Proposal for a Council Regulation setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (codified version)
Date: 2009-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC opinion, EU Member State, disclosure of information, economic accounts for agriculture, farm accountancy data network, farmers' income

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 18.3.2009 
COM(2009) 125 final 

2009/0040 (CNS) 

Proposal for a  

COUNCIL REGULATION 

setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business 
operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (codified version) 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In  the  context  of  a  people’s  Europe,  the  Commission  attaches  great  importance  to 
simplifying  and  clarifying  Community  law  so  as  to  make  it  clearer  and  more 
accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance 
to make use of the specific rights it gives him. 

This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended 
several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought 
partly  in  the  original  instrument  and  partly  in  later  amending  ones.  Considerable 
research work, comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the 
current rules. 

For  this  reason  a  codification  of  rules  that  have  frequently  been  amended  is  also 
essential if Community law is to be clear and transparent. 

On  1  April  1987  the  Commission  therefore  decided1  to  instruct  its  staff  that  all 
legislative acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that 
this  is  a  minimum  requirement  and  that  departments  should  endeavour  to  codify  at 
even  shorter  intervals  the  texts  for  which  they  are  responsible,  to  ensure  that  the 
Community rules are clear and readily understandable. 

The  Conclusions  of 
the  Edinburgh  European  Council 
(December 1992) confirmed this2, stressing the importance of codification as it offers 
certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time. 

the  Presidency  of 

Codification  must  be  undertaken  in  full  compliance  with  the  normal  Community 
legislative procedure. 

Given  that  no  changes  of  substance  may  be  made  to  the  instruments  affected  by 
codification, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, 
by  an  interinstitutional  agreement  dated  20  December  1994,  that  an  accelerated 
procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. 

to  undertake 

this  proposal 

codification  of 
is 
The  purpose  of 
Regulation No 79/65/EEC  of  the  Council  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  Community3.  The  new  Regulation 
will  supersede  the  various  acts  incorporated  in  it4;  this  proposal  fully  preserves  the 
content  of  the  acts  being  codified  and  hence  does  no  more  than  bringing  them 
together  with  only  such  formal  amendments  as  are  required  by  the  codification 
exercise itself. 

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COM(87) 868 PV. 
See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions. 
Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the 
Council – Codification of the Acquis communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final. 
See Annex II to this proposal. 

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5. 

The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, 
in all official languages, of Regulation No 79/65/EEC and the instruments amending 
it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 
by  means  of  a  data-processing  system.  Where  the  Articles  have  been  given  new 
numbers,  the  correlation  between  the  old and  the  new  numbers  is  shown  in  a  table 
contained in Annex III to the codified Regulation. 

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(cid:208) 79/65 (adapted) 

2009/0040 (CNS) 

Proposal for a  

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No [.../..] 

of [...] 

setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business 
operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (codified version) 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular ⌦ the 
third subparagraph of ⌫ Article ⌦ 37 (2) ⌫ thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1, 

Whereas: 

(cid:208)  

(1) 

Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council 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  Community2  has  been  substantially  amended 
several times3. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be 
codified. 

(2) 

The  development  of  the  common  agricultural  policy  requires  that  there  should  be 
available  objective  and  relevant  information  on  incomes  in  the  various  categories  of 
agricultural  holding  and  on  the  business  operation  of  holdings  coming  within 
categories which call for special attention at Community level. 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 1 

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OJ […], […], p. […]. 
OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65.  
See Annex II. 

