Commission Regulation (EU) No 1291/2009 of 18 December 2009 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings
Date: 2009-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, economic accounts for agriculture, farm accountancy data network, farmers' income, sampling








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24.12.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 347/14








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1291/2009
of 18 December 2009
         
concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of 30 November 2009 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community (1), and in particular Articles 5(4), 6(5) and 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 of 12 July 1982 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings (2) established the threshold for the economic size of holdings and the number of returning holdings for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008 of 8 December 2008 establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings (3) introduced a new concept of ‘economic size’, which is now expressed in euros, and amended some other criteria of the typology.












(3)


As a consequence of the amendment made by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (4), the divisions of Bulgaria and Romania need to be taken into account. Some additional changes to Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 need to be made for more precision. Therefore, in the interests of clarity, Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation.












(4)


Returning holdings must be selected in a uniform manner in each division and to that end detailed rules should be laid down to implement the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009.












(5)


The holdings to be studied in connection with the farm accountancy data network fall within the field of survey of the structure surveys and of Community or national censuses of agricultural holdings.












(6)


The data available for the purposes of drawing up the plan for the selection of holdings (selection plan) for each accounting year and the difference in the agricultural situation as between the different Member States require that thresholds of economic size which vary by Member State, and even in some cases by division, be adopted.












(7)


Experience shows that operation of the data network is facilitated if the number of returning holdings selected per division is allowed to differ by up to 20 % in either direction provided that this does not entail a reduction in the total number of returning holdings per Member State.












(8)


As the financial management of such a measure is difficult, a limitation per Member State as to the total number of duly completed farm returns eligible for Community financing is introduced in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1915/83 of 13 July 1983 on certain detailed implementing rules concerning the keeping of accounts for the purpose of determining the incomes of agricultural holdings (5). For reasons of clarity and coherence, this should be reflected in this Regulation. Flexibility in the number of returning holdings per division should be allowed, as long as the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.












(9)


The selection plan should include a minimum number of elements enabling its validity in relation to the objectives of the farm accountancy data network to be assessed.












(10)


For the purpose of the selection plan, the field of survey should be stratified according to the divisions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 and according to the types of farming and economic size classes defined in Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008.












(11)


The selection plan should be drawn up prior to the beginning of the corresponding accounting year so that it can be approved before being used for the selection of returning holdings. For the accounting year 2010, however, the Member States need a longer period to draw up the selection plan, because all the necessary reference sources are not available long enough beforehand. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide for a different time-limit for the notification of the selection plan for that accounting year.












(12)


Since Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008 applies from the accounting year 2010, this Regulation should apply as from the same year.












(13)


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

Definitions

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






(a)


‘holding’ means a farm business as defined in the context of the Community agricultural surveys and censuses;










(b)


‘typology’ means the Community typology for agricultural holdings established by Regulation (EC) No 1242/2008.






Article 2

Threshold for the economic size

For the accounting year 2010 (a period of 12 consecutive months beginning between 1 January 2010 and 1 July 2010) and for subsequent accounting years, the threshold of economic size as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 shall be as follows:








—


Belgium


:


EUR 25 000




—


Bulgaria


:


EUR 2 000




—


Czech Republic


:


EUR 8 000




—


Denmark


:


EUR 15 000




—


Germany


:


EUR 25 000




—


Estonia


:


EUR 4 000




—


Ireland


:


EUR 4 000




—


Greece


:


EUR 4 000




—


Spain


:


EUR 4 000




—


France


:


EUR 25 000




—


Italy


:


EUR 4 000




—


Cyprus


:


EUR 4 000




—


Latvia


:


EUR 4 000




—


Lithuania


:


EUR 4 000




—


Luxembourg


:


EUR 25 000




—


Hungary


:


EUR 4 000




—


Malta


:


EUR 4 000




—


Netherlands


:


EUR 25 000




—


Austria


:


EUR 8 000




—


Poland


:


EUR 4 000




—


Portugal


:


EUR 4 000




—


Romania


:


EUR 2 000




—


Slovenia


:


EUR 4 000




—


Slovakia


:


EUR 15 000




—


Finland


:


EUR 8 000




—


Sweden


:


EUR 15 000




—


United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland)


:


EUR 25 000




—


United Kingdom (only Northern Ireland)


:


EUR 15 000.






