2003/369/EC: Commission Decision of 16 May 2003 amending Decision 85/377/EEC establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (notified under document number C(2003) 1557)
Date: 2003-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural holding, agricultural product, economic accounts for agriculture, economic analysis, farm accountancy data network

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 May 2003

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

(notified under document number C(2003) 1557)

(2003/369/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
Articles 4(4) and 7(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 85/377/EEC (3), as last amended
by Decision 1999/725/EC (4), is the basis for the classifi-
cation of agricultural holdings by economic size and
type of farming both in the farm structure surveys and
under the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). The
results of
the farm structure surveys, classified by
European size units and type of farming serve as a basis
for selecting and weighting the FADN farm sample.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77 of 23
September 1977 on the form of farm return to be used
for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural
holdings (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) 1837/
2001 (6), lays down the type of accountancy data to be
given in the farm return.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February
1988 on the organisation of Community surveys on the
structure of agricultural holdings (7), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 143/2002 (8), lists the
characteristics to be surveyed in a series of surveys on
the structure of agricultural holdings.

The structure and content of both the farm return and
the list of survey characteristics for the 2003, 2005 and
2007 surveys have been recently amended by those
Regulations.

Decision 85/377/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Community Committee
for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(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 263, 17.10.1977, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 255, 24.9.2001, p. 1.

Annexes I and II to Decision 85/377/EEC are amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

(7) OJ L 56, 2.3.1998, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 16.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Decision 85/377/EEC is amended as follows:

1. In Annex I, point 1(f)(2) is replaced by the following:

‘(2) Monetary units and rounding

The basic data for determining the SGMs and the calculated SGMs are established in euro. For the Member States
not taking part in the Economic and Monetary Union, the SGMs are converted into euro using the average
exchange rates for the reference period as defined in point 1(e) of this Annex. These rates are communicated by
the Commission to these Member States.

The SGMs may be rounded to the nearest EUR 5 where appropriate.’

2. Annex II is amended as follows:
(a) Part B is amended as follows:

(i) Point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) The nature of the enterprises concerned

These enterprises refer to the list of characteristics surveyed in the 2003, 2005 and 2007 surveys on the
structure of agricultural holdings: they are indicated by using the code in Annex I to Council Regulation
(EEC) No 571/88 (*) or by a code regrouping several of those characteristics as set out in Annex II, part
C, of this Regulation (**).

(*) OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1.
(**) The characteristics D/12 (Fodder roots and brassicas), D/18 (Forage plants), D/21 (Fallow land without
any subsidies), E (Kitchen gardens), F/1 (Pasture and meadows, excluding rough grazing), F/2 (Rough
grazing) and J/11 (Piglets less than 20 kg live weight) are used only under certain conditions (see point 5
of Annex I).’

(ii) In the table entitled ‘Specialist holdings — crops products’, the rows corresponding to point 1 (Specialist field

crops) are replaced by the following:

General types of farming

Principal types of farming

Particular types of farming

Subdivision of particular types of
farming

Definition

Specialist holdings — crop products

‘1. Specialist field crops

13. Specialist cereals, oilseeds

and protein crops

131. Specialist

cereals

than rice) oilseeds
protein crops

(other
and

Code of characteristics and thresh-
olds
(reference: Annex IIC)

P1 > 2/3

and

roots

General cropping i.e. cereals,
protein crops for the production
of grain, potatoes, sugar beet,
brassicas,
fodder
industrial plants,
fresh vegeta-
bles, melons, strawberries open
field, forage plants, arable land
seed and seedlings, other arable
land
non-forage
secondary successive crops and
fallow land subject to set-aside
incentive
no
economic use > 2/3

schemes with

crops,

Cereals, oilseeds, protein crops
and fallow land subject to set-
aside incentive schemes with no
economic use > 2/3

Cereals, excluding rice, oilseeds,
protein crops and fallow land
subject
incentive
to set-aside
schemes with no economic
use > 2/3