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(3) 

The accounts of agricultural holdings constitute the basic source of essential data for 
any  assessment  of  incomes  on  agricultural  holdings  or  study  of  their  business 
operation. 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 2 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 3 (adapted) 

The data collected ⌦ should ⌫ be obtained from agricultural holdings specially and 
suitably  selected  in  accordance  with  common  rules  and  be  based  on  verifiable  facts. 
Such  data  ⌦ should ⌫  reflect  technical,  economic  and  social  conditions  on  the 
holdings  involved,  be  taken  from  individual  holdings,  be  available  as  quickly  as 
possible,  be  based  on  uniform  definitions,  be  presented  in  a  common  form  and  be 
usable at all times and in full detail by the Commission. 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 4 (adapted) 

Those  objectives  can  be  attained  only  by  means  of  a  Community  network  for  the 
collection of farm accountancy data ⌦ , hereinafter referred to as ‘data network’ ⌫ , 
based  on  the  farm  accountancy  offices  existing  in  each  Member  State,  enjoying  the 
confidence of the parties concerned and relying on their voluntary participation. 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Recital 3 (adapted) 

In order to obtain accounting results that are sufficiently homogeneous at Community 
level, the returning holdings should be distributed among the various divisions and the 
various  categories  of  holdings  on  the  basis  of  a  stratification  of  the  field  of  survey 
based  on  the  Community  typology  for  agricultural  holdings  as  established  by 
⌦ Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/20084 ⌫. 

(7) 

The divisions of the data network ⌦ should ⌫ , as far as possible, be identical with 
those  used  for  the  presentation  of  other  regional  data  that  are  essential  in  order  to 
provide guidelines for the common agricultural policy.  

(cid:208) 2143/81 Recital 9 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 5 (adapted) 
and 2059/2003 Recital 2 (adapted) 

(8) 

For  management  reasons,  the  Commission  should  be  authorised  to  amend  the  list  of 
divisions of Member States , at the request of a Member State. 

(9) 

The  field  of  survey  of  the  data  network  ⌦ should ⌫  comprise  all  agricultural 
holdings of a certain economic size, irrespective of any outside work the operator may 

(cid:208) 2801/95 Recital 2 (adapted) 

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OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 3.  

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engage in. This field should be re-examined periodically in the light of the new Farm 
Structure Survey data. 

(10)  Returning holdings ⌦ should ⌫ be selected in accordance with the rules laid down 
in  the  context  of  a  selection  plan  aimed  at  obtaining  a  representative  accounting 
sample of the field of survey.  

(cid:208) 2801/95 Recital 3 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Recital 6 

(11) 

In view of the experience gained, it is desirable that the main decisions concerning the 
selection  of  returning  holdings,  particularly  the  establishment  of  the  selection  plan, 
should be adopted at national level. Consequently, it is at that level that a body should 
be made responsible for this task. Those Member States which have several divisions 
should, however, be free to maintain regional committees. 

(12)  The national  liaison agency ⌦ should ⌫ play a key role in the management of the 

data network.  

(cid:208) 2143/81 Recital 7 (adapted) 

(13) 

In selecting agricultural holdings and analysing and evaluating the data collected it is 
necessary to refer to data derived from other sources. 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 6 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 7 and 1256/97 
Recital 1 (adapted) 

(14)  Farmers  ⌦ should ⌫  be  given  an  assurance  that  their  accounts  and  all  other 
individual  details  obtained  in  implementation  of  this  Regulation  will  not  be  used  for 
taxation  purposes  ⌦ or  for  purposes  other  than  those  provided  for  in  this 
Regulation ⌫  or  divulged  by  persons  participating  or  having  participated  in  the 
Community farm accountancy data network. 

(cid:208) 79/65 Recital 8 (adapted) 

(15) 

In  order  that  it  may  satisfy  itself  as  to  the  objectivity  and  relevance  of  the  data 
collected,  the  Commission  ⌦ should ⌫  be  in  a  position  to  obtain  all  necessary 
details  concerning  the  manner  in  which  the  bodies  entrusted  with  the  selection  of 
agricultural holdings and the accountancy offices participating in the Community farm 
accountancy data network discharge their duties and, if necessary, to send experts to 
work on the spot with the collaboration of the competent national authorities. 

(16)  The  data  network  is  a  useful  tool  which  enables  the  Community  to  develop  the 
common agricultural policy and it serves, as a consequence, the Member States as well 

(cid:208) 2059/2003 Recital 3 

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as the Community. The costs of the computerised systems on which the network relies 
and  of  studies  and  development  activities  of  other  aspects  of  the  network,  should 
therefore be eligible for Community financing. 

