Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 127/2005 of  30 September 2005  amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-09-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, agricultural holding, agricultural statistics, agricultural structure, statistical method

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 127/2005

of 30 September 2005

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting
the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 86/2005 of

10 June 2005 (1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 adapting and implementing
Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 and amending Commission Decision 2000/115/EC with a view
to the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in 2005 and
2007 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

the following indent shall be added in point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88):

— ‘32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 (OJ L 369,

16.12.2004, p. 26).’;

2.

the list in Appendix 1 shall be replaced with the list in the Annex to this Decision;

3.

the adaptation text in point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88) shall be amended as follows:

(i)

The following adaptation shall be added:

‘(k) Liechtenstein is exempted from supplying the data required by this Regulation.’

(ii)

In adaptation (d) ‘and Liechtenstein’ shall be deleted.

(1) OJ L 268, 13.10.2005, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26.

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(iii) Adaptation (f) shall be deleted.

(iv)

In adaptation (h) ‘Liechtenstein and’ shall be deleted;

4.

the following indent shall be added in point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC):

— ‘32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 (OJ L 369,

16.12.2004, p. 26).’;

5.

the adaptation text in point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC) shall be amended as follows:

(i)

In adaptation (e ‘Liechtenstein 16 years’ shall be deleted.

(ii) The following adaptation shall be added:

‘(f) This Decision shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’;

6.

the following point shall be inserted after point 23a (Commission Decision 2000/115/EC):

‘23b. 32004 R 2139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 of 8 December 2004 adapting
and implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 and amending Commission Decision
2000/115/EC with a view to the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings in 2005 and 2007 (OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the
following adaptation:

The following shall be added in Article 4:

“The EFTA States shall communicate validated individual data from the farm structure surveys
2005 by 31 December 2006 and validated individual data from the farm structure surveys
2007 by 31 December 2008.

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.”’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in
the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 2005, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 30 September 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

HSH Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

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ANNEX

A.

LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS FOR 2005 AND 2007 (1)

Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

A. Geographical situation of the holding

1.

Survey district

(a) Municipality or subsurvey district (2)

2.

Less-favoured area (2)

(a) Mountain area (2)

N

IS

code

code

Yes/no

NR

NR

Yes/no

NR

NR

3.

Agricultural areas with environmental restrictions

Yes/no

NR

NR

B.

Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the
survey)

N

IS

1.

Is the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by

(a)

(b)

a natural person who is a sole holder, where the holding is
independent?

one or more natural persons who is/are a partner, where the
holding is a group holding (3)?

(c)

a legal person?

2.

If the answer to question B/1 (a) is yes, is the person (the holder) also the
manager?

Yes/no

Yes/no

Yes/no

Yes/no

(a)

(b)

If the answer to question B/2 is ‘no’, is the manager a member of
the holder's family?

Yes/no

NS

NS

If the answer to question B/2 (a) is ‘yes’, is the manager the spouse
of the holder?

Yes/no

NS

NS

3.

Agricultural training of the managers (only practical agricultural
experience, basic agricultural (4)

C.

Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and farming system

Agricultural area utilised:

1

2.

3.

For owner farming

For tenant farming

For share farming or other modes

code

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

N

IS

NE

(1)

(2)

(3)
(4)

Note to the reader: the numbering of the characteristics is a consequence of the long history of the structure surveys and
cannot be changed without repercussion on comparability between surveys.

The provision of information on less-favoured area (A2) and mountain area (A2a) is optional in case the municipality code
(A1a) is sent for each holding. In case the municipality code (A1a) is not provided for the holding, the information on less-
favoured area (A2) and mountain area (A2a) is obligatory.

Voluntary information.

Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

5.

Farming system and practises

N

IS

(a)

(d)

(e)

(f)

The utilised agricultural area of the holding on which organic
farming production methods are applied according to European
Community rules

The utilised agricultural area of the holding that are under
conversion to organic farming production methods

ha/a

ha/a

Is the holding applying organic production methods also to the
animal production?

totally, partly, not
at all

Direct investment aids to the holding in the framework of common
agricultural policy during the last five years:

(i)

Did the holding benefit directly from public aids within the
framework of productive investments? (1)

Yes/no

NR

NR

(ii) Did the holding benefit directly from public aids within the

framework of rural development measures? (1)

Yes/no

NR

NR

6.

Destination of the holding's production:

(a) Does the household of the holder consume more than 50 % of the

value of the final production of the holding? (1)

Yes/no

NS

NR

(b) Do the direct sales to consumers account for more than 50 % of

the total sales? (1)

D. Arable land

Cereals for the production of grain (including seed):

Yes/no

NS

NR

N

IS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Common wheat and spelt

Durum wheat

Rye

Barley

Oats

Grain maize

Rice

Other cereals for the production of grain

Protein crops for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of
cereals and pulses)

of which:

(e)

(f)

Peas, field beans and sweet lupines

Lentils, chick peas and vetches

(g) Other protein crops harvested dry

10.

Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)

11.

Sugar beet (excluding seeds)

12.

