Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2007 of 6 July 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Date: 2007-07-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural holding, economic accounts for agriculture, farm accountancy data network, farm income

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 800/2007

of 6 July 2007

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

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

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

European

holdings

the

the

in

Whereas:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

For the 2007 accounting year (a period of 12 consecutive
months beginning between 1 January 2007 and 1 July
2007) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold
as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation No 79/65/EEC in
ESU shall be as follows:

(EEC) No
of Commission Regulation
2
Article
1859/82 (2)
fixes per Member State the threshold of
economic size of returning holdings falling within the
field of survey of the farm accountancy data network.

— Belgium: 16 ESU,

— Bulgaria: 1 ESU,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Annex I
number of returning holdings per division.

to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 fixes the

By reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania the
threshold as well as the number of returning holdings for
these two new Member States should be fixed.

In order to guarantee a more efficient representativeness
of the Slovakian sample, the threshold as well as the
number of
concerning Slovakia
should be adapted.

returning holdings

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

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

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 28).
(2) OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1860/2006 (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 31).

— Czech Republic: 4 ESU,

— Denmark: 8 ESU,

— Germany: 16 ESU,

— Estonia: 2 ESU,

— Ireland: 2 ESU,

— Greece: 2 ESU,

— Spain: 2 ESU,

— France: 8 ESU,

— Italy: 4 ESU,

— Cyprus: 2 ESU,

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— Latvia: 2 ESU,

— Lithuania: 2 ESU,

— Luxembourg: 8 ESU,

— Hungary: 2 ESU,

— Malta: 8 ESU,

— Netherlands: 16 ESU,

— Austria: 8 ESU,

— Poland: 2 ESU,

— Portugal: 2 ESU,

— Romania: 1 ESU,

— Slovenia: 2 ESU,

— Slovakia: 8 ESU,

— Finland: 8 ESU,

— Sweden: 8 ESU,

— United Kingdom (with the

exception of Northern

Ireland): 16 ESU,

— United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland): 8 ESU.’.

2. In Article 5, the following subparagraph is added:

‘Bulgaria and Romania shall
forward to the Commission
their selection plan for the accounting year 2007 before
31 July 2007.’.

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

Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the 2007 accounting year.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 July 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

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

(1) The part concerning Slovakia is replaced by the following:

‘810

SLOVAKIA

502’

(2) The following tables concerning Bulgaria and Romania are added:

‘Reference number

Name of division

830

BULGARIA

Number of returning holdings per accounting year

2007

2 000

2008

2 000

2009 onwards

2 000 (*)

(*) For 2009 and subsequent accounting years Bulgaria will have six divisions (Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC) and this number

of returning holdings, which corresponds to the total for the country, will be allocated per division.

Reference number

Name of division

840

ROMANIA

Number of returning holdings per accounting year

2007

1 000

2008

2 000

2009

2010 onwards

4 000

6 000 (*)

(*) For 2010 and subsequent accounting years Romania will have eight divisions (Annex to Regulation No 79/65/EEC) and this

number of returning holdings, which corresponds to the total for the country, will be allocated per division.’