2004/412/EC:Commission Decision of 28 April 2004 authorising Austria to make use of the system established by Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 to replace surveys of bovine livestock
Date: 2004-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, agricultural statistics, cattle, database, labelling, statistical method

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Official Journal of the European Union 

30.4.2004 

COMMISSION DECISION 

of 28 April 2004 

authorising Austria to make use of the system established by Title I of Regulation (EC) No 
1760/2000 to replace surveys of bovine livestock 

(notified under document number C(2004) 1557) 

(Only the German text is authentic) 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

(2004/412/EC) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Directive  93/24/EEC  of  1  June  1993  on  the  statistical  surveys  to  be 
carried out on bovine animal production,1 and in particular Article 1(2) and (3) thereof,  

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council 2 
establishes a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals. 

Commission  Decision  1999/571/EC  recognises  the  fully  operational  character  of  the 
Austrian database for bovine animals 3. 

Pursuant to Directive 93/24/EEC the Member States may, at their request, be authorised to 
use  administrative  statistical  sources  instead  of  surveys  of  bovine  animals  on  condition 
that they satisfy the obligations arising out of that Directive. 

In support of its request of 12 June 2003, Austria has submitted technical documentation 
as to the structure and the updating of the database referred to in Title I of Regulation (EC) 
No 1760/2000 and the methods of calculating the statistical data. 

Austria has previously been authorised, by Commission Decision 2000/554/EC4, to make 
use  of  the  register  of  bovine  animals  to  partially  replace  surveys  of  bovine  livestock; 
however, that authorisation expired on 31 December 2003. 

1 OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 5; Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) N° 1882/2003 of the European Parliament 

and the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). 

2 OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1. 
3 OJ L 217, 17.8.1999, p. 62 

 
 
 
                                                 
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(6) 

(7) 

Following examination of the request based on the technical documentation provided by 
the Austrian authorities, the request should be met. 

This  Decision  is  in  accordance  with  the  opinion  of  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Agricultural Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC 5, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Article 1 

Austria is authorised to replace the surveys of bovine animals provided for by Council Directive 
93/24/EEC by using the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals as referred 
to in Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 to obtain all the statistical data required to comply 
with the obligations arising out of that Directive. 

Article 2 

If the system referred to in Article 1 ceases to be operational or if its content no longer makes it 
possible to obtain reliable statistical information regarding all or certain categories of bovine 
animals, Austria shall return to a statistical survey system for the purpose of estimating the cattle 
population or the relevant categories. 

Article 3 

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Austria. 

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2004. 

For the Commission 
Pedro SOLBES MIRA 
Member of the Commission 

_________ 

4 OJ L 235, 19.9.2000, p. 23. 
5 OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1