(17)  The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted 
in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission5, 

(cid:208)  

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

CHAPTER I 

(cid:208) 79/65 

(cid:208) 79/65 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 2910/73 Art. 1 
(cid:206)2 Corrigendum 2910/73 
(OJ L 63, 5.3.1974, p. 34) 

Creation of a ⌦ Community ⌫ farm accountancy data network  

Article 1 

1.  To  meet  the  needs  of  the  common  agricultural  policy,  a  Community  network  for  the 
collection of farm accountancy data ⌦ is set up ⌫, hereinafter called the ‘data network’. 

2.  The  purpose  of  the  data  network  shall  be  to  collect  the  accountancy  data  needed  for,  in 
particular: 

(a) 

an annual determination of incomes on agricultural holdings coming within the field 
of ⌦ the ⌫ survey defined in Article ⌦ 5 ⌫; and 

(b) 

a business analysis of agricultural holdings. 

3.  (cid:206)1 The  data  obtained  pursuant  to  this  Regulation  (cid:206)2 shall,  in  particular,  serve  as  the 
basis  for the drawing up of reports by the Commission on the situation of agriculture and 
of agricultural markets as well as on farm incomes in the Community; the reports ⌦ shall ⌫ 
be submitted annually to the European Parliament and the Council, in particular for the annual 
fixing of prices of agricultural produce.  

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Article 2 

For the purposes of this Regulation ⌦ , the following definitions shall apply ⌫: 

(a) 

‘operator’ means the natural person responsible for the day-to-day management of an 
agricultural holding; 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted) 

‘category  of  holding’  means  a  group  of  agricultural  holdings  which  belong  to  the 
same categories as regards ⌦ the ⌫ type of farming and economic size as defined 
in  the  Community  typology  for  agricultural  holdings  established  by ⌦ Regulation 
(EC) No 1242/2008⌫; 

(cid:208) 79/65 (adapted) 

‘returning holding’ means any agricultural holding making returns for the  purposes 
of the data network; 

‘division’  means  the  territory  of  a  Member  State,  or  any  part  thereof  as  delimited 
with a view to the selection or returning holdings; a list of such divisions appears in 
Annex I;  

‘accountancy  data’  means  any  technical,  financial  or  economic  data  relating  to  an 
agricultural holding derived from accounts consisting of entries made systematically 
and regularly throughout the accounting year. 

(cid:208) 2059/2003 Art. 1 pt. 1 (adapted) 

Article 3  

At the request of a Member State the list of divisions shall be amended in accordance with the 
procedure ⌦ referred  to ⌫  in  Article ⌦ 18(2) ⌫,  provided  that  the  request  concerns  the 
Member State's divisions. 

(cid:208) 79/65 (adapted) 

CHAPTER II 

Determination of incomes on agricultural holdings 

This  Chapter  ⌦ shall  apply  to ⌫  the  collection  of  accountancy  data  for  the  purpose  of 
making an annual determination of incomes on agricultural holdings. 

Article 4 

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(cid:208) 2801/95 Art. 1(1) (adapted) 

Article 5 

1.  The  field  of  ⌦ the ⌫  survey  referred  to  in  Article  1(2)(a)  shall  cover  the  agricultural 
holdings having an economic size equal to, or greater than, a threshold expressed in ⌦ euro 
corresponding to one of the lower limits of economic size classes II to XIV ⌫, as defined in 
the Community typology. 

2. To qualify as a returning holding, an agricultural holding shall: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

have  an  economic  size  equal  to,  or  greater  than,  a  threshold  to  be  determined  in 
accordance with paragraph 1; 

be  farmed  by  a  farmer  holding  accounts  or  willing  and  able  to  keep  farm  accounts 
and willing to allow the accountancy data from his holding to be made available to 
the Commission; 

be representative, together with the other holdings and at the level of each division, 
of the field of survey. 

