Decision No 2066/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on the continued application of areal-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural statistics for 2004 to 2007 and amending Decision 1445/2000/EC
Date: 2003-11-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, agricultural statistics, area of holding, crop yield, management information system, remote sensing

26.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 309/9

DECISION No 2066/2003/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 10 November 2003

on the continued application of areal-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural
statistics for 2004 to 2007 and amending Decision 1445/2000/EC

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(6)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 285 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal by the Commission,

This Decision lays down, for the entire duration of the
programme, a financial framework constituting, for the
the principal point of reference
budgetary authority,
within the meaning of point 33 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement between the European Parliament,
the
Council and the Commission of 6 May 1999 (4) on
budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary
procedure, for the budgetary authority during the annual
budgetary procedure,

In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 251
of the Treaty (1),

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Decision No 1445/2000/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 22 May 2000 on the application
of areal-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the
agricultural statistics for 1999 to 2003 (2) will lapse on
31 December 2003.

The need to have adequate information on land use and
on the condition of crops is especially felt in the context
of new developments in the common agricultural policy
and with a view to enlargement, particularly for the
analysis of interactions between agriculture, the environ-
ment and rural areas.

The Commission's report to the European Parliament
and the Council on the implementation of
these
measures over the period from 1999 to 2003 shows that
it would be useful to continue them for a further four
years.

for

procedures

implementing
in Decision 1445/2000/EC should

the measures
The
contained
be
continued and enhanced in the light of the experience
gained and the results achieved.

Article 1

Decision 1445/2000/EC shall be amended as follows:

1. the following shall be added at the end of Article 1(1):

‘These measures shall be continued for a period of four
years beginning on 1 January 2004’;

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

The financial
framework for the implementation of this
programme for the period 2004 to 2007 is hereby set at
EUR 7,85 million.

The annual appropriations
budgetary authority within the limits of
perspective.’;

shall be authorised by the
the financial

3.

4.

in Article 6,
2007’;

‘31 July 2003’ shall be replaced by ‘31 July

in Article 7, ‘31 December 2003’ shall be replaced by ‘31
December 2007’.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the 20th day following the
date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

Done at Brussels, 10 November 2003.

The remote-sensing activities requiring further research
in the period 2004 to 2007 are
and development
covered by the Sixth Framework Programme in the field
of research and development (3).

For the European Parliament

The President

P. COX

For the Council

The President

A. MARZANO

(1) Opinion of

the European Parliament of 1 July 2003 (not yet
Journal) and Council Decision of 29

published in the Official
September 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 1.

(4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.