Fodder roots and brassicas (excluding seeds)

Industrial plants:

23. Tobacco

24. Hops

(1)

Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NS

NS

NE

NS

NE

NE

NE

NS

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NS

NE

NE

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

25. Cotton

26. Rape and turnip rape

27.

Sunflower

28. Soya

29. Linseed (oil flax)

30. Other oil seed crops

31.

Flax

32. Hemp

33. Other textile crops

34. Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants

35.

Industrial plants, not mentioned elsewhere

Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries :

14. Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover

of which :

(a)

open field

(b) market gardening

15. Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) :

16. Outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover

17. Under glass or other (accessible) protective cover

18.

Forage plants :

(a)

(b)

temporary grass

other green fodder

of which:

(i)

green maize (maize for silage)

(iii) other forage plants

19. Arable land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dried vegetables,

potatoes and oil-seed plants)

20. Other arable land crops

21.

Fallow land without any subsidies

22.

Fallow land subject to set-aside incentive schemes with no economic use

E.

F.

Kitchen gardens

Permanent grassland and meadow

1.

2.

Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazing

Rough grazing

G.

Permanent crops

1.

Fruit and berry plantations

(a)

(b)

(c)

fresh fruit and berry species of temperate climate zones (1)

fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zones

nuts

(1)

Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria may include item G/1 (c) ‘nuts’ under this heading.

N

IS

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE ME

NE

NE

NE

NS

NE

NE

NE

NE

NS

NE

NS

NS

NS

NS

NR

NS

N

NR

NS

IS

N

IS

NE

NE

NE

NE

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

2.

3.

Citrus plantations

Olive plantations

(a)

(b)

normally producing table olives

normally producing olives for oil production

4.

Vineyards

of which normally producing:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

quality wine

other wines

table grapes

raisins

Nurseries

Other permanent crops

Permanent crops under glass

5.

6.

7.

H. Other land

1.

Non-utilised agricultural land (agricultural land which is no longer
farmed, for economic, social or other reasons, and which is not used in
the crop rotation system)

2. Wooded area (1)

3.

Other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds,
quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.) (2)

I.

Successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation and set-aside of
arable land

1.

Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops
under glass) (3)

2. Mushrooms

3.

Irrigated area

(a)

(b)

total irrigable area

cultivated area irrigated

4.

Area subject to set-aside incentive schemes broken down by :

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

fallow land with no economic use (already recorded under D/22)

areas used for the production of agricultural raw material for non-
food purposes (e.g. sugar beet, rape, non-forestry trees and bushes
etc., including lentils, chick peas and vetches; already recorded
under D and G)

areas converted into permanent pasture and meadow (already
recorded under F/1 and F/2) (4)

former agricultural areas converted into wooded area or being
prepared for afforestation (already recorded under H/2) (5)

(e)

other areas (already recorded under H/1 and H/3) (5)

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

In Norway, this item comprises productive forest area.

In Norway, this item comprises woodland other than productive forest area.

Voluntary information.

Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

Germany may merge headings 8(c), 8(d) and 8(e).

N

IS

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NS

NE

NE

N

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NE

NS

NE

NE

IS

N

IS

NE

NE

NS

NS

NR

NR

NR

NR

NS

NR

NR

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

NR

NR

ha/a

ha/a

ha/a

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

J.

Livestock (on the reference day of the survey)

N

N

IS

IS

1.

Equidae

Bovine animals:

2.

Bovine animals, under one year old, male and female

3. Male bovine animals, one but less than two years old

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

4.

Female bovine animals, one but less than two years old

Number of heads

5. Male bovine animals, two years old and over

6.

7.

8.

Heifers, two years old and over

Dairy cows

Other cows

Sheep and goats:

9.

Sheep (all ages)

(a)

sheep, breeding females

(b)

other sheep

10. Goats (all ages)

(a)

goats, breeding females

(b)

other goats

Pigs:

11.

Piglets having a live weight of under 20 kg

12. Breeding sows weighing 50 kg and over

13. Other pigs

Poultry:

14. Broilers

15.

Laying hens (1)

16. Other poultry

of which

(a)

turkeys

(b)

ducks

(c)

geese

(d)

other poultry, not mentioned elsewhere

17. Rabbits, breeding females

18. Bees

19.

Livestock, not mentioned elsewhere

(1)

In Norway, breeding cocks are excluded from this item.

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads

Number of heads NS

NS

Number of heads NS

Number of heads NS

Number of heads NS

Number of heads NE

Number of heads NS

Number of hives NS

yes/no

NS

NS

NS

NS

NE

NS

NE

NS

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

K.

Tractors, cultivators, machinery and equipment

(1) On day of survey, belonging exclusively to the holding

1.

Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers by power rating
(kW) (1)

(a)

< 40 (2)

(b)

40 to < 60 (2)

(c)

60 to < 100 (2)

(d)

100 and more (2)

N

N

IS

IS

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers (1)

Number

NS

NS

Number

Number

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

yes/no

NE

NE

NS

NE

NS

NS

2.