3. The maximum number of returning holdings shall be 105 000 for the Community. 

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

4.  Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Article,  and  in  particular  the  threshold  for  the 
economic  size  and  the  number  of  returning  holdings  per  division,  shall  be  adopted  in 
accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 18 (2) ⌫. 

(cid:208) 2801/95 Art. 1(1) (adapted) 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 3 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 Act of Accession of 1994 
Art. 29 and Annex I, p. 117. 
(cid:206)2 Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 
(cid:206)3 1791/2006, Annex, Chapter 5, 
Section A, pt. 1(a) 

Article 6 

1.  Each  Member  State  shall  set  up  a  national  committee  for  the  data  network,  hereinafter 
called ‘⌦ the ⌫ National Committee’.(cid:206)1  (cid:206)2 (cid:206)3  

2. The National Committee shall be responsible for the selection of returning holdings. To this 
end, its duties shall, in particular, include approval of: 

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(a) 

the  plan  for  the  selection  of  returning  holdings,  specifying  in  particular  the 
distribution of returning holdings per category of holding and the detailed rules for 
selecting the said holdings; 

(b) 

the report on the implementation of the plan for the selection of returning holdings. 

3.  The  chairman  of  the  National  Committee  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Member  State  from 
among the members of this Committee. 

The National Committee shall take its decisions unanimously; in the event of unanimity not 
being achieved, decisions shall be taken by an authority appointed by the Member State. 

4.  Member  States  which  have  several ⌦ divisions ⌫ may,  for  each of the divisions  under 
their  jurisdiction,  set  up  a  regional  committee  of  the  data  network,  hereinafter  called 
‘⌦ the ⌫ Regional Committee’. 

The  Regional  Committee  shall  in  particular  have  the  duty  of  cooperating  with  the  liaison 
agency referred to in Article ⌦ 7 ⌫ in selecting the returning holdings. 

5.  Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Article  shall  be  adopted  in  accordance  with  the 
procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 18 (2) ⌫. 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4 

Article 7 

1. Each Member State shall appoint a liaison agency whose duties shall be: 

(a) 

(b) 

to  inform  the  National  Committee,  the  Regional  Committees  and  the  accountancy 
offices of the detailed rules of application concerning them and to ensure that those 
rules are properly implemented; 

to draw up and submit to the National Committee for its approval, and thereafter to 
forward to the Commission: 

(i) 

the plan for the selection of returning holdings, which plan shall be drawn up 
on the basis of the most recent statistical data, presented in accordance with the 
Community typology for agricultural holdings; 

(ii) 

the  report  on  the  implementation  of  the  plan  for  the  selection  of  returning 
holdings; 

(c) 

to compile: 

(i) 

the list of returning holdings; 

(ii) 

the list of the accountancy offices willing and able to complete farm returns in 
accordance with the terms of the contracts provided for in Articles ⌦ 10 ⌫ 
and ⌦ 15 ⌫; 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4 (adapted) 

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(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4 

to assemble the farm returns sent to it by the accountancy offices and to verify on the 
basis of a common inspection programme that they have been duly completed; 

to  forward  the  duly  completed  farm  returns  to  the  Commission  immediately  after 
verification; 

to  transmit  to  the  National  Committee,  the  Regional  Committees  and  the 
accountancy  offices  the  requests  for  information  ⌦ provided  for ⌫  in  Article 
⌦ 17 ⌫ and to forward the relevant answers to the Commission. 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 4 (adapted) 

2. The detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 18(2) ⌫. 

(cid:208) 79/65 (adapted) 

Article 8 

1. Each returning holding shall be the subject of an individual and anonymous farm return. 

2. The accountancy data provided by each farm return ⌦ shall ⌫ be such that it is possible: 

– 

– 

– 

to characterise the accounting holding by reference to the main elements of its factors 
of production; 

to assess the income of the holding in its various forms; 

to test by means of spot-checks the veracity of the information given. 

