Council Regulation (EC) No 2059/2003 of 17 November 2003 amending Regulation No 79/65/EEC setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic Community
Date: 2003-11-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural holding, farm accountancy data network, farm income

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2059/2003

of 17 November 2003

amending Regulation No 79/65/EEC setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on
the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Economic
Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article
37(2) thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Regulation No 79/65/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

1.

in Chapter I, the following Article shall be added:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

Following consultation of the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The data network set up by Council Regulation No 79/
65/EEC (3) provides the Commission with objective and
relevant information on the common agricultural policy.

For management reasons, the Commission should be
authorised to amend the list of divisions of Member
States set out in the Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC,
at the request of a Member State.

The data network is a useful tool which enables the
Community to develop this policy and it serves, as a
consequence, the Member States as well as the Commu-
nity. The costs of the computerised systems on which
the network relies and of studies and development activ-
ities of other aspects of the network, should therefore be
eligible for Community financing.

(4)

Regulation No 79/65/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

(1) Opinion of 9 October 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion of 29 October 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(3) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1256/97 (OJ L 174, 2.7.1997, p. 7).

‘Article 2a

At the request of a Member State the list of divisions shall
be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 19, provided that the request concerns the Member
State's divisions.’;

2. Article 22(1) shall be replaced by the following:

Appropriations to be included in the general budget
in the Commission section, shall

‘1.
of the European Union,
cover:

(a) those costs of the data network attributable to payment
of fees to accountancy offices in consideration of their
performance of the duties referred to in Articles 9 and
14;

(b) all the costs of the computerised systems operated by
the Commission for the reception, verification, proces-
sing and analysis of accountancy data supplied by the
Member States.

The costs referred to in point (b) include, where appropriate,
the costs of disseminating the results of those operations
and the costs of studies into, and development of, other
aspects of the data network.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO