2002/442/EC: Commission Decision of 10 June 2002 authorising Belgium to carry out only two pig surveys a year (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2061)
Date: 2002-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, animal production, source of information, statistics, swine

12.6.2002

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 June 2002

authorising Belgium to carry out only two pig surveys a year

(notified under document number C(2002) 2061)

(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/442/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 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993
on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production (1),
as last amended by Directive 97/77/EC (2), and in particular
Article 1(2), (3) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Belgium has submitted methodological documentation
which, in line with Directive 93/23/EEC, guarantees the
quality of production forecasts.

Directive 93/23/EEC also authorises the Member States,
at their request, to use administrative statistical sources
instead of
they
satisfy the obligations arising out of the said Directive.
Belgium has made such a request.

livestock surveys, on condition that

Belgium should be authorised to carry out only two
surveys a year, at six-month intervals in the months of
May/June and November/December, and to use the
administrative statistical sources it has indicated.

This Decision is in compliance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, set up by
Council Decision 72/279/EEC (3),

Article 1

Belgium is authorised to carry out only two surveys a year, at
six-month intervals in the months of May/June and November/
December.

Article 2

When using administrative data to establish gross indigenous
production forecasts Belgium has to observe basic conditions
which are set out in the annex of the decision.

Article 3

This authorisation is granted for a period of three years.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2002.

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 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Basic conditions determining the use of the Sanitel administrative database in compiling gross indigenous production
forecasts:

1. A cooperation group made up of officials from the National Statistical Institute (Institut national de statistique) at the
Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs, from the Centre for Agricultural Economics (Centre d'économie agricole) at the
Ministry of Small Enterprises, Traders and Agriculture, or from corresponding bodies set up under the regionalisation
programme, and from the European Commission shall supervise the use of the Sanitel administrative database in
compiling gross indigenous production forecasts.

In particular this group shall ensure that the procedure for updating the Sanitel register will continue to guarantee
adequate coverage and representativeness compared with the results of the pig livestock surveys. This group shall
always undertake a detailed examination each time there is a significant change in the Sanitel administrative database.

2. Before 31 December 2004, Belgium shall transmit to the European Commission a report on the experience acquired

through use of the Sanitel administrative database in compiling gross indigenous production forecasts.