2000/554/EC: Commission Decision of 6 September 2000 authorising the Republic of Austria to make use of the register of bovine animals to partially replace surveys of bovine livestock (notified under document number C(2000) 2467) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the German text is authentic)
Date: 2000-09-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, agricultural statistics, cattle, database, information

19.9.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 235/23

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 September 2000

authorising the Republic of Austria to make use of the register of bovine animals to partially
replace surveys of bovine livestock

(notified under document number C(2000) 2467)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/554/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/24/EEC of 1 June 1993
on the statistical surveys to be carried out on bovine animal
production (1), as last amended by Directive 97/77/EC (2), and
in particular Article 1(2) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997
establishes a system for the identification and registra-
tion of bovine animals (3).

Commission Decision 1999/571/EC of 28 July 1999
recognises the fully operational character of the Austrian
data base for bovine animals (4).

Pursuant
to Directive 93/24/EEC the Member States
may, at their request, be authorised to use administrative
statistical sources instead of surveys of bovine animals
on condition that they satisfy the obligations arising out
of the said Directive.

introduced a request

for authorisation
Austria has
pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 1(2) of
Directive 93/24/EEC.

This Decision is in compliance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, set up by
Council Decision 72/279/EEC (5),

Article 1

The Republic of Austria is authorised to replace, in part, the
surveys of bovine animals provided for by Council Directive
93/24/EEC by using the register of bovine animals to obtain all
the statistical data required to comply with the obligations
arising out of the said Directive. This authorisation is granted
up to 31 December 2003.

Article 2

The basic conditions to be met by the Republic of Austria
when using administrative data for statistical purposes are set
out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria.

Done at Brussels, 6 September 2000.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 217, 17.8.1999, p. 62.
(5) OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19.9.2000

ANNEX

Basic conditions governing the use of the administrative database for statistical purposes (DBB: data base for bovine
animals):

1. In view of the current level of coverage and representativeness for the operational data base for bovine animals (DBB)

in Austria,

it may be used to obtain statistical data on the following characteristics:

— total bovine livestock
— bovine animals less than one year old
— bovine animals aged between one and two years

— male
— female

— bovine animals of two years and over

— male
— female

— heifers
— cows.

2. Since the following characteristics cannot be obtained from the DBB, they shall be the subject of supplementary

statistical surveys:

— bovine animals less than one year old, calves for slaughter
— bovine animals less than one year old, other
— bovine animals less than one year old, other, male
— bovine animals less than one year old, other, female
— bovine animals aged between one and two years, female, animals for slaughter
— bovine animals aged between one and two years, female, other
— bovine animals of two years and over, heifers for slaughter
— bovine animals of two years and over, heifers, other
— bovine animals of two years and over, cows, dairy cows
— bovine animals of two years and over, cows, other

For comparison reasons the following characteristics have also to be the subject of this supplementary statistical
survey:

— total bovine livestock
— bovine animals less than one year old
— bovine animals aged between one and two years

— male
— female

— bovine animals of two years and over

— male
— female

— heifers
— cows.

3. A cooperation group made up of the responsible officials of the ‘Statistik Österreich’ (formerly, Austrian Statistical
Office), the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Environment, Waterways and Forestry (the chief administrator of the
DBB; formerly, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), external representatives of the chambers for agriculture,
experts of the university of agricultural sciences (statistics, cattle breeding) and a representative of the European
Commission shall supervise the statistical use of the administrative data base. In particular this group shall ensure that
the procedure for updating the DBB will continue in future to guarantee the adequate coverage and representativeness
of the DBB with regard to the characteristics listed in 1. This group shall always undertake a detailed examination each
time there is a significant change in the DBB.

4. An annual report shall be compiled by Austria on the use of the DBB for statistical purposes. After this authorisation
has expired, Austria is required to forward a report to the European Commission, which makes possible a comparison
of the DBB results with the results of the cattle surveys. For this purpose in 2003 — parallel to the structure survey of
agricultural holdings — a cattle survey will be carried out which meets the requirements of Council Directive
93/23/EEC in accordance with Article 4. On the basis of this comparison and the annual reports, and following an
opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics, the Commission may take a decision on the statistical
use of the DBB.

5. The breakdown by herd size that falls due in December of uneven years will be done during the period of this

authorisation on the basis of the DBB.