P11 + P12 + D/9 + D/22 > 2/3

P111 + P12 + D/9 + D/22 > 2/3

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132. Specialist rice

Rice > 2/3

D/7 > 2/3

133. Cereals, oilseeds, protein

crops and rice combined

Holdings in class 13, excluding
those in classes 131 and 132

14. General field cropping

crops > 2/3;
protein

cereals,
General
oilseeds,
and
fallow land subject to set-aside
incentive
no
economic use ≤ 2/3

schemes with

crops

P1 > 2/3;
P11 + P12 + D/9 + D/22 ≤ 2/3

General types of farming

Principal types of farming

Particular types of farming

Subdivision of particular types of
farming

Definition

Code of characteristics and thresh-
olds
(reference: Annex IIC)

Specialist holdings — crop products

141. Specialist root crops

142. Cereals and roots crops

combined

143. Specialist field vegetables

144. Various field crops

Potatoes, sugar beet and fodder
roots and brassicas > 2/3

P121 > 2/3

Cereals, oilseeds, protein crops
and fallow land subject to set-
aside incentive schemes with no
use > 1/3;
economic
roots > 1/3

P11 + P12 + D/9 + D/22 > 1/3;
P121 > 1/3

Fresh vegetables, melons, straw-
berries open field > 2/3

D/14a > 2/3

Holdings in class 14, excluding
those in classes 141, 142 and
143

1441. Specialist tobacco

1442. Specialist cotton

Tobacco > 2/3

Cotton > 2/3

D/23 > 2/3

D/25 > 2/3

1443. Various

field

crops

combined

Holdings in class 144 excluding
those in subdivisions 1441 and
1442’

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(b) Part C is amended as follows:

(i) Point I is replaced by the following:

‘I. Codes regrouping several characteristics included in the 2003, 2005 and 2007 farm structure
surveys

P1.

P2.

P3.

General cropping = D/1 (common wheat and spelt) + D/2 (durum wheat) + D/3 (rye) + D/4 (barley) + D/
5 (oats) + D/6 (grain maize) + D/7 (rice) + D/8 (other cereals) + D/9 (protein crops) + D/10 (pota-
toes) + D/11 (sugar beet) + D/12 (forage roots and tubers) + D/23 (tobacco) + D/24 (hops) + D/25
(cotton) + D/26 (rape and turnip rape) + D/27 (sunflower) + D/28 (soya) + D/29 (linseed (oil flax)) + D/
30 (other oil seed crops) + D/31 (flax) + D/32 (hemp) + D/33 (other textile crops) + D/34 (aromatic
and medicinal plants and herbs) + D/35 (industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere) + D/14a (fresh
vegetables, melons, strawberries, open field) + D/18 (forage plants) + D/19 (arable land seeds and
seedlings) + D/20 (other arable land crops) + D/22 (fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes
with no economic use) + I/1 (successive secondary crops) (1).

Horticulture = D/14b (fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries — outdoor, market gardening) + D/15
(fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries under glass) + D/16 (flowers and ornamental plants —
outdoor) + D/17 (flowers and ornamental plants — under glass) + I/2 (mushrooms).

Permanent crops = G/1 (fruit and berry plantations) + G/2 (citrus plantations) + G/3 (olive planta-
tions) + G/4 (vineyards) + G/5 (nurseries) + G/6 (other permanent crops) + G/7 (permanent crops under
glass).

P4. Meadows and grazing livestock = F/1 (permanent pasture and meadows, not

including rough
grazing) + F/2 (rough grazing) + J/1 (equidae) + J/2 (cattle under one year old) + J/3 (male cattle over
one but under two years old) + J/4 (female cattle over one but under two years old) + J/5 (male cattle
two years old and over) + J/6 (heifers) + J/7 (dairy cows) + J/8 (other cows) + J/9 (sheep) + J/10 (goats).

P5.

Granivores = J/11 (piglets of less than 20 kilograms live weight) + J/12 (breeding sows of 50 kilograms
or more) + J/13 (other pigs) + J/14 (broilers) + J/15 (laying hens) + J/16 (other poultry) + J/17 (rabbits,
breeding females).