3.

9.

Combine harvesters (1)

Other fully mechanised harvesters (1)

10.

Irrigation equipment (1)

(a)

if yes, is the equipment mobile (1)

(b)

if yes, is the equipment fixed (1)

(2) Machinery used in the last 12 months, used by several holdings (belonging to
another holding, to a co-operative or owned jointly with other holdings) or
belonging to a service supply agency

1.

2.

3.

9.

Four-wheel tractors, track-laying tractors, tool carriers by power rating
(kW) (1)

Cultivators, hoeing machines, rotary hoes and motor mowers (1)

Combine harvesters (1)

Other fully mechanised harvesters (1)

L.

Farm labour force (in the 12 months preceding the day of the survey)

Statistical information is collected for each person, working on the holding, belonging
to the following farm labour force categories in a way allowing multiple crossing with
each other and/or with any other survey characteristics

1.

Holders

In this category are found:

— Natural persons:

— sole holders of independent holdings (all persons who have answered

‘yes’ to question B/1(a))

— the partner on group holdings that has been identified as being the

holder

— Legal persons

(1)
(2)

Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

Optional in the 2005 survey. Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

The following information is recorded for each natural person mentioned
above:

N

IS

N

IS

— The gender

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to
54, 55 to 64, 65
and over

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according

to the classification:

0 %, > 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %,
100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

1

(a). Managers

In this category are found:

— the managers on independent holdings, including spouses and other
members of the holders' families who are also manager; that is where
the answer is ‘yes’ to either B/2 (a) or B/2 (b),

— the partners on group holdings who have been identified as

managers,

— the managers on holdings where the holder is a legal person.

(The managers who are at the same time sole holders or partners identified
as being the holder of a group holding are recorded only once, that is, as a
holder in category L/1).

The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above:

N

IS

— The gender

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to
54, 55 to 64, 65
and over

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according

to the classification:

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 %
(full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

2.

Spouses of holders

In this category are found the spouses of sole holders (the answer to
question B/1 (a) is ‘yes’) who are not included in L/1, nor included in L/1
(a) (they are not managers: the answer to question B/2 (b) is ‘no’)

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

The following information is recorded for each person mentioned above:

N

N

IS

IS

3

3

4

4

— The gender

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to
54, 55 to 64, 65 and over

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according

to the classification:

0 %, > 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %,
100 % (full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

(a). Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for
the holding: male (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and L/
2)

(b). Other members of sole holders' families carrying out farm work for
the holding: female (excluding persons in categories L/1, L/1(a) and
L/2)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding
corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each person
of the categories mentioned above:

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to
54, 55 to 64, 65 and over (1)

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according

to the classification:

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 %
(full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

(a). Non-family labour regularly employed: male (excluding persons in

categories L/1, L/1a, L/2 and L/3)

(b). Non-family labour regularly employed: female (excluding persons

in categories L/1, L/1a, L/2 and L/3)

The following information on the number of persons on the holding
corresponding to the following classes is to be recorded for each of the
categories mentioned above

— The age according to the following age classes:

from school leaving age to < 25 years, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to
54, 55 to 64, 65 and over, (1)

— The farm work on the holding (apart from housework) according

to the classification:

N

IS

N

IS

> 0 to < 25 %, 25 to < 50 %, 50 to < 75 %, 75 to < 100 %, 100 %
(full-time) of annual time worked by a full-time farm worker

N

IS

5 + 6. Non-family labour employed on a non regular basis: male and female Number of
working days

7.

Does the holder who is also the manager have any other gainful
activities?

— as his/her major occupation ?

— as a subsidiary occupation ?

Yes/no

Yes/no

(1)

Not recorded in the 2007 survey.

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Explanatory notes:

NR = not relevant, NS = non-significant, NE = not existing or close to zero,

8.

9.

Does the sole holder's spouse have any other gainful activity:
— as his/her major occupation ?
— as a subsidiary occupation ?
Does any other member of the sole holder's family engaged in the farm
work of the holding have any other gainful activity? If ‘yes’, how many
have other gainful activities:
— as his/her major occupation ?

— as a subsidiary occupation ?

Yes/no
Yes/no

Number of per-
sons
Number of per-
sons

N

IS

10. Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work during
the 12 months preceding the day of the survey, not included under L/1 to
L/6, undertaken on the holding by persons not employed directly by the
holding (e.g. contractors' employees) (1)

Number of days

N

IS

M. Rural development

Other gainful activities on the holding (other than agriculture), directly related
to the holding
tourism, accommodation and other leisure activities
(a)
handicraft
(b)
processing of farm products
(c)
(d) wood processing (e.g. sawing, etc.)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

aquaculture
renewable energy production (wind energy, straw burning, etc.)
contractual work (using equipment of the holding)
other

Yes/no
Yes/no
Yes/no
Yes/no
Yes/no
Yes/no
Yes/no
Yes/no

NS
NS

NS
NS

NE
NS

NE

(1)

Optional for Member States that are able to provide an overall estimate for this characteristic at regional level.