CELEX: 51992PC0577
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-18
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production

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                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production
                                                           (93 /C 18 /08)
                                                        COM(92) 577 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 18 December 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Member States and the Commission and this should be
                                                                     effected via the Standing Committee on Agricultural
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Statistics established by Decision 72/279/EEC (2),
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                                SECTION I
Having regard to the opinion of the European                                       SURVEYS OF THE POPULATION
Parliament,
                                                                                        A.    At national level
Whereas Council Directive 76/630/EEC of 20 July 1976                                  Frequency — Field of survey
on the statistical surveys to be carried out by the                                               Article 1
Member States on pig production (') has been amended
several times ; whereas , further amendments being                    1 . The Member States shall carry out statistical
necessary, the Directives should, for reasons of clarity,            surveys of the pig population on their territory each year
be recast in a single text ;                                         in the first week of April, August and December.
Whereas provision should be made for those Member
States whose national pig population makes up only a                 2. Those Member States whose national pig popu­
small percentage of the overall population of the                    lation is less than 3 million head may apply to dispense
European Community to reduce the number of annual                    with the April and August surveys altogether or to carry
surveys where appropriate ;                                          them out in selected regions only.
Whereas, in order to ensure that the common agri­                    3 . In considering the application referred to in
cultural policy is properly administered, particularly               paragraph 2, the Commission shall decide in accordance
where the pigmeat market is concerned, the Commission                with the procedure laid down in Article 16 .
requires regular data on trends in livestock and in
pigmeat production ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas the collection and processing of the data as well
as the organization of the survey at national level should            1 . For the purposes of this Directive, the term 'pig'
continue to be within the competence of the statistical              means domestic animals of the species sus.
services of the Member States, and the Commission
should be responsible for the collection, coordination
and harmonization of statistical information at European             2 . The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall cover all
level and arrange for the harmonized methodologies                   pigs held on agricultural holdings as defined by the
necessary to implement Community policies ;                          Commission after consulting the Standing Committee on
                                                                     Agricultural       Statistics,     hereinafter called       the
Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of this               'Committee', set up by the Council Decision of 31 July
Directive, close cooperation is necessary between the                 1972 , in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                     Article 16. The surveys shall cover sufficient holdings to
                                                                     account for at least 95 % of the pig population as
(l) OJ No L 223, 16. 8 . 1976, p. 4. Directive last amended by
    Regulation (EEC) No 1057/91 (OJ No L 107, 27 . 4. 1991 ,
    p. 11 ).                                                         O OJ No L 179, 7 . 8 . 1972, p. 1 .
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 determined by the last survey on the structure of agri­                                 Transmission deadline
 cultural holdings.
                                                                                                Article 5
 3. As far as possible, Member States shall supplement                1.    Member States shall notify the Commission of the
 the results of the above surveys with an estimate of the            provisional results of the surveys and supplementary
 pig population not covered by the surveys referred to in            estimates not later than :
 paragraph 2 .                                                       — 15 June of the same year for the April survey,
                                                                     — 15 October of the same year for the August survey,
                      Breakdown by category                          — 15 February of the following year for the December
                                                                         survey.
                              Article 3
 1 . The surveys provided for in Article 1 shall be
 conducted in such a way as to provide a breakdown of                2.     Member States shall notify the Commission of the
 the pig population into at least the following categories :         final results of the surveys and the supplementary
                                                                     estimates, in compliance with Article 4 (2), not later
                                                                     than :
A. Piglets with a live weight up to 20 kg ;
                                                                    — 1 August of the same year for the April survey,
 B. Pigs with a live weight from 20 up to 50 kg;                    — 1 December of the same year for the August survey,
                                                                    — 1 April of the following year for the December
 C. Fattening pigs, including culled boars and culled sows               survey.
     with a live weight :
     (a) from 50 up to 80 kg;
     (b) from 80 up to 110 kg;                                                         B.   At regional level
     (c) of 110 kg and higher;                                                          Territorial subdivisions
                                                                                               Article 6
D. Breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg and higher;
     (a) boars ;                                                     1.     The final results of the December survey shall be
                                                                    compiled for each of the territorial subdivisions as
     (b) covered sows, including :                                  defined by the Commission following consultation of the
           bl ) sows covered for the first time ;                   Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down
                                                                    in Article 16 .
