1999/725/EC: Commission Decision of 22 October 1999 amending Decision 85/377/EEC establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (notified under document number C(1999) 3414)
Date: 1999-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural holding, agricultural statistics, agricultural structure, economic survey, farm accountancy data network, policy on agricultural structures

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 October 1999

amending Decision 85/377/EEC establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings

(notified under document number C(1999) 3414)

(1999/725/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June
1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy
data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural
holdings in the European Economic Community (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1256/97 (2), and in particular
Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 85/377/EEC of 7 June 1985
establishing a Community typology for agricultural
holdings (3), as last amended by Commission Decision
96/393/EC (4), is the basis for the classification of agri-
cultural holdings by economic size and type of farming
both in the farm structure surveys and under the farm
accountancy
the
Community typology is also the basis for calculating the
European size units (ESU) and the thresholds used to
delimit the field of observation and to draw up the plan
for selecting the returning holdings included or to be
included in the FADN;

(FADN); whereas

data network

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

of observation must be representative in terms of the
objectives of each of the analyses planned;

Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (5), as last amended
by Commission Decision 98/377/EC (6), has been
extended to provide for a series of surveys on the struc-
ture of agricultural holdings from 1998 to 2007 and
lists the characteristics to be surveyed;

the structure and content of the list of survey character-
istics for 1999/2000 Community basic survey have been
amended, so that the characteristics in the new list differ
from those recorded in the previous surveys and it is
therefore necessary to adapt Decision 85/377/EEC to the
lists of survey characteristics laid down by Regulation
(EEC) No 571/88;

a modification of the economic size classes of holdings
applied in the Community typology is appropriate to
show the development in the structure of agriculture
within the Community;

the measures provided for in this Decision are in accord-
ance with the opinions of the Community Committee
for the farm accountancy data network and of
the
Standing Committee for agricultural statistics,

(2)

the results of the farm structure surveys, classified by
ESU and type of farming serve as a basis for defining the
field of observation of the FADN, which serves as a basis
for selecting and weighting the FADN farm sample;
whereas the selection of returning holdings for the field

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859.
(2) OJ L 174, 2.7.1997, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 220, 17.8.1985, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 45.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes II and III of Decision 85/377/EEC are amended as
follows:

(5) OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 168, 13.6.1998, p. 29.

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1. Annex II:

2. Annex III:

Part C is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.

(a) the heading of Part C, Section I,

is replaced by the

following text:

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

‘Codes regrouping several characteristics included in the
1999/2000 farm structure survey’;

Done at Brussels, 22 October 1999.

(b) in part C, Section II,

the correspondence table is

replaced by the table in Annex I to this Decision.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

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‘II. Correspondence between the headings of the structure surveys and the farm return of the farm accountancy

data network (FADN)

ANNEX I

Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

1999/2000 Community basic survey
(Commission Decision 98/377/EC)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2940/93 (2))

I. CROPS

D01

Common wheat and spelt

120.

Common wheat and spelt

D02

Durum wheat

121.

Durum wheat

D03

Rye

D04

Barley

D05

Oats

122.

Rye (including meslin)

123.

Barley

124. Oats

+
125.

+
Summer cereal mixes

D06

Grain maize

126.

Grain maize (including humid grain maize)

D07

Rice

127.

Rice

D08

Other cereals

128. Other cereals

D09

Pulses for the production of grain (including seed
and mixtures of cereals and pulses),

129.

Dry pulses

of which:

– – –

– – –

329.

Dry pulses for fodder grown as a single crop: Peas,
field beans, vetches, sweet lupins

330. Other protein crops

D09c

Peas, pure crops for harvesting dry for fodder:

D09d

Field beans, pure crops for harvesting dry for
fodder:

– – –

– – –

D10

Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed pota-
toes)

130.

Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed)

D11

Sugar beet (excluding seeds)

131.

Sugar beet (excluding seed)

D12

Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)

144.

Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)

D13

Industrial plants (including seeds for herbaceous
oilseed plants; excluding seeds for fibre plants,
hops, tobacco and other industrial plants)
of which:

– – –

(a) tobacco

(b) hops

134.

133.

Tobacco

Hops

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Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

1999/2000 Community basic survey
(Commission Decision 98/377/EC)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2940/93 (2))

(c) cotton

347.

Cotton

(d) other oilseed plants or fibre plants and other

industrial plants:

(i) oilseeds or fibre plants (total)

132.

Herbaceous oilseed crops

of which:

— rape and turnip rape

— sunflower

— soya

– – –

331.

332.

333.

Rape

Sunflower

Soya

334. Other

(ii) aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary

plants

345. Medicinal plants condiments, aromatics and spices,
including tea, coffee and coffee chicory

(iii) other industrial plants

346.

(Sugar cane

+

+

348. Other industrial plants)

D14

Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries: outdoor or
under low (not accessible) protective cover

– – –

of which:

D14a

open field

D14b market gardening

136.

137.

Field scale fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries
grown in the open

Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries, grown in
market gardens in the open

D15

Fresh vegetables, melons,
glass or other (accessible) protective cover

strawberries: under

138.

Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries under
shelter

D16

D17

and

ornamental

Flowers
(excluding
nurseries): outdoor or under low (not accessible)
protective cover

plants

140.

Flowers and ornamental plants grown in the open
(excluding nurseries)

and

ornamental

Flowers
plants
nurseries): under glass or other
protective cover

(excluding
(accessible)

141.

Flowers and ornamental plants grown under shelter

D18

Forage plants

(a) temporary grass

(b) other

of which:

147.

Temporary grass

145. Other fodder plants

(i) green maize (maize for silage)

326.

