Regulation (EC) No 1435/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 2004 amending, as a result of enlargement, Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings
Date: 2004-06-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, EU statistics, accession to the European Union, agricultural holding, agricultural statistics, agricultural structure, general budget (EU), inclusion in the budget

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EC) No 1435/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 22 June 2004

amending, as a result of enlargement, Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of
Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty concerning the accession of the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union,
and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,

(3)

(4)

In the light of the accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and with a view to
conducting surveys on the structure of agricultural hold-
ings in these new Member States in 2005 and 2007, it is
appropriate to provide for a maximum Community
contribution per survey; this adaptation is needed by
reason of accession and has not been provided for in the
Act of Accession.

This Regulation lays down, for the remainder of the
programme, a financial
framework constituting the
prime reference within the meaning of point 33 of the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the
European Parliament, the Council and the Commission
on budgetary discipline
the
budgetary procedure (3),
the budgetary authority
during the annual budgetary procedure,

and improvement of

for

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (1),

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (2) provides for the Member
States to be reimbursed up to a maximum amount per
survey, as a contribution to expenses incurred.

In order to carry out the surveys on the structure of agri-
cultural holdings, considerable funding will be required
from the Member States and from the Community to
meet the information requirements of the Community
institutions.

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 21 April 2004 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the Council of 21
June 2004.

(2) OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the following indents shall be added to the first sub-

paragraph of Article 14(1):

‘— EUR 25 000 for Malta,

— EUR 200 000 for Cyprus,

— EUR 500 000 for Estonia and Slovenia,

— EUR 700 000 for Slovakia,

— EUR 1 100 000 for the Czech Republic, Latvia and

Lithuania,

— EUR 2 000 000 for Hungary and Poland.’;

(3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision
2003/429/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

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2.

in Article 14, the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall
be replaced by the following:

framework for the implementation of this
‘The financial
programme, including the appropriations necessary for the
management of
shall be set at
the Eurofarm project,
EUR 43,7 million for the period 2004-2006.

The amount for the period 2007-2009 will be fixed by the
budgetary and legislative authority on a proposal from the
Commission on the basis of the new financial perspective
for the period commencing in 2007.

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

shall be authorised by the
the financial

Article 2

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

Point 1 of Article 1 shall apply as from 1 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 June 2004.

For the European Parliament

The President

P. COX

For the Council

The President

J. WALSH