     (c) other sows, including :
           cl ) gilts not yet covered.
                                                                    2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                    Article 16, the Commission may approve an application
2. The categories referred to in paragraph 1 may be                 from a Member State to use the regional breakdown
modified by the Commission in accordance with the                   referred to in paragraph 1 for the final results of the
procedure laid down in Article 16.                                  April or August survey.
3. The Commission shall define the categories after
consulting the Committee in accordance with the                     3.     The territorial subdivisions defined in paragraph 1
procedure laid down in Article 16.                                  may be amended by the Commission in accordance with
                                                                    the procedure laid down in Article 16 .
                              Accuracy
                                                                                        Transmission deadline
                              Article 4
                                                                                               Article 7
1 . The surveys referred to in Article 1 shall be
conducted in the form of exhaustive surveys or by                   The Member States shall notify the Commission of the
representative sampling.                                            data referred to in Article 6 not later than 15 May of the
                                                                    year following the reference month.
2. For each of the Member States, sampling errors for
the results of the surveys provided for in Article 2 (2)
shall not exceed 2 % of the total number of pigs, this                            C. Breakdown by herd size
percentage representing a confidence interval of 68 % .                                       Size classes
                                                                                               Article 8
3 . As regards the sampling frame and the
supplementary estimates referred to in Article 2 (3),               1.     In odd-numbered years, the Member States shall, at
Member States shall take whatever measures they deem                national level, break down the final results of the
appropriate to maintain the quality of the survey results.          December surveys by size classes as defined by the
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Commission after consulting the Committee in                      Gross indigenous production shall include all pigs
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16.           slaughtered plus the balances of intra-Community and
                                                                 external trade in live pigs .
2 . In accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 16, the Commission may approve an application            2. The forecasts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
from a Member State to use the breakdown by size                 drawn up for the following category :
classes referred to in paragraph 1 for the final results of      A. Pigs, total.
even-numbered years and of the April or August survey.
                                                                 3. The Commission may amend this Article in
3 . The size classes referred to in paragraph 1 may be           accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16.
amended by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 16.
                                                                                     Transmission deadline
                   Transmission deadline                                                    Article 13
                           Article 9                             The Member States shall forward these forecasts to the
                                                                 Commission at the following times and for the following
The Member States shall notify Eurostat of the data              three-month periods :
referred to in Article 8 not later than 15 May of the year       (a) before 15 February for forecasts up to the third
following the reference month.                                       quarter of the current year (inclusive);
                                                                 (b) before 15 June for forecasts up to the first quarter of
                         SECTION II                                  the following year (inclusive) ;
              SLAUGHTERING STATISTICS                            (c) before 15 October for forecasts up to the second
                                                                     quarter of the following year (inclusive).
                          Article 10
1 . The Member States shall draw up monthly statistics                                    SECTION IV
relating to the number and carcase weight of pigs
                                                                                   GENERAL PROVISIONS
slaughtered in the slaughterhouses on their territory, the
meat of which is deemed fit for human consumption.                                          Article 14
If necessary, they shall also supply estimates of slaugh­        The Commission shall examine :
terings not included in the returns, so that the statistics      (a) the results supplied ;
include all the pigs slaughtered on their territory.             (b) the technical problems which arise, in particular in
                                                                     preparing and carrying out the surveys and forecasts ;
2. The statistics referred to in paragraph 1 shall be            (c) the reliability of the survey results and estimates .
drawn up for the following category :
A. Pigs, total .                                                                            Article 15
3 . The Commission shall define the carcase weight               The Member States shall inform the Commission of any
referred to in paragraph 1 and the category referred to          methodological or other change which could
in paragraph 2 after consulting the Committee, in                considerably influence the statistics . This shall be done
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16.           not later than three months after the change in question
                                                                 enters into force. The Commission shall notify the other
                                                                 Member States of any such communication in the appro­
                   Transmission deadline                         priate working parties .
