2005/124/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 2005 authorising certain Member States to use information from sources other than statistical surveys for the 2005 survey on the structure of agricultural holdings (notified under document number C(2005) 284)
Date: 2005-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Denmark, EU statistics, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom, agricultural statistics, agricultural structure, statistical method

11.2.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 February 2005

authorising certain Member States to use information from sources other than statistical surveys for
the 2005 survey on the structure of agricultural holdings

(notified under document number C(2005) 284)

(Only the Danish, German, Estonian, English, Finnish, French, Dutch, Slovenian, and Swedish texts are authentic)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

(2005/124/EC)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of
29 February 1988 on the organisation of Community surveys
on the structure of agricultural holdings (1), and in particular
Article 8(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) When determining the characteristics to be surveyed, an
effort should be made to limit, as far as possible, the
burden on respondents to the survey.
In accordance
with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 571/88,
certain Member States have asked to be authorised to
use, in the 2005 survey on the structure of agricultural
information that is
holdings, for certain characteristics,
already available from sources other
than statistical
surveys.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee
Council Decision 72/279/EEC (2),

of
for Agricultural Statistics

in this Decision are in
the
Standing
established by

opinion

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Member States listed in the Annex are authorised to
than
surveys in the Farm Structure Survey 2005 for

1.
use information already available from sources other
statistical
certain characteristics.

Those sources shall be as set out in the Annex.

2.
The Member States concerned shall take the necessary
measures to ensure that this information is of at least equal
quality to information obtained from statistical surveys. They
shall provide a report assessing the quality of these information
sources.

Article 2

(2)

(3)

The results of the Farm Structure Surveys are of great
importance to the common agricultural policy.
is
necessary to maintain a high quality of
information,
and therefore the use of data from sources other than
statistical surveys can only be accepted if these data are
as reliable as those from statistical surveys.

It

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the
the
the Kingdom of
Republic of Estonia,
Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of
Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

the Netherlands,

The Member States having asked to be authorised to use
data from sources other than statistical surveys have
provided the Commission with technical documentation
as to the relevance and the accuracy of these sources.
Following examination of this technical documentation,
the authorisations requested by the Member States should
be granted.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2005.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26).

(2) OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Member States authorised to use sources other than statistical surveys in the Farm Structure Survey 2005

Member State

Belgium

Sources

Legal basis

Lists of
the beneficiaries of public aids within the
framework of productive investments and rural devel-
opment measures

Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (1)

Denmark

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (2)

Organic Farming Register

Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (3)

System for the identification and registration of bovine
animals

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 (4)

System for the registration of financial aids for rural
development

Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

Germany

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

System for the identification and registration of bovine
animals

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000

Estonia

Organic Farming Register

Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91

Register of Agricultural Support

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

Netherlands

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

System for the registration of financial aids for rural
development

Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

National Farm Register

Regulation concerning registration and
distribution of data, 16 March 1995

Austria

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

Register of bovine animals

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000

Slovenia

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

Records of financial supports

Statistical Register of Agricultural Holdings

Agriculture Act (OJ of the Republic of
Slovenia, No 54/2000)

National Statistics Act
the
Republic of Slovenia No 45/95 and
No 9/01)

(OJ of

Finland

Sweden

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

System for the identification and registration of bovine
animals

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000

United Kingdom Integrated Administration and Control System

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

System for the identification and registration of bovine
animals

Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000

Records of Financial Supports

Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

Organic Farming Register

Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 583/2004 (OJ L 91, 30.3.2004, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2217/2004 (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 1).
(3) OJ L 198, 22.7.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1481/2004 (OJ L 272, 20.8.2004, p. 11).
(4) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the Act of accession of 2003.