Commission Regulation (EC) No 2203/2004 of 21 December 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Date: 2004-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, farm accountancy data network, farm income, farm return, farmers' income, sampling

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2203/2004

of 21 December 2004

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the
purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

holdings laid down in Annex I for Belgium, Denmark,
Germany, France and Luxembourg should be adjusted, to
maintain the actual sample size.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation No 79/65/EEC of 15 June
1965 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy
data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural
holdings in the European Economic Community (1), and in
particular Articles 4(4), and 6(2) thereof,

(4)

The number of returning holdings per division in Sweden
should be adjusted, due to changes in the borders
between the divisions.

(5)

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Whereas:

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Community
Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 (2) fixes the
number of returning holdings per division. The number
of returning holdings to be selected in each division may
differ by up to 20 % in either direction provided that this
does not entail a reduction in the total number of
returning holdings per Member State.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

As the financial management of such a measure is
difficult, a limitation per Member State as to the total
number of duly completed farm returns eligible for
Community financing is
introduced in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on
certain detailed implementing rules
concerning the
keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the
incomes of agricultural holdings (3). For reasons of clarity
and coherence, this change should be reflected in Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1859/82. Flexibility in the number of
returning holdings per division should remain allowed, as
long as the total number of the returning holdings of the
Member State concerned is respected.

In view of the limitation per Member State of the total
number of duly completed farm returns eligible for
returning
the
Community

financing,

number

of

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004 (OJ L 104, 8.4.2004,
p. 97).

(2) OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 40. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 730/2004 (OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 8).

(3) OJ L 190, 14.7.1983, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1388/2004 (OJ L 255, 31.7.2004, p. 5).

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

1. Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

The number of returning holdings per Member State as well
as per division is laid down in Annex I.

returning holdings to be selected per
The number of
division may differ from that laid down in Annex I by
up to 20 % in either direction provided that
the total
number of the returning holdings of the Member State
concerned is respected.’

2. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this

Regulation.

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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.

It shall apply from the 2005 accounting year.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended as follows:

(a)

the part concerning Belgium is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

341

342

343

‘BELGIUM
Vlaanderen

Bruxelles-Brussel

Wallonie

Total Belgium

(b) the part concerning Denmark is replaced by the following:

‘370

DENMARK

(c)

the part concerning Germany is replaced by the following:

010

020

030

040

050

060

070

080

090

100

110

112

113

114

115

116

‘GERMANY
Schleswig-Holstein

Hamburg

Niedersachsen

Bremen

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Hessen

Rheinland-Pfalz

Baden-Württemberg

Bayern

Saarland

Berlin

Brandenburg

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Sachsen

Sachsen-Anhalt

Thüringen

Total Germany

(d) the part concerning France is replaced by the following:

121

131

132

133

134

135

136

141

151

152

153

162

‘FRANCE
Île-de-France

Champagne-Ardenne

Picardie

Haute.Normandie

Centre

Basse-Normandie

Bourgogne

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Lorraine

Alsace

Franche-Comté

Pays de la Loire

720
—

480

1 200’

2 250’

450

50

980
—

790

440

600

740

1 150

80
—

240

180

280

190

190

6 360’

170

400

300

160

450

220

380

310

230

180

230

490

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163

164

182

183

184

192

193

201

203

204

Bretagne

Poitou-Charentes

Aquitaine

Midi-Pyrénées

Limousin

Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne

Languedoc-Roussillon
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Corse

540

360

500

480

200

450

360

400

360

150

Total France

7 320’

(e)

the part concerning Luxembourg is replaced by the following:

‘350

LUXEMBOURG

(f)

the part concerning Sweden is replaced by the following:

710

720

730

‘SWEDEN
Plains of Southern and Central Sweden

Forest and mixed agricultural and forest
areas of Southern and Central Sweden

Areas of Northern Sweden

Total Sweden

360’

680

215

105

1 000’