the  agro(cid:220)meteorological  system  for  forecasting
yields  and  monitoring  crop  condition  is  now  at  the  oper(cid:220)
ational  stage  and  should  therefore  be  separated  from
those  measures  requiring  further  research;

Whereas  the  remote(cid:220)sensing  activities  requiring  further
research  and  development  in  the  period  1999(cid:220)2003  are
covered  by  the  Fifth  Framework  Programme  in  the  field
of  research  and  development;

Whereas  provision  should  already  be  made  to  incor(cid:220)
porate  where 
in
methodology  that  may  result  from  this  research  into  the
operational  activities  covered  by  this  Decision;

developments 

appropriate 

the 

its 

supervision, 

Whereas  the  Commission  should  be  able  to  delegate,
under 
these
the 
measures  to  national  or  Community  bodies  responsible
for  the  production  of  agricultural  statistics,  or  bodies
recognised  by  them;

implementation  of 

Whereas 
the  statistical  measures  employing  remote(cid:220)
sensing  and  aerial(cid:220)survey  techniques  comply  with  the
principle  of  subsidiarity  and  ensure  that  the  Member
States 
the  European
Communities  share  responsibility  for  them  and  execute
them  in  accordance  with  criteria  of  efficiency  and  feasi(cid:220)
bility;

the  Commission 

and 

of 

Whereas  these  measures  can  contribute  to  improving  the
Community’s  statistical  tools  for  conceiving,  managing
and  monitoring  the  common  agricultural  policy,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The  Commission  is  hereby  authorised  to  apply  remote(cid:220)
to  agricultural
sensing  and  aerial(cid:220)survey 
statistics  over  a  five(cid:220)year  period  starting  on  1  January
1999.  These  techniques  shall  aim  in  particular  to:

techniques 

-(cid:217)create  the  tools  for  collecting  data  on  land  use  and
the  other  relevant  variables  needed  to  implement  and
monitor  the  common  agricultural  policy  and  analyse
the  interactions  with  other  Community  policies,

-(cid:217)provide  acceptable  estimates  of  the  areas  under  the
principal  crops  and  their  potential  production  both  at
European  level  and  in  regions  of  interest  to  the
Community,

-(cid:217)ensure 

that 

the  condition  of  crops  during 

the
growing  period  is  monitored  so  that  the  potential
impact  on  yields  and  agricultural  production  can  be
estimated.

Article  2

The  Commission  shall  implement  these  measures  within
available  funding  limits,  either  directly  or  in  cooperation
with  the  national  Community  bodies  responsible  for  the
production  of  agricultural  statistics  or  with  bodies

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recognised  by  them.  In  accordance  with  the  procedure
laid  down  in  Article  3,  the  Commission  shall  report
annually  to  the  Member  States  on  the  implementing
arrangements,  the  methods  used,  the  utilisation  of  appro(cid:220)
priations,  the  evaluation  of  the  results  and  on  the  way
that  the  work  should  be  conducted  in  the  following  year.

Article  3

1.(cid:218)(cid:217)Where  reference  to  the  procedure  laid  down  in  this
Article  is  made,  the  Standing  Committee  for  Agricultural
Statistics,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  Committee,  shall
be  consulted,  either  at  the  initiative  of  its  chairman  or  at
the  request  of  a  representative  of  a  Member  State.

2.(cid:218)(cid:217)The  Commission  representative  shall  present  to  the
Committee  a  draft  of  the  measures  to  be  taken.  The
Committee  shall  deliver  its  opinion  on  the  draft  within  a
time  limit  which  the  chairman  may  lay  down  according
to  the  urgency  of  the  matter.  Where  appropriate,  a  vote
shall  be  taken.

3.(cid:218)(cid:217)The  opinion  shall  be  entered 
in  the  summary
record.  Each  Member  State  shall  also  have  the  right  to
have  its  individual  position  entered  in  the  record.

4.(cid:218)(cid:217)The  Commission  shall  take  full  account  of  the
Committee’s  opinion.  It  shall  inform  the  Committee  of
the  way  in  which  it  has  done  so.

Article  4

By  31  July  2003  at  the  latest,  the  Commission  shall
present  a  report  to  Parliament  and  the  Council  on  the
implementation  of  these  measures,  including  in  it  any
proposals  on  how  remote(cid:220)sensing  and  aerial(cid:220)survey  tech(cid:220)
niques  may  continue  to  be  used  for  agricultural  statistics.

Article  5

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following
its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European
Communities.

Amended  proposal  for  a  European  Parliament  and  Council  Decision  amending  Decision
No  2085/97/EC  establishing  a  programme  of  support,  including  translation,  in  the  field  of
books  and  reading  (Ariane  programme) (˛)

(98/C  372/09)

(Text  with  EEA  relevance)

COM(1998)  608  final  -  98/0282(COD)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  Article  189a(2)  of  the  EC  Treaty  on  28  October  1998)

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  C  319,  16.10.1998,  p.  13.

ORIGINAL  PROPOSAL

AMENDED  PROPOSAL

THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  THE  COUNCIL
OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  THE  COUNCIL
OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  128  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  128  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  Committee  of  the
Regions,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  Committee  of  the
Regions,

Acting  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in
Article  189b  of  the  Treaty,

Acting  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in
Article  189b  of  the  Treaty,