                          Article 11
                                                                                            Article 16
Member States shall inform the Commission of the
results of the statistics referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) not    1 . Where the procedure laid down in this Article is
later than eight weeks following the reference month.            invoked, the matter shall be referred to the Standing
                                                                 Committee on Agricultural Statistics (hereinafter referred
                                                                 to as the 'Committee') by the Chairman, either on his
                         SECTION III
                                                                 own initiative or at the request of a representative of a
                 PRODUCTION FORECASTS                            Member State.
                          Article 12
                                                                 2.    The Commission representative shall submit to the
1 . The Member States shall use the survey results and           Committee a draft of measures to be taken . The
other available information to produce forecasts, for            Committee shall give its opinion on the draft within a
each calendar quarter-year, of their gross indigenous            time limit to be set by the Chairman in accordance with
production of pigs .                                             the urgency of the matter, if necessary by a vote .
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3.      The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes. In                                              Article 18
addition, each Member State shall be entitled to ask for
its own position to be recorded in the minutes.                           The Member States shall introduce the laws, regulations
                                                                          and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
                                                                          this Directive not later than 1 January 1994.
4.      The Commission shall take maximum account of
the Committee's opinion and shall inform the Committee                    When Member States adopt these measures, they shall
of how it has taken account of its opinion.                               contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom­
                                                                          panied by such reference on the occasion of their official
                                                                          publication. The methods of making such a reference
                            Article 17                                    shall be laid down by the Member States.
Directive 76/630/EEC of 20 July 1976 on the statistical                                               Article 19
surveys to be carried out by the Member States on pig
production shall cease to apply as from 1 January 1994.                  This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
              Proposal for a Council Directive on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat
                                                                 production
                                                               (93 /C 18 /09)
                                                            COM(92) 578 final
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 18 December 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 Whereas the collection and processing of the data as well
                                                                          as the organization of the survey at national level should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    continue to be within the competence of the statistical
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                         services of the Member States, and the Commission
thereof,                                                                 should be responsible for the collection, coordination
                                                                          and harmonization of statistical information at European
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        level and arrange for the harmonized methodologies
                                                                         necessary to implement Community policies ;
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,                                                              Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of this
                                                                         Directive, close cooperation is necessary between the
                                                                         Member States and the Commission and this should in
Whereas Council Directive 82 / 177/EEC of 22 March
                                                                         particular be effected via the Standing Committee on
1982 on the statistical surveys to be carried out by the                 Agricultural     Statistics        established by Decision
Member States on sheep and goat production (') has                       72 /279/EEC (2),
been      amended     several     times ;     whereas,     further
amendments being necessary, the Directives should, for
reasons of clarity, be recast in a single text ;                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Whereas it is important to follow the trend in the                                                   SECTION I
structure of the agricultural holdings in the Member                               SURVEYS OF THE SHEEP AND GOAT
States ;
                                                                                            A. At national level
Whereas, in order to ensure that the common agri­
                                                                                        Frequency — Field of survey
cultural policy is properly administered, particularly
where the sheepmeat and goatmeat market is concerned,                                                  Article 1
the Commission requires regular data on trends in
livestock and in sheepmeat and goatmeat production ;                      1 . The Member States shall carry out statistical
                                                                         surveys of the sheep population on their territory each
                                                                         year on one day in December.
(') OJ No L 81 of 27 . 3 . 1982, p. 35 . Directive last amended by
    Regulation (EEC) No 1057/91 (OJ No L 107, 27. 4. 1991 ,
    p. 11 ).                                                              (2) OJ No L 179, 7 . 8 . 1972 , p. 1 .