3. The type of accountancy data to be given in a farm return, the form in which such data are 
to  be  presented  and  the  definitions  and  instructions  relating  thereto  shall  be  determined  in 
accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 18(2) ⌫. 

Article 9 

A farmer whose holding is selected as a returning holding shall choose from a list compiled 
for that purpose by the liaison agency ⌦ , ⌫ an accountancy office willing to complete the 
return  for  his  holding  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  contract  provided  for  in  Article 
⌦ 10 ⌫. 

Article 10 

1. A contract shall be concluded annually on the authority of the Member State between the 
competent authority designated by the latter and each accountancy office chosen as provided 
in  Article  ⌦ 9 ⌫.  Under  this  contract  the  accountancy  office  ⌦ shall ⌫  undertake,  in 

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consideration  of  a  standard  fee,  to  complete  farm  returns  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the 
provisions of Article ⌦ 8 ⌫. 

2. The terms of ⌦ the ⌫ contract ⌦ referred to in paragraph 1 ⌫, which must be uniform 
in all Member States, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ 
in Article ⌦ 18(2) ⌫. 

3. Where the duties of an accountancy office are carried out by an administrative department, 
the latter shall be notified as to its duties through the normal administrative channels. 

CHAPTER III 

Collection of accountancy data for the purpose of a business 
analysis of agricultural holdings 

Article 11 

This  Chapter  ⌦ shall  apply  to ⌫  the  collection  of  accountancy  data  for  the  purpose  of  a 
business analysis of agricultural holdings. 

Article 12 

In accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 18(2) the following shall be 
determined ⌫: 

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the subjects of the analyses ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article 1(2)(b); 

detailed rules concerning the selection and number of returning holdings, these being 
established according to the objectives of each particular analysis. 

Article 13 

1. Each returning holding selected in accordance with the ⌦ rules adopted pursuant to the ⌫ 
second indent of Article ⌦ 12 ⌫ shall be ⌦ the ⌫ subject of a special farm return, which 
shall  be  individual  to  that  holding  and  anonymous.  This  farm  return  shall  include  the 
accountancy data required under Article ⌦ 8 ⌫ (2) and all such further accountancy items 
and details as each particular analysis may require. 

2. The type of accountancy data to be given in a special farm return, the form in which such 
data  are  to  be  presented  and  the  definitions  and  instructions  relating  thereto  shall  be 
determined in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ in Article ⌦ 18(2) ⌫. 

3.  Special  farm  returns  shall  be  completed  by  the  various  accountancy  offices  chosen  as 
provided in Article ⌦ 14 ⌫. 

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Article 14 

A  farmer  whose  holding  is  selected  in  accordance  with  the  ⌦ rules  adopted  pursuant  to 
the ⌫ second indent of Article ⌦ 12 ⌫ shall choose from a list compiled for the purpose 
by  the  liaison  agency  an  accountancy  office  willing  to  complete  the  special  return  for  his 
holding in accordance with the terms of the contract provided for in Article ⌦ 15 ⌫. 

Article 15 

1. A. contract shall be concluded on the authority of the Member State between the competent 
authority  designated  by  the  latter  and  each  accountancy  office  chosen  as  provided  in 
Article⌦ 14 ⌫.  Under  this  contract  the  accountancy  office  ⌦ shall ⌫  undertake,  in 
consideration of a standard fee, to complete special farm returns in a manner consistent with 
the provisions of Article ⌦ 13 ⌫. 

2. The terms of ⌦ the ⌫ contract ⌦ referred to in paragraph 1 ⌫, which must be uniform 
in all Member States, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure ⌦ referred to ⌫ 
in Article ⌦ 18(2) ⌫. 

The  supplementary  terms  which  may  be  included  in ⌦ that ⌫  contract  by  Member  States 
shall be determined in accordance with the same procedure. 

3. Where the duties of an accountancy office are carried out by an administrative department, 
the latter shall be notified as to its duties through the normal administrative channels. 

