Commission Regulation (EC) No 1470/2007 of 13 December 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Poland, Portugal, economic accounts for agriculture, farm accountancy data network, farm income, sampling

14.12.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1470/2007

of 13 December 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,

(4)

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
and
holdings
particular Article 4(4) thereof,

in the European Economic Community (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 (2)
fixes the number of returning holdings per division.

the changes in the Italian agri-
Taking into account
cultural structures and the use of
improved statistical
methodologies for defining the number of holdings to
be selected by region, type of farming and economic size
class, the number of returning holdings per division in
Italy should be adjusted so that the sample may better
represent all the farm types present in the field of obser-
vation.

Taking into account the changes in the Polish agricultural
structures and the use of an increased number of types of
farming used for stratification of the field of observation,
the number of returning holdings per division in Poland
should be adjusted so that the sample better represents
all farm types present in the field of observation.

into one

division ‘Norte

Following the merging of the divisions ‘Entre Douro e
Minho e Beira Litoral’ and ‘Trás-os-montes e Beira
e Centro’ by
Interior’
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/2007 of 13
December 2007 amending the Annex to Council Regu-
lation No 79/65/EEC as regards the list of divisions (3),
the number of returning holdings per division in Portugal
should be adjusted.

(5)

(6)

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is amended in

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 2008 accounting year.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 800/2007 (OJ L 179, 7.7.2007, p. 3).

(3) See page 5 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

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

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

Reference number

Name of division

Number of returning holdings

221

222

230

241

242

243

244

250

260

270

281

282

291

292

301

302

303

311

312

320

330

‘ITALY
Valle d’Aosta

Piemonte

Lombardia

Trentino

Alto Adige

Veneto

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Liguria

Emilia-Romagna

Toscana

Marche

Umbria

Lazio

Abruzzo

Molise

Campania

Calabria

Puglia

Basilicata

Sicilia

Sardegna

(2) The part concerning Poland is replaced by the following:

Total Italy

197

619

710

388

405

907

735

508

1 166

956

601

498

528

504

354

478

346

453

450

470

413
11 686’

Reference number

Name of division

Number of returning holdings

785

790

795

800

‘POLAND
Pomorze and Mazury
Wielkopolska and Śląsk
Mazowsze and Podlasie
Małopolska and Pogórze

Total Poland

1 870

4 470

4 460

1 300
12 100’

(3) The part concerning Portugal is replaced by the following:

Reference number

Name of division

Number of returning holdings

615

630

640

650

‘PORTUGAL

Norte e Centro

Ribatejo e Oeste

Alentejo e Algarve

Açores e Madeira

Total Portugal

1 233

351

399

317
2 300’