Article 3

Number of returning holdings

The number of returning holdings per Member State as well as per division shall be as laid down in the Annex.
The number of returning holdings to be selected per division may differ from that laid down in the Annex by up to 20 % in either direction provided that the total number of the returning holdings of the Member State concerned is respected.


Article 4

Selection plan

The plan for the selection of returning holdings shall ensure the representativeness of the returning holdings as a whole.
It shall include:






(a)


the elements on which it is based, namely:






—


particulars of the statistical reference sources,










—


the procedures for stratifying the field of survey in accordance with the divisions listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, the types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology,










—


the procedures for determining the selection rate chosen for each stratum,










—


the procedures for the selection of returning holdings;














(b)


the breakdown of holdings in the field of survey by types of farming and economic size classes defined in the typology (corresponding at least to the principal types), and










(c)


the number of returning holdings to be selected for each of the strata adopted.






Article 5

Notification

Each year the Member States shall notify the selection plan referred to in Article 4 to the Commission not later than two months before the beginning of the accounting year to which it relates.
However, for the accounting year 2010 it shall be notified not later than one month before the beginning of the accounting year.
Notification shall be done electronically via the information systems made available to the competent authorities by the Commission or by the Member States.
The form and content of the information to be notified shall be in conformity with models made available to the Member States through the information systems. Those models and the methods to be used shall be adapted and updated after the Community Committee for the Farm Accountancy Data Network has been informed.
Data relating to notifications shall be entered and updated in the information systems under the responsibility of the competent authorities of the Member State, in accordance with the access rights granted by the authorities concerned.


Article 6

Repeal

Regulation (EEC) No 1859/82 is repealed with effect from 30 June 2010.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.


Article 7

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from the accounting year 2010.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2009.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 27.

(2)  
            OJ L 205, 13.7.1982, p. 5.

(3)  
            OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 3.

(4)  
            OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1.

(5)  
            OJ L 190, 14.7.1983, p. 25.




ANNEX







Reference number


Name of division


Number of returning holdings per accounting year




 


BELGIUM


 




341


Vlaanderen


720 




342


Bruxelles-Brussel


—




343


Wallonie


480 




Total Belgium


1 200 




 


BULGARIA


 




831


Северозападен, (Severozapaden)


346 




832


Северен централен, (Severen tsentralen)


358 




833


Североизточен, (Severoiztochen)


373 




834


Югозападен, (Yugozapaden)


335 




835


Южен централен, (Yuzhen tsentralen)


394 




836


Югоизточен, (Yugoiztochen)


396 




Total Bulgaria


2 202 




745


CZECH REPUBLIC


1 417 




370


DENMARK


2 150 




 


GERMANY


 




010


Schleswig-Holstein


565 




020


Hamburg


97 




030


Niedersachsen


1 307 




040


Bremen


—




050


Nordrhein-Westfalen


1 010 




060


Hessen


558 




070


Rheinland-Pfalz


887 




080


Baden-Württemberg


1 190 




090


Bayern


1 678 




100


Saarland


90 




110


Berlin


—




112


Brandenburg


284 




113


Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


268 




114


Sachsen


313 




115


Sachsen-Anhalt


270 




116


Thüringen


283 




Total Germany


8 800 




755


ESTONIA


658 




380


IRELAND


1 300 




 


GREECE


 




450


Macedonia-Thrace


2 000 




460


Epirus-Peloponnese-Ionian Islands


1 350 




470


Thessaly


700 




480


Continental Greece, Aegean Islands, Crete


1 450 




Total Greece


5 500 




 


SPAIN


 