Fodder maize

(ii) leguminous plants

– – –

– – –

– – –

327. Other silage cereals

328. Other fodder plants

D19

Arable landseeds and seedlings (excluding cereals,
dried vegetables, potatoes and oil seed plants)

142.

Grass seeds

+

+

143. Other seeds

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Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

1999/2000 Community basic survey
(Commission Decision 98/377/EC)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2940/93 (2))

D20

Other arable land crops

148. Other arable crops not included in headings 120 to

+

149.

147

+

Land ready for sowing leased to others, including
land made available to employees as a benefit in
kind

D21

Fallow land without any subsidies

146.

Fallows

D22

Fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes
with no economic use

— Code 0: Fallows (without “set-aside land”)

146. — Code 5: fallow land, with rotation possibilities
(in accordance with Council Regulation No
797/85/EEC)
+

— Code 8: area compulsory set aside and not
cultivated (in accordance with Council Regula-
tion No 1765/92/EEC)

F01

Permanent pasture and meadows: Pasture and
meadow, excluding rough grazings

150. Meadows and permanent pasture

F02

Permanent pasture and meadows: Rough grazing

151.

Rough grazing

G01

Fruit and berry plantations

(a) fresh fruit and berry species of

temperate

climate zones

(b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate

zones

(c) nuts

152.

349.

+

Fruit and berry orchards

Pome fruit

+

350.

Stone fruit

+

352.

353.

+

Small fruit and berries

Tropical and subtropical fruit

351.

Nuts

G02

Citrus plantations

153.

Citrus fruit orchards

G03

Olive plantations

(a) normally producing table olives

154. Olive groves

281.

Table olives

(b) normally producing olives for oil production

282. Olives for oil production

+

+

283. Olive oil

G04

Vineyards

155.

Vines

of which normally producing:

(a) quality wine

286.

Grapes for quality wine

+

+

289. Quality wine

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Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

1999/2000 Community basic survey
(Commission Decision 98/377/EC)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2940/93 (2))

(b) other wines

(c) table grapes

(d) raisins

287.

Grapes for table wine and wine other than quality
wine

+

+

288. Miscellaneous products of vines: grape must, juice,
brandy, vinegar and others produced on the farm

+

290.

285.

291.

+

Table wine and wine other than quality wine

Table grapes

Raisins

G05

Nurseries

157.

Nurseries

G06

Other permanent crops

158. Other permanent crops

G07

Permanent crops under glass

156.

Permanent crops grown under shelter

I01

Successive secondary crops (excluding market/
garden crops and crops under glass)

of which:

(a) non-fodder cereals (D01 to D08)

(b) non-fodder dried vegetables (D09)

Code culture “3” or “7”

(c) non-fodder oilseed plants (D13(d)(i))

(d) other successive secondary crops

I02

Mushrooms

139. Mushrooms

E

Kitchen gardens

– – –

II. LIVESTOCK

J01

Equidae

22.

Equidae (all ages)

J02

Bovine animals, under one year old

(a) male

(b) female

23.

+

24.

Calves for fattening

+

Other cattle less than one year old

– – –

– – –

J03

J04

Male bovine animals, over one but under two
years old

25.

Male cattle, over one but under two years old

Female bovine animals, over one but under two
years old

26.

Female cattle, over one but under two years old

J05

Male bovine animals, two years old and over

27.

Male cattle, two years old or more

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Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

1999/2000 Community basic survey
(Commission Decision 98/377/EC)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2940/93 (2))

J06

Heifers, two years old and over

J07

Dairy cows

28.

+

29.

30.

+

31.

Breeding heifers

+

Heifers for fattening

Dairy cows

+

Cull dairy cows

J08

Other cows

32.

Other cows

1. Female bovine animals, having calved (including
those less than two years old) which are kept
exclusively or principally for production and
calves

2. Cows for work

3. Cull cows

– – –

Ewes (one year old or more)

Other sheep

– – –

Breeding females

Other goats

40.

41.

38.

39.

J09

Sheep (all ages)

(a) breeding females

(b) other sheep

J10

Goats (all ages)

(a) breeding females

(b) other goats

J11

Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilo-
grams

43.

Piglets less than 20 kilograms live weight

J12

Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and over

44.

Breeding sows of 50 kilograms or more

J13

Other pigs

J14

Broilers

J15

Laying hens

45.

+

46.

Pigs for fattening

+

Other pigs

47.

Table chickens

48.

Laying hens

J16

Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea-fowl)

49.

Other poultry

J17

Rabbits, breeding females

34.

Rabbits, breeding females

J18

Bees

33.

Bees

(1) OJ L 263, 17.10.1977, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 265, 26.10.1993, p. 26.’

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ANNEX II

‘C. ECONOMIC SIZE CLASSES OF HOLDINGS

Holdings are classified by size classes, the limits of which are set out below.

Classes

Limits in ESU

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

less than 2 ESU

from 2 to less than 4 ESU

from 4 to less than 6 ESU

from 6 to less than 8 ESU

from 8 to less than 12 ESU

from 12 to less than 16 ESU

from 16 to less than 40 ESU

from 40 to less than 100 ESU

from 100 ESU to less than 250 ESU

equal to or greater than 250 ESU

The rules laid down for the application in the field of the farm accountancy data network and the Community surveys of
agricultural holdings may provide that size classes III and IV, V and VI, and IX and X above are grouped together.

The Member States which, in implementation of article 4(1) of Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC, set a threshold of
economic size of holding for the field of survey of the farm accountancy data network which doesn not coincide with the
limits of the size classes as shown above, are to subdivide these into sub-classes, the limits of which correspond to the
thresholds fixed.’