CHAPTER IV 

General provisions 

Article 16 

1. It shall be prohibited to use for taxation purposes any individual accountancy data or other 
individual  details  obtained  in  implementation  of  this  Regulation,  or  to  divulge  or  use  such 
data for purposes other than those ⌦ provided for ⌫ in Article 1. 

(cid:208) 1256/97 Art. 1 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 79/65 

2. It shall be prohibited for any person participating or having participated in the data network 
to  divulge  any  individual  accountancy  data  or  any  other  individual  details  of  which 
knowledge  was  acquired  in  the  exercise  of  his  duties  or  otherwise  incidentally  to  such 
exercise. 

3.  Member  States  shall  take  all  appropriate  measures  to  penalise  infringements  of  the 
provisions of paragraph 2. 

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Article 17 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 6 

1. The National Committee, the Regional Committees, the liaison agency and the accountancy 
offices  shall  be  bound,  within  their  respective  areas  of  responsibility,  to  furnish  the 
Commission  with  any  information  which  the  latter  may  request  of  them  regarding  the 
discharge of their duties under this Regulation. 

Such requests for information made to the National Committee, the Regional Committees or 
to the accountancy offices and the relevant answers shall be forwarded in writing through the 
liaison agency. 

2. If the information supplied is inadequate or if such information fails to arrive in good time, 
the Commission may, with the collaboration of the liaison agency, send experts to work on 
the spot. 

(cid:208) 79/65 

(cid:208) 806/2003 Art. 2 and Annex II, 
pt. 1 (adapted) 

Article 18 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy 
Data  Network  ⌦ ,  consisting  of  representatives  of  the  Member  States  and  chaired  by  the 
Commission representative, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community Committee’ ⌫. 

2.  Where 
is  made 
reference 
Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. 

to 

this  ⌦ paragraph ⌫  Articles  4  and  7  of 

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month. 

3. The Community Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 7 (adapted) 

⌦ 4. ⌫ The Community Committee shall be consulted: 

(a) 

(b) 

for the purpose of verifying that the plans for the selection of returning holdings are 
in conformity with the provisions of Article ⌦ 5 ⌫; 

for the purpose of analyzing and evaluating the weighted annual results furnished by 
the  data  network,  having  regard  in  particular  to  data  deriving  from  other  sources 
inter alia from farm accounts and statistics generally and from national accounts. 

⌦ 5. ⌫ The Community Committee may examine any other matter raised by its chairman, 
either on his own initiative or at the request of a representative of a Member State. 

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It shall examine each year, in October, the trend of farm incomes in the Community, referring 
in particular to the updated results of the data network. 

It shall be kept regularly informed of the working of the data network. 

⌦ 6. ⌫ The Chairman shall convene the meetings of the Community Committee. 

Secretarial services for the Community Committee shall be provided by the Commission. 

(cid:208) 79/65 Art. 21 (adapted) 

Article 19 

(cid:208) 2059/2003 Art. 1 pt. 2 (adapted) 

1.  Appropriations  to  be  included  in  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union,  in  the 
Commission section, shall cover: 

(a) 

(b) 

those costs of the data network attributable to payment of fees to accountancy offices 
in consideration of their performance of the duties referred to in Articles ⌦ 10 ⌫ 
and ⌦ 15 ⌫; 

all  the  costs  of  the  computerised  systems  operated  by  the  Commission  for  the 
reception, verification, processing and analysis of accountancy data supplied by the 
Member States. 

The  costs  referred  to  in  point  (b)  include,  where  appropriate,  the  costs  of  disseminating  the 
results of those operations and the costs of studies into, and development of, other aspects of 
the data network. 

2.  Costs  in  respect  of  the  setting  up  and  operation  of  the  National  Committee,  Regional 
Committees and liaison agencies shall not be included in the Community budget. 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 8 

(cid:208)  

Article 20 

Regulation No 79/65/EEC is repealed. 

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and 
shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III. 

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

Article 21 

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

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the Council 
The President 
[…] 

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(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 

ANNEX I 

List of divisions referred to in Article 2(d) 

(cid:208) 660/2004 Art. 1 and Annex 

Belgium 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Vlaanderen 

Bruxelles — Brussel 

Wallonie 

Bulgaria 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

Северозападен (Severozapaden) 

Северен централен (Severen tsentralen) 

Североизточен (Severoiztochen) 

Югозападен (Yugozapaden) 

Южен централен (Yuzhen tsentralen) 

Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen) 

(cid:208) 1791/2006, Annex, Chapter 5, 
Section A, pt. 1(b) (adapted) 

However, Bulgaria may constitute a single division ⌦ until 31 December 2009 ⌫  

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art.1 pt. 10 

Czech Republic 

Constitutes a single division  

Denmark 

Constitutes a single division 

Germany 

1. 

Schleswig-Holstein 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

Hamburg 

Niedersachsen 

Bremen 

Nordrhein-Westfalen 

Hessen 

Rheinland-Pfalz 

Baden-Württemberg 

Bayern 

Saarland 

Berlin 

Brandenburg 

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 

Sachsen 

Sachsen-Anhalt 

Thüringen  

Estonia 

Constitutes a single division 

Ireland 

Constitutes a single division 

(cid:208) 3577/90 Art. 2 and Annex XVI 

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 

Greece 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Μακεδονία — Θράκη 

Ήπειρος — Πελοπόννησος — Νήσοι Ιονίου 

Θεσσαλία 

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4. 

Στερεά Ελλάς — Νήσοι Αιγαίου — Κρήτη 

(cid:208) 3644/85 Art. 1 (adapted) 

Spain 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

Galicia 

Asturias 

Cantabria 

País Vasco 

Navarra 

La Rioja 

Aragón 

Cataluña 

⌦ Illes Balears ⌫  

Castilla-León 

Madrid 

Castilla-La Mancha 

Comunidad Valenciana 

Murcia 

Extremadura 

Andalucía 

Canarias 

France 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Île de France 

Champagne-Ardenne 

Picardie 

Haute-Normandie 

Centre 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 

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6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

22. 

Italy 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

Basse-Normandie 

Bourgogne 

Nord-Pas de Calais 

Lorraine 

Alsace 

Franche-Comté 

Pays de la Loire 

Bretagne 

Poitou-Charentes 

Aquitaine 

Midi-Pyrénées 

Limousin 

Rhône-Alpes 

Auvergne 

Languedoc-Roussillon 

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 

Corse  

Piemonte 

Valle d'Aosta 

Lombardia 

Alto Adige 

Trentino 

Veneto 

Friuli — Venezia Giulia 

Liguria 

Emilia — Romagna 

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10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

Toscana 

Umbria 

Marche 

Lazio 

Abruzzi 

Molise 

Campania 

Puglia 

Basilicata 

Calabria 

Sicilia 

Sardegna 

Cyprus 

Constitutes a single division 

Latvia 

Constitutes a single division 

Lithuania 

Constitutes a single division 

Luxembourg 

Constitutes a single division 

Hungary 

1. 

Közép-Magyarország 

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Közép-Dunántúl 

Nyugat-Dunántúl 

Dél-Dunántúl 

Észak- Magyarország 

Észak-Alföld 

Dél-Alföld 

Malta 

Constitutes a single division 

Netherlands 

Constitutes a single division  

Austria 

Constitutes a single division 

Poland 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Pomorze and Mazury 

Wielkopolska and Śląsk 

Mazowsze and Podlasie 

Małopolska and Pogórze 

Portugal 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Norte e Centro 

Ribatejo-Oeste 

Alentejo e Algarve 

Açores e Madeira 

(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 2801/95 Art. 1(2) and Annex 

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

(cid:208) 1469/2007 Art.1 

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(cid:208) 1791/2006, Annex, Chapter 5, 
Section A, pt. 1(b) (adapted) 