500


Galicia


450 




505


Asturias


190 




510


Cantabria


150 




515


País Vasco


352 




520


Navarra


316 




525


La Rioja


244 




530


Aragón


676 




535


Cataluña


664 




540


Illes Balears


180 




545


Castilla y León


950 




550


Madrid


190 




555


Castilla-La Mancha


900 




560


Comunidad Valenciana


638 




565


Murcia


348 




570


Extremadura


718 




575


Andalucía


1 504 




580


Canarias


230 




Total Spain


8 700 




 


FRANCE


 




121


Île-de-France


210 




131


Champagne-Ardenne


380 




132


Picardie


270 




133


Haute-Normandie


170 




134


Centre


410 




135


Basse-Normandie


240 




136


Bourgogne


360 




141


Nord-Pas-de-Calais


290 




151


Lorraine


240 




152


Alsace


200 




153


Franche-Comté


220 




162


Pays de la Loire


460 




163


Bretagne


480 




164


Poitou-Charentes


370 




182


Aquitaine


550 




183


Midi-Pyrénées


490 




184


Limousin


230 




192


Rhône-Alpes


480 




193


Auvergne


380 




201


Languedoc-Roussillon


430 




203


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur


440 




204


Corse


170 




Total France


7 470 




 


ITALY


 




221


Valle d'Aosta


159 




222


Piemonte


598 




230


Lombardia


657 




241


Trentino


279 




242


Alto Adige


262 




243


Veneto


741 




244


Friuli-Venezia Giulia


549 




250


Liguria


559 




260


Emilia-Romagna


857 




270


Toscana


635 




281


Marche


493 




282


Umbria


512




291


Lazio


550 




292


Abruzzo


444 




301


Molise


359 




302


Campania


597 




303


Calabria


479 




311


Puglia


748 




312


Basilicata


430 




320


Sicilia


672 




330


Sardegna


557 




Total Italy


11 137 




740


CYPRUS


500 




770


LATVIA


1 000 




775


LITHUANIA


1 000 




350


LUXEMBOURG


450 




 


HUNGARY


 




760


Közép-Magyarország


166 




761


Közép-Dunántúl


187 




762


Nyugat-Dunántúl


228 




763


Dél-Dunántúl


260 




764


Észak- Magyarország


209 




765


Észak-Alföld


380 




766


Dél-Alföld


470 




Total Hungary


1 900 




780


MALTA


536 




360


NETHERLANDS


1 500 




660


AUSTRIA


2 000 




 


POLAND


 




785


Pomorze and Mazury


1 860 




790


Wielkopolska and Śląsk


4 350 




795


Mazowsze and Podlasie


4 490 




800


Małopolska and Pogórze


1 400 




Total Poland


12 100 




 


PORTUGAL


 




615


Norte e Centro


1 233 




630


Ribatejo e Oeste


351 




640


Alentejo e Algarve


399 




650


Açores e Madeira


317 




Total Portugal


2 300 




 


ROMANIA


 




840


Nord-Est


852 




841


Sud-Est


1 074 




842


Sud-Muntenia


1 008 




843


Sud-Vest-Oltenia


611 




844


Vest


703 




845


Nord-Vest


825 




846


Centru


834 




847


București-Ilfov


93 




Total Romania


6 000 




820


SLOVENIA


908 




810


SLOVAKIA


523 




 


FINLAND


 




670


Etelä-Suomi


461 




680


Sisä-Suomi


251 




690


Pohjanmaa


221 




700


Pohjois-Suomi


167 




Total Finland


1 100 




 


SWEDEN


 




710


Plains of southern and central Sweden


637 




720


Forest and mixed agricultural and forest areas of southern and central Sweden


258 




730


Areas of northern Sweden


130 




Total Sweden


1 025 




 


UNITED KINGDOM


 




411


England — North Region


420 




412


England — East Region


650 




413


England — West Region


430 




421


Wales


300 




431


Scotland


380 




441


Northern Ireland


320 




Total United Kingdom


2 500