P11. Cereals = D/1 (common wheat and spelt) + D/2 (durum wheat) + D/3 (rye) + D/4 (barley) + D/5

(oats) + D/6 (grain maize) + D/7 (rice) + D/8 (other cereals).

P12. Oil

seeds = D/26 (rape and turnip rape) + D/27 (sunflower) + D/28 (soya) + D/29 (linseed (oil

flax)) + D30 (other oil seed crops).

P41. Cattle, dairying = J/2 (bovine animals under one year old) + J/4 (female bovine animals over one but

under two years old) + J/6 (heifers) + J/7 (dairy cows).

P42. Cattle = J/2 (cattle under one year old) + J/3 (male bovine animals over one but under two years
old) + J/4 (female bovine animals over one but under two years old) + J/5 (male bovine animals two
years old and over) + J/6 (heifers) + J/7 (dairy cows) + J/8 (other cows).

P51.

Pigs = J/11 (piglets of less than 20 kilograms live weight) + J/12 (breeding sows of 50 kilograms or
more) + J/13 (other pigs).

P52.

Poultry = J/14 (broilers) + J/15 (laying hens) + J/16 (other poultry).

P111. Cereals without

rice = D/1 (common wheat and spelt) + D/2 (durum wheat) + D/3 (rye) + D/4

(barley) + D/5 (oats) + D/6 (grain maize) + D/8 (other cereals).

P121. Roots = D/10 (potatoes) + D/11 (sugar beet) + D/12 (Fodder roots and brassicas).

(1)

Successive secondary non-fodder crops (101) form part of general cropping (P1) and their SGMs are the same as those
of the corresponding general crops.’

(ii) Point II is replaced by the following:

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

Accountancy Data Network (FADN)

Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

2003, 2005, 2007 Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings
(Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77)

I. Crops

D/1

Common wheat and spelt

120. Common wheat and spelt

D/2

Durum wheat

121. Durum wheat

D/3

Rye

122. Rye (including meslin)

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2003, 2005, 2007 Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings
(Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77)

D/4

Barley

D/5

Oats

123. Barley

124. Oats

125. Summer cereal mixes

D/6

Grain maize

126. Grain maize (including humid grain maize)

D/7

Rice

127. Rice

D/8

Other cereals for the production of grain

128. Other cereals

D/9

Protein crops for the production of grain
(including seed and mixtures of cereals and
pulses)

129. Protein crops

Of which:

D/9e

D/9f

D/9g

Peas, field beans and sweet lupins

360. Peas, field beans and sweet lupins

Lentils, chickpeas and vetches

361. Lentils, chickpeas and vetches

Other protein crops harvested dry

330. Other protein crops

D/10 Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed

130. Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed)

potatoes)

D/11 Sugar beet (excluding seeds)

131. Sugar beet (excluding seed)

D/12 Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)

144. Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)

Industrial crops

D/23 a) Tobacco

D/24 b) Hops

D/25 c) Cotton

D/26 Rape and turnip rape

D/27 Sunflower

D/28 Soya

D/29 Linseed (oil flax)

D/30 Other oil seed crops

D/31 Flax

D/32 Hemp

D/33 Other textile crops

134. Tobacco

133. Hops

347. Cotton

331. Rape

332. Sunflower

333. Soya

364. Flax other than fibre flax

373. Flax

374. Hemp

D/34 Aromatic plants, medicinal

and culinary

plants

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

D/35 Industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere

346. Sugar cane

348. Other industrial crops

Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries:

D/14 outdoor or under low (not accessible) protec-

tive cover

of which:

D/14a

open field

136. Field scale fresh vegetables, melons and straw-

berries grown in the open

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Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

2003, 2005, 2007 Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings
(Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77)

D/14b

market gardening

137. Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries grown in

market gardens in the open

D/15 under glass or other (accessible) protective

138. Fresh vegetables, melons

and strawberries

cover

under shelter

Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding
nurseries):

D/16 outdoor or under low (not accessible) protec-

140. Flowers and ornamental plants grown in the

tive cover

open (excluding nurseries)

D/17 under glass or other (accessible) protective

141. Flowers and ornamental plants grown under

cover

D/18 Forage plants

shelter

D/18a

temporary grass

147. Temporary grass

D/18b

other green fodder

145. Other fodder plants

of which:

D/18b (i) green maize (maize for silage)

326. Fodder maize

D/18b (iii) other forage plants

327. Other silage cereals

328. Other fodder plants

D/19 Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding
cereals, dried vegetables, potatoes and oil-seed
plants)

142. Grass seeds

143. Other seeds

D/20 Other arable land crops

148. Other arable crops not included in headings

120 to 147

149. Land ready for

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

D/21 Fallow land without any subsidies

146. Fallows

D/22 Fallow land subject

to set-aside incentive

schemes with no economic use

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

146. — Code 8: area compulsory set aside and not
cultivated (in accordance with
Council Regulation (EC) No 1251/
1999) (2)

F/1

Pasture and meadow, excluding rough graz-
ings

150. Meadows and permanent pasture

F/2

Rough grazing

151. Rough grazing

G/1

Fruit and berry plantations

152. Fruit and berry orchards

G/1a

fresh fruit and berry species of temperate
climate zones

349. Pome fruit

350. Stone fruit

G/1b

fruit and berry species of subtropical
climate zones

352. Small fruit and berries

353. Tropical and subtropical fruit

G/1c

Nuts

351. Nuts

G/2

Citrus plantations

153. Citrus fruit orchards

G/3

Olive plantations

154. Olive groves

G/3a

normally producing table olives

281. Table olives

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2003, 2005, 2007 Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings
(Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77)

G/3b

normally
production

G/4

Vineyards

producing

olives

for

oil

282. Olives for oil production

283. Olive oil

155. Vines

of which normally producing:

G/4a

quality wine

286. Grapes for quality wine

289. Quality wine

G/4b

other wines

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. Table wine and wine other than quality wine

G/4c

G/4d

table grapes

Raisins

G/5

Nurseries

285. Table grapes

291. Raisins

157. Nurseries

G/6

Other permanent crops

158. Other permanent crops

G/7

Permanent crops under glass

156. Permanent crops grown under shelter

I/1

Successive
market-garden crops and crops under glass)

secondary

(excluding

crops

Code culture “3” or “7”

I/2

Mushrooms

139. Mushrooms

E

Kitchen gardens

II. Livestock

J/1

J/2

J/3

J/4

J/5

J/6

Equidae

Bovine animals, under one year old, male and
female

22. Equidae (all ages)

23. Calves for fattening

24. Other cattle less than one year old

Male bovine animals, one but less than two
years old

25. Male cattle, from one to less than two years old

Female bovine animals, one but less tan two
years old

26. Female cattle, from one to less than two years

old

Male bovine animals, two years old and over

27. Male cattle, two years old or more

Heifers, two years old and over

28. Breeding heifers

J/7

Dairy cows

J/8

Other cows

29. Heifers for fattening

30. Dairy cows

31. Cull dairy cows

32. Other cows

1. Female

bovine

calved
animals,
(including those less than two years old)
which are kept exclusively or principally for
production of calves

having

2. Cows for work
3. Non-dairy cull cows

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Equivalent headings for the application of SGMs

2003, 2005, 2007 Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings
(Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88)

FADN farm return
(Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2237/77)

J/9

Sheep (all ages)

a) sheep, breeding females

40. Ewes (one year old or more)

b) other sheep

41. Other sheep

J/10

Goats (all ages)

a) goats, breeding females

b) other goats

38. Breeding females

39. Other goats

J/11

J/12

Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kilo-
grams

Breeding sows weighing 50 kilograms and
over

43. Piglets less than 20 kilograms live weight

44. Breeding sows of 50 kilograms or more

J/13 Other pigs

J/14

Broilers

J/15

Laying hens

J/16 Other poultry

J/16a

J/16b

J/16c

Turkeys

Ducks

Geese

45. Pigs for fattening

46. Other pigs

47. Table chickens

48. Laying hens

49. Other poultry

J/16d Other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere

J/17

Rabbits, breeding females

34. Rabbits, breeding females

J/18

Bees

33. Bees

(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.’