Romania 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

Nord-Est 

Sud-Est 

Sud-Muntenia 

Sud-Vest-Oltenia 

Vest 

Nord-Vest 

Centru 

Bucureşti-Ilfov 

⌦ However, Romania constitutes a single division until 31 December 2009 ⌫ 

(cid:208) Act of Accession of 2003 
Art. 20 and Annex II, p. 346 

Slovenia 

Constitutes a single division 

Slovakia 

Constitutes a single division 

Finland 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Etelä-Suomi 

Sisä-Suomi 

Pohjanmaa 

Pohjois-Suomi 

(cid:208) 2801/95 Art. 1(2) and Annex 

Sweden 

1. 

2. 

Plains of Southern and Central Sweden 

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

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(cid:208) 2143/81 Art. 1 pt. 10 

3. 

Areas of Northern Sweden 

United Kingdom 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

England — north region 

England — east region 

England — west region 

Wales 

Scotland 

Northern Ireland 

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(cid:207) 

ANNEX II 

Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments 

Regulation No 79/65/EEC of the Council 
(OJ 109, 23.6.1965, p. 1859/65) 

1972 Act of Accession 

Regulation (EEC) No 2835/72 of the Council  
(OJ L 298, 31.12.1972, p. 47) 

Regulation (EEC) No 2910/73 of the Council  
(OJ L 299, 27.10.1973, p. 1) 

1979 Act of Accession 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2143/81 
(OJ L 210, 30.7.1981, p. 1) 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3644/85  
(OJ L 348, 24.12.1985, p. 4) 

1985 Act of Accession 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85  
(OJ L 362, 31.12.1985, p. 8) 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90  
(OJ L 353, 17.12.1990, p. 23) 

Point V.A.I of Annex I to the 1994 Act of Accession 
(OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 117) 

Council Regulation (EC) No 2801/95 
(OJ L 291, 6.12.1995, p. 3) 

Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/97 
(OJ L 174, 2.7.1997, p. 7) 

Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003  
(OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1) 

Point 6.A.1 of Annex II to the 2003 Act of Accession 
(OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 346) 

Council Regulation (EC) No 2059/2003  
(OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 1) 

Only point (2) of the Annex 

Only Annex XVI 

Only point (1) of Annex II 

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 660/2004  
(OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 97) 

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

Only point 1 of Section A of 
Chapter 5 of the Annex 

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1469/2007  
(OJ L 329, 14.12.2007, p. 5) 

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ANNEX III 

CORRELATION TABLE  

Regulation No 79/65/EEC 

This Regulation 

Articles 1 and 2 

Articles 1 and 2 

Article 2a 

Article 3 

Article 4 

Article 5 

Article 3 

Article 4 

Article 5  

Article 6  

Article 6(1)(a) 

Article 7(1)(a)  

Article 6(1)(b), first indent  

Article 7(1)(b)(i) 

Article 6(1)(b), second indent 

Article 7(1)(b)(ii) 

Article 6(1)(c), first indent 

Article 7(1)(c)(i) 

Article 6(1)(c), second indent 

Article 7(1)(c)(ii) 

Article 6(1)(e), (f) and (g) 

Article 7(1)(e), (f) and (g) 

Article 6(2) 

Article 7(2) 

Article 7  

Article 8  

Article 9  

Article 10  

Article 11 

Article 12 

Article 13  

Article 14  

Article 15  

Article 16  

Article 17  

Article 8  

Article 9  

Article 10  

Article 11  

Article 12  

Article 13  

Article 14  

Article 15  

Article 16  

Article 17  

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Article 19  

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Article 18(1), (2) and (3) 

Article 20(1) and (2) 

Article 18(4) and (5) 

Article 21, first and second paragraphs 

Article 18(6) 

Article 21, third paragraph 

Article 22 

Article 23 

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__ 

Annex 

__ 

__ 

__ 

Article 19 

__ 

Article 20 

Article 21 

Annex I 

Annex II 

Annex III 

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