CELEX: 51988PC0554
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Date: 1988-10-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 by adding a new survey characteristic for the set-aside of arable land (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(88 ) 554 final
                                                 Brussels , 17 October 1988
                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Annex I of Regulation ( EEC ) No 571 / 88 by adding a new survey
            characteristic for the set-aside of arable land
                      ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1094 / 88 for which the application rules are
laid down in Commission Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1272 / 88 commits the Member
States to introduce an aid scheme designed to encourage the set-aside
of arable land and at the same time it creates new forms of land use ,
combined with agricultural use, and a legal status , depending on
whether or not the farmer benefits from the aid instituted by this
Regulation .
The structure of agricultural holdings largely determines the potential
income of farmers , making it necessary to monitor the effects of new
Common Agricultural Policy measures on land use , production and
economic potential of agricultural holdings .
The Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings to be
held between 1988 and 1997 in accordance with Council Regulation ( EEC )
N° 571 / 88 represent the main instruments for monitoring and analysing
developments in statistical terms .
The present proposal of a Council Regulation therefore provides for
adding to Annex I     of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 571 / 88 a new characteristic
to cover agricultural areas submitted to the set-aside scheme for
arable land .
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                                 Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Annex I of Regulation ( EEC ) No 571 / 88 by adding a new
        survey characteristic for the set-aside of arable land
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
                                                        (1 )
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission            ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament *^*,
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 797/85 *^*, as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No . (4 Jfor which implementing rules are laid down
in Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 1272 /88^5 ), obliges the Member States to
introduce an aid scheme designed to encourage the set-aside of arable
land and at the same time creates new forms of land use , combining agri ¬
cultural use and a legal status , depending on whether or not the land
qualifies for the aid instituted by this Regulation ;
Whereas the structure of agricultural holdings largely determines the
potential income of farmers , making it necessary to monitor the effects
of new Common Agricultural Policy measures on land use, production and
the economic potential of agricultural holdings ;
Whereas the Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings
to be held between 1988 and 1997 in accordance with Council Regulation
( EFC )    N° 571 /88 < 6 ) represent the main instruments for monitoring and
analysing developments in statistical terms by relating the set-aside
of arable land to other structural characteristics such as the age of
the holding manager , the type of farming and size of holdings , other
crops and livestock ;
Whereas it is necessary to record the set-aside of arable land on the
basis of a suitable classification, which should be harmonized and
compulsory in all Member States , in order to obtain statistical data
which are comparable between Member States and over time, and whereas
it is therefore necessary to add to Annex I of Regulation ( EEC )
N° 571 / 88 a new characteristic for agricultural areas subject to the
set-aside incentive scheme for arable land ,
(1 )
      OJ No C
(2)
      OJ No C
( 3 ) OJ No
             L 93 , 30.3.1985 , p. 1
(4)
      OJ No L
(5)
      OJ No  L 121 , 11.5.1988 , p. 36 .
 (6)
      OJ No  L 56 , 2.3.1988 , p. 1 .
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Whereas the general structure of the list of characteristics should not
be changed ,    and in consequence land subject to the set-aside
incentive scheme for arable land must be classified in the category
corresponding to its possible agricultural use as well as in a separate
category ;
Whereas, in order to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of
this Regulation , close cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission should continue , in particular via the Standing Committee
for Agricultural Statistics set up by Council Decision 72 / 279 / EEC   ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
Annex I to Regulation ( EEC ) No 571 / 88 is hereby replaced by the Annex
to this Regulation .
                                  Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding          in  its  entirety   and  directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                     For the Council
                                                     The President
< 1 > O.J. N° L 179, 7.8.1977, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
                                                  "    ANNEX I
                                         UST OF CHARACTER 1ST1CS
A. Geographic*! situation of the holding
     01 Survey district
     02 Less-favoured area                                                                                         yes/no
           (a) Mountain area                                                                                       yea/no
B. Legal personality and management of the holding (on the day of the survey)
     01 b the legal and economic responsibility of the holding assumed by a natural
           person ?(')                                                                                             yes/ no
     02 If yes, ú this person (the holder) also the manager ?                                                      yes/ no
           (a) If the answer to question B/02 is 'no', is the manager s member of the holder's
               family ?                                                                                            yes/ no
     03 Manager's agricultural training
           – only practical experience                                                                              yes/ no
           – basic training                                                                                         yes/ no
           – full agricultural training                                                                             yes/no
     04 Are accounts kept for the management of the holding ?                                                       yes/ no
G Type of tenure (in relation to the holder) and fragmentation of the holding
     Agricultural area utilized :                                                                                     ha/s
     01 for owner farming                                                                                       -/-
     02 for tenant fanning                                                                                      -/ -
     03 for share farming or other modes
                                                                                                                  numhfT of
                                                                                                                     parcels
     04 number of parcela making up the utilized agricultural ars»                                            ruitoer of parcels
D. Arable Land                                                                                                        na / a
     Cereals for the production of grain (including teed)
     01 Common wheat and spelt                                                                                  _/-
     02 Durum wheat                                                                                             _/_ _
     03 Rye                                                                                                     _/-
     04 Barley                                                                                                          /_
     03 Oats                                                                                                            /_
     06 Grain maize                                                                                                     /.
     0' Rice                                                                                                    ./.
     08 Other cereals                                                                                           ./.
(') In Fiance . GAECS (G rouprm^nts *gncoJ« dVrploitstion en commun – tynruIruraJ groupe foc joint                       EÀ&L*
                    igncol« a mponubiiite limit** • limited • liability agreeuJtur&i holdings, wd tU feuso gvotipe are >¥&i*ruxO
    as a^ncuirura ) holding managed by natural persons .
{*) Optional lor Germany, France, Ireland and Denmark , lor Italy the number of parcels coiscema the total area o4 tS*jr hoi-
    di ig.
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                                                                                              ha/a
    09 Dried vegetables for the production of grain (including seed and mixtures of
        cereals and dried vegetables)                                                       ./.
        (a) of which as pure crops for fodder : peas, broad and field beans, vetches, sweet
             lupins                                                                         ./.
        (b) other (as     pure or mixed crops)                                              ./.
    40 Potatoes (including early potatoes and seed potatoes)                                ./.
    1 1 Sugar beet (excluding seeda)                                                        . / __
    12 Fodder roots and bnsucas (excluding aeeds)                                           . /...
    13 Industrial plants (including aeeds for herbaceous oil-seed plants ; excluding seeds
        for fibre plants, hops, tobacco and other industrial plants)                        –– / ...–_.
        of whkh :
        (a) tobacco                                                                         -/ -
        (b) hopa                                                                            - / –-
        (c) cottonf)                                                                        -/-
        (d) other oil-seed plants or fibre plants and other industrial plants               . /.....
               (i) oüseeds (total)                                                          -/ -
                   of which :
                   – rape and turnip rape                                                   -/ -
                   – sunflowerj1)                                                           -/-
                   – «oyaO                                                                  -/ -
              (ii) aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants 0                         -/-
             (iii) other industrial plants                                                  -/ -
                   of which :
                   – sugar-cane 0                                                           -– / ––
     Fresh vegetables, melons, strawberries ;
     14 – outdoor or under low
              (not accessible) protective cover                                             –-– / -
              of which :
              (a) open field                                                                -/-
              (b) market gardening                                                          -/-
     15 – under glass or ocher (accessible) protective com                                  -/-
     Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries):
     16 – outdoor or under low (not accessible) protective cover                            -/-
     17 _ under glass or other (accessible) protective cover                                ./.
      18 Forage plants :                                                                    .!-
         (s) temporary grass                                                                .!.
         (b) other                                                                          .^.
(') Optional except for Greece, Spain and Italy.
(*) Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.
{*) Optional lor the United Kingdom.
(*) Optional czcepr for Spam and Portugal.
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                                                                                                     ha/a
       19 Arabic land seeds and seedlings (excluding cereals, dned vegetables, potatoes and
           oil-seed plants)                                                                            / .
       20 Other arable land crops                                                                 ..   /.
       21 Fallow land                                                                                  /.
E. Kitchen gardens (')                                                                                 /-
P. Permanent pasture end nteadowf)                                                                _/-
       01 Pasture and meadow, excluding rough grazings                                            .– / _
       02 Rough grazings                                                                          _ _/_
G. Permanent crops
       01 Fruit and berry plantations                                                             _ / __
           (a) fresh fruit and berry species of temperate rlimie zones                            _/-
           (b) fruit and berry species of subtropical climate zooea (*)                            _– / -
           (c) nuta (*)                                                                                 /-
       02 Citrua plantations                                                                            /_
       03 Olive plantations                                                                             /_
           (a) normally producing table olives                                                          /.
           (b) normally producing olives for oil production 0                                      _/-
       04 Vineyards                                                                                _- /
           of which normally producing :
           (a) quality wine                                                                        _ /--
           (b) other wines                                                                         ___ / _
           (c) table grapes                                                                        -/-
           (d) raisins (*)                                                                         _/_
       05 Nurseries                                                                                -/-
       06 Other permanent crops                                                                    –. / --
       07 Permanent crops under glass                                                              ./-
 H. Other land
       01 + 03 Unutilized agricultural land (agricultural land which is no longer farmed, for
                   economic , social or other reasons, and which is not used in the crop rotation
                   system ) and other land (land occupied by buildings, farmyards, tracks, ponds,
                   quarries, infertile land, rock, etc.)                                          ./
(' ) Oorjonal for Denmark, the Netherlands and the Uniled Kingdom .
(:) C-rccce and Italy may merge heading 0 ! u/irh heading 02
     O-tjcnal . .-.cent (or Greece. Spain, France, uly and Portugal .
(*) Oa-i'onal (or France
     .1 ,,o nai creep ! for Greece and Spain.
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                                                                                          ha/a
    02 Wooded area                                                                          /
        of which :
        (a) non-commercial (')                                                          ./.
        (b) commercial (')                                                              ./.
               and/or
        (c) deciduous (')                                                               ./.
        (d) coniferous (')                                                              . / ...
        (e) mixed (')                                                                   ./.
I. Combined and successive secondary cropping, mushrooms, irrigation, green¬
    houses , set-aside of arable land
    01 Successive secondary crops (excluding market-garden crops and crops under glass) .–. / .
        of which :
        (a) non-fodder ceieals (D/01 to D/OS)
        (b) non-fodder dried vegetables (D/09)                                          -/.
        (c) non-fodder oil-seed plants (D/ 13 i)
        (d) other successive secondary crops
     02 Mushrooms
     03 Irrigated area
         (a) total irrigable area                                                             /
         (b) cultivated area irrigated at least once a yearf)                                 /
                of which :
           ( 1 ) durum wheat
           (2) maire
           (3) potstoes
           (4) sugar beet
           (5) sunflower
           (6) soya
           (7) fodder plants
           (8) huit and feeny orefesrds
           (9) dtrus fruit
         ( 10) vines
     04 Ground area covered by greenhouses in use
     05 Combined (associated) crops (*)
         (a) agricultural crops (including pasture and meadow) – forestry species (*)
         (b) permanent crops – annual crops (*)
         (c) permanent crops – permanent cropsf5)
         (d) other combined crops
(') Opcional.
(*) Optional except for Greece, Spain. France, Italy and Portugal.
(*) Optional except for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal-
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          land ^
a)        Arable land left fallow ( D / 21 ), with rotation possibilities
b)       Arable land used           as grazing for extensive     livestock farming
          ( F / 01 , F / 02 )
c)       Arable        land   converted  for  growing  lentils ,    chick-peas and
         vetches ( D / 09 )
d)       Arable land wooded ( H / 02 )
e)       Arable land used for non-agricultural purposes ( H01+03 )
         - of which arable land left permanently fallow ( permanent fallow
              land ) .
(1 )
      Optional for France as far as the 1988 basic survey is concerned
 ---pagebreak--- J. Livestock ( on the reference day of the survey)          Number of
                                                              head
   01 Equidae
   Bovine animais :
   02 Under one year old
        (a) male ( ' )
        (b) female ( ')
   One year or over but under two years :
   03 Male animais
   04 Female animals
   Two years old and over :
   05 Male animais
   06 Heifers
   07 Dairy cows
   08 Other cows
   Sheep and goats :
   09 Sheep (all ages)
        (a) breeding females
        (b) other sheep
   10 Goats (ail ages)
        (a) breeding females    (2 )
        (b) other goats         C2 )
   Pigs :
   11 Pigiets having a live weight of umder 20 kilpgrants
   12 Breeding sows weighing SO kilograms aad over
   13 Other pigs
   Poultry :
   14 Broilers
   15 Laying hens
   16 Other poultry (ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea-fowl)
   17 Rabbits, breeding females    (3 )
                                                            Nasjfetr of
                                                              Sùw»
   18 Bees      <1 >
   19 Other livestock      (1 )                              Yes/mo
    v 1 ) Qptional
    '2j Optional except for Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal
   ( 3 ) Optional for Denmark , the Federal Republic of Germany, the 0 . Kingdom
            and Ireland *
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                               K. Tractors . cultivator*, machinery and equipment
                                                             n A         i                                             last
                                                                                              Machinery used in the Iasi
                                                             On day
                                                             On   day olof survey
                                                                           survey                    ,2
                                                                                                     12 months
                                                                                                         months (>)
                                                                                                                 (' )
                                                                                               Used by several holdings
                                                                                          (belonging to another holding, to
                                                      Belonging exclusively to the         •a cooperative or owned jointly
                                                                   holding                             ocher holdings)
                                                                                                 with other
                                                                                            Or belonging to a service supply
                                                                                                        agency
                                                                      1_ _I_
                                                                   Number              I                 (bek)
                                                          by pow           ^          /
                                                        raong
                                                        racing from        I\        /
                                                        __ to_(Kw)
                                                           to _ (Kw)         \      /
                                                    s v v s                       X
                                                     V t i Al                    A
                                                                               / \
   01    Four-wheel tractor*,    track-laying
         tractors, tool earners
   02 Cultivators,       hoeing machines,
         rotary hoes and motor mowers (')
   03    Combine harvesters
   04 Forage harvesters
   05    Potato harvesters (tulty mecha-
         nixed)
   06 Sugar-beet harvesters (hilly tnecha-
         nized)
   07    Do you have fixed or movable
         milking equipment ?                                       yes/no                       \                   /
   08    Do you hsve a sepárate milking
         parlour ?                                                 yes/no                           /          \
   08 (t) If so, is it fully automated                             ye^no                 I X                           X I
   {') Opuonal for Denmark .
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                                                                               (in the 12 months psecedisjg the day of the survey)
                                                                Ses •                                    Age groupa                                          Farm work for holding (>)
                                                                                                                                                  rail-time with working hours of
                      Farm labour force                                                                                                                           25–
                                                                                                                                           65 and                             50–
                                                                                            35–39     40–*4    <5–49     50–54 55–59 60–64                                                   full
                                                           ai .       < 25(') 25–29   30–34
                                                                                                                                            more      < 25 %     < 50 %      < 75 % < 1 0Ü %
                                                                                                                                                                                             lime
                                                                                                                                                     of annual time worked by a
                                                                                                                                                         full time farm worker
                                                             (tkk)                                          («fc)                                                       (пек)
01      Hôlder :
        (a) manager of lhe holding {*)
02      Spouse of the holder carrying out form
        work lor holding
                                                                                                         Age groupa                                    Farm work of the holding as % of
                                                                                                                                                       annual time worked by a full-time
                                                                                                                                           65 and                   farm-worker
                                                                      < 250   2S–29i 30–34  35–39     40–44    45–49     50–54 55–59 60–64
                                                                                                                                            more
03s Other mrmben of holder's family
        carrying out farm work for the haloing :                                                                                                                     >0– < 25
         male (') {’)
03b Other members of . holder's family
        carrying out farm 'work for the holding                                                                                                                      25– < 50
         female (-) ('}
04a Non-family labour regularly employed j
         male (4) Is)                                                                                                                                                50– < 75
04b Mon-family labour regularly employed :
         female (*)                                                                                                                                                 75– < 100
                                                                                                                                                                          00
 05 Non-family Ici             K Si Ti      Gtî a noa-
  +      retîiiar biais                                                                                                                                      Number of working days
 06
         05 Mole (:)
         06 Fesnaîc (°)
 {’; Ffviin                 eg$.
n            horn
 Q 1°. Y*                 onh          d*        to «u«8*»>aa S/01 or S/02 ia W.
 )j * r'3*“ to ««             ioj each cete^wy ^2a to 64bk
 Ç Esciudifig pesons in L/0 ! and L/02.
 lf) Options!.
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 L 07 If the holder is also ( he manager , does he have any ocher gainful activity :
          – as his/her major
               occupation ?
                                                             Ticlc as appropnate
          – as a subsidiary
               occupation ?
L 08 Does the holder s spouse, carrying out farm work for the holding, have any other gainful activity :
          – as his/her major
               occupation ?
                                                             Tick ts appropriate
          – as a subsidiary
               occupation ?
L 09 Does any other member of the holders family engaged in the farm work of the holding have toy
          other gainful activity ( ') :
          – as his/her major
               occupation ?
                                                              lnsert miraber of peiaooa
          – as a fuhaidiary
               occupation ?
L 10 Total number of equivalent full-time working days of farm work, not included usdci L 01 to I 05,
          undertaken on the holding by peraons act employed directly by the bonding (eg. coatEKlect' -
          employee*) f1).
                                 Insert number of equivalent full-time working day* during the 12 month*
                                 preceding the day of the survey (^.
(' ) Option *] (or Denmark
(*) Optional for Member States which are able to provide an overall estimate for (ho characteristic at national level
                                                                                                                      M
(*) The United Kingdom is au;n«jn:ed 10 submit this information in equivalent working weeks.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                    ANNEXE II
Fiche impact de certains actes Législatifs sur Les PUE et L' emploi
     1.     OBLIGATIONS ADMINISTRATIVES DECOULANT DE L' APPLICATION DE LA
           LEGISLATION POUR LES ENTREPRISES               Néant
    2.     AVANTAGES POUR L' ENTREPRISE
           - GUI / NON
          - LESQUELLES                                   Sans objet
          INCONVENIENTS POUR L' ENTREPRISE
          ( coût supplémentaires )
          - OUI / NON
          - CONSEQUENCES                                 Sans objet
         EFFETS SUR L' EMPLOI                            Sans objet            j
                                                                               |
                                                                               l
                                                                             1
         y A- T- IL EU CONCERTATION PREALABLE AVEC LES PARTENAIRES            I
         SOCIAUX ?                                                            I
        - OUI / NON
                                                        Sans objet
        - AVIS DES PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX                                       i
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                                                                            i
                                                                            I
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  6.    v A - T- IL UNE APPROCHE ALTERNATIVE MOINS CONTRAIGNANTE ?
                                                        Sans objet
                                                                          I