Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/2001 of 30 July 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Date: 2001-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural holding, economic accounts for agriculture, farm income

31.7.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1555/2001

of 30 July 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the
purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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
Articles 4(4) and 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is replaced by the
following text:

‘Article 2

For the 2001 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive
months beginning between 1 January and 1 July in 2001)
and for subsequent accounting years,
the threshold as
referred to in Article 4 of Regulation No 79/65/EEC in ESU
shall be as follows:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 4 of Regulation No 79/65/EEC defines that the
field of survey shall cover the agricultural holdings
having an economic size equal to, or greater than, a
threshold expressed in European size units (ESU) within
the meaning of Annex III to Commission Decision 85/
377/EEC of 7 June 1985 establishing a Community
typology for agricultural holdings (3), as last amended by
Decision 1999/725/EC (4).

Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82
of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning
holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of
agricultural holdings (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 285/2000 (6), sets the thresholds for 1995 and
subsequent accounting years.

The structural change has lead to a decrease in the
number of the smallest holdings and in their contribu-
tion to the total output of agriculture, thereby making
their use unnecessary in order for the field of survey to
cover the most relevant part of the agricultural activity
(at least 90 % of total standard gross margin).

In the case of Italy it is advisable to raise the threshold
from 2 ESU to 4 ESU but for practical reasons this
modification
the
cannot
accounting year 2002.

implemented

until

be

— Belgium:

— Netherlands:

— Denmark:

— Germany:

— France:

— Luxembourg:

— Austria:

— Finland:

— Sweden:

16 ESU

16 ESU

8 ESU

8 ESU

8 ESU

8 ESU

8 ESU

8 ESU

8 ESU

— United Kingdom

(with the exception of Northern Ireland):

16 ESU

— Northern Ireland:

— Ireland:

— Italy:

— Greece:

— Spain:

— Portugal:

8 ESU

2 ESU

2 ESU

2 ESU

2 ESU

2 ESU.

For Italy the threshold as defined in the first subparagraph
will be 4 ESU for the 2002 accounting year (a period of 12
consecutive months beginning between 1 January and 1
July 2002) and for subsequent accounting years.’

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Community
Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

Article 2

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65
(2) OJ L 174, 2.7.1997, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 220, 17.8.1985, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 291, 13.11.1999, p. 28.
(5) OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5.
(6) OJ L 31, 5.2.2000, p. 79.

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

It shall apply from the 2001 accounting year.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2001.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission