2003/597/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on sheep and goat population and production (notified under document number C(2003) 2801)
Date: 2003-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Directive, agricultural census, agricultural statistics, application of EU law, goat, sheep

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2003

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 93/25/EEC as regards the
statistical surveys on sheep and goat population and production

(notified under document number C(2003) 2801)

(2003/597/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/25/EEC of 1 June 1993
on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat
stocks (1), as last amended by Directive 97/77/EC (2), and in
particular Article 1(4), Article 2(2), Article 3(2) and (3), Article
7, Article 10(1) and (2) and Article 13(3) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

According to Directive 93/25/EEC, the Member States
may, at their request, be authorised to use administrative
sources instead of statistical surveys on sheep and goat
stocks and the prescribed breakdown by herd size classes
for the final results of even-numbered years.

Applications have been made by the Member States for
the various types of authorisation.

This Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 94/434/EC of 30 May 1994
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Directive 93/25/EEC as regards the statistical surveys on
sheep and goat population and production (3) has been
substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of
clarity and rationality the said Decision should be codi-
fied.

the definition of

Precise definitions are required in order to carry out the
surveys provided for in Directive 93/25/EEC. This first
requires
the agricultural holdings
covered by the survey. The individual categories into
which the survey results are to be broken down should
also be precisely defined, and the herd size classes and
regions according to which the Member States draw up
the survey results at regular intervals should be deter-
mined. A single definition of carcass weight is necessary
for the drawing-up of slaughtering statistics.

(1) OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 33.
(4) See Annex VI.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
For the purposes of Article 2(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC,
‘agricultural holding’ means any technical and economic unit
agricultural
under
products.

single management which

produces

The survey referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 93/25/

2.
EEC shall cover:

(a) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of 1

ha or more;

(b) agricultural holdings with a utilised agricultural area of less
than 1 ha, if their production is to a certain extent intended
for sale or if their production unit exceeds certain natural
thresholds.

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survey
3. Member States wishing to apply a different
threshold shall, however, undertake to determine that threshold
in such a way that only the smallest holdings are excluded, and
that together the holdings excluded account for 1 % or less of
standard gross margin, within the meaning of
the total
Commission Decision 85/377/EEC (1), of
the Member State
concerned.

Article 2

Article 6

Pursuant

to Article 1(3) of Directive 93/25/EEC,

1.
the
Member States listed in point (a) of Annex V are authorised to
use administrative sources instead of statistical surveys.

Pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC, the
2.
Member States listed in point (b) of Annex V are authorised to
use the breakdown by herd size classes for the final results of
even-numbered years.

The definitions of the categories of sheep and goat referred to
in Article 3(1) and Article 13(2) of Directive 93/25/EEC are set
out in Annex I.

Decision 94/434/EC is repealed.

Article 7

Article 3

The territorial subdivisions referred to in Article 7(1) of Direc-
tive 93/25/EEC are set out in Annex II.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as refer-
ences to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the
correlation table set out in Annex VII.

Article 8

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The size classes referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 93/25/
EEC are set out in Annex III.

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2003.

Article 5

The carcass weight referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 93/
25/EEC is defined in Annex IV.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 220, 17.8.1985, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

Definition of categories

Ewes and ewe lambs put to the ram

Females of the ovine species which have already lambed at least once as well as those which have been put to the ram
for the first time.

Milk ewes

Ewes which are kept exclusively or principally to produce milk for human consumption and/or for processing into dairy
products. This includes cast milk sheep (whether fattened or not between their last lactation and slaughtering).

Other ewes

Ewes other than milk sheep.

Lambs

Male or female sheep up to approximately 12 months old.

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Belgium:

Denmark:

Germany:

Greece:

Spain:

ANNEX II

Territorial subdivisions

Région/Gewest

—

Bundesländer

The regions of the Regional Development Service

País Vasco
Navarra
La Rioja
Aragón
Cataluña
Islas Baleares
Castilla y Léon
Madrid
Castilla-La Mancha
Comunidad Valenciana
Región de Murcia
Extremadura
Andalucía
other Comunidades Autónomas

France:

— for sheep, the following regions:

Midi-Pyrénées
Poitou-Charentes
Limousin
Aquitaine
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Auvergne
other regions

— for goats, the following regions:

Rhône-Alpes
Poitou-Charentes
Centre - Pays-de-la-Loire
Bourgogne
Midi-Pyrénées
other regions

Ireland:

Italy:

—

— for sheep: Regioni

— for goats: Regioni:

Piemonte
Lombardia
Toscana
Lazio
Campania
Puglia
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicilia
Sardegna
other regions

Luxembourg:

—

Netherlands:

Provincies

Austria:

Portugal:

Bundesländer

Regio˜ es

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Finland:

Etelä-Suomi — Uusimaa
Itä-Suomi
Väli-Suomi
Pohjois-Suomi

Sweden:

— for sheep: 8 Riksområden

— for goats: —

United Kingdom:

Standard Regions

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TABLE 1

Size classes of sheep stocks held

Categories

Holders of sheep (Total)

Holders of lambs put to the ram + ewes (b)

Holders of milk ewes and milk ewe lambs put to the
ram (c)

Holders of other ewes and ewe lambs put to the
ram (c)

Sheep/holder

Holder
Number

Animal
1 000

Lambs put to the ram,
ewes/holder

Holder
Number

Animal
1 000

Milk ewes and milk ewe
lambs put to the ram/holder

Holder
Number

Animal
1 000

Other ewes and ewe lambs
put to the ram/holder

Holder
Number

Animal
1 000

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

1-9

10-19

20-49

50-99

100-199

200-499

500-999
≥ 1 000

9

>>>>=
>>>>;

≥ 100 (a)

1-9

10-19

20-49

50-99

100-199

200-499

500-999
≥ 1 000

9

>>>>=
>>>>;

≥ 100 (a)

1-9

10-19

20-49

50-99

100-199

200-499

500-999
≥ 1 000

9

>>>>=
>>>>;

≥ 100 (a)

1-9

10-19

20-49

50-99

100-199

200-499

500-999
≥ 1 000

9

>>>>=
>>>>;

≥ 100 (a)

Total

Total

Total

Total

(a) Breakdown optional for Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden.
(b) Optional for Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
(c) Optional for Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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Size classes of goat stocks held

Holders of goats (Total)

Holders of nanny-goats and goats which have already kidded (c)

Total goats/holders

Holder Number

Animal 1 000

Nanny-goats and goats which have already kidded/holder

Holder Number

Animal 1 000

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(b)

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1-9

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≥ 100 (a)

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1-9

10-19

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50-99

100-499

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≥ 1 000

(a) Breakdown optional for Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden.
(b) Breakdown optional for France.
(c) Optional for Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.

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ANNEX IV

Definition of carcass weight

Carcass weight is the weight of the slaughtered animal's cold body after having been bled, skinned and eviscerated, and
after removal of the head (severed at the atlanto-occipital joint), of the feet (severed at the carpometacarpal or tarso-
metatarsal
(severed between the sixth and seventh caudal vertebrae) and of the genital organs
(including udder).

joints), of the tail

Kidneys and kidney fats are included in the carcass.

(a) Member States authorised to use administrative sources instead of statistical surveys.

(b) Member States authorised to use the breakdown by herd size classes for the final results of even-numbered years.

ANNEX V

ANNEX VI

Repealed Decision with its successive amendments

Commission Decision 94/434/EC

(OJ L 179, 13.7.1994, p. 33)

Commission Decision 95/380/EC, Article 3 only

(OJ L 228, 23.9.1995, p. 25)

Commission Decision 1999/47/EC, Article 3 only

(OJ L 15, 20.1.1999, p. 10)

ANNEX VII

Correlation table

Decision 94/434/EC

This Decision

Articles 1 to 6

Articles 7 and 8

—

Article 9

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

—

—

Articles 1 to 6

—

Article 7

Article 8

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI

Annex VII